The Ten Most Corrupt Politicians In Washington

Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2009

Washington, DCJudicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2009 list of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians." The list, in alphabetical order, includes:

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Maine Loses Out On Federal Funding For Schools

Maine loses out on federal money for school reform

Maine's application for $75 million in Race to the Top funding falls short in competition scoring.

From staff and wire reports

Maine is out of the running for a share of $4.35 billion in federal Race to the Top education reform money.
The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that 18 states and Washington, D.C., are finalists in the second round of a funding competition paid for with economic stimulus money.
Maine's application for up to $75 million fell short in competition scoring, while New England neighbors Massachusetts and Rhode Island made the list of finalists. 

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The Economy is so bad that...

The economy is so bad that?







1. I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.








2. African television stations are now showing 'Sponsor an American
Child' commercials!








3. Wives are having sex with their husbands because they can't afford
batteries.







4. I ordered a burger at McDonald's and the kid behind the counter asked,
"Can you afford fries with that?"








5. CEO's are now playing miniature golf.





6. Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen.





7. My ATM gave me an IOU!





8. A stripper was killed when her audience showered her with rolls of
pennies while she danced.





9. I saw a Mormon polygamist with only one wife.





10. I bought a toaster oven and my free gift with purchase was a bank.





11. Barack Obama changed his slogan to "Maybe We Can!"





12. If the bank returns your check marked "Insufficient Funds," you call
them and ask if they meant you or them.





13. Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM.





14. McDonald's is selling the 1/4 ouncer.





15. Angelina Jolie adopted a child from America .





16. Parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their
childrens names.





17. My cousin had an exorcism but couldn't afford to pay for it, and they
re-possessed her!


18. A truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico .





19. Motel Six won't leave the light on anymore.





20. A picture is now only worth 200 words.





21. They renamed Wall Street " Wal-Mart Street ."





22. When Bill and Hillary travel together, they now have to share a room.





23. The Treasure Island casino in Las Vegas is now managed by Somali
pirates.





24. Congress says they are looking into this Bernard Madoff scandal. Oh
Great!! The guy who made $50 Billion disappear is being investigated by
the people who made $1.5 Trillion disappear!





And, finally...





25. I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs,
my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc., I called the
Suicide Hotline. I got a call center in Pakistan , and when I told them
I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck.

This Is Chilling

This is chilling... 
=============================================    In

1952

President  Truman

established  one  day  a  year  as  a
 "National Day of Prayer." 

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 In 1988
 President Reagan  

designated the
 First Thursday in May of each year as

the National Day of Prayer. 

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   In June 2007
 (then)

Presidential
 Candidate Barack Obama

declared that the USA Was no longer  a
 Christian nation. 
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 This year
 President Obama

canceled the
 21st annual National Day

of Prayer ceremony

at the White
 House under the ruse
 Of "not wanting to offend anyone" 
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 On September 25, 2009

from 4 am until 7  pm,

a National Day of Prayer

for the Muslim religion was Held on Capitol Hill,
 Beside the White House.

There were over 50,000 Muslims that
 Day  in  D.C. 

       HE PRAYS WITH THE MUSLIMS! 
 I guess it Doesn't matter

if  "Christians" Are  offended  by  this  event -
 We  obviously Don't  count  as

"anyone"  Anymore. 
 The direction
 this country is headed
 should strike fear in the heart of every Christian,
 especially knowing that the
 Muslim religion believes that if Christians cannot be
 converted, they should be annihilated.   This is not a Rumor –

Go  to  the  website
 To  confirm  this  info:  ( http://www.islamoncapitolhill.com/ )
  Pay particular attention to the very bottom of the page:  "OUR TIME HAS COME"  I hope that this information will stir your spirit.

The words of 2 Chronicles 7:14    "If my people, Who are called by my Name,
 Will humble themselves And pray,
 And seek my face, and Turn from their Wicked ways,
 Then will I hear from Heaven
 And will forgive their Sin and will heal Their land." 
 We must pray for Our nation, our communities,
 Our families, and especially our children.
 They are the ones who are going to suffer the most..
 If  we  don't  PRAY
May  God  have  Mercy.

IN GOD WE TRUST.


