gratuitous political joke (boy is it dead around here)
jane
The Answer is TEN:
1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed.
2. One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be
changed.
3. One to blame Clinton for burning out the light bulb.
4. One to tell the nations of the world that they are either: "For changing
the light bulb or for darkness."
5. One to give a billion dollar no-bid contract to Halliburton for the new
light bulb.
6. One to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a
stepladder under the banner "Light Bulb Change Accomplished."
7. One administration insider to resign and write a book documenting in detail
how Bush was literally "in the dark."
8. One to viciously smear #7.
9. One surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a
strong light bulb-changing policy all along.
10. And finally, one to confuse Americans about the difference between
screwing a light bulb and screwing the country.
Lee
jane wrote:
> How many members of the Bush Administration are needed to replace a light bulb?
OMG, ROFL!
Lee
Amy Lou
> 4. One to tell the nations of the world that they are either: "For
changing
> the light bulb or for darkness."
LOL!
heather m.
1. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals
and Hillary Clinton.
2. The United States should get out of the United Nations,
and our highest national priority is to enforce UN
resolutions against Iraq.
3. "Standing Tall for America" means firing your workers
and moving their jobs to India.
4. A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own
body, but the government has no place interfering with the
right of multinational corporations to make decisions
affecting all mankind.
5. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime,
unless you're a conservative radio host, in which case it's
an illness and need our prayers for your recovery.
6. The best way to improve military morale is to praise the
troops in speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and
combat pay.
7. Group sex and drug use are degenerate sins unless you
someday run for Governor of California as a Republican.
8. If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't
have sex.
9. A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our longtime
allies, then demand their cooperation and money.
10. HMO's and insurance companies have the interest of the
public at heart and require protection against lawsuits from
greedy policyholders.
11. Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy,
while providing health care to all Americans represents
socialism.
12. Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk
science, but creationism should be taught in schools.
13. It is okay that the Bush family has done $millions of
business with the bin Laden family.
14. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy
when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did
business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't
find bin Laden" diversion. John Kerry is a flip-flopper.
15. A president lying about an extramarital affair is an
impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a
war in which thousands die is deeply patriotic and questioning
it makes you an ally of terrorists.
16. Government should limit itself to the powers named in the
Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring
the Internet.
17. The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades,
but George Bush's Harken Oil stock trades are none of our business.
18. You support states' rights, which means Attorney General John
Ashcroft can tell states what local voter initiatives they have a
right to adopt.
19. What Bill Clinton did in the 1960's is of vital national
interest, but what Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.
20. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but
trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international
harmony.
21. Affirmative action is wrong but it is OK for daddy and his
friends to get GWB into Yale, the Texas Air National Guard, Harvard
Business School, part ownership of Harken Oil, part ownership of
the Texas Rangers, the Governorship of Texas and then have the US
Supreme Court appoint him President of the USA.
Wendy
"jane" <janel...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040924204641...@mb-m02.aol.com...
> How many members of the Bush Administration are needed to replace a light
bulb?
It made me smile.
I've been re-building our computer, I'm afraid, as well as doing research
into building technology which reduces environmental impact and energy
costs. We're thinking of adding an extension to the house with solar tiles
to generate some of our own energy and possibly using hemp construction
(much more environmentally friendly than concrete).
Wendy
Vicki Robinson
>costs. We're thinking of adding an extension to the house with solar tiles
>to generate some of our own energy and possibly using hemp construction
>(much more environmentally friendly than concrete).
And if it ever burns, breathing the smoke keeps you from being too
upset about it.
Vicki
--
Power may be justly compared to a great river; while kept within its
bounds it is both beautiful and useful, but when it overflows its banks,
it is then too impetuous to be stemmed; it bears down all before it,
and brings destruction and desolation wherever it goes." -- Alexander Hamilton.
Wendy
"Vicki Robinson" <vjr...@xcski.com> wrote in message
news:cj4maq$lkt$1...@allhats.xcski.com...
> And if it ever burns, breathing the smoke keeps you from being too
> upset about it.
More positives. :) Actually, it's fire retardant.
http://projects.bre.co.uk/hemphomes/
http://www.life.ca/nl/91/hemphomes.html
Not only that, but there may be government subsidies too. It would take a
long time to get a complete ROI, but if a house has lower running costs from
others it should make it more valuable.
Other good news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3689556.stm
My mother mentioned something about a furore about the US wanting to use
more than the 1% water which is naturally replenished in the Great Lakes.
Do you know what she's talking about? I can't seem to find any anything on
the CBC site.
Wendy
Vicki Robinson
>My mother mentioned something about a furore about the US wanting to use
>more than the 1% water which is naturally replenished in the Great Lakes.
>Do you know what she's talking about? I can't seem to find any anything on
>the CBC site.
Haven't heard a word, and I live on the shore of Lake Ontario.
