GARON SENT: Dear Internal Revenue Service:

Enclosed you will find my 2006 tax return showing that I owe $3,407.00 in taxes. Please note the attached article from the USA Today newspaper, dated 12 November, wherein you will see the Pentagon (Department of Defense) is paying $171.50 per hammer and NASA has paid $600.00 per toilet seat.

I am enclosing four (4) toilet seats (valued @ $2,400) and six (6) hammers valued @ $1,029), which I secured at Home Depot, bringing my total remittance to $3,429.00. Please apply the overpayment of $22.00 to the "Presidential Election Fund," as noted on my return. You can do this
inexpensively by sending them one (1) 1.5" Phillips Head screw (see
aforementioned article from USA Today newspaper detailing how H.U.D. pays $22.00 each for 1.5" Phillips Head Screws).

It has been a pleasure to pay my tax bill this year, and I look forward to paying it again next year.

Sincerely, A Satisfied Taxpayer

THIS ITALIAN lady IS SKINNY, AND LIMBER, enough to brush her hair, paint dainty pictures on cups and saucers, put on her earrings and do ballet. For the video http://www.vidmax.com/index... target='blank'>go HERE

RUSTY'S NOTE: No ethnic slur is intended by the fact that there's one word here. Rusty isn't the author. I wonder how Johnny Cash would like this version.

"A Burning Sensation"

SALSA is a burning thing
and it makes a fiery ring
I ate to my heart's desire
then came the ring of fire

My RECTUM turned into a burning ring of fire
I went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
THE RING OF FIRE
THE RING OF FIRE



My ROIDS turned into a burning ring of fire
I went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
THE RING OF FIRE
THE RING OF FIRE

The TASTE of salsa's neat
but it burns on the toilet seat
DAMN those Mexi-can's
for the pain here on the can

My BOWELS turned into a burning ring of fire
I went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
THE RING OF FIRE
THE RING OF FIRE

The fried ice-cream didn't put out the fire
I went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
THE RING OF FIRE
THE RING OF FIRE

MMMM Maaaaa I'm bitin the town
Honest Ohhhh man, No it's sad
ehh, but the fire went wild...

SHOULDER STRAPS TOO TIGHT? This new T—-y Bear might be just what you need. http://www.vidmax.com/index... target='_blank'>go HERE

> Some of these are so funny! Enjoy the laughs. :-)
(Rusty's note: Couldn't Loon, Mike Austin, Captain D, and Rusty have fun with these folks?)

Winter Olympics — Hilarious!

Now that Vancouver has won the chance to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, these are some questions people the world over are asking!! Believe it or not these questions about Canada were posted on an International Tourism Website, obviously the answers are a joke; but these questions were really asked:

Q: I have never seen it to be warm on Canadian TV, so how do the plants grow? (from England )
A. We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around and watch them die.

Q: Will I be able to see Polar Bears in the street? (from USA )
A: Depends on how much you've been drinking.

Q: I want to walk from Vancouver to Toronto -can I follow the Railroad tracks? (Sweden )
A: Sure, it's only 4000 miles. Take lots of water.

Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Canada ? (Sweden )
A: So it's true what they say about Swedes.

Q: It is imperative that I find the names and addresses of places to contact for a stuffed Beaver. (Italy )
A: Let's not touch this one.

Q: Are there any ATM's (cash machines) in Canada ? Can you send me a list of them in Toronto , Vancouver , Edmonton and Halifax ? (England )
A: What did your last slave die of?

Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Canada ? (USA)
A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe .
Ca-na-da is that big country to your North...oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Calgary . Come naked.

Q: Which direction is north in Canada ? (USA )
A: Face south and then turn 180 degrees Contact us when you get here and we'll send the rest of the directions.
Q: Can I bring cutlery into Canada? (England )
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.

Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? (USA )
A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is...oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night in Vancouver and in Calgary , straight after the hippo races. Come naked.

Q: Do you have perfume in Canada (Germany )
A: No, WE don't stink.

Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Can you sell it in Canada ? (USA )
A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.

Q: Can you tell me the regions in British Columbia where the female population is smaller than the male population? (Italy )
A: Yes, gay nightclubs.

Q: Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada ? (USA )
A: Only at Thanksgiving.

Q: Are there supermarkets in Toronto and is milk available all year round? (Germany )
A: No, we are a peaceful civilization of Vegan hunter/gathers. Milk is illegal.

Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Canada, but I forget its name. It's a kind of big horse with horns. (USA )
A: It's called a Moose. They are tall and very violent, eating the brains of anyone walking close to them. You can scare them off by
spraying yourself with human urine before you go out walking.

Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA )
A: Yes, but you will have to learn it first.

