In response to a liberal aquaintence who sees profit to be evil,
I asked, "Did you know that 52 percent of Exxon is owned by mutual funds, index funds, and pension funds?" No. Nor did she know that about 2 million individuals own Exxon stock or that company insiders hold less than 1 percent of the company. For example Exxon/Mobil's record quarterly profit was $11.66 billion on revenue of $116.64 billion. This amounts to a net profit of 9.99% typical of most businesses while the profit in my former drugstore on Payne Avenue was in that same range.

Beside that Exxon Mobil for the year 2008 paid total taxes including income tax, sales tax, property tax, excise taxes, payroll tax and others of $116.2 billion. This was 2.5 times higher than their net profit of $45.2 billion. I believe taxes are more evil than profits. I report, U decide.

HF 1437

Federal government memorialized to halt its practice of imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States and affirming Minnesota's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Atlanta, Georgia (TAC) March 1, 2010 - For two days last week, candidates for both state and federal offices in the 2010 elections gathered together to discuss strategies for upholding a strict interpretation of the 10th Amendment, which states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." The candidates presented their views and ideas to a capacity crowd last Friday.

Shame on the Strib for publishing lies as as written by John Evans:

‘Free Choice Act’ allows for secret ballots
I was disappointed by the Feb. 21 article concerning the National Labor Relations Board’s investigation of Regis Corp. The reporter erroneously stated that the Free Choice Act “eliminated” the secret ballot as an option for workers seeking to unionize. That is incorrect; it is a lie fervently promoted by corporate interests.

The following is copied directly from bill S560 The Employee Free Choice Act.If the Board finds that a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining has signed valid authorizations designating the individual or labor organization specified in the petition as their bargaining representative and that no other individual or labor organization is currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit, the Board shall not direct an election but shall certify the individual or labor organization as the representative described in subsection (a).

Nowhere in the text of S560 does it mention a chance for secret ballot. I report,U decide. Please reply to alanrph2@msn.com

(Joke: Gerty gets upset when my erectile dysfunctions. You can tell this when your bendy parts get stiff and your ……stiff part gets bendy.

(Sing)There was a frog lived in the spring,
Sing song kitty can’t you ki me oh.

(Irish joke by Gertie)
Father O’Malley answers the phone
“Hello, is this Father O’Malley”
“It is”
“This is the IRS. Can you help us?”
“I can”
“Do you know Patrick O’Rourke?”
“I do”
“Is he a member of your congregation?”
“He is”
“Did he donate $5,000 to your church?”
“He will”

(Sing)He went down the road mousie’s bell to ring,
Sing song kitty can’t you ki me oh

Joke: Olga and Teckla often have lunch at Schweitz Saloon on Payne Avenue Street at noon time. This time Teckla arrived first and when Olga arrived and Teckla asked “did you cum on the streetcar?” Olga said “I did but I pretended to have an asthma attack”

(Sing)Ki moh karro deerie oh me aware,
Mi hi mi ho me in come Sally single’

(Irish joke by Gertie)
Paddy Sullivan lived alone on the Irish countryside with only a pet dog for company. One day the dog died and Paddy went to the parish priest and asked “father, me dog is dead, could ya’ be saying a mass for the poor creature?” Father Patrick replied “I’m afraid not, we cannot have services for an animal in our church. But there are some Baptist down the lane and there’s no telling what they might do. Mybe they’ll do something for the creature. Paddy said I’ll go right away father. Do ya’ think $500 is enough to donate for the service? Father Patrick explained “ Sweet Mary and Joseph, why didn’t ya tell me the dog was Catholic.

(Sing)Sometime penny winkel.
In stepped nip cat

Joke: Ole tipped over after a long bout with difertilizationoftheholostitchium. Lena saw the necessity to post his obituary in the Pioneer Press and went to the counter to see the lady there. When asked for the words, Lena hoping to save money said “Ole Tipped Over”. Lady said you can get 6 words for free so with a great deal of thought Lena wrote “Ole Tipped over. Boat for Sale”

(Sing)Hit him with a brick bat,
Sing song kitty can’t you ki me oh

(Irish joke by Gertie)
Maggie Reilley goes on the bus with her baby. As she was handing her money to the driver, the bus driver said “That’s the ugliest baby I have ever seen. UGH! The woman sits down fuming. She sez to the man sitting next to her . “The driver just insulted me.” The man sez “you shouldn’t take that.You tell him off…go ahead. I’ll hold your monkey.”