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Back on January 9th, a group of Pekin, Illinois bikers were riding west on I-74 when they saw a girl about to jump off the Murray Baker Bridge. So they stopped.
George, their leader, a big burly man of 53, gets off his Harley, walks through a group of gawkers, past the State Trooper who was trying to talk her down off the railing, and says,
"Hey Baby.....whatcha doin' up there on that railin'?"
She says tearfully, "I'm going to commit suicide!!"
While he didn't want to appear "sensitive," George also didn't want to miss this "be-a-legend" opportunity either so he asked ..."Well, before you jump, Honey-Babe...why don't you give ole George here your best last kiss?"
So, with no hesitation at all, she leaned back over the railing and did just that ... and it was a long, deep, lingering kiss followed immediately by another even better one.
After they breathlessly finished, George gets a big thumbs-up approval from his biker-buddies, the onlookers, and even the State Trooper, and then says,
"Wow! That was the best kiss I have ever had, Honey!  That's a real talent you're wasting, Sugar Shorts. You could be famous if you rode with me. Why the hell are you committing suicide?"
"My parents don't like me dressing up like a girl."
It's still unclear whether she jumped or was pushed.

At any given             moment:
 
FACT: 79,000,000 people are having sex - right             now.
FACT: 58,000,000 are kissing.
FACT: 37,000,000 are relaxing after having sex.
FACT: 1 old person is reading  blogs.
 
You hang in there,             sunshine!

Last Edited: Yesterday, 5:12 am

An email I received from a friend.

Not only a Germans view, but a lot of other nationalities, including American citizens for many other nations.  What I don't understand is why our leaders up on the hill don't look at things this way. 

A German's View on Islam - worth reading. This is by far the best explanation of the Muslim terrorist situation I have ever read. His references to past history are accurate and clear. Not long, easy to understand, and well worth the read. The author of this email is Dr. Emanuel Tanya, a well-known and well-respected psychiatrist. A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.

'Very few people were true Nazis,' he said, 'but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.'

We are told again and again by 'experts' and 'talking heads' that Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the specter of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.

The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honor-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.

The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the 'silent majority,' is cowed and extraneous. Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant.. China 's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.

The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet.

And who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were 'peace loving'?

History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany , they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun..

Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late. As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts--the fanatics who threaten our way of life.

Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on, is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world-wide, read this and think about it, and send it on - before it's too late.

Now Islamic prayers have been introduced into Toronto and other public schools in Ontario, and, yes, in Ottawa too while the Lord's Prayer was removed (due to being so offensive?). The Islamic way may be peaceful for the time being in our country until the fanatics move in. And we are silent.......

You  are not  READY for this.  Who Knew?

If you are catholic, don't be offended!!

A married Irishman went into the confessional and said to his priest, 'I almost had an affair with another woman.'

The priest said, 'What do you mean, almost?'

The Irishman said, 'Well, we got undressed and rubbed together but then I stopped.'

The priest said, 'Rubbing together is the same as putting it in. You're not to see that woman again. For your penance say five Hail Mary's and put $50 in the poor box.'

The Irishman left the confessional, said his prayers and then walked over to the poor box.

He paused for a moment and then started to leave.

The priest, who was watching, quickly ran over to him saying, 'I saw that. You didn't put any money in the poor box!'

The Irishman replied, 'Yeah, but I rubbed the $50 on the box and, according to you, that's the same as putting it in!'

Lemon Squeeze

There once was a religious young woman who went to Confession. Upon entering the confessional, she said, 'Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.'

The priest said, 'Confess your sins and be forgiven.'

The young woman said, 'Last night my boyfriend made mad passionate love to me seven times.'

The priest thought long and hard and then said, 'Squeeze seven lemons into a glass and then drink the juice.'

The young woman asked, 'Will this cleanse me of my sins?'

The priest said, 'No, but it will wipe that smile off of your face.'

Catholic Dog

Muldoon lived alone in the Irish countryside with only a pet dog for company. One day the dog died and Muldoon went to the parish priest and asked, 'Father, my dog is dead. Could ya' be sayin' a mass for the poor creature?'

Father Patrick replied, 'I'm afraid not, we cannot have services for an animal in the church. But there are some Baptists down the lane and there's no tellin' what they believe. Maybe they'll do something for the creature.'

