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TUESDAY JULY 25,2006
 THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Strange world. A few words
mumbled by a minister, and people are married. A few words mumbled by a sleeping
husband, and people are divorced!"
A fellow was reading the paper one day lamenting
the fact that his doctor has ordered him to lose 75 pounds. Next thing he
sees is an advertisement for a guaranteed weight loss program. He's
skeptical, but says to himself, "Let's see what they can do." He calls them
on the phone and subscribes to the 3 day, 10 LB weight loss
program.
The next day there comes a knock at his door, and when he
answers, there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic 19 year old babe
dressed in nothing but a pair of Nikes and a sign hanging around her neck.
She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company. The
sign reads, "If you can catch me, you can have me." Without a second
thought he takes off after her. A few miles later, huffing and puffing,
he finally catches her and has his way with her. After they are through
he kisses the girl one last time and thinks to himself with a nod, "I
like the way this company does business." For the next two days, the
same girl shows up and the same thing happens each time. On the fourth
day, he weighs himself and, sure enough, he lost 10 pounds.
Deciding
that he likes his somewhat more slender physique, not to mention the method
of treatment, he calls the company back and subscribes to their 5 day, 20 LB
weight loss program. He thinks that losing 20 pounds in only 5 days seems
like a lot, but he is intrigued by what their workout schedule might be like
this time.
As expected, the next day there comes a knock at his door.
When he answers it there stands a 22 year old knockout dressed in nothing
but a pair of Reeboks and a sign hanging around her neck. She is simply
stunning, the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. She introduces
herself as a representative of the weight loss company. The sign reads,
"If you can catch me, you can have me." He's out the door like a shot.
This gal is in excellent shape and it takes a while to catch her. But
when he does, it is worth every cramp and wheeze. She is wonderful, the
best he has ever had. For the next four days, the same girl shows up and
the same thing happens each time, much to his delight. On the sixth day, he
weighs himself and, unbelievably, he has lost another 20 pounds.
I
love this company, he thinks to himself, "I never knew losing weight could
be so easy and so much fun." Feeling much better about himself, he decides
to go for broke and subscribe to the company's 7 day, 50 pound weight loss
program. "Are you sure, sir?" Asks the representative on the phone. "This is
our most vigorous program." "Absolutely," he replies, "I love your program.
Haven't felt this good in years!"
The next day there comes a knock at his
door and he enthusiastically answers it. There stands before him a 200 pound
perfect specimen of a man dressed in nothing but racing spikes and a sign
around his neck. He introduces himself as a representative of the weight
loss company. The sign reads, "If I can catch you, I can have
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<><><> An elderly man in North Carolina had
owned a large farm for several years. He had a large pond in the back, fixed
up really nice, along with some picnic tables, horseshoe courts, and some
apple and peach trees. The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for
swimming when it was built.
One evening the old farmer decided to go
down to the pond, as he hadn't been there for a while, and look it over. He
grabbed a five gallon bucket to bring back some fruit.
As he neared
the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee. When he came
closer, he realized it was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping in his
pond. He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep
end to shield themselves.
One of the women shouted to him, "We're not
coming out until you leave!"
The old man frowned and replied, "I didn't
come down here to watch you ladies swim naked or make you get out of the
pond naked." Holding the bucket up he said, "I'm here to feed the
alligator."
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<><><> A young couple had been married for a
couple of weeks, and the man was always after his wife to quit
smoking.
One afternoon, she lit up after some lovemaking, and he said,
"You really ought to quit."
She, getting tired of his nagging, said,
"I really enjoy a good cigarette after sex."
He replied, "But they
stunt your growth."
She asked if he ever smoked, and he replied that he
never had.
Smiling and lifting her gaze to his groin, she said, "So,
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two nights each week bowling and plays golf every Saturday. His wife thinks
he's pushing himself too hard, so for his birthday she takes him to a local
strip club. The doorman at the club greets them and says, "Hey, Dave! How ya
doin?" His wife is puzzled and asks if he's been to this club before. "Oh
no," says Dave. "He's on my bowling team."
