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Let's see: United States Senator Author Lawyer Tireless advocate for children and families What is it that your wife does?

Yeah, pretty much - 1st skydive 1978. Remember "Boobs A Lot" from the early 70s on Dr. Demento. Anyone else used to love that show as a young geek? Actually owned one Fugs album, Virgin Fugs. Pretty crazy shit - just look at the songlist: We're The Fugs New Amphetamine Shriek Saran Wrap The Ten Commandments Hallucination Horrors I Command The House Of The Devil CIA Man Coca Cola Douche My Bed Is Getting Crowded Caca Rocka I Saw The Best Minds Of My Generation Rot

http://www.msnbc.com/news/1003312.asp What I find amazing is that he had time to write all those great songs and record all those fantastic albums while serving as a US senator and running for president. . .

The Fugs: Do you like boobs a lot? (Yes, I like boobs a lot.) Boobs a lot, boobs a lot. (You gotta like boobs a lot.) Really like boobs a lot. (You gotta like boobs a lot.) Boobs a lot, boobs a lot. (You gotta like boobs a lot.)

Yep.

Speechless.

Here's a few more quotes: "I never knew anything above Cs." --President Reagan, in a moment of truthfulness, describes his academic record to Barbara Walters, November 27, 1981 "They told stories about how inattentive and inept the President was.... They said he wouldn't come to work--all he wanted to do was to watch movies and television at the residence." --Jim Cannon (an aide to Howard Baker) reporting what Reagan's underlings told him, Landslide: The Unmaking of the President: 1984-88 "This President is treated by both the press and foreign leaders as if he were a child.... It is major news when he honors a political or economic discussion with a germane remark and not an anecdote about his Hollywood days." --Columnist Richard Cohen "What planet is he living on?" --President Mitterand of France poses this question about Reagan to Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau. "He demonstrated for all to see how far you can go in this life with a smile, a shoeshine and the nerve to put your own spin on the facts." --David Nyhan, Boston Globe columnist "an amiable dunce" --Clark Clifford (former Defense Secretary) "Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears." --British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher "...like reinventing the wheel." --Larry Speakes (Reagan's former press secretary) describing what it was like preparing the President for a press conference, Speaking Out: The Reagan Presidency from Inside the White House "The task of watering the arid desert between Reagan's ears is a challenging one for his aides." --Columnist David Broder "He has the ability to make statements that are so far outside the parameters of logic that they leave you speechless" --Patti Davis (formerly Patricia Ann Reagan), talking about her father, The Way I See It "This loathing for government, this eagerness to prove that any program to aid the disadvantaged is nothing but a boondoggle and a money gobbler, leads him to contrive statistics and stories with unmatched vigor." --Mark Green, Reagan's Reign of Error "President Reagan doesn't always check the facts before he makes statements, and the press accepts this as kind of amusing." --former president Jimmy Carter, March 6, 1984 "His errors glide past unchallenged. At one point...he alleged that almost half the population gets a free meal from the government each day. No one told him he was crazy. The general message of the American press is that, yes, while it is perfectly true that the emperor has no clothes, nudity is actually very acceptable this year." --Simon Hoggart, in The Observer (London), 1986