Muldoon said, 'I'll go right away, Father. Do ya' think $5,000 is enough to donate to them for the service?'

Father Patrick exclaimed, 'Sweet Mary, Mother of Jesus! Why didn't ya' tell me the dog was Catholic?

Donation

Father O'Malley answers the phone and hears. 'Hello, is this Father O'Malley?'

'It is!'

'This is the IRS. Can you help us?' 'I can!'

'Do you know a Ted Houlihan?' 'I do!'

'Is he a member of your congregation?' 'He is!'

'Did he donate $10,000 to the church?' 'He will.'

Confession

An elderly man walks into a confessional. The following conversation ensues:

Man: 'I am 92 years old, have a wonderful wife of 70 years, many children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Yesterday I picked up two college girls hitch-hiking. We went to a motel where I had sex with each of them three times.'

Priest: 'Are you sorry for your sins?' Man: 'What sins?'

Priest: 'What kind of a Catholic are you?' Man: 'I'm Jewish.'

Priest: 'Why are you telling me all this?' Man: 'I'm 92 years old . . . . I'm telling everybody!'

Brothel Trip

An elderly man goes into a brothel and tells the madam he would like a young girl for the night. Surprised, she looks at the ancient man and asks how old he is.

'I'm 90 years old,' he says. '90?' replies the woman. 'Don't you realize you've had it?' 'Oh, sorry,' says the old man. 'How much do I owe you?'

Senility

An elderly man went to his doctor and said, 'Doc, I think I'm getting senile. Several times lately I have forgotten to zip up.' 'That's not senility,' replied the doctor. 'Senility is when you forget to zip down.'

Pest Control

A woman was having a passionate affair with an Irish inspector from a pest-control company. One afternoon they were carrying on in the bedroom together when her husband arrived home unexpectedly.

'Quick,' said the woman to the lover, 'into the closet!' and she pushed him in the closet stark naked.

The husband, however, became suspicious and, after a search of the bedroom, discovered the man in the closet. 'Who are you?' he asked him.

'I'm an inspector from Bugs-B-Gone,' said the exterminator. 'What are you doing in there?' the husband asked.

'I'm investigating a complaint about an infestation of moths,' the man replied.

'And where are your clothes?' asked the husband.

The man looked down at himself and said, 'Those little <snip>s! '

Marriage Humor

Wife: 'What are you doing?' Husband: Nothing.

Wife: 'Nothing . . . ? You've been reading our marriage certificate for an hour.'

Husband: 'I was looking for the expiration date.'

Hungry?

Wife : 'Do you want dinner?' Husband: 'Sure! What are my choices?' Wife: 'Yes or no.'

Stress Reliever

Girl: 'When we get married, I want to share all your worries, troubles and lighten your burden.'

Boy: 'It's very kind of you, darling, but I don't have any worries or troubles.'

Girl: 'Well, that's because we aren't married yet.'

------------------------------ Son: 'Mum, when I was on the bus with Dad this morning, he told me to give up my seat to a lady.'

Mom: 'Well, you have done the right thing.'

Son: 'But mum, I was sitting on daddy's lap.'

________________________________

A newly married man asked his wife, 'Would you have married me if my father hadn't left me a fortune?'

'Honey,' the woman replied sweetly, 'I'd have married you, NO MATTER WHO LEFT YOU A FORTUNE!'

------------------------------------------------------------

A wife asked her husband: 'What do you like most in me, my pretty face or my sexy body?'

He looked at her from head to toe and replied: 'I like your sense of humor!'

Husbands are husbands

A man was sitting reading his papers when his wife hit him round the head with a frying pan. 'What was that for?' the man asked. The wife replied, 'That was for the piece of paper with the name Jenny on it that I found in your pants pocket'. The man then said, 'When I was at the races last week, Jenny was the name of the horse I bet on.' The wife apologized and went on with the housework. Three days later the man is watching TV when his wife bashes him on the head with an even bigger frying pan knocking him unconscious. Upon re-gaining consciousness, the man asked why she had hit again. Wife replied. 'Your horse phoned'

Sent to me by a friend.

Subject: FW: Gun lessons 122 years         later?

