Bugs Bleat 2Q 07: July 2007

Volume 9, Issue 22 Friday, June 01, 2007

Hello All,

Jules, Claiborne, John and I spent Thursday installing splitters in the feeds from the stage so we can have a separate sound mix for the TV production at MCC. While we were at it, we reinstalled the “in ear” monitor system for the musicians.
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University Assembly of God church completed the sale of their Property on North Washington / North Jackson to the Columbia County Library. It sounds like a win win for both groups. The church is now looking for a new meeting place. [Update as of 07/27/07 UAOG will be meeting at the KZHE building.]
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Did you get an email claiming that your cell phone is about to be assaulted by telemarketing calls because of a new cell phone number database? Those claims are not true. In fact, federal law prohibits telemarketers from using automated dialers to call cell phones. You may place your personal cell phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry, but there is generally no reason to do so. For more information, see the FTC's press release "The Truth about Cell Phones and the Do Not Call Registry". [http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/02/dnccellphones.shtm]
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ChinaStar the new “Chinese” buffet at 621 East Main had their ribbon cutting today. You can call ahead at 870-901-6888. Quan Weng, Manager
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Our sincere sympathy is extended to Greg Harrell whose father passed away this week. Funeral services for Joe Harrell were held Thursday, May 31, at the Antioch East Baptist Church with burial in the Antioch East Cemetery.
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Out of the mouths of babes . . .
So, we went to Orange Beach for the weekend. While we were enjoying the sand and sunshine, my daughter asked Debbie "if trees make oxygen for us to breathe, how come we can breathe so well out here where there are no trees?"
Later, she asked "if gravity pulls everything down to the earth, how is it that we can stay standing up?"
Thanks to Joe Tudor
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Happy Memorial Day!

Much progress has been occurring here in the city of Hit in Anbar Province.

Unfortunately, two friends were shot this week in Iraq. Please click [http://michaelyon-online.com/wp/a-memorial-day-message.htm] to read A Memorial Day Message.
Please click here for the story of the arrest of "General" Hamid. I was there: The Final Option [http://michaelyon-online.com/wp/the-final-option.htm]

V/r,
Michael Yon
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Coach Bryant's story

I thought this story was good, especially the end-the definition of ourselves.

At a TD Club meeting many years before his death, Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant told the following story, which was typical of the way he operated.

"I had just been named the new head coach at Alabama and was off in my old car down in South Alabama recruiting a prospect who was supposed to have been a pretty good player and I was 'havin' trouble finding the place.

Getting hungry I spied an old cinder block building with a small sign out front that simply said "Restaurant.”

I pull up, go in and every head in the place turns to stare at me. Seems I'm the only white ‘fella’ in the place. But the food smelled good.

So I skip a table and go up to a cement bar and sit. A big ole man in a tee shirt and cap comes over and says, "What do you need?" I told him I needed lunch and what did they have today?

He says, “You probably won't like it here, today we're having chitlins, collard greens and black eyed peas with cornbread. I'll bet you don't even know what chitlins are, do you?"

I looked him square in the eye and said, "I'm from Arkansas, I've probably eaten a mile of them. Sounds like I'm in the right place." They all smiled as he left to serve me up a big plate.

When he comes back he says, "You ain't from around here then?"

And I explain I'm the new football coach up in Tuscaloosa at the University and I'm here to find whatever that boy's name was and he says, yeah I've heard of him, he's supposed to be pretty good. And he gives me directions to the school so I can meet him and his coach. As I'm paying up to leave, I remember my manners and leave a tip, not too big to be flashy, but a good one and he told me lunch was on him, but I told him for a lunch that good, I felt I should pay.

The big man asked me if I had a photograph or something he could hang up to show I’d been there. I was so new that I didn't have any yet. It really wasn't that big a thing back then to be asked for, but I took a napkin and wrote his name and address on it and told him I'd get him one.

I met the kid I was lookin' for later that afternoon and I don't remember his name, but do remember I didn't think much of him when I met him. I had wasted a day, or so I thought.

When I got back to Tuscaloosa late that night, I took that napkin from my shirt pocket and put it under my keys so I wouldn’t forget it. Heck, back then I was excited that anybody would want a picture of me. And the next day we found a picture and I wrote on it, "Thanks for the best lunch I've ever had. Paul Bear Bryant."

Now let’s go a whole buncha' years down the road. Now we have black players at Alabama and I'm back down in that part of the country scouting an offensive lineman we sure needed. Well, he's got two friends going to Auburn and he tells me he's got his heart set on Auburn too, so I leave empty handed and go on to see some others while I'm down there.

Two days later, I'm in my office in Tuscaloosa and the phone rings and it's this kid who just turned me down, and he says, "Coach, do you still want me at Alabama?" And I said, "Yes I sure do." And he says okay, he'll come. And I say, "Well son, what changed your mind?" And he said, "When my grandpa found out that I had a chance to play for you and said no, he pitched a fit and told me I wasn't going nowhere but Alabama, and wasn't playing for nobody but you. He thinks a lot of you and has ever since y'all met."

Well, I didn't know his granddad from Adam's house cat so I asked him who his granddaddy was and he said, "You probably don't remember him, but you ate in his restaurant your first year at Alabama and you sent him a picture that he's had hung in that place ever since. That picture's his pride and joy and he still tells everybody about the day that Bear Bryant came in and had chitlins with him. My grandpa said that when you left there, he never expected you to remember him or to send him that picture, but you kept your word to him and to Grandpa, that's everything. He said you could teach me more than football and I had to play for a man like you, so I guess I'm going to."

I was floored. But I learned that the lessons my mama taught me were always right. It don’t cost nuthin' to be nice. It don't cost nuthin' to do the right thing most of the time, and it costs a lot to lose your good name by breakin' your word to someone. When I went back to sign that boy, I looked up his Grandpa and he’s still running that place, but it looks a lot better now; and he didn't have chitlins that day, but he had some ribs that woulda' made Dreamland proud and I made sure I posed for a lot of pictures; and don't think I didn't leave some new ones for him, too, along with a signed football. I made it clear to all my assistants to keep this story and these lessons in mind when they're out on the road. And if you remember anything else from me, remember this - It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable."

Coach Bryant was in the presence of these few gentlemen for only minutes, and he defined himself for life, to these gentlemen, as a nice man.

Regardless of our profession, we do define ourselves by how we treat others, and how we behave in the presence of others, and most of the time, we have only minutes or seconds to leave a lasting impression - we can be rude, crude, arrogant, cantankerous, or we can be nice. Nice is always a better choice.

Thanks to Gary Foreman
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"The Pump Handle"
Weekly Digest

Here are links to items posted on The Pump Handle over the past week:

1) "Top Drug Regulator Sentenced to Death" by David Michaels China's top drug regulator has been sentenced to death on charges of corruption and negligence. http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/top-drug-regulator-sentenced-to-death/

2) "Anatomy of a Disaster in One Flavor Factory" by David Michaels An article in the Cincinnati Inquirer reports that three workers at a Cincinnati flavoring plant have died of bronchiolitis obliterans, after management ignored warnings from the plant's director of environmental health and safety about the risks of an artificial butter flavoring. http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/anatomy-of-a-disaster-in-one-flavor-factory/

3) "Does Orville Redenbacher Know if Popping Popcorn at Home is Dangerous?" by David Michaels Documents obtained from the EPA by a FOIA request suggest that ConAgra has been studying the emissions from microwave popcorn bags. http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/does-orville-redenbacher-know-if-popping-popcorn-at-home-is-dangerous/

4) "Another Microwave Popcorn Problem" by Liz Borkowski Nonstick coatings in microwave popcorn bags might be responsible for some of the PFOA contamination in humans. http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/another-microwave-popcorn-problem/

5) "Congress vs. the White House on Regulatory Agencies" by Liz Borkowski Two senators have urged the White House Office of Management and Budget to withdraw a proposed risk assessment bulletin that would affect regulatory agencies. http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/congress-vs-the-white-house-on-regulatory-agencies/

6) "Occupational Health News Roundup" by Liz Borkowski Mexico is now the second most dangerous country for journalists; new studies link pesticides and head trauma to Parkinson's disease; and NIOSH recommends medical surveillance programs for health workers exposed to dangerous drugs. http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/occupational-health-news-roundup-17/

7) "Law & Order? Presidential Candidate Hires Former Tobacco Flack" by David Michaels When Fred Thompson officially enters the presidential race, his campaign manager will be a former Altria/Philip Morris VP of public affairs – who was involved with the company's efforts to discredit the science behind EPA's risk assessment on secondhand smoke. http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/presidential-candidate-hires-former-tobacco-flack/

8) "Bush Nominates New Surgeon General" by Liz Borkowski Bush has nominated Kentucky cardiologist James Holsinger to be U.S. surgeon general; Revere at Effect Measure has details on Holsinger's background. http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/bush-nominates-new-surgeon-general/

9) "New Weekly Toll Posted" by Liz Borkowski Tammy has posted a new edition of the Weekly Toll, providing short write-ups on 57 workplace deaths. http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/new-weekly-toll-posted-6/

