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SOME PIX FROM BOLIVAR ISLAND & GALVESTON

THE PIX WITH SUNNY SKIES ARE OF GALVESTON. THE PIX THAT ARE OF BOLIVAR ISLAND, EAST OF GALVESTON, ARE THE ONES WITH FOG.

DEAD AND MISSING UNKNOWN.

I took the Bolivar pix this morning -- the fog just added to the depression one feels seeing this in person. I will leave in the morning for home. A much needed rest is in order. My mind and emotions are drained. I do not want to return here but will in Jan. if given the opportunity. I have been truly blessed . Please when and if you find the time send these people a prayer, if you don't believe send a good thought. Thank you

What's the big deal with this family anyway? Two got shot, one can't drive, and one can't fly.

Every single editorial writer, op-ed writer, and columnist who is backing Caroline Kennedy for Senate should be ashamed of themselves. The guilty parties are on the left and right and includes everyone from The New York Post to The New York Times.For all of the wonderful things that they say about Caroline Kennedy there are a dozen or so others, who actually have experience as legislators and public servants, about whom they can say the same thing, they just happen to have not been born a Kennedy.

Do they understand how superficial and lazy they’re being?

But I understand, this might require the press to think critically and look beyond the glitzy, superficial Kennedy façade. It’s ok, it’s only the appointment to the upper house of the federal legislature, no big deal.

"Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others." --Groucho Marx

"There is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust." --James Madison
"Whether you're running for office, holding a public trust or simply voting -- politics are all about conscience. Being guided by it, protecting it and understanding it." --columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez
"Is there any system of governance or economics that can withstand rampant corruption or self-entitlement? ... Has the astounding success of American capitalism spawned people who consider themselves completely removed from the ethical guidelines that govern mere mortals? Has the wholesale abandonment of religion for secularism produced a moral vacuum? ... No system can survive when its prime movers and shakers are fundamentally corrupt -- most especially when they don't consider themselves to be so." --columnist Arnold Ahlert
"So, do the rest of you now have some idea of the depth of corruption in Chicago and Illinois, and why some of us were so concerned about electing a president who emerges from this cesspool? ... Brazen, appalling, unbelievable, they say. But for those of us who have spent a lifetime covering the news here, it's how it works." --Chicago columnist Dennis Byrne
"Reality check: The chances of House Democrats opening an ethics investigation into either [the junior Jesse] Jackson's or [Rahm] Emanuel's involvement [in the "Blago" scandal] is exactly zero. Ethics. Democrats. Say that three times fast." --columnist Rich Galen
"The automakers' contention that they pay workers $73 an hour takes into account the cost of pensions and health insurance for retirees. Still, no one disputes that Detroit's unionized active workers cost a good $10 an hour more than the nonunionized work forces that build Toyotas, Hondas and BMW's in the largely nonunionized South." --columnist William Murchison
"[Illinois Gov. Rod] Blagojevich allegedly assumed someone would be willing to pay dearly to be a U.S. senator. I'm sure he was right. But if government were less important in our lives, politicians would have fewer goodies to trade. In return, we'd have more money and more freedom. That's one more reason to limit government power." --ABC News' "20/20" anchor John Stossel
"It looks as if we are going to have to relive all of the mistakes of the 20th century one more time -- let's hope it is one last time -- before we relearn the big lesson of that century: the moral and material superiority of capitalism and the disastrous consequences of socialism in all its forms." --columnist Robert Tracinski

"We shall return to proven ways -- not because they are old, but because they are true." --Barry Goldwater
"Never assume the obvious is true." --William Safire

"A charismatic Democratic President takes office promising to extend health insurance to all Americans. His party enjoys majorities in Congress, and the GOP is at sea. The press corps finds policy a bore and instead files stories that draw facile analogies to the heyday of FDR... Any taxpayer commitment this large ought to require a social consensus reflected in large majorities, but Democrats are determined to plow ahead anyway. They know that a health-care entitlement for the middle class will never be removed once it is in place; and that government will then dominate American health-care choices for decades to come. That's all the more reason for the recumbent GOP to get its act together." --The Wall Street Journal

8 Amazing Holes!

1. Kimberley Big Hole , South Africa
Apparently the largest ever hand-dug excavation in the world, this 1097 meter deep mine yielded over 3 tons of diamonds before being closed in 1914..

