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To Be An American

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Created on Wednesday, 07 February 2007 08:31

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Written by Eric

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Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907. 

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here
in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be
treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to
discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or
origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an
American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance
here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an
American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have
room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we
have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American
people." 

Theodore Roosevelt 1907 

Insanity

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Created on Friday, 26 January 2007 08:26

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Insurgents in Iraq have apparently targetted a pet market.  An improvised explosive device went off there earlier today killing at least 15 people.  I've heard many people arguing that the only reason there is violence is because we are still there.  If that were the case wouldn't these lunatics be targetting us more than civilians.  This place was a pet market, similar to a pet store around the U.S..  Why would you target such a place?  Why would you target a place where only Iraqi civilians will be? The answer, because the whole lot of them have lost their minds.  They aren't attacking to hurt us as much anymore, now it is just about murdering innocent people, even their own people.  Sad that some lunatic of a religious leader can justify the killings as fighting for God, Allah, etc..

Leprechaun

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Created on Sunday, 21 January 2007 11:10

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A little boy asked his teacher if he could go to the bathroom, so she said yes. When he went to wipe his bum there was no toilet paper so, he used his hand.

When he got back to class, his teacher asked, "What do you have in your hand?" The boy said, "A little leprechaun and if I open my hand he'll get scared away."

The teacher, not buying into his nonsense, sent the boy off to the principal's office and the principal asked him, "What do you have in your hand?" The little boy said, "A little leprechaun and if I open my hands he'll get scared away." Then the principal got mad and yelled, "Open your hands NOW!" So he did and the little boy said, "Oh great, now look what you did! You scared the shit out of him!"

Loss

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Created on Sunday, 14 January 2007 19:52

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A very dissappointing loss to the Colts Saturday.  The defense did a good job of holding down Payton Manning but was unable to keep the team out of field goal range.  Here's hoping next years team is even better than this years.  The offense is doing much better than past years with QB Steve McNair at the helm and with a few other minor changes, and some heavy practice this team could come back next year as a force to be reckoned with.

Go Ravens

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Created on Saturday, 13 January 2007 12:10

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Go Ravens!  Crush the Colts and send them back home on their Mayflower moving truck.

Pope on a plane

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Created on Saturday, 13 January 2007 11:08

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A businessman is getting on a flight when he hears from the other passenger that the Pope is going to be on the flight. "WOW, great!" he thinks. "What a good place to be today." He is boarding, but he doesn't see the Pope, so he figures that maybe the other passengers were wrong.

He takes his seat and is thankful that there is an empty seat next to him. Just before the flight closes, the Pope enters the plane and sits next to him. "I am surely blessed", the man thinks. "Here I am a good Catholic on a flight with the Pope sitting next to me." The plane takes off, and after a few minutes the passengers take off their seatbelts.

The man looks sideways and sees the Pope reaching into his bag to take out a crossword book. Marvellous, he thinks, not only am I blessed with the Pope next to me, but he does crosswords and so do I. Maybe he will ask for help.

He notices that the Pope is working his way through the puzzle, and that the Pope is tapping his pencil, thinking. The Pope turns to him and says: "I usually don't talk to others on flights, but I wonder if you can help me?" "Anything your eminence. What is it?" "Do you know a four letter word for 'woman' that ends in u-n-t?" The man feels uncomfortable. He thinks and thinks. Finally he says, "The only word I can think of is aunt." The Pope turns to him and asks, "Do you have an eraser?"

Another Super Hero Test

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Created on Tuesday, 09 January 2007 08:15

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And yet another super hero test submitted by aarp.

Wildlife Warriors

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Created on Tuesday, 02 January 2007 19:47

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Discovery Channel is hosting a special marathon coming up in three weeks(Jan. 21st) to honor Steve Irwin.  The marathon will show the last show that Irwin was working on before he died.  Discovery has also posted special Wildlife Warrior bracelets in memory of Irwin.  The procedes go completely to the WildlifeWarriors organization run by Steve and now by his wife(with the exception of the cost of the bracelet).  YOu can click the image below to get one(10 packs).  If you want to contribute more you can go to wildlifewarriors.org.au online.  Discovery is also hosting a new group, R.O.A.R. (Reach Out. Act. Respond.).  The group is partners with a large number of rescue and environmental conservation groups, including Irwin's Wildlife Warriors.  They go a step further and ask you to not just contribute money, but your time, either in saving or helping animals, and in spreading the message of conservation.