10) "Widow's Top Goal: Averting Tragedies for Other Families" by Celeste Monforton
Casey Jones testified before a Congressional hearing about her husband's death in a workplace accident, urging legislators to extend OSHA protection to public employees. http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/widows-top-goal-averting-tragedy-for-other-families/

11) "'Business as Usual' Food Ingredients" by Celeste Monforton A recent Baltimore Sun editorial highlights problems with how livestock are raised. http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/business-as-usual-food-ingredients/

12) "Friday Blog Roundup" by Liz Borkowski Bloggers cover XDR-TB, pandemic flu, global AIDS solutions, fishing subsidies, and more. http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/friday-blog-roundup-26/

http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/
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MapQuest Gas Prices, Pretty Cool http://gasprices.mapquest.com
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If you’d like to write Dr. Antoon, he’d like to hear from you. This is his current address, the latest of the three federal prison’s he’s been in.
Patrick Antoon #06669-010
Federal Prison Camp-La Tuna
P. O. Box 8000
Anthony, NM/TX 88021
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The photos on the front of this weeks “Bleat” include photos of the MCC/UAOG Memorial Day Picnic. Some of our favorite people were there including Debbie Rene and Brook.
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Don’t forget to check out www.mcc2000.net
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Our photos are posted at http://www.bugsbleatphotos.blogspot.com.
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Feel free to share the "Bleat" with any and all. That's why we publish it.
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Recipe(s) of the week - Breakfast French Toast - - By Pat Benish - - 4 Points per serving (5 with syrup)

2 Slices low-cal bread
½ Banana sliced and mashed
1 Egg, beaten
1/8 C. Light Syrup (optional- 1 extra point)
Cinnamon

Blend beaten egg and mashed banana. Dip bread in mixture (this will be lumpy) and fry bread in pam sprayed pan until done. Serve with syrup, and sprinkle with cinnamon. Good and very filling.

Makes 1 serving.

http://www.angelfire.com/journal/wwrecipes/
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BreakPoint
With Chuck Colson

Soldiers of Misfortune
By Mark Earley
6/1/2007

Children as Weapons

This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley.

For 377 days, Gracia Burnham, an American missionary, was held captive by Abu Sayyaf, a Filipino group associated with Al Qaeda. During that time, she experienced horrors we can’t even imagine. She also gained an insight to one of the world’s most pressing issues.

I’m not talking about Islamic extremism, although Burnham obviously has some hard-earned insights into that phenomenon. I’m talking about the use of child soldiers.

After being kidnapped, Gracia and her husband Martin, whose story is told in the June 4th issue of the New Republic, were starved and force-marched through the jungle. Along the way they saw other hostages beheaded and raped. Finally, she saw her husband Martin die after a botched rescue attempt.

One of Burnham’s principal tormentors was a 14-year-old Abu Sayyaf soldier named Ahmed. Burnham admits to loathing him for “hoarding food when she had none, throwing stones at her while she bathed—fully clothed—in the river, and pushing her along the trail saying ‘faster, faster.’”

And yet Burnham prayed for a way to love Ahmed. She got her chance after he was wounded in a firefight and soiled himself. When she saw that he was embarrassed, she thought of her own son and felt love for Ahmed. She washed Ahmed’s clothes in the river before he was taken into the jungle on a stretcher, bound, gagged and “stark raving mad.” To this day, she has no idea what happened to him.

Apart from being loved by his victim, Ahmed’s story is typical. On any given day, there are an estimated 250,000 children, some as young as eight, being used by “state-run armies, paramilitaries and guerilla groups around the world.” They’re employed as soldiers, porters, sex slaves and even human mine detectors.

In Uganda alone, 25,000 to 30,000 children have been abducted by an especially brutal group calling itself “The Lord’s Resistance Army.” Children are brutalized and then made to brutalize and kill others, including their own siblings.

Other countries where child soldiers are being used include Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Burundi, to name but a few. However the children are “recruited,” the result is the same: “their health and lives are endangered and their childhoods are sacrificed.”

If all of this comes as a surprise to you, you’re not alone. The war in Uganda, never mind who’s fighting it, has been called a “forgotten war.” That’s the first thing that needs to be changed. The church needs to draw attention to what, by any reasonable measure, is a humanitarian crisis. To help you understand the issue, we’ve got some resources at our website.

You may also want to learn about a recently-introduced bill called “The Child Soldiers Prevention Act.” Co-sponsored by Senator Brownback, it seeks to put into action what the Congress has already put into words: that the United States should “lead efforts . . . to end this abuse of human rights.”

Not surprisingly, Christians are among the bill’s principal sponsors and supporters. Because if Gracia Burnham could love Ahmed, the child soldier who tormented her, the rest of us surely can at least speak out on behalf of the many thousands like him.

Donate to Prison Fellowship and BreakPoint to help us continue strong in the new fiscal year. Donate online or by calling 1-877-322-5527.

Learn more about “The Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2007.”

“Uganda: Child Soldiers at Centre of Mounting Humanitarian Crisis,” United Nations “10 Stories,” 2004.

Read or sign World Vision’s “No Child Soldiers” declaration.

Read “Facts About Child Soldiers” by Human Rights Watch.

“The Believers: The Death of a Missionary and the World of Christian Martyrdom,” New Republic, 28 May 2007.

“Memoir of a Sierra Leone Child Soldier,” Channel 4 News, 30 May 2007.

“Hard Life for African Street Children,” BBC News, 31 May 2007.

Kristin Wright, “The Wilberforce Legacy: Confronting Slavery in Today's World,” BreakPoint Online, 23 February 2007.

BreakPoint Commentary No. 070531, “A Step Forward in Sudan: Christian Efforts Bear Fruit.”

BreakPoint Commentary No. 060426, “Invisible No Longer: Young Christians Raise Their Voices.”

The BreakPoint Web site and BreakPoint WorldView Magazine feature Colson’s commentaries as well as feature articles by other established and up-and-coming writers to equip readers with a biblical perspective on a variety of issues and topics.
© 2004-2006 Prison Fellowship
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Words of the Week:

bon vivant: a person with refined and sociable tastes.
appellation: a name, title, or designation.
enunciate: to utter articulately; also, to state or set forth precisely or systematically.
fecund: fruitful; prolific.
chortle: to utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.
disconsolate: hopelessly sad; also, saddening; cheerless.
omnipresent \om-nuh-PREZ-uhnt\, adjective:
Present in all places at the same time; ubiquitous.
from Dictionary.Com

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"Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." - George Bernard Shaw

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves; nor can they be safe with them without information. Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe." - Thomas Jefferson

"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." - John F. Kennedy

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell

"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you." - Eric Hoffer

"He who would travel happily must travel light." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Life is an adventure in forgiveness." - Norman Cousins
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BREAKING CHRISTIAN NEWS
http://breakingchristiannews.com/

# Oklahoma Anti-Abortion Bill Becomes Law
# Christian Men are Winners of American Idol's Songwriting Contest
# Brand New Creation Museum Opens with Biblical Perspective of Science

# Memorial Day Parade in Our Nation's Capitol to be Led by Actor Gary Sinise
# How God's Healing Song Triumphed Over a Mother's Grief
# Former Tennis Champion, Michael Chang, Talks about His Childhood and the Healing that brought His Family to Christ

# This Memorial Day: Adopt our Troops in Prayer
# Small Texas Town Still Remembers, Honors, Family Killed by F5 Tornado in 1997

# Rabbi's Note Reveals Name of Messiah…"Yehoshua" (Jesus)
# 90-Year-Old "Running Pastor" an Inspiration
# An Example of Extraordinary Forgiveness
# Guatemala Has Highest Percentage of Evangelicals in Latin America says BBC

# Over 100,000 Youth and Adults Expected to Gather at Titan's Stadium in Nashville on 07-07-07
# President Bush Calls for Global Action in Darfur
# Undeterred Missionary, Who Was Paralyzed after Gun Attack at His Church in Brazil, to Return to Mission Field
# Fasting and Prayer Turn a Son's Life around# Rabbi, to Whom Jesus May Have Been Revealed, Didn't Practice As Many Jewish People Do
# Controversial British Documentary that Disputes Global Warming to be Shown on Australian TV
# President Bush Names Pastor/Physician as Surgeon General of the United States

# Rescued Skipper of Ship Destroyed by Fire Off Coast of Newfoundland Says "The Master of the Sea" Watched Over Him
# Three Former Presidents Honor Billy Graham at Dedication of Museum
# Pop Music and Hollywood Star Hilary Duff's Words of "Dignity" give Cause to Consider the Heartache of Her Peers

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GCF: Police Recruit

Emailed to me by a friend (Thanks, Howard) -Tom

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A police recruit was asked during an exam, "What would you do if you
had to arrest your own mother?"

He said, "Call for backup."
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GCF: Bad Golfer

Emailed to me a friend (Thanks, Bill) -Tom
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A golfer took his tee shot and watched the ball sail into the woods. His next shot went into a few trees. He tried again and managed to hit the ball over the fairway and into more trees. Finally, after several more shots, he ended up in a sand trap.

Throughout his ordeal, he was under the watchful eye of the local golf pro.

"What club should I use on this shot?" he asked the pro.