Rusty again: SNOPES.COM has variations of these Qs & As about the Olympics in Australia and South Africa. http://www.snopes.com/trave... target='_blank'>click HERE

For some "JEWELS" asked of the National Park Service employees http://www.snopes.com/humor... target='_blank'>click HERE.

"Subject: Fw: How Cool Were You In High School?

How Cool Were You In High School?
This is a pretty cool test, check it out. This test is based on how cool you were in High School—what crowd you ran with, etc.

It's pretty accurate. You may want to send it to your friends to see if they've changed. LET'S SEE IF YOU ARE A COOL PERSON:

Don't say Rusty didn't warn you.
"http://www.sailinganarchy.c... target='_blank'>WARNING: If you're sensitive, or a prude, do NOT click HERE

Garon sent this one too. This happened on a flight getting ready to depart for New Orleans.
Jack was sitting on the plane when a guy took the seat beside him.

The guy was an emotional wreck, pale, hands shaking, moaning in fear. "New Orleans, there's crazy people there. They've got lots of shootings, gangs, race riots, drugs, poor public schools, and the highest crime rate."

Jack replied, "I've lived in New Orleans all my life. It's not as bad as the media says. Find a nice home, go to work, mind your own business, enroll your kids in a nice private school. It's as safe a place as anywhere in the world."

The guy relaxed and stopped shaking and said, "Oh, thank you. I've been worried to death. But if you live there and say it's OK, I'll take your word for it. What do you do for a living?"

"Me?" said Jack. "I'm a tail gunner on a Budweiser truck."

Garon sent a video email' This obviously British bloke is adjusting his tie in a men's locker room when a nearby cell phone "vibrates". (Now is one of those times that Rusty would really like to be able to type with a "Limey" accent).
He looked around and picked up the phone. "Hello" "Honey, are you at the club?" "Yes" " (giggle)"I'm at the mall and there's this beautiful leather coat, it's only a thousand, can I get it?" "Why sure, if you like it that much." Gleefully "Also I, um, stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new model. You know the one I really liked and.." "How much?" "One hundred twenty.." "At that price I want all the options." "Great! One more thing, that house we wanted last year is back on the market. They're asking one point five." "Make them an offer, come in at, uh, one point four" "(A couple excited giggles sounded like the line to the ladies room was too long),"Oh,love you baby.(another giggle). "I love you too." "Okay, Bye"
Then the bloke turns around and asks,"Does anyone know whose phone this is?" The men all shrugged their shoulders and held their hands out like feeling for rain.

Yes Virginia, JACKALOPES ARE REAL, just not in the way we've seen 'em portrayed as a jackrabbit head with either very small mule deer antlers or pronghorned antelope horns projecting from its skull. Intrigued by an article on the front page of the Oklahoman newspaper showing a deformed cottontail rabbit, Rusty just had to check further.

Thought to be caused by tick and other insect bites to the rabbits, it is not thought to be transferred to humans. Known as Shope papillomavirus, although the malady is in the same family as the human papillomavirus, HPV, it's believed that humans can't catch it. Although the growths can appear anywhere on a rabbit's body, these rabbits are thought to eventually starve to death because they can't eat because of the "warts" or "horns" that often develop around their mouths.

These following links were found in Google under Shope papillomavirus.
http://www.tamuk.edu/news/2... target='_blank'>click HERE http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~h... target='_blank'>click HERE

In 2001, a website named StanAndConnie.com it was
erroneously stated that a stuffed rabbit in the Buckhorn Saloon/ Museum in San Antonio, "And then there's the horned rabbit (the "horns" are actually wood pieces that got stuck in its fur, causing the skin to grow around them)".

