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1.   Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the holiday spirit.  In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately.   Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.
 
 2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly.   It's rare..  You cannot find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-alcoholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it.  Have one for me. Have two.  It's later than you think. It's the holidays!
 
 3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy.  Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.
 
 4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission.
 
 5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a holiday party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello?
 
 6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's.  You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.

 7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted holiday cookies, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again.
 
 8. Same for pies. Apple,Pumpkin, Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three.   When else do you get to have more than one dessert? LaborDay?
 
 9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards.

 10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Re-read tips; start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner.

 

 

Remember this motto to live by:

(PS. I already got this one covered)
 
Life should NOT be a  journey to the grave with the intention of arriving  safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in  sideways, chocolate in one hand, glass of red wine in the other, body thoroughly used up and totally worn out while screaming "WOO HOO! What a ride!"
 
 Have a great holiday season.

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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

This is dedicated to a friend of mine, who lost her precious mother this weekend. 
Two Temples

A builder builded a temple,He wrought it with grace and skill;Pillars and groins and archesAll fashioned to work his will.Men said, as they saw its beauty,“It shall never know decay;Great is thy skill, O builder!Thy fame shall endure for aye.”

A mother builded a templeWith loving and infinite care,Planning each arch with patience,Laying each stone with prayer.None praised her unceasing efforts,None knew of her wondrous plan,For the temple the mother buildedWas unseen by the eyes of man.

Gone is the builder’s temple,Crumpled into the dust;Low lies each stately pillar,Food for consuming rust.But the temple the mother buildedWill last while the ages roll,For that beautiful unseen templeWas a child’s immortal soul.

-Hattie Vose Hall

GREAT IDEA!! When doing your Christmas cards this year, take one card and

Holiday cards should be mailed to:
Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD. 20791-5456

All cards must be postmarked no later than Dec. 10. Cards should not be mailed or delivered to Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

For more information, visit www.wramc.amedd.army.mil or www.redcross.org/holidaymail for Holiday Mail for Heroes program guidelines.Walter Reed is not accepting mail addressed to "A Recovering American Soldier."


The original post had the wrong mailing address.. the above address is the correct address.

How many times in my blogs... have I mentioned that they were coming to a neighborhood near you soon?    I can promise you that the increase has been mostly hispanic, I am just surprised they got up there so quickly.   Be prepared... the 28% can turn on you quickly, as they multiply in masses.  
Be prepared.... Easter Egg Colored Houses coming your way soon.   Be prepared.... Social Services set forth by local, county and State Government about to be drained.   Be prepared to see your New Year's Day Headlines be the face of a 14lbs Hispanic New Year Baby with the caption "The new face of Philadelphia" (this has actually happened in Dallas)-  Get used to everything you read having English on one side and Spanish on the other.   Brush up on your driving skills because these people have none and most of them do not carry insurance.   Be prepared for your schools to start requiring Spanish as a second language instead of enforcing English as the primary language requirement.   Oh and lastly... be prepared to pay higher property and school taxes to account for the shortfall of social services and education resources sucked up by people who do not contribute one red cent into either.

If ya'll need some help... just let us know!

Love, Texas

Report: Philadelphia Area Sees Huge Immigration Growth
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PHILADELPHIA  --  More than 500,000 immigrants call the Philadelphia metropolitan area home, with more than one-fifth of them arriving since 2000, according to a new report.

Between 2000 and 2006, the immigrant population in the region grew by 113,000 -- nearly as many as had arrived during the entire 1990s -- comprising 9 percent of the population, according to the report being released Thursday by the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.

The report suggests that the Philadelphia area is poised to re-emerge as a destination for immigrants, a longtime characteristic of the region that stalled in the mid-20th century.

National immigration numbers leveled off after 2000. But the Philadelphia region's immigrant population growth between 2000 and 2006 outpaced what the report classifies as comparable metropolitan areas: Baltimore; Buffalo, N.Y.; Cleveland; Detroit; Milwaukee; Pittsburgh; and St. Louis.

All were once immigrant gateways that were replaced after World War II by cities including Miami, Los Angeles and Houston.

"Philadelphia's pulling away from the pack of its peer metropolitan areas," said lead researcher Audrey Singer of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. The rise in its immigration rates since 2000 more closely resembles those of Denver; Minneapolis-St.Paul; Sacramento, Calif.; and Seattle, she said.

