Posted on 11/03/2006 8:57:36 AM PST by MNJohnnie
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227282,00.html
Unemployment Rate Hits 5 1/2 Year Low at 4.4 Percent as Economy Adds 92,000 Jobs
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I think Willie Nelson is gay. He's far enough to the left.
Randy Travis is gay? Please don't tell me that! Am I that gullible? OK guys...is Merle and Randy Gay? Next thing you will be trying to tell me George Strait is gay.
Willie isn't gay. He is just so high he can't tell what is in front of him.
Tester is a poser. 3.6% unemployment is AWESOME!!! But really, the NATIONAL unemployment could be 3.6% and the Democrats would still say the economy sucks. It's just how they are. Everything sucks and nothing is good unless Democrats are in charge. That's just how they are. They care about power and nothing but power. The problem is this little thing called REALITY!!! And reality will not let the Democrats retake power. Unless they want to try staging a coup and taking it by force, and the U.S. Military would have something to say about that I believe. :) Burns will win. People know they're doing well, and the fiction that everyone eles is struggling just won't cut it.
Randy Travis is a devout Christian, and last I heard is happily married.
But what about Merle? George Jones wasn't was he? Now you have me all paranoid.
Ultimately, it's about the Supreme Court.
Kean will vote for the President's nominees, Menendez will vote against them.
If the RATS control the Senate, they won't even allow a moderate/conservative jurist out of committee.
So much for my attempt to start a new internet rumor. LOL
See at dummycrat underground they are featuring the latest Lament ad featuring a very old looking and sounding Paul Newman saying ........get this!!
"Connecticut needs someone who is young fresh and spunky."
Oh yes thats what I base my vote on , wonder how that Don't Vote AARP ad figures into this? LOL
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Notice that in the Kerry apology, he managed to mention JUST ONE MORE TIME that he is a combat veteran.
Yeah, I remember those clunky old aids, believe me. They squealed all the time too. My wife grew up in Great Falls, BTW. All the best, gotta run, c-ya-round.
I'm surprised he didn't mention his three purple hearts.
Re: Carry
From Roger Simon -
John Kerry as Margaret Dumont
Would you like to have been a fly on the wall ... or a bug in the satellite ... listening in on all the conversations John Kerry had in the last 24 or so hours.? ("John, you really have to apologize, John... I know they're SOBs but... hey, swallow your pride, there's an election going on... You want to be responsible for what happens Tuesday... You already lost once... etc, etc.) Any bets on who finally got Kerry to cave and "apologize"? Howard Dean? Nancy Pelosi? James Carville ? (who has the laugher of the day, calling Kerry "one of the great war heroes to ever serve in the Congress." - Did he say that with a straight face? I guess that's why Carville gets the big bucks.) After Kerry floated the possibility that this was all a "botched joke", all I could think of was this is the man with less sense of humor than a rotten turnip. Can you imagine Kerry telling jokes?
Well, I can imagine him being the butt of jokes, rather like Margaret Dumont in all those Marx Brothers classics. I remember reading Groucho saying she just never got the jokes and that was what made her funny. That's kind of like Kerry. I never believed him as "nuanced," but, rather, clueless. I think that's the reason for all his legendary flip-flopping. He doesn't really change his mind - just doesn't get the joke.
www.rogerlsimon.com
While growing up, Travis was forced to take guitar lessons by his father, Harold Traywick, and Travis began performing at the age of eight with his brother, Ricky. Travis often fought with his father and soon dropped out of high school. He became a juvenile delinquent and was arrested for various offenses including auto theft and burglary.
Harold Traywick entered Randy and Ricky in a talent contest at a nightclub called "Country City, USA" in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ricky, who also had brushes with the law, was sentenced to jail and Randy had to complete the contest solo, but won anyway. The club's manager, Elizabeth "Lib" Hatcher, took an interest in Travis and gave him a job singing at the club. Travis began focusing on music. He first recorded for Paula Records and released an unsuccessful single, "She's My Woman."
Travis' legal troubles continued and he was due in court for probation violations. Hatcher pleaded with the judge and Travis was released in her custody with the warning that if the judge ever saw him again "he'd better bring his toothbrush, because he would be going to jail for a very long time."
Travis moved in with Hatcher. This put further strain on her already fragile marriage. She eventually left her husband and, in 1982, she and Travis moved to Nashville, Tennessee without much more than a dream. Travis was soon turned down by every record label in town. His early demo tapes were criticized by Nashville record executives as being "too country." Hatcher took a job as manager of a nightclub, "The Nashville Palace," and hired Travis as a cook and singer.
In 1982, Travis recorded an independent album Randy Ray Live and Lib Hatcher used it to secure a deal with Warner Bros. records. In 1985, Warner Bros. released Travis' single. "On the Other Hand." which topped out at 67 on the country charts. His next single, "1982," became a Top 10 hit followed by the re-release of "On the Other Hand" in 1986. The re-release became Travis' first number one hit.
His debut album, Storms of Life, went on to sell more than 4 million copies. In the late 1980s, he had a string of hits including "No Place Like Home" and "Diggin' Up Bones." Another song from that album, "Forever and Ever, Amen" arguably launched the new country era, boosting the popularity of country music beyond its traditional fan base. Two years in a row, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, for the album Always And Forever in 1988, and for Old 8x10 in 1989. Always and Forever was No. 1 for 43 weeks.
Travis and Hatcher married in 1991. That year Travis took part in Voices That Care, a multi-artist project that featured other top names in music for a one-off single to raise money for the allied troops in the Gulf War. The project included fellow country singers Garth Brooks, Kenny Rogers and Kathy Mattea. By 1992, Travis was no longer charting high, as Brooks, Clint Black, and others had taken over Nashville. He took a break from music to concentrate on acting and landed roles in several Western genre films. He returned to recording with 1994's This Is Me and the hit single "Whisper My Name."
In 1997, Travis parted ways with Warner Brothers. He moved to DreamWorks Nashville and recorded You and You Alone which produced the top 10 hits "Out of My Bones" and "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man." His latest albums are 2000's Inspirational Journey, 2002's Rise and Shine and 2003's Worship and Faith. The single "Three Wooden Crosses" from the Rise and Shine album reached No. 1 and won the CMA song of the year in 2003. Travis continues to act in film and television. His second most recent album, Passing Through, was released in November of 2004. It combines the country music of his earlier years with a little gospel mixed in from more recent albums.
He will be teamed up with a celebrity as contestants on the new fox show Duets, premiering Aug. 29, 2006
Thanks for that.
Thanks for reminding us what is really important.
Tester is a big phoney.
I voted on Tuesday. There were lots of dems running unopposed here in Missoula, MT. I just colored in the oval next to "write in" and wrote NOTA. I'm proud to say I didn't vote for a single dem.
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