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USA: Born 1776, Died 2008?? It does not hurt to read this several times.

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul
Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning last Obama's
Presidential election:

* Number of States won by: Obama:19 by McCain: 29
* Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 by McCain: 2,427,000

Population of counties won by: Obama:127 million by McCain: 143 million

Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Obama: 13.2 McCain: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory McCain
won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the
country.

Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income
tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."

Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between
the"complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of
democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already
having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal
invaders called illegals, and they vote, then we can say goodbye to
the USA in fewer than five years.

Manure...An interesting fact
Manure: In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be
transported by ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer's
invention, so large shipments of manure were common.

It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than
when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier,
but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by-product is
methane gas.

As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles, you can see what could
(and did) happen. Methane began to build up below decks and the first
time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined
just what was happening.

After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term
'Ship High In Transit' on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it
high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the
hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the
production of methane.

Thus evolved the term ' S.H.I.T' , (Ship High In Transport) which has
come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day..

You probably did not know the true history of this word. Neither did I.

I had always thought it was a golf term.

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'When my grandmother got arthritis , she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.. So my grandfather does it for her all the time , even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'

Rebecca- age 8

'When someone loves you , the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'

Billy - age 4

'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'

Karl - age 5

'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'

Chrissy - age 6

'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'

Terri - age 4

'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him , to make sure the taste is OK.'

Danny - age 7

'Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing , you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'

Emily - age 8

'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

'If you want to learn to love better , you should start with a friend who you hate , '

Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)

'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt , then he wears it everyday.'

Noelle - age 7

'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'

Tommy - age 6

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Cindy - age 8

'My mommy loves me more than anybody You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'

Clare - age 6

'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'

Elaine-age 5

'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford .'

Chris - age 7

'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.'

Mary Ann - age 4

'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'

Lauren - age 4

'When you love somebody , your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)

Karen - age 7

'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.'

Mark - age 6

'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it , you should say it a lot. People forget.'

Jessica - age 8 

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Waiting – just think of all the things people are waiting for. You
don't have to wait anymore. You don't have to change all those things
around you. You can't anyway, because when you do try to change them,
they'll try to change you. And when they do, you won't like it.

I realized I can't change everything, but there's one thing I can
change. All I need to do is change my list of priorities. The change
has to come from within. That's why I'm saying it's easy. You don't
have to throw anything out, just rearrange. Of all those things that
have taken priority, put the priority to be content at the very top.
That's all.

Yes, you can be fulfilled. That's what's important. The greatest gift
you can give yourself is the gift of joy, the gift of peace. That is
tops. And every step counts toward knowing the one thing you thirst
for – that your life be fulfilled.

— Maharaji, Prem Rawat

Many observers, right or left, pro-Israel or anti-Israel, would agree
that Israeli-American relations are the worst they have been in
memory. Among the many indications is that only 9 percent of Jewish
Israelis think President Barack Obama's administration is more
pro-Israel than pro-Palestinian, according to a Smith Research poll
taken during the last week of March on behalf of The Jerusalem Post.
Given how much Israelis love and admire (and emigrate to) America,
this level of mistrust is all the more remarkable.

Commentators on the left, of course, blame Israel. For them, this is a
no-brainer; blaming Israel is as natural as breathing. One just does
it. Furthermore, Israel is headed by a conservative prime minister,
and America is presided over by the most pro-left president in its
history.

Meanwhile, commentators on the right are virtually unanimous in
supporting Israel. This is not simply an anti-Obama,
pro-conservative-Netanyahu reflex, however. It stems from a variety of
reasons:

First, Israel is our staunchest ally. Among other things, Israel votes
with us in the United Nations more often than any other country, and
it provides us with uniquely important technological know-how and
intelligence.

Second, conservatives' values are closer to Israel's values than
perhaps those of any other nation. As President Harry Truman said,
"Israel is the embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization."

Third, while a rift with Israel hurts Israel, it hurts America at
least as much (as we shall see) and does not make Palestinians any
more likely to make peace with the Jewish state. Recall, the
Palestinians unleashed mass terror against Israel after a left-leaning
Israeli prime minister agreed to give the Palestinians 97 percent of
the territory conquered in 1967 and 3 percent more from Israel itself.
Why, then, would the Palestinians make peace with Israel now, when
half of the Palestinians are governed by Hamas, whose charter calls
for Israel's destruction? Because Obama humiliated the Israeli prime
minister during the latter's visit to Washington — over Israeli plans
to build 1,600 apartments in Jerusalem?

Fourth, the greatest international threat today emanates from Iran, a
threat that will be exponentially increased if Iran is not prevented
from developing nuclear weapons. A weakened Israel means an emboldened
Iran. And this frightens conservatives more than it does the world's
left and Obama.

Finally, there is a fifth reason tens of millions of Americans, many
conservative commentators, support Israel and worry about America if
American support for Israel wanes.

To the left in America and around the world, this reason is dangerous
nonsense. But for a vast number of America's Christians, many Jews and
even many non-religious conservatives, it is deeper than any military
or political reason. The reason is based on a verse in Genesis in
which G0d, referring to the Jewish people, says to Abraham: "I will
bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you."

One need not be a Jew or Christian or even believe in G0d to
appreciate that this verse is as accurate a prediction of the future
as humanity has ever been given by the ancient world. The Jewish
people have suffered longer and more horribly than any other living
people. But they are still around. Their historic enemies are all
gone. Those who cursed the Jews were indeed cursed.

And those who blessed the Jews were indeed blessed. The most blessed
country for more than 200 years has been the United States. It has
also been the most blessed place Jews have ever lived in. Is this a
coincidence? Many of us think not.

Those who curse the Jews today seem to be cursed. The most benighted
civilization today is the Arab world. One could make a plausible case
that the Arab world's preoccupation with Jew-hatred and destroying
Israel is decisive in keeping the Arab world from progressing. The day
the Arab world makes peace with the existence of the tiny Jewish state
in its midst, the Arab world will begin its ascent.

The converse is what worries tens of millions of Americans: The day
America begins to abandon Israel, America will begin its descent.

Israel shares America's values, such as liberty, an independent
judiciary, a free press, freedom of religion, free speech and women's
equality. The Arab and Muslim worlds have none of these. Those facts —
and America's Judeo-Christian roots — make support of Israel, no
matter what the Arab and Muslim "street" feels about America, a moral
lynchpin of American foreign policy.

This administration's desire to have America liked in the Arab and
Muslim worlds therefore has to mean altering that lynchpin. You cannot
protect Israel and strive to be liked in the Arab and Muslim worlds at
the same time. And you cannot weaken that protection without weakening
America's moral values, which form the basis of America's greatness.

Even aside from compromising America's moral essence, weakening
American support of Israel will only strengthen the America-hating
Islamists. The notion that the primitive monsters of the Taliban,
Hamas, al-Qaida and the like will become pro-American — or just stop
attacking America — if America weakens its support of Israel betrays
an ignorance of evil that is frightening.

So there is nothing to gain — and America's soul to lose — by
weakening, or by even seeming to weaken, American support for Israel.

In 1968, Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman turned philosopher and author
of the classic work "The True Believer," wrote in The Los Angeles
Times:

"The Jews are alone in the world. If Israel survives, it will be
solely because of Jewish efforts. And Jewish resources. Yet at this
moment Israel is our only reliable and unconditional ally. We can rely
more on Israel than Israel can rely on us."

Hoffer concluded: "I have a premonition that will not leave me; as it
goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish,
the holocaust will be upon us."

Genesis was right.

By Dennis Prager