"I don't know," the pro replied. "What game are you playing?"
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GCF: Banff Park Tourists

Emailed to me a friend (Thanks, Martin) -Tom
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All Time Dumbest Questions Asked by Banff Park Tourists
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Yes, they're ALL TRUE as heard at the information kiosks manned by Parks Canada staff!

1. How do the elk know they're supposed to cross at the "Elk Crossing" signs?
2. At what elevation does an elk become a moose?
3. Tourist: "How do you pronounce 'Elk'?" Park Information Staff: " 'Elk' " Tourist: "Oh."
4. Are the bears with collars tame?
5. Is there anywhere I can see the bears pose?
6. Is it okay to keep an open bag of bacon on the picnic table, or should I store it in my tent?
7. Where can I find Alpine Flamingos?
8. I saw an animal on the way to Banff today - could you tell me what it was?
9. Are there birds in Canada?
10. Did I miss the turnoff for Canada?
11. Where does Alberta end and Canada begin?
12. Do you have a map of the State of Jasper?
13. Is this the part of Canada that speaks French, or is that Saskatchewan?
14. If I go to B.C., do I have to go through Ontario?
15. Which is the way to the Columbia Ricefields?
16. How far is Banff from Canada?
17. What's the best way to see Canada in a day?
18. Do they search you at the B.C. border?
19. When we enter B.C. do we have to convert our money to British pounds?
20. Where can I buy a raccoon hat? ALL Canadians own one, don't they?
21. Are there phones in Banff?
22. So it's eight kilometers away... is that in miles?
23. We're on the decibel system you know.
24. Where can I get my husband really, REALLY, lost??
25. Is that two kilometers by foot or by car?
26. Where do you put the animals at night?
27. Tourist: "How do you get your lakes so blue?" Park staff: "We take the water out in the winter and paint the bottom." Tourist: "Oh!"
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GCF: Hotel Soap

Found posted in a humor newsgroup (rec.humor.funny) -Tom
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Note: This has been posted at the GCF web site since 1996 but it's a
classic as far as I'm concerned so it deserves to be seen again.

The following correspondence actually occurred between a London hotel's staff and one of its guests. The London hotel involved submitted this to the Sunday Times. No name was mentioned.

Dear Maid,
Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom since I have bought my own bath-sized Dial. Please remove the six unopened little bars from the shelf under the medicine chest and another three in the shower soap dish. They are in my way. Thank you, S. Berman

Dear Room 635,
I am not your regular maid. She will be back tomorrow, Thursday, from her day off. I took the 3 hotel soaps out of the shower soap dish as your requested. The 6 bars on your shelf I took out of your way and put on top of your Kleenex dispenser in case you should change your mind. This leaves only the 3 bars I left today which my instructions from the management is to leave 3 soaps daily. I hope this is satisfactory. Kathy, Relief Maid.

Dear Maid,
I hope you are my regular maid. Apparently Kathy did not tell you about my note to her concerning the little bars of soap. When I got back to my room this evening I found you had added 3 little Camays to the shelf under my medicine cabinet. I am going to be here in the hotel for two weeks and have brought my own bath-sized Dial so I won't need those 6 little Camays which are on the shelf. They are in my way when shaving, brushing teeth, etc. Please remove them. S. Berman

Dear Mr. Berman,
My day off was last Wednesday so the relief maid left 3 hotel soaps which we are instructed by the management. I took the 6 soaps which were in your way on the shelf and put them in the soap dish where your Dial was. I put the Dial in the medicine cabinet for your convenience. I didn't remove the 3 complimentary soaps which are also placed inside the medicine cabinet for all new check-ins and which you did not object to when you checked in last Monday. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. Your regular maid, Dotty

Dear Mr. Berman,
The assistant manager, Mr. Kensedder, informed me this AM that you called him last evening and said you were unhappy with your maid service. I have assigned a new girl to your room. I hope you will accept my apologies for any past inconvenience. If you have any further complaints please contact me so I can give it my personal attention. Call extension 1108 between 8 AM and 5 PM. Thank you. Elaine Carmen, Housekeeper

Dear Miss Carmen,
It is impossible to contact you by phone since I leave the hotel for business at 7:45 AM and don't get back before 5:30 or 6:00 PM. That's the reason I called Mr. Kensedder last night. You were already off duty. I only asked Mr. Kensedder if he could do anything about those little bars of soap. The new maid you assigned me must have thought I was a new check-in today, since she left another 3 bars of hotel soap in my medicine cabinet along with her regular delivery of 3 bars on the bathroom shelf. In just 5 days here I have accumulated 24 little bars of soap. Why are you doing this to me? S. Berman

Dear Mr. Berman,
Your maid, Kathy has been instructed to stop delivering soap to your room and remove the extra soaps. If I can be of further assistance, please call extension 1108 between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Thank you. Elaine Carmen, Housekeeper

Dear Mr. Kensedder,
My bath-sized Dial is missing. Every bar of soap was taken from my room including my own bath-sized Dial. I came in late last night and had to call the bellhop to bring me 4 little Cashmere Bouquets. S. Berman

Dear Mr. Berman,
I have informed our housekeeper, Elaine Carmen, of your soap problem. I cannot understand why there was no soap in your room since our maids are instructed to leave 3 bars of soap each time they service a room. The situation will be rectified immediately. Please accept my apologies for the inconvenience. Martin L. Kensedder, Assistant Manager

Dear Ms. Carmen,
Who in the world left 54 little bars of Camay in my room? I came in last night and found 54 little bars of soap. I don't want 54 little bars of Camay. I want my one bar of bath-sized Dial. Do you realize I have 54 bars of soap in here. All I want is my bath-size Dial. Please give me back my bath-size Dial. S. Berman

Dear Mr. Berman,
You complained of too much soap in your room so I had them removed. Then you complained to Mr. Kensedder that all your soap was missing so I personally returned them. The 24 Camays which had been taken and the 3 Camays you are supposed to receive daily. I don't know anything about the 4 Cashmere Bouquets. Obviously your maid, Kathy, did not know I had returned your soaps so she also brought 24 Camays plus the 3 daily Camays. I don't know where you got the idea this hotel issues bath-size Dial. I was able to locate some bath-size Ivory which I left in your room. Elaine Carmen, Housekeeper

Dear Ms. Carmen,
Just a short note to bring you up-to-date on my latest soap inventory. As of today I possess:
On shelf under medicine cabinet - 18 Camay in 4 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 2.
On Kleenex dispenser - 11 Camay in 2 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 3.
On bedroom dresser - 1 stack of 3 Cashmere Bouquet, 1 stack of 4 hotel-size
Ivory, and 8 Camay in 2 stacks of 4.
Inside medicine cabinet - 14 Camay in 3 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 2.
In shower soap dish - 6 Camay, very moist.
On northeast corner of tub - 1 Cashmere Bouquet, slightly used.
On northwest corner of tub - 6 Camays in 2 stacks of 3.
Please ask Kathy when she services my room to make sure the stacks are neatly piled and dusted. Also, please advise her that stacks of more than 4 have a tendency to tip. May I suggest that my bedroom window sill is not in use and will make an excellent spot for future soap deliveries. One more item, I have purchased another bar of bath-sized Dial which I am keeping the hotel vault in order to avoid further misunderstanding. S. Berman
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GCF: Can You Give Me A Push?

Emailed to me a friend (Thanks, David) -Tom
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A man is in bed asleep with his wife when there is a rat-a-tat-tat on the door. He rolls over and looks at his clock, and it's half past three in the morning. "I'm not getting out of bed at this time", he thinks, and rolls over. Then, a louder knock follows. "Aren't you going to answer that?" says his wife. So he drags himself out of bed, and goes downstairs. He opens the door and there is man standing at the door. It didn't take the homeowner long to realize the man was drunk.

"Hi there." slurs the stranger, "Can you give me a push??"

"No, get lost. It's half past three. I was in bed," says the man and slams the door.

He goes back up to bed and tells his wife what happened and she says "Dave, that wasn't very nice of you. Remember that night we broke down on the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up from the baby-sitter and you had to knock on that man's house to get us started again? What would have happened if he'd told us to get lost?"

"But the guy was drunk," says the husband.

"It doesn't matter." says the wife. "He needs our help. The right thing to do would be to help him."

So the husband gets out of bed again, dresses, and goes downstairs. He opens the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere he shouts: "Hey, do you still want a push??" He hears a voice cry out, "Yeah, please."

So, still being unable to see the stranger he shouts: "Where are you?"

And the stranger replies: "I'm over here, on your swing."

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\ / If you don't know \ /
\ _/ where you're going, \_ /
/ / you're never lost. \ \
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\ / Never ask a barber if he \ /
\ _/ thinks you need a haircut. \_ /
/ / \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )______________________( \_| \\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / If you don't know \ /
\ _/ where you're going, \_ /
/ / you're never lost. \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )______________________( \_| \\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / Once you've seen one shopping \ /
\ _/ center, you've seen a mall. \_ /
/ / \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )______________________( \_| \\\\ \_/ /A government big enough to give\ \_/ ////
\ / you everything you want, \ /
\ _/ is strong enough to take \_ /
/ / everything you have. \ \
-Thomas Jefferson
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No E-Mail Address

An unemployed man is desperate to support his family of a wife and three kids. He applies for a janitor's job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test.

