tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67404851986064439212024-03-19T07:28:21.068-05:00Zack's Corner of the NetThe Net is a big place and if you aren't careful, you might get lost stuck in some dark corner out there. Now you don't have to wander about the net aimlessly, just come here to Zack's Corner where I have personally scoured the Net looking for only the very best pictures, videos and links. You might even occasionally see a piece written by myself or a guest writer. Come on over to Zack's Corner, lean your seat back and kick up your feet on the desk while you enjoy the very best of the Net.Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-65758585254228505542007-03-07T11:19:00.000-05:002007-03-07T11:21:29.644-05:00Cowboy Phrases Will Never Be the Same After Brokeback Mountain<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqz6zzz_YMu-7IbOzPovfFeg6qmcKauUfe_rL-TA09E0TuaWW43qdgCSS4CRgRWybqHnv0fxZDYBc0QQTYkiTQv_Rm7Q-4160SdX0MQ-jlA-LeWVHr1-abBKy49t8xoh3Hb3ZXrg_YwRhQ/s1600-h/cowboy"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqz6zzz_YMu-7IbOzPovfFeg6qmcKauUfe_rL-TA09E0TuaWW43qdgCSS4CRgRWybqHnv0fxZDYBc0QQTYkiTQv_Rm7Q-4160SdX0MQ-jlA-LeWVHr1-abBKy49t8xoh3Hb3ZXrg_YwRhQ/s400/cowboy" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039218362418461570" /></a>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-46177903113849888442007-02-13T15:27:00.000-05:002007-02-12T19:09:34.728-05:00Cool Video - Political Roleplay<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yEbJcmGkWiM"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yEbJcmGkWiM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-91837517517028416082007-02-12T18:58:00.000-05:002007-02-12T14:27:03.360-05:00Protect Yourself From America's #1 Enemy: Bears<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yx0xF86H3ew"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yx0xF86H3ew" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-38022319690317066382007-02-12T14:23:00.000-05:002007-02-12T19:08:13.264-05:00Because Dogs Don't Always Have It EasyThese are some great ads for <a href="http://www.pedigree.com/dogproducts/snacks_treats.asp">Pedigree Treats</a> dog snacks.<br /><br /><img style="width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://photoawards.com/06/DigitalEntries/resized/sg_28295_1.jpg" border="0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx0xF86H3ew" hspace="2" /><br /><br /><img style="width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://photoawards.com/06/DigitalEntries/resized/sg_28295_2.jpg" border="0" hspace="2" /><br /><br /><img style="width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://photoawards.com/06/DigitalEntries/resized/sg_28295_3.jpg" border="0" hspace="2" />Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-30525081479930453862007-02-12T10:50:00.000-05:002007-02-12T10:57:08.056-05:00US Building $592 Millon Embassy in IraqWhile much of Iraq lies in ruins and it's residents continue to be without electricity 3 years after the war officially ended, plans for the new U.S. Embassy in Iraq are underway. Dubbed "George W's Palace," the US Government is building the largest U.S. Embassy in the world in Iraq along the banks of the Tigris. Architects claim that it will be visible from space, larger than the Vatican city and big enough to contain four Millennium Domes. The sheer size of the complex, 104 acres, suggests that we might be spending a lot longer over there than some of us may have hoped for.<br />Read the full article <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article712424.ece">here</a>.Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-46804822547124496792007-02-11T10:43:00.000-05:002007-02-11T09:37:59.399-05:005 Anti-War Posters<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=56147511&size=m"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/56147511_f7ad2a129b.jpg" /></a> <p> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77105508@N00/" title=""><b>PhotoLuna 25</b></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=303308348&size=m"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/303308348_1da3d4e9c0.jpg" /></a></p> <p> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinkrejci/" title=""><b>Chance Gardener</b></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=237317277&size=m"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/237317277_d6764a8d54.jpg" /></a></p> <p> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/f-r-a-n-k/" title=""><b>frankh</b></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=8094952&size=m"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/6/8094952_51397eecf2.jpg" /></a></p> <p> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/" title=""><b>gruntzooki</b></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=208204&size=m"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/208204_7ced25ff3d.jpg" /></a></p> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kwc/" title=""><b>kwc</b></a>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-41164144180259584342007-02-11T09:36:00.000-05:002007-02-08T15:13:01.996-05:00Scurbs Family Feud<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9QMJousotj0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9QMJousotj0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-10978654970950360002007-02-08T15:04:00.000-05:002007-02-08T15:12:16.939-05:00A Recipe for True Guacomole<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.avocado.org/images/media/Guacamole.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.avocado.org/images/media/Guacamole.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>My aunt Cheri sent me this recipe for authentic guacamole by way of an amusing anecdote. I thought it was pretty amusing, as well as sounding quite delicious, so I figured I'd share it with my readers. The story appears below, as told by Cheri Kennedy-the names have been changed to protect the innocent.<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><blockquote>My cousin Robin Bee makes the best guacamole that I’ve ever eaten in my life. Just ask her how good it is – she’ll tell you! Even though she did so very reluctantly, Robin shared her secret recipe with me when she and I compiled a family cookbook that included - not only recipes - but some stories from our aunts, cousins, mothers, and sisters who contributed their favorite recipes to the cookbook. We distributed our creation at the Brosch Family Reunion in 1991. The Brosches are my maternal grandmother’s family and most of them still live in southeast Texas.<br /><br />When I first asked Robin for her guacamole recipe, she flatly refused. I asked her at least two more times with the same result. Finally, hoping to appeal to her sense of vanity, I told her, “This is no joke. People really don’t know how truly wonderful guacamole is made. You should share your secret with the family.” That did it!.<br /><br />I could almost see her puff out her chest as she said, “You’re right. Even some Mexican restaurants can’t do it right--make that many Mexican restaurants can’t do it right. I don’t understand why I was blessed with the knowledge of how to make the ‘True Guacamole,’ but I was; and it has indeed been a blessing in my life. I’ll share it with you because you’re blood kin - and it’s important that I share this knowledge within the family.” Robin admonished me to be cautious about passing this recipe on to strangers.