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Missouri governor calls special legislative session for Ford Motor incentives - KYTV

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon called Missouri legislators back to the Capitol to help a Ford Motor Co. factory near Kansas City. The governor wants lawmakers to approve up to $100 million in tax incentives over ...

Missouri governor blasts Nebraska, Colorado as 'weak' basketball programs - Dallas Morning News

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The historic rivalry with neighboring Kansas remains intact. Conference TV revenue is expected to double. And the imminent departure of Nebraska and Colorado means a tougher basketball league, top to ...

Kansas Early Childhood Advisory Council Created - Kansas City infoZine

Topeka, KS - infoZine - To enhance early educational opportunities for Kansas children, Governor Mark Parkinson has created the Kansas Early Childhood Advisory Council. “I am proud to form this advisory council that ...

Couple to portray first Kansas governor, his wife - LJWORLD

A Lawrence couple on Sunday will portray first Kansas Gov. Charles Robinson, a Lawrence founder, his wife, Sara, and their roles in Bleeding Kansas. Harold and Donna Riehm will give a free performance at 11 a.m. Sunday ...

Federal Medicaid Aid Boost Becomes Issue In Kansas Governor's Race - Kaiser Health News

TOPEKA — A bill in the U.S. Senate that would extend for six months richer federal Medicaid assistance to states and spare Kansas a potential $131 million hole in its budget has now become an issue in the Kansas ...

Kansas Governor Parkinson Creates Commission to Lower Kansas Dropout Rate - Kansas City infoZine

The newly created commission will examine and make recommendations to set a goal and timeline for reducing the statewide annual dropout rate. Topeka, KS - infoZine - To better prepare Kansas students for their future and ...

Lt. Governor Commends Kansas Transmission Project - WIBW

The following is a statement from Lieutenant Governor Troy Findley regarding an announcement from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval of a new “Highway/Byway” method of sharing costs for new ...

Kan. governor, US senators call Big 12's survival 'great news' for KU, Kansas State - KFOR

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' governor and two U.S. senators say the survival of the Big 12 is great news for the University of Kansas and Kansas State University. Gov. Mark Parkinson said Tuesday the Kansas schools are ...

Panel clears Moran - Morning Sun

An ethics panel said this week that there was no probable cause to believe that U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran, R-Kan. had taken an improper gift. The claim was initiated by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ...

Qualifying ends for governor, other Cabinet races - Kansas City Star

Fire the starting gun on what promises to be the busiest - and hardest to predict - campaign season in Florida political history. The qualifying period for statewide and legislative races closed Friday, setting the field ...

Home | Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson

Official website of the Governor of the State of Kansas. ... The Road to Recovery Governor Parkinson tours the state to sign the transportation bill which will create tens of ...

Governor of Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas, United States. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving ...

Kansas.gov - The Official Web site of the State of Kansas

Kansas Bureau of Investigation; Kansas Insurance Commissioner Praeger; Governor Sebelius; Secretary of State; Kansas.gov Tile; Board of Nursing; County Services

Kansas Governor Targets State's Dropout Rate - KWCH - Kansas News and ...

KWCH - Kansas News and Weather - Kansas Governor Targets State's Dropout Rate

Resolved Question: Can you believe this Napolitano claims lack of amnesty for illegals led to SB1070?

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Congress's inability to pass comprehensive immigration reform has fueled the frustration the led to Arizona's strict new law against illegal immigration, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday. The former Arizona governor and top prosecutor told a group of college scholarship recipients in Missouri that she understands the frustration but believes the law is a mistake. Napolitano, who was invited to Williams Jewell College to receive an award, said she vetoed similar proposals while governor. "I don't think they are good law enforcement," Napolitano told students at the small liberal arts college in Liberty, a suburb of Kansas City. Arizona's law makes it a state crime to be in the U.S. illegally. It directs police during traffic stops or while questioning people about possible legal violations to question individuals about their immigration status if there's reason to suspect they are illegally in the country. Napolitano said most law officers oppose such laws "because they force everybody to deal with immigration work as opposed to serious violent crimes, serious property crimes, other kinds of offenses that they may wish to prioritize in their own community. And that's not what law enforcement wants to do." http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12549821 more

Resolved Question: Would someone edit my essay? I need it a bit longer.?

At noon on April 22, 1889, cannons resounded at a 2-million acre (8,000 km²) section of Indian Territory, launching president Benjamin Harrison's "Hoss Race" or Land Run of 1889. During the next six hours, about 10,000 people settled in what became the capital of the new Territory of Oklahoma: Guthrie. Within months, Guthrie became a modern brick and stone "Queen of the Prairie" with municipal water, electricity, a mass transit system, and underground parking garages for horses and carriages. Hobart Johnstone Whitley, also known as HJ and the Father of Hollywood, built the first brick block building in the territory for the National Loan & Trust Company. He was asked by the local people to be the first Governor of Oklahoma. Whitley traveled to Washington, D.C. where he persuaded the U.S. Congress to allow Guthrie to be the new capital of the state of Oklahoma. By 1907, when Guthrie became the capital, it looked like a well established Eastern city. Statehood, however, meant that political control moved from the national level to state government. Without the protective arm of the federal government. three years later Guthrie fought and lost its battle to retain the capital. In the middle of the night, on June 11, 1910, the state seal was moved to Oklahoma City, and along with it, Guthrie's entire economic base. Guthrie soon slipped into an economic sleep lasting seventy years. Guthrie prospered briefly as the administrative center of the territory, but was eclipsed in economic influence by Oklahoma City early in the 20th century. Oklahoma City had managed to become a major junction for several railroads and had attracted a major industry in the form of meat packing. A successful campaign was started by Oklahoma City business leaders after statehood to make Oklahoma City the new state capital, and it was moved in 1910. As a result of the sudden loss of its administrative function, Guthrie began to dwindle in size and soon lost its status as Oklahoma's second largest city, first to Muskogee, then later to Tulsa. Guthrie was named for John Guthrie of Topeka, a Kansas jurist. Guthrie post office was established April 4, 1889.[3]Guthrie was designated a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service in 19. The happy result of Guthrie's misfortune is that the city is a perfectly preserved Victorian enclave. While growth and poor urban planning caused other Oklahoma towns such as Oklahoma City to destroy much of their early downtown architecture, much of the entire central business and residential district of Guthrie is totally intact. Guthrie is the largest urban Historic district in the United States, containing 2,169 buildings, 1,400 acres (6 km2) and 400 city blocks. Historical tourism has become the new industry for the town. Guthrie is home to several museums, including the Oklahoma Territorial Museum, as well as the National 4-String Banjo Hall of Fame and the Guthrie Scottish Rite Masonic Temple. Guthrie also claims to be the "Bed and Breakfast capital of Oklahoma". Guthrie is a Certified City and has received a Community Development Block Grant to inventory infrastructure features for Capital Improvement Planning (CIP). Guthrie has two lakes south of it called Liberty Lake and Guthrie Lake. The city hosts the Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, which draws 15,000 visitors annually. Guthrie is also the home to Oklahoma's oldest year-round professional theatre company, the Pollard Theatre Company. With an emphasis on creative story-telling that illuminates the shared human experience, the Pollard produces six or more plays and musicals annually, enlisting the talents of skilled artists from all across the country. Through its season of diverse theatrical fare which includes A Territorial Christmas Carol, the annual holiday favorite, the Pollard Company continues to set the standard for theatrical production in the Sooner state. Its about Guthrie btw. I'll give you really good ratings from time to time if you help me out on this. more

Resolved Question: What Will Alabama Change Its Name To?

Their hillbilly governor has declared that only English should be spoken in Alabama. This means the state must change its name since the word "Alabama" appears on all official state documents and it is an Indian word, not English. Likewise, all of the counties, rivers, towns, etc. in the state with non-English names will be forced to change their names as well. What will all those hillbillies think about that? You know how they hate change? Or are they all bigoted hypocrites? Other states that will be forced to change their names if this idiocy continues: Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nevada, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, etc. etc. LOL! Cons HATE facts and logic! ROFL! brown: And Colorado can change it's name to "Red." more

Resolved Question: A letter to Christian America?

To the citizens of the United States of America: In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy). Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. 1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. 2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour', 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise'. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary'). 3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell- checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize. 4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. 5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun. 6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public. 7. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour. 8. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline)-roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it. 9. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar. 10. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting Nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion. 11. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater. 12. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try Rugby - the South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us. 13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries. 14. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad. 15. An internal revenue age or to all Americans I guess more

Resolved Question: When did the new state mottos become official?

Have you learned yours yet? Alabama Hell Yes, We Have Electricity Alaska 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong! Arizona Yes, But It's A Dry Heat Arkansas Lituracy Ain't Everythang California By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda Colorado If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother Connecticut Like Massachusetts, only smaller Delaware We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water Florida Ask Us About Our Grandkids And Our Voting Skills Georgia We Put The Fun In Fundamentalist Extremism Hawaii Haka Tiki Mo Sha'ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money) Idaho More Than Just Potatoes... Well, Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good Illinois Please, Don't Pronounce the "S" Indiana 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free Iowa We Do Amazing Things With Corn Kansas First Of The Rectangle States Kentucky Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names Louisiana We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign Maine We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster Maryland If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It Massachusetts Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden families and Our Senators Are More Corrupt Michigan First Line Of Defense From The Canadians Minnesota 10,000 Lakes... And 10 Zillion Mosquitoes Mississippi Come visit And Feel Better About Your Own State Missouri Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work Montana Land of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-wing Crazies and Honest Elections! Nebraska Ask About Our State Motto Contest Nevada Hookers and Poker! New Hampshire Go Away And Leave Us Alone New Jersey You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right here! New Mexico Lizards Make Excellent Pets New York You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An Attorney... And No Right To Self Defense! North Carolina Tobacco Is A Vegetable North Dakota We Really Are One Of The 50 States! Ohio At Least We're Not Michigan Oklahoma Like The Play, But No Singing Oregon Spotted Owl.. It's What's For Dinner Pennsylvania Cook With Coal Rhode Island We're Not REALLY An Island South Carolina Remember The Civil War? Well, We Didn't Actually Surrender Yet South Dakota Closer Than North Dakota Tennessee Home of the Al Gore Invention Museum Texas Se Hable Ingles Utah Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus Vermont Too liberal for the KennedysVirginia Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix? Washington Our Governor can out-fraud your Governor! West Virginia One Big Happy Family...Really! Wisconsin Come Cut the Cheese! Wyoming Where Men Are Men... And The Sheep Are Nervous Home of Brokeback Mtn. The District of Columbia The Work-Free Drug Place ! more

Resolved Question: The 1936 presidential campaign and election was notable for.. ?