The human resources manager tells him, "You will be hired at minimum wage of $5.35 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address so that we can get you in the loop. Our system will automatically e-mail you all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first day."

Taken back, the man protests that he is poor and has neither a computer nor an e-mail address.

To this the manager replies, "You must understand that to a company like ours that means that you virtually do not exist. Without an e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a high-tech firm. Good day."

Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having $10 in his wallet, he walks past a farmers' market and sees a stand selling 25 lb. crates of beautiful red tomatoes. He buys a crate, carries it to a busy corner and displays the tomatoes. In less than 2 hours he sells all the tomatoes and makes 100% profit.

Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 and arrives home that night with several bags of groceries for his family.

During the night he decides to repeat the tomato business the next day. By the end of the week he is getting up early every day and working into the night. He multiplies his profits quickly.

Early in the second week he acquires a cart to transport several boxes of tomatoes at a time, but before a month is up he sells the cart to buy a broken-down pickup truck.

At the end of a year he owns three old trucks. His two sons have left their neighborhood gangs to help him with the tomato business, his wife is buying the tomatoes, and his daughter is taking night courses at the community college so she can keep books for him.

By the end of the second year he has a dozen very nice used trucks and employs fifteen previously unemployed people, all selling tomatoes.

He continues to work hard.

Time passes and at the end of the fifth year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse that his wife supervises, plus two tomato farms that the boys manage. The tomato company's payroll has put hundreds of homeless and jobless people to work. His daughter reports that the business grossed over one million dollars. Planning for the future, he decides to buy some life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. Then the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the final documents electronically.

When the man replies that he doesn't have time to mess with a computer and has no e-mail address, the insurance man is stunned, "What, you don't have e-mail? No computer? No Internet? Just think where you would be today if you'd had all of that five years ago!"

"Ha" snorts the man. "If I'd had e-mail five years ago I would be sweeping floors at Microsoft and making $5.35 an hour."

Which brings us to the moral of the story:

Since you got this story by e-mail, you're probably closer to being a janitor than a millionaire. Sadly, I received it also.

Received from Richard Towns.

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Doctor's Order

A guy says to the bartender, "A glass of your finest Less, please."

"Less? Never heard of it."

"C'mon, sure you have."

"No, really, we don't stock it. What is it? Some kind of foreign beer?"

"I'm not sure. It was my doctor who mentioned it. He said I should drink Less."

Received from Thomas S. Ellsworth.

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Berle Marriages

In 1947 Milton Berle was one of the biggest names in comedy. But as his career rose, his marriage failed, leading to a divorce from his wife Joyce Mathews. Two years later, Berle and Mathews got married for the second time. Why marry the same woman all over again?

"Because," Berle explained to reporters, "she reminds me of my first wife."

Received from Pastor Tim.

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Injured Employee

One day an employee came in to work with both of his ears bandaged.

When his boss asked him what happened, he explained:

"Yesterday I was ironing a shirt when the phone rang and I accidentally answered the iron instead of the phone!"

"Well," the boss said, "that explains one ear, but what about the other?"

"They called back!"

Received from Steve Sanderson.

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THE REDHEAD

A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her.

Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket toward the man.

He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back.

"Oh my, I am so sorry, " the woman says as she pops her eye back in place.

"Let me buy your dinner to make it up to you," she says.

They enjoy a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they go to the theater followed by drinks. They talk, they laugh, she shares her deepest dreams and he shares his. She listens.

After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place for a nightcap and stay for breakfast.

They had a wonderful, wonderful time.
The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed. Everything had been SO incredible!

"You know, "he said, "you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet? "

"No, "she replies. . . . "

"You just happened to catch my eye."

Thanks to David Lamb
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Young King Arthur and the Witch:

Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, if after a year, he still had no answer, he would b e put to death.

The question?...What do women really want? Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end.

He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the princess, the priests, the wise men and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer.

Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer.

But the price would be high; as the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged.

The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first.

The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur' s closest friend!

Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunchbacked and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life.

He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden; but Lancelot, learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur.

He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table.

Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered Arthur's question thus:

What a woman really wants, she answered....is to be in charge of her own life.

Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared.

And so it was, the neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding.

The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom. But, what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen lay before him on the bed. The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened

The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared as a witch, she would henceforth, be her horrible deformed self only half the time and the beautiful maiden the other half.

Which would he prefer? Beautiful during the day....or night?

Lancelot pondered the predicament. During the day, a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old witch? Or, would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day, but by night, a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wondrous intimate moments?

What would YOU do?

What Lancelot chose is below. BUT....make YOUR choice before you scroll down below. OKAY?

Noble Lancelot said that he would allow HER to make the choice herself.

Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life.

Now....what is the moral to this story?

The moral is.....

If you don't let a woman have her own way....

Things are going to get ugly

Thanks to Larry Barnes
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Where do they find these people???
This is too funny & too sad, absolutely true ... ...

Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die. This is priceless, and so easy to see happening, customer service being what it is today. Anyone who has dealt with an estate will agree with this.
A lady died this past January, and Citibank billed her for February and March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance had been $0.00, now somewhere around $60.00.
A family member placed a call to Citibank. Here is the exchange:
Family Member: "I am calling to tell you she died in January."
Citibank: "The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply."
Family Member: "Maybe, you should turn it over to collections."
Citibank: "Since it is two months past due, it already has been."
Family Member : So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?"
Citibank: "Either report her account to frauds division or report her to the credit bureau , maybe both!"
Family Member: "Do you think God will be mad at her?"
(I really liked this part!!!!)
Citibank: "Excuse me?"
Family Member: "Did you just get what I was telling you - the part about her being dead?"
Citibank: "Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor." (Duh!)
**Supervisor gets on the phone: Family Member: "I'm calling to tell you, she died in January."
Citibank: "The account was never closed and late fees and charges still apply." (This must be a phrase taught by the bank!)
Family Member : "You mean you want to collect from her estate?"
Citibank: (Stammer) "Are you her lawyer?"
Family Member: "No, I'm her great nephew." (Lawyer info given)
Citibank: "Could you fax us a certificate of death?"
Family Member: "Sure." (Fax number is given)
**After they get the fax:
Citibank: "Our system just isn't setup for death. I don't know what more I can do to help."
Family Member: "Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing her. I don't think she will care."
Citibank: "Well, the late fees and charges do still apply."
(What is wrong with these people?!?)
Family Member: "Would you like her new billing address?"
Citibank: "That might help."
Family Member: " Odessa Memorial Cemetery , Highway 129, Plot Number 69."
Citibank: "Sir, that's a cemetery!"
Family Member: "What do you do with dead people on your planet?

Thanks to Daphne Roberts
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"Don't strive for recognition, but work for achievement." -- Vanessa Malone
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Madeleine Begun Kane Latest Columns - - Is It Safe To Go Shopping With Your Mate? (Humorous Quiz) December 19th, 2006

If you’ve ever visited the delightful Bobbarama, you know that its witty proprietor posts the occasional Take Two. So, what exactly is a Take Two? It’s a battle of the sexes type humor collaboration, in which Bob and a funny female both write about a given topic.

Why am I telling you this? Because today I’m the female half of Bob’s collaboration, and the topic is shopping. I hope you’ll enjoy my take on shopping with your mate, which is in the form of a multiple choice quiz. (You’ll find a link to Bob’s take at the end of this post.)

Is It Safe To Go Shopping With Your Mate? (Humorous Quiz)
By Madeleine Begun Kane

One sure way to test a relationship is to shop with your mate. Not only is joint shopping stressful, but it amplifies differences in temperament and taste. It can even lead to bickering, brawls, and mayhem. So take this compatibility quiz now. Or risk being ousted from your favorite boutique.

1. When you arrive at the mall he:
a. Says “Let’s shop together. It’ll be fun.”
b. Says “Meet me in hardware.”
c. Vanishes.

2. In men’s clothing he:
a. Asks your opinion and compliments your taste.
b. Buys a tie he already owns.
c. Bemoans the demise of the leisure suit.

3. In lingerie he:
a. Says you look sexy in an oversized robe.
b. Asks you to model see-through garments too small to identify.
c. Hands you a Wonderbra. … (“Is It Safe To Go Shopping With Your Mate?” is continued here.)
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I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven's door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.
But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp--
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics, the trash...
There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice.
Next to him was my old neighbor
Who never said anything nice.
Herb, whom I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.
I nudged Jesus, "What's the deal?
I would love to hear Your take.
How'd all these sinners get up here?
God must've made a mistake.
"And why's everyone so quiet,
So somber? Give me a clue."
"Hush, child," said He, "They're all in shock.
No one thought they'd be seeing you

Judge NOT

Thanks to Norma Kay Rowe
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THOUGHT THIS WAS WORTH PASSING ON TO YOU

A woman said her son found his license plate missing so he called the police to file a report. They told him people were stealing the plates to get free gas. Given the rise in gas prices, people have taken to stealing license plates, putting them on their car, then getting gas and running.
The gas station will have "your" license plate # and you could be in trouble for "pump and run." Check your car periodically to be sure you still have a plate. If you should find it missing, file a report immediately!!! Keep an eye on your license plate! Make sure you always know it's there! When the license plate is reported as the "drive off vehicle", it's YOU they contact! Be aware!!!! Be aware of your license plates, most of us never look to see if the plates are there or not.
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A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package

This he said isn't any ordinary package.