My constantly begging the ICU nurses for something to eat finally got me a small bowl of lime flavored Jumping Jell-o.
Anyone who had ever watched, or heard, me eat would never believe that it would be nearly impossible for me to feed myself. It had been about 54 hours since a brain stem stroke and my body was screaming for sustenance. There was not supposed to be any food given me until after a therapist administered a swallow test. Fortunately, someone took pity on me because it was on the sixth day before the swallow test was conducted. Facial paralysis was the cause for concern about my ability to swallow.
The bed was cranked up to about a 45-degree angle. It would have been a good time to have a video camera handy to document my first attempt to feed myself. The “show yourself” back opening hospital gown was white with little blue figures on it. My normally dominant right hand was coming back to life and it was my determination to make it feed me. My shaking arm was making progress painfully slow. The spoon was nearly to my mouth when that durned Jell-o JUMPED off the front edge of the spoon onto my beautiful gown.
My potbelly kept the quivering blob within easy reach. An upward scrape of the spoon left an inch wide green smear on the gown. Almost to my mouth again, the Jell-o JUMPED off the back edge of the spoon. The quivering blob came to rest higher up on monster mountain. The attempted spoon filling left another smear. The exact number of smears escapes me now but they were a vivid testimony of my struggle to actually EAT that Jell-o.
The stroke, a kind that is considered usually fatal to 90% of its victims, had occurred at noon on Wednesday. Besides some paralysis, it left my eye focus rather messed up. There were two images, at different levels and of different colors, of everything. About the weirdest thing was when our daughter and her hubby were standing on the left side of my bed, she was talking out of his beard.
On Thursday evening my right arm and leg were told, “Alright, if we’re going to get out of here, you guys are going to have to get to work.” A nurse brought a discarded copy of the Victoria Advocate to me. Using my right hand, it took 22 minutes for my fingers to wad a single page of newsprint into a ball.
A nurse also brought me what appeared to be an anatomically correct rubber eyeball (blood vessels and all), just a tad bigger than a tennis ball, to squeeze. Squeezing that ball and wadding up the newspaper gave me strength and some measure of coordination.
One of those plastic hospital washbasins was placed on a table against the wall across from the foot of the bed. It served as a target for the many newspaper balls my hand had formed. The nurses were gracious enough to shag the balls for me to keep practicing with. By 7:00 a.m. Friday two of those balls had gone into the washbasin. By 8:00 I was able to wad up a double page of paper in one minute.
After various tests were performed, the neurologist told us, “We can find no medical reason for your stroke. Your recovery is a miracle.”
"It was all those people prayin' for me."
Late Friday night a private room was available for me. Saturday morning a nurse caught me coming back from the bathroom unaided. Late Monday afternoon, my latest “high fashion” gown was worn home.
There are some “residuals” from the stroke but I’m so thankful for what I’m able to do. I tell some people that I look like a movie star, Jack Elam, with my “wild eye”. Feeding myself is still sometimes adventurous, especially with Jumping Jell-o. NOTE: This was written back in 2002 or 2003. At this revision, 2/17/07, family members still watch to see how much of my meal will land on my shirt or go into my eyeglass case in the bib pocket on my overalls.

Woman awakens encased in ice after going higher than Mount Everest.
MSNBC News Services
Updated: 9:55 a.m. CT Feb 16, 2007
CANBERRA, Australia - A German paraglider was encased in ice and blacked out after being sucked into a tornado-like thunderstorm in Australia and carried to a height greater than Mount Everest. She survived. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... target='_blank'>click HERE
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'Polo' elephant gets mad, takes on minibus. Player thrown off as tourism, conservation event becomes stomping ground http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... target='_blank'>CLICK HERE
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Flamingos disappearing in Africa. a href='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... target='_blank'>CLICK HERE
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Africa species "eden". http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... target='_blank'>click HERE
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Do y'all want more pictures like these?

WOULD YOU MESS WITH THEM? round 2
February 12, 2007 - Posted at 10:45 am
These photos were part of a previous blog. They are reposted here in reference the HELP!!! blog below this one.

Please comment about how wild hogs are affecting lands you own or lease.I'm not trying to prove anything and if my stated hunches listed below are incorrect, please tell me, I can take it. The following is the text of what a cherished reader wrote about the "hero" pictures and blogs about the ladies who killed the does and hogs, and my reply. In no way do I wish to pick on, or insult her. Please, no character assassinations like often appear in the Vicad Discussion Forums. Thanks, Rusty

Sugar Magnolia had this to say
February 14, 2007 - Posted at 11:50 pm
Rusty with all due respect this is your blog, and you can post whatever you please. But you just turned me off big time. That is disgusting. Not that I mind blood and guts, but I hope those hunters will be proud once those species are hunted to extinction. Once they are gone, they are gone FOREVER. Can't happen, you say? I wish that were so. Nothing to be proud of in those pix. Sorry, Rusty.

Rusty Abe had this to say
February 15, 2007 - Posted at 9:12 am
SUG: I always enjoy your comments so hope we're not "breakin' up" over this. Without trying to argue, the rancher where they hunted said, "The game biologists from the state were out here and TOLD me, "You NEED to remove 100 does off this property THIS SEASON. By that time, there wasn't time to get the hunters in here to do that."
About the hogs, the farmers and ranchers are crying for people to "Come out here and kill some of these hogs. They're ruining my crops and pastures by rooting up everything. All that they eat is that much more lost that my livestock can't have."

Would you please do a little research for both of us? Looking up various website entries on wild hog damage, just in Victoria and surrounding counties should be an eye opener. I'd bet the county agents is this area would have some numbers or comments. You don't even have to have a license to hunt hogs in Oklahoma because they're considered not to be game, but nuisance, animals. Rusty's hunch is that since the state of Oklahoma didn't introduce wild hogs (they escaped from landowners) for management purposes, they surely wouldn't want to have to pay for the damages the porkers do.

