Day: March 28, 2012

Why I Am Depressed

Courtesy of Cathy Martin

Over five thousand years ago, Moses said to the children of Israel , “Pick  up your shovels, mount your asses  and camels, and I will  lead you to the Promised Land.”

Nearly 75 years ago, (when Welfare was introduced) Roosevelt said, “Lay down your shovels, sit on your asses, and light up a Camel, this is the Promised Land.”

Today, Congress has stolen your shovel, taxed your asses, raised the price of Camels and mortgaged the Promised Land!

I was so depressed last night thinking about Health Care Plans, the economy, multiple wars, lost jobs, savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc. .  .. . I called a Suicide Hotline.  I had to press 1 for English.

I was connected to a call center in Pakistan.  I told them I was suicidal. They got excited and asked if I could drive a truck……

Folks, we’re in trouble!

Why I Am Depressed

Komen Fundraisers Missing Targets

Donations are way down at Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 

The group founded to raise money for breast cancer research announced Feb. 2 that it was ending grants to Planned Parenthood due to the legal entanglements in which the abortion provider had enmeshed itself as well as the realization that providing abortions did not really have all that much to do with breast cancer research.
Well,  the limo-riding, catered-lunch-imbibing One Percenters had a fit and a day later the decision was reversed.
Unfortunately for Komen, this enlightened many supporters as to where  its money was going, and now they feel much less kindly towards it.
Komen has revealed that it has been unable to reach its goals in at least two of the five fundraisers since the kerfuffle. 

Specifically cited were races in Lafayette, La, and Fort Worth, Texas.

Hey, who needs those hillbillies anyway. They all probably like Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin.

Now, where is that limo. I have a catered lunch to attend to raise money for Occupy Wall Street.

Oh, a free tip to those who run charities — church-going conservatives are far, far, far more generous with their money than the catered-lunchers.

No Open Fires Until May 25

State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) reminds us that open fires are prohibited on state forestland from though May 25 unless authorized by district foresters due higher possibly of forest fires from sparks falling on dry leaves or other tinder.

Nearly 85 percent of Pennsylvania’s wildfires occur in March, April and May, before the greening of woodlands and brush lands.