Wednesday, March 12. 2008
FastlaneGT Proudly Presents - John Horton
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Here you will find songs that can be your all time favorites!
1980's style Christian Rock
Sunday, August 26. 2007
Crushed Glass to Be Spread on Beaches
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Picture a beautiful beach spanning miles of coastline, gently lapped by aqua-colored water - and sprinkled with glass.
Ouch? Think again. It feels just like sand, but with granules that sparkle in the sunlight.
Faced with the constant erosion of Florida's beaches, Broward County officials are exploring using recycled glass - crushed into tiny grains and mixed with regular sand - to help fill gaps.
It's only natural, backers of the idea say, since sand is the main ingredient in glass.
"Basically, what we're doing is taking the material and returning it back to its natural state," said Phil Bresee, Broward's recycling manager.
The county would become the first in the nation to combine disposal of recycled glass with bolstering beach sand reserves, Bresee said.
"You reduce waste stream that goes to our landfills and you generate materials that could be available for our beaches," said Paden Woodruff of the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Sand is a valuable commodity in South Florida, where beach-related business generates more than $1 billion a year for Broward alone.
Sand to replenish eroded beaches is typically dredged from the ocean floor and piped to shore - about 13 million tons of it since 1970 in Broward. That's enough sand to fill the Empire State Building more than 12 times over.
But with reef preservation restricting future dredge sites, sand is becoming scarce. And the price is rising as construction and fuel costs rise and dredge operations are pushed farther offshore.
In 2005, dredging brought in about 2.6 million tons of sand at a cost of $45 million. A similar operation in 1991 brought in about 1.3 million tons of sand for just $9 million.
The county would create only 15,600 tons of the glass material each year, not enough to solve its sand shortage, but enough to create a reserve for filling eroded spots before they can worsen, Bresee said.
Most of Broward County's 24 miles of beaches are considered critically eroded, and more than a quarter of Florida's 1,350-mile coastline falls into the same category. About $80 million is spent annually restoring Florida's beaches.
The glass-sand idea grew from the unintentional consequences of an ocean dump site off Northern California near Fort Bragg. Beginning in 1949, garbage - including lots of glass - was dumped over a cliff into the ocean, said Charles Finkl, a marine geologist with Boca Raton-based Coastal Planning and Engineering.
Finkl said that while organic material degraded over the years, the glass broke up and became smooth as it tumbled in the surf. The area is now known locally as Glass Beach. Another dump site in Hawaii produced similar results, Finkl said.
"You talk about glass beach and people have images of sharp glass shards but it's not that way at all," he said.
Recycled glass also has been used for beaches along Lake Hood in New Zealand and on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao.
It's unclear how much the project would cost Broward County, or if the project is even feasible. The state and county have so far spent about $600,000 just on tests and engineering.
The county tested a small patch of glass sand on a dry patch of beach last year, using sensors to measure effects of heat and moisture. Scientists have also conducted laboratory tests that show organisms and wildlife can thrive in the material just like natural sand, they said. The county is awaiting a permit to test glass sand in the surf zone.
Some people are raising caution flags.
"There's no way that you can predict all the environmental consequences of an action like this," said Dennis Heinemann, a senior scientist with the Ocean Conservancy. "There always will be unforeseen consequences."
One example sits just off shore.
The state and Broward County are spending millions to remove some 700,000 old tires that were placed on the ocean floor off Fort Lauderdale in the 1970s and fastened together to create an artificial reef. The tires came loose, moving around and scouring the ocean floor and wedging against natural reefs, killing coral.
What's your comment on this idea? Feel free to add it!
Ouch? Think again. It feels just like sand, but with granules that sparkle in the sunlight.
Faced with the constant erosion of Florida's beaches, Broward County officials are exploring using recycled glass - crushed into tiny grains and mixed with regular sand - to help fill gaps.
It's only natural, backers of the idea say, since sand is the main ingredient in glass.
"Basically, what we're doing is taking the material and returning it back to its natural state," said Phil Bresee, Broward's recycling manager.
The county would become the first in the nation to combine disposal of recycled glass with bolstering beach sand reserves, Bresee said.
"You reduce waste stream that goes to our landfills and you generate materials that could be available for our beaches," said Paden Woodruff of the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Sand is a valuable commodity in South Florida, where beach-related business generates more than $1 billion a year for Broward alone.
Sand to replenish eroded beaches is typically dredged from the ocean floor and piped to shore - about 13 million tons of it since 1970 in Broward. That's enough sand to fill the Empire State Building more than 12 times over.
But with reef preservation restricting future dredge sites, sand is becoming scarce. And the price is rising as construction and fuel costs rise and dredge operations are pushed farther offshore.
In 2005, dredging brought in about 2.6 million tons of sand at a cost of $45 million. A similar operation in 1991 brought in about 1.3 million tons of sand for just $9 million.
The county would create only 15,600 tons of the glass material each year, not enough to solve its sand shortage, but enough to create a reserve for filling eroded spots before they can worsen, Bresee said.
Most of Broward County's 24 miles of beaches are considered critically eroded, and more than a quarter of Florida's 1,350-mile coastline falls into the same category. About $80 million is spent annually restoring Florida's beaches.
The glass-sand idea grew from the unintentional consequences of an ocean dump site off Northern California near Fort Bragg. Beginning in 1949, garbage - including lots of glass - was dumped over a cliff into the ocean, said Charles Finkl, a marine geologist with Boca Raton-based Coastal Planning and Engineering.
Finkl said that while organic material degraded over the years, the glass broke up and became smooth as it tumbled in the surf. The area is now known locally as Glass Beach. Another dump site in Hawaii produced similar results, Finkl said.
"You talk about glass beach and people have images of sharp glass shards but it's not that way at all," he said.
Recycled glass also has been used for beaches along Lake Hood in New Zealand and on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao.
It's unclear how much the project would cost Broward County, or if the project is even feasible. The state and county have so far spent about $600,000 just on tests and engineering.
The county tested a small patch of glass sand on a dry patch of beach last year, using sensors to measure effects of heat and moisture. Scientists have also conducted laboratory tests that show organisms and wildlife can thrive in the material just like natural sand, they said. The county is awaiting a permit to test glass sand in the surf zone.
Some people are raising caution flags.
"There's no way that you can predict all the environmental consequences of an action like this," said Dennis Heinemann, a senior scientist with the Ocean Conservancy. "There always will be unforeseen consequences."
One example sits just off shore.
The state and Broward County are spending millions to remove some 700,000 old tires that were placed on the ocean floor off Fort Lauderdale in the 1970s and fastened together to create an artificial reef. The tires came loose, moving around and scouring the ocean floor and wedging against natural reefs, killing coral.
What's your comment on this idea? Feel free to add it!
Tuesday, March 27. 2007
"NATIOANL TRUCK OUT" - TRUCKER'S BOYCOTT 4/23 - 4/25, 2007
If Bush lets this happen it'll create massive unemployed among our tax paying truckers! Then huge Co's can hire Mexicans for half cost, what do you think they'll do? If we wont stand by our own, we wont stand at all.. . "Those who expect to reap the blessings of liberty, must undergo the fatigues of supporting it" ~ Thomas Payne
I did not send this to inform the informed, but for them to send it out to those who are not!
PLEASE GET THIS ARTICLE INTO THE HANDS OF ALL TRUCK DRIVERS IMMEDIATELY
EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO COPY IT AND HAND IT OUT AT TRUCK STOPS
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 1:26 AM
Subject: ALERT: THE "NATIONAL TRUCK OUT" TRUCKERS BOYCOTT 4/23 - 25 /07
IMPORTANT INFO ON THE "NATIONAL TRUCK OUT" TRUCKERS BOYCOTT 4/23 - 25 /07
WE ARE ORGANIZING A TRUCKERS BOYCOTT OF BUSH'S PLAN TO LET 17,000 MEXICAN TRUCKERS INTO AMERICA IN LESS THAN 60 DAYS.
WE ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO EVERY TRUCKER IN AMERICA TO STOP TRUCKING IN A NATIONAL "TRUCK OUT" BOYCOTT ON APRIL 23-25, 2007.
FAIRUS HAS JOINED THIS FIGHT, AS WELL AS FROSTY WOOLRIDGE, AND FAIRUS WILL BE REPRESENTING THE TRUCKERS IN THE "PUT THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE" PRESS CONFERENCE RALLY HELD IN WASHINGTON DC ON APRIL 23-25.
WE ARE CALLING ON EVERY PERSON WE KNOW TO JOIN IN THIS FIGHT AND HELP ORGANIZE THE TRUCKERS BY GETTING ON YOUR CB RADIOS AND BROADCASTING TO THE TRUCKERS IN YOUR AREA THE MESSAGE TO JOIN IN THIS BOYCOTT.
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE RALLY ON APRIL 23-25, BEFORE BUSH WILL OPEN OUR BORDERS TO THE MEXICAN TRUCKERS.
PLEASE HELP US PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. IF THEY WON'T LISTEN TO OUR LETTERS AND FAXES, MAYBE THEY WILL LISTEN IF OUR TRUCKERS SHUT THIS COUNTRY DOWN AND SURROUND THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE CAN AND MUST MAKE THIS HAPPEN !!!
Below I have put together some bullet points that I feel are important issues
about Bush's plan to let the Mexican truckers into the U.S. and how that will
adversely affect this entire nation. The truckers will loose their futures,
and it will seal the fate of our country to the loss of our sovereignty,
Constitution and ultimately our governing bodies, liberties and freedoms. We
could even wind up loosing our lives if the terrorists, La Raza and the
revolutionary brown berets have their way.
"Truck Out" Bullet points:
The main talking points for the CB Broadcasts are:
1. Bush is planning, in less than 60 days, to allow tens of thousands ( 17,000 or more to start ) of Mexican trucks and truckers into our country with no checks and balances in place. Rigs will be allowed in with no weight regulations, no load restrictions (as their loads will not be under the same
security scrutiny that our truckers loads have to comply to, which opens the door to more drug, terrorist, weapons and human smuggling), some with no insurance in place, some truckers with no drivers licenses and criminal driving records, no background checks, and trucks that are not regulated to adhere to our strict safety regulations.
2. Once again the illegals will be given special treatment by our govt., above
that of our legal American citizens and legal immigrants, that allows them to
break laws in our country that our truckers cannot get away with or their licenses would be pulled, their trucks impounded, and potentially criminally charged.
3. These truckers can haul for far less per load than our own truckers and will take their jobs. This is not a threat, or something that may happen, it has been in the planning stages for several years now and this is the implementation of those plans. The truckers WILL loose their jobs.
4. This plan by Bush is completely one sided as the Mexican truckers will be allowed into America, but once again we have no rights to do the same in Mexico.
5. This is a complete breakdown of the current trucking laws and regulations
that govern our teamster truckers and Independent trucking organizations. This
will work to destroy the truckers livelihoods and futures, as for many, this is
all they have ever done.
6 We cannot allow this to happen, not even to test it. NAFTA is a failed
international policy that has backfired on the U.S., as warned, and is driving our country into total ruin.
7. We want our truckers to participate in a national "Truck Out" Boycott, on the 23-25 of April, to coincide with the FairUS rally planned in Washington DC, the Put Their Feet To The Fire Press Conference Rally. This would be a great way to get additional national press coverage needed to get the trucker's protest message out to the nation.
8. The "Truck Out" can be for one day, or all three if the truckers are willing. The point is to shut all trucking down and surround every capital in every state with a convoy of trucks, cars and motorcycles to protest the corrupt plans our govt has to destroy our trucking industry, and our nation. This will, in turn, shut all industry dependent on the truckers down, as most
of these industries employee illegals. This will show our govt that we do have power and will exercise it, and will not tolerate their refusal to do the will of the legal American citizens and immigrants in this country.
We are demanding NO amnesty for illegal aliens, an end to the socialist/fascist corruption in our govt by our elected officials who refuse to uphold our laws, our Constitution, their oaths of office, and the people who voted them into office. We are their bosses and it's time for them to stop ignoring us, blatantly breaking our laws, and twisting the truth to suit their own nefarious agendas.
9. Please join the "Truck Out" and email inamericasince1700@yahoo.com for more
information A phone number is being set up and will be posted on the new web site SaveAmericaFund.com. The web site will be operational starting next week, with an email address and a phone number for any questions or support.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR DOING EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. WE ARE ALL COUNTING ON
EACH OTHER TO SAVE AMERICA.
LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND DO IT NOW !!!!!!!
Source:
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=101365
MORE ON TRUCKERS....THIS 'IN YOUR FACE' INVASION OF ILLEGALS AND ALL THE PERKS THEY ARE GETTING AT OUR EXPENSE, SHOULD LET ANY THINKING MAN KNOW WE ARE AT WAR WITH OUR OWN GOVERNMENT, AND WE ARE LOSING.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST U.S. LEGAL CITIZENS
TRUCKERS BOYCOTT BORDER STATES
"Circle-the-Wagons Blockade Against Anarchy"
S T O P the
Bush-Kennedy Plan to Give Trucker-Jobs to Mexican Drivers
All 48 CONUS state legislature capital-buildings
circled & shut down
National Capital U-Circled; Bumper-to-Bumper, Three-Wide
Monday Tuesday - Wednesday
APRIL 23, 24, 25 2007
By Frosty Wooldridge
www.NewsWithViews.com
March 26, 2007
The CB-radios are rumbling already we have a 'war' on our hands.