A) The strong race run by Kansas Governor Alfred M. Landon B) The support of the New Deal offered by the American Liberty League C) Its focus on a bitter class welfare between the poor and the rich or D) The strong socialist party campaign of Norman Thomas Only 1 correct answer. more

Resolved Question: Does Obama WH think they can add a few "Republican" elements to this unpopular healthcare bill THEN pass it?

So the Obama White House still seems to think the bill that over 50% of the country still opposes (and has opposed for months now) is a good starting point. Did this bill magically get better over the last 2 weeks?? (special deal for big labor, the backroom deal BIG PHARMA made with the WH which insures no cheaper drugs, no public option, no watered down public option, unconstitutional federal mandate to buy private insurance, special deals for states like Nebraska and Louisiana......) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/08/exclusive-sebelius-says-o_n_453340.html Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Monday that President Obama is willing to "add various elements" to health care legislation suggested by Republican lawmakers during an upcoming bipartisan meeting on the topic. But he won't change the entire plan and he is "absolutely not" hitting the reset button on the legislative process, the former Kansas governor insisted. In a brief interview with the Huffington Post following a speech to an audience of health care professionals, Sebelius said that the president views the bipartisan meeting as a needed pivot to move reform forward. Asked if he will expedite the legislative process following his various sit-downs with congressional Republicans, she replied: "I certainly think so. I think he sees this as a step to actually accelerating the process forward. He wants to move forward. He wants a bill at his desk and he sees this as kind of closing the loop and let's go."............................"We have to get, frankly, the Republican members of the House and Senate to re-engage in this process," she declared. "I think it is not acceptable that half of the legislative body pushed away from the table when this conversation began months ago and basically said, 'We don't want to participate in this process.' If you remember, for a long time, the discussion was, 'Well, we don't want to participate in anything that has a public option in it.'... Well, as far as I have determined, the public option is no longer part of the plan and yet no one has come back to the table and said, 'We will now talk about how to move forward with a private market strategy.'" more

Resolved Question: There is only one person running for the democratic party in Kansas for Governor?

The person who is running is a homeless man who is disabled. He has decided to run for Governor. He has no previous experience in politics. Do you think that president Obama will support him? more

Resolved Question: Did you know that Fred Phelps of WBC is a Democrat?

Phelps has run in various Kansas Democratic Party primaries five times, but has never won. These included races for governor in 1990, 1994, and 1998, receiving about 15 percent of the vote in 1998.In the 1992 Democratic Party primary for U.S. Senate, Phelps received 31 percent of the vote. Isn't Phelps just as bad, if not worse than former Democrat David Duke? more

Resolved Question: Will Senator Rieds Health bill force you to pay a monthly abortion premium?

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) massive, 2,074-page bill would levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan. "Beginning on line 7, p. 118, section 1303 under 'Voluntary Choice of Coverage of Abortion Services'... listen to this,... the Health and Human Services Secretary is given the authority to determine when abortion is allowed under the government-run health plan. That is Kathleen Sebelius at this time, the Kansas Governor that spent her term in office defending Partial birth abortion. Leader Reid’s plan also requires that at least one insurance plan offered in the Exchange covers abortions (line 13, p. 120). What is even more alarming is that a monthly abortion premium will be charged of “all enrollees” in the government-run health plan on line 11, page 122, section 1303, under 'Actuarial Value of Optional Service Coverage.' The premium will be paid into a US Treasury account -- and these federal funds will be used to pay for the abortion services in a monthly abortion premium and that's where the money will come from for government-run and paid-for abortions. Section 1303(a)(2)(C) describes the process in which the Health Benefits Commissioner is to assess the monthly premiums that will be used to pay for elective abortions under the government-run health plan and for those who are given an affordability credit to purchase insurance coverage that includes abortion through the Exchange. The Commissioner must charge at a minimum $1 per enrollee per month. This is not to be confused with the house bill or Stupak amendment. This is the Ried Senate bill to be voted on tomorrow. more

Voting Question: Lately, in my area there has been an onsaught of roadblocks and in other nearby cities why?

It's a rumor that: police authorities are searching vehicles, due to the forced vaccination conspiracy coming in the upcoming months, since we (American citizens) Are under national emergency- this gives the government extraordinary powers. The rights of citizens are no longer relevent. I hope this is just a rumor, but then again what about this: If you read the NY Times, according to the a group of NY health officials were refusing to take the vaccine, how can they when its mandatory ? Well, after the long fight the governor withdrew from battle, and subsequently the next day Obama declares national emergency. Heres the proof---->Recently El Reportero published an article from www.Infowar.com which told the alarming news that the government is planning to set roadblocks to verify if those stopped had received the H1N1vaccine. As a mean to follow up on the story, we are publishing another story from Inforwar.com, which actually show that those roadblocks are real, and have started being set up in some parts in the U.S. To keep our readers and the community at large well-informed about this pressing issue, we offer you the benefit to read the article in El Reportero, your favorite newspaper. The public and government agents are free to write to us to dispute its validity. by Paul Joseph Watson The testimony of a woman who claimed she was part of a military drill in California centered around setting up roadblocks to check if people had received the H1N1 vaccine has potentially been validated with another report of a swine flu checkpoint near San Diego. Earlier this month we reported http://www.prisonplanet.com/police-and-military-train-to-intern-swine-flu-vaccine-refusniks.html) on the You Tube video of a woman who claimed to have taken part in an Army exercise which involved setting up roadblocks and checkpoints so authorities could check who has received the swine flu vaccine. Those who have had the shots will be fitted with an RFID bracelet so they can be tracked. Those who have not taken the shot will be offered it there and then and if they still refuse, will be carted off to an internment camp, according to the woman. Former Kansas state trooper Greg Evensen spoke of similar checkpoints recently, when he told an audience in West Virginia that preparations to enforce mandated vaccinations were being focused around preventing those who haven’t had the shot from traveling. “I have been told by state troopers across the country that there are plans ready to be implemented that would include roadblocks and choke points as we call them, major interstate junctions around major cities and so forth where the greatest number of people can be held until they prove their vaccination by papers,” Evenson said, adding that permanent RFID bracelets would then be used to identify those who had taken the shot. “I have been told that the plans would include buses standing by for people at roadblocks that refuse to take the inoculation,” added Evenson, saying that such refusniks would then be taken to military bases and imprisoned. “Get your shot or get on the bus, that’s what’s coming,” warned Evenson. Authorities in Boston have already trialed RFID bracelet technology, with the purpose of creating a “vaccination map” charting which people have taken the vaccine and which have not, or “creating a citywide registry of everyone who has had a flu vaccination,” as a Boston Globe article describes. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/11/21/boston_launches_flu_shot_tracking/Participants were given a bracelet with a unique identifier code, exactly as described in the You Tube clip of the woman’s testimony. We have now received yet another report of a roadblock staffed by armed military personnel centered around checking whether people have received vaccines. A reader e mailed us a photo (see top of page) and the testimony of his friend who was traveling from California to Arizona after visiting friends. The man was driving through mountains east of San Diego when he came across a roadblock. “As I neared the border they had a checkpoint set up but not the usual stateline checkpoint,” he writes. “As I approached I noticed armed military personnel had most of the cars pulled over and there were a lot of people going in and out of a mobile trailer. The people looked confused and some upset. Seeing what was going on made me really nervous,” the man adds. He was then approached by a women in military fatigues who asked him where he was driving and “something about a vaccination.” “I got scared and told her I was a state geologist doing field research and because I was doing so much driving back and forth I had my vaccine on campus. She didn’t say anything for a few seconds and then the car behind me started honking and she got pissed and waved me on. I was so scared!,” he concludes. The truck with the green stripe seen in the image is undoubtedly a bo more

Resolved Question: Could we get our 50 governors to secede from Washington DC?

Could we reinstate the Constitution without the 16th and 17th Amendments and start over in a new city, maybe in Kansas or Colorado? Elect a new president and congress, begin from scratch and write new laws? Issue our own currency without the help of a central bank? Eliminate campaign contributions? Force media to give air time to candidates in exchange for free use of the airwaves? Could we do a better job than the mess we now have in DC? (I'm not just talking about the last 10 months!) . . Homegirl: I don't want to rewrite the Constitution, just eliminate two of the amendments. I threw this extreme question out because I'm frustrated with the way large campaign doners control Washington. American corporations are allowed to set up shell companies in the Caribbean and realize their profits there rather than here, where they would have to pay their fair share of taxes, thanks to Congress. Almost 70 percent of Americans want the illegal aliens rounded up and sent home. If there was a million dollar fine for hiring them, they would go home themselves for lack of work. This one is easy, but Washington isn't working for us. They're working for corporations that support RAZA and other organizations that are pro cheap labor, and donate heavily to thier campaigns. I bet most Americans support some level of tort reform as part of our new healthcare bill, but we'll never see it. The legal lobby is just too powerful. There are literally thousands of examples... . . Avenger: The 17th Amendment was supposed to correct the deadlocks that occured from time to time in state assemblies. All they really needed to do was amend Article I to say that the state's deputy governors can break deadlocks, much like the vice president breaks deadlocks in the senate. Today, the state governments have no voice in Washington. They used to send senators and could control the way they voted. Today, we the people vote for senators and typically the guy with the biggest war chest wins--a direct result of campaign contributions. Special interests love the 17th Amendment, while the people are being harmed by it. If we could eliminate the 17th Amendment, there would no longer be a need for Senators to campaign. If they don't campaign, they won't owe the special interests. The FCC has some useful but unwielded power that might help. All FCC licenses require public service time, but the licensees have turned "public service" into a circus. They call it "The News" and they devote more time to Paris Hilton flashing her puddy-tat than broadcasting real news. The FCC has the power to redirect "public service" airtime if they feel like the public isn't being served. Maybe they could force the networks to use some of that time (preferably the Paris Hilton time) to candidates running for House seats. That would greatly reduce the need for campaign contributions in the House. Separation of church and state is working fairly well. What we need is a little separation of money and legislators. more

Resolved Question: A Message From John Cleese to the citizens of the United States of America?

