NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD…

President Bush Signs Genetic Nondiscrimination Act Protecting Both Born and Unborn
Act protects women from financial pressure to abort children with genetic disorders
In an important blow to the eugenics movement, President George Bush yesterday signed into law a bill preventing health insurance companies and employers from discriminating against born or unborn individuals on the basis of [...]

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AAADD

So here is the Friday humor…enjoy!
 
KNOW THE SYMPTOMS…..PLEASE READ!

Thank goodness there’s a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better even though I have it!!
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my [...]

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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

The young mother set her foot on the path of life. ‘Is
This the long way?’ she asked. And the guide said: ‘Yes, and the way is hard. 
And you will be old before you reach the end of it…. But
The end will be better than the beginning.’ 
But the young mother was happy, and she would not
Believe [...]

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WINNER

Well that was the fastest contest I have ever held…we have a winner…Ignorant Redneck is the winner of the May Contest…he identified the quote as coming from Dante and correctly stating that the “ROSE” is referring to Mary.
IR I have emailed you…need some info from you to send your prize out!
Congratulations!  

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3 suspended for not standing for Pledge of Allegiance

Three small-town eighth-graders in Minnesota were suspended by their principal for not standing Thursday morning for the Pledge of Allegiance, violating a district policy that the principal now says may soon be reworded to protect free speech rights.
“My son wasn’t being defiant against America,” said Kim Dahl, mother of one of the students, Brandt, who [...]

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Myanmar

What the heck is going on with the government of this country?? Major Cyclone hits and major devastation occurs…outside countries have supplies, water, food medicine etc. that they want to donate but they are not allowed into the country! WHY???
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080509/D90IE0RO1.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-river-of-death-825404.html?r=RSS

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CONTEST

I am thinking of doing a new contest…something quick and easy
So what would you rather have as a prize…
one of these…  http://www.etsy.com/search_results_shop.php?search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_5626770&search_query=altered+pendant
or one of these…http://www.etsy.com/search_results_shop.php?search_query=photography&search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_5626770&order=&page=2
 
As soon as I get an idea of what people would like to recieve as a prize I will post the contest
 
UPDATE…

NEW CONTEST…http://wifeandmomoftwo.wordpress.com/may-contest/

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Quote of the Day

“Far too many Catholic bishops and priests– perhaps even a majority– are doing a lousy job of shepherding their flocks and saving souls.”  Judie Brown
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=58188
 

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RESPECT FOR THE DEAD?

I guess these guys never heard that the saying….”Respect the dead”…
 
The Kingwood teenager’s story of decapitating a corpse and using the head to smoke marijuana was so outlandish that at first Houston Police Department senior officer Jim Adkins did not believe it.
Yet, Kevin Wade Jones Jr., 17, appeared almost indifferent as he relayed the bizarre [...]

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WHAT ELSE IS NEW IN CHINA??

Well it would seem that basic hygiene is lacking in China..
 
Hand, Foot and Mouth diesase is on the rise among the children…for those of you that DONT know HFMD is spread through contact with fecal (that would be Sh*t for us laymen) matter!
 Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common childhood illness that spreads through contact with [...]

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