Now is the night of the farce of an election ....

[Southernman]

to say it with your words Sam. Ok, no political disput here, I did some postings in other forums here, I'm shure, this is again one of the nights, a lot of people are looking at the US and holding breath. I was just sitting here and thought by me, long time not been here, I should send greetings to you and Ken. Motocycle time is over since last weekend, now until 1st of may a lot of time for being online. Liked your 'How Sweet Is This' - Thread. Hope, to find a lady some day, who knows this too.

Have a nice time in your little paradise, don't work to much ;)

Juergen

[teepi]

I turned on the tube a while ago and the news was that Ohio being one of the "swing" states was having heap big problems already with votes getting deleted (they say they got them back@ 1300 worth) And that with the lines so long due to record turn out alot of people are standing in shifts with other family members.
And some people are plain giving up and leaving after hours in line.

They showed one school with hundreds in line, only 4 terminals , and only one sign-in book.

Tons of legal crap on the horizon...surely.

I had no problem this morning as this area is so rural, and with my bladder that was a good thing.

Ans Juergen, as sweet as you are you will find someone...it took Larry until he was 57 to marry me....lol...he says it was very much worth the wait....awwww
teepi

[Southernman]

Thanks Teepi, this wouid mean, I've still 8yrs time. No Problem, I'm a optimist, just got divorced 3 month ago and at the moment I enjoy again, to be a 'Steppenwolf in the magic theatre of life', oh, seems to be the right time, to read Hermann Hesse again. By reading in Sams thread I was remembered on that what I often experienced with my ladies. At the beginning it doesn't matter, what you say and how you say it, but later you must begin to think about, how you express yourself, in a way, your lady wants to hear or with your true feelings at the moment, but this is often missunderstood. Ok, this should belong into the other thread.

At the moment, zapping between 8 german tv-channels, one french, one austrian, NBC and CNN and all about the election. How I said, I'm a optimist.

[~Sam~]

After I voted yesterday, I drove straight to the liquor store. By the time the polls closed and TV coverage was beginning to show that the majority of this country is Terminally fucking Stewpid... I was 3 bowls and a bottle of brandy whacked out of my mind.

When I arrived at my polling place yesterday, there was a woman with a petition ... wanting it to be signed.

She lives on nearby road and is having conniption fits about the 63 acre farm that was just sold for auction down the road from here. The sketch plan is to put in a cul de sac on their road in order to have the 300 foot road frontage required for developing the land. If you can call putting crappy houses up in a corn field "developing the land".

They want to put the cul de sac in so that they don't have to improve Our road. NOTE: all the neighbors on our road DON'T want the road to be improved. We like it just the way it is. Bumpy. Keeps the rif-raff out... or it used to anyway.

I asked her, after telling exactly where I lived... "So. Are you for or agin fixing of said road?" She wasn't interested in our road, she just didn't want the entrance for the planned development to be on her road.

I told her, and everyone around on line, "I'll tell you something. If I see bulldozers coming down my road to Improve it... I'm going to chain myself to a tree so that they can't."

Upon awakening to the TV news coverage still telling me that I need to find another planet to live on... I found myself rustling with the brown bag I had another bottle of brandy stashed in.

I gotta go out and milk the goats now. I invited a neighbor to go riding with me today... I hope it rains. It probably won't. Well, another bowl might just keep me from foaming at the mouth.

Take Care...

Sam

[teepi]

I'm wearing black today......

And I'm going to paint a crappy picture...

It's overcast here, very dreary..at least the weather has the right idea.

I know what you mean Sam...about the road.
people are stew peed....we have some on this road that want the county water lines to come down here...they are putting them in about 3 miles away at the road that ours runs into.

We will never have county water on our land ,but if they run it down the road of course Larry and I will be paying the taxes for it.And suffering from the infiltration of the masses.

I want to talk to you later about your move...I will go to your place later.

[teepi]

Y







11/2/04

The Vote for Heaven or Hell

A powerful senator dies after a prolonged illness. His soul
arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

"Welcome to Heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it
seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around
these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," says the senator.







"Well, I'd like to but I have orders from higher up. What
we'll do is have you spend one day in Hell and one in Heaven.
Then you can choose where to spend eternity."

"Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in Heaven."

"I'm sorry but we have our rules," replies St. Peter.

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he
goes down, down, down to Hell. The doors open and he finds
himself in the middle of a green golf course. Nearby are all
his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
Everyone is in evening attire and very happy to see him. They
run to greet him, hug him, and reminisce about the good times
they had while getting rich at the expense of the people. They
play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster and
caviar.

Also present is the Devil, who really is a very friendly guy
and who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are
having such a good time that the time flies, before he
realizes it, the senator has to go. Everyone gives him a big
hug and waves while the elevator rises.

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on Heaven
where St. Peter is waiting for him.

"Now it's time to visit Heaven."

