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When private equity came for trailer parks
1 hour ago
Friday, 11 September 2009
War Song: (Original song: Your Song by Elton John)
It’s a little bit sickening this feeling inside
As the planes both came from out of the skies
They hit the Trade Centre and boy it was big
The day that hell came to where we live
He says he’s religious, but then again no
Osama Bin Laden and his bloodthirsty show
Shouting with joy that his God is so great
The dead are the victims of all his hate
And he will blame everybody, this is his way
He’s gone and killed so many but still he’s not done
I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words
How sad are the tears now all through the world
I sat in my lounge turned down the sound
I saw so many buildings been razed to the ground
But the world’s been so kind, it’s been so strong
As we wait for survivors to come back home
So excuse me for speaking but these things I feel
I’m still not sure if what I saw was real
Anyway the thing is, what I really mean
This was the saddest thing I've ever seen.
And he will blame everybody, this is his way
He’s gone and killed so many but still he’s not done
I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words
How sad are the tears now all through the world
I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind
That I put down in words
How sad are the tears now all through the world
H/T AJD
Senior Golfer Rules Changes........
Rule 1.a.5
A ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be lifted and placed on the fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or rolled into the rough with no penalty. The senior should not be penalized for tall grass which ground keepers failed to mow.
Rule 2.d.6 (b)
A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed not to have hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has no place in a scientific game. The senior player must estimate the distance the ball would have traveled if it had not hit the tree and play the ball from there.
Rule 3.b.3(g)
There shall be no such thing as a lost ball. The missing ball is on or near the course and will eventually be found and pocketed by someone else, making it a stolen ball. The player is not to compound the felony by charging himself or herself with a penalty.
Rule 4.c.7(h)
If a putt passes over a hole without dropping, it is deemed to have dropped. The law of gravity supersedes the Rules of Golf.
Rule 5.
Putts that stop close enough to the cup that they could be blown in, may be blown in. This does not apply to balls more than three inches from the hole. No one wants to make a travesty of the game.
Rule 6.a.9(k)
There is no penalty for so-called "out of bounds." If penny-pinching golf course owners bought sufficient land, this would not occur. The senior golfer deserves an apology, not a penalty.
Rule 7.g.15(z)
There is no penalty for a ball in a water hazard, as golf balls should float. Senior golfers should not be penalized for manufacturers' shortcomings.
Rule 8.k.9(s)
Advertisements claim that golf scores can be improved by purchasing new golf equipment. Since this is financially impractical for many senior golfers, one stroke per hole may be subtracted for using old equipment.
Please advise all your senior friends of these important rule changes. Carry a copy with you at all times, to refer to with those non seniors.
H/T Shelly
News.....
Pervert got sex kicks in manure.
In the bowels of Baltimore's ACORN.
Parents who ferry children must have anti-paedophile checks.
Tens of millions could get swine flu in China.
Soldiers in Helmand to wait until 2011 for new night-sights.
Afghan warlord General Atta Mohammad Nur warning raises fear of election violence.
Raped and beaten for daring to question President Ahmadinejad’s election.
Top Taliban arrested in Pakistan.
and finally.........
Winchester to Deliver 200 Million 40-Cal. Rounds to Homeland Security
More at 22 AD who writes 'Attached is a little poster, feel free to share with everyone you've ever meet or even get really enthusiastic and show up to the range yourselves. For those of you who actually live within 100 miles of Palmerston North anyway.
The rest of you can just bask is the joy of having a poster of me and one of my nieces. Or go tell your local museum that they need to host the exhibition. Just a thought.'
UGLY...............from Rico
The magic unicorns, butterflys and rainbows of Obamaland are turning ugly.
Change? Well, we got it allright...and it's going to continue getting worse!
- Unprecedented, massive existing and (coming soon) taxpayer back-breaking additional debt.
- Foreign reluctance to buying...make that backing away from US debt.
- Declining productivity. GDP is trending down and Unemployment trending up.
- Unrestrained money printing. Like a masive sugar 'rush' a crash is coming, and it's gonna be painful. Turning the once solid greenback into monopoly funny money was NOT a bright idea.
I'd say more but no need to, since we're all so obviously 'living the dream' that Obama and his Democrat (C) cronies created for us (don't believe for a minute that this is all the eeevil Boosh's fault and that ObaMarx 'inherited' it from him...who has controlled Congress and the purse strings since 2006? Bingo! The Democrats (C). The First Comrade inherited this mess from them). Don't be distracted by.....Hey! Look at the grouse!!!
Look at the chart attached. I see no 'green shoots' of recovery. In fact, all the indicators are bad, despite bloviations from the Media, er...Ministry of Truth.
