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Posted on 03/30/2012 6:19:13 AM PDT by Lucky9teen

I am in Control Day

Not to be confused with Back Up Your Birth Control Day

When : Always March 30th



On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was wounded in an assassination attempt. Lots of confusion prevailed. In the White House, then Secretary of State Alexander Haig was taken a little out of context when he said "I am in control here". Instead of focusing upon the entire statement, people and the press focused upon these few words. Political uproar eventually led to his resignation.

On that infamous day, I am in Control Day was born.

History sometimes fades with time. Alexander Haig's statement was all but forgotten. Meanwhile, this special day continued on, and evolved. People came to think about this day in a different context. They personalized it into a day to get their life in control. In that sense, today is definitely a call to action. "I am in Control Day" is your chance to get things in order and under control.


Most likely, the first step is to take a deep breath and relax. Now, assess the situation, and.......... get things under control. Once you have accomplished this today, you can work on staying in control everyday.


Leno Has More On Obama's Hot Mic Moment


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: control; ofst; silliness
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To: Lucky9teen

21 posted on 03/30/2012 8:12:22 AM PDT by unique1
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To: Lucky9teen

22 posted on 03/30/2012 8:16:55 AM PDT by unique1
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To: Lucky9teen
Obama was leaving the country club golf course when he was accosted by an armed robber who demanded, "Give me all of your money!" Barack haughtily replied, "Do you know who I am. I'm the President of the United States!" The robber snarled back, "Then give me all MY money."

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Oval office answering machine....

You have reached the office of the President of the United States. President Obama is either away from his desk or not in the Oval Office at this time. At the tone, please leave your name, your telephone number, the size of the bailout or earmark that you are seeking and the aggregate dollar amount of your campaign donations to date.

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Here's lookin' at you....


23 posted on 03/30/2012 8:39:49 AM PDT by unique1
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To: Lucky9teen

Most of you should appreciate this...some won’t have a clue what it’s all about!

According to today’s regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids
in the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s probably shouldn’t have survived.

Our baby cots were covered with brightly colored lead-based paint which
was promptly chewed and licked.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans.

When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip flops and fluorescent ‘clackers’ on our wheels.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding
in the passenger seat was a treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle - tasted the same.

We ate dripping sandwiches, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy pop
with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.

We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no one
actually died from this.

We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top
speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running
into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were
back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us all day and no one minded.

We did not have Play-stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99
channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones,
no personal computers, no Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them.

We played elastics and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt.
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits. They were accidents. We learnt not to do the same thing again.

We had fights, punched each other hard and got black and blue - we learned to get over it.

We walked to friend’s homes.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate live stuff, and
although we were told it would happen, we did not have very many eyes out,
nor did the live stuff live inside us forever.

We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood.

Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected.

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They
actually sided with the law. Imagine that!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem
solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of
innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and
responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

And you’re one of them. Congratulations!

Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as real
kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.
_____

The aspiring student psychiatrists from various colleges were attending their first class on emotional extremes. “Just to establish some parameters,” said the professor, to the student from the University of Houston, “What is the opposite of joy?”

“Sadness,” replied the student.

“And the opposite of depression?” the professor asked of the young lady from Rice.

“Elation,” said she.

“And you sir,” he said to the young man from Texas A&M. “How about the opposite of woe?”

The Aggie replied, “Sir, I believe that would be giddy-up.”
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24 posted on 03/30/2012 8:48:06 AM PDT by unique1
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To: Lucky9teen; SortaBichy
Did you read about the 6'8" bassaba player that married a 3'2" midget?

He's nuts over her.

25 posted on 03/30/2012 8:48:17 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (A conservative, a liberal and a moderate walked into a bar; barkeep said "Hi Mitt")
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To: Responsibility2nd
Talk about silly...

NYC Dept. Of Education Wants 50 ‘Forbidden’ Words Banned From Standardized Tests

Here is the complete list of words that could be banned:

Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological)

Alcohol (beer and liquor), tobacco, or drugs

Birthday celebrations (and birthdays)

Bodily functions

Cancer (and other diseases)

Catastrophes/disasters (tsunamis and hurricanes)

Celebrities

Children dealing with serious issues

Cigarettes (and other smoking paraphernalia)

Computers in the home (acceptable in a school or library setting)

Crime

Death and disease

Divorce

Evolution

Expensive gifts, vacations, and prizes

Gambling involving money

Halloween

Homelessness

Homes with swimming pools

Hunting

Junk food

In-depth discussions of sports that require prior knowledge

Loss of employment

Nuclear weapons

Occult topics (i.e. fortune-telling)

Parapsychology

Politics

Pornography

Poverty

Rap Music

Religion

Religious holidays and festivals (including but not limited to Christmas, Yom Kippur, and Ramadan)

Rock-and-Roll music

Running away

Sex

Slavery

Terrorism

Television and video games (excessive use)

Traumatic material (including material that may be particularly upsetting such as animal shelters)

Vermin (rats and roaches)

Violence

War and bloodshed

Weapons (guns, knives, etc.)

Witchcraft, sorcery, etc.
26 posted on 03/30/2012 8:49:15 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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To: unique1
The Aggie replied, “Sir, I believe that would be giddy-up.

I don't get it. Seems like the right answer to me.

Fightin' Texas Aggie Class of 1986... fourth generation Aggie... father of the fifth generation Aggie that starts this fall.

