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For those of you who missed the presentation by MARILYN VAN DERBUR on April 26 in Victoria, I'm nearly finished reading her book. EVERYONE should read this because we never know how we can help someone who's been a victim. Knowing the right thing to say to one who discloses the traumatic situation to you is CRITICAL. There are certain things NOT TO SAY. Never give them the idea that you don't believe them. Too many people do that, especially parents, and it multiplies the hurt to the victim. The best thing to say is essentially, "I'm so sorry you had to endure that."
One place to contact once you suspect, or know of, such violation is HOPE OF SOUTH TEXAS, 310 E. Rio Grande, Victoria at 361-573-5868; 24 hour crisis line 361-573-3600. Out of area line is 800-365-7345. **** You might check with your library to see if they have a copy of MISS AMERICA BY DAY the 1958 Miss America whose dad incested her from her age 5 to 18 and her older sister for 5 years. Their mama never could bring herself to believe them. Marilyn Van Derbur was 53 before she was able to make it public. Once she did the survivors came from everywhere. The book sells for $17.00 retail. Around here, I’ve just started talking to preachers about having their own copy for counseling purposes. Statistically, one of four girls and one of six boys (many by scout leaders and coaches) will experience rape and/or incest by age 18. Perpetrators are usually older brothers from age 12 to 17. The largest group of sex offenders in the country is fourteen year old boys. The girls start being victims, statistically, at age 5.2 years, and their brothers may start on them statistically at age 12. Once they get started, perpetrators usually violate many more boys that they do girls. ***** RUSTY'S NOTE: Yesterday chump said, “One out of four college girls are sexually violated their very first week or two in college? I find that hard to believe.” Thanks for your note, chump. Going back through the book, I couldn’t find that exact quote again. Here’s what I did find and will say the earlier statement must have been a Rusty misinterpretation. It sure seems that's exactly what I read at some point. Sorry for any confusion. On page 493 in MABD, Van Derbur cites: Freyd, Jennifer. Betrayal Trauma. Cambridge:Harvard University Press, 1996 as saying, “In a landmark study, research psychologist Mary Koss reported that approximately one in four college women was the victim or rape or attempted rape.” She continues with this quote from: Cleary. Campus Watch, November 2001. “In fact, a recent survey, cited by the U.S. House of Representatives, reported that 38% of college women questioned had either been raped or were victims of felony sexual assaults.” According to: Bohmer, Carol, and Andrea Parrot. Sexual Assault on Campus. New York: Lexington Books: “Sexual assaults often happen to victims in the first week of college.” **** Colleges and universities often cover up RAPES AND FELONY SEXUAL ASSAULTS so as to not loose money from lack of enrollment or financial donations. Now they can be fined $25,000.00/incident. Babysitters, girls too, are molesters, sometimes even mamas. The results of sexual predation, even just fondling (because of the feelings the violation produces within the victim) stay with the victims their entire lives once they remember what happened to them. Most survivors’ memories start unlocking the suppressed events usually in their thirties and forties. There are all kinds of physical and emotional ramifications and destructive behavior stemming from sexual predation. The quicker a victim can talk about it the less time the healing process takes. *****
Have heard twice today speculation about whether or not DUBYA will pardon Ken Lay. In your opinion, Should he? One radio interviewee said , "The Republicans are so far on everyone's schizen list now that they can't afford to even think about pardoning Lay? So you think Bush is that stupid?"
Do you believe that somewhere, somehow GWB was in cahoots with those crooks?
Did YOU ever do anything like this?
The Door Stopper Two church members were going door to door. They knocked on the door of a woman who clearly was not happy to see them. She told them in no uncertain terms she did not want to hear their message and then slammed the door in their faces. To her surprise, the door did not close. In fact, it bounced back open.Seeing the two church members at the door frustrated her. She stormed back to the door and flung it shut. But the door still didn't close. Furious, she grabbed the door with two hands and shoved it as hard as she could. But again, the door wouldn't shut. Convinced one of these rude church members was sticking a foot in the door, she reared back to give the door a slam that would really teach them a lesson. Just then, one of the church members said, "Ma'am, before you do that again, you might want to move your cat."