I'd bet the TPWD biologists at the Victoria office would be glad to supply you with bunches of statistics on deer herds and the need to reduce their numbers. Would you accept this challenge and send me the links to your data? Your information might be considered more credible than mine by some readers. Thanks.

For Rusty to forward emails showing some impressive hand art or a video of a guy with a skunk mounted on a stick, ask at the Contact Rusty link. The guy with the "skunk on a stick" slips up behind a park bench and pokes it out between people's feet.

Becoming Illegal (From an Arizona resident to his senator)
John McCain
Senate Office Building
309 Hart
Washington DC, 20510

Dear Senator McCain, As a native Arizona resident and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to determine the process for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to you.

My primary reason for wishing to change my status from U.S. Citizen to illegal alien stems from the bill which was recently passed by the Senate and for which you voted. If my understanding of this bill's
provisions is accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for five years, all I need to do to become a citizen is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the last five years. I know a good deal when I see one and I am anxious to get the process started before everyone figures it out.

Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have had to pay taxes every year so I'm excited about the prospect of avoiding two years of taxes in return for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that I can apply to be illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent result for me and my family because we paid heavy taxes in 2004 and 2005.

Additionally, as an illegal alien I could begin using the local
emergency room as my primary health care provider. Once I have stopped paying premiums for medical insurance, my accountant figures I could save almost $10,000 a year. Another benefit in gaining illegal status would be that my daughter would receive preferential treatment relative to her law school applications, as well as "in-state" tuition rates for many colleges throughout the United States for my son.

Lastly, I understand that illegal status would relieve me of the burden of renewing my driver's license and making those burdensome car insurance premiums. This is very important to me given that I still have college age children driving my car.

If you would provide me with an outline of the process to become illegal(retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary forms, I would be most appreciative. Thank you for your assistance.Your Loyal Constituent,Pete McGlaughlin

Get your Forms and pass this onto your friends so they can save on this great offer!

Explain it to me once more: WHY do I have to "Press 1 for English"?

Does the London "FASHION SHOW" crowd really think designer Manish Arora is so fabulous? It looks to me like someone duped those skinny models into getting all "dolled up" to look like something I would imagine would be flashbacks from a bad LSD trip. Or, maybe way, way out characters from Deep Space Nine or The Next Generation TV shows.
http://news.yahoo.com/photo... target='_blank'>look HERE

Have you heard of "lock bumping"? To see different videos on this practice that gets burglers into your homes http://www.youtube.com/watc... target='_blank'>GO HERE.

If he could find any long enough to
get hold of, Rusty might've pulled out the rest of his hair fighting to get this whole picture in here in one piece. Oh, well.





This isn't all of the critters to fall before the fire power of these "Women who hunt".

On Saturday morning Rusty was a tad frustrated because sitting in an elevated blind with one of the lady hunters should give him ample opportunity to weave a good story about the hunt. Due to a mixup, they put him in a blind that hadn't been hunted, all by himself. He got a kick out of sharing the pictures he took of 14 hogs and nine whitetailed does, that walked right to and by his blind, while they had seen very little from their blinds.

The media struck again, omitting the most important part of Tony's post Super Bowl comments. /s/ Rusty.

HEADLINE: WND SUPER BOWL XLI
Colts' coach more proud of Christ than 'blackness' When asked about social significance of Dungy's victory, Jesus is answer.

http://wnd.com/news/article... target='_blank'>For a look at what Coach Tony REALLY said go HERE

SENDER: This guy may be black but somebody will shoot him for making statements like this. RUSTY: God forbid it. ALL OF AMERICA needs this guy.

Why New Orleans Went Under—A Black Man's Comments

Carefully read the whole article. You'll be amazed at this guy!!!

I don't know the man who wrote this, but I looked at his picture and read it with my mouth hanging open. He says things here that no white man could ever write and keep his job as a writer, and he speaks the truth.
Rusty's note: It's a shame this man's picture didn't show in this blog. He appears as a vibrant, concerned individsual.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005 -Moral poverty cost blacks in New Orleans - 1:00 a.m. Eastern By
REV. JESSE LEE PETERSON

Say a hurricane is about to destroy the city you live in. Two questions:

What would you do?

What would you do if you were black?

Sadly, the two questions don't have the same answer.

To the first: Most of us would take our families out of that city quickly to protect them from danger. Then, able-bodied men would return to help others in need, as wives and others cared for children, elderly, infirm and the like.

For better or worse, Hurricane Katrina has told us the answer to the second question. If you're black and a hurricane is about to destroy your city, you'll probably wait for the government to save you.

