Let The SON Shine In ... :) Shangy! >Here are the details on our Yahoo ShangyFunList: To Subscribe send a blank email to ShangyFunList-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShangyFunList or Web Site: http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/ShangyFunList.html Group email address: ShangyFunList@yahoogroups.com or email me here: bcrsystems@earthlink.net =========================== >-->In the 'Shangy' News :) I have been pretty busy over the weekend. I've been talking with my new Indian friend Marci. She not only alerted me to change my code of ethics page here: ., . ____/__, .' \ / \==\``` -CORRECTED- / \ 77 \ | /_.----\\__,-----. Code Of Ethics: <--(\_|_____<__|_____/ \ ''''/| ``/``` `. / | I| `./ |____I| !!!!!!! | | I | | | I | \ \ I | | | I | _|_|_I_| /__/____| hjw http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/ethics.html She also has been telling me of some of the problems they are having with sacred ground. We may not have the same beliefs as she does, but we should have full respect for others as our God does and wants us to have as well - see here: Respecter Of Persons http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/BibleStudy/respecterofpersons.html The Indians hold some places as very sacred and it is their custom to go and pray in peace at these places. Yet how can they when their sacred land is being disrespected? Here in her words is one such problem area: Bear Butte Mountain... "This issue with Bear Butte started out with a bar a mile from the base of the Butte but in full view, owned by one man who was in debt and we managed to get the commissioners to deny a liquor license for the past 2 sessions. Now he has gone into partnership with a multimillion dollar company called Target Logistics. They paid off most of his debts and now own about 60-70% of the bar and campground behind it. This bar was built originally to solely cater to the yearly Sturgis Biker Rally which lasts about 2 weeks and is during the period when many plains tribes use the Butte for Ceremony. The noise from the venues held at the bar rattles the windows of nearby homes. We have managed over the last couple of years to get a lot of support from the bikers. Sturgis is about 8 miles from the Butte and has many bars for this event so most of the bikers are staying closer to Sturgis and away from the Butte. Now the new partners are trying to get permits for helicopter rides over the Butte while our people are trying to pray. So far the permits have not been issued but year around venues such as concerts are being planned at this location. On top of that South Dakota has been under severe draught conditions for at least 8 years. Target L. Wants to build the largest biker pool in the world at the campground behind the bar to draw business. Can you imagine how much water that will take to fill when the general public is already stretched to the limits on the available supply? A lot of this has transpired since our group owner designed the flier you probably saw on the site. We have sent out thousands of these fliers by emails to biker groups all over the country asking them not to patronize this particular bar hoping we can eventually put them out of business. This is but one of so many issues we fight for." \\\\//// |.)(.| | || | \(__)/ |-..-| |o\/o| .----\ /----. / / / |~~~~| \ \ \ / / / /|::::|\ \ \ \ '-'-'-'-|::::|-'-'-'-' (((^^))) >>><<< |||||| (o)(o) | /\ | (====) |_/\_| (_/\_) _|_,__|_ jgs (___\____) She later writes me... "You are right, there are good and bad people in all walks of life. I have met some good Christians who practice what they preach . It would seem that you are one of them, my former next door neighbor was another. I deeply appreciate your efforts to get the word out on our sacred lands issues. Thank you and have a wonderful week. Mvto, Cate Hokte" _.-. .-. `) | .-. _.'`. .~./ \.~. .`'._ .-'`.'-'.'.-: ;-.'.'-'.`'-. `'`'`'`'` \ / `'`'`'`'` /||\ jgs / ^^ \ `'``'` And so, I ask you too, to spread the word to help, Please. Visit here for the complete details: http://www.protectbearbutte.com/ More about Bear Butte Mountain: http://www.geocities.com/cate_hokte/ Visit here for other sacred site issues: http://www.protectsacredsites.org/ ~*~ THANK YOU BUNCHES & MAY GOD BLESS YOUR HEART AS YOU DO OTHERS ~*~ -<>- Speaking of Blessing the heart... >Hot Off The 'Shangy' Press! These two are smokin! They come from our friends Jo Ann and Viv. These two sweet ladies have been filling up my email box with forwards for me to check out as page possibilities. Let me tell you, there are plenty of really good ones to keep me busy for quite a while! This first one is from Jo Ann. I was astonished when I saw it. I could hardly believe it, so of course, I had to go and make sure it wasn't a hoax. It turned out to be true so I went about turning it into a cute picture page for us. Check it out here... _,-""`""-~`) (`~ \ | a a \ ; o ; ___ _,,,,_ _.-~'. \ `^` /`_.-"~ `~-;` \ \_ _ .' `, | |`- \'__/ / ,_ \ `'-. / .-""~~--. `"-, ;_ / | \ \ | `""` \__.--'`"-. /_ |' `"` `~~~---.., | jgs \ _.-'`-. \ \ '. / `"~"` Bear Playground http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/bearplay.html This next one is so hot it is sizzling! It comes from our friend Viv. She not only provided the regular pictures but the additional animated graphics for it too. Such a dear! I've known about this one for some time, but never had any one forward it to me with so many adorable pictures! I just had to have it as one of our picture pages. See what you think. You can view it here... ________ .