Do you agree with the Bush-Kennedy Plan to "outsource" your job to a Mexican national driver ? Do you remember how the Congress stood up when the farmers circled the Capital with John Deere tractors, and tied-up the city big-time ?
President Bush and his ally, Sen. Teddy Kennedy have already set in motion a process to displace American truckers out of their jobs within 45 days with their insidious Mexican trucker pilot program. Bush signed a Bill that allows thousands of substandard 18-wheeler long haul rigs from Mexico onto America's Interstate and local highway system. Mexican drivers, who can't read, speak or understand English receive full access to America's highways.
What are we thinking ?
Bush, Kennedy and friends place all American motorists at risk Mexican drivers with average 6th grade educations gained in a Third World country, gross incompetence and habitually drunk Mexican drivers as well as their un-inspected, unsafe trucks and trailers. Not only will American truckers lose their jobs, but American motorists become collateral damage in accidents guaranteed to occurclosing highways and tying up traffic in the process.
The Bush-Kennedy action mandates a new beginning where American truckers' jobs vanish with a new version of the familiar song, "Mexican drivers do the jobs that American truckers won't do for slave-wages."
This "takeover" will happen in gradual stages. Talk About Depressing.
First, the independent haulers will see their loads undercut by Mexican drivers. Later, Mexican drivers will chip away at produce- and contract- haulers.
Given just a little time Wal-Mart and CostCo (Swift) and Home Depot will hire Mexican drivers at half the wages of American truckers with no fringe-benefits.
Mexican truckers, ever looking for black market loads of people, drugs and products, will create new smuggling routes across the USA. How will the 3,000 DHS-ICE officers and our loyal state police in the lower-48 handle that additional workload ?
Given enough time, the Bush-Kennedy duo will see to it that American trucking follows the auto industry, construction, drywall, painting, landscape and fast food industry into the toilet.
Trucker Boycott and Blockade; 21-23 April 2007
Therefore, truckers from four border states Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California and beyond, may smell the bacon and choose to participate in a trucker boycott; April 23, 24, 25, 2007. Those truckers that want to stop this latest insult to America's working class by this president and Congress may elect to shut their rigs down for the entire three days.
Lack of Appreciation MUST Be Properly Rewarded
It is high-time to show Bush and his sorry friends in Congress that truckers are the lifeblood of our nation and can paralyze this country in a New York minute if our sorry-assed leaders continue on this national suicide mission of killing jobs for American truckers. Additionally, truckers may surround all 48 state capitals with their rigs nestled nose-to-tail park 'em, and walk away !
Mr. Bush and Mr. Kennedy, if you and your allies in Congress decide to spit on American truckers, we'll see who can spit into the next pasture!
Who is Frosty How and why does he know?
As a starving school-teacher, I trucked for 21 summers and three solid years for United Van Lines, Consolidated and Single Source. My certificate is still valid today. I know the saving grace that truckers represent and the ultimate power of good truckers who work together for the common good.
We deliver everything that Americans need on a daily basis: food, gasoline, lumber, cars, water EVERYTHING !
Mr. Bush, Senator Kennedy, and the sponsors of the flakey Bill (Reps. Gutierrez & Flake) in the House you won't be able to wipe your butt without us delivering the Charmin!
As Wanda Piety at www.SaveAmericaFund.com said, "When Bush & Kennedy invite the Mexican truckers into the USA, the U.S. citizen-taxpayer truckers will lose their futures, and it will seal the tragic fate of this country as we lose our sovereignty, Constitution and ultimately our governing body, liberties and freedoms. Anarchy and lawlessness is suicide."
"Truck Out" talking-points and Action-Steps:
1. Bush-Kennedy have already taken action to implement the plan, in less than 45 days, to allow anarchy tens of thousands (17,000 or more to start) of Mexican trucks and truckers into our country with no checks and balances in place. There are not nearly enough qualified U.S. DOT inspectors, even if we wanted to inspect the Mexican trucks and drivers.
Rigs will be allowed to cross the border with no weight regulations, no load restrictions (as their loads will not be under the same security scrutiny that our truckers' loads have to comply to, which opens the door to more drugs, terrorist, weapons and human smuggling), some with no liability or collision insurance in place, some truckers with no driver-licenses and some with criminal driving records, no background checks, bald-tires and trucks that are not regulated to adhere to our strict safety regulations.
2. Once again the illegal aliens will be given special treatment by our government, above that of our legal American citizens and legal immigrants, which allows them to break laws in our country that our truckers cannot get away with or our licenses would be pulled, our trucks impounded, and potentially criminally charged.
3. These foreign-national truckers have low-overhead (few expenses) and thus can haul for far less per load than our own truckers and will take our jobs. This is not a threat, or something that may happen it has been in the planning stages for several years now. American truckers WILL lose our jobs. In that process, American families (children in particular) will suffer. The greedy employers who hire the illegal aliens will increase their profits. What a deal !
4. This is a complete breakdown of the current trucking laws and regulations that govern our teamster truckers, independent trucking organizations, and mom-and-pop trucking families. This will work to destroy the truckers' livelihoods and futures as for many, this is all they have ever done.
5. We cannot allow this to happen, not even to test it. This is the USA. NAFTA is a failed international policy that has backfired on the U.S., as warned, and is driving our country into total ruin. We do NOT need to pay-off the Kennedy-Bush debts.
6. We invite our truckers to participate in a national "Truck Out" Boycott, on the 23-25 of April, to coincide with the www.FairUS.org rally planned in Washington DC, the "Put Their Feet to the Fire" Press Conference Rally intended to help the Congress and the Executive Branch understand and appreciate that the U.S. citizen-taxpayers have had enough of the multicultural 'sanctuary' crap.
7. WHAT WILL THE "TRUCK-OUT" ACCOMPLISH ? The point is to shut down all trucking and surround every legislative capital building in every state (and in D C) with a bumper-to-bumper "train" of trucks. We need local truckers to take-over the planning for their state capital.
The "Day Without Immigrants" fiasco last year was a cake-walk compared to this campaign. Imagine a "Day without U.S. citizen-truckers." Now there's a bid deal.
In addition, there will be a convoy of trucks, cars and motorcycles in every major city to protest the corrupt plans our government has to destroy our trucking industry, and our nation.
This will, in turn, shut down all industry dependent on the truckers, as most of these industries employee illegal aliens. The guilty greedy employers will feel the heat as the "silent majority" gets vocal, and starts to report the criminalsas well as hammer the elected and appointed officials, to enforce the existing laws and rules.
This will show our government that "we-the-people" do have power are willing exercise that POWER, and will no longer tolerate the refusal of the elected and appointed "big guys" to do the will of the legal American citizens and LEGAL immigrants in this country.
Yankees Si, Banditos NO !
The time has come to encourage the invaders to go home. We can accomplish that best by demanding that local law & justice authorities prosecute the criminals who employ, harbor, aid and abet the illegal aliens.
We are demanding there be NO amnesty for illegal aliens criminals who broke our laws to cross our borders illegally, and committed felony crimes when they intentionally evaded our required border inspection stations (documents, food, physical health, immunizations, criminal background verification, etc).
Conventional wisdom is wrong; each illegal alien already has strike one.
We are demanding an end to the socialist/fascist corruption in our government by our errant elected officials who refuse to uphold our laws, our Constitution, their oaths of office, and stand up FOR the people who voted them into office. We are their bosses it's time for them to stop ignoring us, blatantly breaking our laws, and twisting the truth to suit their own nefarious agendas.
8. Please plan now to join the "Truck Out." It won't take much to convince the Congress that we are serious and we hold ALL the cards.
E-mail inamericasince1700@yahoo.com for more information. A phone number is set up and posted on the new web sites www.SaveAmericaFund.com and www.saveAmerica.com
There are three sections to the web site:
1. The "Truck Out" Boycott and Capitals Immobilization.
2. The Legal Fund for class action law suits against the government, the states, cities and our elected officials.
3. Campaign donations for Tom Tancredo for President, which will be directed to his donation web site, TEAM TANCREDO.
We have a talented and savvy press manager, Ed Lozzi. You can look up his web site at http://www.lozzipr.com/ . He is completely on board and is now setting up a press release media blitz for us through his wire service reaching 14,000 news rooms, magazines, talk shows, radio shows, journalists, etc.
This is a time-critical process. Ed Lozzi asks for the press releases to be ready for transmission by April 1 st. In so doing, we have the full benefits of the releasetimed perfectly for the coincidental "Truck-Out" and "FAIRUS Rally" in our Nation's Capital 23-25 April.
We also have an inter-national short wave radio broadcaster who already does worldwide broadcasts ready to do a series of "spots" for us, as often as we need it done, to reach the truckers and anyone else out there who wants to join this fight.
We are counting on the truckers to bring the national talk-show hosts into the mix. We want and need their powerful help.
We are already putting together PSA's for radio and television. We just need help to open the "front-doors" the way to get inside to get them aired in prime-time. We have Directors lined up; the scripts are being written right now, and A- and B-list talent willing to participate is already beating down our door to help.
Fellow Americans truckers, teamsters, independent haulers, and mom-and-pop outfits it's time to stop Bush and the U.S. Congress as they try to pull the fifth wheel out from under the CITIZEN TAXPAYER TRUCKERS in our nation.
Since Bush & Kennedy represent and favor Mexicans over Americans, and the House and Senate are likewise confused it's time to show them how to sing
"Give Me Forty Acres and I'll Turn This Rig Around."
Please help us; Send this message to every trucker, every trucker chat room, message board, CB operator, short wave and Ham Operator in America . Start now to be ready to use these three days (23-25 Apr 2007) to make a statement with your 18-wheeler or the chances are you won't have an 18-wheeler to drive by the time President Bush, Teddy Kennedy, and their friends destroy American Trucker Jobs!
**NOTE** ARTICLE DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF WWW.FASTLANEGT.COM OR IT'S STAFF.
I did not send this to inform the informed, but for them to send it out to those who are not!
PLEASE GET THIS ARTICLE INTO THE HANDS OF ALL TRUCK DRIVERS IMMEDIATELY
EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO COPY IT AND HAND IT OUT AT TRUCK STOPS
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 1:26 AM
Subject: ALERT: THE "NATIONAL TRUCK OUT" TRUCKERS BOYCOTT 4/23 - 25 /07
IMPORTANT INFO ON THE "NATIONAL TRUCK OUT" TRUCKERS BOYCOTT 4/23 - 25 /07
WE ARE ORGANIZING A TRUCKERS BOYCOTT OF BUSH'S PLAN TO LET 17,000 MEXICAN TRUCKERS INTO AMERICA IN LESS THAN 60 DAYS.
WE ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO EVERY TRUCKER IN AMERICA TO STOP TRUCKING IN A NATIONAL "TRUCK OUT" BOYCOTT ON APRIL 23-25, 2007.
FAIRUS HAS JOINED THIS FIGHT, AS WELL AS FROSTY WOOLRIDGE, AND FAIRUS WILL BE REPRESENTING THE TRUCKERS IN THE "PUT THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE" PRESS CONFERENCE RALLY HELD IN WASHINGTON DC ON APRIL 23-25.
WE ARE CALLING ON EVERY PERSON WE KNOW TO JOIN IN THIS FIGHT AND HELP ORGANIZE THE TRUCKERS BY GETTING ON YOUR CB RADIOS AND BROADCASTING TO THE TRUCKERS IN YOUR AREA THE MESSAGE TO JOIN IN THIS BOYCOTT.
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE RALLY ON APRIL 23-25, BEFORE BUSH WILL OPEN OUR BORDERS TO THE MEXICAN TRUCKERS.
PLEASE HELP US PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. IF THEY WON'T LISTEN TO OUR LETTERS AND FAXES, MAYBE THEY WILL LISTEN IF OUR TRUCKERS SHUT THIS COUNTRY DOWN AND SURROUND THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE CAN AND MUST MAKE THIS HAPPEN !!!
Below I have put together some bullet points that I feel are important issues
about Bush's plan to let the Mexican truckers into the U.S. and how that will
adversely affect this entire nation. The truckers will loose their futures,
and it will seal the fate of our country to the loss of our sovereignty,
Constitution and ultimately our governing bodies, liberties and freedoms. We
could even wind up loosing our lives if the terrorists, La Raza and the
revolutionary brown berets have their way.
"Truck Out" Bullet points:
The main talking points for the CB Broadcasts are:
1. Bush is planning, in less than 60 days, to allow tens of thousands ( 17,000 or more to start ) of Mexican trucks and truckers into our country with no checks and balances in place. Rigs will be allowed in with no weight regulations, no load restrictions (as their loads will not be under the same
security scrutiny that our truckers loads have to comply to, which opens the door to more drug, terrorist, weapons and human smuggling), some with no insurance in place, some truckers with no drivers licenses and criminal driving records, no background checks, and trucks that are not regulated to adhere to our strict safety regulations.
