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Too Funny. This Found In My Newspaper today. Want to see it? Only in Florida. You can't make something like this up. Take a look at today's newspaper: http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/080506/tp2ch6.htm?date=080506&story=tp2ch6.htm

Can you believe this crap? Of course it's not in the online edition and I left the Outdoors section of yesterday's Florida Today newspaper at my parent's house, so I'll do what I can to remember this stuff correctly, and I'll try to remember to either edit this for pertinent information tomorrow when I'm at my parent's house or bring the section home and do that here, but anyway... Can't remember what lake it was, but Florida FWC officers responded to a tip on Friday and caught ~two~ people with something near 1800 fish that they had decided to keep... mostly panfish, a few undersized bass, etc... from out of state, stealing OUR fish like that... People, I don't care ~what~ your fishing regulations back home are, I follow your state's regulations when I go fishing there, you better damn follow ours while you're here, because if ~I~ find you with that many fish, I'm gonna do more than confiscate your equipment and give you a fine... As if your legal limit on panfish isn't enough... 50 per person per day and you're allowed to have two day's limit... that's freakin' 200 fish right there and if that ain't enough for your fish fry you better uninvite some people... Yeah, can we say "long pig"? Come on, all together now... Makes me so MAD! And it's people like that who have made the state put major limitations on harvest of softshell turtles and the like... dangit, even if you're doing a big fry, you don't need more than a couple, people, now they're saying all we can take is one per person per day?! And there's still gonna be the closed season on 'em too?! Come on, one turtle isn't enough to contribute to a fish fry... I don't need TWENTY like the limit was, but I sure need more than one... Basalcell, limit's going down for commercial collection, too, keep your eyes open and be careful... I don't go after turtles too often, but they come in their own bowl for a reason... mmmmm Now... to pick an answer..... and yes, for whoever it was, it ~was~ more of a rant than a question, but deal with it, if you're going to gripe about questions that aren't questions, there's plenty of them out there, and as you can see, this one didn't irk the regular contributors to this category, so , as my bait says to the fish... BITE ME! Charles, yep, either the banjo minnow or flying lures... not sure which, the article didn't say. *smirk*

How much do you spend per month on Newspaper Advertising? So how much is it? Honestly, i got a project due tomorrow that needs to get done today. I tried calling the company but they got all snotty because "i was never gonna run an ad". I need some rough estimates of what an ad in the newspaper cost. Im live in south florida, maybe that helps. Thank you

Did a USA TODAY/Miami Herald/Knight Ridder study really PROVE that Bush WON Florida in 2001? Newspapers' recount shows Bush prevailed By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2001-04-03-floridamain.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2001-04-03-floridamain.htm

What is the confusion with "martyr" hijacker Waleed Al Shehri? Supposed to be still alive? Long before the Miami Herald's report about this man "not graduating from flying school in Florida", something that is attested to by the school director in a note sent to the newspaper today, there were accounts of him being alive. According to the school, the man believed to have hijacked the plane is not the same who graduated from there in 1997, and that he's alive and working in Saudi Arabia, apparently as airline pilot. Does this mean there are two men with the exact same name, having attended same school? And if not, what school did he attended here in the US? Supposedly all the hijackers went to flying schools here. I understand even less about the supposed hijacker_or is it the other man's face_on the milk cartons all over the Arab world? He'd even shown up at an embassy next day after terrorist attack to say he was alive!

USA Today featured an Advertisement to the Public regarding State Quarters.? I read an advertisement in USA Today's Oct 9th newspaper, Section 9B, which has given the public 48 hours from 7am on Oct. 9th to call and receive All 56 U.S. State and Territory Quarters in never-circulated condition to be given away free with every $88.00 dollar beautifully framed gallery which holds the entire free collection of 56 U.S. Quarter Dollars in an impressive silver finished frame. I called my designated Hot line number and ordered one at $88.00 U.S. Framed Gallery, plus an additional $11.87 for shipping and $6.29 for Florida State Tax. (Florida & Ohio resident transactions require the remittance of appropriate sales tax). There are no shipments to Massachusetts and Vermont residents. My cost came to $111.15 The Advertisement advised the public that all 56 free Quarter Dollars are in never-circulated condition, the condition most likely to increase in collector value, and not opened to Coin Dealers. The article went on to say "According to the Edition of the Official U.S. Red Book Guide to American Coins the never-circulated Tennessee state quarter has already in collector value by 1,100% I would be extremely grateful to whoever can shed some light on whether I made a wise or poor decision. Thank you, Eric S.

What if Al Gore had won the 2000 election? What if the thrown-out votes in Florida were counted and Al Gore won in 2000? For AP US History we are suppose to create a counter factual newspaper front page from today’s, or a relatively recent, date and we have to base the “news” on how the world would have changed if the given event had taken place. Can someone create a counter factual front page... Best answer wins!!!

last one today folks i found these to be funny but are they true Unusual State Laws? Connorsvill,Wisconsin: It is illegal for a man to shoot off a gun when his female partner has an orgasm. Willowdale, Oregon: It is illegal for husbands to curse during sex. Oblong, Illinois: It is punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day. (Trust me if a man takes his wife fishing on their wedding day, he has an even bigger problem.) Alexandria, Minnesota: No man is allowed to make love with the smell of garlic, onions, or sardines on his breath. Ames, Iowa: A man cannot have more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with his wife, girlfriend, or significant other— or holding her in his arms. Bozeman, Montana: Has a law banning all sexual activity between members of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown — if they are nude. Newcastle, Wyoming: An ordinance specifically bans couples from having sex while standing inside a store’s walk-in-meat freezer. Illinois: A state law mandates that all bachelors should be called “master,” not “mister,” when addressed by their female counterparts. Norfolk, Virginia: A woman could not go out without wearing a corset. There was even a civil-service job, only for men, called “corset inspector.” Merryville, Missouri: Women are prohibited from wearing corsets because the “privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male.” (This one either makes me want to stand up and scream, “Hallelujah!” or puke.) Helena, Montana: Law mandates that a woman can’t dance on a table in a saloon or bar unless she has on at least three pounds, two ounces of clothing. Carlsbad, New Mexico: It’s legal for couples to have sex in a parked vehicle during their lunch break, as long as the vehicle has curtains drawn to discourage peeping Toms. Florida: State law says that if you are a single, divorced, or widowed woman, you can not parachute on Sunday afternoons. Cleveland, Ohio: Woman aren’t allowed to wear patent-leather shoes. A man might see the reflection of something “he oughtn’t.” Tremont, Utah No woman may have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance. If caught, the woman can be charged with a sexual misdemeanor and “her name is to be published in the local newspaper.” The man isn’t charged nor is his name revealed

How much money can a server make in Bonefish Grill, Florida? I just saw in the local newspaper a couple of days that Bonefish Grill is opening and hiring waiters. I have been browsing online today and I found out that's the same company as Carrabba's which probably means that if I work there I would be making good money. I just want to see what you guys think about that place. Especially someone that works there. I could probably make $150 per shift. The server's uniforms look a little unusual. Servers look like cooks, no apron. How does it work there actually?

Which of these colonies was not set up as a haven, or safe place, for some group or another? 20. Which of these colonies was not set up as a haven, or safe place, for some group or another? a. Maryland b. Pennsylvania c. Georgia d. New York 21. Which of these people was most like a modern American in emphasizing toleration of religion and the rights of all people (even Indians)? a. John Smith b. Roger Williams c. Anne Hutchinson d. John Winthrop 22. What was Virginia society like in the late 1600s? a. Harmonious. The planters and Indians got along very well. b. Fairly good. The Indians and backwoods farmers got along well, but neither liked the big plantation owners near the coast. c. Not bad. All the settlers got along well with each other, but both had troubles with Indian raids. d. Fragmented. The backwoods planters didn't get along with the plantation owners near the coast, and there were Indian problems on the frontier. 23. King Philip's War was a. the last major Indian attempt to clear the settlers out b. one of the first examples of French and Indians fighting against British c. followed by a time of great mercy towards the Indians by the Pilgrims and Puritans d. the bloodiest war ever fought in world history 24. Which of these is true of the Salem Witch Trials? a. They were relatively mild compared to what happened in Europe. b. Over a hundred people were killed before it was through. c. As soon as the suspected witches were released from prison, the plagues and torments returned to the town. d. The citizens of Salem maintained to the end of their days that they acted correctly. 25. Franklin did all of the following except a. point out that lightning was electricity b. say "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." c. win increased freedom of the press as the defendant in the Zenger trial d. start the first lending library in the colonies. 26. The Zenger Case along with James Franklin's time in jail showed that a. Freedom of the press had arrived at the point where newspaper publishers could print anything they wanted to without fear of punishment. b. Newspaper publishers could criticize the government as long as their criticisms were very witty or funny. c. Freedom of the press was getting larger, but was still much smaller than it is today. d. Newspaper publishers printed almost exactly what the government told them to print. 27. Franklin's life until 1751 showed that a. everyone in the American colonies was equal b. it was relatively easy for hard-working farmers to get rich c. few cared about improving their moral lives d. he lived up to some of his sayings in "Poor Richard's Almanack" 28. Which colony was least tolerant of other religions during the early Colonial Era? a. Maryland b. Massachusetts c. Rhode Island d. Pennsylvania 29. The last and southernmost British colony in North America was a. Georgia b. Florida c. Cuba d. Mississippi 30. The thirteen British colonies were a. founded for the same reason b. started within a fifty-year period of each other c. free from foreign or Indian attack d. diverse in their economies and populations

Where to get a yorkie? Can anyone tell me where I can find or look up QUALIFIED and responsible breeders of yorkies in Florida? I see ads all over the newspaper, and there are many pet stores nearby, but I worry about funding any type of puppy mill. Do all pet stores get there pups from puppy mills? How do you know? I went to a pet store today and they had 3 yorkies, one was a so called "teacup" YES I know they are the runts of the litter, and can get bad health problems. I was a little upset when the shop guy called her a "Teacup" and was $1200 versus the other ones that were normal and were $750. The poor thing was so tiny and fragile :( That y I must find a responsible ethical breeder in Miami,FL would be great! or south florida! just to make it clear! I do not want a "teacup" yorkie and I KNOW that it is just a name for a poor little runt. geez...

Why are people continuing to get the facts wrong in both the Vick and Stallworth cases? Do people just not watch the news or read a newspaper anymore? On here today I've seen one person claim that Stallworth left the scene and should be charged for that, but Stallworth never left the scene, he was there when the police arrived. Has nobody read up on the Florida State Law about Causation? More people seem to think that Vick only went to prison for fighting and killing dogs, not organized crime. I've even seen a post where someone said that Pacman Jones has never been charged with a crime? Which he has been charged quite a few times. What is our country coming to when people spew out opinions without reading up on the facts?

What is your opinon 45 percent of the Mexicans in the United States are illegal women who live in very poor? What is your opinon Fortyfive percent of the Mexicans in the United States are illegal women who live in very poor conditions would these 45 percent be collecting welfare, food stamps for the kids ? El Sol de Mexico (Ciudad de México) 3-8-10 Fortyfive percent of the Mexicans in the United States are women who live in very poor conditions, according to a Federal Government official. Nearly 5.3 million Mexican women live in the United States without papers. California and Texas are the preferred states for establishing residence with Illinois, Georgia, New York, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Washington. Of the Mexicans more than 24 years old, 60% do not have upper level education (above 6th grade) while 13% of migrants from other regions of the world and 10% of U.S. citizens have the same level of education. Seven percent of Mexicans in the USA have university educations. The government points to the international economic crisis impacting Mexican “migrants” with unemployment at 14.6 percent. Some 63% of the “migrants” are employed in maintenance, cleaning, food preparation, agriculture and manufacturing, while 13% are executives, professionals and technicians. Less than 98% of the Mexicans in the United States take root and settle as aliens. (Translator’s note: The Mexican government and the Mexican media make no distinction as to legality and illegality of its citizens in the USA. So, the above statement; “Less than 98% of the Mexicans in the USA take root and settle as aliens”, also means, “A little more than 2% of Mexicans who migrate legally and illegally to the United States ever intend to return to Mexico”.) A common theme among the major newspapers in Mexico today has to do with the inequality and abuse of women, unequal pay, domestic violence and disparity in society. http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldemexico/notas/n1547956.htm

