A cute little gator decided to go for a swim in a friend's pool.
Our friend was not happy.
GET OUT!!!
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Thursday, October 10, 2013
Alligator in a Pool
A cute little gator decided to go for a swim in a friend's pool.
Our friend was not happy.
GET OUT!!!
Sunday, October 6, 2013
You Have Two Cows
This goes around regularly in various forms, but I found this one particularly appealing. I particularly liked Venture Capitalism.SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbour.
COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows
The State takes both and gives you some milk.
FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.
BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other and then throws the milk away.
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.
VENTURE CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, and then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by the majority shareholder, who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company.
The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has died.
A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you do not know where they are.
You decide to have lunch.
A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5,000 cows. None of them belong to you.
You charge the owners for storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim that you have full employment and high bovine productivity.
You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.
A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.
AN IRAQI CORPORATION
Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.
You tell them that you have none.
Nobody believes you, so they bomb the crap out of you and invade your country.
You still have no cows but at least you are now a Democracy.
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The one on the left looks very attractive.
A GREEK CORPORATION
You have two cows borrowed from French and German banks.
You eat both of them.
The banks call to collect their milk, but you cannot deliver so you call the IMF.
The IMF loans you two cows.
You eat both of them.
The banks and the IMF call to collect their cows/milk.
You are out getting a haircut.
AN IRISH CORPORATION
You have two cows
One of them is a horse
Taffy Cannon MPHS 66
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Good one
Reminds me of the poem - written by Ogden Nash - Not politically correct.
"The cud chewing girl,
And the cud chewing cow,
are alike, yet different somehow.
Ah, I have it now.
It's the intelligent look
on the face of the cow "
on the face of the cow "
Don't have a cow.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Federal Government Shutdown
"A Reuters/Ipsos poll
showed about one-quarter of
Americans would blame Republicans, 14 percent would blame Obama and 5 percent would blame Democrats in Congress, while 44 percent said everyone would be to blame."
_________
I am with the 44 percent. There is plenty of blame to go around to both the Republicans and Democrats.
And of course ultimately it is our fault. We have to elect better more capable people.
If you own a company that is performing badly it is a good idea to change management. Ditto a sports franchise.
Ditto a government.
I think we need to implement the anti incumbent party. Throw all the rascals out. And elect pragmatic people who know that politics is the art of compromise.
News for government shut down
Politico
- NBCNews.com - 2 hours agoThe chances of averting a partial shutdown of the federal government seemed to vanish Sunday as leading members of Congress blamed their ...
- Fox News Latino - 2 hours ago
66 questions and answers about the government shutdown
www.usatoday.com/story/news/.../09/...shutdown/2888419/23 hours ago - WASHINGTON — It's been 17 years since the federal government last faced a partial shutdownbecause Congress and the president couldn't ...U.S. government shuts down; Congress remains deadlocked | Reuters
www.reuters.com/article/2013/.../us-usa-fiscal-idUSBRE98N1122013100...20 mins ago - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. governmentpartially shut down for the first time in 17 years on Tuesday as a standoff between President ...Government shutdown: What you need to know - CNN.com
www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/politics/government-shutdown-up-to-speed/20 hours ago - Let's start with the obvious question: Will thegovernment shut down this week? Most likely.10 ways a government shutdown will affect your daily life - CNN.com
www.cnn.com/2013/09/23/politics/government-shutdown.../index.htmlSep 23, 2013 - A Park Service police officer stands guard in front of the Lincoln Memorial during a partial shutdown of the federalgovernment in November ...Senate rejects House amendments to spending bill as shutdown ...
www.washingtonpost.com/...shutdown...government.../977ebca2-29bd-1...9 hours ago - After a stalemate in Congress over the health-care law, the federal government shuts down for the first time in 17 years.Absolutely everything you need to know about how the government ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-a...1 day ago - A government shutdown starting Tuesday, Oct. 1, is now upon us. The House and Senate couldn't agree on a bill to fund the government, and ...A government shutdown: What could it look like? - U.S. News
usnews.nbcnews.com/_.../20745618-a-government-shutdown-what-coul...12 hours ago - Government agencies were directed to "execute plans for an orderly shutdown" late Monday as Congress failed to pass a funding bill that ...Now What? Government shutdown to be felt across America | Fox ...
www.foxnews.com/.../now-what-who-goes-and-who-stays-during-gover...3 hours ago - Hundreds of thousands of Americans are waking up Tuesday unsure about where their next paycheck will come from. Others will find their ...Government Shuts Down in Budget Impasse - NYTimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/us/.../congress-shutdown-debate.html1 day ago - The federal government will shut down for the first time in nearly two decades after last-minute moves in both chambers of Congress failed to ...
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