 Please pass this on
 Maybe someone, somehow can figure out a way to put America

back on the map as it was when we were growing up,

a safe place to live,  and by
 The Ten Commandments and Pledge of Allegiance.

For Obama to continue as our president

is an INSULT TO OUR FOUNDING FATHERS 

Today's Inspirational Lesson

Today's Inspirational Lesson

Never irritate a woman,who can operate  a backhoe...

Thus endeth the lesson.
 Women are Angels...And when someone breaks our wings...We simply continue to fly....on a broomstick...We are flexible like that...

Hey Lisbon This One's For You

Fresh Flower Fotos

Benefit Concert and Spaghetti Dinner for Emma Dube at the VFW

Benefit Concert and Spaghetti Dinner for Emma Dube at the VFW 

52 Lisbon Street Lisbon, Me 

on July 31, 2010 5-8 p.m.

The Worumbo Mill Project‏

The Worumbo Mill Project

If by some miracle, the town purchases the Worumbo Mill

property for a Waterfront Park, some have expressed concern

about money invested in the MTM Center Park for their popular

Concerts in The Park.

My response is, concerts would still be held at MTM. It’s a great

neighborhood area, residents can just walk over, it’s centrally

located. I don’t think a Waterfront Park would take anything

away from that.

A downtown waterfront park, adjacent to Route 196 would

give people to pause, drive in, and hopefully check out what

else is available in town. A kiosk with town businesses, and

attractions, history of Worumbo Mill and Hydro Plant, schools,

the MTM Center with all it has to offer, concerts at MTM Park

with a directory. A map and history of the town. We have so much

to offer.

“Build it and they will come”. And work on Lisbon Village next, the

forgotten area of town.

You never know until you try.

And, it can always be sold by the town if it doesn’t work out.

I see it as a bold investment for the town and it’s future.

Properties listed with a Realtor go on the Internet, and are available

to a wide and varied number of investors. I have spoken with the listing

Agent, and he is willing to work with us on the project, but he will

not be sitting back waiting for something to come his way. He will be

working with potential buyers. Once sold, we lose control.

If not sold in six months the mill and office buildings will be demolished. 

  

Is this what we really want to happen?

THINK ABOUT IT.

IF YOU THINK IT’S A GOOD IDEA, CALL TOWN MANAGER ELDRIDGE,

CALL MS. BRADLEY, CALL YOUR TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS,

ESPECIALLY GINA MASON.

PHONE NUMBER FOR THE TOWN OFFICE IS: 353-3000.

EXTENSIONS:

TOWN MANAGER – 102

MS. BRADLEY – 122.

LEAVE MESSAGES FOR TOWN COUNCIL.

Dot Fitzgerald

A Very Concerned Lisbon Citizen

A Mother's Bond

Want to view some excellent photography that captures the birth of a Moose?  This occurred recently in Anchorage, Alaska.  Click here. 
Enjoy.

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FIVE THINGS AMERICANS NEED TO UNDERSTAND

FIVE THINGS AMERICANS NEED TO UNDERSTAND
ABOUT HOW GOVERNMENT REALLY WORKS
John Hawkins, Townhall.com   January 26, 2010

    One of the biggest problems we have in this country is that so few
Americans understand how our government works in the real world.  Since
that's the case, most people simply aren't capable of making an informed
judgment about whether politicians can deliver on a promise.  With that
in mind, it seems like a good idea to go back to basics and explain what
so many of us have already learned the hard way about the government.

    Government can't compete on even footing with the private sector:
There's a reason why you get better service at Wal-Mart than at the DMV.
It's no coincidence that FedEx makes a profit while the post office loses
billions.  Moreover, it's no shocker that Enron and Lehman Brothers are
gone, but FEMA and ICE are still around.  It's because the government
can't compete on an even footing with private industry.

    Unlike businesses, they don't have their own money on the line, most
of their employees advance based on seniority, not merit, and government
agencies don't pay a big price for failure.  To the contrary, if a
government agency does a lousy job, it just means it will probably get a
bigger budget the next year.

    What it comes down to is that the only way the government can compete
with a business is by outspending it or by rewriting the laws to make the
business less competitive with the government.

    Government action often creates more problems than it solves: People
are always clamoring for the government to "solve" problems, but what
they don't understand is that when the government "fixes" one problem, it
can often create another issue that may be even worse in the process.