This was not always the case. Prior to 40 years ago, such a pathetic performance by the black community in a time of crisis would have been inconceivable. The first response would have come from black men. They would take care of their families, bring them to safety, and then help the rest of the community. Then local government would come in.

No longer. When 75 percent of New Orleans residents had left the city, it was primarily immoral, welfare-pampered blacks that stayed behind and waited for the government to bail them out. This, as we know, did not turn out good results.

Enter Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan. Jackson and Farrakhan laid blame on "racist" President Bush. Farrakhan actually proposed the idea that the government blew up a levee so as to kill blacks and save whites. The two demanded massive governmental spending to rebuild New Orleans, above and beyond the federal government's proposed $60 billion. Not only that, these two were positioning themselves as the gatekeepers to supervise the dispersion of funds. Perfect: Two of the most dishonest elite blacks in America, "overseeing" billions of dollars. I wonder where that money will end up.

Of course, if these two were really serious about laying blame on government, they should blame the local one. Responsibility to perform legally and practically fell first on the mayor of New Orleans. We are now all familiar with Mayor Ray Nagin the black Democrat who likes to yell at President Bush for failing to do Nagin's job. The facts, unfortunately, do not support Nagin's wailing. As the Washington Times puts it, "recent reports show [Nagin] failed to follow through on his own city's emergency-response plan, which acknowledged that thousands of the city's poorest residents would have no way to evacuate the city."

One wonders how there was "no way" for these people to evacuate the city. We have photographic evidence telling us otherwise. You've probably seen it by now the photo showing 2,000 parked school buses, unused and underwater. How much planning does it require to put people on a bus and leave town, Mayor Nagin?

Instead of doing the obvious, Mayor Nagin (with no positive contribution from Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco, the other major leader vested with responsibility to address the hurricane disaster) loaded remaining New Orleans residents into the Superdome and the city's convention center. We know how that plan turned out.

About five years ago, in a debate before the National Association of Black Journalists, I stated that if whites were to just leave the United States and let blacks run the country, they would turn America into a ghetto within 10 years. The audience, shall we say, disagreed with me strongly. Now I have to disagree with me. I gave blacks too much credit. It took a mere three days for blacks to turn the Superdome and the convention center into ghettos, rampant with theft, rape and murder.

President Bush is not to blame for the rampant immorality of blacks. Had New Orleans' black community taken action, most would have been out of harm's way. But most were too lazy, immoral and trifling to do anything productive for themselves.

All Americans must tell blacks this truth. It was blacks' moral poverty not their material poverty that cost them dearly in New Orleans. Farrakhan, Jackson, and other race hustlers are to be repudiated for they will only perpetuate this problem by stirring up hatred and applauding moral corruption. New Orleans, to the extent it is to be rebuilt, should be remade into a dependency-free, morally strong city where corruption is opposed and success is applauded. Blacks are obligated to help themselves and not depend on the government to care for them. We are all obligated to tell them so.

The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is founder and president of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, and author of "Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America."

RUSTY: For Peterson's website go HERE. You might be as favorably impressed as I was.

Rusty's ("sceared" of durned near everything) sister, TJ, posted this: "Well, I almost got skunked. I was on the way home from
Wal-Mart at about 12:15 am just a little bit ago & I saw a skunk crossing the road in front of me & going up on the curb. I thought, "Boy he's low to the ground. I hope I never meet up with one of those."
Well, after going to Deb's & returning & unloading the car. (Ugh! That takes awhile. All the kids that used to help me are gone.) I had to take Ambrose outside (Joel's toy fox-terrier). While he was in the middle
of doing his big job, I looked across the yard & there was a black thing, low to the ground. I thought, "That can't be. OH, NO IT IS!!!! Hurry, Ambrose! Hurry!" Sure enough there was a skunk & he started right for us. Luckily Ambrose was barely through. I yanked him up by the leash (him dangling in mid-air) & ran!! Fortunately, the skunk turned & went toward the neighbors' because if he'd kept coming our way we would have been sprayed!"

Rusty hasn't talked to her yet so will post these questions. #1. Sprayed by the skunk or someone in a stocking cap? How do you KNOW you'd've been sprayed? #2. Was ambrose "barely" or "IMMEDIATELY" through or did she DECIDE he was through? 3. Since skunks are supposed to be near-sighted, was it headed toward them ON PURPOSE, or was it simply traveling along the fence where Ambrose usually dumps? #4. If it was so low to the ground, is it possible that it was really a badger? The piles of dirt around the lawnmower shed lead me to believe she has (or had) been harboring an active badger. Besides that they DO HAVE WHITE markings on their heads and sometimes along their sides & backs.

