I don't understand. Who is Congressman Boner?

Melitta Extra Dark European Roast. Unfortunately the stores in the small Oklahoma town where I live don't carry it so I order it online from the company.

In 1775, if the colonists were told war with Great Britain would last 8 years, cost 50,000 dead sand wounded, that the troops would sometimes go months without pay and to finance the war we would have to borrow from the French and Dutch whom we would not be able to repay for 12 years, would they have voted for war?

And I thought I'd heard all the charade-type jokes. Good one!

I saw that episode also. The steak house in Dallas I referred to is actually in Arlington near the Cowboys stadium called the "Trail Dust Steak House." No ties allowed!

I remember the free tailoring also but I never trusted the salesman to tailor my suits. I found a professional tailor who took my measurements. After that I'd just buy my suits off the rack and drop them off to him and he'd tailor them perfectly to my measurements.

Back in the 80's there was a steakhouse in Dallas, Texas that would cut off the tie of anyone wearing one. Obviously it was a gimmick and many men would show up wearing a tie just so they could have it cut off.

If you want to vacation in Cuba, it's simple. Fly to Grand Cayman then book a flight to Cuba. Cuban Immigration will not stamp the passports of U.S. citizens.

Thanks, Cat. Well said. What the government gives away "for free", it takes from someone else. If you or I did that it'd be called theft.

Polls show Dems desperate enough to give Hillary Clinton another shot in 2016. :)

On the 8th day God created Marines:

In the beginning was the word, and the word was God.
In the beginning was God, and all else was darkness and void, and without form.

So God created the heavens and the Earth.
He created the sun, and the moon, and the stars, so that light might pierce the darkness.

The Earth, God divided between the land and the sea, and these he filled with many assorted creatures.

And the dark, salty, slimey creatures that inhabited the murkey depths of the oceans, God called sailors.

And he dressed them accordingly.

They had little trousers that looked like bells at the bottom.
And their shirts had cute little flaps on them to hide the hickeys on their necks.

He also gave them long sideburns and shabby looking beards.

God nicknamed them "squids" and banished them to a lifetime at sea, so that normal folks would not have to associate with them.

To further identify these unloved creatures, he called them "petty" and "commodore" instead of titles worthy of red-blooded men.

And the flakey creatures of the land, God called soldiers.
And with a twinkle in his eye, and a sense of humor that only he could have, God made their trousers too short and their covers too large.

He also made their pockets oversized, so that they may warm their hands.

And to adorn their uniforms, God gave them badges in quantities that only a dime store owner could appreciate.

And he gave them emblems and crests....and all sorts of shiny things that glittered.... and devices that dangled.
(When you are God you tend to get carried away)

On the 6th day, he thought about creating some air creatures for which he designed a Greyhound bus driver's uniform, especially for Air Force flyboys.

But he discarded the idea during the first week, and it was not until years later that some apostles resurrected this theme and established what we now know as the "wild blue yonder wonders".

And on the 7th day, as you know, God rested.

But on the 8th day, at O dark 30, God looked down upon the earth and was not happy.
God was not happy!

So he thought about his labors, and in his divine wisdom God created a divine creature.
And this he called a Marine.

And these Marines, who God had created in his own image, were to be of the air, and of the land, and of the sea.

And these he gave many wonderful uniforms.
Some were green, some were blue with red trim.

And in the early days, some were even a beautiful tan.
He gave them practical fighting uniforms, so that they could wage war against the forces of Satan and evil.

He gave them service uniforms for their daily work and training.

And he gave them evening and dress uniforms.......
sharp and stylish, handsome things, so that they might promenade with their ladies on Saturday night and impress the hell out of everybody!

He even gave them swords, so that people who were not impressed, could be dealt with accordingly.

And at the end of the 8th day, God looked down upon the Earth and saw that it was good.

But was God happy?
NO!
God was still not happy!

Because in the course of his labors, he had forgotten one thing. He did not have a Marine uniform for himself.

But he thought about it, and thought about it, and finally satisfied himself in knowing that
NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE A MARINE!

I believe the key word here is "fiction."

Did you bother to READ this article?

Thanks, but the question was rhetorical.

Why does the federal government own 84% of Nevada yet only 2% of Pennsylvania? Is this some Orwellian concept where some states are more equal than other states?

Too true! My first year in Vietnam we were told we could not fire until fired upon. As long as they didn't fire at us, a squad of VC traipsing through the bush with shouldered AK-47s and bags full of satchel charges were free to continue their evening walk unmolested.