In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas , which she does not fancy). Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Colony, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: 1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. 2. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters and the suffix -ize will be replaced by the suffix -ise. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels (look up 'vocabulary'). 3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize. 4.You will relearn your original national anthem, God Save the Queen. 5. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. 6. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist, then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun. 7. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public. 8. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you European cars, you will understand what we mean. 9. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour. 10. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) - roughly $10 per US gallon. Get used to it. 11. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar. 12. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. 13. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie McDowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater. 14. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try Rugby - the South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us. 15. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries. 16. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad. 17. An official from Her Majesty's Inland Revenue (i.e. tax collector) will be with you shortly to ensure the collection of more

Voting Question: Could we get our 50 governors to seceded from Washington DC?

Resolved Question: America are you ready for this change?

To the citizens of the United States of America: In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas , which she does not fancy). Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary. 1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. 2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix -ize will be replaced by the suffix -ise. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary'). 3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as 'like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize. You will relearn your original national anthem, God Save The Queen. 4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. 5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun. 6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public. 7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean. 8. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour. 9. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline)-roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it. 10. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar. 11. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. Australian beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting Nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. 12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie McDowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater. 13. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try Rugby - the Australians and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us. 14. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, a more

Resolved Question: Obama is a natural born citizen no matter what due to Jus Sanguinis. why do we still challenge his birth?

do you really think a republican governor from Hawaii would lie to get Obama into office? also, consider the fact that his mother was an american from Kansas...so techincally, by the USA policy of Jus Sanguinis, Obama would be a natural born citizen through his mother. consider that Lowell P. Weicker ran in the 80's for the republican ticket (that's probably why no one attacked him) and he was born in paris to two americans...no court ever challenged him. so why is Obama such an issue? does he have to show his birth certificate? I don't remember that being in the constitution or acts as being a requirement for office of the presidency...and also...why the hell should he have too? why didn't bush have to show his birth certificate? Paula...proof Pics that Obama was born in kenya...where is his Kenyan birth certificate? KENYA ISSUED BIRTH CERTIFICATES YOU KNOW more

Voting Question: By appointing famous people to his Cabinet, do you think Obama is trying to secure a 2nd Presidential term?

Barack Obama appointed his former Presidential rivals Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden to be in his Cabinet as Secretary of State and Vice President respectively. And he recently appointed Kansas Governor Kathleen Sibelius as Health Secretary. Hillary is very popular among at least 40% of Democrats during the Presidential Primaries last year, and Kathleen Sibelius was even speculated to be a possible Presidential Candidate last year. Do you think by appointing these high-profile, well-known people to his Cabinet, Obama is actually securing a 2nd term in office? more

Resolved Question: How can the President say he's helping when the B of Un-America is putting my disabled son on the street?

the 23rd their putting my house on the court steps all because Bank of Un-American tricked me when they said they were modifying my home and I have a disabled son that has been abused in 8 different nursing homes, the state has done nothing to help and now me and my disabled son will have to probably file bankruptcy, my son was hit by a vehicle while changing a tire on the freeway here in kansas city mo, he was hit so hard it knocked his leg completely behind him and split his head open in several places, in the nursing holes, he got bed sores many times 150pneumonia's, broke his arm ,cut the nerves in his arms now he cant lift them ever again, 2 cases ecol bacteria, laid with scabies for almost 2 years, stuck catheterr so far up my son that it toreurethraa in 4 places, yet Governor Jay Nixon has ignored my pleas, my son has had no doctor in over 21/2 yrs because no one will come to the house, Jim Jr averaged once a month while in the nursing holes, in the hospital for urinary tract infections,pneumonia'ss, had to cut off half his heal from letting him lay without rotating him. so I had enough I bring him home, and the state threatens me and says if he dies in my care they will sue me, but it's okay for the state to allow abuse in the nursing holes and cover it all up like it never happened, the governor has it down pat, your loved ones life is only worth 250,000.00 even if they abuse mame kill your loved one the max is $250,000.00. lawyers won't take the case because the no money by the time you dodepositionss, with doctors at 90.00 an hour and witness, then split whats left with client, it's not worth it. So my son gets abused in more ways then any one person should ever have to go through, so I bring him home only to find the state offers my son no help so I can work this stat has caused me to go over 200,000.00 in debt in just the 2 1/2 years since bring Jim home, Doesn't anybody care is this what this country has stooped to? I've also sacrificed the last 11 yrs of my life to take care of my son with absolutely no help from the state, no nurses, no doctors, doctors that write prescriptions like potassium, and flourisimide, acetylisistine, and more without ever seeing the patient, this state allows it. What would you do if this happened to you 17 year old son or daughter, open can at the site yet the police don't even check the ford motor companyemployeee for alcohol in is system nor did they even write him a ticket for hitting my son while he was changing his tire, you tell me what do you think of a Governor who ignores your pleas, or a police dept that doesn't even do it's job or all the multiple nursing holes the abuse and kill your loved ones regularly, maybe you just put your old father or mother in those places so you don't have to bother with it, let it be on yourconsciouss, I'm putting a video about real encounters of what else this cover up state has done if anybody has any backbone or are just curious, respond, to the rest who don't care, it will effect you or a loved one someday, there's practically no way around it, more

Resolved Question: Relocation Fees? anyone know/remember?

Did the NHL force the Colorado or Phoenix owners to pay relocation fees to Quebec or Winnipeg when they moved from Canada to the US?? How much? ( I know they moved quickly) If not,,is is fair for someone to pay Phoenix fees? (Im sure the NHL wouldnt have made Reinsdorf pay fees if he moved them). Also...If the NHL is so hung up on "credibility" of ownership..why do they continue to let some owners have teams (ie Tampa Bay) when they have to borrow money to keep their teams afloat. I believe I read where Len Barrie had to borrow money for this coming season. NHL Board of Governors and Bettman are tools. This is all personal. If it wasnt Ballsile but some other mega-rich guy who wanted to buy Phoenix and move them to say, Kansas..the NHL and Bettman would approve. Im not saying its just in Tampa..Yes Ottawa (and other Cdn cities)needed money too,,but then of course they got a mega rich owner who cares. If the NHL wants to help struggling franchises and stop the complaining about some markets,,maybe find owners who can and want to sustain them or maybe do a bit of research of feasablity. more

Resolved Question: Can you check my 5 short paragraphed essay for my 11th grade English class?

My most memorable moment was in middle school when we drove to capital building in Topeka. The charter bus finally left Wichita and was completely packed full of seventh and eight grade choir students. The ride to the Kansas state capital was long and repetitive as we drove past nothing but fields. The anxiousity was there, and yet our smiles overruled all of our nerves. Finally from the city limits, there stood tall and proud, the capital. This was a moment to deeply breathe in, because this memory could potentially last a lifetime. We first unloaded and darted up the endless stairs full of energy. The halls of the capital were beautiful and white as snow. After the grand tour, it was our chance to shine. Governor Kathleen Sibilius quietly took her front row seat as we sang songs of Kansas pride. Finally, we ended the day with a group picture. For some odd reason, I can still remember her wearing a silk, magenta blouse. This moment was so memorable to me for two reasons. The number one reason was because we got to meet the Governor of Kansas. The number two reason was because not many people get to visit Topeka, nor the capital. I would love to relive this moment for the simple fact of getting to perform for someone so high in class. If I had to change one moment about that day, it would have been to actually take pictures of the Governor. That one special day has influenced me now to dream big. I never once thought that our choir could achieve something so high-leveled. Performing for the Governor of Kansas definitely gave me a confidence booster in my voice. It has influenced me to keep my head up high because you never know what is at the end of the tunnel. Huge accomplishments, I promise you, are certainly there waiting. My appreciation for this moment is more than just an accomplishment for myself. I view this moment as a success story to others. Goals are possible, even if they are set high. I believe that once you achieve your goals and standards, you will be overwhelmed with joy. Your happiness will sky rocket with pride. I can not even express how that feels. Breathe in your most greatest memories, they will last a lifetime. more

Resolved Question: Conservatives: Do you feel betrayed by all these Republicans who endorsed Obama?

Julie Nixon Eisenhower Susan Eisenhower Caroline Giuliani and Ron Reagan Jr., the son of the conservative icon! and Colin Powell, the most respect Republican in Washington! and many more: * Former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson[25] * Former Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee[26] * Former Minnesota Senator David Durenberger supported John Kerry in the 2004 election, leaving the Republican Party. He now supports Obama. [27] * Former Kansas Congressman, Nixon Administration Deputy Secretary of Defense and United States Permanent Representative to NATO Robert F. Ellsworth * Former Virginia Governor Linwood Holton, father-in-law of current Governor Tim Kaine (D-VA)[29] * Former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach * Former Maryland Senator Charles Mathias, Jr. Mathias was a liberal Republican who was often at odds with the conservative wing of the party as a senator. * Former South Dakota Senator Larry Pressler * Former Connecticut Governor and Senator Lowell Weicker. Weicker left the Republican Party in 1988 after a campaign in which prominent Republicans supported his opponent, Joe Lieberman. He supported Democrat Bill Bradley in 2000 and Howard Dean in 2004 for the presidency. * Former Massachusetts Governor William Weld[34] * Mayor Lou Thieblemont of Camp Hill, Penn. Thieblemont switched his party registration from Republican to Democrat so that he could vote for Obama in the Pennsylvania primary. * Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Jim Whitaker endorsed Obama and delivered a speech on the second day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. * Former Oklahoma Congressman Mickey Edwards voted for Obama; announced one day after the election. * Former Maryland Congressman Wayne Gilchrest (who was an outgoing incumbent at the time) told WBAL-TV that he voted for Obama in a January interview. more

Resolved Question: Have you heard of John Cleese??????? if not then you will not appreciate the following......?