"Part of it may be the location, possibly because of the proximity to New York," Singer said, "and the fact that Philly is pretty stable in terms of the housing market and in terms of the job market."

The report is based on census data from the 10-year increments from 1970 through 2000, as well as the Census Bureau's 2006 American Community Survey.

The Philadelphia metropolitan area is defined in the report as Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania; Camden, Burlington, Gloucester and Salem counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware and Cecil County in Maryland.

The fastest immigration growth rate is in the suburbs, with Montgomery County home to the largest number of foreign-born people and Chester County seeing the quickest rise from 1970 to 2006, researchers found.

The region's foreign-born population has become more diverse since the 1970s, when Europeans made up 82 percent of the total. In 2006, 23 percent of the area's immigrants were from Europe, while 39 percent were from Asia, 28 percent from Latin America and 8 percent from Africa.

The Philadelphia Foundation and other philanthropic groups sponsored the research to establish a profile of the region's immigrant population.

"We can grow and spur economic growth if we can capitalize on the skill set of the people that are coming, but we have to understand the demographics of our current and potentially future (immigrant) population," foundation President Andrew Swinney said.

The first step is to treat immigration as a regional issue -- not by city or county -- and develop a centralized clearinghouse that tracks data on where immigrants are coming from and where they choose to live, according to the report.

"Currently we have no structure to even address that, so we need to create it," Swinney said. "There needs to be a regional task force to look at proactive policies that will benefit the migrant and the community."

sorry guys I couldn't figure out how to insert the pictures (but they were pretty ;) )


House #1

A 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house, all heated by gas. In one month this residence consumes more energy than the average American household does in a year. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2400 per month. In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not situated in a Northern or Midwestern 'snow belt' area. It's in the South. ==================================================

House #2 Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university. This house incorporates every 'green' feature current home construction can provide. The house is 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on a high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat-pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F) heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas and it consumes one-quarter electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underg round purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Surrounding flowers and shrubs native to the area enable the property to blend into the surrounding rural landscape. ~~~~~

HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville , Tennessee ; it is the abode of the 'environmentalist ' Al Gore.

HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford , Texas ; it is the residence of the President of the United States , George W. Bush.              An 'inconvenient truth.'

This was sent to me by my friend Max, while I know this is probably going to set off a fire storm among liberals and it may not even be allowed to be posted, it is something that everyone should listen to-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkvU1PFrJ8k

http://www.atlah.org/broadcast/ndnr09-03-08.html

My good friend Dan sent me this, sounds alot like my zoo :)

DOG DIARY
8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 PM - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 PM - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 PM - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 PM - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 PM - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 PM - Wow! Watched TV with my people! My favorite thing!
11:00 PM - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!

CAT DIARY
Day 983 of my captivity.
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.
They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape.
In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.
Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. Bastards!
There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies."
I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.
Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs.
I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches.
The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded.
The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe.
For now...

I watched the Biography Channel last night (266 on Direct TV) and saw both biographies of Obama and McCain.    Both were quite interesting and I urge all American's to try to watch these biographies before November 4th to get a little more insight to these two Candidates, their family history, their immediate families and their political views.   They are both nice documentaries and well worth the time it will take to sit down and watch, especially in light of the current state of economic chaos and as we all set out to elect the next person to lead this wonderful Country.

D E S P I C A B L E ! ! ! ! !

This man needs to be prosecuted and never have possession of another animal.



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Record-Breaking Puppy Mill Raid Reported In Lehigh County
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EMMAUS, Pa.  --  The owner of a Lehigh County kennel raided by the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is disputing the society's allegations.

Derbe Eckhart said an August inspection by the state Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement turned up no violations.

About 20 agents raided the Almost Heaven Kennels in Upper Milford Township on Wednesday. Officials said they discovered as many as 800 animals including monkeys, miniature horses, turkeys, geese, guinea hens and swans packed into the facilities. They said many were living in excrement amid the stench of feces and decay. A freezer contained 65 animal corpses. Dozens of dogs and cats were removed for immediate medical care.

Eckhart was charged two years earlier with having too many monkeys and operating a menagerie without a permit because monkey cages were visible to the public. He paid fines and court costs.

From my good friend Dan.....

Deep Thoughts For Those Who Take Life Way Too Seriously. . .



1. Save the whales. Collect the whole set.

2. A day without sunshine is like... Night.

3. On the other hand, you have different fingers.

4. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

5. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

6. Remember, half the people you know are below average.

7. He who laughs last thinks slowest.

8. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

9. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese
in the trap.

10. Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.

11. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

12. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

13. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.

14. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.

15. OK, so what's the speed of dark?

16. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

17. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

18. Every one has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.

19. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

20 Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

21. What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

22. I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

23. Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

24. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.

25. Just remember -- if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.

26. Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear
bright until you hear them speak.

27. Life isn't like a box of chocolates . . .it's more like a jar of
jalapenos. What you do today might burn your butt tomorrow.

One more of the devil's foot soldiers got his one way ticket to hell.  I am a little late in reporting this one as I have had my hands full, but it is good to know, that with the widespread power outages down near Houston as a result of ole Ike, that the death chamber wasn't affected.  This guy certainly deserved more than to be put to sleep, he raped and killed a 93 year old woman for $10.   It took Texas 10 years to put him down,  but if there was ever a person who needed to be put down the second he was found guilty.... this one would have qualified. 
Execution tonight for killer of 93-year-old woman in Kaufman County $10 burglary

 

08:50 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 17, 2008

 

The Associated Press

 

HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Widespread power shortages in the Huntsville area were not affecting an inmate execution scheduled for tonight.

Prison officials say the Huntsville Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, where lethal injections are carried out, has power.

Former auto mechanic laborer William Murray is to die in the state death chamber for killing 93-year-old Rena Ratcliff. She was raped and strangled during a burglary at her rural Kaufman County home near Dallas in 1998.

The execution would be the ninth this year in the nation's most active capital punishment state.

Murray's appeals are exhausted and the state pardons and paroles board unanimously rejected a clemency request.

Evidence at Murray's trial showed he'd been responsible for at least a dozen burglaries in his home area of Kaufman County. That earned him a 10-year prison term, but he was released on probation just three months after going to prison.