For those that don't know about history ... Here is a   condensed version:



Humans originally existed as members of   small bands of nomadic
hunters/gatherers. They lived on  deer in  the  mountainsduring  the summer and would go
to the coast and  live on fish and lobster  in the winter.

The two most important  events in all of  history were the invention of beer
and the invention  of the  wheel The wheel was invented to get  man to the
beer.  These were the foundation of  modern civilization and together were the 
catalyst for the splitting of  humanity into two distinct subgroups: 

1 . Liberals
2.  Conservatives.

Once beer was  discovered, it required  grain and that was the beginning of 
agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum  can were invented  yet,
so while  our early humans were sittingaround  waiting for  them to be
invented, they just stayed close to the  brewery. That's how  villages were  formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and   killing animals to BBQ at night
while they were drinking beer.  This  was the beginning of what is known as the
Conservative  movement.... 

Other  men who were weaker and less  skilled at hunting  learned to live off
the conservatives by showing up for  the nightly  BBQ's and doing the 
sewing, fetching, and hair   dressing.This  was the beginning of the Liberal
movement.

Some  of these liberal men eventually  evolved into women. They became known 
as girlie-men. Some noteworthy liberal  achievements include the 
domestication of cats, the invention of group  therapy, group hugs, and  the concept of
Democratic voting to decide how to divide the  meat and  beer that
conservatives provided.


Over the years conservatives  came to  be symbolized by the largest, most
powerful land animal on  earth, the  elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the 
jackass for  obvious reasons.

Modern liberals like  imported beer (with lime  added), but most prefer
white  wine or imported bottled water.   They eat raw fish

but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu,  and  French food are standard
liberal fare.. Another interesting   evolutionary side note: most of their
women have higher testosterone levels  than their  men.Most  social workers,
personal injury  attorneys,  journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group
therapists are  liberals. Liberals  invented the designated hitter rule because it 
wasn't fair to  make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives  drink  domestic beer, mostly Bud or Miller. They eat red meat
and still  provide for their  women. Conservatives are big game hunters, 
rodeo  cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical  doctors, 
police officers, engineers, corporate executives,   athletes, members of the
military, airline pilots and  generally anyone  who works productively.

Conservatives who own companies hire other   conservatives who want to work
for a living.

Liberals produce   little. They prefer to govern the producers....
and decide what to do with  the production.  Liberals believe Europeans are
more enlightened than  Americans. That is  why most of the liberals remained
in Europe when  conservatives were coming  to America . They crept in after
the  Wild  West was tamed and created a  business of trying to get  something
for  nothing.

Here ends  today's lesson in world  history:

It should be noted  that a Liberal may have a momentary  urge to angrily
respond to the above before forwarding  it.

A  Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the  absolute 
truth of this history that it will be forwarded  immediately to other  true 
believers and to more liberals just to piss them  off.B 

And there you have it. Let your next action reveal  your true  self.....I'm 
going to have another   beer

Email from a friend

In  1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the
University of  Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the
Athenian Republic some 2,000  years prior: "A democracy is always
temporary in nature; it simply cannot  exist as a permanent
form of government. A democracy will continue to exist  up until
the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves  generous
gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the  majority
always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits  from
the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will  finally
collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by  a
dictatorship."

"The average age of the world's greatest  civilizations from the
beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During  those 200
years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to  great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance; 
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From  apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."
The Obituary  follows:

Born 1776, Died 2012
It doesn't hurt to read this several  times.
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in
St.  Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning
the last  Presidential election:

Number of States won by: Obama: 19 Romney: 29 
Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 Romney: 2,427,000
Population  of counties won by: Obama: 127 million Romney: 143 million
Murder rate per  100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2 Romney: 2.1

Professor  Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory
Romney won was mostly the  land owned by the taxpaying citizens
of the country.

Obama territory  mostly encompassed those citizens living in low
income tenements and living  off various forms of government
welfare..."

Olson believes the United  States is now somewhere between the
"complacency and apathy" phase of  Professor Tyler's definition of
democracy, with some forty percent of the  nation's population
already having reached the "governmental dependency"  phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty  million
criminal invaders called illegals - and they vote - then we can  say
goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.