He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.

She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on and was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing's he was taking to the funeral house. His wife had just died. He turned to me and said

Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion.

I still think those words changed my life.

Now I read more and clean less.

I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.

I spend more time with my family and less at work.

I understand that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day. I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it.

I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words 'Someday...' and 'One Day...' are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now. I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning. This nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.

She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come.

I would regret it, because I would no longer see the friends I would meet, letters that I wanted to write.. 'One of these days'.

I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brother and sisters, son and daughters, not enough times at least, how much I love them.

Now, I try not to delay, postpone or keep anything that could bring laughter and joy into our lives.

And on each morning, I say to myself that this could be a special day.

Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.

Thanks to David Kirkpatrick
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Pass The Butter ~ ~ ~ ~ This is interesting . . .
DO YOU KNOW...the difference between margarine and butter?
Read on to the end...gets very interesting!
Both have the same amount of calories.
Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams.
Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.
Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.
Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few only because they are added!
Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods.
Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.

And now, for Margarine...
Many brands are high in trans fatty acids.
Triple risk of coronary heart disease.
Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)
Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold.
Lowers quality of breast milk.
Decreases immune response.
Decreases insulin response.

Thanks to Norma Kay Rowe
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Subject: Charlie Daniels & Mexicans

By Charlie Daniels www.charliedaniels.com

I don’t know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally, made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations.

I don’t blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the United States of America, as it is a truly wonderful place. But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil is illegal, it is flat out wrong and I don’t care how many la-la land left heads come out of the woodwork and start trying to give me sensitivity lessons.

I don’t need sensitivity lessons, in fact I don’t have anything against Mexicans, I just have something against criminals and anybody who comes into this country illegally is a criminal and if you don’t believe it, try coming into America from a foreign country without a passport and see how far you get.

What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it’s tantamount to saying, “I am going to come into your country even if it means breaking your laws and there’s nothing you can do about it.” It’s an “in your face” action and speaking just for me I don’t like it one little bit and if there were a half dozen pairs of gonads in Washington bigger than English peas it wouldn’t be happening.

Where are you, you bunch of lilly livered, pantywaist, forked tongued, sorry excuses for defenders of The Constitution ? Have you been drinking the water out of the Potomac again?

And even if you pass a bill on immigration it will probably be so pork laden and watered down that it won’t mean anything anyway. Besides, what good is another law going to do when you won’t enforce the ones on the books now?

And what ever happened to the polls guys? I thought you folks were the quintessential finger wetters. Well you sure ain’t paying any attention to the polls this time because somewhere around eighty percent of Americans want something done about this mess, and mess it is, and getting bigger everyday.

This is no longer a problem, it is a dilemma and headed for being a tragedy. Do you honestly think that what happened in France with the Muslims can’t happen here when the businesses who hire these people finally run out of jobs and a few million disillusioned Hispanics take to the streets?

If you, Mr. President, Congressmen and Senators, knuckle under on this and refuse to do something meaningful it means that you care nothing for the kind of country your children and grandchildren will inherit.

But I guess that doesn’t matter as long as you get re-elected.

Shame on you.

One of the big problems in America today is that if you have the nerve to say anything derogatory about any group of people (except Christians) you are going to be screamed at by the media and called a racist, a bigot and anything else they can think of to call you.

Well I’ve been pounded by the media before and I’m still rockin’ and rollin’ and when it comes to speaking the truth, I fear not. And the truth is that the gutless, gonadless, milksop politicians are just about to sell out the United States of America because they don’t have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to face reality.

And reality is that we would never allow any other group of people to have 12 million illegals in this country and turn around and say, ”Oh it’s ok, ya'll can stay here if you’ll just allow us to slap your wrist.”

And I know that some of you who read this column are saying “Well what’s wrong with that?”

I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it. These people could be from Mars as far as we know. We don’t know who they are, where they are or what they’re up to and the way the Congress is going we’re not going to.

Does this make sense? Labor force you say? We already subsidize corporate agriculture as it is, must we subsidize their labor as well?

If these people were from Haiti, would we be so fast to turn a blind eye to them or if they were from Somalia or Afghanistan? I think not.

All the media shows us are pictures of hard working Hispanics who have crossed the border just to try to better their life. They don’t show you pictures of the Feds rounding up members of MS 13, the violent gang who came across the same way the decent folks did. They don’t tell you about the living conditions of the Mexican illegals some fat cat hired to pick his crop.

I want to make two predictions.

No. 1: This situation is going to grow and fester until it erupts in violence on our streets while the wimps in Washington drag their toes in the dirt and try to figure how many tons of political hay they can make to the acre.

No 2: Somebody is going to cross that border with some kind of weapon of mass destruction and set it off in a major American city after which there will be a backlash such as this country has never experienced and the Capitol building in Washington will probably tilt as Congressmen and Senators rush to the other side of the issue.

I don’t know about you but I would love to see just one major politician stand up and say, “I don’t care who I make mad and I don’t care how many votes I lose, this is a desperate situation and I’m going to lead the fight to get it straightened out.”

I don’t blame anybody for wanting to come to America, but if you don’t respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others. And by the way, this is America and our flag has stars and stripes. Please get that other one out of my face.

Pray for our troops
What do you think?
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels
April 10, 2006

Comments: Authentic. The above text comprises two opinion pieces written by country singer Charlie Daniels and posted on his Web site April 3 and April 10, 2006. The topic, illegal immigration, rose to prominence in early 2006 as the U.S. Congress considered various legislative proposals, some more punitive than others, to cope with the steady influx of undocumented aliens from Mexico and Central and South America into the United States.

Thanks to Jeanette Ford
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Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN ) for 6am. While his coffeepot ( MADE IN CHINA ) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor ( MADE IN HONG KONG ). He put on a dress shirt ( MADE IN SRI LANKA ), designer jeans ( MADE IN SINGAPORE ) and tennis shoes
( MADE IN KOREA ). After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA ) he sat down with his calculator ( MADE IN MEXICO ) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN ) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA ) he got in his car ( MADE IN GERMANY ) filled it with GAS from Saudi Arabia and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB . At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer (Made In Malaysia ), Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL ) poured himself a glass of wine ( MADE IN FRANCE.! ) and turned on his TV ( MADE IN INDONESIA ), and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in . AMERICA .....

Thanks to Larry Barnes
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The American Chemistry Council (ACC) Report:
Last week the House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing on the HR 2337 Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007.

ACC has been telling lawmakers that, at a time when the nation needs more natural gas, they should oppose measures that will result in less domestic natural gas production. Chairman Nick Rahall (D-WV) said this week that the legislation is ‘not written in stone’ and pledged to listen to concerns raised at the hearing. A mark-up on the bill is scheduled for June 6.

Energy & Climate: ACC continues to be a proponent of searching for additional domestic energy supplies and has encouraged our nation’s leaders to look at coal gasification and industrial gasification systems as key emerging technologies that can help the nation make use of its abundant domestic resources as they develop a comprehensive energy policy.

Industrial gasification, in particular, is a logical economic and technological path forward to achieve policy objectives such as environmental protection, energy security, reduction of natural gas prices and volatility, enhanced global competitiveness and job retention and growth. That’s because industrial gasification processes have unique characteristics that enable or advantage high levels of carbon capture.

Industrial gasification is the ‘low hanging fruit’ as Congress considers programs to test and develop carbon capture and geologic sequestration (CCGS) technologies, protocols and financing issues. Gasification also has significant potential and benefit as a new source of feedstock for chemical manufacturers.

Rail: ACC testified earlier this month in support of legislation to improve rail safety before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The business of chemistry depends on the nation's railroads to deliver approximately 170 million tons of products each year. These shipments account for more than $5 billion in annual railroad freight revenues, making chemicals the second-largest railroad commodity.

ACC believes HR 2095 Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 provides an important framework to improve safety performance for transporting critical materials essential to success of the American economy.

ACC reiterated its belief that there needs to be a collaborative approach among all stakeholders is crucial to successfully addressing the many interrelated factors that effect rail safety. ACC also expressed its concern regarding recent actions by the railroads that threaten to jeopardize an ongoing collaborative process with the federal government to improve rail safety.

Bring ACC to your office and learn about Grassroots and GOTV.
** presentations and training sessions available now**

Contact Marc Ross at marc_ross@americanchemistry.com

News
New York Senators want new teeth for railroad's 'tired watchdog' (Newsday) New York's two senators said Tuesday that recent train wrecks in upstate New York show Congress must put new teeth into the rail safety agency one called an "old and tired watchdog."

Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) testified before a Senate Commerce subcommittee, citing the fiery March 12 derailment of a train carrying liquefied propane and other chemicals near Oneida in central New York. That crash - the fifth derailment involving CSX Corp. in New York since December - highlighted concerns that freight rail companies are not doing enough to protect workers or the public.