This is not posted to make fun of anyone i just thought it would get a laugh out of some people. Please comment on what you think about it. Dear Citizens of America, In view of your failure to elect a competent President and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy), as from Monday next. Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: 1. You should look up “revocation” in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up “aluminium,” and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. 2. The letter ‘U’ will be reinstated in words such as ‘colour’, ‘favour’ and ‘neighbour.’ Likewise, you will learn to spell ‘doughnut’ without skipping half the letters, and the suffix “ize” will be replaced by the suffix “ise.” 3. You will learn that the suffix ‘burgh’ is pronounced ‘burra’; you may elect to spell Pittsburgh as ‘Pittsberg’ if you find you simply can’t cope with correct pronunciation. 4. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels (look up “vocabulary”). Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as “like” and “you know” is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. 5. There is no such thing as “US English.” We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter ‘u’ and the elimination of “-ize.” 6. You will relearn your original national anthem, “God Save The Queen”, but only after fully carrying out Task #1 (see above). 7. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. November 2nd will be a new national holiday, but to be celebrated only in England. It will be called “Come-Uppance Day.” 8. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you’re not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you’re not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you’re not grown up enough to handle a gun. 9. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public. 10. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean. 11. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric immediately and without the benefit of conversion tables… Both roundabouts and metrification will help you understand the British sense of humour. 12. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling “gasoline”) – roughly $8/US per gallon. Get used to it. 13. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call french fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called “crisps.” Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with malt vinegar. 14. Waiters and waitresses will be trained to be more aggressive with customers. 15. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as “beer,” and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as “Lager.” American brands will be referred to as “Near-Frozen Gnat’s Urine,” so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion. 16. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors as English characters. Watching Andie MacDowell attempt English dialogue in “Four Weddings and a Funeral” was an experience akin to having one’s ear removed with a cheese grater. 17. You will cease playing American “football.” There is only one kind of proper football; you call it “soccer”. Those of you brave enough, in time, will be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American “football”, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of Jessies – English slang for “Big Girls Blouse”). 18. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the “Wor “World Series” for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable and forgiven. 19. You must tell us who killed JFK. It’s been driving us mad. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty’s Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due, backdated to 1776. 20.Last but not the least, and for heaven's sake.....it's Nuclear as in "clear" NOT Nucular. Thank you for your co-operation and have a great day more

Resolved Question: If Gov Palin was head of Health & Human Services now instead of Gov Sabelious, would Alaska get $900 Million?

on its way to Anchorage now? She wouldn't have finished her term as Governor but it's working well for former Gov Sebilious: $200 million to Manhattan Kansas $700 million to Greensburg Kansas, requested by Congress. For Biotechnology, in Tornado Alley, go figure more

Resolved Question: OK! some Obama jokes Im A RIGHT-WINGED RADICALIST so CAUTION!?

The Latest Obama Jokes (Contributed or inspired by readers.) Barack Obama is an old Kenyan word for Jimmy Carter. Tip o'the hat to Tyler Obama doesn't want terrorists tortured. He wants to torture American taxpayers instead. Tip o'the hat to Kenneth Why doesn't Obama pray? It's impossible to read the teleprompter with your eyes closed. Tip o'the hat to Scott New Barack Channel (NBC) Another Barack Channel (ABC) My Seriously New Barack Channel (MSNBC) What do you call the US after four years of Obama and the Liberal ccongress? An Obama nation. Tip o'the hat to Michael Q. What will the difference be between President Obama and Karl Marx? A. Karl Marx had way more experience. Tip o'the hat to Michael President Obama promised his wife he would take her to a Broadway Show and he did just that. Well, now you know what ya gotta do to get Barack to live up to a promise. Barack was reportedly amazed by the ahk-tors on stage. He turned to Michelle and said, "They said their lines on stage for THREE HOURS and not ONE teleprompter. WOW!" Meanwhile the two kids, Sasha and Malia, stayed home and watched HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3, with Joe Biden. Which is NOT to be confused with PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3, which is rated R due to sex and violence. Tip o'the hat to RadioFree Rocky D President Obama called the Space Shuttle and the astronauts told him they had a bit of trouble getting the Hubble Telescope to cooperate. To which Obama replied, "Well, did you try taxing it, printing your own money and threatening it with the media?" More problems; the Space Shuttle call is NOT on Obama’s calling plan and it’s going to cost the taxpayers $1 trillion. Then Obama appointed Republican Governor of Utah John Huntsman ambassador to China. It’s all part of Obama’s plan to get ALL the republicans out of the country by the end of next year. Tip o'the hat to RadioFree Rocky D The words are pretty much original. I think you will know the tune: Obama, won't you buy me a smartcar by Mercedes Benz? Obama, won't you buy me a smartcar by Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Humvees, I must make amends I work hard 'n I pay taxes, I don't pollute like my friends, Obama won't you buy me a smartcar by Mercedes Benz? Obama, won't you buy me a wide screened HD TV My bailout dollars are still tryin' t' find me! I'll wait for deliv'ry each morning 'till three Obama won't you buy me a wide screened HD TV? Obama, won't you buy me a house on the outskirts of town, With no pimps, drug addicts or whores hangin' 'round? Prove that you love me, don't make it down town! Obama, won't you buy me a house on the outskirts of town? Obama, won't you buy me a smartcar by Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Humvees, I must make amends I work hard 'n I pay taxes, I don't pollute like my friends, Obama won't you buy me a smartcar by Mercedes Benz? Tip o'the hat to Kansas Joe Rush Limbaugh: So, Mr. President, do you believe most Americans see the "glass as half empty, or half full?" President Obama: Doesn't matter how they see it, the fact is, they just need a smaller glass. Tip o'the hat to Kansas Joe ********************* Obama Tax Jokes "Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit Obama's national debt." -- Tip o'the hat to Herbert Hoover Based on his performance in office so far, President Obama should do just fine on his future tax returns. After all, he will be able to write off his second term. It's too bad that we can't buy stock in the federal tax system. With Obama as president that will be only thing sure to go up. President Obama is angrily calling for more federal tax increases. He just heard from his advisors that some American taxpayers weren't completely broke yet. The best things in life are free but President Obama's tax advisors are working hard trying to solve that problem. Barack Obama isn't planning on buying TurboTax®. Obama can turbocharge our taxes all by himself. President Obama's tax return should list Bill Ayers and Reverend Wright as dependents. President Obama plans to start printing income tax forms on Kleenex, so it will be easier for us to pay through the nose. President Obama has just announced that he has a new plan to simplify the tax code. From now on only the Republicans will have to have to pay any taxes. Q. Who should be listed as the most expensive dependent on your tax return? A. President Obama. President Obama will make it a lot easier for most people to do their income taxes next year. No jobs, no income. Under Obama everyone in America will be working for the government. Democrats will be on the payrolls and Republicans will be on the tax rolls. In more

Resolved Question: Plot help? Going anywhere?

Alright. Here's the first chapter: Dear Past, Hey. My name is Lane Peters, and I'm a fourteen-year-old zoner girl. No, not some druggie, like you twenty-first century people might think. What do I mean by "you people"? I mean that I come from, you guessed it, the future. (shock!) Now, now, before we get ahead of ourselves, this isn't a joke, and it's not from that movie. This is the year 2046. I have no idea what year this letter will come, or to whom, so DO NOT LOSE, and DO NOT. THROW. AWAY. Be careful. Right this moment, I'm writing down on one of the few last sheets of paper on the universe. (I only have so much room, so please excuse my teeny-tiny handwriting.) A zoner is someone who lives on the very fringes of the Districts. They may have been part of the rebellion, or just plain ran away when things went downhill. We don't really care for the stupid Districts, so we would rather spend what little life we have left to spend running away from the Collectors. Things in your life span are quickly losing their precious time. Think things are bad there? Try the future. Oil has ran out, an Earth War is going on, and people have gone insane. In the U.S., which I'm presuming you live in, there are three Districts. They are hidden safely in Kansas, in between burned and broken cities. Underground. But dang, it's strict there. Only whispers are allowed to be spoken, school has been completely cut out, and every single person works for the government. Yeah, that's right, no more any "the government works for the people!" crap. Currently, Diedrick Faez is the President. Or King, if you prefer. The total population of Underground Diedrick Town is around...sixty-thousand? Yes, around there. Us zoners have decided to risk it above ground, having to narrowly avoid the Collectors every day. Yuck. Just writing the name down makes me shiver in disgust. Having many groups, they're able to spread out across the U.S. and cover much land. They do this so they can ravage anything they walk through, capture any stray human, and force them to be their slave. That's what happened to most of my family. But enough. Everyone needs your help, whether you think you can, or think you can't. Save us! Set us free! Change the past, salvage the future. I, and many others, are counting on you. You're all we've got. WARNING: Never, never, ever, ever show this to authoritative positions. This means the police, the governor, anyone you cannot trust. Actually, scratch that. You can only trust yourself. Now how to go about saving the world and such? (It's not going to be easy, I can tell you that much). You must somehow, maybe even singlehandedly, get rid of the Paiyley Olridge Oregon Plant. It's a large nuclear power plant, somewhere inside of Oregon. This very plant ends up destroying basically, the whole world. (I'm not crazy, the air gets so polluted, and the rest is a mystery to me beyond that.) I only know so much, but now you know too. So please, gather your courage, forget the present, and save us. Good luck, and may God be with you. Lane Lane reads over the carefully written letter again. It had taken weeks just to make it legible because, after all, not a single person has written on paper for over ten years. "It's time to go!" Kiri whispers intently, "The Collectors eastern group is heading our way." "Okay. Be right there." Lane stashes the letter inside the high-tech Jumper, waves goodbye, and follows Kiri outside the door, looking back anxiously to see if the machine worked. Because the fate of the future was in that note. So...what do you think? A good first chapter? Any suggestions? If you want to read the next chapter, http://www.worthyofpublishing.com/book.asp?book_ID=3620#chapter_list there the first three chaps are. more

Resolved Question: With growing rates of paternity fraud in last 20+ yrs, should mandatory paternity testing be on new births?