If you are in favor  of this, then by all means, delete this message.

If you are not, then  pass this along to help everyone realize just how
much is at stake, knowing  that apathy is the greatest danger to  our
freedom..

Got this email from a friend.

I received this from a friend. Have no idea who is the original author.

DIVORCE AGREEMENT- -
> WRITTEN BY  YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENT
> The person who wrote this is a college student.  Perhaps there is hope for us after all.
> 
> DIVORCE  AGREEMENT
> 
> THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY WELL PUT AND I CAN HARDLY  BELIEVE IT'S BY A YOUNG PERSON, A STUDENT!!! WHATEVER HE RUNS FOR, I'LL VOTE FOR  HIM.
> 
> Dear American liberals, leftists, social  progressives, socialists, Marxists and Obama supporters, et al: We have stuck  together since the late 1950's for the sake of the kids, but the whole of this  latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we  tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations,  but  sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course.
> 
> Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on  what is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile  and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.
> 
> Here is a our separation agreement:
> 
> --Our two  groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a similar  portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come  to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our  respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides  have such distinct and disparate tastes.
> 
> -We don't like  redistributive taxes so you can keep them.
> 
> --You are  welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU.
> 
> 
> --Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the  NRA and the military.
> 
> --We'll take the nasty, smelly  oil  industry and the coal mines, and you can go with wind, solar and  biodiesel.
> 
> --You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie  O' Donnell. You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big  enough to move all three of them.
> 
> --We'll keep  capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart and Wall  Street.
> 
> --You can have your beloved lifelong welfare  dwellers, food stamps, homeless, homeboys, hippies, druggies and illegal  aliens.
> 
> --We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy  CEO's and rednecks.
> 
> --We'll keep Bill O'Reilly, and  Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood .
> 
> --You can make  nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer  places that threaten us.
> 
> --You can have the peaceniks and  war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help  provide them security.
> 
> --We'll keep our Judeo-Christian  values.
> 
> --You  are welcome to Islam, Scientology,  Humanism, political correctness and Shirley McClain. You can also have the U.N.  but we will no longer be paying the bill.
> 
> --We'll keep  the SUV's, pickup trucks and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Volt and  Leaf you can find.
> 
> --You can give everyone healthcare if  you can find any practicing doctors.
> 
> --We'll keep "The  Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem."
> 
> --I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like to Teach the World  to Sing", "Kum Ba Ya" or "We Are the World".
> 
> --We'll  practice trickle-down economics and you can continue to give trickle up poverty  your best shot.
> 
> --Since it often so offends you, we'll  keep our history, our name and our flag.
>
>
>
> Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like-minded  liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit  delete.
> In the spirit of friendly  parting, I'll bet you might  think about which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
> 
> John J. Wall
> 
> Law Student and an American
> 
> P.S. Also, please  take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin & Charlie Sheen, Barbara Streisand, &  (Hanoi) Jane Fonda with you.
> 
> P.S.S. And you won't have to  press 1 for English when you call our country.

http://www.lotterypost.com/blogentry/75036

I was relating the above subject to an publix employee this morning. I asked him, if he thought this could be true or could happen? He replied, no. This black cashier came over and said, yes it could happen. I've known him for at least 10 years. I asked him, why would you of all people, would say that. He looks at me and said, I have been telling people since Obama was first elected, that he was a socialist and dangerous. He does not like the way this country operates. He goes on about Obama having the blacks and all the rest of the people who voted for him fooled, thinking he is doing this for them. My respect rosed.

Do you think, he was talking about food stamps and free cell phones in, " I have a Dream", speech? Do you think he meant that people were suppose to live off the government, or self supporting, by having an equal opportunity at employment? Free to attend any school. Futhermore, I think he would be very disappointed in the way a lot of his people have become. Every black person living today owes MLK and Rosa Parks, for every freedom and opportunity, they enjoy today.

When you don't agree with someones opinion, do you always play the race card? How many blacks do you think will not vote for Obama? You say,you are a veteran, do you agee with the way the President has treated the military. What do you think the black members of our military are thinking?  Do you think they will vote for him because he's black? What do you think was the reason for the statement, Martin L King's niece made? You think she's a racist? I didn't vote for him because he's black, I voted for Romney because, we need someone that will change the direction we are heading. I don't know if things will change for the better or not, but I know for a fact, the current administration can't solve the problems.

