Interesting e-mails. Put em here.

Wow! This brings it down to laymen terms and a good comparison.




Why the US was downgraded...

• U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000

• Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000

• New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000

• National debt: $14,271,000,000,000

• Recent budget cut: $ 38,500,000,000

Let's remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:

• Annual family income: $21,700

• Money the family spent: $38,200

• New debt on the credit card: $16,500

• Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710



• Total budget cuts: $385.00


​
 

It will take a long time to live this down.



Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction !





Fighter jet in cornfield...1970, while assigned to the 71st FIS at Malmstrom AFB , Montana , its pilot ejected during an in-flight emergency.



The pilot somehow got himself into a flat spin -- considered generally unrecoverable in an F-106 and he did what the flight handbook said to do -- get out of it, i.e., eject.



After the pilot did just that, 58-0787 recovered itself from this "unrecoverable" situation. In a vain attempt to break the spin, the pilot had lowered half flaps, rolled in takeoff trim, and throttled the engine back to an approach power setting.



After the ejection, the aircraft recovered from the spin on its own, and established a wings level low rate descent under reduced power to the ground. Ground effect broke its rate of descent, and it settled into a near-perfect gentle belly landing in a farmer's snow-covered cornfield.



When the local sheriff came upon the scene, the engine was still running. The aircraft was situated on a slight incline, and was creeping forward slowly under the thrust of its still-running engine, as the snow compressed to ice under it. Concerned about where it might be headed, the sheriff didn't think he could wait for the recovery team to get there from Malstrom which was about 50 miles away; so he got himself connected to the aircraft's squadron for engine shut down instructions before he entered the cockpit to secure the engine.


The attached photos show pretty much what the sheriff beheld on that fateful day. A depot team from McClellan AFB recovered the aircraft and it was eventually returned to service. When the 71st FIS was disbanded in 1971, 58-0787, now famously known as the "Cornfield Bomber”, was transferred to the 49th FIS, where it finished out its operational service life.



Pilots of the 49th FIS would occasionally run into ex-71st FIS guys at William Tell and rag them unmercifully about the "emergency" so dire that the plane landed itself.



58-0787 is now on permanent display in its 49th FIS markings at the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson AFB , where its story is told in the exhibit.

While the 49th FIS Eagle jocks are reportedly glad to see their squadron immortalized in this way for millions to see, they would prefer to see it made more clear that it was the 71st, and not one of theirs, who jumped out of this perfectly good aircraft.
 

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You gotta love these!!


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> A DC 'airport ticket agent' offers some examples of why the US is in so much trouble!
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> 1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)
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> 2. I got a call from a Kansas Congressman's (Moore) staffer (Howard Bauleke), who wanted to go to Cape Town. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information, and then he interrupted me with, ''I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts ..''
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> Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, ''Cape Cod is in Massachusetts , Cape Town is in South Africa ..''
> His response -- click..
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> 3. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) 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.
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> He replied, 'Don't lie to me!, I looked on the map, and Florida is a very THIN state!!'' (OMG)
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> 4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife (Landra Reid) who asked, ''Is it possible to see England from Canada ?''
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> I said, ''No.''
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> She said, ''But they look so close on the map'' (OMG, again!)
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> 5. An aide for a cabinet member (Janet Napolitano) once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas .. I pulled up the reservation and 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)
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> 6. An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 a.m., and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m.
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> 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.
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> 7. A New York lawmaker, (Jerrold Nadler) 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?'
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> He 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!''
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> After putting him on hold for a minute, while I looked into it. (I was dying 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 his luggage..
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> 8. A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay Ross) 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 ?''
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> 9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman, Bobby Bright from Ala who asked, ''How do I know which plane to get on?''
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> 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.''
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> 10 Senator Dianne Feinstein called and said, ''I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola , Florida . Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?''
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> I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola and fly on a commuter plane.
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> She said, ''Yeah, whatever, smarty!''
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> 11 Mary Landrieu, La. Senator, called and had a question about the documents she needed in order to fly to China . After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded her that she needed a visa. "Oh, no I don't.. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those.''
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> I double checked and sure enough, her stay required a visa. When I told her this she said, ''Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!''
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> 12 A New Jersey Congressman (John Adler) called to make reservations, ''I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York ..''
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> I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, ''Are you sure that's the name of the town?''
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> 'Yes, what flights do you have?'' replied the man.
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> After some searching, I came back with, ''I'm sorry, sir, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a rhino anywhere."
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> ''The man retorted, ''Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!''
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> So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, ''You don't mean Buffalo , do you?''
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> The reply? ''Whatever! I knew it was a big animal.''
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> Now you know why the Government is in the shape it's in!
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> Could ANYONE be this DUMB?
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> YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, ARE IN POLITICS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BREED.
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> I don't write it, I just offer it for your consideration. Like manure, you just gotta spread it around.
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1. Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee. ​


2. Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. ​


3. Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act. ​


4. Law of Random Numbers - I f you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers. ​


6. Variation Law - If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time). ​


7. Law of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings. ​


8. Law of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with. ​


9. Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will. ​


10. Law of Bio mechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach. ​


11.. Law of the Theater & Hockey Arena - A t any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over. The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance. The aisle people also are very surly folk. ​


12. The Coffee Law - A s soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold. ​


13. Murphy's Law of Lockers - I f there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers. ​


14. Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug. ​


15. Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about. ​


16. Brown's Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit, they're ugly. ​


17. Oliver's Law of Public Speaking - A closed mouth gathers no feet. ​


18. Wilson's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy - As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it. ​


19. Doctors' Law - If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you'll feel better.. But don't make an appointment, and you'll stay sick. ​
 
Well the attachment wouldn't upload. It's Charlton Heston's gun safe in his basement.

I'll try something else.

OK, that worked. The first one is his little 1860s manor house, the rest are his basement.

John
 

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Well the attachment wouldn't upload. It's Charlton Heston's gun safe in his basement.

I'll try something else.

OK, that worked. The first one is his little 1860s manor house, the rest are his basement.

John
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Drool.... Nice toys.
 
Out of all of it, I thought the airplane parked on his front lawn was the best. There isn't all that much you can do with a gun, they are stored more than they are ever used.

Guns are more of a "look at me, look at what I got" thing.

John
 
Ah yes....another German film clip...once again reminding me of my years spent living there. Probably more knuckleheads per mile then any other place on the earth, but for some reason Americans think they're all efficient geniuses. (From the guy who sent it to me, I've never lived in Germany.)
 

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Please read to the end..interesting and important to know....
Subject: Pass it on











Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best
quotes about the debt ceiling:

"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law
that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all
sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. The 26th
amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months
& 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in
1971...before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to
the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the
land...all because of public pressure.

Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of
twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do
likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the
message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

*Congressional Reform Act of 2011*

1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office
and receives no pay when they are out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All
funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security
system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system,
and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for
any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans
do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay
will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the
same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American
people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective
1/1/12.
The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen
made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor,
not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours
should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take
three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Maybe it is
time.

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! If you agree with the above, pass it on.
If not, just delete. You are one of my 20. Please keep it going.






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"We're gonna need a ****load of dimes."--Slim Pickens in Blazing Saddles


In spite of the severe damage that the derivative scams did to our economy, NOTHING was done to curb the process. Thanks to our congress, and led by Democratic Senators like Shumar in New York, who in-spite of his tough speeches effectively stopped any attempt to reign in the scams, the derivative scam business is stronger then ever, with all of the banks bailed out with our tax dollars, leading the way. Where has honesty and sanity gone?!!
 

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Aww come on...

I got a Prospectus today from one of my worst performing Mutual Funds today that said everything was peaches and roses.

Luckily it was printed on really good paper to use in the outhouse in case we run out of TP.

I should believe the Prospectus, of course, since they're 100% trustworthy people I've never met, and because the gub'mint makes it too lucrative tax-wise to NOT send them money inside of my so-called "retirement" plan, right? You know, the one that's losing more than its making after the government devalued all the dollars that were put into it by printing more to bail out the banks that are run by the same financial services companies who printed this Prospectus?

Gub'mint wouldn't want me to get scammed by someone more local and easy for the local mob of angry investors to hang from the nearest light pole. That'd be unsafe.

Gub'mint wants my money in Wall Street investments.

Also interesting that the Ad Council never does any Public Service Announcements about the scam these folks run at a National level, nor that government will just devalue everyone's cash to save the scammers if asked.

PSA's are always about not taking Crystal Meth or Never Shake a Baby or exciting made-for-TV-news stuff. Never about politicians ripping everyone off and to be ultra-cautious about which type of corruption (which Party) to pick.

You'd think they'd focus on the stuff that affects us all.