The Kansas Legislature recently turned down a law to allow paternity testing in cases where the payer is not the father. In The News Man jailed for not supporting someone else's child 2006 Article - 7 states with laws Florida Paternity Fraud Bill Provides Relief for Some Men 2009 Article - 30 states with laws Missouri governor signs bill allowing paternity challenges Parent Trap? Litigation Explodes Over Paternity Fraud It should be noted that even though previously states didn't allow paternity testing once the man was paying child support, it was allowed in custody challenges the prove he had no right to the child. The drawback of that is the woman than forfeits her support claim, but than she can file a retroactive claim against the bio dad. None of what she gets from the bio dad is required to be paid back to the ex boyfriend or husband that not only supported the child, but also raised the child. Genetic disorder specialists have been lobbying for years for for requirements that new born babies get DNA testing for potential genetic cause disorders. In this manner they can get early treatment, or at least, the parents taught what to expect. The cost can be absorbed into that. Also, just as has already happened, the cost will continue to drop as technology grows. more

Resolved Question: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING "SUCCESS" REASONS did OBAMA PICK ACORN to CONDUCT the NEXT CENSUS?

http://media.washingtontimes.com/media/img/photos/2008/11/03/acorn_t756.JPG?362c89b9f4298c1f7d888d4fceb46698f5dfcc26 Example 1: In the state of Missouri in 1986, 12 ACORN members were convicted of voter fraud. Example 2: In December 2004, in St. Louis, six volunteers pleaded guilty of dozens of election law violations for filling out registration cards with names of dead people and other bogus information. Authorities launched an earlier investigation after noticing that among the new voters was longtime St. Louis alderman Albert “Red” Villa, who died in 1990. The volunteers worked for “Operation Big Vote” — a branch of ACORN — in St. Louis. Example 3: On February 10, 2005, Nonaresa Montgomery, a paid worker who ran Operation Big Vote during the run-up to the 2001 mayoral primary, was found guilty of vote fraud. Montgomery hired about 30 workers to do fraudulent voter-registration canvassing. Instead of knocking on doors, the volunteers sat at a St. Louis fast food restaurant and wrote out names and information from an outdated voter list. About 1,500 fraudulent voter registration cards were turned in. Example 4: In October 2006, St. Louis election officials discovered at least 1,492 “potentially fraudulent” voter registration cards. They were all turned in by ACORN volunteers. Example 5: In November 2006, 20,000 to 35,000 questionable voter registration forms were turned in by ACORN officials in Missouri. Most all of these were from St. Louis and Kansas City areas, where ACORN purportedly sought to help empower the “disenfranchised” minorities living there. But the ACORN workers weren’t just told to register new voters. The workers admitted on camera that they were coached to tell registrants to vote for Democrat Claire McCaskill. Example 6: In 2007, in Kansas City, Missouri, four ACORN employees were indicted for fraud. In April of this year eight ACORN employees in St. Louis city and county pleaded guilty to federal election fraud for submitting bogus voter registrations. Example 7 and onward: ere is a complete list of the ongoing investigations: North Carolina — State Board of Elections officials have found at least 100 voter registration forms with the same names over and over again. The forms were turned in by ACORN. Officials sent about 30 applications to the state Board of Elections for possible fraud investigation. Ohio — The New York Post reported that a Cleveland man said he was given cash and cigarettes by aggressive ACORN activists in exchange for registering an astonishing 72 times. The complaints have sparked an investigation by election officials into the organization, whose political wing has supported Barack Obama. Witnesses have already been subpoenaed to testify against the organization. Nevada — Authorities raided the headquarters of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now on Tuesday October 7, 2008, after a month-long investigation. The fraudulent voter registrations included the Dallas Cowboys starting line-up. Indiana — More than 2,000 voter registration forms filed in northern Indiana’s Lake County filled out by ACORN employees turned out to be bogus. Officials also stopped processing a stack of about 5,000 applications delivered just before the October 6 registration deadline after the first 2,100 turned out to be phony. Connecticut — Officials are looking into a complaint alleging ACORN submitted fraudulent voter registration cards in Bridgeport. In one instance, an official said a card was filled out for a 7-year-old girl, whose age was listed as 27. 8,000 cards were submitted in Bridgeport. Missouri — The Kansas City election board is reporting 100 duplicate applications and 280 with fake information. Acorn officials agreed that at least 4% of their registrations were bogus. Governor Matt Blunt condemned the attempts by ACORN to commit voter fraud. Pennsylvania — Officials are investigating suspicious or incomplete registration forms submitted by ACORN. 252,595 voter registrations were submitted in Philadelphia. Remarkably, 57,435 were rejected — most of them submitted by ACORN. Wisconsin — In Milwaukee ACORN improperly used felons as registration workers. Additionally, its workers are among 49 cases of bad registrations sent to authorities for possible charges, as first reported by the Journal Sentinel. Florida — The Pinellas County Elections supervisor says his office has received around 35 voter registrations that appear to be bogus. There is also a question of 30,000 felons who are registered illegally to vote. Their connections with ACORN are not yet clear. Texas — Of the 30,000 registration cards ACORN turned in, Harris County tax assessor Paul Bettencourt says just more than 20,000 are valid. And just look at some of the places ACORN was finding those voters. A church just next door is the address for around 150 people. More than 250 people claim a homeless outreach center as their home address. Here you go: ACORN is helping the U.S. Census Bureau recruit workers (4 billion Americans, all Democrats?) From this: The U.S. Census is supposed to be free of politics, but one group with a history of voter fraud, ACORN, is participating in next year's count, raising concerns about the politicization of the decennial survey. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now signed on as a national partner with the U.S. Census Bureau in February 2009 to assist with the recruitment of the 1.4 million temporary workers needed to go door-to-door to count every person in the United States -- currently believed to be more than 306 million people. http://24ahead.com/acorn-helping-us-census-bureau-recruit-workers-4-billion-ame Didn't bother posting that b/c even the farthest left Libs concede that ACORN will be heavily involved in the Census. Continue denying the truth doesn't make it a lie all it does is further make an Obot more delusional and in denial than he was before. more

Resolved Question: What is your position on Kansas Congressmen persisting with the construction of Coal Gasification Plants?

We now know why those R's - Congress"MEN" voted to sanction D - Kathleen Sebelius' position as Secretary of Health. It was to get her out of the way so they could have their way with the new Governor of Kansas, and do their dastardly do's to the environment, and most probably receive graft for it. You should put your objections in a Word document, then you could just cut and paste instead of having to re-explain yourself. Can you say... M-O-R-O-N!!! So, you've found "evidence" to support your theory. Are you also aware that evidence can be manipulated??? Once again, can you say... E-M-B-E-C-I-L-E??? more

Resolved Question: Since Obama's not shown any leadership re:recruiter's murder or Tiller's isn't it good SOMEONE stepped up?

Governor Palin Statement on George Tiller and William Long June 1, 2009 Governor Palin Statement on George Tiller “I feel sorrow for the Tiller family. I respect the sanctity of life and the tragedy that took place today in Kansas clearly violates respect for life. This murder also damages the positive message of life, for the unborn, and for those living. Ask yourself, ‘What will those who have not yet decided personally where they stand on this issue take away from today’s event in Kansas?’ Regardless of my strong objection to Dr. Tiller’s abortion practices, violence is never an answer in advancing the pro-life message.” Governor Sarah Palin http://www.sarahpac.com/news/news32.aspx June 2, 2009 Governor Palin Statement on William Long “The stories of two very different lives with similar fates crossed through the media’s hands yesterday - both equally important but one lacked the proper attention. The death of 67-year old George Tiller was unacceptable, but equally disgusting was another death that police believe was politically and religiously motivated as well. William Long died yesterday. The 23-year old Army Recruiter was gunned down by a fanatic; another fellow soldier was wounded in the ambush. The soldiers had just completed their basic training and were talking to potential recruits, just as my son, Track, once did. Whatever titles we give these murderers, both deserve our attention. Violence like that is no way to solve a political dispute nor a religious one. And the fanatics on all sides do great disservice when they confuse dissention with rage and death.” Governor Sarah Palin http://www.sarahpac.com/news/news33.aspx more

Resolved Question: Where will Kathleen Sebelius GET her DONATIONS from now that her friendly LATE TERM ABORTION doctor is GONE?

Donations Tiller and his allies made to then-Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and her political action committee became a point of controversy during her nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services. http://www.rightreborn.com/2009/05/31/tiller/ Tiller, 67, had repeatedly been the target of protests over his work. He had been shot once before, while at his clinic in 1993. The clinic was also bombed in 1996, and was severely vandalized earlier this month, according to an AP report. Tiller’s donations to Sebelius, and the governor’s backing of abortion rights, rallied anti-abortion activists to oppose her nomination as health secretary, but she was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 65 to 31 in April. Sebelius had told Congress about $12,450 in donations Tiller made to her campaigns for insurance commissioner, but she initially omitted $23,000 in gifts he and his clinic made to her PAC. more

Resolved Question: What is the stupidist state?

Potential candidates: Alaska - Sarah Palin. AHAHAHAHAAHAH! California: Prop 8, Inability to understand basic math that says that if you need 2/3rd's to raise any new revenue, you can't keep having 51% vote for new things to pay for, Hollywood. Texas: Armadillo Eating Surrender Monkeys who want to cut and run from America. South Carolina: Last to sign the constitution, first to leave the union. Florida:Incapable of reading a butterfly ballot. New York: Elected a horn dog for a governor who then has a Ltn governor who seems utterly clueless. Kansas: Thinks you can dictate the way the universe is by legislation and that they can make the bad bad evolution go away. We can also add "The state you're in" for truly stupid people who think that they're clever, except I might be in your state, which would just make you stupider. Yeah, and my penmanship is attrocious, that doesn't mean you're answering the question. more

Resolved Question: Sec. Def Donald Rumsfeld speech help?

