Sunday, September 23, 2007

Bubba Blackwater for President!

Big News

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Blackwater employees smuggled weapons into Iraq and sold them on the black market. Ooh, Ooh! If that's true, don't you know the NRA is gonna run Bubba Blackwater for President.

This just in. The White House reportedly has ordered wire taps on all 400 of Forbes Richest Americans after Saudi Arabian talk show host Osama bin Limbaugh speculated at least one of the 400 was a Democrat.

Documented civilian deaths from violence during the Iraq war stand at 80,061, including 259 this week, most of them women and children. Could this explain America's obesity? When we feel guilty, we eat?

Love & Learn

Determined Mothers Turn Preschool Education Idea Into a TV Show - They remember all the people who turned them down, who thought they were just three naive moms with a wild idea. They acknowledge there were times when they thought it might never happen.

Learning Business Feed - Free business and personal finance education videos from Investors Business Daily, Kiplinger, and other leading business media.

Lifehouse Everything Skit - A youth group comes up with a powerful skit any church group could do, and the wonderful new site GodTube makes it available to everyone. Wow!

Inside People: Sorry, Kids, the Party's Over - How do you handle your children's annual birthday celebration, given their ever-higher expectations? What? Only one limo?

Trailer Trash: Rating the Latest Movie Trailers - Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx's upcoming "The Kingdom" has all the hallmarks of a serious film. So why it feel like a warmed over "24" plot?

Brown Is the New Green - If demographers are correct that Latinos are the fastest growing minority in the United States, filmmaker Phillip Rodriguez has a question: "Who are these new neighbors?" He searched for answers in his documentary, "Brown is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream."

Tween 12 and 20: Cool Advice for Teens and Their Parents - A new nose...or not... Learn to diet right... Both parents not needed for sex education talk... Schools no place for paddling... Don't do anything silly... Free condoms best left out of schools... Task deserved hugging not grounding... This party's over... Parents are heroes to teens... Say goodbye to Hortense, hello to Holly... Be happy for what you have... Advice comes from experience...

Now, Today's Safety Tip for Joggers:

Remember, when jogging at night it's a good idea to wear a Hartz 3-In-1 tick collar, which not only reflects oncoming headlights and protects you from ticks, but also might make potential muggers think you're too weird to mess with.

Shallow Thoughts

Oh, did I tell you? We found the hamster. Our granddaughter was using it for Cowgirl Barbie's horse.

Summer is over. The squirrels have even started roasting their chestnuts in my Bug Zapper.

I charge everything. And I'll tell you, one of life's great thrills is when you pay off your underwear.

Don't you think it's strange that congressmen spend thousands of dollars to mail out newsletters to tell us how much money they're saving us?

I just had another great idea. Instead of running all over the country making speeches, why don't the presidential candidates just stay home and let everybody visit THEM?

A lot of people think bloggers are different from normal people, but that's not true. We put our straitjackets on one arm at a time just like everybody else.