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Failures of the Bush Presidency
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Feb 26, 2007 7:38 am
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1. His inability to get Rowe vs Wade overturned.
2. His inability to reform Social Security and privatize it.
3. Was not able to make his TAX CUTS permanent.
4. His appointment of Paul Bremmer as special envoy to Iraq
5. His failure to appoint conservative judges to the Supreme Court.
6. His wavering over illegal immigration.
......This is my list how about you, want to add any? Of course there will be some who say these are accomplishments...... Even though he has his failures President Bush continues to serve in a stellar manner dispite his overzealous critics and the Media bias......Keep up the good work Mr. President
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A Republican in 2008 ....poll results
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Feb 26, 2007 7:00 am
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My thanks to all who participated....The clear winner was Rudy Gulliani with Gingrich and McCain tied for second and Romney third....Surprisingly there were some democrats taking this poll and casting their ballot for candidates they thought would guarantee a democratic victory (their words not mine)....Makes me wonder if the Democrats are uneasy about their current frontrunners (Clinton/Obama) chances of winning in 2008..... My personal choice was Mitt Romney a very successful businessman. A tireless worker and the only true statesman out of the entire bunch of candidates from both parties.......Of course this poll was non scientific with a margin of error at about 100% .......stay informed and vote that will insure a Republican will win. Dont let the Media or Hollywood tell you different.
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Presidents day and Mount Rushmore a reflection
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Feb 19, 2007 3:40 pm
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Well today was Presidents day. I can remember when we celebrated Lincolns birthday on Feb 12th and then Washingtons birthday on Feb 22nd. In 1971 Congress passed and President Nixon signed the "Uniform Monday Holiday Act" and Presidents day was born. To be celebrated on the 3rd monday in February. So much for History today I was looking at a Picture of Mount Rushmore which honors 4 ouf our country's greatest Presidents. You know as I looked closer you think we could also slip President Bush up there between Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln?........Gee what a great idea.
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Sunday night Trivia
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Feb 10, 2007 8:27 pm
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Tune in to Trivia Sunday night in the Gazebo. 10pm eastern standard time. Guys we've lost 3 in a row lets get out and beat em this time. ......after all we are the smarter gender
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You might be from Maine if ........
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Feb 9, 2007 10:16 am
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You might be from the Great State of Maine if:
You call four inches of snow "a dusting."
You don't understand why there aren't fried clam shacks elsewhere in the county.
You know what an Irving is and the location of 15 of them.
You knew all the flavors at Perry's Nut House.
You can drive the Augusta traffic circle without slowing down.
You've hung out at a gravel pit.
You think a mosquito could be a species of bird.
You once skipped school and went to Bar Harbor, Old Orchard Beach or Reid State Park.
Even your school cafeteria made good chowder.
You've almost fallen asleep driving between Houlton and Presque Isle.
You know how to pronounce Calais.
You've made a meal out of a Jordan's red dye hot-dog, a bag of Humpty Dumpty potato chips and a can of soda.
You've gone to a Grange bean supper.
At least once in your life, a seagull pooped on your head.
At least once in your life you've said, "It smells like the mill in here."
There's a fruit and vegetable stand within 10 minutes of your house.
You crave Italian sandwiches at least weekly.
Your house converts to a B&B every July and August for people from away that
you happen to know.
All year long you're tracking sand in the house-from the beach in the summer
and the roads and sidewalks in the winter.
You have to have the sand cleaned out of your brake system every spring.
You do the majority of your shopping out of Uncle Henry's.
You've ditched the car on the side of the road somewhere because you thought
you saw some good fiddleheads!
You know a lobster pot is a trap, not a kettle.
You know not to plant tender crops until the last full moon in May.
You go to the dump and bring back more than you brought.
You've watched "Murder she Wrote" and snickered at the stupid fake accents.
You know how to find the rope swing at the quarry.
You take the New Hampshire toll personally.
You always wave when you see a Maine license plate in another state.
When you're supposed to dress up, you wear flannel with a tie.
There's too much "stuff" in your 2 "cah" garage to get either of your cars
into it.
You know what a frappe is.
L.L. Bean's not just a store, it's a way of life.
"The City" means exclusively Portland.
"Salt damage" is a viable insurance claim.
All of the traffic lights blink yellow at 10 o'clock at night.
It's not a storm - it's a Nor'eastah.
"Open 24/7" might as well be Greek.
More stores have "Bienvenue" flags than "Welcome" flags.
You eat ice cream with flavors like 'Moose Tracks" and "Maine Black Bear".
You know that a chocolate doughnut is not a white doughnut with chocolate
frosting.
You wouldn't eat beans in tomato sauce or Manhattan clam chowder if you were
starving!
As a child, you played outside in a snow storm without hat, mittens, scarf
and with your jacket open because it was just a little cool.
The area around your back door is referred to as "the dooryard".
You eat potato chips with flavors such as "clam dip", "ketchup" and "dill
pickle".
You call the basement "downcellah."
There is only one shopping plaza in town.
You use "wicked" as a multipurpose part of speech
Your pickup has more mud on it then the ground around it for a 15 foot
radius.
More than 1/2 the meat in your freezer is moose or deer.
You enjoy a hot chocolate more than a margarita.
If your "luxury vehicle" is a twelve-year-old 4x4 rustbucket on wheels.
If your dog eats better than you do, and more often too.
If you never say what you paid for an item but how much you "give" for it.
You've eaten Brown Bread from a can.
You check the weather, not by the news forecast, but by the Farmer's
Alamanac.
If 'central heating' means a woodstove in the middle of the room.
If they sell 'Hot Hands' and 'Hot Feet' warmers at your local high school
football game.
Your raking and shoveling (possibly in the same day) meets or exceeds the
national 'requirement' of daily excercise.
The trunk of your car doubles as a freezer October - April.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes fill with snow.
You owe more money on your snowmobile than you do on your car.
You design your halloween costumes to fit over snowsuits.
You own three spices: Salt, Pepper & Ketchup
You've worn a winter coat and shorts at the same time.
You measure distance in hours.
Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
If you dont believe any of this just ask cjc1939 she'll tell ya
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Open letter to President George W Bush
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Jan 23, 2007 12:42 pm
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,,,,,Mr President your popularity ratings are at an all time low. I wonder how great this country would be if they were high. We are currently experiencing the greatest economy in my lifetime. Unprecedented growth, low unemployment, interest rates and inflation. Lowest gas prices of any industrialized nation in the world. Since no one seems to give you any credit for this I want to say thank you for the absolutely sterling job you have done these past 6 and one half years.
Our military has become the envy of the world. Through your leadership and example we our truly second to none. So as a former U. S. Marine I say saepe expertus, semper fidelis, and fratres aterni Mr President, may God bless you all your days.
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Long Distance Relationships
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Apr 2, 2006 8:04 pm
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Greetings to all my friends who know me by this handle or Chatman....Being that I was involved in a long distance relationship (8000 miles) I would like to take this opportunity to offer some advice......They can work if one partner can fully commit to the others location. I was not able to do that and of course she wasnt either so after 4 years of not being able to overcome such a distance obstacle we mutually decided to end our relationship. I still consider her a friend ......about 9 months ago I met a lady much closer ( 90 miles) and we have become very close. We see each other a lot, travel together and most of all love each other......As Jackie Gleason would say to Audrey Meadows in the "Honeymooners"....CJC your the Greatest.......smile
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