Sorry sis, just COULDN'T resist, the opportunity was too great.
http://www.badgers.org/imag... target='_blank'>To view FIGHTING BADGERS, no not the Football team, go HERE http://www.badgers.org/imag... target='_blank'>They ARE low to the ground, click HERE http://www.badgers.org/imag... target='_blank'>Face markings, go HERE. http://www.rockleigh.org/Re... target='_blank'>SKUNK
EVERYONE NEEDS THIS INFOhttp://www.humboldt.edu/~wf... target='_blank'>How to REMOVE SKUNK SPRAY

Before someone attacks Rusty for posting this, all he's doing is asking YOUR OPINION on this issue.
The NY Times carried this: By ADAM NAGOURNEY and LAURIE GOODSTEIN Published: February 8, 2007

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — As he begins campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, is facing a threshold issue: Will his religion — he is a Mormon — be a big obstacle to winning the White House?

Mitt Romney gave the first major policy speech of his presidential campaign Wednesday in an address to the Detroit Economic Club.

Mr. Romney has said he is considering giving an address modeled after this speech that Mr. Kennedy gave to answer questions about his Catholicism.

Polls show a substantial number of Americans will not vote for a Mormon for president. The religion is viewed with suspicion by Christian conservatives, a vital part of the Republicans’ primary base. RUSTY asks YOU, "Did the Rs milk this base until the cow went dry during last November's elections? Did they learn anything?" Rusty would give a nickel to hear the Fruitcake Lady's opinion on this. http://www.nytimes.com/2007... target='_blank'>read the story HERE

It all started with a press release invitation to attend the screening of a new video. From BLUE POODLE PRODUCTIONS we were given an opportunity to witness the recent pet project of Carol Wagner of Austin. DRESSED TO KILL — WOMEN WHO HUNT was the new 61 minute video to be shown at the Shooting, Hunting Outdoor Trades (SHOT) Show in Orlando last month.

Not being able to attend the SHOT SHOW, Rusty requested contact data so he could interview some of the distaff nimrods. Among those listed where SALLY JO FRAME of the Fort Worth area, Cheryl Waldrum & Judy Rhodes from the DIVA part of the Texas Women's Shooting Sports (Diva Organization) out of Dallas.

Resulting from a few emails and a phone interview, Rusty was invited to witness a wild hog hunt just across the Red River off I-35. Six of the hunting gals will be there so there ought to be ample story material. They'll hunt Friday afternoon, Saturday a.m. & p.m., and Sunday a.m.

UPDATE The weather channel has COME UP WITH A BETTER FORECAST. AS of 5:11 Friday, 10, 10, and 30% chance of light showers through Sunday with temps all ABOVE FREEZING where the WC had been showing possible winter mix and rain at Marietta, OK from Friday on.

Rusty isn't hunting but still plans to pack a "HOGLEG" just in case. In this case, it's more like a "pigleg" as the hogleg seems to be hiding. "Did someone swipe it or did Rusty hide it that well?"

STOP THE PRESSES. EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT. RETIRED BLOGGER, CAP'N D, and others, probably our SLIM TIM among them, have been working on some projects to "resurrect THE BLUES" (My take on that). Rusty received this this link this am and will probably use that link while poundin' on his keyboard. After you check it out, tell us what you think.http://www.myspace.com/bone... target='_blank'>Click HERE for some real blues

RETIRED BLOGGER sent this:
Scientists offered cash to dispute climate study"

By Ian Sample, science correspondent Friday February 2, 2007 in The Guardian

It's worth your time just seeing this neat "up close & personnel" looking shot of a polar bear. Photograph: Joseph Napaaqtuq Sage/AP

The Arctic habitat of polar bears is under threat as climate change causes ice to melt.

Scientists and economists have been offered $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world's largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today.

Letters sent by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), an ExxonMobil-funded thinktank with close links to the Bush administration, offered the payments for articles that emphasize the shortcomings of a report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). http://www.guardian.co.uk/i... target='_blank'>go HERE for an eye opener

DUMKOFF. NITWIT. "IDJIT" DUMBBUTT

Pocket Taser Stun Gun, a great gift for the wife. A guy who purchased
his lovely wife a pocket Taser for their anniversary submitted this :

Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 22nd anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Toni. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/ purse-sized taser. The effects of the taser were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety.... WAY TOO COOL!

Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two triple-a batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disap pointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button AND
pressed it against a metal surface at the same time; I'd get the blue
arch of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs.
Awesome!!! Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Toni what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave.

Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it
couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-a batteries, right?!!
There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently
(trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking
that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving
target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a second) and thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong?

So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading
glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and taser in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries.

