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THANKS REV. 1 SHUG & MIKE: Thanks for your comments. SLIM TIM: CAN YOU HELP ON THIS? THANKS
The opposition of the SMU staff, faculty, et al, to building the Bush Library and STINK TANK on their campus tickled the dickens out of me. We've already suffered with W's STINK TANK for nearly eight years. Does anyone else feel like the city kid who tried to plow by walking too closely behind the horse? It didn't take him long to decide he's had all the Horse Shhtuff he could stand.
This is a small part of what Ron Brownstein had on msnbc in reference to Obama's trip this week.
"All that is left for Obama is to enjoy cheering crowds during his trip's quick European leg, which began with his Thursday speech in Berlin. Yet that very adoration--which is reflected in polls showing that the European public vastly prefers him to McCain--may represent the trip's sole remaining political danger for the Democrat. U.S. conservatives are poised to argue that Obama's popularity with audiences abroad ought to raise doubts among Americans at home." RUSTY'S COMMENT: If you thought you'd have to deal with one of two people, wouldn't you want to deal with the weaker opponent to your cause? Were those crowds unwittingly telling US that? When did we care which of our candidates that bunch across the big pond "supports"? Did his trip help Obama's cause? Maybe not?????
Here's the link to the arcticle http://www.msnbc.sn.com/id/...
PAT HATHCOCK (AKA THE GREYBEARD LOON) SENT US THIS.; Sorry if we posted this one before. Hopefully, nobody'll get A.P.O. over it.
They're Back! Those Wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for church ladies with typewriters and computers. These sentences appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services (Summer, 2007 Release). ------------------------------------------------- --------- The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. ------------------------------------------------- --------- The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water.' The sermon tonight: 'Searching for Jesus.' ------------- -------! ------ -------------------------------- Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8 PM in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King. ------------------------------------------------- --------- Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands. ------------------------------------------------- --------- The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict. ------------------------------------------------- --------- Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say 'Hell' to someone who doesn't care much about you. ------------------------------------------------- -------- Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help. ------------------------------------------------- -- ------ Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I will not pass this way again,' giving obvious pleasure to the congregation. ------------------------------------------------- --------- For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs. ------------------------------------------------- --------- Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get. ------------------------------------------------- --------- The Rector will preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing: 'Break Forth Into Joy.' ------------------------------------------------- -------- Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days. ------------------------------------------------- -------- At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?' Come early and listen to our choir practice. ------------------------------ --------------------------- Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones. ------------------------ -- - --- --------------------------- Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children. ------------------------------------------------- -------- Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered. ------------------------------------------------- -------- The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility. ------------------------------------------------- -------- Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow. ------------------------------------------------- -------- The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon. ------------- --------------------------------------------- This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin. -- ---- ------ - -------------------------------------------- Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done. ------------------------------------------------- --------- The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday. ------------------------------------------------- -------- Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door. ------------------------------------------------- -------- The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy. ------------------------------------------------- --------- Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double door at the side entrance. ------------------------------ ------ -- -------------------- The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday : 'I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours'. ------------------------------------------------- --------- Among comments to Chris Cobler's blog yesterday about why some blogs are deleted were essentially about "..a blogger who posts several times a day and most are just forwarded emails that are of untrue and/or unverified "facts"" (Rusty's note: guilty as charged) and "can't you do something about the rusty bucket? He's crude and repulsive and we don't want to see that stuff"... If any of you are offended by some of my "crude and repulsive" posts, please speak up. You're not being asked to take my side in this as your true feelings are needed, okay? Before you answer please read Chris's blog and comments. Thanks, Rusty My replies below were in the comments section of Chris's posting.   1  
Even if the text says 2007 the content becomes more important every day. Rusty
RUSTY AGREES WITH THE CONTENT REGARDLESS OF WHO WROTE IT Prayer
I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don't agree with Darwin , but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his Theory of Evolution
Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game. But it's a Christian prayer, some will argue. Yes, and this is the United States of America , a country founded on Christian principles. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect -- somebody chanting Hare Krishna? If I went to a football game in Jerusalem , I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer. If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad , I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer. If I went to a ping pong match in China , I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha. A nd I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit. When in Rome .. But what about the atheists? Is another argument. What about them? Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand. Call your lawyer! Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's foundations. Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating; to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying. God, help us. And if that last sentence offends you, well, just sue me. The silent majority has been silent too long. It's time we let that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard that the vast majority don't care what they want. It is time the majority rules! It's time we tell them, you don't have to pray; you don't have to say the pledge of allegiance; you don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your right .. But by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away. We are fighting back and we WILL WIN! God bless us one and all ... especially those who denounce Him , God bless America, despite all her faults. She is still the greatest nation of all. God bless our service men (and women) who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God. 2007 will be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions... and our Military come home from all the wars. Keep looking up.
