*

*
Flat tire on Salvation Mountain

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Rob's Hot Links



Warren Bishop sent this cute little film over.

Richard Hudgins sent over this valuable piece of info. If you deactivate from Facebook, they still keep all of your dossier. Delete completely and hide by clicking the word link.

I read a great piece the other day about Republican behavior during the Obama Administration. The strategy has been one of total obstruction, with admirable unanimity, from day one, on every single issue. I can't find or cite the piece again but it was very clinical and revealingly accurate. People have very short memories. They forgot how we arrived at this downturn. It wasn't just Fannie and Freddie.

As little as I care for this president, I am beholden to the ideas that he actually campaigned on, but has never attempted to achieve. If the opposition manages to regain power, and they always do, one would hope that they are met with similar accommodation from the Democrats.

Robert DeGoff sends along this old joke:

JEWISH POKER CLUB
             
Six retired Jewish Floridian fellows were playing poker in the condo clubhouse when Meyer loses $500 on a single hand,  clutches his chest, and drops dead at the table. Showing respect for their fallen comrade, the other five continue playing, but standing up.
At the end of the game, Finklestein looks around and asks, "Nu, so who's gonna tell his wife?"
They cut the cards.  Goldberg picks the low card and has to carry the news. They tell him to be discreet, be gentle, don't make a bad situation any worse. "Discreet?  I'm the most discreet person you'll ever meet.  Discretion is my middle name.  Leave it to me."
Goldberg goes over to the Meyer's condo and knocks on the door.  The wife answers through the door and asks what he wants?  Goldberg declares:  "Your husband just lost $500 in a poker game and is afraid to come home."
"Tell him to drop dead!" yells the wife.


"I'll go tell him." says Goldberg.

Jon Harwood sent the following link - ipod magic

iPod Magic - Deceptions from Marco Tempest on Vimeo.


An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. Ernest Hemingway