When they are seated, a
waitress asks Dave if he'd like his usual and brings over a Budweiser. His
wife is becoming increasingly uncomfortable and says, "How did she know that
you drink Budweiser?" "I recognize her, she's the waitress from the golf
club. I always have a bud at the end of the first nine, honey.
A
stripper then comes over to their table, throws her arms around Dave, starts
to rub herself all over him and says, "Hi ! Davey. Want your usual table
dance, big boy?" Dave's wife, now furious, grabs her purse and storms out of
the club. Dave follows and spots her getting into a cab.
Before she
can slam the door, he jumps in beside her. Dave tries desperately to explain
how the stripper must have mistaken him for someone else, but his wife is
having none of it. She is screaming at him at the top of her lungs, calling
him every 4 letter word in the book.
The cabby turns around and says,
"Geez Dave, you picked up a real bitch this
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<><><> A woman gives birth to a baby, and
afterwards, the doctor comes in, He says, "I have to tell you something
about your baby."
The woman sits up in bed and says, "What's wrong with
my baby, Doctor? What's wrong???"
The doctor says, "Well, now,
nothing's wrong, exactly, but your baby is a little bit different. Your baby
is a hermaphrodite."
The woman says, "A hermaphrodite... what's
that???"
The doctor says, "Well, it means your baby has the...er...
features... of a male and a female."
The woman turns pale. She says,
"Oh my god! You mean it has a penis... AND a
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There were three guys talking in the pub. Two of them are talking about
the amount of control they have over their wives, while the third
remains quiet.
After a while one of the first two turns to the third
and says,
"Well, what about you, what sort of control do you have over
your wife?"
The third fellow says "I'll tell you. Just the other night my
wife came to me on her hands and knees."
The first two guys were
amazed. "What happened then?" they asked. "She said, 'get out from under the
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<><><> A girl brings a guy home one night.
They get into her apartment and immediately she suggests that they do "69".
"What the hell is that?" asks the guy. Realizing he's inexperienced, she
tries to explain,"I put my head between your legs and you put your head
between mine." Still not knowing what she's talking about, but not wanting
to ruin the moment he agrees to try it. The second they get in to the
position, she lets go a RIP-ROARING fart. "What was that for?" he asks.
"Oooopppps! Sorry, lets try it again" she says. So, they get into position
again, and once more she lets one loose. The guy gets up and starts to put
his coat on. "Wait, where are you going?" she asks. The guy says, "If you
think I'm sticking around for 67 more of those, you're crazy !!!"
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police officer, though scheduled for all-night duty at the station, was
relieved of duty early and arrived home four hours ahead of schedule, at 2
in the morning. Not wanting to wake his wife, he undressed in the dark,
crept into the bedroom and started to climb into bed. Just then, his wife
sleepily sat up and said, "Mike, dearest, would you go down to the all-night
drug store on the next block and get me some aspirin? I've got a splitting
headache."
"Certainly, honey," he said, and feeling his way across the
dark room, he got dressed and walked over to the drug store.
As he
arrived, the pharmacist looked up in surprise, "Say," said the druggist, "I
know you - aren't you a policeman? Officer Fenwick, right?"
"Yeah,
so?" said the officer.
"Well what the heck are you doing all dressed like
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wife had four boys. The odd part of it was that the older three had red
hair, light skin, and were tall, while the youngest son had black hair, dark
eyes, and was short.
The father eventually took ill and was lying on his
deathbed when he turned to his wife and said, "Honey, before I die, be
totally honest with me - is our youngest son my child?"
The wife
replied, "I swear on everything that's holy that he is your
son."
With that the husband passed away. The wife then muttered,
"Thank God he didn't ask about the other
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This couple has been dating for about four months, but the guy had been
afraid of making any sexual advances because of his tiny
organ.
Finally, he gets up his courage and takes her to a secluded spot
in his car. While they are kissing, he opens his zipper and guides her hand
onto his penis.
