The Guild 10-30-2002 Happy Birthday Lodwick!!

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

[pubmom]

Happy Birthday JL!

[Pippin]

Hi, Mountianeer!

[lodwick]

Here's an email from a friend:

1. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend
on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw

2. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the
blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of
misery. -- Winston Churchill

3. There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you
damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty
to take the consequences. -- P.J. O'Rourke (1993)

4. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few
short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it.
And if it stops moving, subsidize it. -- Ronald Reagan (1986)

5. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people
in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. -- Douglas Casey
(1992)

6. If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a
liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a
conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere,
you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere,
you're an extremist. -- Joseph Sobran (1995)

7. In general, the art of government consists in taking as much
money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
-- Voltaire (1764)

8. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report
the facts. -- Will Rogers

9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey
and car keys to teenage boys. -- P.J. O'Rourke

10. When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the
first things to be bought and sold are legislators. --P.J. O'Rourke

11. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't
mean politics won't take an interest in you. -- Pericles (430 B.C.)

12. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of
folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer (1891)

14. No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the
legislature is in session. -- Mark Twain (1866)

15. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -- Frederic Bastiat

16. We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into
prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself
up by the
handle. -- Winston Churchill

17. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep
voting on what to have for dinner. --James Bovard (1994)

18. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow
man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
-- G. Gordon Liddy

19. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is
that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -- Mark Twain

20. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you
see what it costs when it's free. -- P.J. O'Rourke

21. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
--Edward Langley

22. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a
happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
-- Ronald Reagan

23. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of
Congress. But I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain

24. There is no distinctly native American criminal class save
Congress. -- Mark Twain

Today's my day for long posts I guess. ;-)

Thanks for the surprise cake CC - it's good to see you here.

[habs4ever]

May Lodwick be blessed with a hamper full of thick cut pork chops!!

[Billie]

Good morning, BWB! What beautiful balloons and that cake is too gorgeous to eat! I've brought you one of the cakes from the Finest to share, too!

Happy Birthday, Big Guy!

[lodwick]

Thanks guys - chops and chocolate. Does it get any better?

[mountaineer]

Good morning, Pippin. Don't tell lod, but I have celebratory champagne chilling for the birthday boy. Of course, we'll wait till a decent hour to uncork, say one minute after noon, Eastern Standard Time.

Blonde joke time:

A blonde finds herself in serious trouble. Her business has gone bust and she's in dire financial straits. She's so desperate that she decides to ask God for help. She begins to pray..."God, please help me. I've lost my business and if I don't get some money, I'm going to lose my house as well. Please let me win the Lotto."

Lotto night comes, and somebody else wins it. She again prays..."God, please let me win the Lotto! I've lost my business, my house and I'm going to lose my car as well."

Lotto night comes and she still has no luck. Once again, she prays..."My God, why have You forsaken me? I've lost my business, my house, and my car. My children are starving. I don't often ask You for help, and I have always been a good servant to You. PLEASE let me win the Lotto just this one time so I can get my life back in order."

Suddenly there is a blinding flash of light as the heavens open. The blonde is overwhelmed by the Voice of God Himself..."Sweetheart, work with Me on this... Buy a ticket"

[lodwick]

LOL - good one. Thanks.

Best I get some work done before noon I see. bbl ;-)

[SuziQ]

A MOST Excellent Birthday Wish to a VERY Excellent Guilder!! All the Best, Jim, and may you have many, many more!!

[Mama_Bear]

Hi! I hear there is a birthday party going on over here for our FReind lodwick. Thanks for the invite, BWB.

Lodwick, I'll have you know, not just anyone on FR would rate what I just went through to get here...........it was like walkin' through quicksand all the way! LOL! But, I'm here and wishing you the very best on your special day. :-)

[mountaineer]

Cheers!

[Teacup]

Happy Birthday!!!! Have a wonderful day.

[DaughterofEve]

HAPPY Birthday to you! May you and yours have a safe and blessed year ahead.

[lodwick]

Man - getting something to post is just like having a job you hate or something.

Thanks to everyone for making today very special.

[lodwick]

May you and yours have a safe and blessed year ahead.


Thanks for the good wishes - they are the very same as mine for everyone here. ;-)

[lodwick]

[PoisedWoman]

Many happy returns of the day, lodwick.

[lodwick]

The origins of Halloween go back as far as 800BC. The Irish Celts celebrated Samhain at the end of October to celebrate the end of the summer season, to give thanks for the season of harvest and to honor the dead. The Celts believed that the souls of the dead could return to roam freely among the living in search of a living body to possess, usually a black cat. To discourage the spirits, villagers would dress up in costumes and walk around hoping to frighten them away. They would also make bonfires to encourage the sun to return the next year. The villagers would keep an ember from the bonfire for good luck and take it home in a turnip with a scary face carved on it. The scary face was carved to protect them from the spirits on their walk home.

All Hallows Eve, the night before All Saints Day, originated from the Catholics. All Saints Day was created for saints who did not already have a day to honor them. The word "hallow" is an old word for "saint."

Later on, All Souls Day was created to honor all faithful Christians, not just saints. On this day, people would go from door to door to ask for "soul cakes" and, in return, they would pray for their dead relatives.

[mountaineer]

Well, it's official. Now I don't need to contact my cable company and ask for VH1.

Liza Minnelli won't become another Ozzy Osbourne. VH1 has pulled the plug on the singer's planned reality TV show, complaining that her husband, David Gest, was impossible to work with. "We weren't given the kind of access and cooperation we needed to make the show work," a VH1 spokesperson said. It was a blow to the struggling cable network, which watched corporate partner MTV hit the jackpot with "The Osbournes" and had high hopes for the Minnelli show. But VH1 apparently didn't need the aggravation. full story.