2. Once again the illegals will be given special treatment by our govt., above
that of our legal American citizens and legal immigrants, that allows them to
break laws in our country that our truckers cannot get away with or their licenses would be pulled, their trucks impounded, and potentially criminally charged.
3. These truckers can haul for far less per load than our own truckers and will take their jobs. This is not a threat, or something that may happen, it has been in the planning stages for several years now and this is the implementation of those plans. The truckers WILL loose their jobs.
4. This plan by Bush is completely one sided as the Mexican truckers will be allowed into America, but once again we have no rights to do the same in Mexico.
5. This is a complete breakdown of the current trucking laws and regulations
that govern our teamster truckers and Independent trucking organizations. This
will work to destroy the truckers livelihoods and futures, as for many, this is
all they have ever done.
6 We cannot allow this to happen, not even to test it. NAFTA is a failed
international policy that has backfired on the U.S., as warned, and is driving our country into total ruin.
7. We want our truckers to participate in a national "Truck Out" Boycott, on the 23-25 of April, to coincide with the FairUS rally planned in Washington DC, the Put Their Feet To The Fire Press Conference Rally. This would be a great way to get additional national press coverage needed to get the trucker's protest message out to the nation.
8. The "Truck Out" can be for one day, or all three if the truckers are willing. The point is to shut all trucking down and surround every capital in every state with a convoy of trucks, cars and motorcycles to protest the corrupt plans our govt has to destroy our trucking industry, and our nation. This will, in turn, shut all industry dependent on the truckers down, as most
of these industries employee illegals. This will show our govt that we do have power and will exercise it, and will not tolerate their refusal to do the will of the legal American citizens and immigrants in this country.
We are demanding NO amnesty for illegal aliens, an end to the socialist/fascist corruption in our govt by our elected officials who refuse to uphold our laws, our Constitution, their oaths of office, and the people who voted them into office. We are their bosses and it's time for them to stop ignoring us, blatantly breaking our laws, and twisting the truth to suit their own nefarious agendas.
9. Please join the "Truck Out" and email inamericasince1700@yahoo.com for more
information A phone number is being set up and will be posted on the new web site SaveAmericaFund.com. The web site will be operational starting next week, with an email address and a phone number for any questions or support.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR DOING EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. WE ARE ALL COUNTING ON
EACH OTHER TO SAVE AMERICA.
LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND DO IT NOW !!!!!!!
Source:
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=101365
MORE ON TRUCKERS....THIS 'IN YOUR FACE' INVASION OF ILLEGALS AND ALL THE PERKS THEY ARE GETTING AT OUR EXPENSE, SHOULD LET ANY THINKING MAN KNOW WE ARE AT WAR WITH OUR OWN GOVERNMENT, AND WE ARE LOSING.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST U.S. LEGAL CITIZENS
TRUCKERS BOYCOTT BORDER STATES
"Circle-the-Wagons Blockade Against Anarchy"
S T O P the
Bush-Kennedy Plan to Give Trucker-Jobs to Mexican Drivers
All 48 CONUS state legislature capital-buildings
circled & shut down
National Capital U-Circled; Bumper-to-Bumper, Three-Wide
Monday Tuesday - Wednesday
APRIL 23, 24, 25 2007
By Frosty Wooldridge
www.NewsWithViews.com
March 26, 2007
The CB-radios are rumbling already we have a 'war' on our hands.
Do you agree with the Bush-Kennedy Plan to "outsource" your job to a Mexican national driver ? Do you remember how the Congress stood up when the farmers circled the Capital with John Deere tractors, and tied-up the city big-time ?
President Bush and his ally, Sen. Teddy Kennedy have already set in motion a process to displace American truckers out of their jobs within 45 days with their insidious Mexican trucker pilot program. Bush signed a Bill that allows thousands of substandard 18-wheeler long haul rigs from Mexico onto America's Interstate and local highway system. Mexican drivers, who can't read, speak or understand English receive full access to America's highways.
What are we thinking ?
Bush, Kennedy and friends place all American motorists at risk Mexican drivers with average 6th grade educations gained in a Third World country, gross incompetence and habitually drunk Mexican drivers as well as their un-inspected, unsafe trucks and trailers. Not only will American truckers lose their jobs, but American motorists become collateral damage in accidents guaranteed to occurclosing highways and tying up traffic in the process.
The Bush-Kennedy action mandates a new beginning where American truckers' jobs vanish with a new version of the familiar song, "Mexican drivers do the jobs that American truckers won't do for slave-wages."
This "takeover" will happen in gradual stages. Talk About Depressing.
First, the independent haulers will see their loads undercut by Mexican drivers. Later, Mexican drivers will chip away at produce- and contract- haulers.
Given just a little time Wal-Mart and CostCo (Swift) and Home Depot will hire Mexican drivers at half the wages of American truckers with no fringe-benefits.
Mexican truckers, ever looking for black market loads of people, drugs and products, will create new smuggling routes across the USA. How will the 3,000 DHS-ICE officers and our loyal state police in the lower-48 handle that additional workload ?
Given enough time, the Bush-Kennedy duo will see to it that American trucking follows the auto industry, construction, drywall, painting, landscape and fast food industry into the toilet.
Trucker Boycott and Blockade; 21-23 April 2007
Therefore, truckers from four border states Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California and beyond, may smell the bacon and choose to participate in a trucker boycott; April 23, 24, 25, 2007. Those truckers that want to stop this latest insult to America's working class by this president and Congress may elect to shut their rigs down for the entire three days.
Lack of Appreciation MUST Be Properly Rewarded
It is high-time to show Bush and his sorry friends in Congress that truckers are the lifeblood of our nation and can paralyze this country in a New York minute if our sorry-assed leaders continue on this national suicide mission of killing jobs for American truckers. Additionally, truckers may surround all 48 state capitals with their rigs nestled nose-to-tail park 'em, and walk away !
Mr. Bush and Mr. Kennedy, if you and your allies in Congress decide to spit on American truckers, we'll see who can spit into the next pasture!
Who is Frosty How and why does he know?
As a starving school-teacher, I trucked for 21 summers and three solid years for United Van Lines, Consolidated and Single Source. My certificate is still valid today. I know the saving grace that truckers represent and the ultimate power of good truckers who work together for the common good.
We deliver everything that Americans need on a daily basis: food, gasoline, lumber, cars, water EVERYTHING !
Mr. Bush, Senator Kennedy, and the sponsors of the flakey Bill (Reps. Gutierrez & Flake) in the House you won't be able to wipe your butt without us delivering the Charmin!
As Wanda Piety at www.SaveAmericaFund.com said, "When Bush & Kennedy invite the Mexican truckers into the USA, the U.S. citizen-taxpayer truckers will lose their futures, and it will seal the tragic fate of this country as we lose our sovereignty, Constitution and ultimately our governing body, liberties and freedoms. Anarchy and lawlessness is suicide."
"Truck Out" talking-points and Action-Steps:
1. Bush-Kennedy have already taken action to implement the plan, in less than 45 days, to allow anarchy tens of thousands (17,000 or more to start) of Mexican trucks and truckers into our country with no checks and balances in place. There are not nearly enough qualified U.S. DOT inspectors, even if we wanted to inspect the Mexican trucks and drivers.
Rigs will be allowed to cross the border with no weight regulations, no load restrictions (as their loads will not be under the same security scrutiny that our truckers' loads have to comply to, which opens the door to more drugs, terrorist, weapons and human smuggling), some with no liability or collision insurance in place, some truckers with no driver-licenses and some with criminal driving records, no background checks, bald-tires and trucks that are not regulated to adhere to our strict safety regulations.
2. Once again the illegal aliens will be given special treatment by our government, above that of our legal American citizens and legal immigrants, which allows them to break laws in our country that our truckers cannot get away with or our licenses would be pulled, our trucks impounded, and potentially criminally charged.
3. These foreign-national truckers have low-overhead (few expenses) and thus can haul for far less per load than our own truckers and will take our jobs. This is not a threat, or something that may happen it has been in the planning stages for several years now. American truckers WILL lose our jobs. In that process, American families (children in particular) will suffer. The greedy employers who hire the illegal aliens will increase their profits. What a deal !
4. This is a complete breakdown of the current trucking laws and regulations that govern our teamster truckers, independent trucking organizations, and mom-and-pop trucking families. This will work to destroy the truckers' livelihoods and futures as for many, this is all they have ever done.
5. We cannot allow this to happen, not even to test it. This is the USA. NAFTA is a failed international policy that has backfired on the U.S., as warned, and is driving our country into total ruin. We do NOT need to pay-off the Kennedy-Bush debts.
6. We invite our truckers to participate in a national "Truck Out" Boycott, on the 23-25 of April, to coincide with the www.FairUS.org rally planned in Washington DC, the "Put Their Feet to the Fire" Press Conference Rally intended to help the Congress and the Executive Branch understand and appreciate that the U.S. citizen-taxpayers have had enough of the multicultural 'sanctuary' crap.
7. WHAT WILL THE "TRUCK-OUT" ACCOMPLISH ? The point is to shut down all trucking and surround every legislative capital building in every state (and in D C) with a bumper-to-bumper "train" of trucks. We need local truckers to take-over the planning for their state capital.
The "Day Without Immigrants" fiasco last year was a cake-walk compared to this campaign. Imagine a "Day without U.S. citizen-truckers." Now there's a bid deal.
In addition, there will be a convoy of trucks, cars and motorcycles in every major city to protest the corrupt plans our government has to destroy our trucking industry, and our nation.
This will, in turn, shut down all industry dependent on the truckers, as most of these industries employee illegal aliens. The guilty greedy employers will feel the heat as the "silent majority" gets vocal, and starts to report the criminalsas well as hammer the elected and appointed officials, to enforce the existing laws and rules.
This will show our government that "we-the-people" do have power are willing exercise that POWER, and will no longer tolerate the refusal of the elected and appointed "big guys" to do the will of the legal American citizens and LEGAL immigrants in this country.
Yankees Si, Banditos NO !
The time has come to encourage the invaders to go home. We can accomplish that best by demanding that local law & justice authorities prosecute the criminals who employ, harbor, aid and abet the illegal aliens.
We are demanding there be NO amnesty for illegal aliens criminals who broke our laws to cross our borders illegally, and committed felony crimes when they intentionally evaded our required border inspection stations (documents, food, physical health, immunizations, criminal background verification, etc).
Conventional wisdom is wrong; each illegal alien already has strike one.
We are demanding an end to the socialist/fascist corruption in our government by our errant elected officials who refuse to uphold our laws, our Constitution, their oaths of office, and stand up FOR the people who voted them into office. We are their bosses it's time for them to stop ignoring us, blatantly breaking our laws, and twisting the truth to suit their own nefarious agendas.
8. Please plan now to join the "Truck Out." It won't take much to convince the Congress that we are serious and we hold ALL the cards.
E-mail inamericasince1700@yahoo.com for more information. A phone number is set up and posted on the new web sites www.SaveAmericaFund.com and www.saveAmerica.com
There are three sections to the web site:
1. The "Truck Out" Boycott and Capitals Immobilization.
2. The Legal Fund for class action law suits against the government, the states, cities and our elected officials.
3. Campaign donations for Tom Tancredo for President, which will be directed to his donation web site, TEAM TANCREDO.
We have a talented and savvy press manager, Ed Lozzi. You can look up his web site at http://www.lozzipr.com/ . He is completely on board and is now setting up a press release media blitz for us through his wire service reaching 14,000 news rooms, magazines, talk shows, radio shows, journalists, etc.
This is a time-critical process. Ed Lozzi asks for the press releases to be ready for transmission by April 1 st. In so doing, we have the full benefits of the releasetimed perfectly for the coincidental "Truck-Out" and "FAIRUS Rally" in our Nation's Capital 23-25 April.
We also have an inter-national short wave radio broadcaster who already does worldwide broadcasts ready to do a series of "spots" for us, as often as we need it done, to reach the truckers and anyone else out there who wants to join this fight.
We are counting on the truckers to bring the national talk-show hosts into the mix. We want and need their powerful help.
We are already putting together PSA's for radio and television. We just need help to open the "front-doors" the way to get inside to get them aired in prime-time. We have Directors lined up; the scripts are being written right now, and A- and B-list talent willing to participate is already beating down our door to help.
Fellow Americans truckers, teamsters, independent haulers, and mom-and-pop outfits it's time to stop Bush and the U.S. Congress as they try to pull the fifth wheel out from under the CITIZEN TAXPAYER TRUCKERS in our nation.
Since Bush & Kennedy represent and favor Mexicans over Americans, and the House and Senate are likewise confused it's time to show them how to sing
"Give Me Forty Acres and I'll Turn This Rig Around."
Please help us; Send this message to every trucker, every trucker chat room, message board, CB operator, short wave and Ham Operator in America . Start now to be ready to use these three days (23-25 Apr 2007) to make a statement with your 18-wheeler or the chances are you won't have an 18-wheeler to drive by the time President Bush, Teddy Kennedy, and their friends destroy American Trucker Jobs!
