NickTheGrip

Don't know if this helps or not, but I really don't think you require the classes to take the test.

Happy birthday to all

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Shamu - Rick Perry From an e-mail I received, can't vouch for accuracy: Who Is Rick Perry? He is a fifth generation Texan, the son of hardscrabble west Texas tenant farmers – Democrats but conservatives through and through. He grew up in a farm town too small to be on the state map. Life was so hard that he was six years old before his house had indoor plumbing. His mother sewed his clothes, including the underwear he wore to college. He is an Eagle Scout. After Paint Creek High School , he attended Texas A&M, graduated, and was commissioned into the Air Force where he became a C-130 pilot. Now 61 years old, he has won nine elections to four different offices in Texas state government. In the first three elections he ran as a Democrat then switched to the Republican Party. He is currently the 47th governor of Texas – a position he has held for 11 years, the longest tenure of any governor in the nation. He has never lost an election. Rick Perry was the Lieutenant Governor to whom Governor George Bush handed over the office after winning the 2000 Presidential election. Since then, Perry won gubernatorial elections in 2002, 2004, and 2010, the last time by 55% against a field consisting of a Democrat, a Libertarian, a Green Party, and an Independent. Since he became its Governor, Texas – a right to work state that taxes neither personal income nor capital gains – has added more jobs than the other 49 states combined. In the last two years, low taxes and little regulation led his state to create 47% of all jobs created in the entire nation. Five of the top ten cities with the highest job growth in the nation are in Texas . People follow jobs, so in the last four years for which data are available, Texas led every state in net interstate migration growth. Perry signed ground-breaking “loser pays” tort reform and medical litigation rules that caused malpractice insurance rates to fall. Some 20,000 doctors have since moved to Texas . Texas boasts 58 of the Fortune 500 companies – more than any other state. Since May 2011 Texas resumed its pre-recession employment levels. Only two other states and the District of Columbia have done that. Texas ships 16% of the nation’s export value. California trails at 11%. Of the 70 companies that have fled California so far in 2011, 14 relocated in Texas . In this year’s Texas legislative season, Perry got most of what he wanted. With no new taxes, a fiscally lean state budget was passed leaving $6 billion in a rainy day fund even as other states around the country struggled to balance budgets and avoid more deficit borrowing. A voter ID bill passed that was designed to prevent ballot box fraud and illegal voting. A bill passed that makes plaintiffs pay court costs and attorney fees if their suits are deemed frivolous. Perry scored points even in his legislative failures. He failed to get sanctuary cities banned – Texas towns in which police cannot question detainees about their immigration status. The blame fell on the legislature. Perry also failed to get a so-called “anti-groping” bill passed that would put Transportation Security Administration agents in prison if they touch the genitals, anus, or breasts of passengers in a pat down. Federal officials threatened to halt all flights out of Texas airports and the bill died in special session. That endeared Texans even more to TSA employees living in Texas . Perry jogs daily in the morning. He has no bodyguard with him, but his daughter’s dog runs by his side and he carries a laser-guided automatic pistol in his belt. Last year while jogging in an undeveloped area, a coyote paralleled his jogging route, eyeing his dog. He drew his pistol and killed the animal with one shot, leaving it where it fell. “He became mulch," Perry said. Animal rights groups protested, but Perry shrugged it off. “Don’t come after my dog,” he warned them. Recently, Obama asked Perry to delay the July 7 execution of Humberto Leal in order to comply with the International Court of Justice in The Hague and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Perry refused. Therefore Obama asked the US Supreme Court to delay the execution because it would damage US foreign relations. The Court refused 5-4 and Perry ordered the execution to go forward as scheduled. Over the howls of diplomats, politicians, and the UN, Leal was administered a lethal injection at 6:20 p.m. Before he died, he admitted his guilt and asked for forgiveness. The case has special implications for Perry, who is running for the presidency in 2012. Even his critics resent federal interference in a Texas execution, which is related to a state, not a federal, crime – an alcohol and drug-fueled rape and murder 17 years ago by an illegal whose family brought him into the country 35 years ago as a child. The interference hinges not on the man’s guilt, which Leal’s advocates acknowledged, but on a technicality – failure to inform Leal that he could have gotten legal representation from the Mexican consulate in lieu of the court-appointed attorneys who represented him. Independent Texans saw Obama’s interference as another intrusion of federal power into the affairs of a state, which could cost Obama support in other states. Needless to say, Perry is a hard-edged conservative and a ferocious defender of 10th Amendments rights (“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”) – an explicit restriction of the federal government to only those powers granted in the Constitution. Perry accuses the federal government, especially the Obama administration, of illegal overreach. Perry said “no thanks” to the feds whose stimulus offered taxpayer dollars for education and unemployment assistance. The strings on “free money” from Washington , he said, would restrict Texas in managing its own affairs. Perry even depleted all state funds to fight recent wildfires before asking Washington for disaster relief. His request has been ignored, which comes across as an unvarnished federal power play, further pitting Perry and Texans against the federal government. Shamu, you do realize this exact same blurb was posted in the "who is Rick Perry" thread started a few days ago, by Gorilla, I think LOL Edit - it was Plisken that submitted it - sorry Snake