The next 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of
contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp
and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it,
the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.

"Well then, you've spent a day in Hell and another in Heaven.
Now choose your eternity." The senator reflects for a minute,
then answers, "Well, I would never have said it, I mean Heaven
has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in
Hell."

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down,
down, down to Hell. Now the doors of the elevator open and he
is in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and
garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up
the trash and putting it in black bags.

The Devil comes over to him and lays his arm on his neck.

"I don't understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was
here and there was a golf course and a beautiful club and we
ate lobster and caviar and danced and had a great time. Now
there is only a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look
miserable.

The Devil looks at him, smiles and says, "Yesterday we were
campaigning. Today you voted for us!"

[poor_old_dad]

Amen

Peace,
Your friend
poor_old_dad

[Southernman]

Lol, this is a good one, Teepi, I'll translate it to german and spread among my friends.

Ok, another 4yrs for this puppets of Haliburton and Calayle Grp to do their dirty business. But 48%, the half of the US-ppl don't stand behind it. This is the hope for the future. Time is on our side. The SNAFU-feeling is not really new for us, isn't it? In the 60ies, as a teen, I was on rallies against the war in Vietnam here at Germany, not knowing exactly, what was going on over there, but with the consciousness, that only peace is the right way., like a lot of ppl worldwide felt this in the old days too. Our german Greens have roots in the peacemovement of the 60ies, 16 years were Helmut Kohl and the Conservatives on power here, 4 elections went wrong, but every time the movement became stronger and stronger and at the 5th election the Greens together with the Socialists had the majority. This could swing back to the Conservatives in 2006 and german soldiers would have to go to Iraq and elsewhere too. Now, with the danger of more upcoming wars worldwide, for you in the US, facing Patriot Act 2, the danger for your country becoming more and more fundamentalistic religious and other strange things, our movement could get finally the kick in the ass to stand up again, this time with the advantage of being connected worldwide, like this community here shows.

Taoism Shit happens, so flow with it.
Confucianism Confucius says, "Shit happens."
Buddhism If shit happens, it isn't really shit.
Zen What is the sound of shit happening?
Hinduism This shit happened before.
Islam If shit happens, it is the will of Allah.
Protestantism Let shit happen to someone else.
Catholicism If shit happens, you deserve it.
Baptist We'll wash the shit right off you.
Judaism Why does shit always happen to us.
Agnosticism What is this shit?
Atheism I don't believe this shit.
Rastafarianism Hey, this is good shit, mon.
Christian Science If shit happens it will clean itself up.
Mormonism Our shit is cleaner than your shit.
Hare Krishna Shit happens, Ramma Ramma!
Jehovah's Witnesses Let me in your house so I can tell you why shit happens.
7th Day Adventism Shit happens on Saturdays.
Episcopalianism If shit happens, hold a procession.
Lutheranism Shit happens, but as long as you're sorry, it's OK.
Anglicanism It's true, shit does happen - but only to Lutherans.
Charismatic CatholicismShit is happening because you deserve it, but we love you anyway.
Orthodox St. Sergius found his faith in deep shit.
Voodoo Shit doesn't just happen - somebody dumped it on you.
Fundamentalism There's no shit in the Bible.
Native Americans Shit is sacred when it happens.
Shintoism You inherit the shit from your ancestors.
Shamanism Whoaa...Holy Shit!
Sikhism Leave our shit alone.
Branch Davidianism May shit happen to the FBI!
Kibology What's shit, and where can I get some?
Marxism The rich shit exploits the poor shit, but deep down all shit is alike.
Socialism The same shit happens to everyone.
Capitalism Shit happens, and it'll cost you!
Materialism Whoever dies with the most shit wins.
Vegetarianism If it happens to shit, don't eat it.
Realism I think I need to take a shit.
Repressionism I'll hold this shit in forever.
Americanism Who gives a shit?


Love, Peace and Happiness, ;)
Juergen

[teepi]

Thanks Juergen,
I copied that to send to my daughter, she'll get a kick out of it.

I can't think too much right now about the sad state of affairs.
The way our goverment is set up..on a foundation of greed, is a scary thing to me.
People will do ANYTHING in the name of money.
Sometimes I feel a bit guilty that I am not very political anymore, but when I see people losing their jobs all over my state of OHIO, then voting in the same maniac that was at the helm when it all went down...I lose some hope.
I've always been of the mindset that if something is not working...you try another way.
Well, at least I have my friends here, and that is calming to me,
teepi

[~Sam~]

Republicanism... Shit flows downhill.

And you all know who stands downhill, don't you? The rest of the world that those in power (ie; the GOP) don't give a good, fucking god damned about.

Stay Well, Get Drunk, stay Tuned... and be unequivocally vocal in your disappointment with the majority of the United States population's intellect.

I'm well on my way there now....

Sam