**NOTE** ARTICLE DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF WWW.FASTLANEGT.COM OR IT'S STAFF.
Monday, March 12. 2007
Four arrested after Waffle House 'dash'
Four arrested after Waffle House 'dash'
A bizarre incident at a Waffle House led to four Lexington men being cited by police following a high-speed chase. Devin C., 21, Shawn C., 18, Robert G., 19, and Marcus G., 18, were sitting at the counter in the restaurant early Friday morning when a fight between two girls broke out.
A restaurant employee flagged down nearby police officers to help break up the fight, and when the officers entered the restaurant the four men took off without paying their nearly $100 tab.
Richmond Police Chief Wanda Singleton and two detectives tried to stop the men in the parking lot, but the men hopped in a car and nearly struck the officers as they were leaving the lot, according to Richmond police.
Police chased the men at speeds reaching 100 mph before the men crashed into a pole. The men tried to run away after the crash, but were captured by authorities.
All four men were charged with alcohol intoxication. Devin C. was also charged with fleeing and evading, resisting arrest and identity theft. Shawn C., the driver, faces charges of reckless driving, driving under the influence and 10 counts of wanton endangerment.
Graves and one of the police officers were treated for minor injuries at Central Baptist hospital.
"Once you take a vehicle, which is considered a deadly weapon, and try to run over officers, that's no different than pulling a weapon and firing a shot over their heads," said Richmond Sgt. William Reardon.
Reardon didn't say how the men rolled up such a high tab at the restaurant, where the most expensive item on the menu is around $10.
A bizarre incident at a Waffle House led to four Lexington men being cited by police following a high-speed chase. Devin C., 21, Shawn C., 18, Robert G., 19, and Marcus G., 18, were sitting at the counter in the restaurant early Friday morning when a fight between two girls broke out.
A restaurant employee flagged down nearby police officers to help break up the fight, and when the officers entered the restaurant the four men took off without paying their nearly $100 tab.
Richmond Police Chief Wanda Singleton and two detectives tried to stop the men in the parking lot, but the men hopped in a car and nearly struck the officers as they were leaving the lot, according to Richmond police.
Police chased the men at speeds reaching 100 mph before the men crashed into a pole. The men tried to run away after the crash, but were captured by authorities.
All four men were charged with alcohol intoxication. Devin C. was also charged with fleeing and evading, resisting arrest and identity theft. Shawn C., the driver, faces charges of reckless driving, driving under the influence and 10 counts of wanton endangerment.
Graves and one of the police officers were treated for minor injuries at Central Baptist hospital.
"Once you take a vehicle, which is considered a deadly weapon, and try to run over officers, that's no different than pulling a weapon and firing a shot over their heads," said Richmond Sgt. William Reardon.
Reardon didn't say how the men rolled up such a high tab at the restaurant, where the most expensive item on the menu is around $10.
Monday, October 30. 2006
10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Website
10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Website
1. Your Business is Open to the World 24/7, 365 Days a Year
Unlike your company's office that may be open from 8-5, Monday thru Friday, your company 's website is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. There are many different time zones that may affect your business, which is why being on the web makes it time convenient for everyone.
2. It's Your Online Brochure / Catalog That Can Be Changed at Anytime
A website is easier, cheaper and quicker to update than print material. Its' capacities are almost limitless which allow you to provide users with more comprehensive information. This will save you money on printing and distribution costs as well.
3. Reach New Markets with a Global Audience
On the Internet, you aren't that local little business anymore. You have the potential to be seen by millions across the globe. Did you ever think your company would have the possibility of doing business around the world? Well, now you can. Without a doubt, the Internet is the most cost effective way to trade nationally and internationally.
4. Improved Customer Service
By providing answers to questions on your website, sales and information requests can be processed automatically and immediately, whether someone is in the office or not. Online forms can be used to allow customers to request quotations or ask further information. Save costs by allowing users to download invoices, proposals and important documents.
5. Present a Professional Image
For a small business, a well-designed web site is a great way of instilling confidence and looking bigger than you actually are. In this day in age, customers assume that you already have a website. By now, your primary competitors probably already have a presence on the Internet. If they do, keep up with them and find ways to make yours better.
6. Sell Your Products
Why pay expensive rent, overhead, electric bills, and all the other costs that go along with owning a bricks-n-mortar business? Selling in cyberspace is much cheaper and a good way to supplement your offline business. Providing secure online ordering is very affordable for even the smallest businesses.
7. Promote Your Services
Lawyers, doctors, financial consultants, entertainers, realtors and all service oriented businesses should let customers know that they have a choice. Millions of users are referring to the web and are using company's websites to make major decisions when they need a specialized service.
8. Gather Information and Generate Valuable Leads
You can gather information about your customers and potential customers by using forms and surveys. Rather than going out and getting leads, let them come to you. This is a great tool for prospecting targeted customers looking to use your products and services.
9. Provides Instant Gratification
People are busy and don't like to wait for information. Give them what they want, when they want it. If your product is suitable, offer them free samples or trials to download. This includes pictures, brochures, software, videos, Power Point slides, music and more.
10. Great Recruiting Tool
Whether you are looking for talent or posting job opportunities with your company, your website is a great recruiting tool for building your business.
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1. Your Business is Open to the World 24/7, 365 Days a Year
Unlike your company's office that may be open from 8-5, Monday thru Friday, your company 's website is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. There are many different time zones that may affect your business, which is why being on the web makes it time convenient for everyone.
2. It's Your Online Brochure / Catalog That Can Be Changed at Anytime
A website is easier, cheaper and quicker to update than print material. Its' capacities are almost limitless which allow you to provide users with more comprehensive information. This will save you money on printing and distribution costs as well.
3. Reach New Markets with a Global Audience
On the Internet, you aren't that local little business anymore. You have the potential to be seen by millions across the globe. Did you ever think your company would have the possibility of doing business around the world? Well, now you can. Without a doubt, the Internet is the most cost effective way to trade nationally and internationally.
4. Improved Customer Service
By providing answers to questions on your website, sales and information requests can be processed automatically and immediately, whether someone is in the office or not. Online forms can be used to allow customers to request quotations or ask further information. Save costs by allowing users to download invoices, proposals and important documents.
5. Present a Professional Image
For a small business, a well-designed web site is a great way of instilling confidence and looking bigger than you actually are. In this day in age, customers assume that you already have a website. By now, your primary competitors probably already have a presence on the Internet. If they do, keep up with them and find ways to make yours better.
6. Sell Your Products
Why pay expensive rent, overhead, electric bills, and all the other costs that go along with owning a bricks-n-mortar business? Selling in cyberspace is much cheaper and a good way to supplement your offline business. Providing secure online ordering is very affordable for even the smallest businesses.
7. Promote Your Services
Lawyers, doctors, financial consultants, entertainers, realtors and all service oriented businesses should let customers know that they have a choice. Millions of users are referring to the web and are using company's websites to make major decisions when they need a specialized service.
8. Gather Information and Generate Valuable Leads
You can gather information about your customers and potential customers by using forms and surveys. Rather than going out and getting leads, let them come to you. This is a great tool for prospecting targeted customers looking to use your products and services.
9. Provides Instant Gratification
People are busy and don't like to wait for information. Give them what they want, when they want it. If your product is suitable, offer them free samples or trials to download. This includes pictures, brochures, software, videos, Power Point slides, music and more.
10. Great Recruiting Tool
Whether you are looking for talent or posting job opportunities with your company, your website is a great recruiting tool for building your business.
Where to get started? www.fastlanegt.com is up for sale to give you an advantage! Contact us - widowmaker@fastlanegt.com or Deb@fastlanegt.com
Saturday, October 28. 2006
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Wednesday, October 11. 2006
Did You Know - One in every ten people live on an island
The largest island in the world is Greenland. Australia is considered a continent because it has unique plant and animal life. Antarctica also is a continent - larger than Europe and Australia. Greenland, although quite big, shares the habitat features of Northern America.
A lot of standing room - not much else. This is Bishop Rock, the world's smallest island.
The smallest island in the world - according to the Guiness Book of Records - is Bishop Rock. It lies at the most south-westerly part of the United Kingdom. It is one of 1040 islands around Britain and only has a lighthouse on it. In 1861, the British government set out the parameters for classifying an island. It was decided that if it was inhabited, the size was immaterial. However, if it was uninhabited, it had to be "the summer's pasturage of at least one sheep" - which is about two acres.
Going by the above parameters, most of the 179 584 "islands" around Finland and the almost 200 000 around Canada would not match Indonesia as the country with the most islands. In fact, Indonesia consists only of islands - 13 667 of them, 6000 of which are inhabited.
The remotest uninhabited island is Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic. The remotest inhabited island in the world is Tristan da Cunha. It is in the South Atlantic, 2575 km (1600 miles) south of St Helena, which is an island a few hundred kilometres (miles) off the coast of South Africa. Tristan da Cunha has no TV but it has one radio station. The population totals 242 and they only have 7 surnames (last names) between them, so they are all related. Tristan da Cunha does have a capital, called Edinburgh of the South Seas.
The smallest independent island country is the Pacific island of Nauru. It measures 21,28 sq km (8.2 sq mi). (Only the Vatican City and Monaco are smaller countries.)
Of the 6 billion+ people in the world, one out of ten lives on an island (600 million). Which is not so hard to imagine when you consider that more than 200 million people live in Indonesia alone - and some 60 million live in Britain, the only island connected to a continent (through the Chunnel)
A lot of standing room - not much else. This is Bishop Rock, the world's smallest island.
The smallest island in the world - according to the Guiness Book of Records - is Bishop Rock. It lies at the most south-westerly part of the United Kingdom. It is one of 1040 islands around Britain and only has a lighthouse on it. In 1861, the British government set out the parameters for classifying an island. It was decided that if it was inhabited, the size was immaterial. However, if it was uninhabited, it had to be "the summer's pasturage of at least one sheep" - which is about two acres.
Going by the above parameters, most of the 179 584 "islands" around Finland and the almost 200 000 around Canada would not match Indonesia as the country with the most islands. In fact, Indonesia consists only of islands - 13 667 of them, 6000 of which are inhabited.
The remotest uninhabited island is Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic. The remotest inhabited island in the world is Tristan da Cunha. It is in the South Atlantic, 2575 km (1600 miles) south of St Helena, which is an island a few hundred kilometres (miles) off the coast of South Africa. Tristan da Cunha has no TV but it has one radio station. The population totals 242 and they only have 7 surnames (last names) between them, so they are all related. Tristan da Cunha does have a capital, called Edinburgh of the South Seas.
The smallest independent island country is the Pacific island of Nauru. It measures 21,28 sq km (8.2 sq mi). (Only the Vatican City and Monaco are smaller countries.)
Of the 6 billion+ people in the world, one out of ten lives on an island (600 million). Which is not so hard to imagine when you consider that more than 200 million people live in Indonesia alone - and some 60 million live in Britain, the only island connected to a continent (through the Chunnel)
Wednesday, August 23. 2006
Most weirdest worlds places
Penis museum
The Icelandic Phallological Museum in Husavík, Iceland, is a museum devoted to phallology. The museum currently has 154 specimens displayed like hunting trophies, embalmed in formaldehyde, or dried in display cases.
The museum attempts to collect penis specimens from every mammal extant in Iceland, including several species that are endangered or currently extinct in Icelandic waters.
Erving's Location. Population: 1
Erving's Location is situated in Coos County, New Hampshire. In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships (which are different from towns), and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part of any town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited).
According to the 2000 census, one person lived in Erving's Location. Some have speculated that the census statistics for Erving's Location could have been a computer glitch.
Microstate Sealand
The Principality of Sealand is a micronation that claims as its territory the artificial island of Roughs Tower, a former Maunsell Sea Fort located in the North Sea 10 km (six miles) off the coast of Suffolk, England, at 51°53′40″N, 1°28′57″E, as well as territorial waters in a twelve-nautical-mile radius. Sealand is occupied by family members and associates of Paddy Roy Bates, who styles himself as H.R.H. Prince Roy of Sealand. The population of the facility rarely exceeds five, and its inhabitable area is 550 m˛.
Although Sealand's claims to sovereignty and legitimacy are not recognized by any country, it is probably the world's best-known micronation, and is sometimes cited in debates as an interesting case study of how various principles of international law can be applied to a territorial dispute.
The greatest town name
Fucking is a small settlement (population c. 150), part of the municipality of Tarsdorf, in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria, located at 48°02′59″N, 12°50′59″E, bordering Bavaria. It is near the city of Salzburg. The village is known to have existed as “Fucking” since at least 1070 and is named after a man from the 6th century called Focko.
Phone in nowhere
The Mojave phone booth was a lone telephone booth placed circa 1960 in the Mojave National Preserve which attracted an online following in 1997 due to its unusual location. The booth was 15 miles from the nearest interstate highway, and miles from any buildings.Fans called the booth attempting to get a reply, and a few took trips to the booth to answer, often camping out at the site. Several callers kept recordings of their conversations. Over time, the booth became covered in graffiti, as many travelers would leave a message on it.
The booth was removed on May 17, 2000 by Pacific Bell, at the request of the National Park Service.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a village on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait close to Menai Bridge and Bangor.
It has the longest officially recognised place name in the United Kingdom and one of the longest in the world, being 58 letters in length.