About the 1:00 mark 'nuff said - LOL

AmboyDuke LOL I would comment, but I will leave it to the people who know what they are talking about haha

Now that is cool - I love beer commercials.

crackxi NickTheGrip What surprises me more is that any of you are surprised by this. Anyone who aspires to be the leader of still barely the most powerful country in the world has to be an elitist pig, with a silver spoon stuck up his (or her) arse. Hey let's elect a "down home" humble, self effacing person - wait, people like that don't run for public office - they have real jobs where they are expected to perform or get fired. We really are a bunch of idiots - but I luvs yas all (in a manly "what about them Lions" kind of way) LOL the lions baby yeaaaaaaaaaaa! man we makin playoffs im callin it now! or maybe a winless season..lol either way ill be a lions fan til im dead. The Lions - now there's somthing worth talking about - LOL Go Lions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What surprises me more is that any of you are surprised by this. Anyone who aspires to be the leader of still barely the most powerful country in the world has to be an elitist pig, with a silver spoon stuck up his (or her) arse. Hey let's elect a "down home" humble, self effacing person - wait, people like that don't run for public office - they have real jobs where they are expected to perform or get fired. We really are a bunch of idiots - but I luvs yas all (in a manly "what about them Lions" kind of way) LOL

Here's a couple for you A young man who was also an avid golfer found himself with a few hours to spare one afternoon. He figured if he hurried and played very fast, he could get in nine holes before he had to head home. Just as he was about to tee off an old gentleman shuffled onto the tee and asked if he could accompany the young man as he was golfing alone. Not being able to say no, he allowed the old gent to join him. To his surprise the old man played fairly quickly. He didn't hit the ball far, but plodded along consistently and didn't waste much time. Finally, they reached the 9th fairway and the young man found himself with a tough shot. There was a large pine tree right in front of his ball - and directly between his ball and the green. After several minutes of debating how to hit the shot the old man finally said, "You know, when I was your age I'd hit the ball right over that tree." With that challenge placed before him, the youngster swung hard, hit the ball up, right smack into the top of the tree trunk and it thudded back on the ground not a foot from where it had originally lay. The old man offered one more comment, "Of course, when I was your age that pine tree was only three feet tall." A woman golfer suffers a terrible bee sting and leaves the course to go see her doctor about it. "What happened" asked the doctor. "I got stung between the first and second hole," replied the lady golfer. The doctor replied, "You must have an awfully wide stance! Off the seventh tee, Brian sliced his shot deep into a wooded ravine. He took his eight iron and clambered down the embankment in search of his lost ball. After many long minutes of hacking at the underbrush, he spotted something glistening in the leaves. As he drew nearer, he discovered that it was an eight iron in hands of a skeleton! Joe immediately called out to his friend, "Jack, I've got trouble down here!" "What's the matter" Jack asked from the edge of the ravine. "Bring me my wedge," Brian shouted. "You can't get out of here with an eight