Story Critism...Critize my story! Tell me if you like it or what...I know its a lot to read but its worth it!? Lily, Madison, and Vanessa are not at all friends. Lily just moved from California, Madison just moved from Washington, and Vanessa just moved from Florida. All girls are moving to the same place and they will become friends from one mistake. On July 2nd three girls moved to the same town. They won’t even notice each other until the next day so let’s skip to then. Lily was walking down the street ready to go to the local diner with her older sister when she bumped into some strange girl with four books in her hand and the newspaper in front of her face. “ Oh, I’m so sorry! I should be more careful!” “It’s fine.” Lily said as she helped the girl pick up her books. “Hi! I’m Vanessa.” “Hi Vanessa, I’m Lily.” “Hey, I just moved here yesterday could you tell me where a place to eat is?” “Um… Well my sister and I are going to the local Diner. I’ll ask my sister if you can come with us.” “Thanks.” Lily went over and asked her sister if Vanessa could come with them to the diner. “C’mon Vanessa let’s go!” “Sorry!” “My sister is meeting her friend there so we can talk.” When they walked inside the diner they saw that all the tables were full. Lily’s sister Julia went to her friend’s table. And Lily and Vanessa were alone to find a table. They saw a table with a girl there that looked about their age. “Hey… Um… are you saving that spot for anyone?” Lily said to the girl. “I don’t think so.” The girl said as she smiled. “Thank you. I’m Lily. And this is Vanessa.” “Hi. I’m Madison.” “We’re both new in this town could you tell us where the nearest park is?” “Your both new? Well I have one slight problem. I just moved here too. Where did you guys move from?” “I moved from California” Lily said to both of them. “I moved from Florida” Vanessa said shyly. Both Lily and Madison’s mouths’ dropped open. “Wow! I moved from Washington. So Lily and I were at least a few hundred miles away. But Florida…Wow!” “Well, I know that it was a much easier move for me!” Vanessa said with enthusiasm. “Yeah, both of us moved across the country.” Lily said as she looked at Madison. “Do both of you live near here? I do.” Madison asked. “I do. What about you Vanessa?” “Yeah. I do.” “Cool. Hey Lily, Vanessa? Would you like to come to my house today?” “I’ll ask my sister.” Lily ran over to her sister. “I would need to call my mom and tell her… But I bet you I’ll be able to.” “Okay, Julia said it’s okay.” Vanessa and Lily heard a cell phone ring they suspected that it was one of the adults nearby but no. It was Madison’s cell phone. “Hello?” Madison said into her cell phone “Hey Madi, Don’t have anyone over. I know you, you probably already have plans for people to come over today” Madison smiled shyly. “Just 1 exception! Please! Mom, I cleaned my room and the house! Please?!” “Okay. But this is the only exception!” Madison, Vanessa, and Lily went down the street when a person came up and asked an unusual question. “Hi! Could I have autograph?” A girl that was about 10 years old came and asked her. “Why would you want my autograph?” “Because! Your famous!” “F-Famous? No, no I’m Vanessa a normal weird person!”

Colonial Era Crossword!!! Please Help!!!? I am doing a crossword about The Colonial Era and I just need some help with a few questions that I can not seem to find. 1. Group of coloines that made their living on trade, lumber, fishing, and small farming. (10 letters, n_ _ e _ _ _ _ _ _) 2. Newspaper publisher put on trial in order to fight for freedom of speech in the colonies. (15 letters, _ _ _ n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _) 3. Powerful Empire that would lay claim to the current day South Eastern US, Mexico, the Western US, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. (5 letters) 4. The first European colony in what is today the United States was located at this fort in Florida and was owned by spain. (11 letters, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ e) Thanks for all the help!!!

What do you think of my story so far? Kara McAlister was your average 13-year-old girl. She had locks of wispy, golden hair that fell at her shoulders. She had aqua blue braces, and had a desire to fit in. She wished for designer clothing and she played sports with her peers. She went to a public school; she had a family, a family of a mom, a dad, a sister and a brother. Kara’s life was perfect until fantasy met reality. It was a perfect Sunday morning in November. The sun was shining and the Florida heat beamed down on her shoulders. Kara walked down the stairs lazily at 10:00 a.m. and greeted her sister, Gracie Rose and her brother Owen. Owen was 9-years-old and had short brown hockey hair. He was much more mature than the other kids in his grade therefore he had great respect from his classmates that looked up to him. Gracie Rose was 2-years-old and was a spitting image of Kara. She laughed loudly and adored life like no other child. She wore dresses and sang songs, frolicked in the sun and beach bathed. Kara lifted Gracie Rose into her highchair and gave her a handful of dry cereal. Kara joined her mother and father at the dining table and Owen tagged along behind. Mitch, Kara’s father, was reading the Whittaker Times, the Sunday newspaper. Everyone was enjoying their breakfast when Mitch’s jaw fell. Lacey, Kara’s mother, tapped Mitch on the shoulder and asked impatiently, “What’s wrong, dear?” Mitch couldn’t move. Kara snatched the newspaper out of his hands and set it on the table. “Dad, why do you have that blank look on your face?” asked Kara. Mitch couldn’t do anything but point at the Whittaker Times lying in front of Kara. Kara curiously skimmed the article Mitch was reading and she began to laugh, “Dad, do you seriously believe this bologna?” Mitch nodded. The article that he was reading said that fantasy would become reality. An unidentified object was steering clear towards Earth at an outrageous speed and that we only had days to live. Kara shook her head in disbelief. Lacey even chuckled a bit at how much Mitch had believed the lie. Mitch rose from the table and cleared his plate. He then returned to the table to find Lacey and Kara laughing hysterically at his belief. “Stop!” Mitch cried. Gracie Rose started crying. “It’s all true. All of it. The Earth is ending and we only have one day left to live,” Mitch explained. “But--,” Kara began. “No, listen to me,” Mitch interrupted, “When I was 9 your grandfather, a space engineer, told me everything he knew about the future. He told me everything I know today. He told me the next time to look for a comet, and everything he told me has come true. He even told me his secret he wouldn’t share with anyone else. He knew the day that the world would end. He trusted me with his secret and now they’ve predicted it.” He kissed Gracie Rose on her forehead and walked out of the room. Lacey shook her head no. Kara shook it off and walked upstairs. When Kara arrived at her room she picked up her pinkish, red cell phone and gave her best friend Adam a call. “Hey, Kara!” Adam said once he answered the phone, “What’s up?” “Oh, not much. Want to hang out today?” Kara answered. “Yeah, sounds fun I’ll be right over!” Adam explained. Adam had dark brown hair, he and Kara had known each other since birth. He wore casual clothing and secretly had a major crush on Kara. When Adam arrived Kara took his hand and told him they were going for a walk. “Umm, okay,” Adam said. Kara asked, “So did you see that article about the world ending? Looks pretty official doesn’t it?” “Nah, dad and I don’t believe that kind of lies,” Adam explained. “Oh, really?” asked Kara. “Really,” answered Adam. Kara explained her dad’s dramatic explanation and the both of them sat on the swings and laughed. Adam walked Kara home in the dark, and they said their goodbyes. The next morning Kara rolled out of bed at 6 a.m. to get ready for what was supposedly her last day of school. The whole family had a formal breakfast and Kara’s dad, mom, and siblings dropped her off at Hemingway Middle School. Kara walked into the gray building next to her close friends Macy and Adam. They talked about their evenings and shared their dreams in detail with each other. When Kara arrived at first hour of the school day all her class could talk about was the world coming to an end when the Earth quaked. Kids screamed and ducked down underneath their desks. The door flew open and the ceiling began to cave in. The sky turned dark as night and Kara prayed. Kara was stuck under her desk waiting for the world to end. Everyone in her classroom was silent and the oxygen level was decreasing. It had been over an hour, Kara figured if the world was going to end then she might as well get up and finish her life as well as she could. Kara crawled out from beneath her desk and look around. Lifeless kids lay all around her. A tear dripped from Kara’s blue eyes and she walked quietly over to her teacher, Mrs. Carson’s des desk. There she lay, lifeless with no heartbeat and her soul was lifted from her body. Kara prayed. She ran out of her classroom only to find many other lifeless bodies lying in the hallways when she heard footsteps running. She chased the sound and saw Adam’s long hair flip while he was running. “Adam!” Kara screamed, “You’re alright!” Kara ran to Adam and wrapped her arms around his broad shoulders. Adam pet Kara’s head and whispered in her ear, “it’s going to be alright. I’m here for you.” Kara could no longer hold back the heavy tears that drown her eyes. She yelped and let her tears run wild. “We need to go to the elementary and the day care and find the kids,” Kara cried. Adam took Kara’s hand and they rushed out of the building.

Discharge Ichiro Suzuki! He is cancer of the teams. Nintendo withdraw with an owner of Mariners! Ichiro and? There is the person whom set record, and protect ichiroach earnestly. The baseball became the individual competition from when? Baseball is team sports. I read the following sentence by a Japanese newspaper article well. "Mariners victory!" Ichiro refuses to interview with no hit in 4 at bats. "" Mariners complete defeat! Ichiro interviews with 3 hits in 5 at bats in high spirits! There was such a sentence at "the end of 2005. "The team state is the worst". There are many fellow workers who do not wrestle seriously. It is such team Universityphobe. "He plays baseball for a personal record. Even if it is asked a reporter about a record as for Jeter, He answer in this way. I do not "play baseball for a record". We yet half yet accomplish nothing in a season. Such an article has read ", too. "Ichiro steal failure!" "Ichiro "leave it an umpire"! Does "cockroach Suzuki contribute to the victory of the team as expected? Annual salary 18,000,000 dollars? Ichiro is cancer of Mariner. If I am GM, the contract of annual salary 18,000,000 dollars is never allied with Ichiro（He is a powerless, egocentric player.）. It is a ridiculous contract. The supervisor of Florida Marlins said the same thing in 07, too. The respondent never take a record. His defense accepts it. However, content is not accompanied with the batting at all. The contents are empty. Suzuki hits the mass infield hits. His blow technology is not a thing of genius. The reason is because he is different from other batters, and he moves the weight before, and a starting dash is good, and it runs through it to first base. He uses a defect of the baseball that first base is near to the left batter. He succeeds in niche industry. He participates in today's All-Star by the organized votes from Japan. I will assert. Seattle Mariners never has championship as far as there is Ichiro Suzuki. When he was registered at Orix, in the days of Japan, it was so. The team was strong first and was sluggish all the time after he became the face of the team. The spectator mobilization decreased year by year, too. The totally same phenomenon is taking place in Japan and the United States. I am very fierce. Is there the American taken a fact well? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DODuDnt6p8k He ran away to the bench back plainly without joining a scuffle without apologizing. I think it to be lowest as a person. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpaDwxj1NzU&feature=related He made immorality twice. Because, as for his having gone to a measure, immorality was found out in November, 00. As for the cockroach, it was flown into a rage with the husband of the damage woman. When a damage woman did not have a sexual intercourse by physiology, Suzuki said in this way. "Then use your tongue". It is a "sex offender. He used the special privilege called the famous person. He purchased the immorality and stubbed it out. Suzuki accepted the charge in principle and paid 12,500,000 yen to a victim family for consolation money. He ran away to U.S.A. afterwards. By seismic center of Yamauchi that it was a chairperson of Nintendo in those days that Mariners got Suzuki. An American is too ignorant about Ichiro Suzuki.

