Louisiana Purchase: November 2009

First purchased in 1803 for 15 million bucks – we negotiated for land that encompased  14 states!
The U.S. paid 60 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), a total cost of 15 million dollars for the Louisiana territory.[1][2][3]
The Louisiana Purchase encompassed all or part of 14 current U.S. states and [...]

Wasserman Schultz: Meow pull in your claws girl

Two weeks ago Debbie Wasserman Schultz charged the GOP’s persistent trouble recruiting, retaining and attracting women, particularly in the House. When confronted with popularity of conservatives, Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), herself a rising star among a larger class of Democratic women lashed out

“This is a party that doesn’t [...]

Burqa Barbie

By: Barbara
Please join me in contacting Mattel who is marketing a ‘Burqa Barbie Doll’ for the children’s charity “Save the Children”. Some questions I have for Mattel regarding Burqa Barbie:

Does she come with stones?
Does her head come off?
Does she come with a tiny vial of acid?
Does she need to be accompanied by a man in [...]

The PARTY is over!

To POTUS and all 535 voting members of the Legislature,
It is now official you are ALL corrupt morons: 

The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to    get it right and it is broke. 
    
Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.  
 
Fannie Mae was [...]

Andrea Mitchell goes rogue with Sarah Palin

Mictchell needs to write to miss manners and ask if it is ok to crash a book signing in an effort to ambush and embarrass the author.
Or was it really that she was dying to get closed to the ever so popular woman of the year and wanted to be sure to attract enough attention to so [...]

Bill Cosby for President 2012?

Bill Cosby has a great way of “distilling” things.  Looks like he’s done it again?       
AMERICA NEEDS A CANDIDATE WITH THIS PLATFORM!!
I HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN THE YEAR 2012.
HERE IS MY PLATFORM:
(1)    Any use of the phrase: ‘Press 1 for English’ is immediately banned.   English is the official language; speak it or wait outside of our [...]

The Fundamental Transformation of America

Contributed by: The Bib
When Obama wrote a book and said he was mentored as a youth by Frank, (Frank Marshall Davis) an avowed Communist, People said it didn’t matter.
When it was discovered that his grandparents, were strong socialists, sent Obama’s mother to a socialist school, introduced Frank Marshall Davis to young Obama, People said it [...]

How did we ever survive?

Here’s to US!

No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME!
OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF!
To Those of Us Born 1927 – 1979
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
   1930’s, 40’s, 50’s,
60’s and 70’s!!   First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant; they [...]

Human contact lacking in today’s push-button parenting

By: Lynette Long

In Deerfield Beach, Fla., five boys surrounded seventh-grader Michael Brewer, doused him with alcohol, and set him on fire in mid-October. Brewer survived the attack but has burns on more than 65 percent of his body.

Chicago honor student Derrion Albert, 16, wasn’t so lucky. His death was taped on a cell phone as [...]

Bush disrespected at Ft Hood

By: BettyJean Kling

At 10:30 ish this am on Fox bill hemmer interviewed three Ft Hood Dr.s on duty when President and Mrs. Bush secretly visited the wounded soldiers just after the attack last week. Bill Hemmer asked how they felt to meet the president and one by one was met with similar answers such as [...]