##@@&&&@@##. ,##@&::%&&%%::&@##. #@&:%%000000000%%:&@# #@&:%00' '00%:&@# #@&:%0' '0%:&@# #@&:%0 0%:&@# #@&:%0 0%:&@# #@&:%0 0%:&@# "" ' " " ' "" Just Have Faith http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/faith.html No doubt about it, you two woman are great! Thank You Jo Ann & Viv! =================================================================== >-->From The FunnyBone: They Tried To Bribe The Judge _.--._ Taking his seat in his chambers, __..--'` ( ) `'--..__ the judge faced the opposing (____..--'`||`'--..____) lawyers. "So," he said, O || O "I have been presented, by both /|\ || /|\ of you, with a bribe." / | \ || / | \ / | \ || / | \ Both lawyers squirmed /___|___\ || /___|___\ uncomfortably. (____|____) || (____|____) \_______/ || \_______/ "You, attorney Leon, gave me || $15,000. And you, attorney __||__ Campos, gave me $10,000." ____/` `\____ /` `-......-' `\ The judge reached into his jgs `._ _.' pocket and pulled out a check. '--..........--' He handed it to Leon. "Now then, I'm returning $5,000, and we're going to decide this case solely on its merits!" ================================================================ +-------------------- Bizarre Phobias ---------------------+ Coprophobia - Fear of Feces Dextrophobia - Fear of objects at the right side of the body. Alektorophobia - Fear of chickens. Olfactophobia - Fear of smells. Anablephobia - Fear of looking up. Phronemophobia - Fear of thinking. Tonsurphobia - Fear of haircuts. Anthophobia - Fear of roses. =============================================================== >-->From Clean Laffs: Because I had forgotten the dates for a number of my friends' and relatives' birthdays and anniversaries, I decided to compile a list on the computer and have the dates highlighted on screen when the machine was turned on. I went to a number of computer stores to find a software program that would do the job but had no luck at the first few. I finally found one where the clerk seemed experienced. "Can you recommend something that will remind me of birthdays and anniversaries?" I asked. "Have you tried a wife?" he replied. -<>- A New York judge is ready to go through the day's business and he is very rushed. The first case up involves an elderly Jewish gentleman with a long beard, payos, the works. The judge, without asking a question, says to the clerk: "Quick...get me a translator." Translator shows up and the judge says: "Ask him what his name is, how old is he and where does he come from?" The translator says: "Die judge vilt vissen, vos is dein namen, vie alt bist du, and fun vie kumst du?" The old man smiles, looks at the judge and says in perfect English with a British accent: "Your Honour. My name is Sir Chaim Ginsbug. I shall be 82 next Thursday and I've come from England where I hold the chair of Hebrew Philosophy at Oxford University." The translator turns to the judge and says: "Ehr zukt, ehr is Sir Chaim Ginsburg, ehr is tzwei und achtzig yur alt, und ehr is, mit sach Yiddish philisoph, areingekummen fun Oxford." -<>- _____________________ _____.': :`._____ (_____: : : :_____) `.:___________________:.' \.'`. : `. `. \ : \__. `. `. : `. `. `. / `./ My wife and I take turns walking our five-year-old daughter to the bus stop for school every morning. Today was my turn, and as me and all the other moms in the neighborhood waited one of them asked me to say hello to my wife. "I will," I said. "it'll make her feel better. She has pneumonia..." "Oh, poor girl," they all said in unison. One of them crooked her eyebrow at me and said, "I hope you're helping her with the kids, the cooking and cleaning." "I can't," I said pointing to the band aid on my index finger. "Hangnail." -<>- _*_ ....iiooiioo __/_|_\__ [(o)_R_(o)] fe The state trooper pulled Mr. Schwarz over and, after in- specting his license and registration, informed the motorist that he was going to have to spend the night in jail. "What's the charge? Mr. Schwarz demanded. "None," replied the officer. "It's all part of the service." -<>- My daughter Michelle is the commander of a Coast Guard Cutter. When she gave my husband Bob a tour of her ship, he was impressed by the neatness of all decks. However, when Bob went to Michelle's house with her, he couldn't believe the disorganization. "Why is everything in its place on your ship," he asked, "but your house is such a mess?" "My house," Michelle said, "does not take 30-degree rolls." -<>- A husband was in big trouble when he forgot his wife's birth- day. His wife told him, "Tomorrow there better be something in the driveway for me that goes from zero to 200 in under 10 seconds." The next morning the wife found a small package in the driveway. She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale. Funeral arrangements for the husband have been set for Saturday. =============================================================== >-->From Our Friend Jo Ann :) Meanwhile, on Easter Island..... I am the All-Knowing Great One. What is your question? ______ , / \ / \ J__________L |(____)(____)| | /\ | J / \ L J / \ L Dude, where's my car? | /______\ | ' | ____________ | ## J' `L [[# | `------------' | .||> | | dd #################################################dp >Here a Tip - - There A Tip... DID YOU KNOW? Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little "stringy things" off of it. That's how the primates do it. Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster. Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold! --- ...If your cheese molds, simply cut away the part with mold on it. The rest is still good to eat. Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking. Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking. To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up. For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting. Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic. --- ...Holds true for any spicing of food. Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm! Reheat Pizza Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works. --- ...Also the best way to reheat fried potatoes, or anything that was once crispy. Easy Deviled Eggs Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up. Expanding Frosting When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving. Reheating refrigerated bread To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster. Newspaper weeds away Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers. Broken Glass Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily. Squirrel Away! To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it. Flexible vacuum To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings. Reducing Static Cling Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and ... ta da! ... static is gone. Measuring Cups Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out. Foggy Windshield? Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car . When the window s fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth! Reopening envelope If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily. Conditioner Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair. Goodbye Fruit Flies To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever! Get Rid of Ants Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home," can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed! --- ...Great tips Jo Ann! Thank you! Also, lay down liquid dish soap on the sink counter if those tiny red 'piss ants' are a problem around the sink. They get trapped in the soap and soon stop making runs in. As soon as you see an ant in the house, immediately kill it. Do not ask it any questions. Just stomp on it! Ants send scouts in to see if it is a good eating place. If the scout comes back it could mean you will have thousands more coming in! You see it, you kill it, it never makes it back to the others so they think - nope. Bad place to eat. Yes. When it comes to bugs. I have one rule - 'No Bugs In The House'. I am heartless. They break the rule - they die. Simple. I don't feel guilty when they break the rule. They should know better! :) -<>- >"Household Tips" Coffee Maker: To clean your coffee maker, drop an EFFER-DENT denture Cleaning tablet in a 10 cup coffee maker and add hotwater . Brew as usual then rinse. Copper: To clean copper, rub with catsup, let stand 5 minutes. Rinse off with hot water. Silver: To clean silver, line a cake pan with aluminum foil. Fill with water and add 1 tbsp of baking soda per 2 cups of water. Heat to 150 degrees. Lay silverware in pan, touching aluminum foil. Clogged Drains: Pour 1/4 cup baking soda down the drain & then immediately Pour in 1/2 cup white vinegar. Let sit for a few minutes then pour a kettle of boiling water Down the drain to flush. Fry Pan: Your new fry pan sticks?, Boil some vinegar in your new fry pan, This will help to prevent foods from sticking. Grout Mildew: Pour hydrogen peroxide directly on the mildew & wipe off. Shower Doors: Clean your glass shower doors with white vinegar, they Will become clean, shiny, and streak-free. -<>- Hints & Tips: "Non-Aerobic Exercises" Physical exercise is good for you. I know that I should do it daily, but my body doesn't want me to do too much, so I have worked out this program of strenuous activities that do not require physical exercise. You are invited to use my program without charge. Here are the things I have become good at: Beating around the bush Jumping to conclusions Climbing the walls Swallowing my pride Passing the buck Throwing my weight around Dragging my heels Pushing my luck Making Mountains out of molehills Hitting the nail on the head Wading through paperwork Bending over backwards Jumping on the bandwagon Balancing the books Running around in circles Eating crow Tooting my own horn Climbing the ladder of success Pulling out the stops Adding fuel to the fire Opening a can of worms Putting my foot in my mouth Starting the ball rolling Going over the edge. -<>- Handy Hints #1 Burn on Tongue: Put sugar on it and let it dissolve. Handy Hint #2 Heinz White Vinegar will help to heal bruises. Soak a Cotton ball in the vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. It will reduce the blueness and speed up the healing Process. Handy Hints #1 Add a cup of peroxide, instead of bleach, to a load of Whites in your laundry to whiten them. If there is blood On the clothing, pour it directly onto the soiled spot, let It sit for a minute, then rub it and rinse with cold water. Repeat as necessary. Handy Hint #2 Always make sure lettuce leaves are absolutely dry before Tossing them with dressing; it won't cling to moist leaves. -<>- >VICK's Vapor Rub. During a lecture on Essential Oils, they told us how the foot soles can absorb oils. Their example: Put garlic on your feet and within 20 minutes you can 'taste' it. Some of us have used Vicks Vaporub for years for everything from chapped lips to sore toes and many body parts in between. But I've never heard of this. And don't laugh, it works 100% of the time, although the scientists who discovered it aren't sure why. To stop night time coughing in a child (or adult as we found out personally), put Vicks Vaporub generously on the bottom of the feet at bedtime, then cover with socks. Even persistent, heavy, deep coughing will stop in about 5 minutes and stay stopped for many, many hours of relief. Works 100% of the time and is more effective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly. Just happened to tune in A.M. Radio and picked up this guy talking about why cough medicines in kids often do more harm than good, due to the chemical makeup of these strong drugs so, I listened. It was a surprise finding and found to be more effective than prescribed medicines for children at bedtime, in addition to have a soothing and calming effect on sick children who then went on to sleep soundly. My wife tried it on herself when she had a very deep constant and persistent cough a few weeks ago and it worked 100%! She said that it felt like a warm blanket had enveloped her, coughing stopped in a few minutes and believe me, this was a deep, (incredibly annoying!) every few seconds uncontrollable cough, and she slept cough-free for hours every night that she used it. If you have grandchildren, pass this on. If you end up sick, try it yourself and you will be absolutely amazed at how it works. -<>- >COOL FACTS ... 1. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop producing tears. Try it next time you chop onions!!!!!!!!!! 2. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time. Indeed convenient! 3. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name. 4. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females are blood-suckers. 5. The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle. 6. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe. 7. Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their own photos on each stamp. 8. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old. 9. It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979. 10. Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water. 11. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. 12. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. --- ...Thanks Jo Ann! So Many Great Useable Tips here! Cool 'facts' too! Yeah, grapes would explode in the microwave - anything with a covering or skin does. That is why you have to poke holes in potatoes before nuking them and cover those beans! -<>- >ICE Campaign = "In Case of Emergency" We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends. If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken=2 0ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency? Hence this "ICE" (In Case of Emergency) Campaign The concept of "ICE" is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact during emergency situations. As cell phones are carried by the majority of the population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons who should be contacted during emergency under the name "ICE" ( In Case Of Emergency). The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn't know which number to call. He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose. In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialing the number you have stored as "ICE." For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc. A great idea that will make a difference! Let's spread the concept of ICE by storing an ICE number in our Mobile phones today! Please forward this. It won't take too many "forwards" before everybody will know about this . It really could save your life, or put a loved one's mind at rest . ICE will speak for you when you are not able to! -<>- >'Worldy' Service At one time in my life, I thought I had a handle on the meaning of the word "service" as the world uses it. It is the act of doing things for other people. Then I heard these terms which reference the word "service:" Internal Revenue "Service" Postal "Service" Telephone "Service" Civil "Service" City & County Public "Service" Customer "Service" And "Service" Stations and I became more confused about the word "service." This is not what I thought "service" meant. This morning, I overheard two farmers talking, and one of them said he had hired a bull to "service" a few of his cows. BAM! It all came into perspective.... Now I understand what all those "service" agencies are doing to us! I hope you are now as enlightened as I am. --- ...TeeHee! -<>- I know this is a repeat but I like the message >God's Busy A college professor, an avowed Atheist, was teaching his class. He shocked several of his students when he flatly stated that there is no God, the expression "One Nation Under God", was unconstitutional, and further, he was going to prove there is no God. Addressing the ceiling he shouted: "God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you 15 minutes!" The lecture room fell silent. You could have heard a pin fall. Ten minutes went by. Again he taunted God, saying, "Here I am, God. I'm still waiting." His countdown got down to the last couple of minutes when a Marine just released from active duty and newly registered in the class walked up to the professor, hit him full force in the face, and sent him tail over teacup from his lofty platform. The professor was out cold! At first the students were shocked and babbled in confusion. The young Marine took a seat in the front row and sat silent. The class fell silent...waiting. Eventually, the professor came to, shaken. He looked at the young Marine in the front row. When he regained his senses and could speak he yelled, "What's the matter with you? Why did you do that?" "God was busy. He sent me." ---- ...A good one Jo Ann! That's why God is in the people business. It's that personal one on one interaction that is so very important. ;) -<>- /"""""/""""""". / / \ __ / / \ || /____ / \ || | | In Loving | || | | Memory | || | | | || | | 3/4/25-2/9/99 | || | | * * * * | _||_ | | *\/* *\/* | | TT | | | *_\_ / ...""""""| || |.""....""""""""."" | | \/.."""""..."""\ || /.""".......""""... | |...."""""""........""""""^^^^"......."""""""".." |......"""""""""""""""........"""""...."""""..""-Ray W. >TO REMEMBER ME The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress in a hospital busily occupied with the living and dying. At a certain moment, a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped. When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine. And don't call this my deathbed. Let it be called the Bed of Life, and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives. Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby's face or love in the eyes of a woman. Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain. Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play. Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week. Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body, and find a way to make a crippled child walk. Explore every corner of my brain. Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that, some day, a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window. Burn what is left of me, and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow. If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all prejudice against my fellow man. Give my sins to the devil. Give my soul to God. If, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs it. If you do all I have asked, "I WILL LIVE FOREVER!" --- ...How sweet Jo Ann. Our bodies mean nothing after we die any way, might as well put them to good use! Fortunately those of us who are born again Christians don't have an 'if' We don't have to rely on what someone may or may not do after we are dead - we absolutely know we shall live forever. :) -<>- >Think About this... This is thought provoking .. it takes 2 minutes to read .... especially the last paragraph. Read it with an open mind. NO FLAMING please----this is simply a forward that is a litle bit different.......Thanks. When electing the next President, "the only decision you have to make is who you want sitting in that seat in the White House when - not if - WHEN we get hit again and millions of American lives are put at risk!" This is from : "You ain't gonna like losing." -Author unknown. President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism. But the mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq. Bush's mistake came in his belief that this country is the same one his father fought for in WWII. It is not. Back then, they had just come out of a vicious depression. The country was steeled by the hardship of that depression, but they still believed fervently in this country. They knew that the people had elected their leaders, so it was the people's duty to back those leaders. Therefore, when the war broke out the people came together, rallied behind, and stuck with their leaders, whether they had voted for them or not or whether the war was going badly or not. And war was just as distasteful and the anguish just as great then as it is today. Often there were more casualties in one day in WWII than we have had in the entire Iraq war. But that did not matter. The people stuck with the President because it was their patriotic duty. Americans put aside their differences in WWII and worked together to win that war. Everyone from every strata of society, from young to old pitched in. Small children pulled little wagons around to gather scrap metal for the war effort. Grade school students saved their pennies to buy stamps for war bonds to help the effort. Men who were too old or medically 4F lied about their age or condition trying their best to join the military. Women doubled their work to keep things going at home. Harsh rationing of everything from gasoline to soap, to butter was imposed, yet there was very little complaining. You never heard prominent people on the radio belittling the President. Interestingly enough in those days there were no fat cat actors and entertainers who ran off to visit and fawn over dictators of hostile countries and complain to them about our President. Instead, they made upbeat films and entertained our troops to help the troops' morale. And a bunch even enlisted. And imagine this: Teachers in schools actually started the day off with a Pledge of Allegiance, and with prayers for our country and our troops! Back then, no newspaper would have dared point out certain weak spots in our cities where bombs could be set off to cause the maximum damage. No newspaper would have dared complain about what we were doing to catch spies. A newspaper would have been laughed out of existence if it had complained that German or Japanese soldiers were being 'tortured' by being forced to wear women's underwear, or subjected to interrogation by a woman, or being scared by a dog or did not have air conditioning. There were a lot of things different back then. We were not subjected to a constant bombardment of porno-graphy, perversion and promiscuity in movies or on radio. We did not have legions of crack heads, dope pushers and armed gangs roaming our streets. No, President Bush did not make a mistake in his handling of terrorism. He made the mistake of believing that we still had the courage and fortitude of our fathers. He believed that this was still the country that our fathers fought so dearly to preserve. It is not the same country. It is now a cross between Sodom and Gomorra and the land of Oz. We did unite for a short while after 9/11, but our attitude changed when we found out that defending our country would require some sacrifices. We are in great danger. The terrorists are fanatic Muslims. They believe that it is okay, even their duty, to kill anyone who will not convert to Islam. It has been estimated that about one third or over three hundred million Muslims are sympathetic to the terrorists cause... Hitler and Tojo combined did not have nearly that many potential recruits. So... We either win it - or lose it - and you ain't gonna like losing. America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall, or watching the movie stars. Remember Obama said in his book "Audacity of Hope" 'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction' If you ever forwarded an email, now's the time to do it!) ================================================================= >-->From Our Friend Lorraine :) .