I need opinions on this first little bit of my new novel? Tell me what you think ;) 1994 It was a rainy June morning in Miami, Florida. My mother was fixing me a bowl of cereal in the kitchen. I sat quietly in my seat at the table awaiting my breakfast.This day was my fourth birthday, the day I'd been looking forward to for what seemed ever only now it didn't matter. I wasn't your average four year oldI wasprobably wiser than some adults andknew far more thanI should for my age. My father was seated at the kitchen table starring upon the newpaper while sipping from his steaming mug of black uncreamed coffee. I can only vaguley remember his appearence it's been so long since I last saw him.The feature I remember most thoroughly about him was his eyes, they were the strangest colour you could possibley imagine. Strange but remarkably beautiful, they were a vivid electric blue. The iris' seemed to be alive, sparked with life, yet today drowned in some sort of misterious sorrow. I could tell this and I was only four years of age he was completley and utterly worried about something. The sudden and urgent change in his looks scared me sensless. I knew nothing could worry my father enough to show such massive amounts of such an emotion, unless these emotions pertained to either I or my mother. We were the only things capable of pursuing such misery upon him, he was easily severly worried about us. Not only could I find worry on my fathers face but among my mothers aswell. Hers held a different sort of worry though, hers held the worry of my future, and my fathers. I had the immedient sence that my mother knew onlya fraction of what was about to happen in the next few hours. I knew nothing. As morning slowly evaporated into the afternoon so did the time I had left with my mother and father. My father didn't remove his eyes from the newspaper once, they stayed carefully binded to the small black text. I remember walking up to him and grasping his unnaturely stone cold hands in mine and asking him what was the matter. His only response was a small meaningfulkiss on the cheek, and a forced small grimaced smile. Finaly the moment came where he pulled me into his embrace along with my erratic mother and kissed us farewell. He murmered the words 'I love you and I'm sorry.' Through each tearless sob thatengaged through his young yet ancient muscular body. I stayed quiet to in shock to do anything else, I was young and had no control over what would happen next. I was unsure of my future and clueless of what was occuring in the present. My tears and my mother's drenched each others and my fathers shirts and with one last tearless cry he pulledout from the embrace. To answer the dreaded phone call, the one that would change my life. He'd been expecting it though wishing the time would never come. They found us. We knew it the night before when we saw someone shuffleing in the back yard. Soon the men dressed in dark clothing began invading our house. The loud burst of shattering glass and sharp crack of snapping wood played out in my ears. I began to cry as my toys were crushed and the loud sounds of gunshotsbeing fired, filtered through the air. My mother held me in her arms and began sprinting for the door only to be stopped by a man with a loaded gun. I watched as my fathers hands danced with flames and striked his opponents body. A man flew intoa wall knocking down my mother's lovely english china, it bursting on the floor. Shards of broken glass clung to my pale bare arms. I cryed out again though I couldn't feel the pain. My fine wavy blonde hair clung to my face with the moisture of my tears. One of the men, the leader, kicked down my father from behind, his own hands lighting up with vibrant flame. With in seconds, five of the seven men were pinning him harshly to the hard white lenolium floor of the porch. The two final gun shots rang and pierced my ears with such a sharp effect I could barely keep my eyes from closing. My father slumped fartherinto the ground and my mother cryed out his name in agony reaching out towards him. His lifeless eyes starred back at us, as the men in black hauled his limp body through the door and away from us forever. I could barely makeout the two other men approaching us through my tear blurred vision. My mom held me tightly in her arms holding me to her chest. She didn't sob like I, she faced the enemy with courageous eyes. But she wasn't strong like the men and my father were, they were different, much stronger than she. My mom backed up against the kitchen counter as they got closer....and closer. The nearer they got the closer I was to blacking out. The serrated blade of a blood painted bludgeon scraped across the nape of my neck. I didn't scream, didn't cry I accepted it. What was the point of crying? screaming? I was going to die anyways. One of the men lifted his lips in an evildeviouscrooked smileand plunged the knifeinto mymother's temple. Her screamwas muffled by the other man's hand. The man still smilin by the way I just turned fourteen years old ;)

Why do Democrats insist that Bush stole the 2000 election...? In spite of the fact that an army of newspapers, including The Miami Herald and USA Today as well as the ultra-liberal New York Times all staged independent recounts after the election and determined that... *drumroll please* ... BUSH WON! ***The Herald used broad liberal standards, including counting every dimple, pinprick and hanging chad identified in the section for presidential votes on the ballots. "There were many people who expected there was a bonanza of votes here for Al Gore, and it turns out there was not," Herald executive editor Martin Baron said.*** http://www.nytimes.com/specials/election... http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_watch/jan-june01/recount_4-3.html http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/04/04/florida.recount.01/index.html More: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/florida.ballots/stories/main.html The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago conducted the six-month study for a consortium of eight news media companies, including CNN. the media consortium examined what might have happened if the U.S. Supreme Court had not intervened. The Florida high court had ordered a recount of all undervotes that had not been counted by hand to that point. If that recount had proceeded under the standard that most local election officials said they would have used, the study found that Bush would have emerged with 493 more votes than Gore. Suppose that Gore got what he originally wanted -- a hand recount in heavily Democratic Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Volusia counties. The study indicates that Gore would have picked up some additional support but still would have lost the election -- by a 225-vote margin statewide. The Popular Vote is not how we elect the President. If we go by the Popular Vote, Clinton would have lost the presidency -- TWICE.

Security hysteria? Last year, 2 students from Florida made headlines as "Terrorist bombers" when they were stopped in SC with "Bombs" in their trunk. They claimed they were fireworks. They are still in jail today. The F.B.I. took a year to confirm their claim. The judge is trying to determine if the 2 should be relaeased on bail for carrying "Low grade fireworks" according to the F.B.I. Try to find the story in the newspapers, it's been buryed as opposed to the headlines splashed on the front pages. How stupidly foolish do those who wanted to hang the 2 last year feel today? Just because your government tell's you something, rarely makes it a fact. Like the "Slam dunk" of wmd's, believe very little of what you are told by folks who are making a killing on "National security".

Would you rather have rule the world: the USA or Europe? Europe: very few people of color in local or national government or in the media out of a continent that is 20% minority; separate but equal is still practiced. Discrimination is rampant. USA: minorities have been influential and powerful in the U.S. for decades and are very visible on TV and in pop culture. Americans recently elected a black president. Oprah has more money than the French university system. Arab-Americans are some of the most prosperous in the U.S.; Arabs in Europe are poverty-stricken for generations. Gay marriage and gay adoptions are illegal in most of Europe. There are only four countries which permit gay marriage. Scandinavia does not have gay marriage, but gay domestic partnerships, the same they currently have in California. But bans on gay marriage and gay adoptions have been upheld by European courts, including Sweden. Gay marriage is permitted in three states, and several allow civil unions, virtually the exact same benefits as marriage. Of the states that ban gay marriage, only two ban gay adoptions. Even Alabama permits gays to adopt, unlike France and Sweden. Muslim radicalism is pushing back gay rights in many parts of Europe, including the Netherlands where attacks against gays are far more common than in the U.S. Domestic violence in Europe is one of the highest in the industrialized world--3x higher than in the U.S. which actually has a higher reporting average than Europe---still the U.S. rate is lower. Overall crime is also higher in Europe today than the U.S. Crime in the U.S. has been steadily dropping for 15 years; it has risen steadily in Europe. Europe's street crime is 5x higher than street crime in the U.S. Europe's unemployment rate rarely goes under 10%. Americans freak out if their unemployment rate hits 6%. The elderly in Europe are abused and neglected. In the summer of 2004 a heat wave in Europe resulted in 45,000 deaths (25,000 in France alone) mostly of old people. Relatives left their bodies at government-run morgues, sometimes leaving them outside on the doorstep. The heat wave came in August and most didn't want to end their month-long vacations. The elderly in the U.S. move to Florida or Arizona and live like decadent royalty, sucking their grandchildren's futures dry off government-funded pyramid scams. Europe has no comprehension of free speech. It is still grappling with “hate speech codes” and its effect on liberty. Cartoons cause riots in Europe. Americans dealt with the issue of freedom of expression 200 years ago, most specifically with the “Cartoon Defense” in which the U.S. Supreme Court said that government cannot sue newspapers over cartoon parodies. They still riot over cartoons in Europe. The French president recently sued the manufacturer of a doll made in his likeness because he thought it was insulting. The court ruled partially in his favor. Ok, liberals, come to Europe's defense! Let's hear all you people who think Europe is the center of the universe come and rescue it from my horrible outburst! Come, liberals, don't take this sitting down. You must find a way to support Europe and debase the U.S. It's part of your religion! Now do it!

Did a USA TODAY/Miami Herald/Knight Ridder study really PROVE that Bush WON Florida in 2001? Newspapers' recount shows Bush prevailed By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2001-04-03-floridamain.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2001-04-03-floridamain.htm

CBS has higher profit margin than Exxon? Media Spread Suspicion of Gas 'Gouging' Record gas prices prompt journalists' support for more price gouging investigations, vague legislation. By Julia A. Seymour Business & Media Institute 5/30/2007 3:59:58 PM It’s déjà vu all over again. Rising gas prices and oil companies’ “record profits” fuel an almost yearly call for investigations into “price gouging.” The media then complain of alleged wrongdoing and fail to ask intelligent questions about the issue. “Kinda suspicious, huh?” said CBS’s Julie Chen when “Early Show” co-host Harry Smith mentioned that “higher than ever” gas prices are prompting politicians to call for another investigation. “It makes you wonder at least a little bit,” replied Smith on the May 23 show. The House of Representatives passed a bill that same day that would outlaw “price gouging” – without really defining it – and is now being considered by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Never mind that there have been more than 30 investigations into price gouging over several decades, and no conspiracy by oil companies has ever been found, according to the American Petroleum Institute (API). Or that 28 states and one territory already have their own price gouging laws on the books as of 2004. But the price of gasoline almost always makes the media suspicious, even when it’s going down. CNN’s Jack Cafferty proposed a conspiracy theory in August of 2006 that oil companies were artificially lowering the price of gas to re-elect Republicans. “You know, if you were a real cynic, you could also wonder if the oil companies might not be pulling the price of gas down to help the Republicans get re-elected in the midterm elections a couple of months away,” suggested Cafferty on the Aug. 30, 2006, “Situation Room.” Of course, we know how that turned out. But They’re Making Money! Even when government investigations came up empty, finding no evidence of oil company price gouging, journalists continued to be “suspicious” of the oil and gas industry, complaining about profits and tarnishing their reputation. CBS, which is consistently the most negative network for economic reporting according to Business & Media Institute research, has a history of promoting price gouging rhetoric. In a May 23 interview of Florida governor Charlie Crist, who along with 21 other governors is asking Congress to investigate high gas prices, “Early Show” co-host Hannah Storm threw him softball questions and didn’t include any opposing arguments. Storm asked how high gas prices were hurting Florida; if Crist thinks “oil companies are gouging consumers;” what concerned him in the 2005 investigation; and if the lack of new refineries is a problem. At one point in the interview, Crist said, “[Y]ou have to reach the conclusion that, you know, they’re gouging people.” There was not a word of disagreement from Storm. Moments later, Storm remarked, “last time prices shot up like this, Governor Crist, the oil companies said, ‘Look, we can’t help this. We can’t control prices.’ And then they turn in these record profits. I mean, how does that make you feel …” “Let’s hope you get this investigation that you and the other governors are pushing for,” Storm gushed to close the interview. The “record” profits Storm referred to are a common media argument. Oil companies make record profits in dollars because in they are enormous businesses, but the percentage of profit is lower than many other industries. According to an op-ed by Cato Institute senior fellows Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, oil companies had a 9.5-percent profit margin last quarter. In 2006 Exxon Mobil, a much larger company, made a profit of $39.5 billion – 10.5 percent of their $377.6 billion in earnings. In fact, CBS itself had a greater profit margin than that. In 2006, the company made $1.66 billion profit – 11.6 percent of their total earnings of $14.3 billion. And other media companies have even higher margins. David Carlson, former president of the Society of Professional Journalists, wrote that “even in today’s difficult climate, many newspapers turn an annual profit greater than 25 percent.” That wasn’t even the top. “One national chain reportedly demands 30 percent profit from each of its newspapers,” he continued. Guilty Until Proven Evil But comparisons were missing when CNN’s “In the Money” team welcomed anti-industry rants from Rep. and would-be president Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) on April 21, 2007. “It seems the profits for these companies keep going up and the American consumer doesn’t have anyone intervening on his or her behalf,” Kucinich said as the reporters indulged his conspiracy theories. The media also left out the liberal leanings of so-called “industry watchdogs.” NBC “Today” reporter Michael Okwu cited “industry watchdog” Judy Dugan on May 3 and blamed oil companies for “gouging consumers by indirectly controlling the supply.” But just like the January 16 USA Today, Okwu left out Dugan’s anti-industry slant, conspiratorial opinions, and 2006 support for California voters to approve a “profit-based levy on companies that extract oil in California.” Even when official investigations found no wrongdoing, that didn’t affect reporting much. “CBS Evening News” correspondent Sandra Hughes reported price fixing allegations by the California attorney general back on June 5, 2006. Just two short weeks earlier, CBS “Evening News” ignored an announcement on May 22, 2006, by the federal government that there was no concerted effort by the oil industry to manipulate gas prices. Hughes’ June 5 report also excluded the government conclusion that there had been no systemic price gouging following Hurricane Katrina, only localized incidents. The same government report confused CNN contributor and now Fortune magazine managing editor Andy Serwer, who said it “boggles the mind.” “American Morning” host Miles O’Brien said it wasn’t “good news for the little guy.” So it would have been good news if the oil industry had been committing a crime by conspiring to jack up pump prices? What They’re Not Telling You The media consistently leave out economists, industry experts, oil companies and the facts about price gouging. CBS interviewed Gov. Crist, who alleged price gouging was causing higher gas prices, but the “Early Show” didn’t include any other reasons for the high gas prices like regulation, taxes, or increasing demand for gasoline. The networks didn’t criticize the House bill that would criminalize the sale of gasoline at “unconscionably excessive” prices. But a May 25 USA Today editorial did criticize the bill, saying it “would criminalize free enterprise” and could cause shortages. The same editorial cited the Energy Department when it said “the U.S. refining and marketing industry has been characterized by unusually low product margins, low profitability, selective retrenchment, and substantial restructuring throughout the decade of the 1990s.” Taylor and Van Doren pointed out in their May 25 column that the House bill failed to define its own terms: “What constitutes taking ‘unfair advantage’? Congress doesn’t say. Apparently, taking ‘fair advantage’ of motorists is O.K. And what is an ‘unconscionably excessive’ price? Again, silence. Presumably, ‘conscionably excessive’ pricing is O.K., as is ‘unconscionably high’ prices if we posit that there is a difference between a ‘high’ price and an ‘excessive’ price,” they wrote. Of course one of the reasons gas prices rise is too simple for the media to bother reporting. Demand is growing and supply has had its disruptions, which resulted in increasing prices. NBC “Today” show reporter Okwu and CBS “Early Show” co-host Hannah Storm both mentioned the problem of limited refining capacity, which in turn limits the supply of gasoline. Some experts, like Hudson Institute senior fellow Diana Furchtgott-Roth, say refineries aren’t being built because of government obstacles and community unwillingness to have a refinery in the back yard. “Congress has discouraged the construction of new refining capacity through proposed legislation that punishes refiners when prices rise, that gives extensive and expensive permit requirements for construction of new refineries and expansion at existing sites, and that allows for tort risk,” wrote Furchtgott-Roth in a May 11 op-ed. Cato’s Jerry Taylor disagreed. He told the Business & Media Institute that oil companies chose not to build new refineries because it was less expensive to expand existing refinery capacity, which they did. Refineries are now at the highest capacity ever. Another reason oil companies are unlikely to build new refineries is because of the huge government push for alternative fuels. The New York Times pointed this out in a May 20 column. “If that’s the plan, will oil companies want to invest in more refineries? ‘You’ve got to ask whether the demand will be there’,” the Times quoted John Felmy, chief economist of API. http://www.businessandmedia.org/printer/2007/20070530155547.aspx http://www.businessandmedia.org/printer/2007/20070530155547.aspx