A email buddy sent me this. I haven't verified any of the info. If this is true, why hasn't our elected officials done something? I intend to send a copy of this to everyone of my elected officals.

Subject: The cost of gas (INTERESTING)


Subject: Fw: the cost of gas please pass this on to everyone you know!


Like you, I've been absolutely blown away by what has happened to the price
of a gallon of gas. More like just plain MAD! But it's time (way past
time, obviously) for all of us to put up, or shut up. And by that I mean
quit belly-aching to one another (trust me - I do it as well - so I'm
talking to myself, too, here!) ... and DO SOMETHING. And trust me ... not
buying gas from one or two of the 'Big Boys' for a month, or electing to not
buy gas on a given day is not the answer. The answer is one I know you
know, and have heard many times before from people a lot more well-versed in
this than me: LESSENING our dependence on foreign oil.

Just poking around the Internet recently, I simply "Googled" the search
"Untapped U.S. Oil Reserves," and the result (like the current price of a
gallon of gas - BLEW ME AWAY! Go ahead, take a minute and see for youself!
Never mind, I'll share some of the highlights I found.

1. Ever heard of the Bakken Formation? GOOGLE it. I did, and again, BLEW
my mind. The U.S. Geological Service issued a report in April ('08) that
only scientists and oilmen/women knew was coming, but man was it big. It
was a revised report (hadn't been updated since '95) on how much oil was in
this area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota; western South Dakota; and
extreme eastern Montana ... check THIS out:

The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay,
and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at 503 billion
barrels. Even if just 10% of the oil is recoverable... at $107 a barrel,
we're looking at a resource base worth more than $5.3 trillion.
a.. "When I first briefed legislators on this, you could practically see
their jaws hit the floor. They had no idea." says Terry Johnson, the Montana
Legislature's financial analyst.
b.. "This sizeable find is now the highest-producing onshore oil field
found in the past 56 years," reports The Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
It's a formation known as the Williston Basin, but is more commonly referred
to as the "Bakken." And it stretches from Northern Montana, through North
Dakota and into Canada.



For years, U.S. oil exploration has been considered a dead end. Even the
"Big Oil" companies gave up searching for major oil wells decades ago.
However, a recent technological breakthrough has opened up the Bakken's
massive reserves... and we now have access of up to 500 billion barrels.
And because this is light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels will cost
Americans just $16 PER BARREL!





That's enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for 41 years
straight.

2. [And if THAT didn't throw you on the floor, then this next one should -
because it's from TWO YEARS AGO, people!]

U.S. Oil Discovery- Largest Reserve in the World!
Stansberry Report Online - 4/20/2006

Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains
lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world is more
than 2 TRILLION barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush
mandated its extraction.

[(???) What the!??]

They reported this stunning news: We have more oil inside our borders, than
all the other proven reserves on earth. Here are the official estimates:

-8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
-18-times as much oil as Iraq
-21-times as much oil as Kuwait
-22-times as much oil as Iran
-500-times as much oil as Yemen - and it's all right here in the Western
United States.

[HOW can this BE!? HOW can we NOT BE extracting this!? Because we've not D
E M A N D E D Legislation to come out of Washington allowing its extraction,
that's why!]

James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says we've got more oil in this
very compact area than the entire Middle East -more than 2 TRILLION barrels.
Untapped. That's more than all the proven oil reserves of crude oil
in the world today, reports The Denver Post.

----
Don't think "Big Oil" will drop its price - even with this find? Think
again! It's all about the competitive marketplace, and if they can extract
it (here) for less, they can afford to sell it for less - and if they DON'T,
others will. It will come down - it has to.
----


[Got your attention/ire up yet? Hope so! Now, while you're thinking about
it ... and hopefully P.O'd, do this:

3. Take 5-10 minutes and compose an e-mail; fax or good old-fashioned
letter to our elected officials in Washington ... and their respected
leaders. We'll start with them, and here's how you can send them your
e-mail/fax, DEMANDING the immediate Legislation/an Energy PLAN that calls
for tapping into these (OUR OWN!) Reserves, as well as allowing for the
offshore drilling for OUR oil, in OUR offshore waters and Inter-continental
shelf ... not to mention Alaska. Technology ain't what it used to be people
(ever had arthroscopic surgery?). They can surgically extract OUR oil, and
get us on the way to at least some measure of Energy independence.