Quotes? Glad it came up. Truth, wisdom, compassion, a vision of America for all, not just the rich and powerful and religous? Read for yourself, if you dare (me thinks it will be skipped by many - can't have that pesky reality invading the order of our narrow little me, me, me, us, us, us world . . . ) Rush Limbaugh has nothing on The Great Communicator himself for lies and greed. Clueless? Read on - straight from the moron's own mouth: Uncommon Wisdom from "The Gipper" "A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?" --Ronald Reagan (Governor of California), quoted in the Sacramento Bee, opposing expansion of Redwood National Park, March 3, 1966 "I don't believe a tree is a tree and if you've seen one you've seen them all." --Governor Ronald Reagan, in the Sacramento Bee, September 14, 1966 "All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk." --Ronald Reagan (Republican candidate for president), quoted in the Burlington (Vermont) Free Press, February 15, 1980. (In reality, the average nuclear reactor generates 30 tons of radioactive waste per year.) "I have flown twice over Mount St. Helens. I'm not a scientist and I don't know the figures, but I have a suspicion that one little mountain out there, in these last several months, has probably released more sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere than has been released in the last ten years of automobile driving or things of that kind." --Ronald Reagan, quoted in Time magazine, October 20, 1980. (According to scientists, Mount St. Helens emitted about 2,000 tons of sulfur dioxide per day at its peak activity, compared with 81,000 tons per day produced by cars.) "Growing and decaying vegetation in this land are responsible for 93 percent of the oxides of nitrogen." --Ronald Reagan, quoted in the Los Angeles Times, October 9, 1980. (According to Dr. Michael Oppenheimer of the Environmental Defense Fund, industrial sources are responsible for at least 65 percent and possibly as much as 90 percent of the oxides of nitrogen in the U.S.) "Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation. So let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards for man-made sources." --Ronald Reagan, quoted in Sierra, September 10, 1980 "I've said it before and I'll say it again. The U.S. Geological Survey has told me that the proven potential for oil in Alaska alone is greater than the proven reserves in Saudi Arabia." --Ronald Reagan, quoted in the Detroit Free Press, March 23, 1980. (According to the USGS, the Saudi reserves of 165.5 billion barrels are 17 times the proven reserves--9.2 billion barrels--in Alaska.) "Why should we subsidize intellectual curiosity?" --Ronald Reagan, campaign speech, 1980 "Trains are not any more energy efficient than the average automobile, with both getting about 48 passenger miles to the gallon." --Ronald Reagan, quoted in the Chicago Tribune, May 10, 1980. (The U.S. Department of Transportation calculates that a 14-car train traveling at 80 miles per hour gets 400 passenger miles to the gallon. A 1980 auto carrying an average of 2.2 people gets 42.6 passenger miles to the gallon.) "It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas." --Ronald Reagan (candidate for Governor of California), interviewed in the Fresno Bee, October 10, 1965 "I have a feeling that we are doing better in the war [in Vietnam] than the people have been told." --Ronald Reagan, in the Los Angeles Times, October 16, 1967 "...the moral equal of our Founding Fathers." --President Reagan, describing the Nicaraguan contras, March 1, 1985 "Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal." --Ronald Reagan, quoted in Time, May 17, 1976 "I know all the bad things that happened in that war. I was in uniform four years myself." --President Reagan, in an interview with foreign journalists, April 19, 1985. ("In costume" is more like it. Reagan spent World War II making Army training films at Hal Roach Studios in Hollywood.) "They've done away with those committees. That shows the success of what the Soviets were able to do in this country." --Ronald Reagan, quoted in the Washington Times, September 30, 1987. (Reagan longs for the days of Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the HCUA witch hunts.) "We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years." --President Reagan, quoted in USA Today, April 26, 1983 "What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice." --President Reagan, defending himself against charges of callousness on Good Morning America, January 31, 1984 "I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at the point of a bayonet, if necessary." --Ronald Reagan, Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1965 "I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964." --Ronald Reagan, Los Angeles Times, June 17, 1966 "If there has to be a bloodbath then let's get it over with." --Ronald Reagan (Governor of California), quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, May 15, 1969. (Reagan reveals how he intends to deal with student protesters at the University of California, Berkeley.) "Today a newcomer to the state is automatically eligible for our many aid programs the moment he crosses the border." --Ronald Reagan, in a speech announcing his candidacy for Governor, January 3, 1966. (In fact, immigrants to California had to wait five years before becoming eligible for benefits. Reagan acknowledged his error, but nine months later said exactly the same thing.) "...a faceless mass, waiting for handouts." --Ronald Reagan, 1965. (Description of Medicaid recipients.) "Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders." --California Governor Ronald Reagan, in the Sacramento Bee, April 28, 1966 "We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry every night. Well, that was probably true. They were all on a diet." --Ronald Reagan, TV speech, October 27, 1964 "But I also happen to be someone who believes in tithing--the giving of a tenth [to charity]." --Ronald Reagan, from The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, February 8, 1982. (He may believe in tithing, but he doesn't practice it. Reagan's total charitable giving of $5,965 did not approach 10% of total income. It was more like 1.4%.) "[Not] until now has there ever been a time in which so many of the prophecies are coming together. There have been times in the past when people thought the end of the world was coming, and so forth, but never anything like this." --President Reagan revealing a disturbing view about the "coming of Armageddon," December 6, 1983 "History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20 percent of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect for government.... When it reaches 25 percent, there comes an increase in lawlessness." --Ronald Reagan, in Time, April 14, 1980. (History shows no such thing. Income tax rates in Europe have traditionally been far higher than U.S. rates, while European crime rates have been much lower.) "Because Vietnam was not a declared war, the veterans are not even eligible for the G. I. Bill of Rights with respect to education or anything." --Ronald Reagan, in Newsweek, April 21, 1980. (Wrong again.) "Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close." --Ronald Reagan to aide Stuart Spencer, 1966 Quotes are from Reagan's Reign of Error by Mark Green & Gail MacColl, and The Clothes Have No Emperor by Paul Slansky

In general, I don't have a problem with dead presidents on my money (though "In God We Trust" makes me sick). But if a president is to grace our currency or Mount Rushmore or whatever, shouldn't it be one who was not just a stupid, clueless puppet who read his lines for the benefit of the narrow-minded and greedy?

One of my favorite acronyms is TLA for. . . . Three Letter Acronym

Story here: http://www.msnbc.com/news/1001585.asp Question - why not just put Howdy Doody on the dime? Or why not just a steaming pile of shit like the great communicator himself? (maybe we should save that image for GW Bush?)

Yeah, but look how long it took Ivan to find it. Five long minutes - that's something to hold on to and savor. . .