Hrmph. Go figure.

The More You Know. ;)
 
You have to remember that all participants of our world famous "free press" must purchase a license from our government if they want to operate. It is not in our world famous "free presses" interest to p*** off our world famous politicians and government officials.

John
 
John Baker said:
You have to remember that all participants of our world famous "free press" must purchase a license from our government if they want to operate. It is not in our world famous "free presses" interest to p*** off our world famous politicians and government officials.

John
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What law requires a license to publish via print or Internet?
 
Palmpilot said:
What law requires a license to publish via print or Internet?
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Internet, as far as I know, none. Print, as in newspaper or magazine is a business that requires a business license and a Federal ID #. Not a big deal, but it does come from government. They can not legally operate without them.

Anything that uses the airwaves requires a heck of a lot more government supervision. Every year, their licenses must meet a whole bunch of criteria before renewal.

Government can clamp down on Internet content anytime it wants. Government, fortunately, is not that stupid,......... yet.

John
 
Sent: Thu, August 25, 2011 8:33:00 PM
Subject: The Green Thing


We were already doing it right, we just didn’t know it…
A little nostalgia

The Green Thing--You gotta Love This!!! :)


In the line at the store, the cashier told an older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.

The woman apologized to him and explained, "We didn't have the green thing back in my day."
The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment."

He was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day.

Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.

But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.

We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.
But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right; we didn't have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana .

In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us.

When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used a wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.

Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.

But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then.

We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water.
We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.

But we didn't have the green thing back then.

Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.
We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.

But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?!
Please forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smartass young person.
 
That e-mail in my post #54 is definitely making the rounds. I had two people at my store mention it today.

John
 
John Baker said:
Internet, as far as I know, none. Print, as in newspaper or magazine is a business that requires a business license and a Federal ID #. Not a big deal, but it does come from government. They can not legally operate without them.
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Business licenses are not federal, and I doubt that publishers are afraid the feds are going to pull their tax ID.

Anything that uses the airwaves requires a heck of a lot more government supervision. Every year, their licenses must meet a whole bunch of criteria before renewal.
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If the FCC started denying licenses because of criticism of the government, the ACLU and the courts would be all over it like white on rice. In any case, since the government has not been denying licenses for this reason, there's no reason to think that radio and TV stations think it's going to happen. Furthermore, the FCC does not license cable networks that I've ever heard of.

Government can clamp down on Internet content anytime it wants. Government, fortunately, is not that stupid,......... yet.
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Easy to say, not so easy to do, due to manpower limitations if nothing else. And where is the legal authority to censor Internet news? In any case, if fear of Internet censorship is stopping anyone from writing anything they please, I'm sure not seeing any evidence of it.

I think you're being paranoid.
 
Beck's off his rocker but hidden underneath that, in this article he does point out that the move to a digital broadcast standard and upgraded Emergency Broadcast System, gives direct control over a broadcaster's transmitter to the Government now...

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/gle...t-system-nov-9th-to-last-nearly-four-minutes/

I know a few broadcast engineers who could rip the feeds off of their patch panels and switch their transmitters into a bypass mode pretty quick if they felt compelled to do so, however.

It's not quite as dire/drama-queen-dramatic as Beck would like his followers to believe.

It's slightly above "mildly interesting, I think I'll raise a Spock-like eyebrow" in my opinion that the Government can interrupt all broadcasts with nothing more than a mouse-click, assuming it all works right. And it never does. The tests shake out major problems, but there's always a few failures in any system that big.
 
denverpilot said:
Beck's off his rocker but hidden underneath that, in this article he does point out that the move to a digital broadcast standard and upgraded Emergency Broadcast System, gives direct control over a broadcaster's transmitter to the Government now...

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/gle...t-system-nov-9th-to-last-nearly-four-minutes/

I know a few broadcast engineers who could rip the feeds off of their patch panels and switch their transmitters into a bypass mode pretty quick if they felt compelled to do so, however.

It's not quite as dire/drama-queen-dramatic as Beck would like his followers to believe.

It's slightly above "mildly interesting, I think I'll raise a Spock-like eyebrow" in my opinion that the Government can interrupt all broadcasts with nothing more than a mouse-click, assuming it all works right. And it never does. The tests shake out major problems, but there's always a few failures in any system that big.
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I agree that it's probably not as big a deal as Beck is making it out to be (isn't that true for everything?). But the conspiracy theorist in me can't help but notice that someone has created a 4 minute window in which all major broadcast stations are busy. So what could someone do with such a window?
 