A few years back, a Canadian concern was gearing up to sell tankersful
of water to someone in the Middle East. Both the Canadians and the
Americans put the brakes on that, concluding that private enterprise
did *not* have carte blanche to sell off a natural resource without
discussing it with them first.
I could be more vague upon request.
Wendy
> Haven't heard a word, and I live on the shore of Lake Ontario.
She does too, in Kingston, and our cottage is on Amherst Island.
We can even see your shore on a clear day.
> A few years back, a Canadian concern was gearing up to sell tankersful
> of water to someone in the Middle East. Both the Canadians and the
> Americans put the brakes on that, concluding that private enterprise
> did *not* have carte blanche to sell off a natural resource without
> discussing it with them first.
Well that was positive. Kudos to both of them.
I'd still like to find out what she's referring to. Guess I'll have to
email one of my sisters, since you don't know.
Wendy
Vicki Robinson
>I'd still like to find out what she's referring to. Guess I'll have to
>email one of my sisters, since you don't know.
Go to news.google.com and do a search on "Great lakes" and look at the
Toronto Star article that's one of the top picks.
Vicki Robinson
>Go to news.google.com and do a search on "Great lakes" and look at the
>Toronto Star article that's one of the top picks.
Oh, and there are more futher down the page; the Detroit Free Press on
Sept. 20, the Edmonton Sun on the same day, Port Clinton News
Herald...
Google News is a good resource for this kind of thing.
Cornhuskeress
Then when you get tired of it you can smoke it! :-)
--
**Geri**
"Its football Saturday at Memorial Stadium and There's No Place Like
Nebraska!" GO HUSKERS!
Wendy
> In a previous article, vjr...@xcski.com (Vicki Robinson) said:
>
> >Go to news.google.com and do a search on "Great lakes" and look at the
> >Toronto Star article that's one of the top picks.
>
> Oh, and there are more futher down the page; the Detroit Free Press on
> Sept. 20, the Edmonton Sun on the same day, Port Clinton News
> Herald...
>
> Google News is a good resource for this kind of thing.
Generally I use google. I did do a google search before asking you, but I
didn't just search on "Great Lakes".
The thing is that google, and most other engines do come up with different
articles for people, depending on where they are searching from. I even
find this if I search from my account at home or do a search from the
University.
Did it again just now and it brought up the Toronto Star article, but the
next one is from "allafrica.com" about their Great Lakes and I don't see
anything from Detroit, or Edmonton papers.
Oh well, the Toronto Star gives me a clue about what she's talking about and
why she's fretting, though it's not a paper I'd generally read. I've now
done a search on "Great Lakes and IJC" and have found a Globe and Mail
article and the IJC paper. I will try to find time to read their paper
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Wendy
jane
>I've been re-building our computer, I'm afraid, as well as doing research
>into building technology which reduces environmental impact and energy
>costs. We're thinking of adding an extension to the house with solar tiles
>to generate some of our own energy and possibly using hemp construction
>(much more environmentally friendly than concrete).
>
>Wendy
Is it cool looking, though? I see the straw construction at environmental
events and I don't really get it. Does it look like the house is made out of
bales of hay? Who could resist putting three little pigs in the front yard?
I have a friend who is a hemp dealer: www.hempys.com.
I have been fundraising for the upcoming election here. Remember I was talking
about how political activism is all about parties this election? I have these
parties and people give me thousands of dollars and I mail it in. I would never
in a million years have thought I would be involved in fundraising. Life is
such and adventure.
jane
Wendy
> Is it cool looking, though?
http://www.hemp.co.uk/html/hemphouseUK.html
Looks pretty normal in the photographs. I hear it has a slightly cork like
texture but paints up just like any other skimming material.
I see the straw construction at environmental
> events and I don't really get it. Does it look like the house is made out
of
> bales of hay? Who could resist putting three little pigs in the front
yard?
But straw construction only looks like that before it's skimmed.
There's a great programme over here called Grand Designs
http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/0-9/4homes/grand_designs/
They only include original work or innovative technology.
Did I tell you that my neice married a young man studying to be an
architect? His first degree was in ecology and the environment, if I
remember correctly.
> I have a friend who is a hemp dealer: www.hempys.com.
Excellent. Hemps very sturdy, but can be very attractive too. There's a
range over here called the Earth Collection, though it's a Hong Kong
company. They do clothes in hemp, cotton and raw silk type fabrics.
http://www.theearthcollection.com/Frontpage.htm
> I have been fundraising for the upcoming election here. Remember I was
talking
> about how political activism is all about parties this election? I have
these
> parties and people give me thousands of dollars and I mail it in. I would
never
> in a million years have thought I would be involved in fundraising. Life
is
> such and adventure.
It certainly is. Even the painful and difficult parts are huge learning
experiences. I must admit that life for me at the moment is something of an
emotional rollercoaster. It's exciting, but frightening at the same time.
Wendy