One day a florist goes to a barber for a haircut. After the cut he asked about his bill and the barber replies, "I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week."

The florist was pleased and left the shop. When the barber goes to open his shop the next morning there is a 'thank you' card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door.

Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill, the barber again replies, "I cannot accept money from you.. I'm doing community service this week." The cop is happy and leaves the shop. The next morning when the barber goes to open up there is a 'thank you' card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door.

Later that day, a college professor comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill, the barber again replies, "I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week." The professor is very happy and leaves the shop. The next morning when the barber opens his shop, there is a 'thank you' card and a dozen different books, such as "How to Improve Your Business" and "Becoming More Successful.

"Then, a Congressman comes in for a haircut, and when he goes to pay his bill the barber again replies, "I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week." The Congressman is very happy and leaves the shop. The next morning when the barber goes to open up, there are a dozen Congressmen lined up waiting for a free haircut.

And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the citizens of our country and the members of our Congress.

Labels: americans with fuzzy memories, blowhards, congress, Lying Politicians

Tom Willett channels Tom T. Hall to bring us this soon-to-be-chart-topping ditty about porn (the last verse is the best....wait for it....wait for it.....wait for it....).

Labels: funny shite, porn and chicken, Tom T Hall, Tom Willett

Labels: bizarre, dingbats

I gotta tell ya, I have no personal animosity for Ron Paul, but I am absolutely amazed by the fervent following of his disciples. Hell, even our noble and wise blog owner here at J4TR, Andrew has jumped on the Paul bandwagon.

Now, I'm all for smaller government, lower taxes, and a host of other things Paul touches on, but I'm a realist too, and I think Paul is livin' in La La Land and his followers are getting farther out of touch too.

I had been posting bit's and pieces about Paul on various sites when I ran across this from Ace, via Ace Of Spades HQ. Please click on the link and read the post at Ace, it lays out the very questions I've been asking Paul's supporters, but he does it in a much better way. It's well worth the read!
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/251757.php

Labels: Ron Paul

Welcome to the first 2008 edition of the J4TR.com FundyWatch series! This little turd dumpling was scanned from a workbook for Sunday school children. If the image is too small for you to read, click on it to see the full-size copy.

It's a beautiful thing...indoctrinating children. Filling their wee, impressionable minds with BS not withstanding, how about the underlying not-so-subtle notion that somehow people from India need help, meaning that they are mislead and wrong? Yeah, I get it. There's nothing quite like pretentious propaganda to prepare kids for a lifetime of inhabiting a relatively small planet full of people that are different than they are.

Labels: FundyWatch, they're not like me so they must be wrong

Indiana HB 1056 addresses smoking in cars with a child present thereby providing your city, county and state police the power to pull you over and cite you a with a $25 ticket (and of course anything else they happen to find or deem worthy). As many of you have no doubt noticed, this is all the buzz around the local blogosphere here in Indiana with an unusual number of "civil libertarians" mysteriously silent or even in favor of the bill "for the good of the children".

Please answer these questions:

#1. How many citations per parent before somebody see's a pattern and calls child protective services? Do you honestly think citations will be the end of it????

#2. How many children have died as a result of 2nd hand smoke in cars, and could you please list their names?

#3. Will it be 2008 or 2009 when the first court case on behalf of the children is filed to remove them from the "smoking" parents. Foster care has GOT to better than parents that smoke, right?

#4. What year will the first lawsuit appear where the child sues the parents, 2010 or 2011 maybe? Making it an actual law, it then opens the door wide open for civil remedies as well, so cue the lawyers!

#5. Are any of you readers the least bit uneasy about this at all??

Oh, wait, they weren't even supposed to show in the national top ten this year. I guess I can hold on to my OSU swag for another year...

The big loss isn't treating me as badly as I expected.

OH...



....IO!

Labels: Buckeyes, I need a cocktail, Ohio stuff

As a Buckeye fan, what you're about to witness from me is rare and borders on blasphemy.

Congratulations Lloyd Carr and the Michigan Wolverines.

I was getting Waaaaaaay sick of hearing the TV sports eggheads flap their pie-holes about Tim T-Blow and the Florida Gayders.

Instead of an explosive victory for T-Blow and the Gayders, the recently-woeful Wolverines packed all of those predictions up Florida's ass. Way to go.

Labels: Florida sucks, Go Blow, Michigan sucks

Labels: 2008, gary gnu, great space coaster