Thursday, 10 September 2009
U.S. Army Spc. Patrick Sick tries to stay warm while maintaining security on a ridgeline in the mountains near Sar Howza, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2009. Sick is deployed with Bulldog Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division.(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith/Released) Date Posted: 9/9/2009
H/T DML
Three "Joe's"................from Rico
So the progressive "Left" is having a snit because JOE Wilson, the Rep from SC had the audacity to say the truth out loud..."YOU LIE"...while the Won Obama lied through his, er teeth to Congress and America about ObamaCare.
- Apparently no one in the Democrat Party (C) remembers their partisan booing of Bush during his State of the Union speech.
JOE Biden is miffed about a breach of decorum in Congress. Eff me. Decorum among that nest of thieves, liars, crooks and political whores? From one of the more embarrassing former members of that elevated chamber? Gimme a break!
The good and truthful JOE W., like another JOE...Joe the plumber, will be excoriated in the collective media Pravda lovefest already ensuing. Punishment for telling the truth.
- Instead of debating the merits and the facts of the latest "for our own good, but we're too dumb to know it" whackjob Socialist-Communist the Left is trying to ram up our, er throats the Obamunist reaction is their typical Stalinesque "smash the dissenter" kneejerk.
Excluding that asshole Biden, like with Joe-the-plumber, we're ALL Joe's today. I'm a Joe, and I'm getting really pissed-off about now!
- You other "Joe's" should be too!
So three Joe's? Nawwww. Better make that a nation of Joe's!
A week at the gym - One man's story
Dear Diary:
For my fortieth birthday this year, my wife (the dear) purchased a week of personal training at the local health club for me. Although I am still in great shape since playing on my college football team 25yrs ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a try.
I called the club and made my reservation with a personal trainer named Belinda, who identified herself as a 26 yr old aerobics instructor and model for athletic clothing and swimwear. My wife seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started! The club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress
MONDAY
Started my day at 6:00am
Tough to get out of bed, but it was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find Belinda waiting for me. She was something of a Greek goddess – with blonde hair, dancing eyes and a dazzling white smile. Woo Hoo!!!!!
She took my pulse after 5 minutes on the treadmill. She was alarmed that my pulse was so fast, but I attributed it to standing next to her in her Lycra aerobics outfit. I enjoyed watching the skilful way in which she conducted her aerobics class after my workout today. Very inspiring, Belinda was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut was already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around. This is going to be a FANTASTIC week!!
TUESDAY:
I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the door.
Belinda made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air, and then she put weights on it! My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile. Belinda’s rewarding smile made it all worthwhile. I feel GREAT!! It’s a whole new life for me.
WEDNESDAY:
The only way I can brush my teeth is by lying on the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK as long as I didn’t try to steer or stop. I parked on top of a GEO in the club parking lot. Belinda was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered the other club members. Her voice is a little too perky for early in the morning and when she scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying. My chest hurts when I got on the treadmill, so Belinda put me on the stairmonster. Why the hell would anyone invent a machine to simulate an activity rendered obsolete by elevators? Belinda told me it would help me get in shape and enjoy life. She said some other shit too.
THURSDAY:
Her thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. I couldn’t help being a half an hour late; it took me that long to tie my shoes. Belinda took me to workout with dumbbells. When she was not looking, I ran and hid in the men’s room. She sent Lars to find me, then, as punishment, put me on the rowing machine which I sank.
FRIDAY:
I hate that bitch Belinda more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history of the world. Stupid, skinny, anaemic little cheerleading bitch. If there were a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it. Belinda wanted me to work on my triceps. I don’t have any triceps! And if you don’t want dents in the floor, don’t hand me the f*cking barbells or anything that weighs more than a sandwich. The treadmill flung me off and I landed on a health and nutrition teacher. Why couldn’t it have been someone softer, like the drama coach or the choir director.
SATURDAY:
Belinda left a message on my answering machine in her grating, shrill voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing her made me want to smash the machine with my planner. However, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up catching eleven straight hours of the Weather Channel
SUNDAY:
I’m having the Church van pick me up for services today so I can go and thank GOD that this week is over. I will also pray that next year, my wife (the other bitch), will choose a gift for me that is fun – like a root canal or a vasectomy.
H/T DML
TWIN TOWERS 9-11: A First Hand Account - (Conclusion)
This is the final part of Thane Thompson's 9-11 saga - if you've been following, you'll know his credentials and the twists of fate that led him to be in the South Tower on that terrible morning in September 2001. I am forever grateful that my friend survived. Many, sadly, did not . . . - Sean Linnane
A man emerged from dust cloud panting and in respiratory distress. He looked as though he had been spray painted with think gray paint. His eyes were watered as he tried to clear the dust. I set the guy down and washed the dust from his eyes. He panted and said “They hit us, they hit us in Washington DC too.”
Read the entire incredible account of how Thane survived . . . STORMBRINGER
News.........
Curing The Medically Uninsured Problem.
US warns Iran's nuclear programme nearing a 'dangerous' milestone.
Obama called a liar during speech.