27 posted on 03/30/2012 9:28:42 AM PDT by r-q-tek86 ("It doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't stop and think" - Dr. Sowell)
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To: Lucky9teen

Guys here they are “ The rules for looking at Breasts”

1.If you are with a woman and the woman is your wife or girlfriend - now is not a good time to look.

2.If you are with your mother, girlfriends mother or grandmother (the key word here is mother) you don’t want to explain what your looking at so now is probably not a good time to look

3.If you are with your sister look all you want - but not at hers.

4.If you are with a female aquaintance use the dating rule - If you want to date her follow the wife rule. If you don’t want to date her follow the sister rule.

5.If you are with a male aquaintance this is your chance. Look all you want, feel free to make any comments you want.

Exemptions

You may purchase an exemption for the price of a dark pair of sunglasses(and Flowers if you’ve been caught)


28 posted on 03/30/2012 9:35:23 AM PDT by r-q-tek86 ("It doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't stop and think" - Dr. Sowell)
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To: Lucky9teen
If you want to be in Control, you have to use the Cone of Silence


29 posted on 03/30/2012 9:38:24 AM PDT by fredhead (It's my Herbie year...check out the number on the side of the famous VW.)
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To: Lucky9teen

30 posted on 03/30/2012 9:54:29 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

31 posted on 03/30/2012 10:01:12 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce
The ultimate in control:


32 posted on 03/30/2012 10:09:53 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

^^^^^^^^Sounds like liberal rules......


33 posted on 03/30/2012 10:14:19 AM PDT by fredhead (It's my Herbie year...check out the number on the side of the famous VW.)
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To: ShadowAce
Humorous VW picture:


34 posted on 03/30/2012 10:18:08 AM PDT by fredhead (It's my Herbie year...check out the number on the side of the famous VW.)
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To: Lucky9teen
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35 posted on 03/30/2012 11:05:17 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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To: Lucky9teen
4'33"

I can play this one really well.

36 posted on 03/30/2012 11:23:36 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Lucky9teen
Ah yes. The eternal question asked by tourist in Germany.

Where is the town of Ausfart.

There are signs pointing to it at every autobahn exit, but never a sign telling you that you are there.

37 posted on 03/30/2012 11:27:13 AM PDT by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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To: Lucky9teen

Top... Oh, I forget.


38 posted on 03/30/2012 11:50:45 AM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: Lucky9teen

email this a.m. Author unknown;)

I understand that you don’t have a ton of extra time to read books, so I’ve
compiled a short list of books that can be read at a single sitting:

World’s
Shortest
Books
MY BLACK
GIRLFRIENDS
By Tiger
Woods
____________________________________________
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MY COUNTRY
By Jane Fonda & Cindy Sheehan

Illustrated by Michael Moore
Foreword by George Soros
________________________________________
MY CHRISTIAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS
& HOW I HELPED AFTER KATRINA
By Rev Jesse Jackson & Rev Al
Sharpton
______________________________________
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT
BILL
By Hillary Clinton
___________________________________
Sequel: THINGS I LOVE ABOUT
HILLARY
By Bill Clinton
_____________________________
THINGS I CANNOT AFFORD
By Bill Gates
____________________________________
THINGS I WOULD NOT DO FOR MONEY
By Dennis Rodman
_________________________________
THINGS WE KNOWTO BE
TRUE
By Al Gore & John Kerry
_____________________________________
GUIDE TO: THE PACIFIC
By Amelia Earhart
____________________________________
HOW TO LIVE LIFETO THE
FULLEST
By Dr. Jack Kevorkian
__________________________________
TO ALL THE MEN WE HAVE LOVED
BEFORE
By Ellen de Generes & Rosie
O’Donnell
_______________________
GUIDE TO DATING ETIQUETTE
By Mike Tyson
__________________________________
THE AMISH PHONE
DIRECTORY
_______________________________________
MY PLAN TO FINDTHE REAL KILLERS
By O. J. Simpson
_________________________________________
HOW TO DRINK &DRIVE
SAFELY
By Ted Kennedy
______________________________
MY BOOKOF MORALS
By Bill Clinton
With introductionby
The Rev. Jesse Jackson
____________________________________________________
HOW TO WIN A
SUPERBOWL
BY THE DETROIT LIONS
___________________________________________________
My Complete
Knowledgeof Military Strategy
By Nancy Pelosi
________________________________________________________
And the shortest
book of them all...
THINGS I DID TO DESERVE THE NOBEL
PEACE PRIZE
by Barack Obama


39 posted on 03/30/2012 12:17:00 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Newtrition - soul food for a starving America.)
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author unknown

Movin out

Two men were having coffee, when one of them said: Last night, my son just walked into the living r oom and said, “Dad, cancel my allowance immediately, rent my room out, throw all my clothes out of the window, take my TV, stereo, iPhone, iPod, and my laptop. Please give my jewelry to the Salvation Army or Goodwill. Then sell my car. Take my front door key away from me and throw me out of the house. Then disown me and never talk to me again. And don’t forget to write me out of your will and leave my share to my brother.”

The other man said:” Wow, he really said that?”

“Well, he didn’t put it quite that way. He actually said...’Dad, I’ve decided to work for Obama’s re-election campaign.’


40 posted on 03/30/2012 12:20:07 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Newtrition - soul food for a starving America.)
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