All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5"
long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference; pretty cute really and loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-a batteries) thinking to myself, "no possible way!"
What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best...
I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side as to say, "don't do it master," reasoning that a one- second burst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad.. I decided to give myself a one-second burst just for the heck of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION @!@$$!%!@*!!!

I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked me
up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs. The cat was standing over me making meowing sounds I had never heard before, licking my face, undoubtedly thinking to herself, "do it again, do it again!"

Note: If you ever feel compelled to "mug" yourself with a taser, one
note of caution: there is no such thing as a one-second burst when you zap yourself. You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor. A three second burst would be considered conservative.

SON-OF-A-... that hurt like hell!!! A minute or so later (I can't be
sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), collected my wits
(what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent
reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace. How did they get up there??? My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs.

I'm still looking for my testicles? I'm offering a significant reward
for their safe return. Still in shock, Earl

CHECK OUT 8 YEAR OLD TWINS TRISTAN & NIC PEUHSE SKATEBOARDING. THERE ARE SEVERAL VIDEOS.http://www.youtube.com/watc... target='_blank'>click HERE

With all the rumors surrounding Bill & Hillary Clinton, do YOU believe they really were behind untimely deaths since he started as governor of Arkansas?

To see what SNOPES.COM says http://www.snopes.com/polit... target='_blank'>Go HERE

Did that change your mind any?

Garon is obviously a republican but I'd bet many of you would will think this is a real whizzer.

This animal is available for lease in your neighborhood.
Book now and avoid the rush as we get closer to election day.
He is fully trained and answers to "Bill".

Rusty's not too sure this wouldn't get one's hiney in a sling: Would this be anything like yellin' an untrue FIRE? What's your opinion?

Subject: How to handle an annoying airline passenger:

How to handle an annoying airline passenger sitting next to you:

If you are sitting next to someone who irritates you on a plane or train follow these instructions:

1. Quietly and calmly open up your laptop case.
2. Remove your laptop.
3. Start up
4. Make sure the guy who is annoying you can see the screen.
5. Close your eyes and tilt your head up to the sky.
6. Then hit this link: http://www.thecleverest.com... target='_blank'>Look HERE

Blog readers Billy Birddog and David Y. both sent us this. Rusty may as well give you this before someone else posts it. From the American Spectator we get: The Lynching of the President
By Ben Stein
Published 1/25/2007 1:49:40 AM

So there I was, lying in my bed in Malibu with my dogs, watching Mr. Bush's State of the Union speech. I thought it was darned good. Realistic, gracious, modest, sensible. I happen to think we should get out of Iraq yesterday, but I thought Mr Bush put forward his case well. And Congress responded graciously and generously on both sides of the aisle.

Then, whaam, as soon as the speech was over, ABC was bashing him, telling us how pathetic he was, how irrelevant he was, how weak he was, how unrealistic he was.
http://www.spectator.org/ds... target='_blank'>Go HEREto read the rest.

Garon sent this:
**Even though the Aeroscraft dwarfs the largest commercial airliners,it requires less net space on the ground than any plane because it doesn't need a runway. The airship takes off and lands like a helicopter: straight up and
down.
**This is not a Blimp. It's a sort of flying Queen Mary 2 that could
> change the way you think about air travel. It's the Aeroscraft, and when it's completed, it will ferry pampered passengers across continents or oceans as they stroll leisurely about the one-acre cabin or relax in their well-appointed staterooms.
**Unlike its dirigible ancestors, the Aeroscraft is not lighter than
> air. Its 14 million cubic feet of helium hoist only two-thirds of the craft's weight. The rigid and surprisingly aerodynamic body-driven by huge rearward
propellers-generates enough additional lift to keep the behemoth and its 400-ton payload aloft while cruising. During takeoff and landing, six
turbofan jet engines push the ship up or ease its descent.
**This two-football-fields-long concept airship is the brainchild of Igor Pasternak, whose privately funded California firm, Worldwide Aeros Corporation, is in the early stages of developing a prototype and expects to have one completed by 2010. Pasternak says several cruise ship companies have expressed interest in the project, and for good reason: The craft would have a range of several thousand miles and, with an estimated top speed of 174 mph, could traverse the continental U.S. in about 18 hours. During the
flight, passengers would peer at national landmarks just 8,000 feet
> below or, if they weren't captivated by the view, the cavernous interior would
easily accommodate such amenities as luxury staterooms, restaurants,
even a casino.
**To minimize noise, the aft-mounted propellers will be electric, powered by a renewable source such as hydrogen fuel cells. A sophisticated buoyancy-management system will serve the same purpose as trim on an airplane, allowing for precise adjustments in flight dynamics to compensate for outside conditions and passenger movement. The automated system will draw outside air into compartments throughout the ship and compress
it to manage onboard weight.
**The company envisions a cargo-carrying version that could deliver a store's worth of merchandise from a centralized distribution center straight to a
Wal- Mart parking lot or, because the helium-filled craft will float, a year's worth of supplies to an offshore oil rig. "You can land on the snow, you can land on the water," Pasternak says. "It's a new vision of what can be done in the air."

