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Facts:

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's home district includes San Francisco.

Star-Kist Tuna's headquarters are in San Francisco, Pelosi's home district.

Star-Kist is owned by Del Monte Foods and is a major contributor to Pelosi.

Star-Kist is the major employer in American Samoa employing 75% of the Samoan workforce.

Paul Pelosi, Nancy's husband, owns $17 million dollars of Star-Kist stock.

In January, 2007 when the minimum wage was increased from $5.15 to $7.25,

Pelosi had American Samoa exempted from the increase so Del Monte would not have to

pay the higher wage. This would make Del Monte products less expensive than their competition's.

Last week when the huge bailout bill was passed, Pelosi added an earmark to the final bill adding

$33 million dollars for an 'economic development credit in American Samoa '.

Pelosi has called the Bush Administration corrupt.

How do you spell 'hypocrisy?

And They Ask Why I Like Retirement !!!

Question:  How many days in a week? 
Answer:  6 Saturdays, 1 Sunday

Question:  When is a retiree's bedtime? 
Answer:  Three hours after he falls asleep on the couch.

  How many days in a week?    6 Saturdays, 1 Sunday   When is a retiree's bedtime?    Three hours after he falls asleep on the couch.

 

 Question:  How many retirees to change a light bulb? 
Answer:  Only one, but it might take all day.

Question:  What's the biggest gripe of retirees? 
Answer:  There is not enough time to get everything done.

Question:  Why don't retirees mind being called Seniors? 
Answer:  The term comes with a 10% discount.

Question:  Among retirees what is considered formal attire? 
Answer:  Tied shoes.

Question:   Why do retirees count pennies? 
Answer:  They are the only ones who have the time. 
 
Question:  What is the common term for someone who enjoys work and refuses to retire?
Answer:  NUTS!  

 Question:  Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage?
Answer:  They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want to store stuff there.

Question:  What do retirees call a long lunch? 
Answer:  Normal ..

Question:  What is the best way to describe retirement? 
Answer:  The never ending Coffee Break.

Question:  What's the biggest advantage of going back to school as a retiree?

Answer:  If you cut classes, no one calls your parents.
 
 Question:  Why does a retiree often say he doesn't miss work, but misses the people he used to work with?
Answer:  He is too polite to tell the whole truth. 
 
And, my very favorite....

QUESTION:  What do you do all week? 
Answer:  Monday through Friday, NOTHING..... Saturday & Sunday, I rest.
 
 
Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, 'How old was your husband?'

'98,' she replied.   'Two years older than me' 
'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented.
She responded, 'Hardly worth going home, is it?

Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman:
'And what do you think is the best thing
about being 104?' the reporter asked.  
She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'
The nice thing about being senile is
you can hide your own Easter eggs.

I've sure gotten old!
I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes.
I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
Have bouts with dementia.
Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.
Have lost all my friends. But, thank God,
I still have my driver's license.

I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor's permission to
join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour.

But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.

An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and  told her preacher she had two final requests.
First, she wanted to be cremated, and second,
she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart. 
'Wal-Mart?' the preacher exclaimed.
'Why Wal-Mart?' 
'Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week'

My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.

Know how to prevent sagging?
Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.

It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffee maker.

These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says,
'For fast relief.'

THE SENILITY PRAYER :
Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway,  
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and
the eyesight to tell the difference.

"Store  closing announcements for October 2008"

Ann Taylor closing 117 stores nationwide

 Airborne/DHL to close all U.S. locations

Home Depot closing 36 stores

Eddie Bauer to close more stores Eddie Bauer has already closed 27 shops in the first quarter and plans to close up to two more outlet stores by the end of the year.

 Linens 'n Things closing 120 stores

Cache closing stores Women's retailer Cache announced that it is closing 20 to 23 stores this year.

Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherines closing 150 stores nationwideLane Bryant , Fashion Bug , Catherines Plus Sizes

Talbots, J. Jill

Gap Inc. closing 85 stores In addition to its namesake chain, Gap also owns Old Navy and Banana Republic. The company said the closures - all planned for fiscal 2008

Foot Locker to close 140 stores

 Wickes is going out of business Wickes Furniture is going out of business and closing all of its stores, Wickes, a 37-year-old retailer that targets middle-.