<br /><br />Robin started dictating the recipe to me by telling me how to choose avocados at the grocery store. The ones with the rough skin are the best. The great big ones with smooth, shiny skins are great for splitting in half and filling with some sort of meat or fish salad, but they’re too wet to make really good guacamole.<br /><br />“So, you’ve found the right avocados,” Robin continued. “Now you want to gently press on them and feel how much they give to the pressure of your thumb and forefinger. If they don’t give at all, you won’t be able to use them for three or four days. If they give too much, they’re past their prime and should be sold at a reduced price. You’re looking for avocados that are prime – somewhere between hard and mushy, but leaning towards soft, pliable, ripe – you know - perfection.”<br /><br />This takes practice! If the entire avocado pile in the grocery store is too hard, Robin told me to bring a couple home with me anyway. I’d just have to wait to make the guacamole. She instructed to put the avocados in a paper bag and then put it in the kitchen window. Or, since I had a gas stove, I could put it in the oven, but take it out if I planned to bake anything. The avocados should just sit there, undisturbed in the paper bag for a day or two or three. Then I could open up the paper bag, say hello, and squeeze them once a day until they meet the “squeezeability” test (which she reminded me she had explained previously).<br /><br />“So,” Robin went on enthusiastically, “somehow you have acquired avocados that are ready to die for guacamole. Now we can get on with the actual recipe part.” She said, parenthetically, “You will need to taste this concoction until you think it’s right.”<br /><br />Robin’s instructions were to peel three avocados and remove the seed. Save the seeds, but throw the peelings away, or compost them. Put the flesh of the avocados in a bowl. Sprinkle lightly with salt. Using whole peppercorns and a grinder, grind black pepper over the avocados, using more pepper than salt. Cut a lemon in half; but before you cut it, roll it back and forth on the kitchen counter, pressing it down while you roll it, to get more juice from it when it’s squeezed. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon over the avocados in the bowl.<br /><br />Now talking freely, Robin continued. “With a pastry blender or a potato masher, chop, mash, cut, etc., the avocados until they are still partly chunky, but mostly mashed. Stir this mixture with a fork, just a little bit. Now taste it. You can either use a fork or your fingers to hold the guacamole for tasting -- or, a tortilla chip,” she said as an afterthought.<br /><br />At this point, Robin put her hands on her hips and looked directly into my eyes. “Here’s the secret to GREAT guacamole,” she said with utmost gravity. “IT’S THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE LEMON AND THE SALT. At this point, you’ll most likely need to add either more salt or more lemon juice, or more of both. You have to keep tasting after each addition in order to get it right.”<br /><br />“After you’ve gotten it right, you can add some very finely minced onion, very finely chopped tomato, minced garlic, a dusting of cumin, minced cilantro, or a sprinkling of chili powder. But don’t add all of them – just maybe two or three of the above. NEVER ADD SOUR CREAM. If you add sour cream, you are making dip, and that’s not what I’m teaching you here. If you think you can put mayonnaise or salad dressing in this, you’re wrong. Adding either ingredient is a dreadful, terrible mistake. Don’t’ even think of trying it.”<br /><br />“Now,” Robin went on, “Put this guacamole in a terrific-looking bowl. If you have to wait a while before it’s going to be eaten, stick a couple of those seeds I told you to save on top and the guacamole won’t turn black. Really! Serve it proudly on shredded lettuce as a salad, or with tortilla chips as an appetizer, or with flour tortillas, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, etc, in a burrito.”<br /><br />I asked Robin where she learned to make guacamole like this. She told me she didn’t remember, but she thought perhaps her Grandmother Bee may have taught her when Robin first expressed an interest in cooking. She remembered her grandmother making it for Christmas Eve gatherings. Robin told me she’d found a recipe for avocado salad in a book of clippings her grandmother collected that was very close to the way she makes her “True Guacamole.”<br /><br />Just before I finished typing out Robin’s recipe for our recipe book and she was getting ready to go home, she told me I should add this note: “You can make avocado seeds sprout by sticking toothpicks in them and balancing it end-down over a glass of water, but I never understood which end should be down, so I can’t really help you get you own avocado tree for your back yard. But I read somewhere that it works. Go to the library for more information.”<br /><br /></blockquote><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in;"><span style=""> </span><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-55113329991677885302007-02-07T15:48:00.000-05:002007-02-07T15:59:02.487-05:00Truthilicious?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://gallery.nofactzone.net/albums/userpics/AmeriConeDream.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://gallery.nofactzone.net/albums/userpics/AmeriConeDream.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Over at the Stephen Colbert fansite, <a href="http://www.nofactzone.net/">nofactzone.net</a>, rumors have been flying around about a possible new flavor of ice cream from Ben and Jerry's. It's reported that "Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream", will be vanilla with fudge covered waffle cone pieces and a caramel swirl. Mmmmm....tastes like truthiness!Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-54639670344063398452007-02-07T11:08:00.000-05:002007-02-07T11:11:47.379-05:00BushisimsThis will be sure to elicit a snicker or twol. Here is a nice collection of quotes from our nation's leader. Thanks to <a href="http://mytrashsubstance.blogspot.com">mytrashsubstance.blogspot.com</a>!<br /><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Florence</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">S.C.</st1:state></st1:place>, Jan. 11, </i></span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><i>2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"I don't feel like I've got all that much too important to say on the kind of big national issues." <i>George W Bush, 20/20 ABC, 15th September 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"The important question is, How many hands have I shaked?" <i>George W Bush, New York Times, 23rd October, 1999<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"The fact that (Gore) relies on facts - says things that are not factual - are going to undermine his campaign." <i>George W Bush, New York Times 4th March 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign." <i>George W Bush, Hilton Head, <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">South Carolina</st1:place></st1:state>, 16th February 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"I didn't -- I swear I didn't -- get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends' nests." <i>Bush Jr., in the <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Houston</st1:place></st1:city> Chronicle<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNgeO94af8yd7JEKRMFMY8oH3YPKEi-slHiQvvMjBKsiDAttLlfjXouXR8CDcTuXTrncTQucGq0DWb2pRRD6GqaTpxz8wyDg30e6fWt8REsBE-duNPYS6eGcx2tfH0vzww7dZuigUpRE/s1600-h/bush_binoculars.