World's steepest street
The quiet suburban street of Baldwin Street, in New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin, is reputed to be the world's steepest street. It is located in the suburb of North East Valley, 3.5 kilometres northeast of Dunedin's city centre.At its maximum, the slope of Baldwin Street is approximately 1:2.86 (19° or 35%) - that is, for every 2.86 metres travelled horizontally, the altitude rises by 1 metre.
Bunny Hill
Colletto Fava is a 5,000 foot (1,500 m) high hill in the northern Piedmont region of Italy. In 2005, Members of the Viennese art group Gelitin finished erecting a massive, pink, stuffed rabbit on the side of the mountain. The final piece is 200 feet (about 60 meters) in length and 20 feet (6 meters) high on its sides. The group not only expect people to observe the art work, but also for hikers to climb it and relax on the top.
Smallest park in the world
Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon is a tiny park that was created on St. Patrick's Day, 1948, to be a colony for leprechauns and a location for snail races. It is the smallest park in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, which first granted it this recognition in 1971. The "park" is a circle two feet (610 mm) across (with a total area of 2,916 cm˛)
Christian church decorated with the bones of 40 000 people.
The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Christian chapel decorated with human bones. It's located in Sedlec, which is a suburb in the outskirts of the Czech town Kutna Hora.
The ossuary contains approximately 40,000 human skeletons which have been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel.
The Icelandic Phallological Museum in Husavík, Iceland, is a museum devoted to phallology. The museum currently has 154 specimens displayed like hunting trophies, embalmed in formaldehyde, or dried in display cases.
The museum attempts to collect penis specimens from every mammal extant in Iceland, including several species that are endangered or currently extinct in Icelandic waters.
Erving's Location. Population: 1
Erving's Location is situated in Coos County, New Hampshire. In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships (which are different from towns), and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part of any town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited).
According to the 2000 census, one person lived in Erving's Location. Some have speculated that the census statistics for Erving's Location could have been a computer glitch.
Microstate Sealand
The Principality of Sealand is a micronation that claims as its territory the artificial island of Roughs Tower, a former Maunsell Sea Fort located in the North Sea 10 km (six miles) off the coast of Suffolk, England, at 51°53′40″N, 1°28′57″E, as well as territorial waters in a twelve-nautical-mile radius. Sealand is occupied by family members and associates of Paddy Roy Bates, who styles himself as H.R.H. Prince Roy of Sealand. The population of the facility rarely exceeds five, and its inhabitable area is 550 m˛.
Although Sealand's claims to sovereignty and legitimacy are not recognized by any country, it is probably the world's best-known micronation, and is sometimes cited in debates as an interesting case study of how various principles of international law can be applied to a territorial dispute.
The greatest town name
Fucking is a small settlement (population c. 150), part of the municipality of Tarsdorf, in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria, located at 48°02′59″N, 12°50′59″E, bordering Bavaria. It is near the city of Salzburg. The village is known to have existed as “Fucking” since at least 1070 and is named after a man from the 6th century called Focko.
Phone in nowhere
The Mojave phone booth was a lone telephone booth placed circa 1960 in the Mojave National Preserve which attracted an online following in 1997 due to its unusual location. The booth was 15 miles from the nearest interstate highway, and miles from any buildings.Fans called the booth attempting to get a reply, and a few took trips to the booth to answer, often camping out at the site. Several callers kept recordings of their conversations. Over time, the booth became covered in graffiti, as many travelers would leave a message on it.
The booth was removed on May 17, 2000 by Pacific Bell, at the request of the National Park Service.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a village on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait close to Menai Bridge and Bangor.
It has the longest officially recognised place name in the United Kingdom and one of the longest in the world, being 58 letters in length.
World's steepest street
The quiet suburban street of Baldwin Street, in New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin, is reputed to be the world's steepest street. It is located in the suburb of North East Valley, 3.5 kilometres northeast of Dunedin's city centre.At its maximum, the slope of Baldwin Street is approximately 1:2.86 (19° or 35%) - that is, for every 2.86 metres travelled horizontally, the altitude rises by 1 metre.
Bunny Hill
Colletto Fava is a 5,000 foot (1,500 m) high hill in the northern Piedmont region of Italy. In 2005, Members of the Viennese art group Gelitin finished erecting a massive, pink, stuffed rabbit on the side of the mountain. The final piece is 200 feet (about 60 meters) in length and 20 feet (6 meters) high on its sides. The group not only expect people to observe the art work, but also for hikers to climb it and relax on the top.
Smallest park in the world
Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon is a tiny park that was created on St. Patrick's Day, 1948, to be a colony for leprechauns and a location for snail races. It is the smallest park in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, which first granted it this recognition in 1971. The "park" is a circle two feet (610 mm) across (with a total area of 2,916 cm˛)
Christian church decorated with the bones of 40 000 people.
The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Christian chapel decorated with human bones. It's located in Sedlec, which is a suburb in the outskirts of the Czech town Kutna Hora.
The ossuary contains approximately 40,000 human skeletons which have been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel.
Thursday, August 3. 2006
LAWS OF THE NATURAL UNIVERSE
LAWS OF THE NATURAL UNIVERSE
Law of Mechanical Repair:
After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch or you'll have to pee.
Law of the Workshop:
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
Law of Probability:
The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
Law of the Telephone:
If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.
Law of the Alibi:
If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.
Variation Law:
If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will start to move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).
Law of the Bath:
When the body is full y immersed in water, the telephone rings.
Law of Close Encounters:
The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with
Law of the Result:
When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.
Law of Biomechanics:
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
Law of the Theatre:
At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.
Law of Coffee:
As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something, which will last until the coffee is cold.
Murphy's Law of Lockers:
If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
Law of Rugs/Carpets:
The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet/rug.
Law of Location:
No matter where you go, there you are.
Law of Logical Argument:
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
Brown's Law:
If the shoe fits, it's ugly.
Oliver's Law:
A closed mouth gathers no feet.
Wilson's Law:
As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it. (how true, how true!!!)
Law of Mechanical Repair:
After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch or you'll have to pee.
Law of the Workshop:
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
Law of Probability:
The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
Law of the Telephone:
If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.
Law of the Alibi:
If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.
Variation Law:
If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will start to move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).
Law of the Bath:
When the body is full y immersed in water, the telephone rings.
Law of Close Encounters:
The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with
Law of the Result:
When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.
Law of Biomechanics:
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
Law of the Theatre:
At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.
Law of Coffee:
As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something, which will last until the coffee is cold.
Murphy's Law of Lockers:
If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
Law of Rugs/Carpets:
The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet/rug.
Law of Location:
No matter where you go, there you are.
Law of Logical Argument:
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
Brown's Law:
If the shoe fits, it's ugly.
Oliver's Law:
A closed mouth gathers no feet.
Wilson's Law:
As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it. (how true, how true!!!)
Wednesday, August 2. 2006
The Lighter Side Of Trucking
Contrary to some views on Trucks and their drivers, it is a hard job. Drivers leave their homes for weeks at a time for the most part. When they do get the chance to go home, many find a "Dear John" letter. Truck driving is hard in many areas both for the driver and his family.
Other factors they deal with are traffic jams, lack of road curtesy so they can get things to where you live, and adverse weather conditions, to name a few. They get paid by the mile usually so if they have to sit a long time waiting to get loaded, unloaded, or stuck in a traffic jam, there is no miles being put on that truck to make the paycheck to pay the bills.
With all they put up with and go through, I thought I would add a few things that can actually be true but I won't tell if any of them are or not.
No offense intended to any Company or driver in these tales.
Swift's Backing Troubles
I was in the TA lot watching a swift truck trying to back into a hole for the night when after quite a bit of time, the Swift driver got on the radio for help; I helped him back in and he wanted to give me 10 dollars, I replied no keep your weeks pay. If your truck had a trailer on it I would accept it
JB v. The DOT
A JB driver was wandering around the truck stop scale in a panic. A Swift driver walks over and says what is wrong JB. The JB driver replies I am 2,500 lbs over gross and I only have to go 5 miles with it and there is a scale on the way. The Swift driver says well when you get up to the scale cut your lights off and coast on by. The JB driver replies thats a good idea so they part ways. the Swift driver is traveling down the road when he notices the JB driver pulled over by the DOT. The swift driver replies what happened JB the trick didn't work. The DOT replies no but it would have if it would have been night time.
Did you hear that Navistar International and Mack are going to merge?
The new truck will be called a Corn-Dog.
What does WERNER Stand For?
We Employ Rednecks No Experience Required!
DOT Shoots Trucker
A fuel nozzle malfunctioned as a driver put fuel in his truck at the Pilot in Wildwood, FL, causing the fuel to splash up and completely soak the driver's left hand and arm. The driver went in and complained, paid for his fuel and left, heading north. A few miles up the road, he came to the weigh station and, as luck would have it, they were on the scales checking log books.
The driver patiently sat in line, waiting for his turn to show his log book, rolled down his window and lit a cigarette. As the driver moved forward, an ash or something must have come off the cigarette and landed on his diesel soaked sleeve because it suddenly burst into flames! The driver began yelling and flailing his arm out the window in a panic, desperately to get the fire out, but to no avail. The two DOT officers, taking stock of the situation, drew their service revolvers and shot the driver four times, killing him.
Not only did the officers not recieve any discipline, they were given a commendation for their quick and decisive action. Why? Because the driver was obviously brandishing a fire arm in a commercial vehicle.
I hope you enjoyed the few laughs from these.
Other factors they deal with are traffic jams, lack of road curtesy so they can get things to where you live, and adverse weather conditions, to name a few. They get paid by the mile usually so if they have to sit a long time waiting to get loaded, unloaded, or stuck in a traffic jam, there is no miles being put on that truck to make the paycheck to pay the bills.
With all they put up with and go through, I thought I would add a few things that can actually be true but I won't tell if any of them are or not.
No offense intended to any Company or driver in these tales.
Swift's Backing Troubles
I was in the TA lot watching a swift truck trying to back into a hole for the night when after quite a bit of time, the Swift driver got on the radio for help; I helped him back in and he wanted to give me 10 dollars, I replied no keep your weeks pay. If your truck had a trailer on it I would accept it
JB v. The DOT
A JB driver was wandering around the truck stop scale in a panic. A Swift driver walks over and says what is wrong JB. The JB driver replies I am 2,500 lbs over gross and I only have to go 5 miles with it and there is a scale on the way. The Swift driver says well when you get up to the scale cut your lights off and coast on by. The JB driver replies thats a good idea so they part ways. the Swift driver is traveling down the road when he notices the JB driver pulled over by the DOT. The swift driver replies what happened JB the trick didn't work. The DOT replies no but it would have if it would have been night time.
Did you hear that Navistar International and Mack are going to merge?
The new truck will be called a Corn-Dog.
What does WERNER Stand For?
We Employ Rednecks No Experience Required!
DOT Shoots Trucker
A fuel nozzle malfunctioned as a driver put fuel in his truck at the Pilot in Wildwood, FL, causing the fuel to splash up and completely soak the driver's left hand and arm. The driver went in and complained, paid for his fuel and left, heading north. A few miles up the road, he came to the weigh station and, as luck would have it, they were on the scales checking log books.
The driver patiently sat in line, waiting for his turn to show his log book, rolled down his window and lit a cigarette. As the driver moved forward, an ash or something must have come off the cigarette and landed on his diesel soaked sleeve because it suddenly burst into flames! The driver began yelling and flailing his arm out the window in a panic, desperately to get the fire out, but to no avail. The two DOT officers, taking stock of the situation, drew their service revolvers and shot the driver four times, killing him.
Not only did the officers not recieve any discipline, they were given a commendation for their quick and decisive action. Why? Because the driver was obviously brandishing a fire arm in a commercial vehicle.
I hope you enjoyed the few laughs from these.
Thursday, May 18. 2006
Reality
Note: Nothing here necessarily supports the views of www.fastlaneGT.com or it's owner & staff. This is merely for entertainment purposes.
Reality in everyday usage means "everything that exists". The term reality, in its widest sense, includes everything that is, whether it is observable, accessible or understandable by science, philosophy, or any other system of analysis. Reality in this sense may include both being and nothingness, whereas existence is often restricted to being (compare with nature).
In the strict sense of Western philosophy, there are levels or gradation to the nature and conception of reality. These levels include, from the most subjective to the most rigorous: phenomenological reality, truth, fact, and axiom.
Phenomenological reality
On a much broader and more subjective level, the private experiences, curiosity, inquiry, and selectivity involved in the personal interpretation of an event shapes reality as seen by one and only one individual and hence is called phenomenological. This form of reality might be common to others as well, but at times could also be so unique to oneself as to be never experienced or agreed upon by any one else. Much of the spiritual experience of an individual occurs on this level of reality.
Truth
When two or more individuals agree upon the interpretation and experience of a particular event, a consensus about an event and its experience begins to be formed. This being common to a few individuals or a larger group, then becomes the 'truth' as seen and agreed upon by a certain set of people. Thus one particular group may have a certain set of agreed truths, while another group might have a different set of truths that have reached consensus. This lets different communities and societies have varied and extremely different notions of reality and truth of the external world. The religion and beliefs of people or communities are a fine example of this level of reality. This is well expressed in the famous quote by Henry Thoreau, "It takes two to speak the truth — one to speak and another to hear." However, humans are fallible and are limited to individual experience. Truth cannot simply be considered truth if one speaks and another hears because individual bias and fallibility take away any assertion that the idea of truth, itself, exists.
