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And the Democrats are speaking about raising taxes – how about getting rid of some?

THIS LITTLE TAX DITTY WAS SENT IN BY AN OLD CLASSMATE.  I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE CORRECTION. AT THE END OF THE MESSAGE, IT SAYS "NOT ONE OF THESE TAXES EXISTED 100 YEARS AGO . . .". ACTUALLY, THE TELEPHONE FEDERAL EXCISE TAX GOES BACK TO THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. THE TAX WAS INSTITUTED TO HELP PAY FOR THAT WAR — IT WAS ENACTED ON JUNE 13, 1898.

What Happened?
At first I thought this was funny…then I realized the awful truth of it. Be sure to read all the way to the end!

Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he’s fed.

Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries, then
Tax his tears.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.

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The real difference

Here’s a good article.  I just can’t understand why everyone feels the need to kill everyone else in the world, why everyone can’t just live peacefully with other human beings that may be different from them!
 
Remarks of Brigitte Gabriel, delivered at the Duke University Counter Terrorism Speak-Out

I’m proud and honored to stand here today, as a Lebanese speaking for Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East. As someone who was raised in an Arabic country, I want to give you a glimpse into the heart of the Arabic world.

I was raised in Lebanon, where I was taught that the Jews were evil, Israel was the devil, and the

only time we will have peace in the Middle East is when we kill all the Jews and drive them into the sea.

When the Moslems and Palestinians declared Jihad on the Christians in 1975, they started massacring the Christians, city after city. I ended up living in a bomb shelter underground from age 10 to 17, without electricity, eating grass to live, and crawling under sniper bullets to a spring to get water.

It was Israel who came to help the Christians in Lebanon. My mother was wounded by a Moslem’s

shell, and was taken into an Israeli hospital for treatment.When we entered the emergency room, I was shocked at what I saw. There were hundreds of people wounded, Moslems, Palestinians, Christians,Lebanese, and Israeli soldiers lying on the floor. The doctors treated everyone according to their injury. They treated my mother before they treated the Israeli soldier lying next to her. They didn’t see religion, they didn’t see political affiliation, they saw people in need and they helped.

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This is something to think about. See any parallels?

"Rome fell September 4, 476AD. It was overrun with illegal immigrants: Visigoths, Franks, Anglos, Saxons, Ostrogoths, Burgundians, Lombards, Jutes and Vandals, who at first  assimilated and worked as servants, but then came so fast they  did not learn the Latin Language or the Roman form of  government.  Highly trained Roman Legions moving rapidly on their  advanced … Read more

God does work in mysterious ways….

A Marine’s response: Well stated A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked … Read more

Gatorade is not the problem

Received this in an email: 

Toiletries don’t commit acts of terrorism.

Muslims do.

So why can’t I take my toothpaste on the plane? How is it that Gatorade is forbidden? Why can’t I have a bottle of water?

Because we aren’t really fighting a war with terror, we are losing a struggle with political correctness. It is not so much the evil of outsiders, it is the cowardice of Americans.

The cowardice that won’t let us call a spade a spade, that makes us all live in an alternate reality, that puts survival secondary to servility. We are fighting World War III with one arm tied behind our back.

Last week was a good example.

A group of two or three dozen fascist Muslims in England and Pakistan plotted to blow up 10 or 12 passenger-laden airliners in transatlantic flight. The purpose was to celebrate and reprise the attacks of September 11. The means was the detonation of explosive liquids disguised as common liquids – like Gatorade or shampoo.

The plot was discovered, followed and – hopefully – foiled by British intelligence with an assist from Americans and Pakistanis. Immediately, new restrictions were put on airline passengers. Because the plotters planned to use liquids, passengers were forbidden to bring liquids onto airplanes.

Not medicines, not crèmes, not drinks, not nothing. Untold hundreds of thousands of airline passengers immediately and indefinitely lost the right to carry liquids or pastes on themselves or in their carry-on luggage.

Which is stupid.

 

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Pinpoint landing, anyone?

 Subject: Helicopter landing – awsome! Now, this be a PILOT!!!  Even tho’ he’s not fixed wing.  Awsome landing in Afghanistan.  I’m sure all of you have seen many choppers make some daring moves, but this one is spectacular!                                            The shot was taken by a trooper in Afghanistan.  The Pilot is Larry Murphy, PA  National Guard.   … Read more

It’s Friday once again!

[We here at GraniteGrok are not terribly Politically Correct (if you haven’t noticed!), so we are not afraid to tell jokes the old-fashioned way.  We offer the following in the spirit they are intended – chuckle a little.  Thanks Bob!  -Skip]    THESE ARE DELIGHTFUL  A little humor from a Jewish friend in the midst … Read more

You do not have the right to….

THIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.  JUST IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT.   The famed "Bill of No Rights" was written in 1993 by Lewis Napper, a self-described amateur philosopher and from Mississippi who ran for a U.S. Senate seat in 2000 as a Libertarian. =============== "We the sensible people of the United … Read more

Proportionality vs. rationality . .

With this Posting, GraniteGrok is happy to welcome Bob M!  We have enjoyed his Letters to the Editor in the local papers for a while now as they have been factually based and logically written.  He will be seen here, hopefully, more than occasionally.

Thanks Bob!      -Skip

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Concerning the response by Israel to the terrorist attacks by Hezbollah, there is much talk about “proportionality”. By definition, proportionality means that the relationship of one thing to another will remain the same, even as things change. In current terms, some are asking that the capabilities of Hezbollah be the same after this war, as they were before they kidnapped Israeli soldiers and indiscriminately fired literally thousands of rockets into Israeli cities. Pure pooh!

Since its rebirth in 1947, the people of Israel have had to fight against people who have continually initiated and waged war against them.

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