elvis alive? The only time I feel alive... is when I'm in front of my audience, my people. That's the only time I really feel like I'm human." "Long after I'm gone, what I did today will be heard by someone. I just want them to get the best of what I had." (Elvis Presley) Is Elvis Alive ? There are many reasons to believe that Elvis Presley is dead. When the only arguments to believe otherwise come from crazed fans and supermarket tabloids, it is easy to dismiss the possibility that Elvis is still among us. However, the circumstances surrounding Elvis' alleged death are quite mysterious and beg closer attention. As it turns out, there are many concrete reasons to believe that Elvis is still alive. The Gravesite. Elvis' name is misspelled on his headstone. Elvis' full name is Elvis Aron Presley, but on his grave his middle name is spelled incorrectly with two a's. His father would not have let this happen. When Elvis was born, his name was misspelled on his birth certificate, and his father went to great lengths to get it put right. The unique spelling of Elvis' name was important to his family. Elvis' current "resting place" is in between his father and his grandmother and not next to his mother where he had adamantly requested. It is doubtful that the people close to him would allow these things to happen. Elvis is a superstitious man, enough so that he wouldn't tempt fate by putting his real name on a tombstone, or violate the ground next to his mother until he was ready to be placed there for good. Death Certificate. Elvis was very vain, and he was embarrassed about his recent weight gain, an astonishing 50 pounds in the month before his so-called death. Even though he weighed about 250 pounds at the time of his "death," his death certificate lists him at a spry 170 pounds. The original death certificate disappeared, and the current death certificate is dated two months after his alleged death. The Wax Body Theory. This argument is very convincing when the facts are considered. Elvis' coffin required several pall bearers because it weighed 900 pounds. Attendants of the funeral reported that the air around the coffin was rather cool. It is suspected that the coffin contained an air conditioning unit to keep a wax body cool, a wax body that was a replica of Elvis designed to fool funeral-goers. And how did the Presley family get a 900 pound, custom made coffin ready for a funeral that was held on the day after his death? It takes a lot of time to build such an elaborate coffin. And why was the funeral so quickly? Some say that the immediacy was intended to make it as difficult as possible for the people who were Elvis' biggest fans to attend the proceedings. It could be a concern that they might recognize the flaws in the wax replica. Elvis was an 8th degree black belt whose hands were rough with calluses, yet the body in the coffin had hands that were soft and pudgy. The body in the coffin had a pug nose and arched eyebrows {unlike Elvis} and most importantly, one of the sideburns on the "corpse" was loose and falling off. A hairdresser later reported gluing the sideburn back on the body. Unusual Behavior. Two hours after Elvis' death was announced publicly, a man who reportedly looked remarkably like Elvis purchased a ticket for Buenos Aeries, paid in cash, and used the name John Burrows: the same name Elvis had used as an alias several times before. Elvis had a few books that were considered to be his most prized possessions. He had a bible, several pharmaceutical books, books on death, and most importantly Chiro's Book of Numbers and The Autobiography of Yogi which I will explain more about later. After Elvis's death was announced, these books disappeared and were never recovered. In the weeks preceding his alleged death, Elvis' actions were not those of a man who was about to embark on an extensive US tour. He ordered no new suits despite having gained 50 pounds since his last tour, and he bid "adios" at his last show in Hawaii. He had never done this before. Adios, like the French adieu, has the significance of being a final good-bye as opposed to an "I'll be seeing you on my next tour" kind of good-bye. Others were intrigued by Elvis' decision to sign a lucrative TV deal with NBC that would cover the tour. It was unprecedented for a network to pay such a large amount up front, in cash, for such a deal. Many wonder why Elvis even agreed to the deal since his vanity discouraged him from making public appearances due to his weight gain. RCA showed uncanny and unbelievable foresight by mass producing millions of Elvis' current and previous recordings and merchandise. This is standard practice for an act that is about to go on tour, but the numbers in this case were beyond reasonable expectations. The announcement of Elvis' death caused record sales to skyrocket. Elvis did other unusual things that created suspicion. First, he fired several employees that he had relied upon for a long time. Also, two days before his alleged death, Elvis telephoned a friend of his named Miss Foster. He told her that he wasn't planning on going on the upcoming tour. She asked him if he had canceled it, and he said that he had not. When she asked if he was ill, he said that he was fine, and that she should not ask any more questions or tell anyone anything, and that she should not believe anything she read. He told her that his troubles would all soon be over, and that he would call her in a few weeks. The author of Elvis Where Are You? writes that Miss Foster took a polygraph test regarding this story, and that she was not lying. The day after Elvis' alleged death, a woman named Lucy De Barbon, a former lover of Elvis, received a single rose in the mail. The card indicated that the flower was from "El Lancelot." This had been her pet name for Elvis, and it was a name that no one else knew. Flowers can't be sent from beyond the grave. This was Elvis' way of letting her know that he was not dead, even though he didn't want to be found. Chiro's Book of Numbers. Elvis had a fascination with numerology, an interest he fed by reading Chiro's Book of Numbers. The theory that Elvis orchestrated his death is further supported when considering the significance of the date of his alleged death. The date in question is August 16, 1977. By adding the numbers in the date, 8, 16, and 1977, you get 2001. This is the title of Elvis' favorite movie in which the hero plans his immortality in the bathroom. Elvis spent a considerable amount of time doing the same: planning his afterlife on the toilet.. Elvis spent so much time in the bathroom that he had his toilet converted into a reclining comfy chair. Coincidentally, the bathroom is also where Elvis' body was reportedly found. Given Elvis' religious beliefs, he had a fascination with things that come in threes, for example, father, son, and holy ghost. The sum of the digits from his favorite film (2+0+0+1) is three. Let's consider the triad of the repetition of the number 24. 2001 (favorite film) less 1977 (year of death) is 24. The two numbers from the day of death (8/16) when added up equal 24. The sum of the digits in the year of death (1+9+7+7) also equals 24. That is 3 occurrences of the number 24 which is divisible by 3, and when divided by three the result, 8 has a perfect cubed root (2x2x2=8). Elvis loved numerology, and when you consider the numeric significance of the date of his alleged death, it is clear that if indeed he did plan to fake his death, he could not have chosen a better date. Reason Elvis had many reasons to fake his death.It has been said that Elvis' life was in danger. He had recently lost $10,000,000 in an airplane/real estate deal with a California based organization called the "Fraternity" that had links to the Mafia. It is speculated that he corroborated with the government to expose the organized crime ring in exchange for protection, perhaps in the form of a new life and identity compliments of the Witness Protection Program. Elvis was a prisoner of his own fame. He had many other reasons to leave his life behind. Because of his incredible popularity he recieved several death threats, and he was concerned about the safety of his ex-wife and daughter. Sometimes when he wanted to leave Graceland he would send look-alikes out to distract would be followers. Elvis was also known to ride in the trunk of someone else's car to avoid being seen. Once, when he fell ill in Las Vegas, he couldn't get proper medical attention because the hospital was overwhelmed by fans. At the time of his alleged death, Elvis thought he was nearing the end of his career. He saw his self as 42 with greying hair, overweight, and he thought his voice was starting to weaken,. He was going down hill, and he was too proud to go out with a whimper. He would never want his fans to see him in such an unhealthy condition. Elvis had shown a fascination with death on several occasions. In the days leading up to his alleged death he was reported to have visited funeral homes at odd hours of the night with close friends. Was he doing research? Elvis once faked his death by setting up an elaborate shooting in which a would be killer fired blanks at Elvis who had a blood pack which he discharged. It was Elvis' intention to see how the people closest to him would react to his death. Perhaps what he learned convinced him to do it for real. Finally, one of Elvis' favorite books is the spiritual Autobiography of Yogi. One of the central themes of this book is the relinquishing of one's wealth and earthly possessions to achieve spiritual oneness. Elvis could do this, as well as address his other concerns of sanity and safety by faking his death and living in exile. Means. Elvis had the means to fake his own death. He is accused of destroying himself with drugs. In reality, Elvis was a pharmaceutical expert. He took a lot of drugs, but he knew what he was doing and was extremely careful. He knew what drugs he could self-administer to create a deathlike state. Also Elvis' experience with the martial arts was such that he could slow his heart rate and breathing in order to feign death. Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom Parker, had once created a new identity for himself. He came to America as an illegal immigrant from Holland, but through various connections managed to create a new identity complete with a passport, birth certificate, drivers license, and social security number. He would have known how to give Elvis a second life. Aswell as Elvis' ties to the government through his testimony against the "Fraternity", Elvis was known to interact with the President of the United States. He was reported in government documents to use the name John Burrows as an alias when he wanted to travel. Some people believe that Elvis worked for the government as a drug agent. He did, after all have extensive contact with many people in the music business who, as we know, tend to dabble in illegal substances. And, of course, we must allow that Elvis' connections to the government gave him access to the Witness Protection Program. If they can turn the Simpsons into the Thompsons, they can relocate anybody. Orion? Many believe that Elvis couldn't have given up performing completely. Just imagine, after a while the desire to perform would grow once he started his life in exile. The story of Orion supports the theory that Elvis attempted a secret comeback. Shortly after Elvis' alleged death, a masked singer by the name of Orion emerged on the scene. He was big like Elvis, and he sang just like Elvis. Because of the mask no one could tell his true identity. One fan described seeing Orion from near the stage. She claims that Orion left the stage between songs, and when he appeared moments later the sweat was gone from his armpits and back and she thought that his costume looked slightly different. After the song he left the stage, and the original Orion returned. Another fan described how she rushed into a tour bus at an Orion show only to see two Orions in the back of the bus. She claimed that one ducked into the bathroom before she could get a good look at him, but he appeared to look like Elvis Presley. What's even more remarkable is the fictional story called Orion that was written by Gail Brewer-Georgio about a legendary performer who had several identities and wanted to fake his death. The story was written and submitted to the William Morris Agency for publication consideration after Elvis' alleged death and before the real Orion ever performed. As it turns out, there are many ways in which the real Orion mimicked the events as described in the book. For example, the performers' managers had the same name. Also, without knowing it, Brewer-Georgio wrote of events in Orion that had actually taken place in Elvis' life. It was a case of life imitating art. Picking up the Pieces. In 1981, 20/20 did an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the alleged death of Elvis Presley. The investigative report was very convincing. Oddly enough, within two weeks of the report, the singer, Orion, disappeared and was never heard from again. The book, Orion disappeared from shelves across the country. It had been recalled by the publisher which was associated with the William Morris Agency. Incidentally, the William Morris Agency is the same agency that represented Elvis. It seems that Elvis Presley is worth more dead than alive. By faking his death and relocating with a new identity he is safe from his fans and the "Fraternity", the government can make a solid case against the organized crime ring, and RCA, Elvis' family, and Elvis' management can all reap immense financial benefits from the attention. That is... except for one benefit....after nearly 25 years no one has collected on his life insurance policy. Why ????? During his last concert tour in 1977, Elvis spoke of "not looking good tonight", but, he would look good in his coffin. He made comments of being tired of living as he was and how it was going to change. He told of how he would like to be just himself instead of an "image". On August 16th 1977, at 8:00 A.M., Elvis told Ginger Alden that he was going into the bathroom to read. (This bathroom/lounge had it's own back entrance.) For the next six hours no one saw him. Elvis signed for a special delivery letter at 9:30 A.M. At 2:00 P.M. Ginger Alden found the apparent body of Elvis lying on the floor in front of his chair, where he had been reading. She called Al Strada who in turn called Joe Esposito. George Nichopoulous (aka Dr. Nick) was then telephoned. Joe called the fire department, unit 6. The ambulance arrived at Graceland at 2:33 P.M. Paramedics administered CPR, despite rigor mortis. The body was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital at 2:48 P.M. By 3:00 P.M. Elvis' family members and friends were informed of his "death". Public announcement was given at 3:30 P.M. August 17th, the body was brought back to Graceland for family viewing. The public viewing was from 3:00 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. On August 18th,1977. Tennesse Governor Ray Blanton ordered flags to be flown at half-mast for the duration of the funeral procession. At midday the Graceland gates swung open, a white Cadillac hurse rolled through them, followed by sixteen white Cadillac limousines. QUESTIONS BEGIN How could it take twenty minutes for paramedics to drive sixteen blocks to Graceland if the call came in at 2:33 P.M.? The Medical Examiner's Report states that the body was found with rigor mortis, while the police report states "unconcious". Why would anyone try to give CPR to a rigor mortised body ? The ME report listed the body as weighing 80 pounds lighter then Elvis' actual weight. How could Elvis have passed a physical exam just prior to August 16th if his heart was so enlarged ? How could he have played raquetball for several hours on August 16th, just before his "death" ? ABC's 1979 program on the cover up of Elvis' death stated that all the stomach contents were destroyed. Bill Burkin in his book Elvis World states that officials at Babtist Memorial Hospital had assured him that the stomach contents had been shipped to a California lab to be examined and then on to a lab in Utah, and then ? There are rumors of Elvis' "death" being caused by a heart attack, drug overdose, suffocation in carpeting, suicide and even cancer ! Persons in attendance at Graceland at the time of "death" don't agree on the color of pajamas Elvis was wearing or the posistion of the body. Why did Vernon ask many people NOT to attend the funeral but to come a week later ? Why did Vernon refuse to accept the flag which is usually given to dead war veterans ? Why didn't Elvis have any new jumpsuits made during 1977 ? The handwriting on the death certificate matched Elvis' own writing ! Elvis was very aware of which presribed drugs did not mix well with others. Elvis had glaucoma, and Dexedrine, a drug not to be taken with that condition, was listed as being in his system. Who would prescribe it and why would he take it ? Whose body was autopsied ? Funeral homes don't usually keep solid copper coffins in stock. These coffins weigh in the area of 300 pounds and usually take two months to receive once ordered. This coffin seemed to have been ready. Monte Nicholson, a nineteen year veteran of the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, wrote a novel called The Presley Arrangement. This novel tells the story of a body that is autopsied, a man resembling Elvis. The man had died of cancer. The body is later returned for private burial, to the man's own family. The man's family are paid to remain silent about the incident. Nicholson explains a government connection. In a 1989 radio interview Nicholson said that even if he knew there was an FBI connection and was told not to say anything, he COULD NOT say. Nicholson also claimed that if he knew the answer to the question, and says he does, he will not disclose his knowledge. He said that if Elvis is alive that his book is pretty close to the truth of what REALLY happened. Was Elvis a DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) agent ? Elvis can be seen wearing a DEA Staff jacket in several photographs, including one taken in June of 1977, approximately six weeks before his "death". Also Elvis was wearing a jogging suit with the DEA logo on it during the early morning hours of August 16th 1977. When Elvis met with President Richard Nixon he said he had been "studying" the drug culture for over 10 years, he could get into any culture group and be accepted. Elvis said he had gotten alot from the country and he wanted to repay in some way. It would have been a dangerous job and one that an entertainer such as Elvis would not have HAD to do unless he chose to. Many DEA agents pose as "drug users" and "pushers" in their undercover work. Elvis could get to anyone if he appeared to be a "user". In the book Elvis: What Happened? one of the guys wondered if Elvis was ever as whacked out as he seemed to be. Maybe he is a "great" actor after all. Perhaps he deserves an "Oscar". Death threats were issued against Elvis and his family. Those who had leveled those threats had actually broken into Graceland. At times, the FBI were called. Deputy Narcotics Director John Finlator arranged for Elvis to come to his office under the name of John Burrows. Finlator didn't want to give Elvis a badge but the President reversed the decision. On December 21st of 1970, Elvis met with President Richard Nixon in the oval office, Washington, D.C. Elvis had written a letter requesting a meeting and expressed his concerns about the drug culture, hippie elements, the SDS and other groups who were against the establishment. When Finlator finally gave Elvis the badge and promised to issue him consultant credentials, Elvis was overcome with emotion and his eyes became misty. Ten days later he met with the FBI. On the same day, President Nixon wrote Elvis a thank you. Elvis wrote to the President and said, "I can and will do more good, if I were made a Federal Agent at large, and I will help out by doing it my way." Elvis was known to be in his bedroom for weeks, seeing no one. (There was a back staircase at Graceland.) Elvis could sneak out whenever he needed to. Department of the Treasury-Bob Pritchett says that during the years of '74, '75, and '76 "Mr. Presley provided one of our undercover agents, who was a musician, a job cover. Undercover agents appear to have other occupations. None of Elvis' group of friends knew of this agent and the role he played in setting up his cover. Since he had an undercover agent in his group from '74-'76, when did he find time to use drugs himself? Elvis was very good at keeping secrets and living a "double life". Elvis spoke with President Carter two weeks before his death. It involved aid to a friend. On August 16, 1977, President Carter issued this tribute: "Elvis Presley's death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique and irreplaceable. More than twenty years ago he burst upon the scene with an impact that was unprecedented and will probably never be equaled. His music and his personality, fusing the styles of white country and black rhythm and blues, permanently changed the face of American popular culture. His following was immense and he was a symbol of good humor of his country." This was a formal statement, when a celebrity's death is usually only commented on. He had spoken to Nixon and Carter both shortly before the day he died. In the September 1988 issue of American Karate magazine, Ed Parker tells of a time when a terrorist group threatened Elvis' life to make him an example of how they could get to famous people. They threatened to plant a bomb in one of the gifts offered to Elvis at a concert. This was a threat as long as he was "alive", and his family were targets also. Elvis always had law enforcement officials around him. John O'Grady, who was earlier in charge of NARC Divisions of the LAPD, was one of them. He also hired Dick Grob, a former sargeant with the Palm Springs Police. He was surrounded by at least two lawmen in top security positions. Elvis was in danger. The "hoax" may have been the only way out! History will prove Elvis to be an American hero beyond being an American entertainer. SIGHTINGS With all the Elvis lookalikes, he could actually walk around using disguises and get away with it. Who would be looking for him anyway, when he is supposedly dead? Before 1977, there was an "Elvis lookalike, sound alike" at a Memphis theatre. Elvis put on his best "Elvis outfit", strolled in and mingled with the clones, doing his best "Hey, baby". Afterwards, he came back to Graceland laughing. He tried out and lost! Elvis and his mother's bodies were moved to the Meditation Gardens for burial, after three men tried to break into the crypt. Graceland was rezoned to permit burials at the estate. In the 1989 Orion's "Farewell to the King", the King says "I died once. I had to be willing to give up everything, even the will to live." The last recording session at Graceland was The Last Farewell. There have been many sightings at various places including Graceland. There are some escape routes at Graceland that people don't know about. In a syndicated newspaper across the nation on June 5, 1990, an article headlined "Elvis Lives, At Least On Census Form." The Census Bureau reported in 1990 that Elvis returned a questionaire to the bureau office in Huntsville, Alabama. It was noticed by census workers who were screening forms for completednesss. Late Night with Ross Shafer (August 1988) had a survey that showed that out of 30,000 people polled, approximately 84% believe Elvis is alive. On Monday, August 22, 1988, Harold Schuitmaker, in an item of the Detroit News, said "Elvis is Alive and Living in Kalamazoo." Schuitmaker was a well known Michigan politician and resident of Paw Paw (15 miles from Kalamazoo). The masked singer Orion was at the McMinnville Civic Center and a fan said that she felt that the man onstage and the one who signed autographs were different people. People have reported that someone sounding like Elvis called them on the phone and some hung up because they couldn't believe it. A book titled Elvis: Where Are You? came out of Wilton Manors, Florida around August, 1982 under the name of Al Jefferies. The premise of the book was that Elvis hoaxed his death. Kelly Burgess, a former assistant editor and feature writer with the Detroit News, claimed to have seen Elvis in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She is not living now. In 1988, Heartbreak Hotel starred David Keith as Elvis. (The film had the support of EP Enterprises.) A soundtrack album thanked Jerry Schilling and a special thanks to J.B. In 1987's Robo Cop, a cop is killed, but didn't die. He returns as Robo Cop-a superman hero. It was filmed in Michigan. During that time radio stations got calls from a man sounding like Elvis Presley. There have been lots of sightings there and it was also on his final concert tour. Is this possibly a "message" film? March 18, 1990, an article on Robo Cop, in the Detroit News told of Robo Cop speaking to a Boys and Girls club against drugs. It was a three month long anti-drug campaign organized by the FBI, Orion Home Video of New York, and the Boys Club of America. This Robo Cop was not the same actor as in the movie-his true identity was not revealed. he was a special agent helping the FBI fight the war on drugs. His suit was bullet-proof. During filming, some people saw a man looking like an older Elvis. In Mac and Me, a film from 1988, a young alien is lost and at the end the family drives away in an old pink Cadillac convertible. A balloon caption says "We'll be back". The sound track is on Curb Records, which is the same label as "Spelling on the Stone". There were some song lyrics which were: "Tired of being myself, being different from everyone else, somehow you knew I needed your help, be my friend forever. I never found my star in the night; living my dream was far from sight." There was a scene in the movie where Eric asks Debbie "Why didn't you tell him that you saw him (the alien)?" She says, "Because no one would believe me." Elvis has become a mythic figure, and there have been frequent rumors that he is still alive. Elvis remains the single most influential and respected figure in the history of Rock music. Elvis was the first Rock/Pop singer to have a single record sell a million copies, the first to go platinum with an album in less than two weeks, the first singer to pre-sell a million records before it's release, the first entertainer to earn a million dollars for one concert performance, and the first young, white, southern male to bring international attention to the importance of black rhythm and blues. He was the first singer to get a million dollar screen contract. He was the first music personality to have a TV performance broadcast worldwide via satellite. In 1993, he became the first rock'n'roll star whose picture appeared on a commemorative U.S. Postal stamp (the largest stamp printing in history). Elvis is a landmark in almost everyone's life, going back to distant memories of watching him above the waist on Ed Sullivan or hearing "Hound Dog" for the first time. His image continues to mesmerize: witness the appearance of 200 Elvis impersonators at Liberty Weekend in 1986. There was a time when he was merely the most popular entertainer in history. He is more than that now. He is a symbol of America as recognizable as the flag. Elvis opened the 'window of his soul' to his fans all over the world. Thank you, Elvis! Remember you are always on our minds. "TCB FOREVER! Any Comments on this ? E-mail Me i found this on the internet weird