An article in today's VA said newlyweds shouldn't live within TEN MILES of any parents or siblings or other close relatives. Horror stories stemming from ignoring that advice were related. Other than lamenting not having family help when the kids were little, we've thought our living at least 500 miles, and usually more, from "family" has been a big plus for us. What have been YOUR experiences?
GARON SENT THIS: POLITICIANS: Not long ago I read a joke ... it said all the politicians running for president are promising change to the American people. We send them billions and billions of tax dollars and they send us the change.
Funny? Not really; there is too much truth in it to be funny. That got me to thinking ... they all promise change. How about if they run on a promise of restoration rather than change. A restoration that would take us back in time to a place where things ran better, smoother and life was more enjoyable. Change? That, in truth, is what they have been giving us all along. We used to have a strong dollar ... politicians changed that. Life used to be sacred ... politicians changed that. Marriage used to be sacred ... politicians are changing that. We used to be respected around the world ... politicians changed that. We used to have a strong manufacturing economy ... politicians changed that. We used to have lower tax structures ... politicians changed that. We used to enjoy more freedoms ... politicians changed that. We used to be a large exporter of American made goods ... politicians changed that. We used to be an openly Christian nation ... politicians changed that. We used to teach patriotism in schools ... politicians changed that. We used to educate children in schools ... politicians changed that. We used to enjoy freedom of speech ... politicians changed that. We used to enforce LEGAL citizenship ... politicians changed that. We used to have affordable food & gas prices ... politicians changed that, too. ..and one could go on and on with this list. What hasn't been changed, politicians are promising to change that as well if you will elect them. When, oh when, is America going to sit back with open eyes and look at what we once were and where we have come and say, enough is enough? The trouble is, America 's youthful voters today don't know of the great America that existed forty and fifty years ago. They see the world as If it has always existed, as it is now. When will we wake up? Tomorrow may be too late. When will America realize ... Politicians are what is wrong with America ?
LOOK AT THE IQs of our WASHINGTON D C wizards. Garon sen t this:
Ticket Agent Tidbits
A Washington, DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of why our country is in trouble: 1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!) 2. I got a call from a candidate's staffer, who wanted to go to Cape Town. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information. Then she interrupted me with, 'I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts.' Without trying to make her look stupid, I calmly explained, 'Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Cape Town is in Africa ' Her response - click. 3. A senior Vermont Congressman called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, 'Don't lie to me. I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!' (OMG) 4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife who asked, 'Is it possible to see England from Canada ?' I said, 'No.' She said, 'But they look so close on the map.' (OMG again!) 5. An aide for a cabinet member once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car he said, 'I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time.' (Aghhhh) 6. An Illinois Congresswoman called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 am and got to Chicago at 8:33 am. I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that. 7. A New York lawmaker called and asked, 'Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?' I said, 'No, why do you ask?' She replied, 'Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said 'FAT', and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!' After putting her on hold for a minute while I looked into it (I was laughing) I came back and explained the city code for Fresno, CA is 'FAT' (Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage. 8. A Senator's aide called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii. After going over all the cost info, she asked, 'Would it be cheaper to fly to California, and then take the train to Hawaii ?' 9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman who asked, 'How do I know which plane to get on?' I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, 'I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them.' 10. A lady Senator called and said, 'I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola, Florida. Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?' I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola, Fl. on a commuter plane. She said, 'Yeah, whatever, smarty!' 11. A senior Senator called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him that he needed a visa. 'Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those.' I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this he said, 'Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!' 12. A New Mexico Congresswoman called to make reservations, 'I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York.' I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, 'Are you sure that's the name of the town?' 'Yes, what flights do you have?' replied the lady. After some searching, I came back with, 'I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a Rhino anywhere.' The lady retorted, 'Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!' So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, 'You don't mean Buffalo, do you?' The reply? 'Whatever! I knew it was a big animal.' Now you know why the Government is in the shape it's in!