Other views of truth assert that truth is that which is considered to be the supreme reality and to have the ultimate meaning and value of existence, regardless of subjective inference. Truth can not merely be discerned by deductive reasoning but can only be more deeply understood by inductive study and skepticism.
Fact
A fact or factual entity is a phenomenon that is perceived as an elemental principle. It is rarely one that could be subject to personal interpretation. Instead it is most often the observed phenomena of the natural world. The proposition 'the sun rises in the east', is a fact. It is a fact for people belonging to any group or nationality regardless of which language they speak or which part of the hemisphere they come from. The Galilean proposition in support of the Copernican theory, that the sun is the centre of the solar system is one that states the fact of the natural world. However during his lifetime Galileo was ridiculed for that factual proposition, because far too few people had a consensus about it in order to accept it as a truth. Fewer propositions are factual in content in the world, as compared to the many truths shared by various communities, which are also fewer to the innumerable individual phenomenological realities. Much of scientific exploration, experimentation, interpretation and analysis is done on this level.
This view of reality is well expressed by Philip K. Dick's statement that "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
What reality might not be
"Reality", the concept, is contrasted with a wide variety of other concepts, largely depending upon the intellectual discipline. It can help understand what we mean by "reality" to note what we say is not real but usualy if there is no original and related proofs it isn't reality.
In philosophy, reality is contrasted with nonexistence (penguins do exist; so they are real) and mere possibility (a mountain made of gold is merely possible, but is not real) unless they are discovered. Sometimes philosophers speak as though reality is contrasted with existence itself, though ordinary language and many other philosophers would treat these as synonyms. They have in mind the notion that there is a kind of reality — a mental or intensional reality, perhaps — that imaginary objects, such as the aforementioned golden mountain, have. Alexius Meinong is famous, or infamous, for holding that such things have so-called subsistence, and thus a kind of reality, even while they do not actually exist. Most philosophers find the very notion of "subsistence" mysterious and unnecessary, and one of the shibboleths and starting points of 20th century analytic philosophy has been the forceful rejection of the notion of subsistence — of "real" but nonexistent objects.
It is worth saying at this point that many philosophers are not content with saying merely what reality is not — some of them have positive theories of what broad categories of objects are real, in addition. See ontology as well as philosophical realism; these topics are also briefly treated below.
In ethics, political theory, and the arts, reality is often contrasted with what is ideal.
One of the fundamental issues in ethics is called the is-ought problem, and it can be formulated as follows: "Given our knowledge of the way the world is, how can we know the way the world ought to be?" Most ethical views hold that the world we live in (the real world) is not ideal — and, as such, there is room for improvement.
Political theory is often an extension of the above. Few (if any) political views hold that the world we live in is the best possible world. Most political views argue that the world — or, more specifically, present-day society — could be improved in one way or another, and propose various means to achieve such an improvement.
In the arts there was a broad movement beginning in the 19th century, realism (which led to naturalism), which sought to portray characters, scenes, and so forth, realistically. This was in contrast and reaction to romanticism, which portrayed their subjects idealistically. Commentary about these artistic movements is sometimes put in terms of the contrast between the real and the ideal: on the one hand, the average, ordinary, and natural, and on the other, the superlative, extraordinary, improbable, and sometimes even supernatural. Obviously, when speaking in this sense, "real" (or "realistic") does not have the same meaning as it does when, for example, a philosopher uses the term to distinguish, simply, what exists from what does not exist.
In the arts, and also in ordinary life, the notion of reality (or realism) is also often contrasted with illusion. A painting that precisely indicates the visually-appearing shape of a depicted object is said to be realistic in that respect; one that distorts features, as Pablo Picasso's paintings are famous for doing, are said to be unrealistic, and thus some observers will say, but with questionable grammatical correctness, that they are "not real." But there are also tendencies in the visual arts toward so-called realism and more recently photorealism that invite a different sort of contrast with the real. Trompe-l'śil (French, "fool the eye") paintings render their subjects so "realistically" that the casual observer might temporarily be deceived into thinking that he is seeing something, indeed, real — but in fact, it is merely an illusion, and an intentional one at that.
In psychiatry, reality, or rather, the idea of being in touch with reality is integral to the notion of schizophrenia, since it has often been defined in part by reference to being "out of touch" with reality. The schizophrenic is said to have hallucinations and delusions which concern people and events that are not real. However, there is controversy over what is considered out of touch with reality, particularly due to the noticeable comparison of the process of forcefully instituting individuals for expressing their beliefs in society to reality enforcement. The practice's possible covert use as a political tool can perhaps be illustrated by the 18th century psychiatric sentences in the U.S. of black slaves for 'crazily' attempting to escape. See also anti-psychiatry and one of its prominent figures, the psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.
In each of these cases, discussions of reality, or what counts as "real", take on quite different casts; indeed, what we say about reality often depends on what we want to say it is not.
Reality in everyday usage means "everything that exists". The term reality, in its widest sense, includes everything that is, whether it is observable, accessible or understandable by science, philosophy, or any other system of analysis. Reality in this sense may include both being and nothingness, whereas existence is often restricted to being (compare with nature).
In the strict sense of Western philosophy, there are levels or gradation to the nature and conception of reality. These levels include, from the most subjective to the most rigorous: phenomenological reality, truth, fact, and axiom.
Phenomenological reality
On a much broader and more subjective level, the private experiences, curiosity, inquiry, and selectivity involved in the personal interpretation of an event shapes reality as seen by one and only one individual and hence is called phenomenological. This form of reality might be common to others as well, but at times could also be so unique to oneself as to be never experienced or agreed upon by any one else. Much of the spiritual experience of an individual occurs on this level of reality.
Truth
When two or more individuals agree upon the interpretation and experience of a particular event, a consensus about an event and its experience begins to be formed. This being common to a few individuals or a larger group, then becomes the 'truth' as seen and agreed upon by a certain set of people. Thus one particular group may have a certain set of agreed truths, while another group might have a different set of truths that have reached consensus. This lets different communities and societies have varied and extremely different notions of reality and truth of the external world. The religion and beliefs of people or communities are a fine example of this level of reality. This is well expressed in the famous quote by Henry Thoreau, "It takes two to speak the truth — one to speak and another to hear." However, humans are fallible and are limited to individual experience. Truth cannot simply be considered truth if one speaks and another hears because individual bias and fallibility take away any assertion that the idea of truth, itself, exists.
Other views of truth assert that truth is that which is considered to be the supreme reality and to have the ultimate meaning and value of existence, regardless of subjective inference. Truth can not merely be discerned by deductive reasoning but can only be more deeply understood by inductive study and skepticism.
Fact
A fact or factual entity is a phenomenon that is perceived as an elemental principle. It is rarely one that could be subject to personal interpretation. Instead it is most often the observed phenomena of the natural world. The proposition 'the sun rises in the east', is a fact. It is a fact for people belonging to any group or nationality regardless of which language they speak or which part of the hemisphere they come from. The Galilean proposition in support of the Copernican theory, that the sun is the centre of the solar system is one that states the fact of the natural world. However during his lifetime Galileo was ridiculed for that factual proposition, because far too few people had a consensus about it in order to accept it as a truth. Fewer propositions are factual in content in the world, as compared to the many truths shared by various communities, which are also fewer to the innumerable individual phenomenological realities. Much of scientific exploration, experimentation, interpretation and analysis is done on this level.
This view of reality is well expressed by Philip K. Dick's statement that "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
What reality might not be
"Reality", the concept, is contrasted with a wide variety of other concepts, largely depending upon the intellectual discipline. It can help understand what we mean by "reality" to note what we say is not real but usualy if there is no original and related proofs it isn't reality.
In philosophy, reality is contrasted with nonexistence (penguins do exist; so they are real) and mere possibility (a mountain made of gold is merely possible, but is not real) unless they are discovered. Sometimes philosophers speak as though reality is contrasted with existence itself, though ordinary language and many other philosophers would treat these as synonyms. They have in mind the notion that there is a kind of reality — a mental or intensional reality, perhaps — that imaginary objects, such as the aforementioned golden mountain, have. Alexius Meinong is famous, or infamous, for holding that such things have so-called subsistence, and thus a kind of reality, even while they do not actually exist. Most philosophers find the very notion of "subsistence" mysterious and unnecessary, and one of the shibboleths and starting points of 20th century analytic philosophy has been the forceful rejection of the notion of subsistence — of "real" but nonexistent objects.
It is worth saying at this point that many philosophers are not content with saying merely what reality is not — some of them have positive theories of what broad categories of objects are real, in addition. See ontology as well as philosophical realism; these topics are also briefly treated below.
In ethics, political theory, and the arts, reality is often contrasted with what is ideal.
One of the fundamental issues in ethics is called the is-ought problem, and it can be formulated as follows: "Given our knowledge of the way the world is, how can we know the way the world ought to be?" Most ethical views hold that the world we live in (the real world) is not ideal — and, as such, there is room for improvement.
Political theory is often an extension of the above. Few (if any) political views hold that the world we live in is the best possible world. Most political views argue that the world — or, more specifically, present-day society — could be improved in one way or another, and propose various means to achieve such an improvement.
In the arts there was a broad movement beginning in the 19th century, realism (which led to naturalism), which sought to portray characters, scenes, and so forth, realistically. This was in contrast and reaction to romanticism, which portrayed their subjects idealistically. Commentary about these artistic movements is sometimes put in terms of the contrast between the real and the ideal: on the one hand, the average, ordinary, and natural, and on the other, the superlative, extraordinary, improbable, and sometimes even supernatural. Obviously, when speaking in this sense, "real" (or "realistic") does not have the same meaning as it does when, for example, a philosopher uses the term to distinguish, simply, what exists from what does not exist.
In the arts, and also in ordinary life, the notion of reality (or realism) is also often contrasted with illusion. A painting that precisely indicates the visually-appearing shape of a depicted object is said to be realistic in that respect; one that distorts features, as Pablo Picasso's paintings are famous for doing, are said to be unrealistic, and thus some observers will say, but with questionable grammatical correctness, that they are "not real." But there are also tendencies in the visual arts toward so-called realism and more recently photorealism that invite a different sort of contrast with the real. Trompe-l'śil (French, "fool the eye") paintings render their subjects so "realistically" that the casual observer might temporarily be deceived into thinking that he is seeing something, indeed, real — but in fact, it is merely an illusion, and an intentional one at that.
In psychiatry, reality, or rather, the idea of being in touch with reality is integral to the notion of schizophrenia, since it has often been defined in part by reference to being "out of touch" with reality. The schizophrenic is said to have hallucinations and delusions which concern people and events that are not real. However, there is controversy over what is considered out of touch with reality, particularly due to the noticeable comparison of the process of forcefully instituting individuals for expressing their beliefs in society to reality enforcement. The practice's possible covert use as a political tool can perhaps be illustrated by the 18th century psychiatric sentences in the U.S. of black slaves for 'crazily' attempting to escape. See also anti-psychiatry and one of its prominent figures, the psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.
In each of these cases, discussions of reality, or what counts as "real", take on quite different casts; indeed, what we say about reality often depends on what we want to say it is not.
Tuesday, May 2. 2006
The Last of Interesting Yet Strange Laws
Note: Nothing here necessarily supports the views of www.fastlaneGT.com or it's owner & staff. This is merely for entertainment purposes.
A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak.
The state legislature in North Dakota has rejected a proposal to erect signs specifically warning motorists not to throw human waste onto the road side. Maintenance workers report at least 20 incidents of road crews being "sprayed with urine after rupturing urine-filled plastic bottles that became swollen in the hot sun." Opponents of the measure say they're afraid the signs would discourage tourism.
Found on Axius Sno-Off Automobile Windshield cover: "Caution: Never drive with the cover on your windshield."
Found on a box of Kellogg's Pop-Tarts: "Warning: Pastry Filling May Be Hot When Heated"
Found on the instruction sheet of a Conair Pro Style 1600 hair dryer: "WARNING: Do not use in shower. Never use while sleeping."
Found on Bat Man The Animated Series Armor Set Halloween costume box: "PARENT: Please exercise caution, mask and chest plate are not protective; cape does not enable wearer to fly."
Found in a television set's owner's manual: "Do not pour liquids into your television set."
Found on the handle of a hammer: "Caution: Do not use this hammer to strike any solid object."
Found on a butane lighter: "Warning: Flame may cause fire."
In most places, when a drawbridge is open, the only land vehicle that can claim priority over boats is a truck hauling the US mail. This option is seldom if ever exercised, of course.
In 1388, English Parliament banned waste disposal in public waterways and ditches.
In 1996, Christmas caroling was banned at two major malls in Pensacola, Florida. Apparently, shoppers and merchants complained the carolers were too loud and took up too much space.
In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
The ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the actual queen.
Quebec and Newfoundland are the only two provinces which do not allow personalized license plates.