========. .========. // I .'..' \ // VI.'.,".\ || II .'..'| || VII..'..| || III .'."| || VIII,'.'| || IV ,','.| || IX.'".'.| || V '..'.'| || X .'..',| jgs .\_________/ .\_________/ The Lord laid this on me to write and post it on my myspace, email, etc. I don't know who it is for. I don't ask questions. I just listen to what He tells me to do and I do it. I know that you get alot of email, but please read this one. Don't do it for me. Do it for our Lord. I just am doing what He is asking. He gets all the praise and the glory. Have a blessed day. Have you ever lost touch with an old friend? For some reason you change or maybe they change and the next thing you know, you haven't spoken to that friend for a long time? Days, weeks, months, maybe even a few years pass. You all of a sudden have a problem with your a/c. It isn't cooling. All of a sudden you remember that friend. You think of how much money you could save calling that friend. So you pick up the phone and call them. They are so surprised and happy to hear from you. You catch each other up on each others lives. Then you casually ask that friend if they could fix your a/c. They say Of course. I'd do anything for you. You know that. So they come over, fix your a/c, and save you alot of money. You do pay them a little bit of money for their effort but nowhere near the price you'd pay a service company to do the job. For a few months, you are so happy that your friend came through for you. It renews your friendship. You are calling each other, visiting, going out to dinner, etc. Then what happens? All of a sudden your life starts catching up with you. You start getting too busy. Time slips away. Days, weeks, months, maybe even years pass... Something else goes wrong. This time with your refrigerator. You know that friend is a maintenance person so surely he could fix this too?! You call and it starts all over again. He fixes it, you are friends and boom life gets in the way. One of these days that friend will no longer be there for you. Their feelings will get hurt and they will get tired of being used. Do you realize you treat Jesus the same way? How often do you call on Him when you are having problems in your life? Just like your friend. He fixes your problems. You praise Him and worship Him and have several conversations with Him. Then one day... you get too busy. Days, weeks, months, maybe even years pass. Something happens... You pray to Jesus and He answers your prayers once again. Do you see the pattern? Our Lord is even better than your friend because He will never turn his back on you. Doesn't our Lord deserve your time every single day? He deserves your Praise, your Love, your Faith, your Obedience, and your Acknowledgement. He aches to have a relationship with you. He longs for you to call Him just to say Hi I just called to say "I love you" and THank you for all that you've done in my life. Don't you think its time to have a personal & intimate relationship with Jesus? Look at all that He has done for you. He died for you. If you aren't walking and talking with Him on a daily basis, it is time to do some soul searching and start living for Him today. He will never turn His back on you. However, you'll have to look Him in the eye one day and explain to Him why you couldn't find the time to make Him the number one priority in your life. Remember this, it doesn't matter how long its been since you've acknowledged Him. He is waiting for you to reach out and take His hand. Today is the day. Why wait until tomorrow? It may never come..... Blessings, Lorraine Ottinger ---- ...So True Lorrain! User losers and loveless lovers come to mind. Thank You for this reminder to be ethical as Christians. We shall all be accountable one day to Jesus. And what are those who don't even recognize him as the Son Of God going to say? 'Sorry.' Then Jesus Christ our Lord too will say, "Sorry. I don't know you. Your name is not in The Book Of Life." Sad. Romans 10:9,10 is all any one has to do. ================================================================== >-->In The Worldly News: >A forward From TheBighams group: A video that explores the life of Barack Hussein Obama. It has been going around the Internet and will open quite a few eyes and mouths! Better view it quickly as I'm sure it will disappear... Barack Hussein Obama http://www.theurbangrind.net/?p=2570 Subscribe to this group on yahoo here: Send a blank email to bighams-subscribe@yahoogroups.com --- ...Those that are pro Obama say things like you can put a bad slant on anything and take things out of context to make any body look bad. But there is one fact that remains. If you or I went to Obama's church and heard this man preach, we would never return again! The preacher is not even close to being Godly. He is a a bigot, a raciest and is very anti-American. , , /////| ///// | ///// | |~~~| | | |===| |/| | B |/| | | I | | | | B | | | | L | / | E | / |===|/ jgs '---' All of which are against God's Word. Let's say you are a bigot or a raciest. What does God say? People are people and God made each and every one of us! God is not a respecter of persons. Whether we are black, white, red, yellow, green or polka-dot with stripes - tattooed with orange or lime green hair - it makes no difference to God. Not if they are Muslim, Indian, English, Roman, Jew, Gentile or come from Tim-Buck-Two! It is the heart that matters! What matters to God is Romans 10:9,10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." and that is what should matter to us as Christians. Not ones skin color or where they are from. -Acts 10:34 Let's say you are all about protesting and downing the country you live in. What does God say you should do about things you don't like about your country? God tells us we are to be always FOR the country we live in so it will go well with us and we don't get locked up or get in political trouble. We are instead to always pray for the law makers and leaders to make right godly decisions for us so we can live peacefully and be able to spread God's Word and help others without restraints. 