Saw on a discussion board:

How can you tell if your kid will be a Democrat?
One sure sign is when he grabs your wallet and says “MINE!!”.

A lot of Americans have become so insulated from reality that they imagine America can suffer terrorist attacks without any inconvenience to themselves.

Pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple choice test. (These events are actual events. They really happened! Do you remember them?)

HERE’S THE TEST

• 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by:
1. Superman
2. Jay Leno
3. Harry Potter
4. A Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40
• In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:
1. Olga Corbett
2. Sitting Bull
3. Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
• In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
1. Lost Norwegians
2. Elvis
3. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
• During the 1980’s a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
1. John Dillinger
2. The King of Sweden
3. The Boy Scouts
4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
• In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
1. A pizza delivery boy
2. Pee Wee Herman
3. Geraldo Rivera
4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
• In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
1. The Smurfs
2. Davey Jones
3. The Little Mermaid
4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
• In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens , and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
1. Captain Kidd
2. Charles Lindberg
3. Mother Teresa
4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
• In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
1. Scooby Doo
2. The Tooth Fairy
3. The Sundance Kid
4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
• In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
1. Richard Simmons
2. Grandma Moses
3. Michael Jordan
4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
• In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
1. Mr. Rogers
2. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill’s women problems
3. The World Wrestling Federation
4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
• On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by:
1. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
2. The Supreme Court of Florida
3. Mr Bean
4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
• In 2002 the United States began to fight a war in Afghanistan against:
1. Enron
2. The Lutheran Church
3. The NFL
4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
• In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
1. Bonnie and Clyde
2. Captain Kangaroo
3. Billy Graham
4. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

And now we can add: In 2009, 31 people wounded and 13 American Soldiers murdered on base at Fort Hood by a Major who was….. You guessed it – A Muslim male extremist between the age of 17 and 40

No, I really don’t see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you?

So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people.

Instead we conduct random searches of a 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President’s security detail, an 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and a Medal of Honor winner and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between the ages 17 and 40 alone lest we be guilty of profiling.

As the writer of the award winning story “Forrest Gump” so aptly put it, “Stupid is as stupid does.” (Thanks, Ron!)

I am posting this for all my readers and that includes conservatives, liberals, and everybody in between. Even though we disagree on a number of issues, I count all of you as e-friends. The proposal is to promote a “Congressional Reform Act of 2009.” It would contain eight provisions, all of which would probably be strongly endorsed by those who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (but not the incumbents).

I know many of you will say, “this is impossible.” Let me remind you, Congress has the lowest approval of any entity in Government, now is the time when Americans will join together to reform Congress – the entity that represents us.

We need to get a Senator to introduce this bill in the US Senate and a Representative to introduce a similar bill in the US House. These people will become American heroes.. Please add any ideas on how to get this done.

Thanks,

A Fellow American

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Congressional Reform Act of 2009

• Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.
  • Two Six-year Senate terms
  • Six Two-year House terms
  • One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms
• No Tenure / No Pension. A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
• Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people.
• Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.
• Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
• Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
• Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.
• All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/10. The American people did not make this contract with congressmen, congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work. (Thanks, Ron)

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Happy Birthday, Austin!

Happy New Year!!

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