"No thanks," the girl says. "You know I don't
smoke." <><><>
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<><><> A man returning home a day early from a business
trip, got into a taxi at the airport after midnight. While en route to his
home, he asked the cabby if he would be a witness. The man suspected his
wife was having an affair, and expected to catch her in the act. For $100,
the cabby agreed to be a witness.
Quietly arriving at the house, the
husband and cabby tiptoed into the bedroom. The husband flipped on the
lights, pulled the blanket back and there was his wife in bed with another
man.
The husband put his gun to the man's head, and the wife shouted
"Don't do it! This man has been very generous. Who do you think paid for the
Corvette I said I bought for you? He did! Who do you think paid for our
new cabin cruiser? He did! Who do you think pays our monthly country
club dues you believe I budget for?. . . He does!"
The husband,
looked over at the cab driver and asked, "What would you do?"
The
cabby said, "I'd cover him with that blanket before he catches a
cold." ><><>
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During her annual checkup, the well-constructed miss was asked to
disrobe and climb onto the examining table.
"Doctor," she replied
shyly, "I just can't undress in front of you."
"All right," said the
physician, "I'll flick off the lights. You undress and tell me when you're
through."
In a few moments, her voice rang out in the darkness: "Doctor,
I've undressed. What shall I do with my clothes?"
"Put them on the
chair, on top of mine."
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"Honey," said this husband to his wife, "I invited a friend home for
supper."
"What? Are you crazy? The house is a mess, I haven't been
shopping, all the dishes are dirty, and I don't feel like cooking a fancy
meal!"
"I know all that."
"Then why did you invite a friend for
supper?"
"Because the poor fool's thinking about getting
married." <><><>
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into confession and told the priest: "Father, I'm 81 years old, married,
with six children and 13 grandchildren. Last night i had an affair and made
love to two 18-year-old girls. Twice."
"I see," said the priest. "When
was the last time you were in confession?"
"Never, Father", replied
the old man, "I'm Jewish".
"So why are you telling ME all that?!" asked
the priest.
"Well," answered the man, "I'm telling
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Fred and his wife Edna went to the state fair every year. Every year
Fred would say, "Edna, I'd like to ride in that there airplane." And
every year Edna would say, "I know Fred, but that airplane ride costs
ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars."
One year Fred and Edna
went to the fair and Fred said, "Edna, I'm 71 years old. If I don't ride
that airplane this year I may never get another chance." Edna replied, "Fred
that there airplane ride costs ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten
dollars."
The pilot overheard them and said, "Folks, I'll make you a
deal. I'll take you both up for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire
ride and not say one word, I won't charge you, but if you say one word it's
ten dollars."
Fred and Edna agreed and up they go. The pilot does all
kinds of twists and turns, rolls and dives, but not a word is heard. He does
all his tricks over again, but still not a word.
They land and the
pilot turns to Fred, "By golly, I did everything I could think of to get you
to yell out, but you didn't."
Fred replied, "Well, I was going to say
something when Edna fell out of the plane, but ten dollars is ten
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him a seat. As the bus shakes and rattles, the old man's cane slips on the
floor and he falls. As he gets up, a seven year old kid, sitting nearby,
turns to him and says, "If you put a little rubber thingy on the end of your
stick, it wouldn't slip."
The old man snaps back: "Well, if your
daddy did the same thing seven years ago, I would have a seat
today." ><><>
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was happy. My girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year, and so we
decided to get married. My parents helped us in every way, my friends
encouraged me, and my girlfriend? She was a dream! There was only one
thing bothering me, very much indeed, and that one thing was her younger
sister. My prospective sister-in-law was twenty years of age, wore tight mini
skirts and low cut blouses. She would regularly bend down when near me
and I got many a pleasant view of her underwear. It had to be deliberate.
She never did it when she was near anyone else.