Can anyone guess what Donald thesis is from this speech? Later today, we will be attending a dedication of a building here at Kansas State in General Myers' honor - a well-deserved tribute to one of this school's most distinguished alumni. I understand that Dick and Mary Jo were college sweethearts, and were married on this campus. My wife, Joyce, and I go back a long way as well. We met in high school and have been married just shy of 52 years. Someone once asked her, "How could you have stayed married to Rumsfeld all those years?" She promptly replied, "He travels a lot." I thought she was kidding, but I'm not so sure! Well, Dick Myers has traveled a good bit himself, but I'm sure Mary Jo would never say that. Over the years, Dick and Mary Jo Myers have been through countless moves and have traveled to places across the globe in service to our nation, but I can tell you that their hearts have always belonged to Kansas. And I think everyone here will agree that they have done Kansas proud. Indeed they have done our nation proud. President Wefald, Mr. Reagan, and Mr. Seaton, I appreciate the invitation to be here today. Mr. Adams, members of the faculty, Mr. Maddy, students... Congressman Moran, I want to thank you for coming today. And I thank you for your service to the nation. We are also honored to have a special veteran with us. Born here in Manhattan, a hero in the Battle for Normandy, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Walter Ehlers. Thank you for your service. General Petraeus, General Ham; a special greeting to the men and women here from Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth, and the Kansas State Army and Air Force ROTC cadets. We are grateful to you for your service, and for your commitment to the defense of the nation. I would like to start on a personal note. In my time as Secretary of Defense, I have come away continually inspired by the professionalism, the dedication, and the dignity of our military men and women, and the folks at the Department of Defense who work every day to keep our country safe. When I was in Afghanistan not long ago, a young soldier told me, "I can't believe that we're being allowed to do something so important." And you know, I feel the same way. I am so honored to have had the chance to be part of something so important - so vital to the future of our country and to the cause of human freedom. It has been the highest honor of my life to serve our country and our outstanding troops. It is a pleasure to take part in this lecture series named for Alf Landon. He was, of course, a governor, a presidential candidate, a statesman of great civility, but perhaps what Alf Landon was most proud of was that he was a Kansan. I'm told that the geographic center of the lower 48 states is right here in Kansas. That is fitting - because if you think about it, this part of the world has given our nation some of the great leaders of the last century. Along with Governor Landon was General Eisenhower from Abilene; and Senator Bob Dole from Russell. Harry Truman next door in Missouri. One of Ronald Reagan's biographers said that he never understood President Reagan until he went to Illinois, and experienced firsthand where the president grew up. These individuals embodied the values instilled in the sons and daughters of this part of the Great Plains and Midwest. Here folks tend to have a good perspective about things, about the difference between right and wrong - they have grown up with an appreciation for the splendor and decency of America and of the American people. more

Resolved Question: What can I do to make this paragraph better and/or smaller?

On this history trip, you will see many important sights that were in the history of the Civil Rights Movement. You will get to see the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site which commemorates the landmark Supreme Court decision aimed at ending segregation in public schools, Little Rock Central High School, which is the school where federal troops had to escort nine children who were refused admittance because the school was an all-white school, and much more! You will also be taken from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama, which is where the Selma to Montgomery Peace March occurred. It is important for you to see these sights because they all played a huge part in the Civil Rights Movement. From Greensboro, North Carolina, we will go to Washington D.C, which is where Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. Then from Washington D.C, we will head to Detroit, Michigan, which is where blacks rioted in response to social, economic, and political equality. From Detroit, we will go to Chicago, which is a very important city to go to since it is where Cicero locals assaulted Martin Luther King Jr. and other participants at the peace rally to address northern poverty and segregated housing. From Chicago, we will go to Topeka, Kansas, then to Little Rock, Arkansas, and then to Oxford, Mississippi. In Oxford, Mississippi, James Meredith was the first black person to integrate at University of Mississippi, and due to this integration, violent protest followed. From Oxford, Mississippi, we will go to Selma, Alabama, and from Selma we will go to Montgomery, Alabama. From Montgomery, we will go to Birmingham, Alabama, which is where George Wallace, who was the governor of Alabama in 1963, personally blocked students from integrating the University of Alabama by standing in its doorway. Finally, from Birmingham, we will end our trip in Memphis, Tennessee, which is where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Due to Martin Luther King’s assassination, riots of protests broke out in over 100 cities. I chose to visit these historic cities in this order because it was geographically easier and was chronological in the sense of the Martin Luther King era. By seeing all of these historic sites and visiting these important cities, you will learn about the Civil Rights Movement in a way that you never have before. Hopefully you can visit me of this great journey of history! My teacher says that I am supposed to write a "short paragraph", is a paragraphwith 413 words "short"? If not, how can I make it shorter but still keep the point? Also, are there any revisions I can make? Is there anything that I could say to make this better? Please help me! I will gladly appreciate it!!! more

Resolved Question: questions about baseball?

i need to know these for school so if anyone could answer some of them that would be great Q: What hide was first used to cover baseballs in 1975? Q: What baseball announcer said Pope Paul VI's death "puts a damper on even a Yankees win"? Q: What country's first U.S. major league baseball player was Chan-Ho Park? Q: Which two cities have the oldest stadiums in major league baseball? Q: What baseball team's games are announced on TV by Skip Carey? Q: What shortstop holds the major league records for games played, assists and double plays? Q: What pitcher's 1.12 ERA in 1968 is the lowest in the majors in post-World War II play? Q: Who was the last American League baseballer to win the Triple Crown, in 1967? Q: What Pittsburgh Pirate had exactly 3,000 career hits before dying in a plane crash? Q: What's the LCS to a baseball pennant winner? Q: What was pitcher Dock Ellis the first major leaguer to wear in his on the field? Q: How many seasons did Lou Gehrig play every inning of every game? Q: What major league baseball team has fans dubbed "Cheese Heads"? Q: What ballpark was Pete Rose playing in when he broke Ty Cobb's career hits record? Q: What major league baseball team did the Walt Disney Company assumee operational control of in 1996? Q: How many seasons saw Hank Aaron blast 50 or more homers? Q: Who holds the record for most innings pitched in a major league season? Q: What legendary manager explained: "You have to have a catcher. If you don't the pitch will roll all the way back to the screen"? Q: What explosive base-stealer took a $2.75 million pay cut to play for the Kansas City Royals, in 1995? Q: What major league baseball team was forced to endure a 20-day road trip in 1996? Q: What Beantowner is second only to Pete Rose in total major league baseball games played? Q: What's the most home runs hit by one player in a single major league game? Q: What establishments were 90 percent of the viewers watching the first televised World Series from? Q: What did Babe Ruth, Rogers, Hornsby, Ted Williams and Willie Mays all do in their first major league at-bats? Q: What former Giants star is the godfather of Barry Bonds? Q: What governor was on hand at home plate to greet Hank Aaron when he broke Babes Ruth's home run record? more

Resolved Question: Should Ted Stevens (Alaska) be granted a special election, now that he's been found not guilty?

His main backer, Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, believes that Mr. Stevens should be given another chance to run for the position of Alaska's U.S. Senator. Stevens was on trial during the last election and now that he has been found not guilty, Mrs. Palin insists "Many voters did not choose Stevens because they were told he was guilty, and now, after the election we see there was improper conduct in his trial, so how fair an election was that?...I agree with other Alaskans who would like to see an election that's free from improper influence, and I can't imagine how Mark Begich could argue that." The opposer [Mark Begich] feels this is not right. His press secretary, Julie Hasquet, told CNN that "Sen. Mark Begich is not going to resign, no matter who's asking." She acknowledged the story has been given new life as a result of Palin's remarks in support of state Republican party calls for Begich to step down as part of a special election. "It's ridiculous. Sen. Begich won very fairly," said Hasquet. "People made up their minds before there was a conviction of Ted Stevens." What do you think? Special election or give up, give in? All quotes taken from Kansas City newspaper: http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/17945 My question was pretty much verbatim from the source material and I'm sorry I used the wrong word for Stevens sentence. I'm a Democrat and a bit ashamed of several of you right now. Senator Franken: Dude when do I say I'm for Stevens? Honestly I didn't. BTW I voted for you. more

Voting Question: Donated to charity box but forgot/lost receipt?

I dumped fairly good amount of items (clothes, toys, kitchenwares and etc) in Salvation Army box but was careless to not to go to their office to get a donation receipt. Should I claim such donations as tax deductions and play the audit game?? The amount would be about $250. Does the IRS bother investigating that kind of amount while the rich and powerful (like the Obama nominees such as Kansas governor) have been getting away with tens of thousands of dollars??? more

Resolved Question: How do so many rich people and politicians get away not paying taxes?

I guess the most recent example would be the Kansas governor. There are so many hypocrites in our society. What was the name Kathleen Sebelius? She was FOR CHANGE????? Seems like she need to CHANGE HERSELF 1ST! more

Resolved Question: No wonder the Dems like passing new taxes, they don't pay any anyway, what is up with this?

Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius recently corrected three years of tax returns and paid more than $7,000 in back taxes after finding "unintentional errors"—the latest tax troubles for an Obama administration nominee. The Kansas governor explained the changes to senators in a letter dated Tuesday that the administration released. She said they involved charitable contributions, the sale of a home and business expenses. Sebelius said she filed the amended returns as soon as the errors were discovered by an accountant she hired to scrub her taxes in preparation for her confirmation hearings. She and her husband, Gary, a federal magistrate judge in Kansas, paid a total of $7,040 in back taxes and $878 in interest to amend returns from 2005-2007. IOW when her slacker backside got caught. more

Resolved Question: Another one. Why is Obama like a magnet for tax cheats?

Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius has corrected three years of tax returns and paid more than $7,000 in back taxes after finding “unintentional errors” — the latest tax troubles for an Obama administration nominee. The Kansas governor explained the changes to senators in a letter dated today that was obtained by The Associated Press. She said they involved charitable contributions, the sale of a home and business expenses. She and her husband paid a total of $7,040 in back taxes and $878 in interest to amend returns from 2005-2007. Several Obama administration nominees have been derailed by tax issues, notably the president’s first nominee for HHS secretary, former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle. He withdrew from consideration while apologizing for failing to pay $140,000 in taxes and interest. http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/17893 more

Resolved Question: help with multiple choice apush review questions?