Levitz / BOMBAY - shutting down

Zales, Piercing Pagoda closing stores 

Disney Stores e Walt Disney Company closing stores

Home Depot store closing stores gradually with total layoffs of 26,000

CompUSA (CLOSED)

Macy's - 9 stores

Movie Gallery - 160 stores as part of reorganization plan to exit bankruptcy

The video rental company plans to close 2,400 of 3,500 Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video stores in addition to the 520 locations the video rental chain closed last fall.

Pacific Sun wear - 153 Demo stores

Pep Boys - 33 stores

Sprint Nextel - 125 retail locations to close.  Laying off  4,000 employees and closing 125 retail locations.

J. C. Penney, Lowe's and Office Depot are scaling back by closing many but not all stores.

Ethan Allen Interiors: The company announced plans to close 120 of 300 stores in the first phase.

Wilsons the Leather Experts - 158 stores  closing

Pacific Sunwear will close its 154 stores.

Sharper Image: its 184 stores are closing.

Bombay Company: The company to close all 384 U.S.-based Bombay Company stores. 

KB Toys posted a list of 356 stores that it is closing.

Dillard's to Close most Stores

 From:  Dr. Mercola

As of July 1, 2007, all U.S. mattresses are required to be highly flame retardant, to the extent that they won't catch on fire if exposed to a blow torch. This means that the manufacturers are dousing them with highly toxic flame-retardant chemicals like polybrominated diphenyl ether, better known as PBDE, which do NOT have to be disclosed in any way.

PBDEs, which have been banned in Canada, Europe and several states, build up in your body over time, and what you absorb or inhale does not go away. This is concerning not only because of the health problems PBDE is associated with (brain and reproductive damage, decreased sperm quality, thyroid problems and even cancer at high levels), but also because of how pervasive these chemicals have become.

PBDEs are not only in mattresses, they're also in furniture and countless other household products. Not surprisingly, the chemicals are now showing up in breast milk, blood tests and even umbilical-cord blood and livers of fetuses.

Other flame-retardant chemicals currently approved for use in mattresses include:

• Boric acid, a toxic respiratory irritant used to kill roaches
• Antimony, a metal that may be more toxic than mercury
• Formaldehyde, which causes cancer

    ///////////////////////// ///////////////////////// ///////////////////////// ///////////////////////// ////////////////////   My tire was thumping.
I thought it was flat

When I looked at the tire...

I noticed your cat.

Sorry!    
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~   Heard your wife left you,
How upset you must be.

But don't fret about it...

She moved in with me.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looking back over the years

That we've been together,

I can't help but wonder...

'What the hell was I thinking?'

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations on your wedding day!

Too bad no one likes your husband.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ How could two people as beautiful as you

Have such an ugly baby?

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've always wanted to have
Someone to hold,

Someone to love.

After having met you ..

I've changed my mind.

------------------------- ------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------- I must admit, you brought Religion into my life.

I never believed in Hell until I met you.

  ///////////////////////// ///////////////////////// ///////////////////////// ///////////////////////// ////////////////// As the days go by, I think of how lucky I am...

That you're not here to ruin it for me.

  ############# ######################### ############## Congratulations on your promotion.
Before you go...

Would you like to take this knife out of my back?

You'll probably need it again.

************************* ************************* ************************* ***** Happy Birthday, Uncle Dad!

(Available only in Tennessee , Kentucky & West Virginia )

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Happy birthday! You look great for your age.

Almost Lifelike!

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When we were together,
You always said you'd die for me.

Now that we've broken up,

I think it's time you kept your promise.

  ///////////////////////// ///////////////////////// ///////////////////////// ///////////////////////// ////////////////// We have been friends for a very long time ..

let's say we stop?

+++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ I'm so miserable without you

it's almost like you're here.

========================= ========================= === Congratulations on your new bundle of joy.

Did you ever find out who the father was?