1 Timothy 2:1-6 If you watched this video, you know that this preacher is so far off track he is actually AGAINST God instead of for God. Yet Obama went to this church with this preacher week after week. He raised his own family in this church - For Seventeen Years! Week after week he went to hear this man preach. He even went so far as to brag about this man being his close friend and mentor! Obama of course did this until there was so much out cry that he figured he'd loose the Christian, Godly, and of course white voters, so he flipped on his story and now says he disowns him and doesn't want anything to do with this man whom he idolized for 17 some years! People, I got to tell you. You cannot trust anyone who flips. They are liars and you know what God says about liars. Jesus tells us that the father of all lies is Satan - and who can trust him? Hey, don't take my word for it or even Jesus word for it. It is your choice. Do what you want to do - go ahead and believe in Obama and vote for him - just be warned. 'Flipsters' can flip on you. -<>- >From CoffeeBreak: Trash sculpture erected in Russian city A sculpture constructed entirely of garbage found on the banks of Russia's Lake Baikal was erected in the Buryat Republic's capital, environmentalists say. Three pyramids as tall as 13 feet were placed in Ulan-Ude Saturday as part of the "Green Planet, Future Depends on You" campaign, ITAR-TASS reported. Volunteers filled a truck with garbage left behind by tourists near Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake and largest by volume, which is often called the Blue Eye of Siberia, said Vasily Kuzichev of Moscow, who took part in the campaign. The Russian news agency said plastic food containers, beer bottles and soda cans were among the trash collected and sculpted into pyramids designed by Anastasia Glinina. The sculpture will be taken down and recycled this week, the report said. Volunteers from around the world gather annually to remove massive amounts of garbage from the lake's shoreline, the news agency said. New York's Naked Cowboy cuffed in Calif. New York's Naked Cowboy says California cops didn't recognize him as a famed East Coast busker when they nabbed him for singing in his briefs a public plaza. Robert Burck, known as the Naked Cowboy for playing a guitar in New York's Times Square in his underwear and a cowboy hat, was taken into police custody Friday in San Francisco, the New York Post reported. Burck said police initially didn't realize who he was and made fun of his skimpy outfit. "It was non-stop. They're laughing hysterically because there's this guy in his underwear. Then they were like, 'Oh, that's the Naked Cowboy'," he told the newspaper. Police accused the Cowboy of breaking rules that prohibit soliciting and playing an instrument in San Francisco's Union Square. Burck was cited for "violating a posted sign" and is to appear in court Monday, the newspaper said. -<>- >From BizarreNews: -- Judge: Girl's name a 'social disability' --------- NEW PLYMOUTH, New Zealand - A New Zealand Family Court judge has removed a 9-year-old girl from her parents' custody after her name was revealed as Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt ruled at the hearing in the city of New Plymouth for the child to be temporarily placed under the guardianship of the court to allow for a name to be chosen that doesn't give the girl a "social disability," the Taranaki Daily News reported Friday. "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap," he said of the name. The court was told the girl, whose birth was not officially registered in New Zealand, refused to tell her name to her friends. -- Smoking man ticketed in 'workplace' van --------- LLANAFAN, Wales - A Welsh man said he was ticketed for smoking in his privately owned van because officials consider it a workplace under the law. Gordon Williams, 58, a self-employed decorator from Llanafan, Wales, said he was pulled over by council officials near the city of Aberystwyth and issued a fixed penalty notice for smoking in a workplace -- despite his insistence that the van was not a place of business, The Telegraph reported. "I was on my way to a shop to buy some tea bags when the council official pulled me over," Williams said. "But I was told that because my van is my place of work I had broken the smoking laws." Williams said he plans to fight the fine in court. "It's not my place of work -- I decorate houses not vans," he said. "I don't use it for work so I can't see how they can do me for smoking in the workplace." -- Woman has Mona Lisa mowed into her lawn ---------- LONDON - A British art-lover said she hired a 3D art expert to create an all-grass reproduction of the Mona Lisa on her home's lawn. Tania Ledger, 48, of London, called on expert Chris Naylor, who recreated the Mona Lisa for the film "The Da Vinci Code," to complete a similar work of lawn art, The Telegraph reported. Naylor said he spent two days chopping and snipping away at Ledger's lawn with garden tools and a lawn mower to create the grass image of the Mona Lisa. Ledger said she doesn't mind that the masterpiece will grow out over time. "It's like a haircut -- if you don't like it you can grow it out and you can try out as many new looks as you like," she told the newspaper. ============================================================ >-->From ScreamOfTheCrop: >an oldie but goodie: c )____ ejm 97 /_=-/_____| ( /\.