Good and Odd thoughts!

Don't forget to dash over to the media report (just click my profile and then hit the link) it updates every Sunday evening. This week there is a picture featuring the founder of the Fulton High School radio/media department and some students. As always if you can NAME anyone in the shot you win nothing!

I just got something from a regular reader of the column that fits beautifully into the season.
Check this out.

YOU CAN'T STEAL
MY CHRISTMAS

Poem by Sharon Steege


I don't know who they are
Saying I can't greet the crowd
The way that I want to
Can't say CHRISTMAS out loud.


I walk into a business place
See things that I rather not see
But dare I not say CHRISTMAS
And ask for a "holiday" tree.


What happened to freedom of speech
And living in the land of the free
How can they take my CHRISTMAS money
But can't say MERRY CHRISTMAS to me.


Men and women have given their lives
So we could still go free
I wonder how they would feel
At saying "HOLIDAY" TREE.



Earlier this week an e mail showed up featuring a news story on WVLT. Folks I kid you not, THIS made the air!


Kingston Police Looking For Coin Thief
Updated: 12:26 PM Dec 11, 2006


"Kingston, Roane County (WVLT) - Police need your help finding a man they say has found a unique way to steal.
This surveillance video shows the suspect putting a five dollar bill into the automatic change dispenser at "BJ&E" car wash.

The man puts the bill in just far enough to trigger the coin drop, but not far enough to keep the machine from taking the bill.
Police believe he's done it twice to the same machine in the last two months.
They're looking for a white man, with dark hair, a stocky build and he's in his twenties to early thirties.
If you know who this might be, call the Kingston Police Department at 376-2081."


LORD HELP LOCK UP THE CHILDREN AND DOGS AND LOAD THE .12 GAGE! No really, if say this string bandit manages to make the change dispenser let go a full five dollars in quarters and he HIT IT twice in two months..UNLESS he is causing all the coins in the machine to drop... his take is just $10.00 or $2.00 a week? Bless his heart, if he would just tilt the LazyBoy in the den of his single wide I bet he could find that much at HOME!




And you are shocked at WHAT???

THE WASHINGTON TIMES
December 12, 2006


"Democratic campaign operatives pushed newspapers to write about then-Rep. Mark Foley's e-mails to teenage pages in the hope that a scandal would emerge before the midterm elections, according to a House ethics report."







AND NOW for the good stuff!!!!



Top ten signs you're on a bad date:

* 10.He eats his steak with his fingers and uses his fork to scratch his armpits.
* 9. During the movie, you notice she's holding hands with the guy on the other side.
* 8. She says "I'll probably finish my dinner before you since I have worms."
* 7. After the goodnight kiss, she tells you her real name is Bruce.
* 6. She doesn't even say "Thank You" after dinner at the A & P.
* 5. You go to Disneyland and she kicks "Goofy" in the shins.
* 4. You keep losing your date because she keeps moving to a different Internet chat room.
* 3. Instead of the bill, the waiter gives you a note that says "You run, I'll stall her!"
* 2. He hurries to drop you off by 10 because Hillary gets home at 11.
* 1. He says "Whoa! 8:15 already?"




This one is funny but dang if it ain't got a slight ring of truth to it?

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fight after school.
>> 1973 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end
>> up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.
>>
>> 2006 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark.
>> Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
>>
>> 1973 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by
>> Principal. Sits still in class.
>>
>> 2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School
>> gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.
>>
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad
>> gives him a whipping.
>>
>> 1973 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to
>> college, and becomes a successful businessman.
>>
>> 2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to
>> foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state
>> psychologist
>> that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison.
>> Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to
>> school.
>>
>> 1973 - Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the
>> smoking dock.
>>
>> 2006 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations.
>> Car searched for drugs and weapons.
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.
>>
>> 1973 - 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a
>> special school for expectant mothers.
>>
>> 2006 - Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who
>> notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an
>> abortion
>> without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and
>> told to be more careful next time.
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
>>
>> 1973: Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
>>
>> 2006: Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper
>> articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a
>> requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action
>> lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher.
>> English
>> banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up
>> mowing
>> lawns for a living because he can't speak English.
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of
>> July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant
>> bed.
>>
>> 1973 - Ants die.
>>
>> 2006 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with
>> domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from
>> home,
>> computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and
>> is never allowed to fly again.
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his
>> knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary, hugs him to
>> comfort
>> him.
>>
>> 1973 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
>>
>> 2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job.
>> She faces 3 years in State Prison.
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.
>> 1973 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes
>> to his car and gets his to show Jack.
>>
>> 2006 - School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to
>> jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for
traumatized students and teachers.