A win win situation.
Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border. Take the dirt and raise the levies in New Orleans, and put the Florida alligators in the moat. Any other problems you would like solved?
GO http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... target='_blank'>HERE to read about
Sperm donor passed rare disease to 5 kids. PHILADELPHIA - A sperm donor passed an extremely rare and dangerous genetic ailment to five children born to four couples, doctors reported Friday in a case that exposes a gap in the screening process. The disease, severe congenital neutropenia, can be fatal in children if untreated but is so rare that sperm banks do not test for it. Moreover, the family medical history that sperm donors must provide would not necessarily reveal such a defect, especially if the man is only a carrier and has no symptoms.
In Mexico, non-natives are banned from those and thousands of other jobs, even if they are legal, naturalized citizens.
Foreign-born Mexicans can’t hold seats in either house of the congress. They’re also banned from state legislatures, the Supreme Court and all governorships. Many states ban foreign-born Mexicans from spots on town councils. And Mexico’s Constitution reserves almost all federal posts, and any position in the military and merchant marine, for “native-born Mexicans.”http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... target='_blank'>HERE
Because of a reader from Hallettsville told about a gal letting two dogs lay land mines in her yard, this was sent to the Hallettsville Forum.
" PEOPLE LETTING THEIR PETS CRAP IN SOMEONE ELSE'S YARD Hallettsville News | Hallettsville Forum "What are the local regulations regarding discharging firearms, and BB & pellet guns in the city limits? How about setting leg hold steel traps where dogs and cats can get in them? What about shooting: #1. The pets which the owners walk and allow to crap in people's yards? If that don't work, #2. Shooting the insensitive idiots who walk there pets to crap in other's yards?" ****** From the kind of mood Rusty was in yesterday afternoon, it might be best he didn't see the guy letting his two dogs C R A P in someone else's yard. In MNSHO (my not so humble opinion) that guy had to be scraped up off a hen house floor and stuffed into a diaper when he was born. Should I make it any plainer? What would you LIKE to do when you see some inconsiderate egg sucking horse's hiney doing things like this? Maybe say it like a Brit? —"I say, old chahp, me thinks you're a bit of a bahstard." Perhaps, he's more than a bit, maybe a whole one. Is this maybe the reason the guy in Port Lavaca set steel traps in his yard?
Here's an interesting financial comparison for you. On a TV show this morning they told about processing paperwork, flying them from Russia to Isreal, and setting up with groceries, etc, the Jewish people from the former Soviet Union for only $350.00/person. For more go http://www.ifcj.org/site/Pa... target='_blank'>HERE
What are the coyotes and human smugglers charging their customers to drop them off dead or alive? Hundreds and thousands of dollars, according to stories reaching my eyes and ears.
Roy Mark must've wanted me to post this.
The anti smoking ban people keep asking what will be banned next. Try a ban on the size of a house you build. According to Parade Magazine Austin Texas has already passed legislation restricting the size of a new home built on existin lots.The homes must not be more than 2500 sq ft. Or less that 20% larger than the home that was removed.Other cities and Counties have passed similar legislation. Outdoor clothes drying lines are banned in some communities. WHAT NEXT FOLKS?
It might be wise for Rusty to call the writer of this plea a Reader. Abe here: One of our faithfuls sent this. I edited out a couple names. I’ve had dealings with the first name XXXed out and know that he failed to disclose some things on our house and HE HAD APPRAISED it. Some told us we should have sued him but we didn’t. Any comments from you would be appreciated. Thanks.
