Posted on 12/21/2009 1:24:17 PM PST by rockabyebaby
I had to look up William Wilberforce.
Wow...you can everything except the tail...just like a real mouse.
Actually the movie highlighting his crusade to end slavery was quite well done.
Christmas always reminds me of the time I discovered there was no Santa Claus. I woke up around 1 a.m., and wandered from my bed into the living room where I found my dad in his pajamas laying out presents under the tree. He told me to go back to bed, and I did - but I was crushed to see the illusion destroyed.
So much so, it still bugs me - and it happened ages ago. Well, more like a year, and it really wasn't my dad - it was a drifter I picked up in a Port Authority restroom - but the story still stands as a metaphor for health care.
Like a make believe Santa, the Democrats came in at one am, sliding down the chimney with a bag full of crap. Like a phony Santa, the health care bill cannot arrive in broad daylight - or you'll expose the illusion. The same thing can be said for that "non-binding legal agreement" Obama took with him from Copenhagen. He should have just brought us clogs.
And you know, both examples are a lot like the type of gifts you get from selfish relatives who really wanted the gifts themselves.
A. The health care bill is like a puppy. The purchaser buys it for himself, really -as an ego boost to see how excited the kids gets. Then of course, the gift-giver is nowhere in sight when it's time to paper train and feed the money-sucking furball. That's health care - except health care reform will crap over more than just the carpet.
B. The climate change agreement is a less destructive but utterly hopeless kind of present - it's a gift card for a store you want nothing from. Think Sharper Image, except everything needs to be wound up before it falls apart. Just because Uncle Gore owns stock in it, he thinks you should be grateful. Believe me, that gift card is going nowhere except the drawer where you keep the stray UNO cards.
The upside with Christmas?
You can return everything.
If we could only do the same with this crud.
And if you disagree with me, you're probably a homophobic, planet-hating racist.
Red watch the movie Amazing Grace, a very good biography of the man.
Nuts...you can EAT everything except the tail...
COMRADE! Nice to see you!
Thx, ‘cause I didn’t know!
You are welcome. I didn’t realize there was a movie. Then, more faculty should have known about him, then. (Most people do not enter a dark theatre slump into a seat, and then immediately begin to snore or drool (sometimes both)It’s not worth wasting the price of a ticket for me to fall asleep at the show)
You are very welcome. It’s a great story.
That’s funny - I was scrolling UP the page, saw the last line and knew it must be a GREGALOGUE!
Did you see BOR thought he was Jewish b/c of his name (so did I), and Greg had to correct him and tell him he’s Catholic!
I love Red Eye! Sometimes, I hope I will wake up during the night just to watch it...I have seen Thaddus McCotter on the show several times. He isn’t my Congressman, but his district is not far from me...
What's ironic is Greg is a Berkley grad - who'd a thunk it? There is a series of videos on Activity Pit of his recent speech at Berkley about his "journey" to get to Red Eye. Like the show, funny stuff and he makes a point.
Greg Proops!
Pat Monihan, from Train!
S.E. Cupp!
Ron Geraci!
and a special guest: a Red Eye non-fan will be on the show to critique. it will be a gas and a half.
Actually, you buy the jarred cherries with the stems.
That’s the handle you hold when dipping them and they make the tail.
>>Wow...you can everything except the tail...just like a real mouse.<<
I just got what you said! Ewww! LOL!!!
I’ve owned indoor cats and cared for outdoor cats for decades...I can’t count the number of tails I’ve had to throw out...couldn’t figure out anything ‘crafty’ to do with them...
Soup?
Soup? Not bad, but we were thinking more along the lines of those cocktail party picks for cheese and such...what could be more appropriate?
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