ACC warn against energy policy rollback in House Resources Committee (ACC Press Release) Jack Gerard, President and CEO of the American Chemistry Council, issued the following statement, “ACC is disappointed to hear some of today’s discussion. What have been described as Energy Policy Act ‘reforms’ are in fact rollbacks that would gut critically needed natural gas supply provisions just as they were beginning to do some good. This is a time when the nation needs more natural gas, and we strongly urge members of the Committee to oppose measures that will result in less domestic natural gas production. Affordable, available natural gas is essential for a strong American manufacturing economy that retains and grows U.S. jobs, and we would view any votes for supply rollbacks as anti-manufacturing votes.

“To Congress’s credit, provisions of the Energy Policy Act streamlined the process for developing natural gas supplies on federal lands, resulting in more permits and production. Yet current production will not meet America’s growing needs, and emerging federal policies around clean energy, renewable fuels and energy efficiency will drive U.S. natural gas demand higher still. Lawmakers should be looking for ways to expand domestic natural gas production, both offshore and onshore. Unfortunately, some are moving in the opposite direction, counter to the interests of millions of Americans who work in industries which rely on an affordable supply of natural gas to compete in the global economy.”

Interview with Andrew Liveris (The American) An Australian dedicated to American values, Andrew Liveris, the CEO of Dow Chemical, has been shifting plants overseas as U.S. natural gas prices make domestic manufacturing uncompetitive.

Q: The American: Andrew, will the chemical industry continue to be a vital part of the American economy?

A: Andrew Liveris: Petrochemistry, which is an industry based on chemicals that are made from oil and gas, will increasingly diminish its footprint because of America’s lack of competitiveness in natural gas, particularly. Our industry used to be the second-largest exporter of American goods outside aviation and aerospace. But that disappeared, and U.S. petrochemistry as an export sector will not exist again, unless natural gas goes below what is notionally the world price.

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Buzz & Ballots
Texas Senate: Repetitive Nick Lampson (D-TX) said he won't run for Texas Senate in 2008 (Austin American-Statesman).

Illinois House: Illinois Dept of Veterans Affairs dir Tammy Duckworth (D) said she is considering a second run for Illinois’’ 6th Congressional District (Chicago Sun-Times).

Indiana House: It looks as though a fourth matchup "could be coming" between Representative Baron Hill (D-IN) and former Representative Mike Sodrel (R) in 2008. Sodrel "won't say whether he's running," but said he's "not prepared to dismiss that possibility, either." And Hill "fully expects" another challenge. Sodrel says he may announce his decision in late summer or early fall, but Hill said that "may be too late," as he's "already hearing" of two GOPers who may run. (New Albany Tribune).

2008 President: A new batch of American Research Group polls gives the edge to Senator Hillary Clinton in all three early states of the 2008 presidential race. Senator Barack Obama has slipped to third place behind John Edwards in each state, while Governor Bill Richardson is up in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Iowa: Clinton 31%, Edwards 25%, Obama 11%, Richardson 8%
New Hampshire: Clinton 34%, Edwards 18%, Obama 15%, Richardson 9%
South Carolina: Clinton 34%, Edwards 30%, Obama 18%

On the Republican side, strong support from independents gives John McCain a boost. And while Mitt Romney is doing well in Iowa, he's not making much progress in South Carolina.

Iowa: McCain 25%, Giuliani 23%, Romney 16%
New Hampshire: McCain 30%, Romney 23%, Giuliani 21%
South Carolina: McCain 32%, Giuliani 23%, Thompson 13%, Romney 10%

Want to learn and better understand grassroots – bring ACC to the office! Contact Marc Ross at marc_ross@americanchemistry.com

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The American Chemistry Council (ACC) represents the leading companies engaged in the business of chemistry. ACC members apply the science of chemistry to make innovative products and services that make people's lives better, healthier and safer. ACC is committed to improved environmental, health and safety performance through Responsible Care®, common sense advocacy designed to address major public policy issues, and health and environmental research and product testing. The business of chemistry is a $635 billion enterprise and a key element of the nation's economy. It is one of the nation’s largest exporters, accounting for ten cents out of every dollar in U.S. exports. Chemistry companies are among the largest investors in research and development. Safety and security have always been primary concerns of ACC members, and they have intensified their efforts, working closely with government agencies to improve security and to defend against any threat to the nation’s critical infrastructure.
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Jury Duty Scam to get your SS# & DOB-Please read-verified true
Thanks to Daphne Roberts
Please read this alert regarding a scam to obtain your social security number and date of birth.

JURY DUTY SCAM: This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below). Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book. It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take summons for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of scam has surfaced. The caller claims to be a jury coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out any of this information and bingo; your identity just got stolen. The scam has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma, Illinois, and Colorado. This (scam) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by pretending they're with the court system. The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.

Check it out here:
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
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| Safety from the Heart |
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May 31, 2007

Gardening Hazards
What’s the dirt on health risks in the garden?
By Rich Maloof for MSN Health & Fitness

Simple risks have simple solutions.

Gardening may not be a full-contact sport, but anyone who has tiptoed through the tulips is familiar with some of the minor hazards. The most common are the easiest to avoid, so: Use sunscreen, wear a good pair of gloves to avoid minor cuts and scrapes, and cover your arms and legs with long clothing when insect bites or rash-causing plants such as poison ivy may be a concern. People with knee, hip, or back problems must know their own limitations before pulling up stubborn roots or shoveling a wheelbarrow full of stones.

Sometimes dirt is more than dirty.

The bacteria that causes tetanus (aka lockjaw) is commonly found in soil and manure, and can easily make its way into your system through a cut on your hand. Constant gardeners should be sure their tetanus vaccine is up to date—a booster is required about every 10 years—and cover any open wounds.

Manure is a great fertilizer, but it’s still manure.

Even more dangerous than tetanus, though far more rare, is the possibility of a deadly pathogen traveling in consumer-grade fertilizer. Over the years there have been a few isolated cases of E. coli contamination traced back to a home garden fertilized with manure.

According to Horticulture magazine, composting is effective in combating manure pathogens since it generates enough heat to kill many bacteria. Your best daily defenses, though, are to wear gloves, clean your tools after use, thoroughly wash anything you plan to eat, and scrub your hands when you’re through gardening.

When you eat what you grow, you reap what you sow.

Like produce from the market, edibles from your garden need to be washed well—especially if they are to be eaten raw. “You need to be cautious if you put any insecticides or fungicides on a plant’s leaves, vegetables, fruit or edible flowers,” says Marilyn Romenesko, staff horticulturist with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. “Also, any chemicals you apply to edible plants should not be ‘systemic’—that is, chemicals that are drawn into a plant’s internal parts. Any chemicals you choose to apply should be ‘surface’ treatments only, and easy to wash off.”

Romenesko further warns that some systemic insecticides contain organophosphates, which are known to be toxic and may cause nerve damage. Carefully read the label of any product you intend to use.

There are eco-friendly alternatives to chemicals.

Anyone who wants their greenery a little “greener” can consider substitutes that are friendlier to the environment and the people living in it. Romenesko points out that neem oil, dormant oil, and insecticidal soaps can be used for killing insects. Caterpillars can be offed with products containing Bt, a natural bacterium (see products by companies including Dipel and Thuricide). For fertilizers, she adds, some people use seaweed fertilizer or “compost tea,” which is water filtered through compost. Not available in Earl Grey.
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May 30, 2007
Mow no toes
By April Phillips, Naval Safety Center Public Affairs

Let’s face it. Mowing the lawn is a chore. It’s one of those things that has to get done but always seems to interrupt a day on the golf course or an afternoon by the pool. By June it seems you can literally watch the grass grow taller by the second. Anyone not lucky enough to have a teenaged kid to conscript into duty will likely spend a few hours a week cutting the grass. What could be more routine during the summer months?

According to the medical journal Annals of Emergency Medicine, nearly 80,000 people per year wind up in emergency rooms with lawnmower-related injuries. Ten thousand of those are children.

By far, the number one lawnmower mishap sending people to the ER is flying debris. Many who wind up with a rock where their eye used to be are bystanders.

Other issues include fractured toes, severed toes, burns from touching hot mower surfaces, servicing mowers with blades spinning, and yes, tripping over stored mowers in the garage.

A little operational and off-duty risk management (ORM) can’t stop lawn-mowing from being a chore, but it can keep you out of the hospital. Here are some deliberate, or planning-stage, ORM tips as well as some time-critical steps to manage risks while the blade is spinning.

Deliberate ORM:
Inspect your mower, make sure the controls work, and know all the safety features.
Clear all debris, rocks, twigs, and toys from the lawn.
Wear safety-toed shoes.

Time-Critical ORM
Keep a firm grip on the handle with both hands.
Mow across a slope, never up and down.
Cut the grass walking forward, not pulling it backward.

Keep bystanders at a safe distance. Be aware that stones or other debris can be ejected from the mower—at about the same height as a child’s eye.