She wrote: Rusty, what would you happen to know about getting out of a "owner finance" situation? You know that we signed papers on this house back in March 06, but we are now reconsidering. My mom offered us 4 acres out in the country for us to put a mobile home on. My dad told us he would never have bought this house..but told us this 2 months after the fact. (Rusty, "he should have been kicked in the... for waiting until after the fact to tell you that) We ran into zzzzz zzz, who used to rent here, and she told us this house flooded with 15" of water couple years ago when Ganado flooded and she had to get out. None of that was told to us prior to signing. All that was told to us is a new roof had to be put on over the utility area and 1/2 of the kitchen area. We just don't want to put money in to it since it looks like WAY more work/cost than what we originally thought. Now I know what you meant by XXXXXXX being a lying crooked BBB. They sold us this house "as is"..but didn't disclose ALL of its problems and never did anything about the bees..but that is our problem now. We signed a deed of trust and a warranty deed of real estate..but I'm not seeing a "contract" per say...unless they just included that in one of the other papers I mentioned above. Or..we signed one, but they haven't sent us the copy...we can't remember. So should I call them and inquire if they have a copy of our contract for me to have? and if there isn't a contract..only these papers we have...how hard is it gonna be getting out of it? I know my sis in law and her husband were buying from XXXXX a few years ago on Sutherland..but they fell behind in payments about 3 months and XXXXX booted them out and nothing came of it..he just owner financed to someone else..they lost their down payment though. What are your thoughts on this? Advice?" HELP READERS??? What is the statute of limitations on failure to make a proper disclosure on a real estate deal in Texas? Oh, how Rusty would like to contact DIANE in the Discussion Forums about this guy. She'd eat him up. Oops, she might not care for carrion.
NEW ORLEANS HAS THE SAME MAYOR, RAY NAGIN. If you were elegible to vote in the New Orleans mayoral election, would you have voted for Nagin? How about you Heidi?
FROM A READER: One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex standing in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque. It was covered with names with small American flags mounted on either side of it.
The seven year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the little boy, and said quietly, "Good morning Alex." "Good morning Pastor," he replied, still focused on the plaque. "Pastor, what is this?" he asked the pastor. The pastor said, "Well, son, it's a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service." Soberly, they just stood together, staring at the large plaque. Finally, little Alex's voice, barely audible and trembling with fear, asked, "Which service, the 9:45 or the 11:15 ?"
This is NOT a stab at Chelsey's blog "Sleeping for Peace." She wrote about the rally in Austin by college kids OTSTW—OUT TO SAVE THE WORLD— trying to get out government to straighten out the atrocities against kids in Uganda.
KuPa, in part said, "This behavior will continue in Africa until Africans grow weary enough to do something about it or an outside entity acts on their behalf. No offense but the US has problems of it's own to deal with. We cannot save everyone all the time. Don't get me wrong this is a horrible thing and should be stopped immediately and if it were within my power to do so, it would. "So what can America do to help? How about sanctions? That seems to be the norm. Unforunately, it would have to be a military fix and our military is otherwise engaged in several different fronts at the moment. "Wise men once taught, "You must take care of yourself so that you are better prepared for taking care of others." It's the main reason good fire fighters, police officers, soldiers, EMT's and teachers etc. take care of themselves so that they are in top condition to help others in need. Right now, the US is in no shape to do so." Thanks KuPa, Rusty. While the OTSTW bunch has some good ideas, they need to focus on problems here in our own country. A case in point was the publicity stunt Houston congressman MICKEY LELAND pulled in the late 70s by going to Ethiopa to help those "people of our roots." YES, it got some bleeding hearts to get part of the airport named after him but what good did that do the people who put that nitwit in office? Not one dammmmed bit. As it turned out his plane went down and had to be searched for for many days. That search cost US taxpayers untold millions for a stupid publicity stunt. LELAND had how many thousands of his constituents who could have benefitted from the funds spent over the Ethiopia deal? One helluva lot of them. Had Leland stayed home and taken care of his voters a whale of a lot more good could have been done right in the Houston area. So, before we get all excited about running all over the world, let's see what we can do right here at home.
HEY Y'ALL!! LISTEN UP, OKAY? DEBBIE PEREZ is supposed to be getting us the scoop on a fundraiser to help the injured troops in the San Antonio hospital. I believe the CHUCK WAGON food will include BBQ Brisket, 'tater salad, etc. cooked on the grounds and served, I'm guessing outside, in order to lure our crippled up vets out to have a good time and forget their injuries for part of an afternoon.
Sunday May 28???? more later.