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNgeO94af8yd7JEKRMFMY8oH3YPKEi-slHiQvvMjBKsiDAttLlfjXouXR8CDcTuXTrncTQucGq0DWb2pRRD6GqaTpxz8wyDg30e6fWt8REsBE-duNPYS6eGcx2tfH0vzww7dZuigUpRE/s200/bush_binoculars.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024710691148895650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">"I'm a uniter not a divider. That means when it comes time to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up."<i> Bush, on David Letterman (who had just had open heart surgery), March 2, 2000. (the audience booed)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"There ought to be limits to freedom. We're aware of this [web] site, and this guy is just a garbage man, that's all he is." <i>George Jr., discussing a web site that parodies him<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"It's not the governor's role to decide who goes to heaven. I believe that God decides who goes to heaven, not George W. Bush."<i> George W. Bush, in the <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Houston</st1:place></st1:city> Chronicle.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"It's your money. You paid for it." <i>George W Bush, LaCrosse, <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Wis.</st1:place></st1:state>, Oct. 18, 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program." <i>George W Bush, during a debate in St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 2, 2000</i></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhCzV5fuUY_bMM0tfELoBeiJYJ4z4O8skhcuTivhrSOqAgxBpmpuCwZ6vt4kuB1cHSRDssQT3JIqiG14SGZfZ5FIVwJI7FaiCB-PCP7vODPZcY9WCipaE3hzvQWesvgLD8P3MQ13RROo/s1600-h/bush_spacealien.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhCzV5fuUY_bMM0tfELoBeiJYJ4z4O8skhcuTivhrSOqAgxBpmpuCwZ6vt4kuB1cHSRDssQT3JIqiG14SGZfZ5FIVwJI7FaiCB-PCP7vODPZcY9WCipaE3hzvQWesvgLD8P3MQ13RROo/s200/bush_spacealien.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024710884422423986" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> can find in our neighborhoods." <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Austin</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Texas</st1:state></st1:place>, Dec. 20, 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question."<i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Reynoldsburg</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Ohio</st1:state></st1:place>, Oct. 4, 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet." <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Arlington Heights</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Ill.</st1:state></st1:place>, Oct. 24, 2000 <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case." <i>George W Bush, Pella, Iowa, as quoted by the San Antonio Express-News, Jan. 30, 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"I understand small business growth. I was one." <i>George W Bush, <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state> Daily News, Feb. 19, 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." <i>George W Bush, Reuters, May 5, 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvP5ZiINUL8gz0Z-vxCoS4F8M1XuIpaNNO2gni3Brzh2cARIvTWV8lt6MH5qVRFVDHHVBgCFbaHNlMAkd0f15um-91z_kkV431VPy9SUeb4UmMFWope_z7-6n2icxjIEX7ewaM9eL9hw/s1600-h/bush_turkey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvP5ZiINUL8gz0Z-vxCoS4F8M1XuIpaNNO2gni3Brzh2cARIvTWV8lt6MH5qVRFVDHHVBgCFbaHNlMAkd0f15um-91z_kkV431VPy9SUeb4UmMFWope_z7-6n2icxjIEX7ewaM9eL9hw/s200/bush_turkey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024711219429873090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Saginaw</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Mich.</st1:state></st1:place>, Sept. 29, 2000 <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." <i>George W Bush, Greater <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Nashua</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">N.H.</st1:state></st1:place>, Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000 <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"They misunderestimated me." <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Bentonville</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Ark.</st1:state></st1:place>, Nov. 6, 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"The <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">California</st1:place></st1:state> crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants." <i>George W Bush in an interview with the New York Times, Jan. 14, 2001<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Redefining the role of the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment." <i>George W Bush in an interview with the New York Times, Jan. 14, 2001<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Then I went for a run with the other dog and just walked. And I started thinking about a lot of things. I was able to-I can't remember what it was. Oh, the inaugural speech, started thinking through that." <i>George W Bush, Pre-inaugural interview with U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 22, 2001 issue</i></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwX44thyphenhyphenV1ObfVxuPFABnmHNllRH_E3NNlZqahbkwTXsFt9NWsn_0LD2MKjGdd0Q5Wd9yXgccid2h6WL9jxYqecpR3cg1eBvHk2O-HFRmY51HbE482NyJnNkbH85UG768oEydpCT7dYiM/s1600-h/bushjr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwX44thyphenhyphenV1ObfVxuPFABnmHNllRH_E3NNlZqahbkwTXsFt9NWsn_0LD2MKjGdd0Q5Wd9yXgccid2h6WL9jxYqecpR3cg1eBvHk2O-HFRmY51HbE482NyJnNkbH85UG768oEydpCT7dYiM/s200/bushjr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024711490012812754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well."</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place>, Jan. 29, 2001 <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically." <i>George W Bush, Radio-Television Correspondents Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce." <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Quebec City</st1:city>, <st1:country-region st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>, April 21, 2001<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"We spent a lot of time talking about <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place>, as we should. <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place> is a nation that suffers from incredible disease." <i>George W Bush, after meeting with the leaders of the European Union, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001 <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"One of the interesting initiatives we've taken in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place>, is we've got these vampire-busting devices. A vampire is a-a cell deal you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone." <i>George W Bush, Denver, CO. Aug. 14, 2001 <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nCJqCTqpSxHWSBoYAX28MGC2CPLbRgV0ybnBwe9Qt4RCqFHrcgNN1vRvYouS4b3Vp_JebpsdAxCr1D40RHi7zzT9eic_qCbB_7MlqFE_W_K5_JQ-j7u9C1ar5pMy9OiP4w5AbZHY4QQ/s1600-h/George_Bush.