Palmpilot said:
If the FCC started denying licenses because of criticism of the government, the ACLU and the courts would be all over it like white on rice. In any case, since the government has not been denying licenses for this reason, there's no reason to think that radio and TV stations think it's going to happen. Furthermore, the FCC does not license cable networks that I've ever heard of.
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That may be true now, but it was not always so. Once upon a time we had something called the "Fairness Doctrine" that effectively put limits on the ability of broadcast stations to editorialize and/or present only one viewpoint. (Creative news directors & editors knew how to avoid this rule with careful writing of news stories).

We still have "public file" requirements where broadcasters are expected to keep copies of correspondance about their programming, including political coverage.

Taken to it's extreme, violating the Fairness Doctrine could well have led to license revocation.

We also still have rules and regulations that strip broadcasters of ALL editorial control over campaign commercials.... control they have over every other type of commercial. They cannot reject a campaign commercial based on content, even if it might anger their audience or risk a rule violation. At the same time, the broadcaster is required to sell commercials to candidates at lowest unit rate. And special rules apply to providing declared candidates with airtime (legitimate news stories are usually exempted from these rules, which encourages incumbents to turn "campaign events" into something that could be considered a legitimate news event, such as a president visiting a factory).

Violations of any of these rules could, if egregious enough, lead to license revocation. Highly unlikely, and risk much reduced with elimination of the Fairrness Doctrine, but possible.

With respect to cable, the cable networks themselves are not licensed, but at one time the cable operators did have licensing/registration requirements with the FCC. The FCC does look at whether cable networks are withheld from competing systems (for example, if Comcast withheld sports nets from Dish Network).

At the local level, franchises are granted by local governments. I haven't kept up with the cable rules in some time, and the addition of things like FiOS and Uverse as competitive system operators has changed the rules considerably.
 
Another fun e-mail, can't decide if it belongs in this thread or the joke thread... :)

An Obituary printed in the London Times.....

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense,
who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he
was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red
tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable
lessons as:
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend
more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not
children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but
overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old
boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens
suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher
fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his
condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing
the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their
unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental
consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but
could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to
have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became
businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their
victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a
burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed
to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a
little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust,
by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his
son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;
I Know My Rights
I Want It Now
Someone Else Is To Blame
I'm A Victim

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If
you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and
do nothing.
 
denverpilot said:
Another fun e-mail, can't decide if it belongs in this thread or the joke thread... :)

An Obituary printed in the London Times.....

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense,
who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he
was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red
tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable
lessons as:
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- and maybe it was my fault.
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You'll enjoy George Will's column today: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...ver-of-words/2011/10/25/gIQANhkEKM_story.html
 
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October 28, 2011
Navy Commissions Submarine California​


The Navy announced today that it will commission its newest attack submarine California, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, during an 11 a.m. EDT ceremony at Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va.
Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, House Armed Services Committee chairman, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Donna Willard, wife of Adm. Robert Willard, commander, U.S. Pacific Command, will serve as ship's sponsor. In the time-honored Navy tradition she will give the first order to "man our ship and bring her to life!"
California is named in recognition of the people of the "Golden State. The selection of California honors the thousands of men and women from the state who serve in today's armed forces, and the millions of Californian veterans and their families. As home to major Naval and Marine Corps installations, the selection of California also reflects the tremendous support provided to the Navy and Marine Corps by countless communities across the Golden State. This will be the seventh ship to bear the name California.
Designated SSN 781, the eighth ship of the Virginia class, California is built to excel in anti-submarine warfare; anti-ship warfare; strike warfare; special operations; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; irregular warfare; and mine warfare missions. Adept at operating in both the world's shallow littoral regions and deep waters, California will directly enable five of the six Navy maritime strategy core capabilities -- sea control, power projection, forward presence, maritime security, and deterrence.
Cmdr. Dana A. Nelson, a native of Clinton, Conn., and a 1992 graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, will be the ship's commanding officer, leading a crew of approximately 134 officers and enlisted personnel.
The 7,800-ton California is built under a teaming arrangement between Huntington Ingalls Industry-Newport News Shipbuilding and General Dynamics-Electric Boat. She is 377-feet long, has a 34-foot beam, and will be able to dive to depths of greater than 800 feet and operate at speeds in excess of 25 knots submerged. California is designed with a nuclear reactor plant that will not require refueling during the planned life of the ship -- reducing lifecycle costs while increasing underway time.
To view the commissioning ceremony live, visit: http://www.navy.mil .
Media may direct queries to the Navy Office of Information at (703) 697-5342. For more information on attack submarines, visit: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4100&tid=100&ct=4 .