Subject: The Duck and the Devil
There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot to play with in the woods. He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was walking back, he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just on impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head, and killed it. He was shocked and grieved. In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile, only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing. After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes." But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen." Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny did the dishes. Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing, and Grandma said, "I'm sorry, but I need Sally to help make supper." Sally just smiled and said," Well, that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help." She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went fishing, and Johnny stayed to help. After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's, he finally couldn't stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck. Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said, "Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you." Thought for the day and every day thereafter . . . Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done that the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.) . . whatever it is . . you need to know that God was standing at the window, and He saw the whole thing anyway. He has seen your whole life, and He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven. He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you. The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness, He not only forgives you, but He forgets. It is by God's grace and mercy that we are saved.
Today's Advocate mentioned worries of folks living along the border. They're afraid the US and the ALLEGED Mexican Soldiers eyeballing each other will create confrontations. I personally don't believe our Notional Guard folks will be close enough to the actual border to be visable.
What do you think?
KdAVID REPLIED ABOUT MY MOM POSSIBLY HAVING SHINGLES. tHANKS, daVID
Best get her to preventative treatment early. As you probably know, shingles is the chicken pox virus that hides in the nervous system. It usually comes out of hiding after the immune system is compromised. -David
Who'll be next governor? How will Kinky do?
SHOULD WE HAVE NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ON THE BORDER?
WHY? OR WHY NOT?
Bill Seeger: Having a baby at 65
With all the new technology regarding fertility recently, a 65-year-old woman was able to give birth to a baby. When she was discharged from the hospital and went home, her relatives came to visit. ''May we see the new baby?" one asked. "Not yet," said the mother. "I'll make coffee and we can visit for a while first." Thirty minutes had passed, and another relative asked, "May we see the new baby now?" "No, not yet," said the mother. After another few minutes had elapsed, they asked again, "May we see the baby now?" "No, not yet," replied the mother. Growing very impatient, they asked, "Well, when can we see the baby?" "WHEN HE CRIES!" she told them. "WHEN HE CRIES?" they demanded. "Why do we have to wait until he CRIES?" "BECAUSE I forgot where I put him." Albert Garza
According to news reports three women in Florida have presumably died from alligator attacks during the last week. One was last seen sitting under a bridge dangling her feet in the water. Others were presumed to have been attacked on the bank and were dragged into the water.
It seems like Rusty reported earlier about a 74 year old woman who was watering her flowers when a gator grabbed her ankle. She retaliated by banging it on the snout with the nozzle of her garden hose. Someone suggested the gatora may be breeding now. I do remember that Louisiana has their gator harvest season during September when the mamas are sitting on their nests, thus leaving the males out cruising around to get caught. The most dangerous gator is one which has lost all fear of humans. Do not feed them. Do not play with them by dragging fishing corks by them and getting them to chase them. Keep pets and CHILDREN away from edges of lakes, rivers, ponds,lakes and canals.
One guy was squawking, "She don't ever want to make love anymore." In the background we hear, "If you'd wash your smelly xxxxxx and shave once in awhile your chances would improve considerably."
What would improve his chances around your house?
A "paralyzed" gal who's sued four California cities for injuries she's claimed were sustained trying to negotiate her wheelchair seemed to have a "miracle recovery". When cops arrested her on charges of fraud she stood up and ran from the cops. For more go http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... target='_blank'>HERE
Ever hear of these "miracle cures" before? Some guys told that Oral Roberts healed my leg one time after a faked Halloween gunshot wound. :>)
UPDATE: EVELYN said the cat is eating and acting better ao she is going to watch it for awhile.
EVELYN is our next door neighbor. A very helpful person, she'll help in any way she can. A stray cat had a litter of kittens in one of our barns months back. Not wanting the kittens to starve, she fed them way up past time for them to fend for themselves. Actually, we both may be feeding them tidbits. Earlier in the week she donned heavy gloves so she could pick up a sickly calico gray feline. In appreciation, it bit her hand right through the glove. Can't imagine why she let it go, can you? The local doctor said,"There's no telling what's all livin' in that mess of brush and weeds your neighbor has behind your place. Where it bit you you have a few days so bring it in and we'll send it off to be tested for rabies. We don't want to have to give you the shots if we don't have to." Now the cat has to be corralled and caged by Monday or Tuesday. We'd hate to treat her like they did "OLD YELLER". I doubt we have a cage strong enough to hold her.