One day little sister
called and asked me to come over to check the wedding invitations. She was
alone when I arrived. She whispered to me that soon I was to be married, and
she had feelings and desires for me that she couldn't overcome and didn't
really want to overcome. She told me that she wanted to make love to me just
once before I got married and committed my life to her sister. I was in
total shock and couldn't say a word. She said, "I'm going upstairs to my
bedroom, and if you want to go ahead with it just come up and get me." I
was stunned. I was frozen in shock as I watched her go up the stairs. When
she reached the top she pulled down her panties and threw them down the
stairs at me. I stood there for a moment, then turned and went straight to
the front door. I opened the door and stepped out of the house. I walked
straight towards my car. My future father-in-law was standing outside. With
tears in his eyes he hugged me and said, "We are very happy that you have
passed our little test. We couldn't ask for a better man for our daughter.
Welcome to the family".
The moral of this story is:
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man walks into the dentist's office and after the dentist examines him, he
says, "that tooth has to come out. I'm going to give you a shot of Novocain
and I'll be back in a few minutes."
The man grabs the doc's arm, "no way.
I hate needles I'm not having any shot!"
So the dentist says, "okay,
we'll have to go with the gas."
The man replies, "absolutely not. It
makes me very sick for a couple of days. I'm not having gas."
So the
dentist steps out and comes back with a glass of water, "here," he says.
"Take this pill."
The man asks "What is it?"
The doc replies,
"Viagra."
The man looks surprised, "will that kill the pain?" he
asks.
"No," replies the dentist, "but it will give you something to hang
on to while I pull your tooth." ><><>
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a nursing home, one of the old women was running up and down the hall,
flipping her nightgown up and down and yelling "Supersex!
Supersex!"
An old man was sitting in a wheelchair outside his room.
The woman ran up to him, pulled her nightie up: "Supersex!
Supersex!"
He looked at her for a moment contemplating and then said, "I
think I'll have the soup." ><><>
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One day a man came home from work earlier than usual and caught his wife
in bed with his best friend. Enraged, the husband grabbed a gun and shot his
friend to death. His wife said, "Ya' know, if you go on like this, you're
going to lose ALL your friends. ><><>
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The middle-aged married couple finally moved into the Condo of
their dreams, but right next door to a very sexy fashion model. The
husband had taken to borrowing this or that from their neighbor and it
seemed to the wife that it always took him way too long to return.
One
time the wife had had enough and actually pounded on the wall between the two
apartments. There being no response she telephoned, only to get the answering
machine. Finally she went to the model's door and just kept ringing the
bell.
When the model answered, the wife fumed,"I would like to know why
it is my husband takes so damn long to get something over here."
"Well
sweetie," the model purred, "all these interruptions sure ain't helping none
either." ><><>
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man is at work one day when he notices that his co-worker is wearing an
earring.
This man knows his co-worker to be a normally conservative
fellow, and is curious about his sudden change in "fashion sense." The man
walks up to him and says, "I didn't know you were into
earrings."
"Don't make such a big deal, it's only an earring," he replies
sheepishly.
His friend falls silent for a few minutes, but then his
curiosity prods him to say, "So, how long have you been wearing
one?"
"Ever since my wife found it in my
truck!" ><><>
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man was just coming out of anesthesia after a series of tests in the
hospital, and his wife was sitting at his bedside.
His eyes fluttered
open, and he murmured, "You're beautiful."
Flattered, the wife continued
her vigil while he drifted back to sleep.
Later, her husband woke up and
said, "You're cute."
Startled, she asked him, "What happened to
'beautiful?'"
"The drugs are wearing off," he replied.
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Fritzbear
The
young voice on the phone inquired if we received home delivery of the local
newspaper. No, I replied, my husband prefers the walk to the store each day to
purchase it. The young man eagerly launched into his sales pitch, pointing out
the convenience and savings in subscribing to home delivery. I thanked him and
again related how my husband enjoyed the little walk each day.
There was
a pause and then in a helpful voice, he asked, "Well, could we arrange for
delivery on the next
block." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When my
younger brother decided to do a project on the harmful effects of alcohol for
the science fair at his elementary school, my mother, who has never had a sip of
booze in her life, nervously went to a local liquor store to purchase the needed
supplies. "Give me the cheapest, hardest vodka you have," she said to the
counter clerk.