iron!" A guy stood over his tee shot for what seemed an eternity, looking up, looking down, measuring the distance, figuring the wind direction and speed... driving his partner nuts. Finally his exasperated partner says, "What the hell is taking so long" Hit the damned ball!" The guy answers, "My wife is up there watching me from the clubhouse. I want to make this a perfect shot." "Give me a break! You don't stand a snowball's chance in hell of hitting her from here." Did you know that O.J. Simpson, Monica Lewinsky, Ted Kennedy, and President Bill Clinton are all avid golfers" O.J.'s a slicer, Monica's a hooker, Ted Kennedy can't drive over water, and Clinton can't seem to hit the right hole! A man and a friend are playing golf one day at their local golf course. One of the guys is about to chip onto the green when he sees a long funeral procession on the road next to the course. He stops in mid-swing, takes off his golf cap, closes his eyes, and bows down in prayer. His friend says: "Wow, that is the most thoughtful and touching thing I have ever seen. You truly are a kind man." The man then replies: "Yeah, well we were married 35 years." A guy gets a call from the coroner, who wants to talk about his wife's recent death. "We were on the third hole," the widower relates. "My wife was standing on the ladies tee about 30 yards ahead of the men's when I hit my drive. From the sound when the ball hit her head and the way she dropped like a rock I knew immediately that she was dead. God only knows where the ball wound up." The coroner replies That explains the injury to her head, but what about the Maxfli embedded in her rectum" "Oh," says the man, "that was my provisional." Steve Wonder and Tiger Woods cross paths at a popular meeting place. Woods turns to Wonder and asks, "How's the singing career going" Steve Wonder replies, "Not too bad! How's the golf" Tiger Woods replies, "Not too bad. I've had some problems with my swing, but I think I've got that right now." Steve Wonder says, "I always find that when my swing goes wrong, I need to stop playing for a while and not think about it. Then, the next time I play, it seems to be all right." Tiger Woods says, "You play golf" Steve Wonder says, "Oh, yes, I've been playing for years." And Tiger Woods asks, "But, you're blind. How can you play golf if you're blind" Steve Wonder replies, "I get my caddie to stand in the middle of the fairway and call to me. I listen for the sound of his voice and play the ball towards him. Then, when I get to where the ball lands, the caddie moves to the green or farther down the fairway and again I play the ball towards his voice." "But, how do you putt" asks Tiger Woods. "Well," replies Steve Wonder, "I get my caddie to lean down in front of the hold and call to me with his head on the ground and I just play the ball towards his voice." Tiger Woods then asks, "What's your handicap" Steve Wonder says, "Well, I'm a scratch golfer." Tiger Woods, incredulous, says to Steve Wonder, "We've got to play a round sometime." Steve Wonder replies, "Well, people don't take me seriously, so I only play for money, and never play for less then $10,000 a hold." Tiger Woods thinks about it and says, "OK, I'm game for that. When would you like to play" Steve Wonder says, "Pick a night!"

You're and idiot Logan - LOL And you're no better Bart - again LOL

LtLaszlo Good one Wild!! We used that one for the Lions a couple years ago!! We will always have the infamous 0-16 to revel in

Congrats - it worked. BTW, who is this "Rugger" guy?