Almost every place we've been the big cry was to legalize gambling because most of the money will GO TOWARDS EDUCATION. BULL FROCKEY!!!!!ALL that's ever done is educate the votors about what a big bunch of gullible idiots they were. We can't even get the so called state legislators TO FUND THE REGULAR SCHOOL stuff. THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST BUNCHES OF BULL MANURE we ever heard of. We've had all those lottery scandals on the state level. I say it's time to shut down all gambling in Texas.
What do You say and WHY?
You've probably heard the story about the cop who found a drunk crawling around on his hands and knees under a street light. The cop walked up and asked, "Say, fellow what are you doin'?" "I'mmm lookin' ferrr myyy c-c-carrrr keese." "Where'd ya lose 'em?" "Waaayyy d-downn therrre bbyyy mmyy c-carrr." "Then, why're ya lookin' up here for 'em?" "Becauuusse the ligghhtt'ss bedderrr uuppp 'eerrreee."
The neighbor's game cocks were crowing and the birds were chirping before daylight. Rusty thought he'd be nice and go retrieve the Advocate so grandma wouldn't have to when she got up. The only problem was that there was about 50 feet of driveway to cross to where the paper lay. Rusty makes it okay on the sidewalk and the checkered plate stairs to his office without any shoes on. However, the pea gravel (Slim Tim knows about pea gravel) that USED to be in the blacktop driveway has come lose from the matrix. Rusty's bare feet aren't tough enough for that trip yet. Closer to the paper than to the yard grass, the expedient thing was to somehow reach the paper and get back to a more comfortable surface. "Lord, make me tough enough to do this." The pant legs of Rusty's carpenter shorts weren't long enough to protect his knees much but that was better than the feet absorbing all that torture. He found his checkbook and a still folded hanky in his back pocket. "Good, those will soften the rocks on the knees but the hands will just have to tough it out." Rusty was never so glad to reach a copy of the Advocate in his life. On the return trip to comfort, the Advocate was one knee pad and the check book was used for the other. Had the neighbors looked out or the law had come along would they have believed Rusty didn't have a snootful of joy juice? What would You have thought?
Talk about a major relief. Rusty has been between a snit (sNit) and a sweat for months over some lost skin cancer slides. A dermatologist out in New Mexico loaned him some slides again to illustrate a story.
The first time we submitted them to a major bass fishing magazine they were rejected because they were "too gross". Yes, they were frightful looking but that was the point, to scare people, especially anglers,into taking measures to prevent skin cancer. Showing the various stages of skin cancer, they were very graphic. This time the story was rejected,(for good reason). The slides were held back to be sent once the story was accepted. Rusty forgot how they were packaged and where he had "put them in a safe place." Critical information about skin cancers start http://www.cancer.org/docro... target='_blank'>HERE
One of the most damaging aspects of sexual abuse of children is their parents not wanting to believe them. ELGIN, Ill. - A pastor was charged with spanking a 13-year-old girl with a piece of wood because he thought she was lying when she said she was sexually abused by a relative.
Police said the Rev. Daryl Bujak struck the girl hard enough to cause bruises and welts after she was brought to him for counseling because her mother doubted the claims. Officials said they believe the girl's allegations of sexual abuse, and this week authorities in McHenry County charged a 33-year-old man with abusing her from September 2003 until March 2005. For more click http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... target='_blank'>HERE According to Marilyn Van Derbur, she was hurt most by her mother refusing to believe that M.'s dad sexually abused her for 13 years. When that happens, the kids get no protection from the person they need it most from, their moms. No, you don't want to believe that someone in your family has been, or is still, abusing one of your kids. There are mighty big scars and walls built plus the interminable anger that ruins someone's life because of these things. What should be done to those who sexually abuse children? They sure don't need the preacher paddling them. Would you turn in one of your kids for being the abuser of a family member?
DALLAS - A woman, ALSO A TEACHER, convicted of beating and kicking her daughter’s teacher in front of the girl’s seventh-grade class was sentenced to six months in jail Thursday.
