Thought For the Day

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sparks

I started out with nothing , had most of it for a while, and now they want it all back!
My vessel is so small....the seas so vast......

Redoverfarm

Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.


Drew

Nice, Red.  More tea?

"When all of your wishes have been granted, most of your dreams will be destroyed." - Marilyn Manson.

tanya

I have two quotes posted on my computer.

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have.  I must stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right , and part with him when he goes wrong."  Abraham Lincoln

"Our greatest happiness in life does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of good conscience, good health, and freedom in all just pursuits."  Thomas Jefferson

Another thought is a daily horoscope I printed out by Holiday Horoscopes Seattle PI.

You're deciding who your true friends are.  Maybe this will help: A friend is somone who, when you've fallen behind will carry you-- not point out your mistakes while passing you by.
Peresrverance, persistance and passion, keys to the good life.

glenn kangiser

"The few who can understand the system will either be so interested in its profits, or so dependent on its favors, that there will be no opposition from that class, while on the other hand, the great body of the people, mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantages that capital derives from the system, will bear its burdens without complaint and perhaps without even suspecting that the system is inimical to their interests." –Mayer Amschel Rothschild
"Always work from the general to the specific." J. Raabe

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Diggin

Whew, good one!

Has anyone on here read Buckminster Fuller's Grunge of Giants?  Mr. Fuller wrote some very interesting works shortly before his death (I think 1982).  Grunge of Giants is about corporations; 

Critical Path mentions all the Fortune 500 corporations moved out of the country on US dollars for so-called "foreign aid before (as I recall) 1950"  ...
are you really paranoid if they really are out to get you?

Redoverfarm

A wise ole farmer once said

* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

glenn kangiser

Quote from: Diggin on January 11, 2008, 12:40:37 PM
Whew, good one!

Has anyone on here read Buckminster Fuller's Grunge of Giants?  Mr. Fuller wrote some very interesting works shortly before his death (I think 1982).  Grunge of Giants is about corporations; 

Critical Path mentions all the Fortune 500 corporations moved out of the country on US dollars for so-called "foreign aid before (as I recall) 1950"  ...

I haven't read it, but I'm more of an article and research type of guy, than a whole book.  I read quite a few in HS while I was waiting for the rest of the students to finish learning the stuff I learned in 2nd grade though.  I was pretty bored, probably not a good student and definitely not a team player. [crz]
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Redoverfarm

    * If you find yourself in a hole,
the first thing to do is stop diggin'. 


Sassy

"The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws." --Ayn Rand
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You will know the truth & the truth will set you free

Redoverfarm

Good judgment comes from experience, and a
lotta that comes from bad judgment.

Drew

"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." - Unknown

glenn kangiser

If They Hate Us For Our Freedom, They Must Hate Us Less Now

unknown

from here http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/13409
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Redoverfarm

* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever
have to deal with, watches you from
the mirror every mornin'.


Drew

90% of what people say is about themselves.



glenn kangiser

"It's all good."

Slick Willy
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Redoverfarm

The clock of life is wound but once,
And no man has the power
To tell just when the hands will stop
At late or early hour.
Now is the only time you own.
Live, love, toil with a will.
Place no faith in time.
For the clock may soon be still.


glenn kangiser

Email From John (Redoverfarm)

This is too true to be very funny

The next time you hear a politician use the
word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about
whether you want the 'politicians' spending
YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
but one advertising agency did a good job of
putting that figure into some perspective in
one of its releases.

A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were
    living in the Stone Age.
D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and
    20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New Orleans It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division . .

Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.  Interesting number, what does it mean?

A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of
     New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you
    each get $516,528.
B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
      New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family
    gets $2,066,012.

Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken??

Tax his land,
Tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes are the rule.
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,
Tax his shirts,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.

Tax his booze,
Tax his beers,
If he cries,
Tax his tears.

Tax his bills,
Tax his gas,
Tax his notes,
Tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.

If he hollers,
Tax him more,
Tax him until he's good and sore.

Tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb,
'Taxes drove me to my doom!'

And when he's gone,
We won't relax,
We'll still be after the inheritance TAX!!

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm it Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),
Liquor Tax,
Luxury Tax,
Marriage License Tax,
Medicare Tax,
Property Tax,
Real Estate Tax,
Service charge taxes,
Social Security Tax,
Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
Sales Taxes,
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
School Tax,
State Income Tax,
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),
Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fe e Tax,
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
Utility Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax.

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago,
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.   
We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened?  Can you spell 'politicians!'
And I still have to press 1 for English.

I hope this goes around THE
USA at least 100 times

What happened?????


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Drew

No kidding.

I'm looking into the requirements around the Schedule F:  How much of the work I'm doing now can I use to offset my taxes.   ???

The farmer is the original multidiciplinarian.  Botanist, meteorologist, carpenter, plumber, electrician, conservationist, marketer, accountant, vet.  The list goes on.



Sassy

"Find out just what the people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."
- Frederick Douglass
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You will know the truth & the truth will set you free

Drew

"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." - Mahatma Ghandi

Redoverfarm

 :)  Always Remember This:
You don't stop laughing because you grow old,
You grow old because you stop laughing


Drew

"Life is hard.  But it's a lot harder when you're stupid." - John Wayne

ScottA

Man created civilization to impress his girlfriend.