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A Thought for Today

The trouble with voting is that you usually end up electing somebody.

 

I know how hungry all of you are for political news, since we've had so little of it lately . . . so . . .

GOD & THE SUPREME COURT

"The difference between God and The Supreme Court is that God doesn't think he's The Supreme Court. -Nadine Strossen, Politically Incorrect.

DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER

This came from Karen Kircher who writes:

"This is likely too late for the Friday pass-it-along, however, it is certainly timely." 

You're right, Karen, so we saved it for Saturday.

THIS JUST IN BREAKING NEWS: GOD OVERRULES SUPREME COURT VERDICT  

Bush to be smitten later today

In a stunning development this morning, God invoked the "one
nation, under God" clause of the Pledge of Allegiance and more pertinent to the American culture "In God We Trust" on the back of the money, to overrule Tuesday's Supreme Court decision that handed the White House to George Bush.

"I'm not sure where the Supreme Court gets off," God said this
morning on a rare Today Show appearance, "but I'm sure as hell not going to lay back and let Bush get away with this nonsense."

"I've watched analysts argue for weeks now that the exact vote
count in Florida will never be known.' Well, I'm God and I DO
know exactly who voted for whom. Let's cut to the chase: Gore
won Florida by exactly 20,219 votes."

Shocking political analysts and pundits, God's unexpected
verdict overrules the official Electoral College tally and awards Florida to Al Gore, giving him a 289-246 victory. The Bush campaign is analyzing God's Word for possible grounds for appeal.

"God's ruling is a classic over-reach," argued Bush campaign
strategist Jim Baker. "Clearly, a divine intervention in a U.S.
Presidential Election is unprecedented, unjust, and goes against the constitution of the state of Florida."

"Jim Baker's a jackass," God responded. "He's got some
surprises ahead of him, let me tell you. HOT ones, if you know what I mean."

God, who provided the exact vote counts for every Florida
precinct, explained that bad balloting machinery and voter
confusion was no grounds to give the White House to Bush.

"Look, only 612 people in Palm Beach County voted for
Buchanan. Get real! The rest meant to vote for Gore. Don't
believe me? I'll name them: Anderson, Pete; Anderson,
Sam, Jr.; Arthur, James; Barnhardt, Ron..."

Our Lord then went on to note that he was displeased with
George W. Bush's prideful ways and announced that he would
officially smite him today. In an act of wrath unlike any reported
since the Book of Job, God has taken all of Bush's goats and
livestock, stripped him of his wealth and possessions, sold his
family into slavery, forced the former presidential candidate into hard labor in a salt mine, and afflicted him with deep boils.

Dick Cheney will reportedly receive leprosy. The fate of Al Gore is yet undetermined. Several Archangels report that the Vice-President has also incurred God's wrath by distancing his campaign from the Clinton Presidency. Today Show staffers tell us God was overheard telling an aide in the Green Room "Gore coulda won by 3%," and I've half a mind to make Strom Thurmond President."


DUBYA ONE MORE TIME

"George W. spent his first day as President Elect attending church. The preacher spoke of Jesus and the Dubya. Apparently the subject of the sermon was 'Those Who Get Their Jobs From Their Dads'" (Bill Maar on Politically Incorrect 12/14/2000)

THE LAST WORD

Why is Christmas like a day at the office?

You do all the work and the fat guy in the suit gets all the credit.
(Submitted by Sharon Sewell)

notable birthdays Benny Andersson o Jane Austen o Ludwig van Beethoven o David Ben-Gurion o Steven Bochco o Leonid Brezhnev o Tom Brookshier o Arthur C. Clarke o Noel Coward o Ben Cross o Billy Gibbons o Michael McCary o Margaret Mead o William "Refrigerator" Perry o George Santayana o Lesley Stahl o Jon Tenney o Liv Ullmann
Rod's random thoughts If our bodies are "temples of God," some of his architecture is in ruins.

Imagination always deserves a hearing.

There is no cover-up for inattention.

CONSCIENCE

The world holds dangers
darker than the dentist's chair
love is still the eye
of anything worthwhile
                  or worth having
and so we keep that one eye open.

And knowing that it goes by
multitudes of attitudes and names
it's wise to learn and not forget
the favorite name for love is conscience.

Conscience being the first thing
Christ conceived for us
must mean love is Christmas
by another name.

                      -
from "The Carols of Christmas," 1971
© 1969, 1971, 1996, 2000 by Stanyan Music Group & Rod McKuen. All Rights Reserved
Birthday research by Wade Alexander o Poetry from the collection of Jay Hagan o Coordinated by Melinda Smith
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