Did liberals fear John F. Kennedy for his religion? John F. Kennedy The Protestant immigrants to the New World brought many things in their baggage, including a deep-seated distrust of Roman Catholicism. Although Catholics had been among the early settlers of the New World, they had been a minority in the thirteen colonies that eventually became the United States. Not until significant numbers of Catholics began migrating to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century did anti-Catholicism emerge as a potent, and ugly, political and social phenomenon. Although Irish Catholics began to play a major role in local and state politics in the latter nineteenth century, the first Catholic to seek a national office was the popular governor of New York, Alfred Emanuel Smith, who was the Democratic nominee for president in 1928. Anti-Catholic prejudice, the fear that a Catholic president would "take orders" from the Pope, insured Smith's defeat. Methodist Bishop Adna Leonard declared: "No Governor can kiss the papal ring and get within gunshot of the White House." Even liberal Protestants were concerned. The Christian Century declared it could not "look with unconcern upon the seating of a representative of an alien culture, of a medieval, Latin mentality, of an undemocratic hierarchy and of a foreign potentate in the great office of the President of the United States." Smith's defeat at the polls seemed to foreclose a Catholic from seeking the White House, until John F. Kennedy captured the Democratic nomination in 1960. Much to his dismay, he discovered that many southern Protestant groups still believed in old canards about every Catholic having to obey the Pope's commands unquestioningly. He finally decided to try to defeat the issue by meeting it head-on, and on September 12, 1960, he delivered the following statement before the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. There, according to one of his biographers, "he knocked religion out of the campaign as an intellectually respectable issue." Anti-Catholicism, of course, could not be eradicated that easily, but Kennedy's meeting the issue forthrightly limited the damage to those whose prejudices would never respond to reason. And with his election that November, barriers to Catholics in American politics melted away. For further reading: T. H. White, The Making of the President 1960 (1961). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDRESS TO SOUTHERN BAPTIST LEADERS I am grateful for your generous invitation to state my views. While the so-called religious issue is necessarily and properly the chief topic here tonight, I want to emphasize from the outset that I believe that we have far more critical issues in the 1960 election: the spread of Communist influence, until it now festers only ninety miles off the coast of Florida -- the humiliating treatment of our President and Vice President by those who no longer respect our power -- the hungry children I saw in West Virginia, the old people who cannot pay their doctor's bills, the families forced to give up their farms -- an America with too many slums, with too few schools, and too late to the moon and outer space. These are the real issues which should decide this campaign. And they are not religious issues -- for war and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barrier. But because I am a Catholic and no Catholic has ever been elected President, the real issues in this campaign have been obscured -- perhaps deliberately, in some quarters less responsible than this. So it is apparently necessary for me to state once again -- not what kind of church I believe in for that should be important only to me, but what kind of America I believe in. I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute -- where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be a Catholic) how to act and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote -- where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference -- and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him or the people who might elect him. I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish -- where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches or any other ecclesiastical source -- where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials -- and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all. For, while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has been, and may someday be again, a Jew -- or a Quaker -- or a Unitarian -- or a Baptist. It was Virginia's harassment of Baptist preachers, for example, that led to Jefferson's statute of religious freedom. Today, I may be the victim -- but tomorrow it may be you -- until the whole fabric of our harmonious society is ripped apart at a time of great national peril. Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end -- where all men and all churches are treated as equal -- where every man has the same right to attend or not to attend the church of his choice -- where there is no Catholic vote, no anti-Catholic vote, no bloc voting of any kind -- and where Catholics, Protestants and Jews, both the lay and the pastoral level, will refrain from those attitudes of disdain and division which have so often marred their works in the past, and promote instead the American ideal of brotherhood. That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe -- a great office that must be neither humbled by making it the instrument of any religious group, nor tarnished by arbitrarily withholding it, its occupancy from the members of any religious group. I believe in a President whose views on religion are his own private affair, neither imposed upon him by the nation or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office. I would not look with favor upon a President working to subvert the First Amendment's guarantees of religious liberty (nor would our system of checks and balances permit him to do so). And neither do I look with favor upon those who would work to subvert Article VI of the Constitution by requiring a religious test -- even by indirection -- for if they disagree with that safeguard, they should be openly working to repeal it. I want a chief executive whose public acts are responsible to all and obligated to none -- who can attend any ceremony, service or dinner his office may appropriately require him to fulfill -- and whose fulfillment of his Presidential office is not limited or conditioned by any religious oath, ritual or obligation. This is the kind of America I believe in -- and this is the kind of America I fought for in the South Pacific and the kind my brother died for in Europe. No one suggested then that we might have a "divided loyalty," that we did "not believe in liberty or that we belonged to a disloyal group that threatened "the freedoms for which our forefathers died." And in fact this is the kind of America for which our forefathers did die when they fled here to escape religious test oaths, that denied office to members of less favored churches, when they fought for the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom -- and when they fought at the shrine I visited today -- the Alamo. For side by side with Bowie and Crockett died Fuentes and McCafferty and Bailey and Bedillio and Carey -- but no one knows whether they were Catholics or not. For there was no religious test there. I ask you tonight to follow in that tradition, to judge me on the basis of fourteen years in the Congress -- on my declared stands against an ambassador to the Vatican, against unconstitutional aid to parochial schools, and against any boycott of the public schools (which I attended myself) -- and instead of doing this do not judge me on the basis of these pamphlets and publications we have all seen that carefully select quotations out of context from the statements of Catholic Church leaders, usually in other countries, frequently in other centuries, and rarely relevant to any situation here -- and always omitting of course, that statement of the American bishops in 1948 which strongly endorsed church-state separation. I do not consider these other quotations binding upon my public acts -- why should you? But let me say, with respect to other countries, that I am wholly opposed to the state being used by any religious group, Catholic or Protestant, to compel, prohibit or prosecute the free exercise of any other religion. And that goes for any persecution at any time, by anyone, in any country. And I hope that you and I condemn with equal fervor those nations which deny it to Catholics. And rather than cite the misdeeds of those who differ, I would also cite the record of the Catholic Church in such nations as France and Ireland -- and the independence of such statesmen as de Gaulle and Adenauer. But let me stress again that these are my views -- for, contrary to common newspaper usage, I am not the Catholic candidate for President [but the candidate] who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my church on public matters -- and the church does not speak for me. Whatever issue may come before me as President, if I should be elected -- on birth control, divorce, censorship, gambling, or any other subject -- I will make my decision in accordance with these views, in accordance with what my conscience tells me to be in the national interest, and without regard to outside religious pressure or dictate. And no power or threat of punishment could cause me to decide otherwise. But if the time should ever come -- and I do not concede any conflict to be remotely possible -- when my office would require me to either violate my conscience, or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office, and I hope any other conscientious public servant would do likewise. But I do not intend to apologize for these views to my critics of either Catholic or Protestant faith, nor do I intend to disavow either my views or my church in order to win this election. If I should lose on the real issues, I shall return to my seat in the Senate satisfied that I tried my best and was fairly judged. But if this election is decided on the basis that 40,000,000 Americans lost their chance of being President on the day they were baptized, then it is the whole nation that will be the loser in the eyes of Catholics and non-Catholics around the world, in the eyes of history, and in the eyes of our own people. But if, on the other hand, I should win this election, I shall devote every effort of mind and spirit to fulfilling the oath of the Presidency -- practically identical, I might add with the oath I have taken for fourteen years in the Congress. For, without reservation, I can, and I quote "solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution so help me God." Source: New York Times, September 13, 1960.