    Our government's attempts to "fix" one problem or another led to the
length of the Great Depression, the destruction of the black family in
America via welfare, marriages shattering across America because of
no-fault divorces, gas lines in the seventies, the Savings and Loan
crisis, and the current banking crisis that was caused by a
government-created housing bubble.

    While the government is not the root of all evil, many of the worst
problems we have as a society were exacerbated or created by the
government in its clumsy attempts to fix some long forgotten mess.  This
is why government should be treated as a necessary evil, not a force for
good.

    It's extremely difficult to shrink government: Our political system
rewards spending money and punishes cutting spending. For example, if you
create a 300 million dollar a year "Giving Fluffy Kittens to Orphans
Program," people will love you for it. Animal shelters and pro-orphan
advocates will publicly laud you for your compassion while orphanages
around the country will funnel campaign cash into your coffers.

    Meanwhile, if you bring up the cost of the program, most Americans
will shrug their shoulders and say, "Ah, it's only 300 million dollars."
However, if you suggest cutting 50 million dollars from the "Giving
Fluffy Kittens to Orphans Program," you'll be accused of hating orphans
and kittens while every orphanage in the country will be screaming for
your blood. In other words, government spending is easy to get started,
but difficult to stop.

    That's why it's wise to be very hesitant to create any new
programs -- because billions can be frittered away on useless debacles
like Head Start that have proven to be nearly impossible to kill despite
the fact that they don't work.

    Our politicians lack expertise: Many people seem to attribute almost
super human abilities to our politicians, but the reality is far
different.  Most of the politicians in DC are bright people, but as a
general rule, they have a very superficial understanding of the subjects
their legislation impacts.  How can we expect people who barely know how
to use the internet to handle a subject as complex as network neutrality?

    How can we think someone who has worked in government all of his life
can truly understand how much a new regulation may hurt someone running a
small business?  Moreover, given the length of bills that are being
shoved through Congress and the fact that these bills are written in
legalese, many of our legislators undoubtedly don't even fully understand
what they're voting on half the time.  Point being, even when members of
Congress have good intentions, their lack of hands-on experience can lead
to disaster.

    The first priority of our politicians isn't solving our problems: As
the great Thomas Sowell has said:

    No one will really understand politics until they understand that
politicians are not trying to solve our problems.  They are trying to
solve their own problems -- of which getting elected and re-elected are
number one and number two.  Whatever is number three is far behind.

    Getting reelected may entail lying about what a bill does, punishing
people who don't deserve it because it's popular, rewarding special
interests who may help your campaign, and promoting bills that sound good
but don't work.  The sad truth is that politicians are often rewarded at
the ballot box for pushing policies that sound good, but ultimately do
great harm to the country.  That's all the more reason to limit the power
of government as much as possible.

Ten Thoughts to Ponder

Ten Thoughts to Ponder

Number 10
Life is sexually transmitted.

Number 9
Good health is merely the slowest possible
rate at which one can die.

Number 8
Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny.
If you see him NOT HORNY, make him a sandwich ..

Number 7
Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day,
teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.

Number 6
Some people are like a Slinky ...
not really good for anything, but you
still can't help but smile when
you shove them down the stairs.

Number 5
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday,
lying in hospitals, dying of nothing.

Number 4
All of us could take a lesson from the weather.
It pays no attention to criticism.

Number 3
Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200.00,
and a substantial tax cut saves you $30.00?

Number 2
In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

And The Number 1 Thought
Life is like a jar of Jalapeno peppers;
what you do today, might burn Your BUTT tomorrow.

Husband Down

On the PA system:

 

 

'Cleanup on aisle 25, we have a husband      down.'

 
 A husband and wife are shopping in their local Wal-Mart.
The husband picks up a case of Budweiser and puts it in their cart.

 
'What do you think you're doing?' asks the wife.

 
'They're on sale, only $10 for 24 cans he replies.

 
'Put them back, we can't afford them demands the wife', and so they carry on shopping.
 A few aisles further on along the woman picks up a $20 jar of face cream and puts it in the basket.

 
What do you think you're doing?' asks the husband.

 
'It's my face cream. It makes me look beautiful,' replies the wife. 

 
 Her husband retorts: 'So does 24 cans of Budweiser and it's half the price.'