Shit, I am a hooker too then!!! - LOL

Ferret PimpedOutPete Prime example of my point... Bachman's response to being asked about her thoughts on gay & civil rights.. http://www.cnn.com/video/standard.html#/video/bestoftv/2011/08/15/exp.ac.kth.bachmann.cnn?hpt=hp_t2 So don't vote for her. You have that right. Until socialist Progressives successfully subvert the Constitution that you apparently feel is so outdated, you DO still have the right to vote for whoever the heck you want to, and speak your mind against whoever you want to. That right is provided to you by the "outdated" 1770's Constitution. You're welcome. You claim to be somewhat "conservative"..... but I know conservatives & conservatism pretty dog-gone well - and you sir, are not very conservative - at least as American conservatives define the term. I don't doubt that you are indeed a "conservative Canadian" would honestly put you about 5- 10 notches "left of center" in America. I respect that, but it is what it is. That being the case, as with McCain, we conservatives saw what happens when we let conservative-disliking liberals choose our candidate for us. Taking the advice of people that desire your failure is NOT a good idea. That won't happen again in this election, I assure you. But cheers.... enjoy the Bachman-bashing. Maybe you can get some Beck & Palin bashing in, too. The outdated Constitution ensures your right to do so, and it is making a comeback, like it or not. Love ya Petey, my friend..... but leave the "conservatism", to conservatives. Definition of "Conservatism" Conservatism (Latin: conservare, "to preserve")[1] is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society That is a broad brush and to be honest, I agree, most people in this country are considered conservative, but not Republican. There is a Difference. It's not automatic Just because you want things to go back to the "old days" and want minimal changes in society doesn't automatically make you want to give tax breaks to the people who need them the least while screwing over the poor and middle class, and spend the whoel day bashing the current administration. And before you call me an "Obama lover", no, I hate the guy and think he is the 2nd worst president we have ever had, right behind the last 'tard we had. Between the two of them they have almost single-handedly (would that be double-handedly) destroyed this country. I consider myself a liberal conservative and a fiscal conservative and we are the people who will decide the next election - not all the rabid "righties" and "lefties"

hxtr Ferret PimpedOutPete Love ya Petey, my friend..... but leave the "conservatism", to conservatives. I would not say that Ferret... I like his input.. it adds pepper to the dish adding flavor to the conversation. I like Pete's opinion. It is honest.. for the most part but at times just a hand grenade to piss me/us off. hahaha I love you Pete.. Man Hug! Hey Hxtr - Ok with the man hug, bot no "reach-arounds" ok

Bigmeandean Harry, there is some weird sad shit that goes on in the world but its still all in the hands of the creator. He doesnt view things as we do so He will take care of this in His way with love and tenderness! It is a shame that the family had to find out about this tho. My prayers and heart felt empathy goes out to you and the family! Wow, Harry. My condolences to you and your family, and sorry it had to happen in such a messed up way. I just reallly can't fathom the people who need something so far "out there" to get their rocks off - it just boggles my mind

LOL - nice one

That is funny - breaking the barrier - LOL

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Hes no idiot - thats insulting to us idiots He is a bona fide MORON Well handled Harry. If you need help giving this worthless asshole a "blanket" party, let me know. I love to "chat" with guys that like to prey on women like that. The cool thing is you handled without resorting to violence. That's a lot more than most people would do. Most of us would have whipped his ass within an inch of his life, but then your daughter would have to visit you in the lockup so your way is far better. Well done, old man!!!

