The latest telephone poll taken by the office of the Governor of Texas
asked whether people who live in Texas think illegal immigration is a
serious problem:

A) 35% of respondents answered: "Yes, it is a serious problem."

B) 65% of respondents answered: "No es una problema serio."
Unknown "eveepoo" Adored - 16 years, 8 months, 9 days ago

Support our troops...always.

You stay up for 16 hours.

He stays up for days on end.
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You take a warm shower to help you wake up.

He goes days or weeks without running water.
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You complain of a "headache", and call in sick.

He gets shot at as others are hit, and keeps moving forward.
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You put on your anti war/don't support the troops shirt, and go meet up with your friends.

He still fights for your right to wear that shirt.
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You make sure you're cell phone is in your pocket.

He clutches the cross hanging on his chain next to his dog tags.
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You talk trash about your "buddies" that aren't with you.

He knows he may not see some of his buddies again.
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You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls.

He walks the streets, searching for insurgents and terrorists.
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You complain about how hot it is.

He wears his heavy gear, not daring to take off his helmet to wipe his brow.
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You go out to lunch, and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong.

He doesn't get to eat today.
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Your maid makes your bed and washes your clothes.

He wears the same things for weeks, but makes sure his weapons are clean.
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You go to the mall and get your hair redone.

He doesn't have time to brush his teeth today.
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You're angry because your class ran 5 minutes over.

He's told he will be held over an extra 2 months.
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You call your girlfriend and set a date for tonight.

He waits for the mail to see if there is a letter from home.
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You hug and kiss your girlfriend, like you do everyday.

He holds his letter close and smells his love's perfume.
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You roll your eyes as a baby cries.

He gets a letter with pictures of his new child, and wonders if they'll ever meet
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You criticize your government, and say that war never solves anything.

He sees the innocent tortured and killed by their own people and remembers why he is fighting.
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You hear the jokes about the war, and make fun of men like him.

He hears the gunfire, bombs and screams of the wounded.
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You see only what the media wants you to see.

He sees the broken bodies lying around him.
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You are asked to go to the store by your parents. You don't.

He does exactly what he is told.
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You stay at home and watch TV.

He takes whatever time he is given to call, write home, sleep, and eat.
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You crawl into your soft bed, with down pillows, and get comfortable.

He crawls under a tank for shade and a 5 minute nap, only to be woken by gunfire.
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You sit there and judge him, saying the world is probably a worse place because of men like him.

If only there were more men like him!
Unknown "eveepoo" Adored - 16 years, 9 months ago

A letter home from a SOLDIER

Dear Ma and Pa,

I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Army beats
working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before all
of the places are filled.

I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 a. m.
but I am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt and Elmer all you do
before breakfast is smooth your cot, and shine some things. No hogs to slop,
feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing.
Men got to shave but it is not so bad, there's warm water. Breakfast is
strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, etc., but kind of
weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular
food, but tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit by the two city boys that
live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds you until noon when you get fed
again. It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much.

We go on "route marches," which the platoon sergeant says are long walks to
harden us. If he thinks so, it's not my place to tell him different. A
"route march" is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys
get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks.

The country is nice but awful flat . The sergeant is like a school teacher.
He nags a lot. The Captain is like the school board. Majors and colonels
just ride around and frown. They don't bother you none.

This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep getting medals for
shooting. I don't know why. The bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk head
and don't move, and it ain't shooting at you like the Higgett boys at home.
All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don't even
load your own cartridges. They come in boxes.

Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get to wrestle
with them city boys. I have to be real careful though, they break real easy.
It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at home. I'm about the best they
got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in Silver Lake . I only beat
him once. He joined up the same time as me, but I'm only 5'6" and 130 pounds
and he's 6'8" and near 300 pounds dry.

Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get
onto this setup and come stampeding in.

Your loving daughter, Alice
Unknown "eveepoo" Adored - 16 years, 9 months ago

A message to all of you young "democrats"

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college

friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?"

She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She s so popular on campus, college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."

Her father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the Republican Party."
Unknown "eveepoo" Adored - 16 years, 9 months ago

Okay guys, you may think this sounds like a bulliten, but I wrote all of this.

Section 1: Only in America

Only in America do people order a triple hamburger, large fries, and a x-large DIET coke.

Only in America do we make immigration laws, then not only let them be broken, but give those who broke them higher rights than legal residents.

Only in America do women demand higher pay AND better treatment than men in the workplace. PICK ONE!

Only in America are despicable men revered while decent men are ignored and held back.

Only in America would we more quickly kill an unborn baby than convicted murderers and rapists.

Only in America do people believe that talking to terrorists will bring about world peace.

Only in America do people believe that giving free money to homeless and illegals will make them want to work.

Only in America is being gay a good thing.

Only in America when you say "I Do" does it mean that all of the man's possesions are now his new wife's to do with as she pleases.

Only in America will a 24 year-old woman marry a 86 year-old man just to "earn" his fortune.

Section 2: America would go to hell

America is well qualified in all 7 deadly sins...meaning if America died it would most definately go to hell. Explanation--

1. Vanity - Most of our population is obsessed with the way they look and how much they think they can do.

2. Envy - Most of us want what someone else has, be it a girlfriend/boyfriend, a bigger house, more money, more popularity, whatever it may be. We are never happy with what we have.

3. Gluttony - America is a natoin of fatasses and twig-people the middle of people who don't let their bodies go to either extreme is dwindling.

4. Lust - Come on...sex is everywhere in America, not to mention it is vastly glorified by the media.

5. Wrath - Love has run short in today's America. We are killing our own people. Gang wars, murders, anything you can imagine, including family killing family. Disgusting, I know...

6. Greed - Again, we as Americans are never satisfied with what we have, we always want more. More money, a bigger house, etc.

7. Sloth - One word: welfare. Most of us will go to many lengths to avoid work, and welfare only gives acceptance to that.

What happened to the old days? The days when marraige meant something, when people respected eachother? I long fo rthe old days and want to see them come back. But nobody seems to want those days back, so I guess I'm alone...

Unknown "eveepoo" Adored - 16 years, 9 months ago