US risks being sucked into Yemen civil war.
Sudan 'steals' £500,000 of British aid.
Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki accused of sinister purge to become dictator.
Jacob Zuma joins President Mugabe’s allies to demand end to sanctions.
Mystery of UAE plane held in Calcutta with arms bound for China.
Sarkozy ends jinx on French fighter jet.
GOLF AND WHAT IT ALL MEANS...............
Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle, followed by a good bottle of beer.
Golf! You hit down to make the ball go up. You swing left and the ball goes right. The lowest score wins. And on top of that, the winner buys the drinks.
Golf is harder than baseball. In golf, you have to play your foul balls.
If you find you do not mind playing golf in the rain, the snow, even during a hurricane, here's a valuable tip: your life is in trouble.
Golfers who try to make everything perfect before taking the shot rarely make a perfect shot.
The term 'mulligan' is really a contraction of the phrase 'maul it again.'
A 'gimme' can best be defined as an agreement between two golfers ...neither of whom can putt very well.
An interesting thing about golf is that no matter how badly you play; it is always possible to get worse.
Golf's a hard game to figure. One day you'll go out and slice it and shank it, hit into all the traps and miss every green. The next day you go out and for no
reason at all you really stink.
If your best shots are the practice swing and the 'gimme putt', you might wish to reconsider this game.
Golf is the only sport where the most feared opponent is you.
Golf is like marriage: If you take yourself too seriously it won't work, and both are expensive.
The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil.
H/T Shelly
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Red ink = change..................from Rico
Red ink equals "change" too.
Seriously, what did people actually expect from a dedicated Marxist-Communist anyway?
- It doesn't help that no one in the misadministration of the DOTUS* has even managed a 7-11 convenience store.
Help NOT wanted. Employers are not planning to hire in 4Q 2009, quite the opposite in fact.
- The official 'jiggered' numbers conceal the REAL unemployment rate which is running between 17-20%.
The interest on the national debt is now $1 trillion per year. An 80% tax rate would be needed to pay off the current debt...and Obama and the Democrats (C) want to spend even more money they do not have?
Due to the staggering national debt load, you can expect not only higher taxes but a declining standard of living over the next 10-15 years.
- This will be a "change" we ALL will have to deal with (thanks to you fiddy-two percenters, 'ya ignorant wretches!).
*What do I mean by DOTUS?
Easy.
- Doofus of the United States.
My Personal Work History..........
My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I couldn't concentrate.
Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the ax.
After that I tried to be a tailor, but I just wasn't suited for it ...mainly because it was a so-so job.
Next I tried working in a muffler factory but that was too exhausting.
Then I tried to be a chef -- figured it would add a little spice to my life, but I just didn't have the thyme.
I attempted to be a deli worker, but any way I sliced it, I couldn't cut the mustard.
My best job was being a musician, but eventually I found I wasn't noteworthy.
I studied a long time to become a doctor, but I didn't have any patience.
Next was a job in a shoe factory; I tried but I just didn't fit in.
I became a professional fisherman, but discovered that I couldn't live on my net income.
I managed to get a good job working for a pool maintenance company, but the work was just too draining.
So then I got a job in a workout center, but they said I wasn't fit for the job.
After many years of trying to find steady work I finally got a job as a historian until I realized there was no future in it.
My last job was working at Starbucks, but I had to quit because it was always the same old grind.
H/T DML
Back when lunch was less than a buck!
A burger, fries, and a Coke resting on the window of a '55 Chevy
H/T DML
News.........
This little post is for those of you who really remain to be convinced that obama is a radical leftist marxist, e.g., a communist. time to take your heads from your rears.
Army's £114m battle-comms net not up to Afghan demands.
Gen Sir Richard Dannatt 'smeared by Labour'.
Cricket 'helps cut bad behaviour'.
Passengers face new tax to halt rise in air travel.
Huge 600lb bomb found planted in Northern Ireland.
Former CIA agent's hunt for bin Laden in Pakistani badlands.
Russia denies that Arctic Sea cargo ship was carrying missiles to Iran.
Election monitors cry foul as Karzai vote hits 54 per cent.
and finally.........
The UK's Cultural Collapse.
Chrysler's Railroad -
Lovemaking tips for seniors.......
For seniors only…
1. Wear your glasses. Make sure your partner is actually in the bed.
2. Set timer for 3 minutes, in case you doze off in the middle.
3. Set the mood with lighting. (Turn them ALL OFF!)
4. Make sure you put 999 on your speed dial before you begin.
5. Write partner's name on your hand in case you can't remember.
6. Keep the Polygrip close by so your teeth don't end up under the bed.
7. Have Tylenol ready in case you actually complete the act.
8. Make all the noise you want... the neighbours are deaf too.
9. If it works, call everyone you know with the good news.
10. Don't even think about trying it twice.
(In large type so you can read it.)
H/T DML
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