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| Life and Liberty Precede Law
Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.
-- Frederic Bastiat
| Philosophy |
| Olympic Discus
One of the world's oldest sports, dating to at least the eighth century B.C., discus was a part of the first modern Games in 1896. It was also the first Olympic women's throwing event, beginning in 1928, when Poland's Halina Konopacka became the only discus ...
| Sports Facts |
| Tech Support Tales, 1
Tech Support: "I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop."
Customer "Ok."
Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?"
Customer: "No."
Tech Support: "Ok. Right click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?"
Customer "No."
Tech Support: "Ok, sir. ...
| Humor |
| God Makes a Covenant with Abram
Genesis 17:1-4
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
2 Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.”
3/4 ...
| Bible |
| Swimming, Who Knew?
1) Elephants can swim as many as 20 miles a day — they use their trunks as natural snorkels!
2) The bikini swimsuit was named after a U.S. nuclear testing site in the South Pacific called Bikini Atoll.
3) 65% of people in the U.S. don’t know how to swim. ...
| Sports Facts |
| Created Equal
All men are created equal. It is what you do from there that makes the difference. We are all free agents in life. We make our own decisions. We control our own destiny.
-- Glenn Beck
| Philosophy |
| 2 Polak Jokes
Q: Did you hear about the Polak who thought his wife was trying to kill him?
A: On her dressing table he found a bottle of "Polish Remover".
Q: How do you sink a polish battleship?
A: Put it in water.
| Humor |
| Psalm 11, part 2
4 The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne.
He observes everyone on earth; his eyes examine them.
5 The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.
6 On the wicked he will ...
| Bible |
| Hail to the Librarians
I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from ...
| Philosophy |
| July 9th, 1940
At Sportsman's Park, five National League hurlers combine to throw the first shutout in All-Star history. Paul Derringer, Bucky Walters, Whit Wyatt, Larry French, and Carl Hubbell three-hit the junior circuit, 4-0, with the help of Max West's three-run homer. ...
| Sports Facts |
| Managers...
A new manager spends a week at his new office with the manager he is replacing. On the last day the departing manager tells him, "I have left three numbered envelopes in the desk drawer. Open an envelope if you encounter a crisis you can't solve."
Three ...
| Humor |
| Psalm 11, part 1
1 In the Lord I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain.
2 For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
3 When the foundations are ...
| Bible |
| A Clear View
Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
-- Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
| Philosophy |
| Not sure which is worse
If all the Super Bowl's commercials and pregame shows were strung together, their running time would be equivalent to the length of Gone with the Wind (238 minutes).
| Sports Facts |
| Sex is like your salary
You don't disclose what you get but you always think that others get more than you
| Humor |
| Proverbs
15:9-12
| Bible |
| Patriot's Duty
The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.
-- Thomas Paine
| Philosophy |
| What a player!
Basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
| Sports Facts |
| The brain is a marvelous thing
The human brain is most outstanding thing.......
it functions 24hrs 365 days.....
it functions right from the time you are Born ....
until you fall in love
| Humor |
| Proverbs
15:5-8
| Bible |
| Mike Tyson
Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.
| Humor |
| Peace and Trouble
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
-- Thomas Paine
| Philosophy |
| Superstitions, gotta love em
Former pitcher Turk Wendell used to brush his teeth and chew licorice between every inning
| Sports Facts |
| Proverbs
15:1-4
| Bible |
| Rights and Claims
Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.
-- Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
| Philosophy |