How can House Republican leaders stave off a rout in 2008? How can House Republican leaders stave off a rout in 2008? The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), responsible for electing Republican House members, had a pathetic $1.6 million in cash at the end of August. Republican retirements from the House continue to rack up, including several in vulnerable districts. The issues seem to be stacked against the GOP as Democrats exploit issues such as health care and the Iraq war. There has been talk of a few fixes, including firing key NRCC staffers and returning to old fundraising programs. These steps may help, but House Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) should consider another idea worth millions of dollars all on its own: Prune the dead branches in the caucus now. Republicans need an ethical Housecleaning if they are ever to return to the majority again. This will require strong leadership and creativity. The real question is just how ruthless the reputedly non-confrontational Boehner can be when his legacy is on the line. Boehner will show his mettle by how he deals with two members currently under serious ethical clouds: Reps. Don Young (R., Alaska) and John Doolittle (R., Calif.). It understates the case merely to say that corruption hurts the Republican image. It also affects something everyone in Washington understands — the bottom line. During the 2006 cycle, The NRCC spent $1.5 million trying to save former Rep. Don Sherwood (R., Pa.), whose mistress had accused him of trying to choke her. Sherwood’s refusal to quit — and Republicans’ failure to force him out — also cost the GOP his conservative northeast Pennsylvania district. By refusing to step aside until very late in the process, former congressman and current federal inmate Bob Ney (R., Ohio) cost the NRCC more than $1 million when they tried in vain to save his seat from Democratic takeover. Rep. Charles Taylor (R., N.C.), who was both ethically and truth-challenged while in Congress (recall his unlikely explanation as to why he did not vote on CAFTA), cost the NRCC $1.5 million. Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.), whose lingering ethics problems exploded with federal raids just before the 2006 election, cost the committee $3.6 million as he went down to defeat. Disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley’s (R., Fla.) “unusual” behavior toward House pages had raised flags with Republican leaders and senior staff as early as 2002. When they failed to show him the door after more odd behavior came to their attention in 2006, Foley cost the committee $1.6 million directly, and millions more when his instant-message sex scandal soured the whole national political environment for the GOP. These are only the most prominent examples of corruption, and they already add up to $9 million wasted because of tainted members — more than ten percent of the $81 million the NRCC spent in independent expenditures in 2006. That amount does not include the indirect effect that corruption had on the GOP image, nor the millions that Republican donors wasted in giving directly to tainted Republicans. With respect to Reps. Young and Doolittle, two key items hit newspapers this week. First, 17-term Rep. Don Young, who is trailing a Democratic challenger for reelection, spent more campaign money on his own legal defense than he raised in the third quarter. Second, a fellow California Republican, back-bench conservative John Campbell, called on Doolittle not to seek reelection. Both Young and Doolittle are currently subjects of federal investigations. Neither shows any indication he will step aside, and both are likely to lose their seats if they run for reelection. The feds raided Doolittle’s Virginia home earlier this year in connection with his ties to imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Unless defeated in a primary, he will almost certainly lose a 61-percent Bush district — about as safe a Republican House seat as there is. Young, the powerful author of the 2006 transportation bill, is far more formidable for his seniority. He was responsible for earmarking funds in the 2005 Transportation Bill for the Knik Arm Bridge (also known as “Don Young’s Way”), which if built could massively boost his son-in law’s property value. Young is accused of altering another earmark in that bill after it passed Congress and before it was signed by President Bush. The illicit change, now opposed by the Florida congressman it was supposed to benefit, would help a major Florida contributor to Young’s campaign. Watchdog groups are trying, probably in vain, to make the House Ethics committee open an investigation. That may seem like enough to sink Young, but the federal investigation into his dealings comes on top of that. It pertains to an Alaskan contractor whose employees have given Young $180,000 in campaign cash since 1993. The CEO of that firm, Veco, has pleaded guilty to bribing Alaska state legislators and testified that his company “donated” labor for Sen. Ted Stevens’s (R) home-remodeling project. Republican leaders have tools for forcing out problematic members. At the very least, they can pressure or even force them off committees (Doolittle had to step down from the appropriations committee in April, but Young retains all of his posts). But they can do more. If they dare, they can open ethics investigations against their own members, call for their resignation, or even expel them from the caucus. If party leaders have traditionally shuddered at such measures, they have been even more hesitant to support primary challenges against incumbents. But given what is at stake, why should even that threat be off the table? In Sherwood’s case, he needed only a small push. His no-name opponent in the 2006 Republican primary spent less than $5,000 and took 46 percent of the vote. Had she won, she would today be a Republican congresswoman representing that heavily Republican district. Instead, the NRCC wasted $1.5 million, and must now spend even more to win back the seat. House Republicans’ salvation will ultimately require that Leader Boehner flex his muscle and deal out some tough love. In the recent fight over the NRCC, he shied away from purging two staffers he believed to be hurting the party. But can he purge two congressmen who could hurt it so much more?

