A Very True To Life Bush Joke
One day George W. Bush and Dick Cheney walk into a diner. A waitress walks up to them and asks if she can take their order. Bush leans close to her and says, "Honey, can I have a quickie?" The waitress is appalled and yells at the President about women's rights and storms away. Cheney then says to Bush, "George, its pronounced 'quiche'." xponent An Imitation Of Life Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
The Return Of The Cows
Capitalism for Dummies Traditional Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. American Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead. French Capitalism: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. Japanese Capitalism: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them World-Wide. German Capitalism: You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. Italian Capitalism: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch. British Capitalism: You have two cows. Both are mad. Russian Capitalism: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. Arkansas Capitalism: You have two cows. That one on the left is kinda cute... Hindu Capitalism: You have two cows. You worship them. Swiss Capitalism: You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them. Canadian Capitalism: You have two cows. LetÂ’s make a hockey team, eh? Chinese Capitalism: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers. Irish Capitalism: You have two cows. You feed them potatoes and wonder why they emigrate. Israeli Capitalism: So, there are these two Jewish cows, right? They open a milk factory, an ice cream store, and then sell the movie rights. They send their calves to Harvard to become doctors. So, who needs people? Enron Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. Sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public buys your bull. Cuban Capitalism: You have two cows. They try to swim to Florida. Politically Correct Capitalism: You are associated with (the concept of "ownership" is a symbol of the phallo centric, war mongering, intolerant past) two differently - aged (but no less valuable to society) bovines of non-specified gender. Disney Capitalism: You have two cows. They dance & sing. Microsoft Capitalism: You have two cows. You patent them and sue anyone else who has them. Hollywood Capitalism: You have two cows. You give them utter implants and also teach them to bullet-dodge, wall climb and shoot milk out of their utters on command. Clinton Capitalism: You have two cows. You deny any knowledge of them. Bureaucratic Capitalism: You have two cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs the regulations say you should need. Gore Capitalism: You have two cows. You claim you invented them. Real-World Capitalism: You have two cows. You share two cows with your neighbors. You and your neighbors bicker about who has the most "ability" and who has the most "need". Meanwhile, no one works, no one gets any milk, and the cows drop dead of starvation. Australian Capitalism: You have two cows. You try to wrestle them. Iraqi Capitalism: You have two cows. They are biochemical weapons. Perestroika Capitalism: You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk. You steal back as much milk as you can and sell it on the black market. Jewish Capitalism: You have two cows. You set them on fire and they burn for 8 days. Cambodian Capitalism: You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you. Mormon Capitalism: You have two cows. You tell everyone that they should as well. Military Capitalism: You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you. Texan Capitalism: You have two cows. You teach them to fire guns. Totalitarian Capitalism: You have two cows. The government takes them and denies they ever ex
Bush Campaign Slogan/Poster
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Re: Bush wanted more specifics
At 08:31 PM 4/14/2004 -0400 John Garcia wrote: >You're right, Gautam, I'm not being fair. I just looked up AP's list of >the top news stories of the year 2000, and the Cole bombing made number >3. The election was number 1, and the Elian Gonzalez story was number >2. 17 dead sailors don't generate as much press as one Cuban kid, but I >might be a bit prejudiced having served in the Navy myself. I wonder what the results were for the embassy bombings, when by chance a lot more Africans than Americans happened to die JDG ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Camel Spider
- Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 7:28 PM Subject: Re: Camel Spider > > On 17 Apr 2004, at 12:40 am, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > Been hearing about the camel spider? > > Here it is in Quicktime! > > > > > > http://www.ecologicproductions.com/video_projects/TSCK/endangered/ > > TSCK_spider.html > > > > http://tinyurl.com/5l3f > > > > Oh! Cute! I wonder if they like their tummies tickled... > Before or after it bites your lips off? The buggers are purported to be quite nasty. xponent Cute Little Killer Bugs Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Camel Spider
On 17 Apr 2004, at 12:40 am, Robert Seeberger wrote: Been hearing about the camel spider? Here it is in Quicktime! http://www.ecologicproductions.com/video_projects/TSCK/endangered/ TSCK_spider.html http://tinyurl.com/5l3f Oh! Cute! I wonder if they like their tummies tickled... -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone." - Bjarne Stroustrup ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Camel Spider
Been hearing about the camel spider? Here it is in Quicktime! http://www.ecologicproductions.com/video_projects/TSCK/endangered/TSCK_spider.html http://tinyurl.com/5l3f xponent Beastly Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Three Chances to Spy Comets