GARON SENT THIS Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?
Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn't solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and trailers) are? Why isn't the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels in Chicago ? When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines ? Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks? Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen television sets? When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a 'vanilla' Iowa , because that's the way God wants it? Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage, complete with reports of cannibalism? Could it be the frog thing???? Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural people? How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever again?
It's not in any way my intent here to wish anything to happen to our president. From the general opinion of several people informally polled, it's in the back of several minds that it COULD happen. What's your opinion?
IF "YO-MAMA" gets elected and Hillary is the V.P., how long do you think he'll live? Will the Clintons get him bumped off? If not them, what sort of person or group would do it? A website rense.com maintains that MSG is poisoning the world and that it is addictive so is added to nearly all our food in order to affect our food choices. A Canadian researcher has this assertion in his book, THE SLOW POISONING OF AMERICA.
Upon reading the information given at the link http://www.rense.com/genera... what is your evaluation of the deal? Snopes.com had no mention of the book or its content. No adverse data was presented there.We have a friend who is seriously allergic to even just a tiny bit of MSN in her food. Do you know of anyone affected by the stuff?
GARON SENT THIS. WHERE DID THESE JOKERS LEARN THEIR TRADE?.
I'D BET THESE IDIOT ANIMAL ACTIVISTS WOULDN'T SAY A THING ABOUT ABORTIONS OR HAVING 'EM. This link will show you how radical these nuts are. Don't they realize the very research they're opposing just might save their lives some day? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...
AMERICANS HAVE BEEN FEEDING AT THE GOVERNMENT HOG TROUGH L ONG ENOUGH. RUSTY AGREES WITH THE MESSAGE GARON SENT US. HOW ABOUT YOU?
There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some Exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab, The Prof noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told Him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting Communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new socialist regime. In the midst of his story, he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked: 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?' The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said that it was no joke. 'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the co rn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, which are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat that free corn again. You then slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd. Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.' The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening in America . The government keeps pushing us toward Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tax cuts, tax exemptions, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc.. While we continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time. One should always remember two truths: There is no such thing as a free lunch and you can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself. If you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America, you might want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life, then you will probably delete this email. But God help you when the gate slams shut! The only thing I can add to this is a question for you...... Which candidates out there are most anxious to spread around the free corn, and what might their motives be? Think about it.
Do children SEE angels? Here's a link to stories saying they do: http://www.beliefnet.com/nl... What's been your experience along these lines? What do you think about angels?
Now that Rusty's back home, he seems to be getting the strong impression that he needs to be pounding the keyboard on the laptop (after he clears all the "treasures he brought home from Hobbs" out of the carport and put away). He's always happy to help someone get a good story out. |
ROBERTTX: Thanks for your comments as well. As one who has a problem with UNVERIFIED "urban legends" or two year old, or older, forwarded emails REQUESTING URGENT PRAYER...(usually. for some crisis long past) my diligence in this area has slipped.; If I didn't think some of the posts of forwarded emails didn't express my feelings, or could possibly stir up readers' comments (many are posted only for that reason..to see who'll squawk about 'em).they wouldn't be there.