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nCJqCTqpSxHWSBoYAX28MGC2CPLbRgV0ybnBwe9Qt4RCqFHrcgNN1vRvYouS4b3Vp_JebpsdAxCr1D40RHi7zzT9eic_qCbB_7MlqFE_W_K5_JQ-j7u9C1ar5pMy9OiP4w5AbZHY4QQ/s200/George_Bush.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024711717646079458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">"It's no exaggeration to say the undecideds could go one way or another."<i>At a campaign rally in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Troy</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place>, 21st October 1988<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"I don't want to get, you know, here we are close to the election - sounding a knell of overconfidence that I don't feel." <i>George W Bush, on TV with David Frost, Election Day, 6th November 1988<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"All I was doing was appealing for an endorsement, not suggesting you endorse it." <i>George W Bush, at a meeting of the National Governers Association, 3rd February 1992<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Please just don't look at part of the glass, the part that is only less than half full." <i>George W Bush on the outcome of the previous day's gubernatorial elections, 6th November 1991<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"I will never apologise for the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">United States of America</st1:place></st1:country-region> - I don't care what the facts are." <i>George W Bush at a press conference introducing the Coalition of American Nationalities, 2nd August 1988<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Boy, they were big on crematoriums, weren't they?" <i>George W Bush, after touring the Auschwitz death camp, Chicago Sun-Times, 29th January 1992<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"There are some great admonitions in the Bible, talking about, you know, don't try to take the speck out of your neighbour's eye when you've got a log in your own. I'm mindful of that." <i>George W Bush, Sam Howe Verhovek, New York Times Magazine, 13th September 1998</i></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uYcgt7_UCCBrgkjcnzD-nkPrpH8ScqUwr2x7SJaaZ6oVdmEEGoepp-H4sJ1AAb9bCfXYJX3uhKBihonsIEHKErfZRGKvmlom3C0pzmQ8SHNBHI2ELkrstSXxYxM2fWHZB6_F8wr2rgw/s1600-h/oathLR.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uYcgt7_UCCBrgkjcnzD-nkPrpH8ScqUwr2x7SJaaZ6oVdmEEGoepp-H4sJ1AAb9bCfXYJX3uhKBihonsIEHKErfZRGKvmlom3C0pzmQ8SHNBHI2ELkrstSXxYxM2fWHZB6_F8wr2rgw/s200/oathLR.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024711876559869426" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Bush:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> "I talked to my little brother, Jeb - I haven't told this to many people. But he's the governor of - I shouldn't call him my little brother - my brother, Jeb, the great Governor of Texas."<o:p></o:p></span><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Jim Lehrer:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> "<st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">Florida</st1:state></st1:place>."<o:p></o:p></span><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Bush:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> "<st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:state>. The state of the <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">Florida</st1:state></st1:place>." <o:p></o:p></span><br /><i><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">News Hour With Jim Lehrer, PBS, 27th April 2000<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Desert Storm. We sold a lot of tickets." <i>George W Bush joking about the commercial advantages of being George Bush's son, and part owner of a baseball stadium, Larry King Live, CNN, 16th August 1992<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"You're all going to hell." <i>George W Bush joking about what he would say to Israeli Jews upon arriving in the Middle East in 1993, Austin-American Statesman, 1st December 1998</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Question:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> "When you're not talking about politics, what do you and your father talk about?"<br /><b>Bush:</b> "Pussy."<br /><i>To David Fink of the <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Hartford</st1:place></st1:city> Courant, at the 1988 Republican Convention, Salon, 9th April 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTnnd485kZD6fa2wKxMClHojz6Yk-X0RVHK90m22TA1SUQqMu0zCex0NR6Ef8UtQB49ACfHuj-ew0_AEEj4RqEZG1CXlVZ0GNWpoexSt8ExQG9aXk0WYXIIx9ewEgRvh3NxnQnrTmJuI/s1600-h/bush.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTnnd485kZD6fa2wKxMClHojz6Yk-X0RVHK90m22TA1SUQqMu0zCex0NR6Ef8UtQB49ACfHuj-ew0_AEEj4RqEZG1CXlVZ0GNWpoexSt8ExQG9aXk0WYXIIx9ewEgRvh3NxnQnrTmJuI/s200/bush.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024712095603201538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">"Please...don't kill me!" <i>George W Bush mocking what Karla Faye Tucker said when asked, just before her execution, 'What would you say to Governor Bush?' Talk, September 1999<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." <i>George W Bush, CNN, 18th December 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Reading</st1:place></st1:city> is the basics for all learning." <i>George W Bush, 'All Things Considered', National Public Radio, 28th March 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas." <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Beaverton</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Oregon</st1:state></st1:place>, 25th September 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"There is a lot of speculation and I guess there is going to continue to be a lot of speculation until the speculation ends." <i>George W Bush, on whether he'll run for President, Austin-American Statesman, 18th October 1998<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"I don't care what the polls say. I don't. I'm doing what I think what's wrong." <i>George W Bush, New York Times, 15th March 2000</i></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhD7Ebs6vafyXQ7JnmL8UjMdppyJoJSTiX-7G8CwP8zQ0Rj5Yq9pC_mw6xgyOo4dAR9c4dAxfoU4_CZTcnH3ExZHs0vdmAwL5CH2WCQ8ZSgjGndXGMYEWZ4vHdy9RS1Mcas43RF8_vS0/s1600-h/busheatchoc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhD7Ebs6vafyXQ7JnmL8UjMdppyJoJSTiX-7G8CwP8zQ0Rj5Yq9pC_mw6xgyOo4dAR9c4dAxfoU4_CZTcnH3ExZHs0vdmAwL5CH2WCQ8ZSgjGndXGMYEWZ4vHdy9RS1Mcas43RF8_vS0/s200/busheatchoc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024712297466664466" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness." <i>George W Bush, CNN online chat, 30th August 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is sometimes until we get an objective analysis." <i>George W Bush, Meet the Press, NBC, 15th April 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"As Governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards." <i>George W Bush, CNN online chat, 30th August 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"After all, religion has been around a lot longer