2. Glory Hole - Monticello Dam, California

This is the 'Glory Hole' at Monticello dam, and it's the largest in the world of this type of spillway, its size enabling it to consume 14,400 cubic feet of water every second. A glory hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and water needs to be drained from the reservoir

3. Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah

This is supposedly the largest man-made excavation on earth. Extraction began in 1863 and still continues today, the pit increasing in size constantly. In its current state the hole is miles deep and 2.5 miles wide.

4. Great Blue Hole , Belize

This incredible geographical phenomenon known as a blue hole is situated 60miles off the mainland of Belize . There are numerous blue holes around the world, but none as stunning as this one.

5. Mirny Diamond Mine, Serbia

This one is an absolute beast and holds the title of largest open diamond mine in the world. At 525 meters deep, with a top diameter of 1200 meters,there's even a no-fly zone above the hole due to a few helicopters having been sucked in.

6. Diavik Mine , Canada

The mine is so huge and the area so remote that it has its own airport with a runway large enough to accommodate a Boeing 737. It looks equally cool when the surrounding water is frozen.

7. Sinkhole in Guatemala

These photos are of a sinkhole that occurred early this year in Guatemala .The hole swallowed a dozen homes and killed at least 3 people

#8 The most terrifying one of all

This is the famous 'Rat Hole' that you have heard about.

It is capable of swallowing trillions and trillions of U.S.Dollars... Annually! Never to be heard from again.

545

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing.. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.

Who is the speaker of the House?

She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ .If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.They vote their own pay raises for themselves because they want it that way.

There are no unsolvable government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.

Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like 'the economy,' 'inflation,' or 'politics' that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.They, and they alone, have the power.They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.

We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

By Charlie Reese

Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper

LETS MAKE SOME MUSIC BABY

I'm coming home for good this weekend my love !

TRIFECTA COMPLETE !!!

1. The great VAN JOHNSON
2. The beautiful BETTY PAGE
3. The U.S.CONSTITUTION

YES -- THE U.S. CONSTITUTION folks, I kid you not. It was told to us officially by this man.

Yesterday in an interview by 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl , Barney Frank whom some have called the "smartest guy in Congress," -which is lucky for us since he works on some of the thorniest issues around- was asked about the Banking Handouts(oops sorry) I meant BAILOUTS!

He worked hand in glove with Treasury Secretary Paulson to write the rescue plan for the banks, then pressed and prodded his colleagues in Congress to get it passed. The relationship between Frank and Paulson has soured lately, since Paulson hasn’t spent any of the rescue money to help struggling homeowners. "Secretary Paulson is refusing to use that money that Congress voted to reduce foreclosures. The bill says he’s supposed to. He won’t do that," Frank says. "You wrote the bill," Stahl points out. "You’re, quote, 'the smartest man in Congress.' How did it happen that you wrote a bill that the secretary of treasury has the power not to fulfill in the way you wanted it fulfilled?" "Because there’s a metaphor that works here: you cannot push on a string." ( NOW HERE IS THE MURDER WEAPON) -- "There’s no Constitutional way to force them to do things," Frank says.

"But didn’t you write the bill in a way that allows him to do this? And you could have written it differently," Stahl remarks.

"No. There’s no way you can force people to do things," Frank says.
IF YOU DID NOT SEE THE MAGIC BULLET -- I WILL SLOW IT DOWN FOR YOU.

The duty of the U.S CONGRESS is to write LAWS !!!

OR AM I JUST BEING SILLY?

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A WOMAN WITH WORLD'S BIGGEST BOOBS!

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