"Is this for you, ma'am?" asked the employee. "If so, I
might recommend something that's only a little more expensive but much
smoother."
"No, that's okay," my mother stammered without thinking. "It's
for my ten-year-old
son ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For quite some time, the old stove sitting on the hilltop
along the barren prairie with its oven door wide open had a sign that read open
range. But then one day I noticed that someone had been even more creative. The
old stove had a tiny house built on top of it, now making it home on the
range. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My daughter,
Amy, played the violin, and my son, Dave, the cello. One day I overheard Dave
complaining that the family cat always left the room when he started tuning up.
"That's nothing," said Amy. "He leaves the room when I take out my bow."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A rabbi and his two friends, a priest and a minister,
played poker for small stakes once a week. The only problem was that they lived
in a very conservative blue-law town. The sheriff raided their game and took all
three before the local judge.
After listening to the sheriff's story, the
judge sternly inquired of the priest: "Were you gambling, Father?" The priest
looked toward heaven, whispered, "Oh, Lord, forgive me!" and then said aloud:
"No, your honor, I was not gambling."
"Were you gambling, Reverend?" the
judge asked the minister. The minister repeated the priest's actions and said,
"No, your honor, I was not."
Turning to the third clergyman, the judge
asked: "Were you gambling, Rabbi?"
The rabbi eyed him coolly and replied
"With whom?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For her upcoming prom, my daughter went to have her hair done at a
trendy new salon. As she approached the door, she was greeted by a sign: "Some
of the World's Most Beautiful Faces Have Walked Through This Door." Unsuccessful
in opening the door, she then noticed another small sign posted on it: "Please
Use Other Door." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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When a Vermont trooper retired, his colleagues presented him
with a beautiful handmade sweater with the message "Pull Over" knitted across
the front. ~ A young lady goes to the perfume counter and asks for an
audacious scent. The salesgirl tests a new one on her and says, "This is one
perfume you don't use if you're only bluffing!" ~ Your children will
shout in the streets what they hear whispered at home. ~ An economist is a man who gets invited
to speak at banquets where he tells everybody there's no such thing as a free
lunch. ~ People don't like to suffer in silence because that would take
all the fun out of it
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Antioxidants may slow vision
loss
BALTIMORE, -- U.S. scientists say they've
blocked the advance of retinal degeneration in mice with a form
of retinitis pigmentosa by treating them with
antioxidants. "Much more work needs to be done to determine if
what we did in mice will work in humans," said Peter
Campochiaro, a Johns Hopkins University professor of
ophthalmology and neuroscience and the leader of the study. "But
these find- ings have helped to solve a mystery." In patients
with retinitis pigmentosa, or RP, rod photoreceptors die
from a mutation but it has not been known why cone
photo- receptors die. The Johns Hopkins scientists
determined that, after rods die, the retina's level of
oxygen increases and it's that high oxygen that gradually
kills the cones. Oxygen damage is also called "oxidative
damage" and can be reduced by antioxidants such as vitamin
E, alpha-lipoic acid and other antioxidant chemicals. So,
for the first time, Campochiaro said, a treatment target
has been found for patients with RP. The research is
explained in the July online edition of the Proceedings of
the National Academy of
Sciences. British study finds cereals unhealthy
LONDON, -- A report by Britain's Which? Magazine has
said some breakfast cereals are as high in sugar, salt, or
fat as some foods widely regarded as unhealthy. The
magazine applied the British Food Standards Agency's
proposed "traffic light" food ranking program to 275 cereals
from a variety of companies. The program uses red, green,
and amber color-coding to rank the sugar, salt, and
saturated fat content of foods. Eighty-eight percent of the
cereals examined were marked red for high amounts of sugar.
Of those cereals, Asda and Morrison's Golden Puffs
received the worst marks. Only 13 percent of the cereals were
given a green traffic light for low sugar content.