Never leave the mower unattended.
Never refuel a hot motor.
Do not allow passengers on a riding mower.
Never attempt to unclog or work on a mower while the engine is on.
For more information on lawn-mower safety, check out:

Insurance Information Institute, Inc.:
http://www.iii.org/individuals/homei/tips/lawnmower/
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Activities and Events of Interest

PurpleHull Pea Festival
& World Championship Rotary Tiller Race!
June 29-30, 2007
Emerson, Arkansas
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The Emancipation Proclamation will be on display at the Clinton Library September 22-25, 2007.
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"September 11 WDYTJWD" W. P. Florence
Justice first, then peace."
"September 11" Never forget.--Tony Moses
"ONE NATION UNDER GOD ...the only way"--Phillip Story
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Keeping my head down but face toward Heaven" - - Jody Eldred, ABC News Cameraman in Kuwait
"Remember Pearl Harbor? Remember 9/11!" --"Bug"
Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. - - George Carlin
"Stop telling God how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your God is!" - - Queen E. Watson
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Weekly Toll - - http://weeklytoll.blogspot.com/
Death In The Workplace w/News & Updates
John Donne - ...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
A partial list of workplace fatalities.

* David Kessler, Jr., a 27-year-old communications worker from Marysville, Washington, died of severe shock after coming into contact with an electrical wire at the Wild Waves water park.

* Matthew Rouse, a 44-year-old construction worker from Jonesboro, Arkansas, died after falling from a forklift and and then being crushed by the machine’s steel basket.

MADISON, Wis. - A worker died today from injuries sustained in an accident at a University of Wisconsin building in Madison. U-W police say officers responded yesterday afternoon to Hiram Smith Hall, where an employee of Robinson Brothers Environmental fell from a ten-foot ladder while working on asbestos removal. The 37-year-old worker, whose name is still being withheld, fell about seven feet and landed on the back of his head.

Worker Pulled From Manhole Dies
GA - A construction worker who was discovered unconscious at the bottom of a 20-to-25 foot deep manhole next to Northside Forsyth Hospital died of his injuries

Helicopter found crashed, pilot killed
LINDSEY HALL – The search for a missing Kansas helicopter pilot who was scheduled to land Sunday at Muscle Shoals ended Tuesday when searchers found the crumpled remains of the aircraft in Bankhead National Forest.

Constantia Highway Superintendent Killed in Work Accident
Town of Constantia, NY - People living in the Town of Constantia are in shock this evening over the death of David Webb. He died Tuesday in a freak accident, when a tree stump fell on top of him.

TV station employee dies after being struck on Interstate 85
Spartanburg, SC - A Greenville television station reporter died Monday night after he was struck by a van while covering a wreck on Interstate 85

Carnival worker dies in fall from Ferris wheel
JERSEY SHORE, Pa. - A carnival worker hanging over the side of a Ferris wheel to work on the ride fell to the ground and died.

Worker Who Died In Tanker Was Wearing Safety Gear
TAYLORS, SC - A worker at a Taylors plant fell unconscious and died Saturday in a tanker he had been hired to clean.

Worker dies in trench collapse near Brooklyn private school
NY - A construction worker was killed Friday after an 8-foot-deep trench he was digging beside a church school in Brooklyn collapsed on top of him, firefighters said. There were no permits for the construction and the trench had no shoring or bracing,

Worker killed in 'tragic accident'
AL - Employee of sand, gravel company crushed by loader. A Hobbs Island Road man was killed Wednesday morning at Baker Sand & Gravel when an employee began operating a front-end loader, not knowing his co-worker was under the machinery.

Worker dies of injuries on job
Groveland, FL - Dale Peters, 35, of Brooksville was working at the school's new ninth-grade center when another worker backed over him with a Caterpillar loader,

Boss says worker killed at water park was always careful
WA - David Kessler Jr.'s job with an Everett communications company often placed him dangerously close to high-voltage lines. His former boss says he was extremely careful. "I don't think he ever made a mistake," said Mark Knapp, vice president of Metzker Communications,

Employee killed in Sanderson Farms fire
MS - A 52-year-old Pine Belt man lost his life late Tuesday night in a fire at the Sanderson Farms chicken plant in Collins.

30-foot fall kills Washington man
PA - A Washington man died Monday after he fell 30 feet at the Hatfield's Ferry power plant in Greene County.

Probation officer dies after jumping into Ohio River while chasing fleeing suspect
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio - Ohio authorities are investigating the death of a probation officer, who jumped into a river in pursuit of a suspect and never resurfaced.

Airline worker dies following elevator accident
TN - Officials at the Dayton International Airport in Ohio say an airline worker has died from an accident with a baggage elevator.

Man Found Dead in Garbage Truck
CT - An employee of a Westport garbage collection company was found dead on Greens Farms Road today, police said. A contractor at the scene called police after he found the male employee wedged in the compactor of his garbage truck

Worker killed in plant accident
BURGIN, Ky - A worker at a Mercer County plant was killed in an accident Monday. A worker at the plant called Lexington's WLEX TV and said the worker died when a crane fell on him. Last month, a Morehead man died when he fell from a transmission tower at the plant.

Lake County worker run over by construction vehicle, dies
GROVELAND, Fla. - A worker run over by a construction vehicle at South Lake High School has died from his injuries, authorities said Tuesday. Dale Peters, 35, of Brooksville, died Monday after another worker backed over him with a Caterpillar loader earlier that day,

Driver killed in Spokane garbage truck rollover
SPOKANE, Wash. - The driver of a garbage truck died this morning when the rig crashed and landed upside down in a creek in northeast Spokane.

Inquiry into fatal construction accident will take months
AZ - Thursday's accident occurred while two workers were inside an 8- to 10-foot section of corrugated pipe in an open trench, which was crushed by collapsing dirt. One of the workers made it out with minor injuries, but Marcos Garcia, 25, of Mesa was killed.

Berks Co. Mushroom Worker Accidentally Killed
OLEY, Pa. - The death of a worker at a Berks County mushroom barn is now ruled to be an accidental electrocution.

Angels police mourn officer killed in crash
CA - The Calaveras County law enforcement community is reeling after one of its own was killed Saturday in an off-duty traffic collision

Martinsville man dies in work accident
IN - A local man was killed at work when he apparently touched a live electrical line that knocked him off a ladder.

Loan Store Clerk Killed In Waukegan
WAUKEGAN, IL - A deadly shooting claimed the life of a clerk at a loan store in north suburban Waukegan on Monday.

One worker killed, one injured at Wild Waves park
FEDERAL WAY, WA - Two workers who came in contact with an electrical wire Monday received a severe shock at the Wild Waves water park in Federal Way and one has died (Dave Kessler Jr., 28) .

City police officer dies in accident
IL - Chief: Blaum's death creates 'tremendous void' in depart. A Lincoln police officer was killed late Saturday after his truck crashed into Fancy Creek on Business Interstate 55 just north of Sherman.

Sheriff’s Deputy killed
GA - Authorities are investigating the cause of an accident Sunday that killed a Henry County sheriff’s deputy. Marvin Jerome Scarlett, 42, was killed about 5:30 a.m. when his vehicle struck a pickup truck and a large box truck before rear-ending a tractor-trailer while northbound on Interstate 75 north of Ga. Highway 20/81, the Georgia State Patrol said.

Worker dies of injuries sustained in tire fire
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga.- A worker has died of injuries he sustained in a fire at a tire recycling fire in Jackson, south of Atlanta.

Construction Worker Killed by Fall from New I-280 Bridge
NORTH TOLEDO, OH - Tragedy has again hit the Veterans' Glass City Skyway construction project. A bridge worker fell to his death Thursday morning in north Toledo.

Cab Driver Fatally Shot In Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A stray bullet from a gun battle may have killed a Colorado Springs cab driver

Kohler Co. worker crushed to death at plant
WI - A 64-year-old Kohler Co. employee from Two Rivers was crushed to death tonight by some heavy equipment at the plant,

Worker killed when barge overturns at Manasquan River bridge
New Jersey - A construction worker was killed on Wednesday when a barge and a push boat apparently collided underneath a drawbridge, which caused the barge to overturn and trap the man underneath,

Worker killed while loading rail containers
SEATTLE, WA - A male longshore worker was killed while helping load and secure containers onto a rail car at Terminal 5 at the Port of Seattle, police said. Port of Seattle police spokesman Mick Shultz said the worker was latching down the containers when the equipment used to pick up the containers called a "top-pick" ran him over

Killed Md. Miners Part of Coal Brotherhood
BARTON, Md. - Mike Wilt and Dale Jones, the coal miners killed when a rock wall collapsed in western Maryland, spent their lives near Georges Creek, a rushing Potomac River tributary tainted with acid drainage from the abandoned mines that tell the region's history.

Construction worker dies in Wynnewood accident
PA - An unidentified construction worker was killed yesterday while doing maintenance work on a section of a water pipeline in Wynnewood.

Indiana County man crushed to death at loading dock
BERWICK, Pa. -- An Indiana County man was crushed by a tractor-trailer full of potatoes at the Wise Foods plant in Columbia County. Rodger Bennett, 63, of Strongstown, was between the rig and the loading dock yesterday afternoon when the truck backed up, crushing him.

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NEVER FORGET! We're listing the names of our soldiers killed weekly. These records can be found at http://www.defenselink. mil/releases/

01. Sgt. Iosiwo Uruo, 27, of Agana Heights, Guam, died May 24, in Buhriz, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died May 23 of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their unit in Ramadi, Iraq. They were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. Killed were:
02. Staff Sgt. Steve Butcher Jr., 27, of Penfield, N.Y. He died in Ramadi, Iraq.
03. Pfc. Daniel P. Cagle, 22, of Carson, Calif. He died in Balad, Iraq.