14._____ President Roosevelt’s chief “administrator of relief” was a. George Norris. b. John L. Lewis. c. Mary McLeod Bethune. d. Harold Ickes. e. Harry Hopkins. 23._____ All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s except a. dry-farming techniques. b. drought. c. farmers’ failure to use steam tractors and other modern equipment. d. wind. e. soil erosion. 32.______ The most controversial aspect of the Tennessee Valley Authority was its plans concerning a. electrical power. b. flood control. c. soil conservation. d. reforestation. e. resettlement. 33.______ The Social Security Act of 1935 provided all of the following except a. unemployment insurance. b. old-age pensions. c. economic provisions for the blind and disabled d. support for the blind and physically handicapped. e. health care for the poor 36.______ The primary interest of the Congress of Industrial Organizations was a. the effective enforcement of “yellow dog” contracts. b. the organization of trade unions. c. the maintenance of “open shop” industries. d. the organization of all workers within an industry. e. maintaining existing wage levels. 37.______ The 1936 election was made notable by a. a strong third-party effort by the American Liberty League. b. the bitter class struggle between the poor and the rich. c. the large number of blacks who still voted Republican out of gratitude to Abraham Lincoln. d. the strong socialist effort. e. the strong race run by Kansas Governor Alf Landon. thanks! more

Resolved Question: here's a question, what do u think of THIS?

youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epXNJNjYBvw Bilderberger Plot to Control U.S. Food Supply Infowars March 7, 2009 If left to the soft kill eugenicists in control of the government, healthy organic food produced by independent farmers will soon be a thing of the past. On February 23, the Federal Times reported on HR 875, a bill that would grant the FDA sweeping new powers to regulate food. It was introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro and arrived shrouded in hype, specifically the hysteria surrounding a recent salmonella outbreak linked to products from Peanut Corp. of America. Add to the hype last year’s outbreak of salmonella in imported peppers and a 2006 E. coli outbreak that was linked to fresh spinach and the stage is set to implement the FDA’s “food protection plan” requiring farmers and food producers to register with the government every two years. “If there’s any good that can come from this tragic outbreak, it is long-overdue changes that can help protect the American public from the food supply,” Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., said in early February at a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations. In short, the government will tighten its grip on the food supply and will ultimately strangle small, independent farmers. Stephen Sundlof, director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, told the Federal Times the FDA needs full access to the records of individual food manufacturers. DeLauro’s bill also represents a power grab on the part of the department of Health and Human Services (the FDA is an agency under HHS). “DeLauro’s bill would also mean a big reorganization at the Health and Human Services Department: It removes food safety functions from FDA and places them in a new agency within HHS,” an admitted bureaucratic nightmare. “After what we witnessed with creating the Homeland Security Department, we realized that it’s very complex, setting up a new agency,” said Lisa Shames, director of food safety and agricultural issues at the Government Accountability Office. “The new administration is pushing new farm controls through Congress as fast as possible and have coordinated the bills so there will be no debate and the committee meetings are closed,” explains Linn Cohen-Cole for the Natural Solutions Foundation. “Our concern focuses on pending legislation to establish a ‘Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services.’ This bill is H.R. 875 and the Senate is considering a similar bill, S. 425… If Congress insists upon passing these bills, it is very important that Congress write into these bills specific language protecting organic and small family farms and ranches. These enterprises and all natural products, including organic and natural food products and Dietary Supplements, must be exempted from the controls of these bills.” Obama recently nominated Kansas governor Katherine Sebelius to head up HHS. Sebelius is a Bilderberg member. Recall top-drawer Bilderberg member Henry Kissinger’s call for “depopulation,” another word for eugenics. National Security Study Memorandum 200, dated April 24, 1974, and entitled “Implications of world wide population growth for U.S. security & overseas interests,” calls for world depopulation, specifically in “developing countries.” In 1972, the Club of Rome published “The Limits to Growth,” a book arguing for Malthusian solutions to world population. The Club of Rome is a globalist think-tank closely interlocked with the Bilderberg Group, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Trilateral Commission (see David Icke, “The Round Table’s Bilderberg Network”). “These are dominated by the Rothschilds and Rockefellers, and major manipulators like Henry Kissinger,” writes Icke. As author and researcher F. William Engdahl notes, the modern eugenicist movement — in addition to the environmental movement and the “Green Revolution” — were founded and funded by the Rockefellers. “The eugenics of Hitler were financed to a major extent by the same Rockefeller Foundation which today is building a doomsday seed vault to preserve samples of every seed on our planet,” writes Engdahl. “In reality, as it years later emerged, the Green Revolution was a brilliant Rockefeller family scheme to develop a globalized agribusiness which they then could monopolize just as they had done in the world oil industry beginning a half century before. As Henry Kissinger declared in the 1970’s, ‘If you control the oil you control the country; if you control food, you control the population’… Agribusiness and the Rockefeller Green Revolution went hand-in-hand.” Thomas Ferguson, the Latin American case officer for the State Department’s Office of Population Affairs under Kissinger, was speaking bluntly yet honestly when he said: “Popu more

Resolved Question: How can Governor Kathleen Selibus be going to be a HHS?

To people who never been or live in the state of Kansas, I want you to know who Kathleen Selibus is. I live in right inside Kansas. She has been on money of mismangement during her both terms and never really fix the health care in generally despite of the happy note Media says about her.Governor Kathleen Selibus threw $145 million in a few months of her first term and even more $ later on, penalized some private corporations and private insurances, and private medical clinic for not working out with the universal health care plan. Many of them fought against her. But the health care never been really fixed and or work into the basic core of solutions, only did expanded the cancer treatments,and children health programs for the low income families. As you know already she is a big supporter of late term abortion without offers the counseling. Other things you ought to know, Governor Kathleen Selibus has tried to turn Down town K.C into Los Angeles or Chicago- widen freeways,4 huge convention center which some of freeways is already been processed in and she tried to fight to allow to put $400 million being a part of the developers group of sport complex fields for soccer between Antioch and 69 in South Overland Park in 2006. We already have one, why need have 2 of them?. The Overland park residents in that area- people went out protested at the hearing, and then voted against it. The bill failed. Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed a bill in 2003 allowing illegal aliens to pay in-state tuition at state land-grant colleges (such as KU, K-State, Wichita State, Pittsburg State, and perhaps Fort Hays State)! This is a slap in the face of every legal immigrant and citizen. This law is in direct violation of USC Title 8. Kris Kobach,who ran against Dennis Moore for the 3rd Congressional District seat, is part of the legal team to bring down this highly unconstitutional law. She also allowed the courts to "dictate" budgeting. The KS(Kansas) Supreme Court ruled in 2006 that public schools were unconstitutional just because they could not get budgeted for funds! As you wondered why she got to be governor twice I believe she bought the election in a way. She is a very wealthy and from a long line of politican family- Her father was a governor of Ohio.I am apalled by most of the choices Obama has made thus far. The outrageous spending bill that he calls stimulus, his desire to DIRECTLY oversee the census, his broken promise of no earmarks are just a few examples of his socialist agenda. 2010 and 2012 can't come fast enough! Now, How can you stand the choices of people Obama, he choose for to be part of his adminstration? like Nancy Ann DeParle,who is going to be nominate of commissioner of Human and Health service, just another part of old Clinton Adminstration, who going to work with Governor Kathleen Selibus,two health czars?! Do you notice all of them have in one common - Spending! more

Voting Question: Who will spearhead White House health care agenda?

With Daschle out and a more moderate pick in in the wings (Kansas governor) who is Obama likely to have spearhead the health care agenda? Is it possible he will still have Daschle involved, using his book "Critical" as a game plan? In Daschle's book, he recommended "hiding" funding for health care in a bigger piece of legislation so there won't be scrutiny. He also recommended using a different name for the program to further avoid public awareness. Mission accomplished. "Funds to streamline" medical records computerization" is already in the stimulus bill signed last week. more

Resolved Question: Can you help me with American History 1800 - 1920 30 questions?

The answer with the dash next to it is my answer please confirm whether it's right (I m sure there is at least 19 of them right) The traditional belief system of the Sioux stressed 1. compassion for the weak and suffering. 2. endless cycles of reincarnation. 3. faith in one supreme being. 4. the mysterious powers of nature - Late nineteenth-century farms on the Great Plains were much larger than eastern farms because 1. European immigrant farmers were accustomed to large farms. 2. dry-farming techniques required about 300 acres to support a family farm. 3. the land was so fertile. 4. homesteaders were usually able to purchase more than the minimum allotment of land.- The economic “capital” of the Great Plains was 1. Omaha. 2. Denver. 3. Chicago. 4. Kansas City.- Which of the following statements most accurately describes the economy of the late-nineteenth-century South? 1. Southern enterprises usually processed manufactured goods through all stages of production. 2. Most of the capital for industrial development came from Europe, because northerners were reluctant to invest there. 3. Cheap labor was its greatest asset, but simultaneously prevented it from becoming a more advanced, industrial economy. - 4. Because all southern state governments were controlled by the same political party (the Democratic Party), various industries were prevented from Which of the following occupational groups grew most rapidly in the United States between 1870 and 1910? 1. Farmers 2. Independent professionals and businessmen 3. Salaried employees 4. Wageworkers - Typically, those European peasants who emigrated to the United States at the end of the nineteenth century 1. moved to the South. 2. were determined to establish roots in America. 3. hoped to return to their native country and buy land after they had earned enough money in the United States. 4. moved as families.- The federal government responded to the problem of discrimination against the Chinese in nineteenth-century California by 1. establishing a quota limiting Chinese immigration to 10,000 per year. 2. paying white workers higher wages to do agricultural work. 3. passing a civil rights law. 4. barring Chinese immigration to the United States.- When the workers at the Pullman Company protested a cut in wages, 1. the General Managers' Association refused to run Pullman cars. 2. they were opposed by the governor of Illinois. 3. the American Railway Union directed their strategy. 4. they appealed to President Cleveland.- Most of the immigrants who arrived in American cities between 1900 and 1910 were 1. western European Jews and Catholics. 2. southern and eastern European Jews and Catholics. 3. northern European Protestants. 4. southern and eastern European Protestants.- Around 1900, if an ordinary American city dweller, whether immigrant or native-born, needed a favor done by a person with authority, he or she was most likely to turn to 1. a newspaper columnist. 2. a member of Congress. 3. an ombudsman.- 4. an alderman or ward boss. as well-traveled Americans compared large American cities with similar cities in Europe, they felt that American cities 1. were largely corrupt and impoverished. 2. lacked the culture and sense of grandeur of their European counterparts. 3. were vastly superior to European cities.- 4. needed more streetcars. Most members of the newly rising American middle class around 1900 1. remained near the ethnic neighborhoods where they had grown up. 2. preferred to live in the suburbs because of the privacy it afforded them.- 3. preferred to live in luxurious high-rise apartments in the city. 4. imitated the rich by constructing scaled-down villas in the country. Contemporaries associated the Haymarket Square riot most directly with the allegedly subversive activities of 1. the Knights of Labor. 2. anarchists.- 3. the Socialist Party. 4. Samuel Gompers. Buffalo herds almost disappeared from the American West during the 1870s for all of the reasons below except 1. the complete indifference of the American public.- 2. removing the buffalo made room for raising cows. 3. eastern tanneries learned how to cure buffalo hides, thereby creating a huge market for buffalo leather goods. 4. exterminating the buffalo would starve the Indians into submission. The most distinctive feature of American industry in the last third of the nineteenth century was 1. its emphasis on consumer goods. 2. the use of wrought iron rather than steel. 3. the expansion of the mining industry.- 4. its emphasis on the manufacture of capital goods. The restructuring of factory administration advocated by Frederick W. Taylor 1. was adopted by many companies. 2. was opposed by workers.- 3. recognized that workers were interested in more than money. 4. had the support of unions. White reformers who created the Indian Rights A I assumed you did not read correctly, I didnt ask you to do it, I asked for help for confirmation for god's sake. more