It is a rare and challenging time for casual astronomers who wish to see comets. There are three right now in position to be spotted soon either from backyards or on the Internet, but it's not yet clear whether any of them will be easy targets for most observers. complete article. http://tinyurl.com/2nurn or http://www.space.com/spacewatch/comet_update_040416.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Irregulars Question
JDG said: > I'm wondering if someone could help me out here. Does this help? http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1989/89041401.html Rich -- In March 1989 the President, the Speaker of the House, the majority leaders of the Senate and House, the Republican leaders of the Senate and House, joined by the chairmen and ranking Republican members of the Appropriations, Ways and Means, Finance, and Budget Committees, and by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chief of Staff to the President, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, concurred in a recommendation to establish a special budget negotiating group. The group was charged to explore the possibility of reaching an agreement on a budget framework for fiscal year 1990 and to report upon its progress to the President and the joint leadership of Congress. The group was composed of the chairmen and ranking Republican members of the Senate and House Budget Committees, the Majority Leader of the House, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The attached agreement is the product of that negotiating group, as developed in accordance with the guidance of the leadership group. Bipartisan Budget Agreement Between the President and the Joint Leadership of Congress 1. The elements of this agreement provide for deficit reduction amounts that, for fiscal year 1990, are currently estimated to meet the deficit target of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987. 2. The budget framework is approved by the President, the Speaker, and the Majority and Republican Leadership of Congress. 3. The President and the Leadership of Congress will carry out this agreement. 4. The following procedures will be utilized to implement this agreement: Congressional implementation will follow, as much as possible, the regular budget and legislative procedures. The House and Senate Budget Committees will each report a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1990 consistent with this budget agreement. The budget resolution will contain reconciliation instructions and 302(a) allocations consistent with this budget agreement. The House and Senate Committees with jurisdiction over matters necessary to implement the agreement will be responsible for developing 302(b) allocations, legislation, and budget levels consistent with this budget agreement. Regular House and Senate procedures applicable to the consideration of budget resolutions, appropriations bills, reconciliation legislation, and other measures will apply. 5. Congress shall present the revenue portion of the reconciliation bill to the President at the same time as the spending reduction provisions of the reconciliation bill. 6. Agreed-upon fiscal year 1990 budget levels are as follows for each of (TABLE START)the three discretionary appropriations categories: [In billions of dollars]* @h1Category: @h1BA @h10 Domestic 7.5 1.3 Defense (050)** 305.5 299.2 International Affairs 19.0 17.0 Footnote: *Congressional enforcement of these discretionary levels in the legislative process will be based on CBO scoring. Footnote: **Functional total includes mandatory spending. (TABLE END) 7. The Budget Committees, CBO, and OMB shall use the ``Scorekeeping Guidelines for the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of April 14, 1989,'' and shall work together to resolve any new scorekeeping issues that may arise. 8. Within the domestic discretionary amount, the budget resolution will provide sufficient funding for subsidized housing contract renewals (without prejudice to the form or length of such renewals). 9. Deficit reduction to be implemented in accordance with this agreement is specified in the attached ``Deficit Reduction Plan.'' For both budget scorekeeping and Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, final scoring will necessarily depend on the review of legislation by the scorekeepers, as provided in the Congressional Budget Act and Gramm-Rudman-Hollings. 10. The specific measures composing the governmental receipts figure will be determined through the regular legislative and Constitutional process. Agreements reached between the Administration and the Congressional tax-writing committees on revenue legislation reconciled pursuant to this agreement will be advanced legislatively when supported by the President of the United States. 11. Neither the Congress nor the President shall initiate supplementals except in the case of dire emergency. When the Executive Branch makes such a request, it shall be accompanied by a presidentially-transmitted budget amendment to Congress. 12. Both the President and the Congress have addressed the need for additional domestic discretionary spending priorities for the fiscal year 1990 budget. It is agreed that any funding of priorities will be within the domestic spending levels set forth in paragrap
Irregulars Question
I'm wondering if someone could help me out here. I am looking for a reference on the "1989 Balanced Budget Agreement" between President Bush and Congress. Specifically I am looking for a description of what exactly the polices committed to and enacted as part of this deal were.Definite bonus points for any journal references or any other serious economic academic literature examining it. For whatever reason, I am drawing a blank on my searches.(Thanks in part to the shared last name with our current President.) Thanks in advance for any leads. JDG *** John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Takoma Park, MD ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