than Darwinism." <i>George, September 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test." <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Townsend</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Tennessee</st1:state></st1:place>, 21st February 2001<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"When it comes to the overall story, the long-term view of the campaign, it's so important for the campaign to set the long-term view." <i>George W Bush, Brill's Content online, September 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Will the highways on the internet become more few?" <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Concord</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">New Hampshire</st1:state></st1:place>, 29th January 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Put the "off" button on." <i>George W Bush, Associated Press, 14th February 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"This is an impressive crowd, the haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base." <i>George W Bush, Al Smith Memorial Dinner in <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state>, 19th October 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us vs them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who they are, but we know they're there." <i>George W. Bush, 21 Jan 2000<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvfXZa55F1dxHjy9TI8aASii-mLJOnnpR7du6Hi_8bcK-OSQg0Ji-gSgpYYGnXIYM3s_qfbOrxLjLRLoq6LsA4e0P9ujDPddoWUxLuImLAdXkbZ9Wu25WLCGE2SXmSSLXQY3dLxc_qik/s1600-h/bushpeeks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvfXZa55F1dxHjy9TI8aASii-mLJOnnpR7du6Hi_8bcK-OSQg0Ji-gSgpYYGnXIYM3s_qfbOrxLjLRLoq6LsA4e0P9ujDPddoWUxLuImLAdXkbZ9Wu25WLCGE2SXmSSLXQY3dLxc_qik/s200/bushpeeks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024712464970389026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">"First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill." <i>George W. Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place>, May 19, 2003<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"These people don't have tanks. They don't have ships. They hide in caves. They send suiciders out." <i>George W. Bush, speaking about terrorists, Portsmouth, N.H., Nov. 1, 2002<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p>"</o:p>People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you." <i>George W. Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place>, Sept. 19, 2002<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p>"</o:p>See, we love, we love freedom. That's what they didn't understand. They hate things; we love things. They act out of hatred; we don't seek revenge, we seek justice out of love." <i>George W. Bush, <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Oklahoma City</st1:place></st1:city>, Aug. 29, 2002<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like." <i>George W. Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place>, Dec. 11, 2002<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"I think war is a dangerous place." <i>George W. Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place>, May 7, 2003<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself." <i>George W. Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Grand Rapids</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Mich.</st1:state></st1:place>, Jan. 29, 2003</i></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VDkq1n6f1umo3GYuqNunXypN5nh615RYH2K_N2LS-yMVuWCwBoYO40wmivaqCiYuKPDSboDdz7A75RfvxZ056KRWU_LKlS9I4VB-pYYTaS-Uk2-3dso4NwYSWUyQ-U3YjfvCoGb6h0I/s1600-h/bushscrape.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VDkq1n6f1umo3GYuqNunXypN5nh615RYH2K_N2LS-yMVuWCwBoYO40wmivaqCiYuKPDSboDdz7A75RfvxZ056KRWU_LKlS9I4VB-pYYTaS-Uk2-3dso4NwYSWUyQ-U3YjfvCoGb6h0I/s200/bushscrape.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024712623884178994" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"The Ambassador and the General were briefing me on the....the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice." <i>George W.Bush, 28th October, 2003<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p>"</o:p>The world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership." <i>George W Bush, White House, Oct. 28, 2003<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p>"</o:p>The will of the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> can be shaken by suiciders.... and suiciders who are willing to drive up to a Red Cross center, a center of international help and aid and comfort, and just kill.... The strategy remains the same. The tactics to respond to more suiciders driving cars will alter on the ground." <i>George W Bush, White House, Oct. 28, 2003<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"There's a lot of things that there's misconceptions. Evidently it's a misconceptions that Americans believe that Muslims are terrorists." <i>George W Bush, Aboard Air Force One, en route to Australia, Oct. 22, 2003<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter." <i>George W. Bush, advising quail hunter Pete Domenici, Roswell, New Mexico, Jan. 22, 2004<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaamdBwoIjbHjTd0nbaex_ljmOxAqMG7nnaSWpXFtg17J6_L1_BRSm_2UgGZTR_JzkMCi7GqlNAFRBEoCxdD7XZhF-hmOzmsA_2uBR9tHrFKNqQmXHiirdWem29TeJKb9J8Ct0DG4hn4/s1600-h/bush_throws.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaamdBwoIjbHjTd0nbaex_ljmOxAqMG7nnaSWpXFtg17J6_L1_BRSm_2UgGZTR_JzkMCi7GqlNAFRBEoCxdD7XZhF-hmOzmsA_2uBR9tHrFKNqQmXHiirdWem29TeJKb9J8Ct0DG4hn4/s200/bush_throws.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024712795682870850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">"See, one of the interesting things in the Oval Office - I love to bring people into the Oval Office - right around the corner from here - and say, this is where I office, but I want you to know the office is always bigger than the person." <i>George W. Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place>, Jan. 29, 2004<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"In my judgment, when the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> says there will be serious consequences, and if there isn't serious consequences, it creates adverse consequences." <i>George W. Bush, Meet the Press, Feb. 8, 2004<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"More Muslims have died at the hands of killers than -- I say more Muslims -- a lot of Muslims have died -- I don't know the exact count -- at <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Istanbul</st1:place></st1:city>. Look at these different places around the world where there's been tremendous death and destruction because killers kill." <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place>, Feb. 18, 2004<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Saddam Hussein said, I'm not going to expose my weapons, I'm not going to get rid of my -- I'm not going to allow inspectors in, he said. But this is the same man who had used them. So I had to make a decision -- do I trust the word of madman, or do I remember the lessons of September the 11th?" <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Louisville</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Kentucky</st1:state></st1:place>, Feb. 26, 2004<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"I want to remind you right quick what this country has been through, and the challenges this economy had faced over the last three years. First, we went through a recession. That means we were going backwards." <i>George W Bush, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Bakersfield</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">California</st1:state></st1:place>, Mar. 4, 2004<o:p></o:p></i><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful - and so are we, they never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people - and neither do we." <i>George W Bush at a Pentagon meeting, August 2004</i></span>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-62408929261397851742007-02-07T11:01:00.000-05:002007-02-07T11:06:43.652-05:00Gross - New Hair Treatment uses Bull Semen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/02/bullgirl_175x125.