''Quiz'' (Trivia) test your knowledge let's see how good you are, are you good at it? 1.Where did "Genesis" 2007 take place? Cleveland, Ohio Odessa, Florida Orlando, Florida Atlanta, Georgia 2.Who won the Shop of Horrors Match at "Genesis" 2007? Black Reign Abyss Rellik Judas Mesias 3. At "Genesis" 2007, Team 3D lost to which tag team? Eric Young and Shark Boy The Latin American Exchange Havok and Petey Williams Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley 4. Who won the Fatal 4 Way Match for the TNA Knockout Championship at "Genesis" 2007? Gail Kim Angel Williams ODB Roxxi Laveaux 5. Who won the TNA X Division Championship Match at "Genesis" 2007? Jay Lethal Christopher Daniels Sonjay Dutt Ron "the truth" Killings 6. Who won the TNA World Tag Team Championship Match at "Genesis" 2007? AJ Styles and Tomko Elix Skipper and Senshi The Steiner Brothers The Voodoo Kin Mafia 7. At "Genesis" 2007, Samoa Joe was victorious. Who did he defeat? James Storm with Jackie Moore Rhino Chris Harris Robert Roode with Ms. Brooks 8. Who won the Ladder Match in the Final Round of the Fight for the Right Tournament for a future shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at "Genesis" 2007? Jeff Jarrett Christian Cage Kaz Junior Fatu 9. Who won the Tag Team Match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of "Genesis" 2007? Sting and Booker T with Sharmell Kurt Angle and Kevin Nash with Karen Angle Sting and Scott Hall Sting and Matt Morgan 10. Who was the surprise tag team partner of Sting at "Genesis" 2007? Booker T with Sharmell Matt Morgan Scott Hall Jim Cornette 11. Some of the earliest translations into English were commissioned by a West Saxon king who also earned a reputation as a military commander. Who was he? Harold II Ethelred the Unready Alfred the Great Edward the Confessor 12. The “Roman de la Rose,” a 13th-century French love allegory, was translated into English by which of the following English poets? John Langland Geoffrey Chaucer John Gower Edmund Spenser 13. John Florio, a contemporary of Shakespeare, produced an English version of the essays of which French philosopher? Blaise Pascal Michel de Montaigne René Descartes François Rabelais 14. In the early seventeenth century, which English king commissioned an English translation of the Bible that was to establish itself as the virtually unchallenged Anglican version for some three hundred years? Edward VI Charles I Henry VIII James I (VI of Scotland) 15. One of the classic English versions of the works of Homer was completed in 1616, and was praised by John Keats in a sonnet two centuries later. Who was the translator? John Milton Ben Jonson George Chapman George Herbert 16. One of the great verse translations of Virgil’s Aeneid first appeared in 1684. Which English poet was the translator? Alexander Pope Nahum Tate Thomas Shadwell John Dryden 17. The Victorian writer Edward Fitzgerald would probably be forgotten today if he had not produced a famous translation of which Oriental work? The Thousand and One Nights The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Kama Sutra The Tale of Genji 18. In 1885 Sir Richard Burton produced a translation of a popular work, which the Edinburgh Review thought was fit only “for the sewers.” What was this work? The Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) Grimm's Fairy Tales The Decameron The Satyricon 19. Thanks to C. K. Scott Moncrieff, monoglot English speakers with sufficient stamina can read which French “roman-fleuve”? “À la Recherche du Temps Perdu” by Marcel Proust “Les Rougon-Macquart” by Émile Zola “La Comédie Humaine” by Honoré de Balzac “Jean-Christophe” by Romain Rolland 20. Which twentieth-century writer of detective fiction also produced verse translations of the Old French “Song of Roland” and Dante’s “Divine Comedy”? Ngaio Marsh Agatha Christie Dorothy L. Sayers Margery Allingham 21. This killer is known as "America's Boogeyman" and was brought to public attention in 1928, after the kidnapping-murder of a 12-year-old girl named Grace Budd. At the age of 65, he is considered the oldest man to ever be put to death in Sing Sing. Who is he? Albert Fish John Wayne Gacy Ed Gein Edmund Kemper 22. He is known as "The Night Stalker" and was convicted of thirteen homicides, but he claims he's killed twenty people. What is the name of this infamous killer? Peter Sutcliffe Richard Ramirez Herman Mudgett Henry Lee Lucas 23. This killer is sometimes referred to as the "killer clown", and is known for preying on young men who he would kill and then dispose of their bodies in the crawl space of his house in Chicago. What is the name of this maniacal clown? John Wayne Gacy Edmund Kemper Albert DeSalvo Henry Lee Lucas 24. In 1958, this couple went on a horrifying murder spree. The murder spree lasted 26 days and left ten people dead. What are the names of this demented duo? Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Gerald and Charlene Gallego Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate 25. This killer has been referred to as the ".44 Caliber Killer" and "Son of Sam." He targeted mostly couples in cars in the Bronx from 1976 to 1977. Who is this sadistic psycho? Kenneth Bianchi David Berkowitz Ted Bundy Peter Kurten 26. This killer, also known as "The Plainfield Ghoul," is famous for having many odd and grotesque things found in his home by police, such as: chairs upholstered with human skin, soup bowls fashioned from skulls, faces stuffed with newspapers and mounted on his walls, and a "mammary vest" flayed from the torso of a woman. Who is he? Edmund Kemper Henry Lee Lucas Albert DeSalvo Ed Gein 27. "Dr. H.H. Holmes" also known as "The Torture Doctor" is America's first documented serial killer. Many people disappeared behind the walls of his home, which he built in Chicago. His home is referred to as "The Castle." What is the name of this torturous doctor? Peter Sutcliffe Herman Mudgett Angelo Buono Harvey Lewis Carnigan 28. He is known as "The Co-Ed Killer." He killed his Grandparents and was committed to a maximum-security mental hospital where he was later released and ended up killing eight women. What is his name? Peter Kurten Edmund Kemper Richard Angelo Ted Bundy 29. This man was known for his good looks and charm. He confessed to 28 murders and was electrocuted in February 1989. What is the name of this lady-killer? Carl Panzram Kenneth Bianchi Denis Nilsen Ted Bundy 30. Some people consider this man the most prolific serial killer in American history. He "confessed" to killing 500 people, though he later recanted most of his testimony. At his 1985 trial, he was convicted of ten homicides, which landed him the death sentence. What is the name of sadistic man? Henry Lee Lucas Jeffrey Dahmer Albert DeSalvo Richard Macek

agian another useless fact? Bats always turn left when exiting a cave! Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin! No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots. More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes. It is estimated that millions of trees are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them! A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow! A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court! The original story from "Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights" begins, "Aladdin was a little Chinese boy." Michael Jordan makes more money from NIKE annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. The volume of the earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean. Spiral staircases in medieval castles are running clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs they would not be able to use their right hand which was holding the sword because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs. Left-handed knights would have had no troubles, except left-handed people could never become knights because it was assumed that they were descendants of the devil. Ham radio operators got the term "ham" coined from the expression "ham fisted operators," a term used to describe early radio users who sent Morse code (i.e., pounded their fist). The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is "Live Free or Die." These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord. Chinese Crested dogs can get acne. Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988g/cc. Hydrogen solid is the most dense substance in the world, at 70.6g/cc. Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man woman and child in the world. The house fly hums in the middle octave key of F. The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one end point is P. The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth's orbit around the sun. The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokai- whenuakitanatahu--a New Zealand hill. Los Angeles's full name is: "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Poriuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "LA." Only 1 in 2,000,000,000 will live to be 116 or older. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. According to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, it is possible to go slower than light and faster than light, but it is impossible to go the speed of light. Also, there is a particle called tackyon which is supposed to go faster than light. This means if you fire a tackyon beam, it travels before you fire it. When you tie a noose, the rope is wrapped twelve times around because it's the same length as a persons head. Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards. A cat's jaw cannot move sideways. If she were life size, Barbie's measurements are: 39-23-33. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are members of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross. The characters Bert & Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in "Its A Wonderful Life". A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper right-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Why it's Paul Reiser himself. The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away. The name for the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz." The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. A rainbow can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon. Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air. When spelt phonetically, Esso means stalled car in Japan. Tigers have round pupils and yellow irises (except for the blue eyes of white tigers). Due to a retinal adaptation that reflects light back to the retina, the night vision of tigers is six times better than that of humans. In 1949, Popular Mechanics forecasted that "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." If the Loch Ness monster exists at all, he (or she) could only be about as big as a sixth grader. A new study shows that there is only enough fish in the loch to feed a 31 kg (about 67 lb) creature. The scientists used sonar to estimate the number of fish in the lake and came up with an annual food supply of 93 kg. Since a cold blooded animal like Nessie would need to eat about three times its body weight each year, it could only weigh about 31 kg. Polar bears are left-handed. Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year. The maximum weight for a golf ball is 1.62 oz. Only 1/3 of the people that can twitch their ears can twitch only one at a time. The largest city in the United States with a one syllable name is Flint, Michigan. The number of the trash compactor in Star Wars is 3263827. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. "Evian" spelled backvards is naive. Charles de Gaulle's final words were, "It hurts." Alexander the Great was an epileptic. A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't. Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox. The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water. If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode. Pigs can become alcoholics. In Michigan, USA, a man legally owns his wife's hair. Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star. "Kemo Sabe" means "soggy shrub" in Navajo. A blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant. There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half-caused cancer in rats. The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100-watt bulb for five hours. It takes 12,000 head of cattle to produce one pound of adrenaline. 55,700 people in the US are injured by jewelry each year. In the past 60 years, the groundhog has only predicted the weather correctly 28% of the time. The rushing back and forth from burrows is believed to indicate sexual activity, not shadow seeking. Turkeys will peck to death members of the flock that are physically inferior or different. In Miami, Florida, roosting vultures have taken to snatching poodles from rooftop patios. Back in 1919 the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males. 111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 equals 12,345,678,987,654,321. The average human has about 20 square feet of skin weighing about 6 pounds. There is now an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which has a winter population of 200. Bulgaria was the only soccer team in the 1994 World Cup in which all 11 players' last names ended with the letters "OV." The actor who played the T-1000 in Terminator 2 (Robert Patrick) and the lead singer of Filter are brothers. Zip code 12345 is assigned to General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y. The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements. Jackals have one more pair of chromosomes than dogs or wolves. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. Basenji dogs and Australian dingoes are virtually identical. The same man who led the attack on the Alamo, General Santa Anna, is also credited with the invention of chewing gum. A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at 68 mph. 500,000 tons of dog excrement are dumped annually on the streets of Paris. The typical laboratory mouse runs 2.5 miles per night on its treadmill. A 5 ft. 5 inch tall 27-year-old woman weighing in at 374 pounds outflabbed 1,000 competitors to win the title of fattest person in China. Her prize - a supply of diet food. The average US worker toils for two hours and 47 minutes of each working day just to pay income tax. Indeed, the average American pays more in taxes than for food, clothing and shelter put together. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark. In the U.S. there is, on average, three sex change operations per day. It only takes a male horse 14 seconds to copulate. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. A group of crows is called a murder. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. Rabbits and Horses cannot vomit. The names of all the continents end with the letter they start with. About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it. A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee. The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. Dragonflies have a life span of only 24 hours. Elephants are the only animal that can't jump. In L.A., U.S.A., a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than 2 inches wide. 1/3 of Taiwanese funeral processions includes a stripper. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. The palms of your hands and the soles of your feet cannot tan. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. The radioactive substance, Americanium - 241 is used in many smoke detectors. The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself. Every Swiss citizen is required by law to have a bomb shelter or access to a bomb shelter. Rennin, the enzyme obtained from the fourth stomach of a cow and used chiefly in the manufacture of cheese, is capable of coagulating more than 25,000 times its weight of fresh milk. Tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits. There is a place in Norway called "Hell". Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air. There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats. The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons. In Italy, a campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water translated the name into Schweppes Toilet Water. The list of ingredients that make up lipstick include...fish scales. Ants do not sleep. Most lipstick contains fish scales! The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre. The first letters of the months July through November, in order, spell the name JASON. No other animal gives us more by-products than the hog. These by-products include pig suede, buttons, glass, paint brushes, crayons, chalk, and insulation to name a few. Cockroaches' favorite food is the glue on envelopes and on the back of postage stamps If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Flush toilets date back to 2000 B.C. The flatulation from domesticated cows produce about 30% of the methane on this planet. Only 2 more blue moons (the saying "only once in a blue moon" refers to the occurence of two full moons during one calender month) are to occur between now and 2001. Those times are January 1999 and March 1999. Hitler and Napolean both had only one testical. Chimpanzees used in AIDS vaccine studies get a pension of more than $100,000 to pay for their care and containment for the duration of their natural lives. While it is possible to infect chimpanzees with HIV, they do not appear to get AIDS. Even if you cut off a cockroach's head, it can live for several weeks. Some toothpastes contain antifreeze. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum! Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy. The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland was a symbolic character for the hat makers in towns of the late 1800's. The large felt hats of the day had supports made out of lead. The lead caused an organic form of psychosis (brain damage) to develop in the hat makers causing them to be declared crazy. Some biblical scholars believe that Aramaic, the language of the ancient Bible, did not contain an easy way to say "many things" and used a term which has come down to us as 40. This means that when the bible -- in many places -- refers to "40 days," they meant many days. Texas was once a country. If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion! Clinophobia is the fear of beds! Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury. In the 19th century, the British Navy attempted to dispel the superstition that Friday is an unlucky day to embark on a ship. The keel of a new ship was laid on a Friday, she was named H.M.S. Friday, commanded by a Captain Friday, and finally went to sea on a Friday. Neither the ship nor her crew were ever heard of again. Cats have over 100 vocal sounds, whereas, dogs only have about 10. In 1681, the last dodo bird died. Colgate faced an obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself." "Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive double letters. There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada! Emus cannot walk backwards. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. The YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the worlds largest zipper manufacturer. 97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine. To force a tortoises' legs from its shell to treat it, you need to place your finger up it's bottom... It is estimated that Americans will consume 10 million tons of Turkey on Thanksgiving day. Due to turkey's high sulphur content, Americans will also produce enough gas to fly a fleet of 75 Hindenbergs from L.A. to New York in 24 hours. Porcupines float in water! The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand! Approximately 97.35618329% of all statistics are made up... You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called 'mantles') are radioactive -- they will set of an alarm at a nuclear reactor. A bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed every animal in the Berlin Zoo except the elephant, which escaped and roamed the city. When a Russian commander saw hungry Germans chasing the elephant and trying to kill it, he ordered his troops to protect it and shoot anyone who tried to kill it Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike. A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night! The first Ford cars had Dodge engines. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly. Reindeer like to eat bananas. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows." The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane. Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonalds. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously 2.5 cans of Spam are consumed every second in the United States Chevrolet tried marketing a Chevrolet Nova in Spanish countries. 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I need help! Please help! Thanks! ? I was wondering about the articles in the newspaper. My assingment says to write the whole article. And when the article is like real long like this random article "- She used to lunch at the exclusive Four Seasons. Now, the best-selling author jokes that she's inviting friends to Taco Bell. Call it gallows humor, but Alexandra Penney has just lost her life's savings. Author and artist Alexandra Penney says she lost her life savings investing with financier Bernard Madoff. 1 of 3 She invested every penny with accused Ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff. Penney thought she had weathered the bear market just fine, since Madoff put her money in super-safe Treasuries. Then, on December 11, she received a call from her best friend. "She said, 'I hope this is a rumor, but I've just heard Bernie Madoff's been arrested,' " Penney recalls. "My other phone rang; it was my son. And he said, 'Mom, sit down.' He said, 'Bernie Madoff's been arrested.' And I said, 'For what?' And he said, 'He's a crook.' " Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme disrupted a fragile financial system, affecting hedge funds and well-heeled investors on Wall Street, Florida and Europe. In a Ponzi scheme, money from new investors is used to pay off early investors to create the appearance of legitimate returns. Conservative with her money, Penney says she has been working and saving since she was a teenager. She admits that her biggest fear was losing everything and "becoming a bag lady." About a decade ago, when Penney was in her late 40s, she shared her fears with a good friend, who steered her to Madoff, where she thought her money would always be safe. 'Secrets of a Scandal' It's the boldest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history. How did financier Bernard Madoff fool so many? CNN & Fortune Magazine investigate this weekend in "Madoff: Secrets of a Scandal." Saturday & Sunday, 8 p.m. ET see full schedule » Best known for the 1982 best-seller "How to Make Love to a Man" and as a former editor of Self magazine, Penney and her friend Evelyn Lauder were the first to use pink ribbons as a symbol for breast cancer awareness. Every success along the way meant more money, which was eventually invested with Madoff. She earned so much money that she was no longer writing and editing but living her dream as an artist. Sitting in her artist's studio in the SoHo area of New York, she recently said she will start writing again to pay the bills. And she has a few choice words about Madoff, who remains under house arrest in his Manhattan penthouse apartment, where he lives with his wife while the case proceeds. "Repulsive is mild. Loathsome. It's a visceral feeling. This is not humanity; this is not a human being. This is, again, it's a sociopath," Penney says. "I'm sincerely, and this is the understatement of the year, appalled that this man is not in prison." But that could change soon if a judge decides to revoke Madoff's bail. In a court filing Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department accused Madoff of having signed about 100 checks -- worth a total of $173 million -- that were "ready to be sent out" before his arrest by the FBI on December 11 on a charge of securities fraud. Madoff investors might have to cough up withdrawals » Prosecutors said the checks violate his $10 million bail agreement and said it was an attempt to prevent his alleged victims from recovering their losses. If convicted of the charges against him, Madoff, 70, could spend up to 20 years in prison and face a $5 million fine. On the advice of her lawyers, Penney is not saying how much money she lost. She's not penniless, she says. She has a checking account that will last a few months, a West Palm Beach cottage, a Manhattan apartment and a "beach shack" in Wainscott, Long Island. Over the past 40 years, she earned and paid for all of it herself. Penney is not asking anyone to feel sorry for her, especially after the acid-response to her first-hand account of her financial woes in a blog called "The Bag Lady Papers" on TheDailyBeast.com. In the blog, she talks about selling the cottage and possibly more real estate and taking her first subway ride in 30 years. She's even considered selling some of her expensive jewelry to pay the bills. Some readers blasted her as a privileged New York princess. They told her to get a job. Others said they didn't feel sorry for her. Penney says she was surprised by the "vitriol." "I've never been given a dollar. I never took alimony. I never inherited any money. So, sure, well, who else earned it? Me," Penney says. Today, she says she has been "Madoffed." When the phone rang last month with the news about Madoff's arrest, Penney was making a cheese soufflé. Ever the writer, she uses the soufflé as a metaphor. "Everything was rising. We were all rising. The housing market was rising. Bernie Madoff's money, people like me, my money was making 9, 10 percent," Penney says. "There was this incredible