Additionally, 13 percent received red lights for high salt
content, and 10 percent were marked red for saturated fat. The
cereals named the worst overall in the survey, Quaker
Oatso Simple Kids, Kellogg's Coco Pops Straws and
Mornflake Pecan and Maple Crisp, all received red marks for
both sugar and saturated
fat.
Study picks older
psoriasis treatment
LONDON, -- A British study says
an older treatment using ultraviolet A light works better in
treating psoriasis than a more convenient one using ultraviolet
B light. The study done at King's College in London said PUVA
works better in clearing psoriasis outbreaks. PUVA uses
the oral drug Psoralen which makes the skin much more
light sensitive, reports WebMD. But the report said it
takes about 16 to 19 PUVA treatments to bring about
remission. Dermatologists had hoped the other treatment -
using narrowband ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) light - would
fight psoriasis as well as PUVA. "Compared with NB-UVB,
PUVA achieves clearance in more patients, with fewer
treatment sessions, and results in longer remissions," said
the study's leader Sami S. Yones. The study said for
most patients, remission after PUVA lasted eight months,
com- pared to NB-UVB's four months. The findings appear
in the July issue of Archives of Dermatology.
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WI.
where I grew up, to videotape their trip. I greatly enjoy visiting our
nation's capitol, and each year I take some special memories back with me.
This fall's trip was especially memorable.
On
the last night of our trip, we stopped at the Iwo Jima memorial This
memorial is the largest bronze statue in the world and depicts one of the
most famous photographs in history -- that of the six brave soldiers
raising the American Flag at the top of a rocky hill on the island of Iwo
Jima, Japan, during WW II.
Over
one hundred students and chaperones piled off the buses and headed towards
the memorial. I noticed a solitary figure at the base of the statue, and
as I got closer he asked, "Where are you guys
from?"
I
told him that we were from
Wisconsin
"Hey, I'm a cheese head, too! Come gather around, Cheese heads, and I will
tell you a story."
(James
Bradley just happened to be in Washington, DC, to speak at the memorial
the following day. He was there that night to say good night to his dad,
who has since passed away. He was just about to leave when he saw the
buses pull up I videotaped him as he spoke to us, and received his
permission to share what he said from my videotape. It is one thing to
tour the incredible monuments filled with history in
Washington,
D.C.,
but it is quite another to get the kind of insight we received that
night.)
When
all had gathered around, he reverently began to speak. (Here are his words
that night.)
"My
name is James Bradley and I'm from Antigo,
Wisconsin.
My dad is on that statue, and I just wrote a book called "Flags of Our
Fathers" which is #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list ! right now.
It is the story of the six boys you see behind me.
FONT>"Six
boys raised the flag. The first guy putting the pole in the ground is
Harlon Block. Harlon was an all-state football player. He enlisted in the
Marine Corps with all the senior members of his football team. They were
off to play ano ther type of game A game called "War" But it didn't turn
out to be a game.
Harlon, at the age of 21, died with his
intestines in his hands. I don't say that to gross you out, I say that
because there are people who stand in front of this statue and talk about
the glory of war. You guys need to know that most of the boys in
Iwo
Jima
were 17, 18, and 19 years old.
(He pointed to the statue) "You see
this next guy? That's Rene Gagnon from
New
Hampshire If
you took Rene's helmet off at the moment this photo was taken and looked
in the webbing of that helmet, you would find a photograph... a photograph
of his girlfriend. Rene put that in there for protection because he was
scared. He was 18 years old. Boys won the battle of
Iwo
Jima.
Boys . Not old men.
"The next guy here, the third guy in this
tableau, was Sergeant Mike Strank. Mike is my hero. He was the hero of all
these guys. They called him the "old man" because he was so old. He was
already 24 When Mike would motivate his boys in training camp, he didn't
say, Let's go kill some Japanese' or Let's die for our country.' He knew
he was talking to little boys. Instead he would say, You do what I say,
and I'll get you home to your mothers.'
"The last guy on this side
of the statue is Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from
Arizona.
Ira Hayes walked off Iwo
Jima.