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/02/bullgirl_175x125.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Yes, you read that title right. It seems that the latest hair treatment available in upscale beauty salons involves the application of bull semen. The bull baby batter is massaged into the hair and blown-dry for a glossy shine with extra hold. Wonder if it was inspired by the infamous hair-gel scene in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_Something_About_Mary">There's Something About Mary</a>? Read the article <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=35685&in_page_id=34">here</a>.Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-25394898518139633052007-02-07T10:53:00.000-05:002007-02-07T11:00:34.084-05:00Water Bridge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dw-world.de/image/0,,985755_4,00.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.dw-world.de/image/0,,985755_4,00.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />You've heard the phrase "water under the bridge" before, right? Well, check this out.This water bridge in Germany is about 2700 feet long and connects two main shipping canals. It took over six years to build at a cost of around a billion dollars! Read the article <a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html">here</a>.Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-64334160168764179122007-02-07T10:48:00.000-05:002007-02-07T10:53:07.693-05:00Extreme OrigamiI found these photos over at <a href="http://freshpics.blogspot.com/">http://freshpics.blogspot.com/</a>. You've never seen paper folded like this before! Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper. Enjoy!<br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/400/794063/origami_art_01.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/1600/597861/origami_art_02.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7376/2321/400/origami_art_02.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/1600/447601/origami_art_04.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/400/997207/origami_art_04.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/1600/944987/origami_art_34.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/400/204962/origami_art_34.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/1600/873010/origami_art_33.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/400/592464/origami_art_20.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/1600/734312/origami_art_32.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/400/489226/origami_art_32.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/1600/526136/origami_art_28.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/400/741974/origami_art_28.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/1600/122557/origami_art_27.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7376/2321/400/820176/origami_art_27.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-18351751702805042202007-02-07T10:39:00.000-05:002007-02-07T10:48:07.731-05:00Cool Products - Gelli Baff<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gelli-baff.co.uk/images/gelliboy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.gelli-baff.co.uk/images/gelliboy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I remember when I was a kid, I had purchased a magical powder form a magic store which would turn any liquid into a jelly-like solid. It was a great gag - replace the contents of a coffee-creamer dispenser with the magic powder and watch people's reactions when they stir it into their coffee. Even better, pour some into your glass of milk and make like you are throwing the contents of the glass at your friend. They'll yell and cower, but nothing will get on them - your milk has solidified in your glass.<br />Gelli-Baff has taken this product and put a new twist on it. Add a packet to the contents of your bath water and the tub will instantly change into a tub full of colored slime! When the kids have had their fun playing, add the package of dissolver and things are back to normal. This sounds like so much fun that it might even convince my step-son Zach to take a bath!<br />For more product info and a video, head over to <a href="http://www.gellibaff.co.uk/">Gelli Baff</a>.Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-55417715224824589032007-02-04T11:19:00.000-05:002007-02-04T11:22:47.795-05:00Amazing Microscopic Art - Willard Wigen<h3 class="post-title"><br /> </h3> <div style="text-align: center;">This is amazing...<span lang="EN-US">Willard is a resident of <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Birmingham</st1:city>, <st1:country-region st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<span style="color:navy;"> </span><span style=""> </span>The show is in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Manchester</st1:city></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>He has a learning disability (Dyslexia), but has talented hands. He makes the sculptures out of dust particles, sugar crystals, etc. Works only around midnight,<span style=""> </span>and can only do some of the work between heartbeats.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/1600/Willard-Wigen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/200/Willard-Wigen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> Willard-Wigen<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/1600/Statue-of-Liberty.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/200/Statue-of-Liberty.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Statue of Liberty in the eye of a needle</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/1600/Elvis-on-a-pin-head.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/200/Elvis-on-a-pin-head.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/1600/Elvis-on-a-pin-head-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/200/Elvis-on-a-pin-head-2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span lang="EN-US">Elvis on a pin head</span><br /><br /></div></div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/1600/Boxing-ring.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/200/Boxing-ring.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Boxing ring next to a match head</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/1600/Girl-with-balloon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/200/Girl-with-balloon.