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Gomer Pyle NickTheGrip I am not from Texas, but most of what I have heard so far has not been very flattering. I know a couple of people who relocated to Texas and they said that, while it is true that he has created a lot of jobs, most of them seem to be of the minimum wage type. He has also cut the education budget drastically, and failed miserably at balancing the budget. Also his secessionist speeches will work against him. Do you want a guy who wanted to secede from the US to run the US...hmmmmm I also would be interested to hear what our Texans say. To be honest I would also like to hear from the Minnesota contingent about Pawlenty and Bachmann. Here in Michigan they are painting Bachmann as even more crazy than Palin so it would be interesting to hear the people she has been representing. Actually my congressman (if I can call him that without throwing up in my mouth a little) has made even more of a mockery of the presidential primary than most. He is that guitar toting fool McCotter and is the most worthless unit ever born. Of course, the area he represents is 95% Republican so he never gets challenged. I hope he does this time. I used to live in Texas during the Bush and part of the Perry govnership, I don't remember anyone their particularly liking Perry that much, especially when it came to balancing the budget. By the way most of what I seen in job creation there came from the individual cities efforts on enticing (such as Houston where I lived) corporations into moving there and nothing to do with Perry. Rick Perry stated today that by reducing regulations on Corporations that it would create jobs. He is a firm believer in the trickle down theory and out of the benevolence of the corporations they will in turn reward their employee's . I think he is right these actions will make us more competitive - Get rid of the unions and that pesky minumum wage. Get rid of those laws making corporations provide health care and any type of retirement. Get rid of those laws making corporations abide by OSHA, especially the health and enviromental standards Get rid of those regulations that stop corporations from firing you for any reason what so ever, perhaps they don't like the color of your shoes that day. Give corporations tax immunity Allow corporations to export jobs at will and in fact give them more tax incentives for outsourceing, this way the corporation will have continuous growth. Well at least two of these are in place already in Texas, The Right to Work Law gets rid of the unions, and they can fire you for anything they wish, now if we could just get the rest of these regulations we will truly have a great job creation. We will be working for 50 cents an hour and have no health or other benefits such as vacation or retirement, but we will be assured of having a job till we are 80. Our country will turn into an enviromental waste dump, but who cares. At a moments notice they will be able to replace you, which is they way it should be. This would really be good for our country, it is a proven theory already , if you want to see the trickle down theory works then move to Mexico it is absolute proof that it works and works well. Sure the rich get richer and the workers get to work until they are dead, but who cares about those rat basturd workers I plan on being one of the rich, so I am a true Republican and proud of it. With these steps in place we will truly be able to compete with Mexico and China. I seen the Beloit Corporation in Beloit Wisconsin where my uncle worked and retired from making $23.00 an hour, close up and move to West Plains Missouri, close to where I live, where the people here are making $ 8.00 an hour with no benefits doing the same jobs, but now the Beloit Regal corporation is not making enough profit so they are moving to Mexico where they can pay 50 to 75 cents an hour. WE HAVE TO STOP THIS we need to become just like Mexico and China so we can compete !!! Who cares if you work 80 hours a week with no overtime, no benefits, below minumum wage, and even perhaps one or two of your children working as well helping to support your house hold, you and your children should be thankful you have a job !!! We need to help our Corportions to make more profit and and give them bigger tax breaks as well so they have an incentive to stay here ! It is irrevelant whether or not you can afford the products they produce here, or be able to retire, nor be able to afford to go to a doctor ,,,,, you will have a job and that is all that matters ! I know I am a little slow and somewhat of an idiot, but I have a vague sense of facetiousness coming from this mail If that is the case, then well put gomer

Hey, Harry, is there another type of water that is not liquid? - LOL That's like one I heard at work a while ago. A GM "engineer" (for want of a better word) stated "I heard an audible sound". I wonder if he could have heard an inaudible sound - LOL or is there another type of sound, I wonder I know, I am an idiot

Blackbart Anarchy?...Really...Each state has a structured government...All we are saying is return to the states what constitutionally belongs to the states not the feds... I don't know how the State government is where you live Bart, but here in Michigan I am as distrustful of the State Government as I am of the Federal government. All they have done over the years is pander to the Big 3 and raise taxes. We finally got a governer who is not a politician but a businessman (Rick Snyder) and he has a balanced budget for the first time in 10 years, but the vast majority of it was cut from education (around $500 per child per year) to give tax breaks to businesses to come here. The effectiveness of that remains to be seen so I am waiting. He actually has a surplus this year, but that is nothing to do with his cuts. The surplus happened before his cuts were enacted. His surplus was made possible by the single biggest thing that can address budget issues - people working. Of course this does not mean I think spending should be controlled. It just means that if everyone focused on getting people back to work, their job of fixing the budget issues would be a hell of a lot easier. All I am asking for is a plan. Exactly what do you plan to do to carry out your vague promises. I will be more than happy to vote for someone who can back up their empty words with actions. The problem is, every 2,4,6 years it is the same - a bunch of words without substance. "I promise to do this, I promise to do that" - well How the hell do you plan to do that sire (or madam) There, guys - you got me ranting. Damn I have to go and take my "meds" now - LOL