A couple choice paragraphs. It's worked for me - the last two times I've been pulled over, the encounter ended with the cop saying something like "your honesty is going to get you just a warning tonight. . . " ==================================================== Part II. "How to react in case you do get pulled over for speeding" ==================================================== (a) 90% of the cops out there are NOT assholes. (c) Let me say this one more time... Cops are not assholes. If one has pulled you over? Guess what dumb dick, you deserved to be pulled over. You were speeding. This whole, "I wasn't speeding you must have measured someone else" excuse? Bullshit. "Your radar readings were off because I was too close to high power lines." Donkey Dumplings. The purpose of a cop on traffic duty is not to arbitrarily bust the balls of anyone doing 56 in a 55 zone. The purpose of a cop on traffic duty is not to blindly sweep the broadsword of justice in an attempt top raise revenue for his town. The purpose of a cop on traffic duty is to keep the assholes who do drive their cars like fucking nut jobs from smashing into the vehicles filled with our moms, dads, wives, husbands, and children. If a fucking cop pulls you over, there's a fucking reason. Don't be a piece of shit and deny it, because you're only kidding yourself. Bottom line was you WERE speeding. Be it by 5 , 15 , or 500 miles an hour, you were speeding. So shut the fuck up and take your medicine. (f) Playing Dumb. One word. Don't. "Oh gee officer, I was passing everyone like they were standing fucking still, I've left a pile of wrecked cars behind me, but I have no idea why you're pulling me over. >innocent blink< >innocent blink

Reading Steve1's post about the asshole highway patrolman made me think of this article. IMHO it is great advice - to my way of thinking it's just common sense. Of course some of it is just the luck of the draw, like not getting pulled over by a cop who is primed (as perhaps Steve1 did). But regardless of luck, it can't hurt to maximize your chances. It's a bit long, but well worth the time to read: http://www.ehowa.com/mythoughts/nospeeding.shtml

Good for you! Optimism breeds optimism - stay with it and take one day at a time.

Originally saw this in Wired magazine, of all places. Looked it up on-line - after a few minutes, almost had to start surfing with one hand Santa, can you bring me one? http://www.hkpro.com/pdw.htm

Nice to see a post referring to APOD. It's been my home page for a long time - most days when I get on the web, something new and often amazing comes up. . . Highly recommended for the curious.

How 'bout "Oh, Lord, Stuck in Lodi again"? Or one of my faves by Danny Elfman, "No One Lives Forever": You worry too much / you make yourself sad You can’t change fate / but don’t feel so bad Enjoy it while you can / it’s just like the weather So quit complaining brother . . . . . . . No one lives forever!! Let’s have a party there’s a full moon in the sky It’s the hour of the wolf and I don’t want to die I’m so happy dancing while the grim reaper Cuts, cuts, cuts But he can’t get me (I’m as) Clever as can be, and I’m very quick, but don’t forget No one lives forever!!! You think you got it rough / what about your darling doggy? Ten short years / and he’s getting old and groggy I don’t think it’s very fair Cold, chop, low, but it’s all relative my friend ’cause No one lives forever!!! Let’s have a party there’s a full moon in the sky It’s the hour of the wolf and i Don’t want to die (but) . . . No one beats him at his game For very long but just the same Who cares, there’s no place safe to hide Nowhere to run--no time to cry So celebrate while you still can ’cause any second it may end. And when it’s all been said and done . . . Better that you had some fun Instead of hiding in a shell-why make your life a living hell? So have a toast, and down the cup And drink to bones that turn to dust (’cause) . . . No one, no one, no one, no one . . . . . . . (etc.) No one lives forever!! (hey!)

Here's mine. . .

>I think that the 'its the second impact that kills you' theory is a myth. Ya think??? >Back to stupid comments about smacking in. Excellent idea. At good old Beagle Skyranch (Sams Valley, Oregon), there is a cemetery not too far from the DZ. In the interest of courtesy, let alone irony, I always thought it would be cool to track into a freshly dug open grave. Back on the courtesy tack (or track), my second choice for not leaving a mess would be to track into an open dumpster down at the store. Back to reality, of course I would be trying to save myself. So, assuming a 12K exit without a rig, I would be looking real hard for a mattress that was like 11,990 feet high. . . -Crash

Good for the DZ or perhaps Don's boat in Idaho?

Big-time budget woes. Any really cheap rooms out there? How 'bout legal camping? There's a KOA 5 miles out for $18 that includes shower - any other ideas? Thanks Add: Don't want to share a room - have issues - But thanks Peter.

Good, current article from PC magazine: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1321971,00.asp

Don't know how big you are really after, but have you considered a projector? I just bought a projector that can be hooked to a PC, DVD, tape, whatever - it is 2500 lumens and is rated to project an image 300 inches wide (or maybe diagonal). Either way, that is a big, fairly bright image (indoors anyway - maybe you are after outdoors during the day, in which case this probably wouldn't work. . . ) To get the best image quality, you would want a screen to project on, but that would probably still be a lot cheaper than a jumbotron, and maybe you wouldn't need a screen at all if there was a big white wall. The projector cost $3,500 - Mitsubishi XL25U

That is way cool. Have you seen Louisiana's (as in New Orleans) state quarter?