This was sent to me from a friend who lives in NJ, who by the way has the whole "609" thing going.... Enjoy... and thanks Max, for sharing this with me. 
If you've ever lived in Jersey...you'll appreciate this!!!
New Jersey is a peninsula.Highlands, New Jersey has the highest elevation along the entire eastern seaboard, from Maine to Florida.New Jersey is the only state where all of its counties are classified as metropolitan areas.New Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky.New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq MI.) than Havana, Cuba.New Jersey has the densest system of highways and railroads in the US.New Jersey has the highest cost of living.New Jersey has the highest cost of auto insurance.New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation.New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to  as the "Diner Capital of the World."New Jersey is home to the original Mystery Pork Parts Club (no, not Spam): Taylor Ham or Pork Roll.Home to the less mysterious but the best Italian hot dogs and Italian sausage w/peppers and onions.North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world, with seven major shopping malls in a 25 square mile radius.The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine rideby inventor John P. Holland .New Jersey has 50+ resort cities & towns; some of the nation's most famous:Asbury Park ,  Wildwood,  Atlantic City,  Seaside Heights,  Long Branch,  Cape May .New Jersey has the most stringent testing along its coastline for water quality control than any other seaboard state in the entire country.New Jersey is a leading technology & industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.Jersey tomatoes are known the world over as being the best you can buy.New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and cranberry production(and here you thought Massachusetts?)Here's to New Jersey - the toast of the country! In 1642, the first brewery in America, opened in Hoboken.New Jersey rocks! The famous Les Paul invented the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah, in 1940.New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the US, located in Elizabeth. Nearly 80 percent of what our nation imports comes throughElizabeth Seaport first.New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest airports (in Newark), Liberty InternationalGeorge Washington slept there.  Several important Revolutionary War battles were fought on New Jersey soil, led by General George Washington.The light bulb, phonograph (record player), and motion picture projector, were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park, NJ, laboratory.New Jersey  also boasts the first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs.The first seaplane was built in Keyport , NJ.The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from Keyport, NJ.The first phonograph records were made in Camden, NJNew Jersey was home to the Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City ..The game Monopoly, played all over the world, named the streets on its playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic City.And, Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world, not to mention salt water taffy.New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle East countries.The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey, in the Watchung MountainsNew Jersey has the tallest water-tower in the world. (Union, NJ!!!)New Jersey had the first medical center, in Jersey CityThe Pulaski SkyWay, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway.New Jersey built the first tunnel under a river, the Hudson (Holland Tunnel).The first baseball game was played in Hoboken, NJ, which is also the birthplace of Frank Sinatra.The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick in 1889 (Rutgers College played Princeton).The first drive-in movie theater was opened in Camden, NJ,(but they're all gone now!).New Jersey is home to both of "NEW YORK'S" pro football teams!The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson, NJ.The first FM radio broadcast was made from Alpine, NJ, by Maj. Thomas Armstrong.All New Jersey natives:   Sal Martorano, Jack Nicholson, BruceSpringsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander,Queen Latifah, Susan Sarandon, Connie Francis  Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Ken Kross,Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughn, Budd Abbott, Lou Costello,Alan Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, Marilyn n McCoo,Flip Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Zack Braff,Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Linda McElroy,Eileen Donnelly, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson,Walt Whitman, Jerry Lewis, Tom Cruise,Joyce Kilmer, Bruce Willis, Caesar Romero, Lauryn Hill, Ice-T, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee,Danny DeVito, Richard Conti, Joe Pesci, Joe Piscopo,Joe DePasquale, Robert Blake, John Forsythe,Meryl Streep, Loretta Swit, Norman Lloyd, Paul Simon, Jerry Herman, Gorden McCrae, Kevin Spacey,John Travolta, Phyllis Newman, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Eva Marie Saint, Elisabeth Shue, Zebulon Pike, James Fennimore Cooper, Admiral Wm. Halsey Jr.,Norman Schwarzkopf, Dave Thomas (Wendy's), William Carlos Williams, Ray Liotta, Robert Wuhl,Bob Reyers, Paul Robeson, Ernie Kovacs, Joseph Macchia, Kelly Ripa, and, of course,Francis Albert Sinatra and "Uncle Floyd" Vivino.The Great Falls in Paterson, on the Passaic River, is the 2nd highest waterfall on the East Coastof the US.You know you're from Jersey when . .You don't think of fruit when people mention "The Oranges."You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags.A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with butter.You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven.You've eaten at a diner, when you were stoned or drunk, at 3 A.M.You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery.At least three people in your family still loveBruce Springsteen, andyou know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from.You know what a "jug handle" is.You know that WaWa is a convenience store.You know that the state isn't all farmland.You know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey--there's the shore--and you don't go "to the shore," you go "down the shore." And when you are there, you're not "at the shore"; you are"down the shore."You know how to properly negotiate a circle.You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving.You know that this is the only "New" state that doesn't require "New" to identify it (try . . Mexico . . . York ..! . . Hampshire-- doesn't work, does it?).You know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich.You consider putting mayo on a corned beef sandwich a sacrilege.You don't think "What exit?" is very funny.You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different." Yes they are!You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton--that's for out-of-staters.The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or local bar.You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls.You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers.Every year you have at least one kid in your class named Tony.You know the location of every clip shown in theSopranos opening credits.You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of the mall.You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights, and people from Central Jersey go to Belmar, and people from South Jersey go to Wildwood.It can be no other way.You weren't raised in New Jersey--you were raised in either North Jersey, Central Jersey or South Jersey.You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the stateYou remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys, Rickel's, Channel, Bamberger's and Orbach's.You also remember Palisades Amusement Park.You've had a boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries.You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February.And finally . .You've NEVER, NEVER, NEVER,EVER pumped your own gas.

A President's Pension

A president's pension currently is $191,300 per year, until he is 80
years old.

Assuming the next president lives to age 80.  Sen. McCain would receive ZERO pension as he would reach 80 at the end of two terms as president.

Sen. Obama would be retired for 26 years after two terms and would  receive $4,973,800 in pension.

Therefore it would certainly make economic sense to elect McCain in
November.

How's that for non partisan thinking???

You couldn't get a job at McDonalds and become district
manager after 143 days of experience.

You couldn't become chief of surgery after 143 days of
experience of being a surgeon.

You couldn't get a job as a teacher and be the
superintendent after 143 days of experience.

You couldn't join the military and become a colonel
after a 143 days of experience.

You couldn't get a job as a reporter and become the
nightly news anchor after 143 days of experience.

You couldn't get a job as Director of Nursing after
143 days experience as an RN !!!!

From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State
Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a
Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of
experience in the Senate. That's how many days the
Senate was actually in session and working.  

After 143 days of work experience, Obama
believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of
the Free World ... 143 days.

We all have to start somewhere. The Senate is a good start,
but after 143 days, that's all it is - a  start.