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Some more "Useless Facts you might wanna Know" =D? #2? The Paomnnehal Pweor Of The Hmuan Mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch as Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. The original game of "Monopoly" was circular. It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World. One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year. Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language. The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left. TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. A snail can sleep for 3 years. Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start. Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump." According to tests made at the Institute for the Study of Animal Problems in Washington, D.C., dogs and cats, like people, are either right-handed or left-handed --- that is, they favor either their right or left paws. A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can. Blue whales weigh as much as 30 elephants and are as long as 3 Greyhound buses. Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You'll lose him or her every time. Birds do not sleep in their nests. They may occasionally nap in them, but they actually sleep in other places. Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale. Butterflies taste with their hind feet. Only female mosquitoes bite. Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles (jaws) into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem, and, with legs dangling, fall asleep. Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day. Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front. The outdoor temperature can be estimated to within several degrees by timing the chirps of a cricket. It is done this way: count the number of chirps in a 15-second period, and add 37 to the total. The result will be very close to the actual Fahrenheit temperature. This formula, however, only works in warm weather. (Try it!) In the United States, a pound of potato chips cost two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes. Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesar. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. The two longest one-syllable words in the English language is "screeched. & strengths." Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. Barbie's full first name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20. A coat hanger is 44 inches long if straightened "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.' The word 'pixel' is a contraction of either 'picture cell' or 'picture element'. Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category. Cat's urine glows under a black light. The average ear of corn has eight hundred kernels arranged in sixteen rows. The first Ford cars had Dodge engines. Chrysler built B-29's engines that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant call Diamond Star. On the new hundred-dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10. The vignette on the reverse of the five-dollar note depicts a likeness of the front of the Lincoln Memorial as it appeared in 1922 when it was first dedicated. At that time, there were only 48 states that made up the United States of America. The names of 26 states were engraved on the front of the Memorial. This is why only the names of 26 states appear in the vignette on the reverse of the five-dollar note. In the upper frieze of the façade in the vignette the states are from left to right: Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, and North Dakota. In the lower frieze from left to right the names of the states are: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Carolina, Hampshire, Virginia and New York. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are members of the peach family. If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050 The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe. The maximum weight for a golf ball is 1.62 Oz. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle. Duddley DoRight's Horses name was "Horse." Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Haley's Comet came into view. When He died in 1910, Haley's Comet came into view again. Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T. The first hard drive available for the Apple ][ had a capacity of 5megabytes. In many cases, the amount of storage space on a record-able CD is measured in minutes. 74 minutes is about 650 megabytes, 63 minutes is 550 megabytes. Charlie Brown's father was a barber. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.) Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is number 47. Until August 7, 1953, congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. Only 1/3 of the people that can twitch their ears can twitch only one at a time. The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean. Ingrown toenails are hereditary. The largest city in the United States with a one syllable name is Flint, Michigan. On the cartoon show 'The Jetsons', Jane is 33 years old and her daughter Judy is 15. In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role. Only humans and horses have hymens. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language. The state with the longest coastline in the US is Alaska. We will have four consecutive full moons making two blue moons in 1999 (January 2 and 31, March 2 and 31.) The only other time it happened this century was in 1915 (January 1 and 31, March 1 and 31.) Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make - $5 million going to actor's salaries. Spot, Data's cat on Star Trek: The Next Generation, was played by six different cats. The longest U.S. highway is route 6 starting in Cape Cod, Massachusetts going through 14 states, and ending in Bishop, California... The number of the trash compactor in Star Wars (20th Century Fox, 1977) is 3263827. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und." A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the production of Guinness beer. If you toss a penny 10000 times, it will not be heads 5000 times, but more like 4950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom. The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F. Mr. Snuffleupagas' first name was Alyoisus. In the movie "the Right Stuff" there is a scene where a government recruiter for the Mercury astronaut program (played by Jeff Goldblum) is in a bar at Muroc Dry Lake, California. His partner suggests Chuck Yeager as a good astronaut candidate. Jeff proceeds to bad mouth Yeager claiming they need someone who went to college. During the conversation the real Chuck Yeager is playing a bartender who is standing behind the recruiters eavesdropping. General Yeager is listed low in the movie credits as 'Fred.' Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopics- ilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters ispneumonoultra-microscopicsilicovol- canoconioses, its plural. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatan- gihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokai- whenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. After the Civil War the U.S. sued Great Britain for damages that were caused by them building ships for the Confederacy. We originally asked for $1 billion but settled on $25 Million. There are 22 stars surrounding the mountain on the Paramount Pictures logo. Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T. There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs six times: Indivisibility. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. The only Dutch word to contain eight consecutive consonants is 'angstschreeuw'. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery. The Mongol emperor Genghis Khan's original name was Temujin. The first word spoken by an ape in the movie Planet of the Apes was "Smile". Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order. Geller and Huchra have made three-dimensional maps of the distribution of galaxies. In each layer of the map some galaxies are grouped together in such a way that they resemble a human being. Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The second longest word in the English language is "antidisestablishmentarianism". When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a "portmanteau." Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was the physician who set the leg of Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth ... and whose shame created the expression for ignominy, "His name is Mudd." The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers. In 1969, the last Corvair was painted gold. The real name of the "I've fallen and I can't get up" lady is Edith Fore. Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth. Betsy Ross's other contribution to the American Revolution, beside sewing the first American flag, was running a munitions factory in her basement. The only real people to be a Pez head are Betsy Ross, Paul Revere and Daniel Boone. Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book 'The Naked Lunch'. Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman. Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker. Lenny Kravitz's mother played the part of "Helen" on "The Jeffersons." Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children. There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city. John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. A pig's penis is shaped like a corkscrew. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. "Evian" spelled backwards is naive. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up it's stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of it's mouth. Then the frog uses it's forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again. The A&W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright. A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat. Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box. Lake Nicaragua boasts the only fresh-water sharks in the entire world. Charles de Gaulle's final words were, "It hurts." There are four cars and ten lightposts on the back of a ten-dollar bill. ABBA got their name by taking the first letter from each of their first names (Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni- frid.) What five digit number, when multiplied by the number 4, is the same number with the digits in reverse order? 21978; 21978 x 4 = 87912. It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces. In the 1983 film "JAWS 3D" the shark blows up. Some of the shark guts were the stuffed ET dolls being sold at the time. Montana mountain goats will butt heads so hard their hooves fall off. The Beatles song "Dear Prudence" was written about Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, when she wouldn't come out and play with Mia and the Beatles at a religious retreat in India. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man who ran a saloon there. The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. Moon was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name. (Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon in 1969.) Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? It's Paul Reiser himself.. And Greg Evigan sang the "My Two Dads" theme. Kelsey Grammar sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser.Alan Thicke, the father in the TV show Growing Pains wrote the theme songs for The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes . In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run. The Grateful Dead were once called The Warlocks. Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy. The Skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radios newscast about the wreck. The Professor's real name was Roy Hinkley, Mary Ann's last name was Summers and Mrs. Howell's maiden name was Wentworth. The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk. The "L.L." in L.L. Bean stands for Leon Leonwood. The original fifty cent piece in Australian decimal currency had around $2.00 worth of silver in it before it was replaced with a less expensive twelve sided coin. The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti. Alexander the Great was an epileptic. The lead singer of The Knack, famous for "My Sharona," and Jack Kevorkian's lead defense attorney are brothers, Doug & Jeffrey Feiger. The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz." The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Elton John's real name is Reginald Dwight. Elton comes from Elton Dean, a Bluesology sax player. John comes from Long John Baldry, founder of Blues Inc. They were the first electric white blues band ever seen in England- -1961 The saying "it's so cold out there it could freeze the balls off a brass monkey" came from when they had old cannons like ones used in the Civil War. The cannonballs were stacked in a pyramid formation, called a brass monkey. When it got extremely cold outside they would crack and break off... Thus the saying. Horses cannot vomit. S.O.S. doesn't stand for "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls" -- It was just chosen by an 1908 international conference on Morse Code because the letters S and O were easy to remember and just about anyone couldkey it and read it, S = dot dot dot, O = dash dash dash.. Pocahontas appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1875. When a female horse and male donkey mate, the offspring is called a mule, but when a male horse and female donkey mate, the offspring is called a hinny. The way to get more mules is to mate a male donkey with a female horse. A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't. Hugh "Ward Cleaver" Beaumont was an ordained minister. The Old English word for "sneeze" is "fneosan." John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles. Woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails have all been used as money.