Voting Question: Does anyone have experiences dealing with SRS that have hurt their families?

I need information as I'm going to start bombarding our Governors office here in Kansas with complaints about SRS and St. Francis Academy caseworkers. This is NOT a rant. Just a request for information. We've been trying to adopt two of our grandchildren for the last 4 years. Long story short, it's a nightmare for grandparents. We've been mislead, lied to, and blown off by these people. The first set of adoptive parents the state chose over us are now in prison for child abuse and intentional torture. Now they are trying to adopt them to another family other than us! We work for the college in our town for goodness sake! And can raise these kids! They tell us they don't think we will set boundaries for our daughter. But they seem to forget who it was that called them in the first place! As much as I regret doing it now it was us! Does anyone have some feedback? It needs to be factual and something that can be substantiated. Thanks more

Resolved Question: What are your thoughts on this letter I sent to the Kansas State Governor, each State Legislator and Senator?

January 29, 2009 {Name} Kansas State Legislature 300 SW 10th St Topeka, KS 66612 Dear Representative, With the Black Monday announcement by Sprint about laying off 8000 workers, adding to the 70,000 laid off that day, and the nearly 700,000 laid off in the last seven months, I should like to bring to your attention an additional problem. A problem that will grow out of the increasing layoffs, not only in Kansas, but throughout the country. A problem that in the coming months and years, will result in many of those laid off facing criminal charges for something they believe they have little control over. As workers are laid off, the first thing they do is head down to the unemployment office. Upon entering the office, among the usual postings for jobs, job training, etc., are Wanted Posters for deadbeat dads. Upwards of 25% of men being laid off are under some type of child support order, and with being laid off, they are going to find it hard to make their payments. They cannot afford to hire an attorney to get a modification and are left wondering what to do? What they have not been taught is that under the Federal Public Law 12, passed in 1989, when federally backed child support enforcement programs were established, a provision of the law was that Child Support Enforcement is required to represent EITHER parent, upon request, for an increase OR decrease in child support. The men need only contact the CSE office and make the request, right after filing for unemployment, and getting the form showing how much they will receive. As an alternative to this, their County Clerk of The Court Office has forms for modifying child support that can be filed Pro Se. This can be a little more intimidating, but can be quicker than going through CSE. An educational brochure on this, can distributed through the Unemployment Office, companies laying off workers, and even unions. Also, a link, with the information, needs to be placed on the Kansas Unemployment Insurance System web site. If this doesn't get done, there's going to be unnecessary expenditures by the courts and count prosecutors to enforce orders that these men are finding it impossible to pay. I would ask you to please consider this problem and take appropriate action as necessary. Sincerely, George K. ****** ******* Nursing Home **** * ***** **, Res. Rm. **** Overland Park, KS ***** (913) ***-**** ouragon, I'm an old fart living in a nursing home until my heart gives out or my daughter makes me go live with her. I get $50 a month allowance as the home takes the rest of my income. My Internet connection takes 100% of my income, so there's no money for buying Word Processing programs. I should mention my daughter is a single mother getting child support. more

Resolved Question: US History Questions?

31. The colonial government under the Articles of Confederation was able to: A. pay off all debts incurred during the Revolution. B. force the British to leave their forts in the northwest. C. establish a process for the division and sale of public lands. D. end Spanish claims to territory in North America. E. establish the first national bank. 32. Which of the following was not one of the ways Southern states made it difficult for African Americans to secure the rights guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments? A. They required voters to prove they could read and write. B. They passed laws requiring racial separation on public transportation. C. They conducted a reign of terror in Black communities. D. They forced all former slaves to relocate. E. They passed "grandfather clauses" that waived the literacy requirement for voting if your grandfather had been entitled to vote. 33. What is the main reason France supported the United States during the American Revolution? A. France wanted to weaken Great Britain. B. France expected large financial gains in return. C. France supported the abolition of slavery. D. France expected to increase the size of its holdings in southwestern America. E. France supported the philosophical ideals of the American revolutionaries. 34. Supporters of the ideas of Social Darwinism: A. claimed that the wealthy had no responsibility to society or the poor. B. were convinced that wealth was the natural result of hard work and talent. C. wanted to develop a communal society. D. pressed for government regulation of new industry as the best way to protect the environment. E. believed the only way to solve the gap between rich and poor was to introduce an income tax that would redistribute wealth. 35. Colonial assemblies usually exercised which of the following powers? I. The power to approve appointments made by a governor II. The power to declare war III. The power to vote on taxes and expenditures IV. The power to initiate legislation V. The power to override a governor’s vetoes A. I and II only B. III and IV only C. II, IV, and V only D. I, II, and III only E. All of the above 36. "We prefer our system of industry . . . by which our population doubles every twenty years; by which starvation is unknown, and abundance crowns the land; by which order is preserved by unpaid police, and the most fertile regions of the world where the Caucasian cannot labor are brought into usefulness by the labor of the African. . . . All we demand of other peoples is to be let alone to work out our own high destinies." This statement was most likely made by: A. a settler in Kansas. B. William Lloyd Garrison. C. Daniel Webster. D. a Southern slave owner. E. a banker in Philadelphia. 37. Which of the following most accurately describes the Indian policy of the U.S. government in the nineteenth century? A. To remain neutral in disputes between Indian peoples B. To "Americanize" Indians by offering them an education at White schools C. To obtain Indian lands through treaty and relocate Indians to reservations D. To persuade Indians to convert their lands into private property in exchange for citizenship E. To coerce Indians to work as agricultural laborers 38. Thomas Paine's Common Sense was one of the most important works of the Revolutionary period because: A. it was the first popular work to advocate complete independence from the king and from Parliament. B. it was one of the first written arguments in favor of women’s suffrage. C. it attempted to persuade the public to support the Loyalists and reject calls for independence. D. it convinced the British government to increase its military presence in the colonies. E. Paine was the first American intellectual to call for abolition. 39. The statement, "The incorporation of a bank, and the powers assumed by this bill, have not, in my opinion, been delegated to the United States, by the Constitution," was most likely made by: A. Hamilton. B. Adams. C. Washington. D. Monroe. E. Jefferson. 40. In the decades after the Civil War, New England gradually ceased to be the center of textile production in the United States because of industrial development in: A. the mid-Atlantic states. B. the Southwest, which was newly connected to the east by railroads. C. the Midwest. D. the South. E. Texas. more

Resolved Question: Britain To Repo the USA? What do you think?

Letter from the Queen Mother: To the citizens of the United States of America, In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA in the upcoming election and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories, except Kansas, which she does not fancy. Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: 1. You should look up ''revocation'' in the Oxford English Dictionary. 2. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. 3. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix -ize will be replaced by the suffix -ise. 4. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up ''vocabulary'' in the OED (Oxford English Dictionary). 5. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as 'like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. 6. There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize. You will relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen". 7. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. 8. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you are not nearly adult enough to be independent. 9. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun. 10. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public. 11. All American cars are hereby banned. They are imperfectly constructed and subject to recalls, and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean. 12. Holden Monaro's are also approved. 13. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour. 14. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) - roughly $9/US gallon. Get used to it. 15. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar. 16. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth, and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of British Commonwealth. See what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion. 17. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater. 18. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try Rugby - the South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, in the same manner that they regularly thrash us. 19. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called 19. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries. 20. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad. 21. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due, backdated to 1776. 22. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 PM with proper cups, never mugs, with high quality biscuits (i.e. cookies) and cakes; strawberries in season. God save the Queen. Only He can. What say you Brits and Americans? I had no idea where it came from. A friend sent it to me by email. Hats off to the author. more

Resolved Question: (also look in other entertainment) by hermjesty the queen?

To the Government of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.) Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas , which she does not fancy). Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: ----------------------- 1. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour,' 'favour,' 'labour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise.' Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary'). ------------------------ 2. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as ''like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as U.S. English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter 'u'' and the elimination of '-ize.' ------------------- 3. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. ----------------- 4. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not quite ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist,then you're not ready to shoot grouse. ---------------------- 5. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public. ---------------------- 6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour. -------------------- 7. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it. ------------------- 8. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar. ------------------- 9. The cold, tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable, as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of the British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion. --------------------- 10. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater. --------------------- 11. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). --------------------- 12. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America . Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries. -------------------- 13. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad. ----------------- 14. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collecto more

Resolved Question: hey yanks there is a new goverment by her majesty the queen whatyou think?

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