He went into the White House with my dad. President Truman told him,
You're a hero.' He told reporters, How can I feel like a hero when 250 of
my buddies hit the island with me and only 27 of us walked off alive?' So
you take your class at school, 250 of you spending a year together having
fun, doing everything together. Then all 250 of you hit the beach, but
only 27 of your classmates walk off alive. That was Ira Hayes. He had
images of horror in his mind. Ira Hayes died dead drunk, face down at the
age of 32 .. ten years after this picture was taken.
"The next guy,
going around the statue, is Franklin Sousley from Hilltop,
Kentucky.
A fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. His best friend, who is now 70, told me, Yeah,
you know, we took two cows up on the porch of the Hilltop General Store.
Then we strung wire across the stairs so the cows couldn't get down. Then
we fed them Epsom salts. Those cows crapped all night. Yes, he was a
fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. Franklin
died on I
wo Jima
at the age of 19. When the telegram came to tell his mother that he was
dead, it went to the Hilltop General Store. A barefoot boy ran that
telegram up to his mother's farm. The neighbors could hear her scream all
night and into the morning. The neighbors lived a quarter of a mile
away.
"The
next guy, as we continue to go around the statue, is my dad, John Bradley
from Antigo, Wisconsin,
where I was raised. My dad lived until 1994, but he would never give
interviews When Walter Cronkite's producers, or the New York Times would
call, we were trained as little kids to say, No, I'm sorry, sir, my dad's
not here. He is in
Canada
fishing. No, there is no phone there, sir. No, we don't know when he is
coming back.' My dad never fishe d or even went to
Canada.
Usually, he was sitting there right at the table eating his
Campbell's
soup. But we had to tell the press that he was out fishing. He didn't want
to talk to the press.
"You see, my dad didn't see himself as a
hero. Ever yone thinks these guys are heroes, cause they are in a photo
and on a monument. My dad knew better. He was a medic. John Bradley from
Wisconsin
was a caregiver. In Iwo
Jima
he probably held over 200 boys as they died. And when boys died in
Iwo
Jima,
they writhed and screamed in pain.
"When I was a little boy, my
third grade teacher told me that my dad was a hero. When I went home and
told my dad that, he looked at me and said, I want you always to remember
that the heroes of Iwo
Jima
are the guys who did not come back. Did NOT come
back.
"So
that's the story about six nice young boys. Three died on
Iwo
Jima,
and three came back as national heroes. Overall, 7,000 boys died on
Iwo
Jima
i n the worst battle in the history of the Marine Corps. My voice is
giving out, so I will end here. Thank you for your time."
Suddenly,
the monument wasn't just a big old piece of metal with a flag sticking out
of the top It came to life before our eyes with the heartfelt words of a
son who did indeed have a father who was a hero. Maybe not a hero for the
reasons most people would believe, but a hero nonetheless.
We need
to remember that God created this vast and glorious world for us to live
in, freely, but also at great sacrifice. Let us never forget from the
Revolutionary War to the current War on
Terrorism
and
all the wars in
between that sacrifice was made for our
freedom. Remember to pray praises for this great country of ours and also
pray for those still in murderous unrest around the
world.
STOP
and thank God for being alive and being free at someone else's
sacrifice.
God
Bless You and God Bless
America.
REMINDER:
Everyday that you can wake up free, it's going to be a great
day.
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Walter Brennan, singer/actor, born Swampscott, MA 1894.
Jack Grant of the "Tenneva Ramblers" born Bristol, TN 1903.
Ralph Peer's historic Bristol recording sessions began at 8:30
AM in 1927. Ernest Stoneman,
Kahle Brewer, and Ralph Mooney, recorded "Tell Mother I Love
Her," and "Dying Girl's Farewell."
Roy Acuff Jr. singer/songwriter born Nashville, TN 1943.
Steve Goodman wrote "City Of New Orleans," born Chicago, IL
1948.
Lefty Frizzell's debut recording session in 1950.
The Stanley Brothers released "Finger Poppin' Time," in
1960.
Marty Brown, singer/guitarist, born Maceo, KY 1965.