You don't take a little time to do this, then you should stifle yourself the
next time you want to complain about gas prices ... because by doing
NOTHING, you've forfeited your right to complain.



Current Congressional Leadership
Senate Leadership

Title
Member Name
DC Phone
DC FAX
Electronic Correspondence

President Pro Tempore
Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)
202-224-3954
202-228-0002
http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html

Majority Leader
Harry Reid (D-NV)
202-224-3542
202-224-7327
http://reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
202-224-2541
202-224-2499
http://mcconnell.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm

Minority Whip
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
202-224-4521
202-224-2207
http://kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm



House Leadership

Title
Member Name
DC Phone
DC FAX
Electronic Correspondence

Speaker
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
202-225-4965
202-225-4188
sf.nancy@mail.house.gov

Majority Leader
Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)
202-225-4131
202-225-4300
http://hoyer.house.gov/contact/email.asp

Majority Whip
James E. Clyburn (D-SC)
202-225-3315
202-225-2313
http://clyburn.house.gov/zip_code_verify.cfm

Minority Leader
John A. Boehner (R-OH)
202-225-6205
202-225-0704
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Minority Whip
Roy Blunt (R-MO)
202-225-6536
202-225-5604
http://www.blunt.house.gov/Contact.aspx




And, our Ohio elected officials:

Residents of Ohio are represented in Congress by 2 Senators and 18
Representatives.

Member Name
DC Phone
DC FAX
Electronic Correspondence

Senator George Voinovich (R- OH)
202-224-3353
202-228-1382
http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

Senator Sherrod Brown (D- OH)
202-224-2315
202-228-6321
http://brown.senate.gov/contact/

Representative Steve Chabot (R - 01)
202-225-2216
202-225-3012
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Representative Jean Schmidt (R - 02)
202-225-3164
202-225-1992
http://www.house.gov/schmidt/contact.shtml

Representative Mike Turner (R - 03)
202-225-6465
202-225-6754
http://www.house.gov/miketurner/IMA/contact.shtml

Representative Jim Jordan (R - 04)
202-225-2676
202-226-0577
http://jordan.house.gov/contactform_zipcheck.shtml

Representative Robert E. Latta (R - 05)
202-225-6405
202-225-1985
http://latta.house.gov/contactform_zipcheck.shtml

Representative Charles Wilson (D - 06)
202-225-5705
202-225-5907
http://www.charliewilson.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=139

Representative David L. Hobson (R - 07)
202-225-4324
202-225-1984
http://hobson.house.gov/contact.aspx

Representative John A. Boehner (R - 08)
202-225-6205
202-225-0704
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Representative Marcy Kaptur (D - 09)
202-225-4146
202-225-7711
http://www.kaptur.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=152

Representative Dennis J. Kucinich (D - 10)
202-225-5871
202-225-5745
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Representative Stephanie T. Jones (D - 11)
202-225-7032
202-225-1339
http://www.house.gov/formtubbsjones/ic_zip_auth.htm

Representative Patrick J. Tiberi (R - 12)
202-225-5355
202-226-4523
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Representative Betty Sutton (D - 13)
202-225-3401
202-225-2266
http://sutton.house.gov/about/emailform.cfm

Representative Steve C. LaTourette (R - 14)
202-225-5731
202-225-3307
http://latourette.house.gov/ContactSteve.aspx

Representative Deborah Pryce (R - 15)
202-225-2015
202-225-3529
http://www.house.gov/pryce/IMA/write.html

Representative Ralph Regula (R - 16)
202-225-3876
202-225-3059
http://regula.house.gov/zipauth.html

Representative Tim Ryan (D - 17)
202-225-5261
202-225-3719
http://timryan.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&
task=view&id=129&Itemid=42

Representative Zack T. Space (D - 18)
202-225-6265
202-225-3394
http://space.house.gov/?sectionid=61§iontree=2661