U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)


Note: A friend sent this to me, I am not the subscriber.

John





 
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> > In Washington , DC , at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule.
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> > A 3-year old boy stopped, but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head the whole time. This action was repeated by several other children, but every parent - without exception - forced their children to move on quickly.
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> > At 45 minutes:
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> > The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.
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> > He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no recognition at all.
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> > No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold-out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.
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> > This is a true story. Joshua Bell, playing incognito in the D.C. Metro Station, was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities.
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> > This experiment raised several questions:
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> > *In a common-place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?
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> > *If so, do we stop to appreciate it?
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> > One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:
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> > If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made . . ..
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> > How many other things are we missing as we rush through life?
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> > Enjoy life ... it has an expiration date.
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Boy that brings back a lot of memories! we used to launch them even closer but were having engine low thrust problems because of the lack of good air . moved to MITO to let the air clear on the runway. they fan out after takeoff like that to get out of the guy aheads turbulence.

drifter








MINOT is not the END of the World but you can see it from there.

15 B-52's taking off in 10 minutes--Minimum Interval Take Off. There are three interesting points of interest about the B-52.
First: the wing span is longer than the Wright Brothers first flight!
Second: the wing tips raise 6 ft from parked to flying .
Third: this plane is as was first manufactured in 1947 and is still flying, and will be flown until the middle of this century.
That's 100 years! There will probably still be a few DC-3/C-47s then too.

Strategic Air Command

Each plane carries 8 cruise missiles so there are 90 nukes down range in those few minutes.

Notice the wake turbulence after about the 4th Aircraft. If you've never seen a MITO, you have really missed something.
For those who don't know, a MITO is a (SAC Alert) Minimum Interval Take Off. The comment made after the last plane is priceless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ7niLYSVFo



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Subject: Heart Attack & Water



A doctor was asked why do we and other people urinate so much at night time. Answer from this cardiac doctor was gravity holds water in the lower part of your body when you are upright. When you lie down and the lower body (legs and other things) are level with the kidneys it is then that the kidneys remove the water because it is easier. This then ties in with the last statement!

You need your minimum water to help flush the toxins out of your body!

Correct time to drink water... Very Important. From A Cardiac Specialist! (keep reading)

Drinking water at a certain time maximizes its effectiveness on the body:






2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion

1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure


1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack





Please pass this to the people you care about......and others-

The physician said that water at bed time will also help prevent night time leg cramps. Your leg muscles are seeking hydration when they cramp and wake you up with a Charlie Horse.




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VERY INTERESTING ! STUFF
In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule of thumb'​

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Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden'...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.​

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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.​

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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S . Treasury.​

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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.​

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Coca-Cola was originally green.​

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It is impossible to lick your elbow.​

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The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:​

Alaska​

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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)​

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The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%​

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The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $ 16,400​

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The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour:​

61,000​

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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.​

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The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.​

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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.​

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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:​

Spades - King David​

Hearts - Charlemagne​

Clubs -Alexander, the Great​

Diamonds - Julius Caesar​

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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321​

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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.​

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Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.​

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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?​

A. Their birthplace​

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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?​

A. Obsession​

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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter 'A'?​

A. One thousand​

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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?​

A. All were invented by women.​

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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?​

A. Honey​

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Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?​

A. Father's Day​

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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.​

When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... 'goodnight, sleep tight.'​

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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.​

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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.'​

It's where we get the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's'​

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Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice.​

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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!​

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Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it.​

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?​

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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2008 when...​

1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.​

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.​

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.​

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.​

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.​

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.​

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen​

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.​

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.​

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )​

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.​

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.​

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.​

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.​

~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~​

NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.​

Go on, forward this to your friends. You know you want to!​





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Once you get the beginning figured out it becomes quite easy!!!!!!!!

Good example of a Brain Study:
If you can read this you have a strong mind:



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John Baker said:
Once you get the beginning figured out it becomes quite easy!!!!!!!!

Good example of a Brain Study:
If you can read this you have a strong mind:



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That wasn't hard to read at all. :D
 
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