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Friday, February 8. 2008

King Mackeral

Some good Maggie's Farm pals, last week.

 

Posted by Bird Dog in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc. at 16:51 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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#1 Anonymous on 2008-02-08 23:38 (Reply)
Leprosy Outbreak Causes Concerns in Northwest Arkansas

SPRINGDALE—The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn’t done soon.

Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale. Local doctors say they would be shocked by even one case of leprosy in their entire career, so they say something must be done soon, in order to stop leprosy’s spread.

{snip}

Medical specialists say the Marshall Islands have the most cases of leprosy, in the world. And the city with the largest number of Marshallese people, outside the Marshall islands, is Springdale. And Bingham [Springdale MD Jennifer Bingham] says, it makes sense, then, that leprosy is spreading to the city. “It’s from the Marshall islands; that’s why we’re seeing it.”

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Bingham says without cooperation, leprosy, which has no vaccine, and is transmitted through the air, will spread, and could easily become an epidemic. “People absolutely should be concerned. What I’m afraid of, is when people start thinking about it enough, it will already be out of control.”

So now, Bingham, and others like Mayoral candidate Nancy Jenkins, say government help is the next step. Jenkins says she’s angered the federal government has been so lax with border patrol. She says, “We’ve just opened the borders and said, ‘Come on in! Bring your diseases! Bring ‘em!’ Why are we doing that? Those who have it need to be quarantined and treated, or sent back to their country.”

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2008/02/leprosy_outbrea.php
#2 Pat on 2008-02-08 23:49 (Reply)
Is a Multiracial Nation Possible?

Jared Taylor, American Renaissance, February 1992

Of all the ways in which a nation defines itself, few are more important than what it teaches its children about itself. In the history classes of its public schools, a nation retells its own story and instills a national identity in the minds of young citizens. In today’s America, where competing racial, cultural, and linguistic claims now make it nearly impossible even to speak of national identity, questions about history have become a struggle for the possession of America’s past.

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2008/02/is_a_multiracia_1.php
#3 glenn on 2008-02-08 23:55 (Reply)
Discrimination Against Blacks Linked to Dehumanization, Study Finds

Science Daily, February 8, 2008

Crude historical depictions of African Americans as ape-like may have disappeared from mainstream U.S. culture, but research presented in a new paper by psychologists at Stanford, Pennsylvania State University and the University of California-Berkeley reveals that many Americans subconsciously associate blacks with apes.

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2008/02/discrimination_5.php
#4 Kingfish on 2008-02-08 23:59 (Reply)
Humans are apes.
#4.1 BD on 2008-02-09 00:23 (Reply)
So O.J. dies one day (finally!!!!) and he
immediately goes to hell, where the devil is waiting for
him.

"I don't know what to do here," says the devil. "You are on my list,
but I have no room for you. You definitely have to stay here, so I'll
tell you what I'm going to do.


I've got a couple of folks here who weren't quite as bad as you.
I'll let one of them go, but you have to take their place.


I'll even let YOU decide who leaves."

OJ thought that sounded
pretty good, so the devil opened the door to
the first room. In it was Ted Kennedy and a large pool of water. Ted
kept diving in, and surfacing, empty handed. Over, and over, and over
he dove in and surfaced with nothing. Such was his fate in hell.

"No," OJ said. "I don't think so. I'm not a good swimmer, and I don't think I could do that all day long."

The devil led him to the door of the next room. In it was Al Gore with a sledgehammer and a room full of rocks. All he did was swing that
hammer, time after time after time.

"No, this is no good; I've got this problem with my
shoulder. I would be in constant agony if all I could do was break rocks
all day,"commented OJ.

The devil opened a third door. Through it, OJ saw Bill
Clinton, lying on the bed, his arms tied over his head, and his legs
restrained in a spread-eagle pose. Bent over him was Monica Lewinsky,
doing what she does best.

OJ looked at this in shocked disbelief,
and finally said, "Yeah man, I can handle this."

The devil smiled and said . . . . . . .




"OK, Monica, you're free to go."
#5 Cam on 2008-02-09 00:03 (Reply)

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