A Chilean man who has been stopped from voting in three elections because officials keep insisting he is dead said he was tired of arguing and would never try to vote again. "I'm tired of complaining without any success. I think this is the last time I am going to bother," said Ernesto Alvear, 74. For the third time in an election, Alvear was told by officials in the port city of Valparaiso that he could not vote because, officially, he had been dead for almost 10 years. The mix-up was due to the death of another man with the same name, forcing Alvear to provide skeptical officials with documents proving he is alive.
During World War I, the punishment for homosexuality in the French army was execution.
During World War II, bakers in the United States were ordered to stop selling sliced bread for the duration of the war on January 18, 1943. Only whole loaves were made available to the public. It was never explained how this action helped the war effort.
In Sweden, when leaving someone's home, wait until you get to the doorway to step outside before putting on your coat. To do so earlier suggests you are eager to leave. When entering or departing a Russian home, it is considered very bad form to shake hands across the threshold.
In Germany, shaking hands with the other hand in a pocket is considered impolite. In Mali, men shake hands with women only if women offer their hand first. The handshake is often done with the left hand touching the other person's elbow as well.
During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who wore a beard was required to pay a special tax.
At the first professional baseball game, the umpire was fined 6 cents for swearing.
To pass U.S. Army basic training young female recruits must do 17 pushups in two minutes. Males must do 40 pushups in two minutes.
In Hartford, Connecticut, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands.
Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
Snoring is prohibited in Massachusetts unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked. It is also illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.
Women in Florida may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.
It is legal in North Dakota to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered wagon.
The mummified hand of a notary public, chopped off for falsely certifying a document, has been on display in the city hall of Munster, Germany, as a warning to other notaries for 400 years.
The curtain or veil used by some Hindus and Moslems to seclude or hide their women from strangers is called a "purdah."
Margaret Sanger was jailed for a month, in 1917, in a workhouse for founding a clinic that dispensed contraceptives.
In the Middle Ages, the highest court in France ordered the execution of a cow for injuring a human.
A girl, in the Vacococha tribe of Peru, to prepare her for marriage at the age of 12, is placed in a basket in the hut of her prospective in-laws and must remain suspened over an open fire night and day for 3 months.
The Spanish Inquisition once condemned the entire Netherlands to death for heresy.
During the eighteenth century, books that were considered offensive were sometimes punished by being whipped.
In the marriage ceremony of the ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.
In 1968, a convention of beggars in Dacca, India, passed a resolution demanding that the minimum amount of alms be fixed at 15 paisa (three cents).
Because of heavy traffic congestion, Julius Caesar banned all wheeled vehicles from Rome during daylight hours.
Talking on a cellular phone while driving is against the law in Israel.
In Milan, Italy, there is a law on the books that requires a smile on the face of all citizens at all times. Exemptions include time spent visiting patients in hospitals or attending funerals. Otherwise, the fine is $100 if they are seen in public without a smile on their face.
The minimum age set in the U.S. Constitution for the President of the United States is 35.
In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either "unbathed" or "poorly dressed".
Impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 U.S. states.
The murder rate in the Unted States is 200 times greater than in Japan. In Japan no private citizen can buy a handgun legally.
The movie 'Cleopatra', starring Elizabeth Taylor, was banned from Egypt in 1963 because she was a Jewish convert.
Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery.
It is illegal to marry the spouse of a grandparent in Maine, Maryland, South Carolina, and Washington, DC.
A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak.
The state legislature in North Dakota has rejected a proposal to erect signs specifically warning motorists not to throw human waste onto the road side. Maintenance workers report at least 20 incidents of road crews being "sprayed with urine after rupturing urine-filled plastic bottles that became swollen in the hot sun." Opponents of the measure say they're afraid the signs would discourage tourism.
Found on Axius Sno-Off Automobile Windshield cover: "Caution: Never drive with the cover on your windshield."
Found on a box of Kellogg's Pop-Tarts: "Warning: Pastry Filling May Be Hot When Heated"
Found on the instruction sheet of a Conair Pro Style 1600 hair dryer: "WARNING: Do not use in shower. Never use while sleeping."
Found on Bat Man The Animated Series Armor Set Halloween costume box: "PARENT: Please exercise caution, mask and chest plate are not protective; cape does not enable wearer to fly."
Found in a television set's owner's manual: "Do not pour liquids into your television set."
Found on the handle of a hammer: "Caution: Do not use this hammer to strike any solid object."
Found on a butane lighter: "Warning: Flame may cause fire."
In most places, when a drawbridge is open, the only land vehicle that can claim priority over boats is a truck hauling the US mail. This option is seldom if ever exercised, of course.
In 1388, English Parliament banned waste disposal in public waterways and ditches.
In 1996, Christmas caroling was banned at two major malls in Pensacola, Florida. Apparently, shoppers and merchants complained the carolers were too loud and took up too much space.
In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
The ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the actual queen.
Quebec and Newfoundland are the only two provinces which do not allow personalized license plates.
A Chilean man who has been stopped from voting in three elections because officials keep insisting he is dead said he was tired of arguing and would never try to vote again. "I'm tired of complaining without any success. I think this is the last time I am going to bother," said Ernesto Alvear, 74. For the third time in an election, Alvear was told by officials in the port city of Valparaiso that he could not vote because, officially, he had been dead for almost 10 years. The mix-up was due to the death of another man with the same name, forcing Alvear to provide skeptical officials with documents proving he is alive.
During World War I, the punishment for homosexuality in the French army was execution.
During World War II, bakers in the United States were ordered to stop selling sliced bread for the duration of the war on January 18, 1943. Only whole loaves were made available to the public. It was never explained how this action helped the war effort.
In Sweden, when leaving someone's home, wait until you get to the doorway to step outside before putting on your coat. To do so earlier suggests you are eager to leave. When entering or departing a Russian home, it is considered very bad form to shake hands across the threshold.
In Germany, shaking hands with the other hand in a pocket is considered impolite. In Mali, men shake hands with women only if women offer their hand first. The handshake is often done with the left hand touching the other person's elbow as well.
During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who wore a beard was required to pay a special tax.
At the first professional baseball game, the umpire was fined 6 cents for swearing.
To pass U.S. Army basic training young female recruits must do 17 pushups in two minutes. Males must do 40 pushups in two minutes.
In Hartford, Connecticut, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands.
Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
Snoring is prohibited in Massachusetts unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked. It is also illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.
Women in Florida may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.
It is legal in North Dakota to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered wagon.
The mummified hand of a notary public, chopped off for falsely certifying a document, has been on display in the city hall of Munster, Germany, as a warning to other notaries for 400 years.
The curtain or veil used by some Hindus and Moslems to seclude or hide their women from strangers is called a "purdah."
Margaret Sanger was jailed for a month, in 1917, in a workhouse for founding a clinic that dispensed contraceptives.
In the Middle Ages, the highest court in France ordered the execution of a cow for injuring a human.
A girl, in the Vacococha tribe of Peru, to prepare her for marriage at the age of 12, is placed in a basket in the hut of her prospective in-laws and must remain suspened over an open fire night and day for 3 months.
The Spanish Inquisition once condemned the entire Netherlands to death for heresy.
During the eighteenth century, books that were considered offensive were sometimes punished by being whipped.
In the marriage ceremony of the ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.
In 1968, a convention of beggars in Dacca, India, passed a resolution demanding that the minimum amount of alms be fixed at 15 paisa (three cents).
Because of heavy traffic congestion, Julius Caesar banned all wheeled vehicles from Rome during daylight hours.
Talking on a cellular phone while driving is against the law in Israel.
In Milan, Italy, there is a law on the books that requires a smile on the face of all citizens at all times. Exemptions include time spent visiting patients in hospitals or attending funerals. Otherwise, the fine is $100 if they are seen in public without a smile on their face.
The minimum age set in the U.S. Constitution for the President of the United States is 35.
In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either "unbathed" or "poorly dressed".
Impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 U.S. states.
The murder rate in the Unted States is 200 times greater than in Japan. In Japan no private citizen can buy a handgun legally.
The movie 'Cleopatra', starring Elizabeth Taylor, was banned from Egypt in 1963 because she was a Jewish convert.
Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery.
It is illegal to marry the spouse of a grandparent in Maine, Maryland, South Carolina, and Washington, DC.
Saturday, April 29. 2006
Interesting Yet Strange Facts
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Theaters in Glendale, California can show horror films only on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.
You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
In Lehigh, Nebraska it's against the law to sell donut holes.
Under the law of Mississippi, there’s no such thing as a female Peeping Tom.
Anti-modem laws restrict Internet access in the country of Burma. Illegal possession of a modem can lead to a prison term.
Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.
In Idaho a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
It is against the law to whale hunt in Oklahoma. (Think about it...)
A Venetian law decrees that all gondolas must be painted black. The only exceptions are gondolas belonging to high public officials.
In the state of Queensland, Australia, it is still constitutional law that all pubs (hotel/bar) must have a railing outside for patrons to tie up their horse.
According to law, no store is allowed to sell a toothbrush on the Sabbath in Providence, Rhode Island. Yet these same stores are allowed to sell toothpaste and mouthwash on Sundays.
Before the enactment of the 1978 law that made it mandatory for dog owners in New York City to clean up after their pets, approximately 40 million pounds of dog excrement were deposited on the streets every year.
Chewing gum is outlawed in Singapore because it is a means of "tainting an environment free of dirt."
The handkerchief had been used by the Romans, who ordinarily wore two handkerchiefs: one on the left wrist and one tucked in at the waist or around the neck. In the fifteenth century, the handkerchief was for a time allowed only to the nobility; special laws were made to enforce this. The classical heritage was rediscovered during the Renaissance.
For hundreds of years, the Chinese zealously guarded the secret of sericulture; imperial law decreed death by torture to those who disclosed how to make silk.
An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for 72 years.
Candy made from pieces of barrel cactus was outlawed in the U.S. in 1952 to protect the species.
A slander case in Thailand was once settled by a witness who said nothing at all. According to the memoirs of Justice Gerald Sparrow, a 20th century British barrister who served as a judge in Bangkok, the case involved two rival Chinese merchants. Pu Lin and Swee Ho. Pu Lin had stated sneeringly at a party that Swee Ho's new wife, Li Bua, was merely a decoration to show how rich her husband was. Swee Ho, he said, could no longer "please the ladies." Swee Ho sued for slander, claiming Li Bua was his wife in every sense - and he won his case, along with substantial damages, without a word of evidence being taken. Swee Ho's lawyer simply put the blushing bride in the witness box. She had decorative, gold-painted fingernails, to be sure, but she was also quite obviously pregnant.
In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment: Prohibition.
A few years back, a Chinese soap hit it big with consumers in Asia. It was claimed in ads that users would lose weight with Seaweed Defat Scented Soap simply by washing with it. The soap was sold in violation to the Japanese Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and was banned. Reportedly, the craze for the soap was so great that Japanese tourists from China and Hong Kong brought back large quantities. The product was also in violation of customs regulations. In June and July 1999 alone, over 10,000 bars were seized.
In most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes.
In New York State, it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.
Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine are the four states in the U.S. that do not allow billboards.
Wetaskiwin, Alberta from 1917: "It's against the law to tie a male horse next to a female horse on Main Street."
Women were banned by royal decree from using hotel swimming pools in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, in 1979.
In Riverside, California, there is an old law on the city's books which makes it illegal to kiss unless both people wipe their lips with rose water.
In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.
In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.
In Pennsylvania, Ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk.
In seventeenth-century Japan, no citizen was allowed to leave the country on penalty of death. Anyone caught coming or going without permission was executed on the spot.
In Somalia, Africa, it's been decreed illegal to carry old chewing gum stuck on the tip of your nose.
In some smaller towns in the state of Arizona, it is illegal to wear suspenders.
In South America, it would be rude not to ask a man about his wife and children. In most Arab countries, it would be rude to do so.
Being rude to a telephone operator in Prussia was once a crime. In 1908, a respected citizen was reprimanded by the government after becoming exasperated with an operator and saying "My dear girl!"
In Thailand, the left hand is considered unclean, so you should not eat with it. Also, pointing with one finger is considered rude and is only done when pointing to objects or animals, never humans.
In Pakistan, it is rude to show the soles of your feet or point a foot when you are sitting on the floor.
It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland.
During the reign of Catherine I of Russia, the rules for parties stipulated that no man was to get drunk before 9 o'clock and ladies weren't to get drunk at any hour.
In 1845 Boston had an ordinance banning bathing unless you had a doctor's prescription.
Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space. The first to exercise this right to vote while in orbit was astronaut David Wolf, who cast his vote for Houston mayor via e-mail from the Russian space station Mir in November 1997.
No building in DC may be taller than 13 floors. This is so that no matter where in the city you are, you can see the monument to our first president, Washington.
In Michigan it's illegal to place a skunk inside your bosses desk.
In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket.
During the time that the atomic bomb was being hatched by the United States at Alamogordo, New Mexico, applicants for routine jobs like janitors, were disqualified if they could read. Illiteracy was a job requirement. The reason: the authorities did not want their trash or other papers read.
It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
In parts of Alaska, it's illegal to feed alcohol to a moose.
You're subject to fines and/or imprisonment for making "ugly faces" at dogs in Oklahoma.
In Utah, birds have the right of way on all highways.