 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%% Your friends and I wanted to do

Something special for your birthday.

So we're having you put to sleep.

))))))))))))))))))))))))) ))))))))))))))))))))))))) ))))))))))))))))))))))))) ))))))))))))))))))))) So your daughter's a hooker,
And it spoiled your day.

Look at the bright side, it's really good pay

(Whoever wrote this one deserves a HUGE pat on the back!)   I HAVE TO PASS A URINE TEST FOR MY JOB... SO I AGREE 100%   Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test with which I have no problem. What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to pass a urine test.   

    Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them? Please understand, I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sitting on their ASS, doing drugs, while I work. . . . Can you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?

An unemployed man is desperate to support his family of a wife and three kids. He applies for a janitor's job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test.

The human resources manager tells him, 'You will be hired at minimum wage of $5.35 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address so that we can get you in the loop. Our system will automatically e-mail you all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first day.'

Taken aback, the man protests that he is poor and has neither a computer nor an e-mail address.

To this the manager replies, 'You must understand that to a company like ours that means that you virtually do not exist. Without an e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a high-tech firm. Good day.' 

Stunned, the man leaves Not knowing where to turn and having $10 in his wallet, he walks past a farmers' market and sees a stand selling 25 lb. crates of beautiful red tomatoes. He buys a crate, carries it to a busy corner and displays the tomatoes. In less than 2 hours he sells all the tomatoes and makes 100% profit. Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 and arrives  hometh at night with several bags of groceries for his family.

During the night he decides to repeat the tomato business the next day. By the end of the week he is getting up early every day and working into the night. He multiplies his profits quickly.

Early in the second week he acquires a cart to transport several boxes of tomatoes at a time, but before a month is up he sells the cart to buy a broken-down pickup truck.

At the end of a year he owns three old trucks. His two sons have left their neighborhood gangs to help him with the tomato business, his wife is buying the tomatoes, and his daughter is taking night courses at the community college so she can keep books for him.

By the end of the second year he has a dozen very nice used trucks and employs fifteen previously unemployed people, all selling tomatoes. He continues to work hard.

Time passes and at the end of the fifth year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse that his wife supervises, plus two tomato farms that the boys manage. The tomato company's payroll has put hundreds of homeless and jobless people to work. His daughter reports that the business grossed over one million dollars.

Planning for the future, he decides to buy some life insurance.

Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. Then the adviser asks him for his e-mailaddress in order to send the final documents electronically.

When the man replies that he doesn't have time to mess with a computer and has no e-mail address, the insurance man is stunned,'What, you don't have e-mail? No computer? No Internet? Just think where you would be today if you'd had all of that five years ago!'

'Ha!' snorts the man. 'If I'd had e-mail five years ago I would be sweeping floors at Microsoft and making $5.35 an hour.'

Which brings us to the moral of the story:

Since you got this story by e-mail, you're probably closer to being a janitor than a millionaire.

Sadly, I received it also.

Harry Truman after the presidency--interesting

Harry Truman, from Missouri, was a different kind of

President.  He probably made as many important decision

regarding our nation's history as any of the other 42

Presidents.  However, a measure of his greatness may rest on

what he did after he left the White House.

Historians have written the only asset he had when he died

was the house he lived in, which was in Independence

Missouri.  On top of that, his wife inherited the house from

her Mother.

When he retired from office in 1952, his income was a U.S.

Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. 

Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and

personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance'

and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.

After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess

drove home to Missouri by themselves.  There were no Secret

Service following them.

When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he

declined, stating, 'You don't want me.  You want the

office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me. 

It belongs to the American people and it's not for

sale.'

Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to

award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he

refused to accept it, writing, 'I don't consider

that I have done anything which should be the reason for any

award, Congressional or otherwise.' 

He never owned his own home and as president he paid for

all of his own travel expenses and food.

Modern politicians have found a new level of success in

cashing in on the Presidency, resulting in untold wealth. 

Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become

quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. 

Political offices are now for sale.

Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, 'My

choices early in life were either to be a piano player in a

whore house or a politician.  And to tell the truth,

there's hardly any difference.'

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