04. Cpl. Casey P. Zylman, 22, of Coleman, Mich., died May 25 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle May 24 in Tallafar, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died May 23 in Al Nahrawan, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned to 3d Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Benning, Ga.
Killed were:
05. Cpl. Victor H. Toledo Pulido, 22, of Hanford, Calif.
06. Cpl. Jonathan D. Winterbottom, 21, of Falls Church, Va.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died May 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle.
They were assigned to 1st Brigade Transition Team, and attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Killed were:
07. Sgt. 1st Class Robert E. Dunham, 36, of Baltimore, Md.
08. Staff Sgt. Russell K. Shoemaker, 31, of Sweet Springs, Mo.

09. Cpl. Mathew P. LaForest, 21, of Austin, Texas, was assigned to 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
He died May 25 in Taji, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations.

10. Spc. Alexander Rosa Jr., 22, of Orlando, Fla., died May 25 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 293rd Military Police Company, Ft. Stewart, Ga.

11. Spc. William L. Bailey III, 29, of Bellevue, Neb., died May 25, in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Bailey was assigned to the 755th Chemical Reconnaissance/Decontamination Company, Nebraska Army National Guard, O’Neill, Neb.

12. Spc. Erich S. Smallwood, 23, of Trumann, Ark, died May 26, near Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
He was assigned to A Company, 875th Engineer Battalion of the Arkansas Army National Guard in Marked Tree, Ark.

The Department of Defense announced the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died May 26 in Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle.
They were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. Killed were:
13. Sgt. Clayton G. Dunn II, 22, of Moreno Valley, Calif.,
14. Cpl. Michael J. Jaurigue, 20, of Texas City, Texas,
15. Spc. Gregory N. Millard, 22, of San Diego, Calif.

16. Sgt. Nicholas R. Walsh, 27, of Millstadt, Ill., died May 26 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

17. Lance Cpl. David P. Lindsey, 20, of Spartanburg, S.C., died May 25 from a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C

18. Spc. Mark R. C. Caguioa, 21, of Stockton, Calif., died May 24 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds suffered on May 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, when the vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

19. Spc. Francis M. Trussel Jr., 21, of Lincoln, Ill., died May 26 in Tahrir, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

20. Lance Cpl. Emmanuel Villarreal, 21, of Eagle Pass, Texas, died May 27 from a non-hostile vehicle accident at Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait. He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

21. Cpl. Clinton C. Blodgett, 19, of Pekin, Ind., died May 26 in Baghdad, Iraq, when the vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died May 28 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their position during a dismounted patrol. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash. Killed were:
22. Staff Sgt. Thomas M. McFall, 36, of Glendora, Calif.
23. Pfc. Junior Cedeno Sanchez, 20, of Miami, Fla.

24. Pfc. Charles B. Hester, 23, of Cataldo, Idaho, died May 26 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when the vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died May 28 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their OH-58D Kiowa helicopter crashed after receiving heavy enemy fire during combat operations. They were assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Killed were:
25. 1st Lt. Keith N. Heidtman, 24, of Norwich, Conn.
26. Chief Warrant Officer Theodore U. Church, 32, of Ohio.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died May 29 in Ilbu Falris, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their position during a dismounted patrol. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. Killed were:
27. Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Weiglein, 31, of Audubon, N.J.
28. Sgt. Richard V. Correa, 25, of Honolulu.

29. Pfc. Robert A. Liggett, 23, of Urbana, Ill., died May 29 in Rustamiyah, Iraq, from injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. His death is under investigation.
Liggett was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.

30. Pfc. Matthew A. Bean, 22, of Pembroke, Mass., died May 31 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds suffered on May 19 in Lutifiyah, Iraq, when he was struck by enemy small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

31. Cpl. Jonathan A. Markham, 22, of Bedford, Texas, died May 29 in Abu Sayda, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted position. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

32. Pfc. Matthew E. Baylis, 20, of Oakdale, N.Y., died May 31 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered on May 30 when his dismounted patrol encountered enemy small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died May 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when the vehicle they were in struck an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. Killed were:
33. Sgt. Bacilio E. Cuellar, 24, of Odessa, Texas.
34. Spc. James E. Lundin, 20, of Bellport N.Y.
35. Pfc. Joshua M. Moore, 20, of Russellville, Ky.

The Department of Defense announced the death of five soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died May 28 in Abu Sayda, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed were:
36. 1st Lt. Kile G. West, 23, of Pasadena, Texas.
37. Sgt. Anthony D. Ewing, 22, of Phoenix, Ariz.
38. Cpl. Zachary D. Baker, 24, of Vilonia, Ark.
39. Cpl. James E. Summers, III, 21, of Bourbon, Mo.
40. Spc. Alexandre A. Alexeev, 23, of Wilmington, Calif.

41. Sgt. Chadrick O. Domino, 23, of Ennis, Texas, died May 31 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when he encountered enemy small arms fire while on dismounted patrol. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.

42. Spc. William J. Crouch, 21, of Zachary, La., died June 2 in Al Hadid, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Crouch was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

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Navy Pilot Missing From Vietnam War Is Identified

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

He is Lt. Michael T. Newell, U.S. Navy, of Ellenville, N.Y. He will be buried today in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.

On Dec. 14, 1966, Newell was flying an F-8E Crusader aircraft as wingman in a flight of two on a combat air patrol over North Vietnam. During the mission, the flight leader saw a surface-to-air missile explode between the two aircraft. Although Newell initially reported that he had survived the blast, his aircraft gradually lost power and crashed near the border between Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces in south central North Vietnam. The flight leader did not see a parachute nor did he hear an emergency beacon signal. He stayed in the area and determined that Newell did not escape from the aircraft prior to the crash.

Between 1993 and 2002, joint U.S./Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V.) teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), visited the area of the incident five times to conduct investigations and survey the crash site. They found pilot-related artifacts and aircraft wreckage consistent to an F-8 Crusader.

In 2004, a joint U.S./S.R.V. team began excavating the crash site. The team was unable to complete the recovery and subsequent teams re-visited the site two more times before the recovery was completed in 2006. As a result, the teams found human remains and additional pilot-related items.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC also used dental comparisons in the identification of the remains.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
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Servicemembers Missing From WWII Now Listed In Electronic Database

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that an electronic database listing the names of servicemembers still unaccounted for from World War II is now available for family members and researchers.

This new listing will aid researchers and analysts in WWII remains recovery operations. Prior to this three-year effort, no comprehensive list of those missing from WWII has existed.

This database, listing nearly 78,000 names, was compiled by researchers from DPMO and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. They used hard-copy sources including “The American Graves Registration Service Rosters of Military Personnel Whose Remains were not Recovered” from the National Archives II repository in College Park, Md., and “The World War II Rosters of the Dead.” Once transferred into electronic formats, they used computer programs to compare the two lists and determined possible discrepancies among the entries. These differences were then resolved using additional sources from the National Archives and thousands of personnel files from the Washington National Records Center.

After more than three years of research and coordination to transfer information into an electronic format, efforts to gather more data on unaccounted-for WWII servicemembers continue. New names and information will be added as historical documents and personnel files are located. The names of servicemen whose remains are recovered and identified in the future will be removed as families accept the identification and inter their loved ones in cemeteries of their choice.

This WWII database, along with databases listing the missing from the Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam War and Gulf War, are available on DPMO’s Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo . For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site or call (703) 699-1169.

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Please remember to pray for the American soldiers stationed everywhere around the globe and especially in Iraq. Times have been and are very tough and it would be nice if you would all just say a prayer for their safety and for their families.
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Scheduled Activities
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Columbia County Amateur Radio Club meets Every second Thursday @ 7:00 p.m. Union Street Station. And YOU'RE invited. Net is every Sunday at 20:30 on 147.105.
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MCC - "Faith Builders" Small group will start up again after Labor Day. We meet the second and fourth Sundays, 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm.
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MCC - Mom's Day Out - Every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 to 2.$10 for the first child, $5 for the second. Call 234-3225 for reservations.
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MCC - Nursing Home Ministry - Meadowbrook Every Tuesday from 10 to 11 am. Taylor, the last Thursday each month.
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Men's Prayer Breakfast held every Tuesday morning at 6 AM in Miller's Cafeteria. If you aren't a regular participant at the Men's Prayer Breakfast, you're missing some great food, fellowship and inspired teaching of the Word. Hope to see you there.
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(Fire, Police, Ambulance, Sheriff, etc. )
Central Dispatch 234-5655
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Direct Numbers
Ambulance - 234-7371 (24 Hour)
Jail - 234-5331 (24 Hour)
Poison Control - 800-222-1222 (24 Hour)
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"There is not enough darkness in the world to put out the light of one candle."
"Laugh whenever you can and cry if you need to." -- "Bug"
"I read the end of the book. We win!" -- "Bug"
"We may not be able to cure the world, but we don't have to make it sicker." -- "Bug"
"There just ain't enough fingers for all the holes in the dike." - - "Bug"
"It's no big deal doing what God tells you to do. A big deal would be NOT doing what God tells you to do. Just ask Jonah." - - Paul Troquille
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"Information is the currency of democracy." - Jefferson
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Again, thanks to all our contributors this week.

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