Christmas was once illegal in England.
In Turkey, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.
It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
In Italy, it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood.
"To prevent violence," it was at one time customary at certain phases of the moon to chain and flog inmates of England's notorious Bedlam Hospital.
In Milan, Italy, when an operator dialed a wrong number, the phone company fined the operator.
In Hartford Connecticut, it is illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on Sundays.
In December 1997, the state of Nevada (USA) became the first state to pass legislation categorizing Y2K data disasters as "acts of God"— protecting the state from lawsuits that may potentially be brought against it by residents in the year 2000.
Stay Tuned for more!
Theaters in Glendale, California can show horror films only on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.
You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
In Lehigh, Nebraska it's against the law to sell donut holes.
Under the law of Mississippi, there’s no such thing as a female Peeping Tom.
Anti-modem laws restrict Internet access in the country of Burma. Illegal possession of a modem can lead to a prison term.
Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.
In Idaho a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
It is against the law to whale hunt in Oklahoma. (Think about it...)
A Venetian law decrees that all gondolas must be painted black. The only exceptions are gondolas belonging to high public officials.
In the state of Queensland, Australia, it is still constitutional law that all pubs (hotel/bar) must have a railing outside for patrons to tie up their horse.
According to law, no store is allowed to sell a toothbrush on the Sabbath in Providence, Rhode Island. Yet these same stores are allowed to sell toothpaste and mouthwash on Sundays.
Before the enactment of the 1978 law that made it mandatory for dog owners in New York City to clean up after their pets, approximately 40 million pounds of dog excrement were deposited on the streets every year.
Chewing gum is outlawed in Singapore because it is a means of "tainting an environment free of dirt."
The handkerchief had been used by the Romans, who ordinarily wore two handkerchiefs: one on the left wrist and one tucked in at the waist or around the neck. In the fifteenth century, the handkerchief was for a time allowed only to the nobility; special laws were made to enforce this. The classical heritage was rediscovered during the Renaissance.
For hundreds of years, the Chinese zealously guarded the secret of sericulture; imperial law decreed death by torture to those who disclosed how to make silk.
An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for 72 years.
Candy made from pieces of barrel cactus was outlawed in the U.S. in 1952 to protect the species.
A slander case in Thailand was once settled by a witness who said nothing at all. According to the memoirs of Justice Gerald Sparrow, a 20th century British barrister who served as a judge in Bangkok, the case involved two rival Chinese merchants. Pu Lin and Swee Ho. Pu Lin had stated sneeringly at a party that Swee Ho's new wife, Li Bua, was merely a decoration to show how rich her husband was. Swee Ho, he said, could no longer "please the ladies." Swee Ho sued for slander, claiming Li Bua was his wife in every sense - and he won his case, along with substantial damages, without a word of evidence being taken. Swee Ho's lawyer simply put the blushing bride in the witness box. She had decorative, gold-painted fingernails, to be sure, but she was also quite obviously pregnant.
In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment: Prohibition.
A few years back, a Chinese soap hit it big with consumers in Asia. It was claimed in ads that users would lose weight with Seaweed Defat Scented Soap simply by washing with it. The soap was sold in violation to the Japanese Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and was banned. Reportedly, the craze for the soap was so great that Japanese tourists from China and Hong Kong brought back large quantities. The product was also in violation of customs regulations. In June and July 1999 alone, over 10,000 bars were seized.
In most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes.
In New York State, it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.
Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine are the four states in the U.S. that do not allow billboards.
Wetaskiwin, Alberta from 1917: "It's against the law to tie a male horse next to a female horse on Main Street."
Women were banned by royal decree from using hotel swimming pools in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, in 1979.
In Riverside, California, there is an old law on the city's books which makes it illegal to kiss unless both people wipe their lips with rose water.
In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.
In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.
In Pennsylvania, Ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk.
In seventeenth-century Japan, no citizen was allowed to leave the country on penalty of death. Anyone caught coming or going without permission was executed on the spot.
In Somalia, Africa, it's been decreed illegal to carry old chewing gum stuck on the tip of your nose.
In some smaller towns in the state of Arizona, it is illegal to wear suspenders.
In South America, it would be rude not to ask a man about his wife and children. In most Arab countries, it would be rude to do so.
Being rude to a telephone operator in Prussia was once a crime. In 1908, a respected citizen was reprimanded by the government after becoming exasperated with an operator and saying "My dear girl!"
In Thailand, the left hand is considered unclean, so you should not eat with it. Also, pointing with one finger is considered rude and is only done when pointing to objects or animals, never humans.
In Pakistan, it is rude to show the soles of your feet or point a foot when you are sitting on the floor.
It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland.
During the reign of Catherine I of Russia, the rules for parties stipulated that no man was to get drunk before 9 o'clock and ladies weren't to get drunk at any hour.
In 1845 Boston had an ordinance banning bathing unless you had a doctor's prescription.
Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space. The first to exercise this right to vote while in orbit was astronaut David Wolf, who cast his vote for Houston mayor via e-mail from the Russian space station Mir in November 1997.
No building in DC may be taller than 13 floors. This is so that no matter where in the city you are, you can see the monument to our first president, Washington.
In Michigan it's illegal to place a skunk inside your bosses desk.
In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket.
During the time that the atomic bomb was being hatched by the United States at Alamogordo, New Mexico, applicants for routine jobs like janitors, were disqualified if they could read. Illiteracy was a job requirement. The reason: the authorities did not want their trash or other papers read.
It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
In parts of Alaska, it's illegal to feed alcohol to a moose.
You're subject to fines and/or imprisonment for making "ugly faces" at dogs in Oklahoma.
In Utah, birds have the right of way on all highways.
Christmas was once illegal in England.
In Turkey, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.
It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
In Italy, it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood.
"To prevent violence," it was at one time customary at certain phases of the moon to chain and flog inmates of England's notorious Bedlam Hospital.
In Milan, Italy, when an operator dialed a wrong number, the phone company fined the operator.
In Hartford Connecticut, it is illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on Sundays.
In December 1997, the state of Nevada (USA) became the first state to pass legislation categorizing Y2K data disasters as "acts of God"— protecting the state from lawsuits that may potentially be brought against it by residents in the year 2000.
Stay Tuned for more!
Wednesday, April 5. 2006
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Saturday, April 1. 2006
April Fool's Day Traditions & Pranks
April Fool's Day Traditions & Pranks
On 'All Fools' Day' or 'April Fools' Day', people play practical jokes and pranks on each other, crack jokes on the expense of victims and gift each other gag gifts and then when the victims are taken in by surprise, all the witnesses shout 'April Fool' at once. The innocent pranks such as prompting somebody that their shoelaces are undone or that they have something on their faces are quite common. Children love to use the opportunity to prank their classmates and even their schoolteachers.
At some places, one is only allowed to play jokes until 12 noon for the jokes played after that time are supposed to bring bad luck to the perpetrator. Similarly, the victim is advised to endure the tricks with a smile on their face, exhibiting tolerance or amusement or they may suffer bad luck, It is said that those fooled by a pretty girl can expect marriage or at least friendship with her. Men are advised not to marry on this day or their wives will rule them forever. Children born on 1st of April are considered lucky generally, except in gambling where they will fare badly.
At some places, afternoon on 1st of April is called as 'Leggin'-down-day' and the people try to trip up any unsuspecting victim. Brish media, normally considered serious and sober, give in to the excitement and tomfoolery of the day and consider hoaxes on this day as a fair game. Read BBC hoaxes to know more about them. With Internet to assist them, playing pranks had become a lot easier, fun and far reaching. April Fool's Day is one of the funniest and most popular pastimes of the day.
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PRANKS -
Practical Jokes & Tricks
April Fool's Day is the opportunity to trick your friends or loved ones and even strangers and play practical jokes on them. Here are some out of the world ideas for you.Rearrange somebody's drawers or file cabinets in a different order and see them baffled. Hard boil an egg and place it in the regular egg carton the night before. In the morning, ask someone to help you make breakfast and beat the egg to make omelets. Hand them the hard-boiled egg and watch them trying to crack it! On the other hand, you may just glue the eggs to the carton and ask someone to hand them to you in the morning. As the victims struggle to take the eggs out of the carton, they break. There are lots of fantastic tricks for heavy sleepers. Some of the popular ones are: Draw funny eyebrows and moustache on their faces while they are asleep. o Place some whipped cream in their hands and tickle their nose with a feather. o Placing someone's hand while they are asleep in a bowl of cold water is a sure way to make them wet their beds. Go to office early by half an hour on April 1 and tape down the ball at the bottom of everybody's mouse. See everybody surprised to find out that nobody's mouse is working. Works only on scroll mouse. This one is to play Dr Dolittle. Tape a little walky-talky on your pet or hide it somewhere near where it is laying. Walk off to a safe distance where you can keep yourself hidden from others with the other piece. As soon as another family member tries to pick up or pat on the back of your pet, say in a gruff voice, "I hate you doing this to me." See them jump with fright and shock. Late at night, fill the hair-dryer with baby powder. Catch the expression of someone who has just washed his or her hair and turned it white by using the hair dryer. This can be done in class, office or home. Ask your friends, colleagues and siblings to perform particular actions together at the same pre-planned time like dropping their pencils at the same time, to tie shoelaces, to reboot their computers, to drink water or any such innocent actions. These synchronized actions are sure to surprise anybody who will wonder about what is happening. Good for teachers. Tell your students that you are just going to note the scores that they have got on their tests or exams and will hand out to them after an hour. Go to the room and them keep running out looking like very scared and tell them that the principal has just spilled coffee or ink on the test/examination papers and they will have to take them again. Note their reactions and exclamations. You can bet that the dullest of all students will loudly claim that they had done their best this time and it is not fair to them. Then you can tell them how much they have really scored.
On 'All Fools' Day' or 'April Fools' Day', people play practical jokes and pranks on each other, crack jokes on the expense of victims and gift each other gag gifts and then when the victims are taken in by surprise, all the witnesses shout 'April Fool' at once. The innocent pranks such as prompting somebody that their shoelaces are undone or that they have something on their faces are quite common. Children love to use the opportunity to prank their classmates and even their schoolteachers.
At some places, one is only allowed to play jokes until 12 noon for the jokes played after that time are supposed to bring bad luck to the perpetrator. Similarly, the victim is advised to endure the tricks with a smile on their face, exhibiting tolerance or amusement or they may suffer bad luck, It is said that those fooled by a pretty girl can expect marriage or at least friendship with her. Men are advised not to marry on this day or their wives will rule them forever. Children born on 1st of April are considered lucky generally, except in gambling where they will fare badly.
At some places, afternoon on 1st of April is called as 'Leggin'-down-day' and the people try to trip up any unsuspecting victim. Brish media, normally considered serious and sober, give in to the excitement and tomfoolery of the day and consider hoaxes on this day as a fair game. Read BBC hoaxes to know more about them. With Internet to assist them, playing pranks had become a lot easier, fun and far reaching. April Fool's Day is one of the funniest and most popular pastimes of the day.
***********************************************************************************
PRANKS -
Practical Jokes & Tricks
April Fool's Day is the opportunity to trick your friends or loved ones and even strangers and play practical jokes on them. Here are some out of the world ideas for you.Rearrange somebody's drawers or file cabinets in a different order and see them baffled. Hard boil an egg and place it in the regular egg carton the night before. In the morning, ask someone to help you make breakfast and beat the egg to make omelets. Hand them the hard-boiled egg and watch them trying to crack it! On the other hand, you may just glue the eggs to the carton and ask someone to hand them to you in the morning. As the victims struggle to take the eggs out of the carton, they break. There are lots of fantastic tricks for heavy sleepers. Some of the popular ones are: Draw funny eyebrows and moustache on their faces while they are asleep. o Place some whipped cream in their hands and tickle their nose with a feather. o Placing someone's hand while they are asleep in a bowl of cold water is a sure way to make them wet their beds. Go to office early by half an hour on April 1 and tape down the ball at the bottom of everybody's mouse. See everybody surprised to find out that nobody's mouse is working. Works only on scroll mouse. This one is to play Dr Dolittle. Tape a little walky-talky on your pet or hide it somewhere near where it is laying. Walk off to a safe distance where you can keep yourself hidden from others with the other piece. As soon as another family member tries to pick up or pat on the back of your pet, say in a gruff voice, "I hate you doing this to me." See them jump with fright and shock. Late at night, fill the hair-dryer with baby powder. Catch the expression of someone who has just washed his or her hair and turned it white by using the hair dryer. This can be done in class, office or home. Ask your friends, colleagues and siblings to perform particular actions together at the same pre-planned time like dropping their pencils at the same time, to tie shoelaces, to reboot their computers, to drink water or any such innocent actions. These synchronized actions are sure to surprise anybody who will wonder about what is happening. Good for teachers. Tell your students that you are just going to note the scores that they have got on their tests or exams and will hand out to them after an hour. Go to the room and them keep running out looking like very scared and tell them that the principal has just spilled coffee or ink on the test/examination papers and they will have to take them again. Note their reactions and exclamations. You can bet that the dullest of all students will loudly claim that they had done their best this time and it is not fair to them. Then you can tell them how much they have really scored.
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