Paulette Baines, 45, was convicted Wednesday of felony assault on a public servant. She also was fined $800 and ordered to pay $14,000 restitution to Mary Oliver. for more http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... target='_blank'>HERE Was the mom's punishment enough?
CHICAGO - America may be the world’s superpower, but its survival rate for newborn babies ranks near the bottom among modern nations, better only than Latvia.
For more go http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... target='_blank'>HERE
How many of you watch those poker tourneys they have on two or three TV channels at a time?
Are they that exciting to you?
Before anyone gets all jerked out of joint, I'm just asking YOUR opion of this story.
On May 1st, as a result of the Mexican boycott, National retailers reported 4.2% lower sales for the Day, with a 67.8% reduction in shoplifting....
The grandma person arrived home safely today. When she made the "I got here" call to the kids the first thing 4-1/2 year old Casey said when Rusty got on the line was, “Hello Grandpa, are you okay? Grandma, are you mad at him? Did he clean up his mess?” And she replied, “No, Casey, he did a pretty good job cleaning up his mess this time.” Is it just our place that gets “messed up” while mama is gone?
The TV had an item about an over abundance of elk in the Rocky Mountain National Park and in the nearby town of Estes Park Colorado.
Park rangers estimate 3,000 elk are staying dangerously close to park visitors and are invading neighborhoods in the town. Rusty thinks it was probably the golfers who complained first. While nice to look at, the majestic beasts can be dangerous, especially during the rut (mating season) and when calving. Women having their periods need to be especially cautious around the bulls. Even though it might be months before the rut, a strong whiff might get them all excited. If you see one stretch is neck out and curl his upper lip back it's time to vacate the premises because he's getting ideas about having an exotic new girlfriend. The Park Service has drafted a rather lengthy proposal for disposing of the elk by having government workers shoot the elk at night so the public won't witness the "harvest". Rusty has witnessed this situation before. In fact his career altering remarks were expensive. He protested his Yankee boss's remarks regarding public outcry over the elk slaughter in Yellowstone Park in 1966. The wormy little district ranger took a long drag on his big green cigar (looked like he had the Jolly Green Giant right where he wanted him) and said, F***'em, we're the federal government. We'll do what we want about it." A lot of tree huggers, etc. wanted the government to trap the elk and transfer them elsewhere. Lots of people have all these big ideas about what somebody else "ought to do" but have absolutely no idea about all the costs and efforts involved. Just for our edification, what does a south Texas brush country rancher estimate what it'd cost him to hire a helicopter for three days to round up say 500 head of cattle. Then what would the shipping costs be for trucking them 1,000 miles or so? How much more would it cost to hire some 50 or so cowboys to help roundup wild elk in a foot to 18" of snow on horseback if the chopper can't work the area at all? Of course, now they'd use snow machines unless there's a government regulation against their use where the elk are concentrated. Then when rounded up they all have to be tested and or innoculated for brucelosis or bangs disease (I don't remember if elk get that or not). Then there's the matter of the wasting disease that game herds have been decimated by in recent years. Then there's a matter of having a place to where the animals can be relocated. They can't just be dumped out in someone's pasture and be expected to stay there. So, what are your suggestions about controlling the park elk?
A six foot gator bit a 74 y.o. Punta Gorda woman on the ankle and got whacked on the snout for his attack. I wonder why the old gal didn't see it in her yard. for more go
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... target='_blank'>HERE
This is only part of the story. For the rest of it go to the CONTACT RUSTY link.
A home owners' association out in Utah got tired of the crews of homebuilders scattering trash —McDonalds wrappers, sacks and cups all over their neighbor hood. They organized about twenty folks, named themselves The "Inner Neighborhood Services" to go out at lunch time and "police" the trash themselves. They took cameras. It is what they did while picking up the trash that is HILARIOUS !!!!!!!! They got some navy blue baseball caps and had the initials "INS" in gold put on the caps. It doesn't take a rocket scientist, however, to understand what they hoped people would think it means. CONTACT RUSTY for the rest of the story.
Hey, Wild William: how's the move going? Smoothly, I hope. Just don't y'all get so worn out that ya can't stand each other. Did anyone ever hear of that happening?