| | When Mozart passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Mozart was buried. Terrified, the drunk ran and asked the priest to come listen to it. The priest bent close to the grave and heard some faint, unrecognizable music coming from the grave. Frightened, the priest ran and got the town magistrate to listen. When the magistrate arrived, he bent his ear to the grave, listened for a moment, and said, "Ah, yes, that's Mozart's Ninth Symphony, being played backward." He listened a while longer, and said, "There's the Eighth Symphony, and it's backwards, too. Most puzzling." So the magistrate kept listening; "There's the Seventh...the Sixth...the Fifth..." Suddenly the realization of what was happening dawned on the magistrate; he stood up & announced to the crowd which had gathered in the cemetery, "My fellow citizens, there is really nothing to worry about. It is just Mozart decomposing." -<>- ,--. \ _\_ _\/_|_\____.'\ -(___.--._____( \ \ \ \ `--' jg A Washington, DC, Airport Ticket Agent offers some examples of why the US is in trouble! 1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!) 2. I got a call from a candidate's staffer, who wanted to go to Cape Town. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information, and then she interrupted me with, 'I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts.' Without trying to make HER look stupid, I calmly explained, 'Cape COD is in Massachusetts. Cape TOWN is in Africa ...' Her response . . . click. 3. A senior Vermont Congressman called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, 'Don't lie to me, I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!' 4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife who asked, 'Is it possible to see England from Canada?' I said, 'No.' She said, 'But they look so close on the map.' 5. An aide for a cabinet member once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, 'I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time.' (Aghhhh) 6. An Illinois Congresswoman called last week. She wanted to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 am and got to Chicago at 8:33 am. I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that. 7. A New York lawmaker called and asked, 'Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?' I said, 'No, why do you ask?' She replied, 'Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!' After putting her on hold for a minute while I looked into it (I was laughing), I came back and explained the city code for Fresno, CA is FAT (Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage. 8. A Senator's aide called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii. After going over all the cost info, she asked, 'Would it be cheaper to fly to California, and then take the train to Hawaii?' 9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman who was calling from the airport and asked, 'How do I know which plane to get on?' I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, 'I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them.' 10. A lady Senator called and said, 'I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola, Florida. Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?' I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola, Fl. on a commuter plane. She said, 'Yeah, whatever, smarty!' 11. A senior Senator called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him that he needed a visa. 'Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those.' I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this he said, 'Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!' .--------------------------------------------. ( DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO DRAW AN OKAPI? ) //'--------------------------------------------' / , _.-~~-.__ __.,----. ('; __( ) ~~~'--..--~~ '. ( . \"..-' ')| . \ '. \\. |\.' ; . ; ; ; \ \'" /9) ' . ; ; ; ) ) ( ' . ; ' . ) _ __.-'-._ ; ' . , /\ ; '-'"'--' ; "-. '. ' _.-( ". ( ; \,) )--,..----';' > ; . \ ( | / ( / . ; , , ) | ; .( . , ) / \ ; ,;'-PjP;.';.-.;._,;/;,;)/;.;.);.;,,;,;,,;/;;,),;.,/,;.).,;, 12. A New Mexico Congresswoman called to make reservations, 'I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York.' I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, 'Are you sure that's the name of the town?' 'Yes. What flights do you have?' replied the lady. After some searching, I came back with, 'I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a Rhino anywhere.' The lady retorted, 'Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!' So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, 'You don't mean Buffalo, do you?' The reply? 'Whatever! I knew it was a big animal.' ==================================================================== >-->Fun Places To Net Visit: Word/Phrase Origins http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/origins.html Let's Dance... http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/dance.html Country Greeting... http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/greetings.html Shangy's Dance Page featuring the Flintstones http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/sdp.html -<>- >From Our Friend Jo Ann :) CUTE - The Flintstones with A SMILE Song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTZQn3CaavE Computer Friendship Greeting http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy/specials/friend/friend.html Computer sleeping? http://www.xs4all. nl/~jvdkuyp/ flash/see. htm The Golden Girls - Estelle Getty http://richards-creations.net/Tribute-to-Estelle-Getty.html Great Quotes From Great Leaders http://www.simpletruths.tv/movies.php?movie=GQGL --- ...Excellent ones! 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