From Allusions to Illusions
People have asked for an explanation of Marketing.
Perhaps the following analogies will help clear it up:
You see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to him and say,
“I’m fantastic in bed.” — That’s Direct Marketing.
You’re at a party with a bunch of friends and see a handsome guy. One of your […]
Justice Moore has already begun his inquisition. This past February, he drafted an opinion in a child-custody case blasting gay and lesbian parents who just want to be with their children. In the decision, which quotes the Bible several times, Moore asserted that homosexuality is “detestable and an abominable sin.” Even more alarmingly, he wrote […]
Nine year old Johnny, was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday school.
“Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge and […]
A British doctor says “Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man put it in another and have him looking for work in six weeks.”
A German doctor says, “That’s nothing, we can take a lung out of one person put it in another and have him […]
The young specialist in English Lit, …lectured me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in every century they were proved to be wrong. It follows that the one thing we can say about our modern “knowledge” is that it is wrong.
… My answer […]
An elderly Italian man lay dying in his bed. While suffering the agonies of
impending death, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite amoretto
cookies wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength, and
lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his
way out of the bedroom, and […]
Patient: “Huh? What? Where am I?”
Nurse: “You’re in a hospital. You have just come out of a coma.”
Patient: “How long was I in a coma?”
Nurse: “Ten years”
Patient: “Wow…Who is the President?”
Nurse: “Bush”
Patient:
Patient: “How’s the economy?”
Nurse: “Lots of layoffs lately.”
Patient:
Patient: “Who is advising the President?
Nurse: “Cheney and Powell.”
[…]
A sharp young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old tomes by hand. He notices, however, that they are copying copies, not the original books. So, the young monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this. He points out that if […]
Via mapletree7
His continued support for policies that allow law enforcement agencies to label someone as a terrorist, thus circumventing due process, would certainly be unconstitutional.
Via catdaddy
Certainly. But can it be said that this springs from his religious beliefs?
Directly no, but the elimination of due process is undertaken with a clear conscience when you are sure […]
The Supreme Court has declared the BSA a private organization and I think it is time we started treating it as such. The flaw in the Supreme Court’s judgment comes from the fact that it requires acts of Congress for us to do so.
The BSA operates under the auspices of a congressional charter. […]
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