What do YOU think?

Rusty's intentions of "I'm gonna get to bed a lot earlier tonight" usually get sidetracked. After a few winks, I woke up, did the urgent business and made the mistake of checking emails. Some research was done and a series of emails were sent in regards to one received during the night. It contained an invitation to attend a press preview, including an afternoon of chasing big bass in LAKE FORK, in late February. All this is to promote the inaugural TOYOTA TEXAS BASS CLASSIC professional fishing tournament to be held at Lake Fork, April 9-15.

There are now a couple of salty distaff anglers, residing in Texas and Louisiana, who made their marks in the Bass-n-Gal and FLW professional tournament circuits. They are now PROFESSIONAL ANGLERS ASSOCIATION (PAA)(the group holding the tournament) members. In keeping with the charge for the Amblin' Abe columns to highlight girls and ladies involved in "outdoors" things besides gardening, chances are that Rusty will drum up some ink about those two gals and any other SE Texas PAA anglers before the tourney.

How interested would YOU be in reading short reports (in the Advocate sports section) of "tournament standings" and other related events during that week? Please let me know.

There'll be "how to improve your fishing" type seminars and displays of new products on the market. There'll be a half day PRO-AM fishing event.

Country music star Clay Walker will headline the entertainment for the TTBC, with additional live music acts performing all weekend long. The entertainment will include Tracy Lawrence, Danielle Peck, Stoney LaRue, Kacey Musgraves and Todd Frisch. Have you ever heard of the last five?

My breakfast consisted of a handful of pills, a very dark skinned banana, a trick-or-treat size Snickers bar and a tiny Twix bar and a small glass of milk. BED TIME is way past due. "Now, where's that stinkin' banana peel?"

One of the commentors on Wm. M. Arkin's Early Warning blog entitled, "The Troops Also Need to Support the American People" touched on a sore subject with Rusty, putting apostrophes in plural words, not plural possessive words on in contractions as is the correct punctuation,

"Posted by: Rockwoodcomic | February 1, 2007 11:12 AM
Rockwoodcomic stated,"However, as a writer for a major newspaper, shouldn't he at least be able to correctly use an apostrophe? "Hoover's" and "Nixon's" are elementary school mistakes. Whether or not he should be ashamed of his opinions is debatable, but he should definitely be ashamed as a professional writer that he can't even punctuate a sentence."

While I'm not in agreement with Arkin's ink, just what is Rockwoodcomic talking about? How should Arkin have used an apostrophe in "HOOVER'S" AND "NIXON'S"?

Arkin used Hoovers and Nixons as being PLURAL, not contractions or showing possessive use. Just because so many "informed individuals" in this country have fallen into the repulsive habit of using apostrophes INCORRECTLY, it doesn't mean THEY'RE using correct English.

"All the dogs watched while the dog's paw was bleeding" is CORRECTLY punctuated while "The cat's were running" is NOT, whereas,
"The cat's butt was running" IS.

Who started this mess of putting apostrophes in all words ending in the letter "S" anyway? I.e., "The DOG'S and CAT'S were fighting.."
"The KID'S ran down the hill.." when they should say, "The dogs & cats were fighting after a dog bit off one cat's tail." "The big kids were running after the little kid's (meaning ONE little kid) or ".. little kids' (meaning more than one little kid) ball." http://blog.washingtonpost.... target='_blank'>GO HERE

Rusty ran across a link for "Tickets for Super Bowl Parties". For the ones he checked there's almost a $4,000 range in prices. http://www.greatseats.com/f... target='_blank'>Go HERE to see for yourself. Parking up to $455 and actual game tickets over $27,000. That's right, over $27,000.00 EACH.

Boy, wouldn't the price of four of those tickets go a long way for the at-risk youth programs of LIGHTHOUSE 2911?

A news item on the net kept appearing: Molly Ivins dead at 62. Not having ever had access to her beloved syndicated columns, carried in over 400 newspapers across the country, her name didn't mean anything to me. After reading several "That was Molly" stories, she became my latest literary hero. Oh, to have that wit and delivery of barbed zingers that had a way of making a point without terribly offending the intended victim. What a gift. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/... target='_blank'>HERE'S where to read one story about Molly Ivins. More will show up at the bottom of that one.

PAT, did you ever rub shoulders with her?