Rusty's also heard of couples building houses together locking horns. We nearly did trying to put our place back together. Rusty turned down a 14 month out-of-state job shortly after our fire because of not wanting to leave mama here to face the cleanup and rebuild all by herself. There were a few times he was cussing himself before it was over. When he told a 60s something friend that the guys with the straight jackets were probably on his trail, the friend replied, "I hear that a house fire ranks right up there among the top three or four tragedies in a person's life, along with the death of a spouse, a divorce, etc."
BILL SEEGER sent this one:
A nurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the little ones chests, would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own hearts. Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response to equal four-year old David's comment. Gently she tucked the stethoscope into his ears and placed the disk over his heart. Listen, she said...........what do you suppose that is? He drew his eyebrows together in a puzzled line and looked up as if lost in the mystery of the strange tap - tap - tapping deep in his chest. Then his face broke out in a wondrous grin and he asked, "is that Jesus Knocking?"
A reader sent: A college student at a recent USC football game challenged a senior citizen sitting next to him,
saying it was impossible for their generation to understand his. "You grew up in a different world," the student said, loud enough for the whole crowd to hear. "Today we have television, jet planes, space travel, man has walked on the Moon, our spaceships have visited Mars, we even have nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light-speed processing...and uh..." Taking advantage of a pause in the student's litany, the geezer said, "You're right. We didn't have those things when we were young; so we invented them, you little twit! What are you doing for the next generation?"
Finally quit laboring over which Medicare Plan D prescription program to use. All that work setting up an Excel file and typing in all that data was wasted. It was a small matter of going to MedicareRx.com and punching in a few things and several comparisons were available. Rusty thought he had a handle on all that fuss. When it was over, he stated,"No wonder all us old folks were in a dither about this mess. Sure am glad I understood what little I did about it."
In an answer to questions from several readers about "Why didn't Patrick Kennedy's latest episode get space in the Advocate?" someone sent us a tongue-in-cheek answer that Rusty likes, he wishes he'd thought of it.
"Rusty, Teddy Kennedy spoke at the last membership luncheon of the left-wing media conspiracy club and told us that if we reported on his nephew's troubles, then he'd have our ACLU and Greenpeace cards yanked. I'm running for president of the club next year, so I don't want to rock the boat."
For a cartoon about FILL'ER UPhttp://www.markfiore.com/an... target='_blank'>HERE
GARON sent us an email entitled THIS GUY IS AMAZING. Eric, the artist, paints 3-d murals on flat building walls that completely change not only the walls but the neighborhoods. For a copy hit the CONTACT RUSTY link below my bio or send a request to ACochran@vicad.com. Enjoy
A confidant sent this: Subject: FW: Aggie Celebration
Just saw hundreds of Aggies going nuts on CNN. They were all in College Station acting like fools. At first CNN said the Aggies were happy because of Coach Fran's newest recruits...but, it was just reported that the celebration is really over the announcement that mad cow disease is not sexually transmitted. That should have brought sighs of relief from oodles of farm and ranch boys, huh? What do YOU think?
Time's running out to enroll. Had a sister elsewhere claim her enrolling in Humana was a major mistake. She enrolled at the beginning of the Plan D Rx program. What luck have you Texas readers had with Humana and any other Rx providers? Thanks.
My first inclination to mention this was vetoed by my tired brain. A reader sent: So far as I have not seen one line in the Advocate concerning Patrick Kennedy's troubles with the law. All the major papers have carried extensive stories about it. The Houston Chronicle has several today. Why has the Advocate "spiked" these stories? This is a good example of a blog being the only place any thing concerning Patty get published?
Man you talk about a gene pool filled with scum! AND KENNEDYS ARE OUR ESTEEMED LEADERS? They go to the right church don't they? That makes everything they do just hunky dory right?
BHUBANESWAR, India - Cheered by thousands, a 4-year-old boy dubbed "India's Forrest Gump" who was nearly sold by his impoverished mother ran 40 miles Tuesday to enter the country's foremost record book.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... target='_blank'>HERE
After reading the story, would you call it abuse? |