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Girl with balloon is standing on an eyelash glued to the top of a needle</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/1600/Snow-White-%26-The-7-Dwarfs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/200/Snow-White-%26-The-7-Dwarfs.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-US">Snow White & The 7 Dwarfs in the eye of a needle</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >(Note the wicked witch on top)</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/1600/Visitors.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/200/Visitors.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Visitors view exhibits through a microscope</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/1600/The-Thinker-on-the-head-of-a-pin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/200/The-Thinker-on-the-head-of-a-pin.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Thinker on the head of a pin</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/1600/Peter-Pan-%26-Tinkerbell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/200/Peter-Pan-%26-Tinkerbell.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Peter Pan & Tinkerbell etc. on a small fishhook</span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/1600/The-royal-court.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3948/141503181879770/200/The-royal-court.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <span lang="EN-US">The royal court in the eye of a needle</span>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-34301752100057921102007-02-02T10:53:00.000-05:002007-02-02T11:02:37.897-05:00Groundhog's Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDr3PJtAhueVmeuaakQK2dhHzg9hSipQdzwy343r68f-y_Z9nxrRXCNMEWT1j2p-bUTEC7567TRDo3SyrBizqvyVhelB9o4scP_K_nEthTOnzOLrSP6PEeKhx0_oaQIbTytA5YEKgYByiP/s1600-h/groundhog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDr3PJtAhueVmeuaakQK2dhHzg9hSipQdzwy343r68f-y_Z9nxrRXCNMEWT1j2p-bUTEC7567TRDo3SyrBizqvyVhelB9o4scP_K_nEthTOnzOLrSP6PEeKhx0_oaQIbTytA5YEKgYByiP/s200/groundhog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026965754163543890" border="0" /></a>Today is February 2nd, and unless you've been hiding in a hole all winter, you know that means today is also Groundhog's day. This morning, everybody's favorite groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his home to check the weather and give his prediction. Phil did not see his shawdow, and offered this:<br /><p></p><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;">El Nino has caused high winds, heavy snow, ice and freezing temperatures in the west.<br />Here in the East with much mild winter weather we have been blessed.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;">Global warming has caused a great debate.<br />This mild winter makes it seem just great.</p><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;">On this Groundhog Day we think of one thing.<br />Will we have winter or will we have spring?</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;">On Gobbler's Knob I see no shadow today.<br />I predict that early spring is on the way.</p><p>For more information on Groundhog's Day and Phil, visit the official <a href="http://www.groundhog.org">Groundhog's Day web site</a>.</p><blockquote></blockquote>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-47015500144293164222007-02-01T09:08:00.000-05:002007-02-01T09:21:19.577-05:00National Gorilla Suit Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIH-YfBDCU26G08PjoqbvN8SZGwVctp3rgjSlzdXBBmybdU40f2KqSG2WI3nT9ulCA2dzE4x9qHpH79oAfu2_EBDr635VbrCX0wdpFlTMOSYvlRPt3VPFDAzzCIKgIP1V67ChCYu3-tGk/s1600-h/ngsdbox4.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIH-YfBDCU26G08PjoqbvN8SZGwVctp3rgjSlzdXBBmybdU40f2KqSG2WI3nT9ulCA2dzE4x9qHpH79oAfu2_EBDr635VbrCX0wdpFlTMOSYvlRPt3VPFDAzzCIKgIP1V67ChCYu3-tGk/s200/ngsdbox4.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026568856235720514" border="0" /></a><br />I may be a day late for this one, but be sure to mark your calendars for next year- January 31st is National Gorilla Suit Day. Invented by "Mad's Maddest Artist", Mad Magazine's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Martin">Don Martin</a>, the holiday hopes to have people across the nation take their gorilla suit out of the closet and go door to door.<br />(<a href="http://www.povonline.com/National%20Gorilla%20Suit%20Day.htm">link</a>)Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-51821541999574230862007-01-31T11:09:00.000-05:002007-01-31T19:44:35.838-05:00Cool Video - Stephen Colbert Celebrates the Saginaw Spirit Victory<embed FlashVars='config=http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/xml/data_synd.jhtml?vid=81459%26myspace=false' src='http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/syndicated_player/index.jhtml' quality='high' bgcolor='#006699' width='340' height='325' name='comedy_player' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='always' allownetworking='external' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></embed><br />As a follow-up to an earlier post, <a href="http://zackscorner.blogspot.com/2007/01/joanna-meets-stephen-cobeagle-eagle.html">Joanna Meets Stephen Cobeagle The Eagle</a>, I thought I'd share this video with you. Oshawa mayor John Gray concedes defeat at the loss of his city's team, the Generals against Saginaw's Spirit, and declares March 20th forever Stephen Colbert Day.Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-36500493324199892702007-01-31T10:29:00.000-05:002007-01-31T10:35:09.530-05:00Cool Photos - Some Amazing HDR Photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/353550880_63b4e11873.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/353550880_63b4e11873.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />A photographer known as <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/">Stuck in Customs</a> has put together a collection of some outstanding photos on his Flickr page. These images are simply stunning and well worth a look.<br />(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/sets/72057594049344877/">link</a>)Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-67050050569511194632007-01-31T08:20:00.001-05:002007-01-31T08:32:33.272-05:00Robot Parking Garages<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/ROBOTIC_GARAGE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KjMPjcKPijo/RcCXtSr4vxI/AAAAAAAAACE/CmCPHC8im3g/s200/NYKW10201291848-big.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026183988511293202" border="0" /></a>It may seem like something out of a science fiction novel, but robotic parking garages are becoming reality. In February, New York will get its first automatic garage in Chinatown.<br />The fully automatic parking process will allow 67 vehicles to squeeze into a space only 24 cars could be parked manually. Cars will drive on to a pallet which will, like an elevator, slide up and down, but also sideways. The only human on-site will be an attendant who will collect your money.<br />Robotic parking garages first appeared, where else, in Japan.<br />The entire article from <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/ROBOTIC_GARAGE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">AP can be read here</a>.Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-49951447159314890192007-01-31T08:12:00.000-05:002007-01-31T08:18:56.318-05:00MMORPG Conflict Turns to Real Life Violence<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BwbazYDQ9OV1AuF1eVvCcPEMrzmUUQ6SZZZENqZrt_JeJ_Qdhrd9nD_URzw1A0cLLOVwnSm7Ixrl01Q1IDo7yv0hb44wPk5Ac8AZJUlqiI171bOeV1iViMCzwbTYuJY0mNQ7OgQIxn4G/s1600-h/11_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BwbazYDQ9OV1AuF1eVvCcPEMrzmUUQ6SZZZENqZrt_JeJ_Qdhrd9nD_URzw1A0cLLOVwnSm7Ixrl01Q1IDo7yv0hb44wPk5Ac8AZJUlqiI171bOeV1iViMCzwbTYuJY0mNQ7OgQIxn4G/s200/11_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026183279841689346" border="0" /></a><br />A Ukrainian online gamer is facing up to 15 years in prison for stomping a fellow gamer to death in central Moscow after bad blood in a virtual world spilled over into the real one, prosecutors said.<br />Alexander Ponamorenko, a Ukrainian citizen known for his prowess in the popular online role-playing game <a href="http://www.lineage2.com/">Lineage II</a>, has been arrested and charged with the beating death of Alexander Blyoskin, 22, who had tried to break-up a real-life argument between Ponamorenko and his online nemesis, said Olga Tatarinova, a senior investigator with the Basmanny District Prosecutor's Office.<br />Read the rest of the article at the <a href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/01/31/013.html">Moscow Times here</a>.Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-13890285531474841462007-01-31T07:49:00.000-05:002007-01-31T07:54:46.356-05:00Cool Video - Why Bill Gates Walked Off the Daily ShowIf you watched Monday's episode of <a href="www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/index.jhtml%20-%2044k%20-%20Jan%2029,%202007">the Daily Show</a>, you might have seen Jon Stewart interview Microsoft Founder Bill Gates for the launch of the new operating system <a href="www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/">Vista</a>. At the end of the interview, Gates abruptly stood up and walked off the set. This video shows what really happened.<br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qkNDVDtMFQU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qkNDVDtMFQU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-13769601450499215342007-01-31T07:17:00.000-05:002007-01-31T07:26:17.203-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.barackobama.com/images/frombarack_thumb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.barackobama.com/images/frombarack_thumb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I received the following letter in my email this morning from US Senator Barack Obama.<br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">Dear Zachery,<br /><br />Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007: Today, we sadly find ourselves at the very point in Iraq I feared most when I opposed giving the President the open-ended authority to wage this war in 2002 – an occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences in the midst of a country torn by civil war.<br /><br />We have waited and we have been patient. We have given chance after chance for a resolution that has not come, and, more importantly, watched with horror and grief the tragic loss of thousands of brave young Americans.<br /><br />The time for waiting in Iraq is over. The days of our open-ended commitment must come to a close. And the need to bring this war to an end is here.<br /><br />That is why today, I’m introducing the Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007. This plan would not only place a cap on the number of troops in Iraq and stop the escalation, it would begin a phased redeployment of U.S. forces with the goal of removing of all U.S. combat forces from Iraq by March 31st, 2008 – consistent with the recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group that the President ignored.<br /><br />The redeployment of troops to the United States , Afghanistan , and elsewhere in the region would begin no later than May 1st of this year, toward the end of the timeframe I first proposed in a speech more than two months ago. In a civil war where no military solution exists, this redeployment remains our best leverage to pressure the Iraqi government to achieve the political settlement between its warring factions that can slow the bloodshed and promote stability.<br /><br />The U.S. military has performed valiantly and brilliantly in Iraq . Our troops have done all we have asked them to do and more. But no amount of American soldiers can solve the political differences at the heart of somebody else’s civil war, nor settle the grievances in the hearts of the combatants.<br /><br />When it comes to the war in Iraq, the time for promises and assurances, for waiting and patience, is over. Too many lives have been lost and too many billions have been spent for us to trust the President on another tried and failed policy opposed by generals and experts, Democrats and Republicans, Americans and even the Iraqis themselves.<br /><br />It is time to change our policy.<br /><br />It is time to give Iraqis their country back.<br /><br />And it is time to refocus America ’s efforts on the challenges we face at home and the wider struggle against terror yet to be won.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />U.S. Senator Barack Obama<br /></blockquote><br /><br />For more information on Senator Obama and to learn about his campaign to be our next President, follow the link to <a href="http://www.barackobama.com/">http://www.barackobama.com/</a>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-3278152749800881962007-01-30T22:38:00.000-05:002007-01-30T22:52:03.909-05:00Udderly the Best<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cowgirlsespresso.com/CGE%20Theme%20Days.htm"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.cowgirlsespresso.com/CGE%20081006%20lw%20086.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />If Hooters slept with Starbucks, their love child would be <a href="http://www.cowgirlsespresso.com/CGE%20Theme%20Days.htm">Cowgirls Espresso</a>, a chain of coffee stands in the Seattle area. You'll have your coffee served up hot by an attendant wearing skimpy lingerie. Apparently Cowgirls Espresso is not the only place where the only thing hotter than the coffee are the attendants. There are a number of stands that use a little skin to get a leg up on their competition. For the article, click <a href="http://www.komotv.com/news/5402241.html">here</a>.Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740485198606443921.post-36338532922396272992007-01-30T22:28:00.000-05:002007-01-30T22:34:28.514-05:00Fetus In Fetu<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=2346476&page=1"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Primetime/abc_kumar_060822_sp.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="storytext"> Fetus in fetu happens very early in a twin pregnancy, when one fetus wraps around and envelops the other. The tiny twin forms an umbilical like structure feeding of the dominant fetus. This man lived with this parasite inside of him for 36 years! Read the full article <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=2346476&page=1">here</a>.</span>Zack Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423345563969978603noreply@blogger.com0