Tommy Duncan, age 56, front man for Bob Wills and The Texas
Playboys, died from a heart attack after a show in San Diego, CA 1967.
Hank Newman, age 73, of "The Georgia Crackers" died 1978.
Alabama's #1 single "Feels So Right" debuted on Billboards Top
40 1981.
Keith Whitley's "Don't Close Your Eyes," album certified gold
1989.
Charlie Rich, age 62, died in Hammond, LA 1995. Charlie
was found dead in a Hammond, LA motel room. Death was the result of a blood clot
in his lungs.
Columbia released Bela Fleck's "Outbound" album 2000.
Varese Records released Noel Boggs' album "The Very Best of Noel
Boggs" 2000.
The Ryman Auditorium was officially named a National Historic
Landmark by the National Park Service 2001.
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Ricky Skaggs &
Kentucky Thunder Offer Instrumental Album
Ricky
Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder will release their first- ever
instrumental album on Aug. 1. The album traces the roots of
acoustic string band music back to the British Isles with an
array of reels, jigs, breakdowns, chanteys and dirges. "All of
us in the band listen to a lot of different styles of music,"
Skaggs says. "Some of us like jazz, some swing, some old-time or
big-band music. So each of us was able to put his own
fingerprints on these tunes. I wrote them all, but the band
members heard them their own ways." The album, Instrumentals,
will be issued on Skaggs Family
Records.
Kid Rock to Marry
Pamela Anderson
Kid Rock and actress Pamela
Anderson will marry on July 29 on a yacht near St. Tropez,
France, according to Us Weekly. The couple is currently
vacationing there. Anderson's spokeswoman declined to comment,
but Anderson wrote about the engagement on her Web site in a
diary entry titled "I'm Getting Remarried!!!" --
without specifically naming Kid Rock. The couple was
first engaged in April 2002 but split up a year
later. Anderson divorced rock drummer Tommy Lee in 1998.
Though primarily known as a rap star, Kid Rock landed a
country hit in 2002 with "Picture," a duet with Sheryl Crow.
He also owns a home in
Nashville.
July 24, 2006:
Brad Paisley announced the final dates for his Time Well Wasted tour Monday with
a fall run starting in late September and ending in Chicago. Carrie Underwood
will open for Paisley, who has enjoyed a very successful year. Pollstar Magazine
ranked Paisley's tour as the fifth top country tour in attendance for the first
half of 2006.
Tour dates are: Sept. 22 Birmingham, AL Verizon
Wireless Music Center Sept. 23 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena Sept. 24
Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center Sept. 28 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts
Center Sept. 29 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheater Sept. 30 Cincinnati,
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Show Me Center Oct. 26 Trenton, NJ Sovereign Bank Arena Oct. 27 Verona,
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cloves 1-1/2 cups brown sugar 2 cups pineapple juice 1 Tbs. dry
mustard 2 cups diced fresh or canned crushed pineapple bottle of ginger
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roasting pan. Pour pineapple mixture over ham. Bake for one hour at 350
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every 15 minutes for last hour, adding ginger ale as needed. This is the
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How many
people are given green cards each year in the United
States?
According to the Department of State, "the Congressionally mandated
Diversity Immigrant Visa Program makes available a maximum of 55,000 permanent
residence visas each year to eligible persons." However, the program's mission
is to award visas to "persons from countries with low rates of immigration to
the United States." It's responsible for only a fraction of the total number of
green cards
awarded.
In 2005, a total of 1,122,373
persons were awarded lawful permanent residence. That's up sharply from 2004,
when 957,883 became LPRs. The majority (around 66%) "lived in the United States
when they became LPRs." In terms of a country breakdown, Mexico accounted for
14% of the new citizens, while India made up 8%, and China was responsible for
6%.
Each year the State Department undertakes the momentous task of
deciding which of the many applications will be approved. For those hopeful of
gaining citizenship, the process can be confusing. Those who apply should be
aware of fraudulent web sites. Many look quite convincing. While researching
this question, we were nearly duped ourselves.
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