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Check out this collection of historic photos recently uploaded to the Google image search. There are a couple hundred pictures of things and events ranging from early civil war to the Apollo Moon landing. These pics really show life from a distant era. I Found this picture particularly interesting due to the apparent poverty. We have evolved so much in the last 100 years. Here I am typing on this lapop with Chili in the Crock pot and this lil girl is wearing rags. Anyways lot of neat pictures to look at. Take some time and check them out and appreciate how far we have came and where we are going.

Charlie's Soapbox

Posted from www.charliedaniels.com

Hang 'em high

I know you've noticed that the price of gasoline has dropped by almost a dollar in the past couple of weeks, proving the market revolves on the principle of supply and demand.

Actually what happened is that Americans, fearing the financial times we're experiencing have just stopped putting so much of their budget into their gas tanks and driving less.

But hold on, even now our tacit enemies at OPEC are getting together to talk about cutting production to run the price back up again.

It's only a matter of time until either OPEC's edicts or some international incident will send petroleum prices skyrocketing, and even now that prices are down they are still too high and seriously rupture the family budget and hamper the industries who make their living in transportation.

What is hard for me to believe is that the three hundred million or so people who are citizens of the U S A and are mandated by the law of the land to send representatives to Washington who act according to our best interests, sit back and let a handful of green nuts, tree huggers and sell out politicians stop the production of our plentiful supply of domestic oil.

I have come to the conclusion that almost all politicians are dishonest and say things for political expediency rather than telling the truth.

It's like when you hear one of them telling you that the oil companies have millions of acres of federal land already approved for drilling they never tell you that there is likely no oil to drill for on a lot of this land.

They also don't want you to know that there are millions of acres of proven oil reserves in the western states and offshore where they forbid the companies to drill.

The sorry truth is that Americans, by a large majority, want to drill in this country and off shore, but a few high profile Hollywood types and super rich people who give millions to campaigns are opposed to drilling so, instead of truly representing their constituencies, the politicians sell we the people out.

If the people of this country ever stopped to really consider what happens on Capitol Hill they would form a lynch mob, set up a gallows on the steps of both houses of Congress and start hangin' 'em high.

The House and Senate don't represent you and me, in fact the only time they even admit we exist is when they come looking for our vote.

They trumpet their passing a bill supposedly benefiting the people and hide their dirty little pork and earmarks, making sure they never see the light of day.

So folks, the gas prices will rise again, and probably higher than they've ever been before while Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the do-nothings on both sides of the aisle, regurgitate platitudes and make sure that America sends seven hundred billion dollars a year to people who would like nothing better than seeing America destroyed.

I'm sick of Congress, I'm sick of the Senate, I'm sick of the smirk on Nancy Pelosi's face and the wimpy voice of Harry Reid, I'm sick of the whole bunch of crooks on Capitol Hill who spend our money like it was water and stop America from being oil independent.

Bring them home this time America. Bring them home and put some honest people in office.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels

November 7, 2008

Oh Crap......

Postal Service Looks To Cut 40,000 Jobs In First Layoff In History

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - "We lost 2 billion dollars and like any other business we have to stay afloat." And to keep from sinking, the United States Postal Service is considering cutting thousands of jobs nationwide.  Lavelle Pepper with the post office in Shreveport says they too are feeling the affects of the same disease hitting the country... a struggling economy. "We employ about 685,000 people. If we do layoffs it would include clerks, carriers, mail handlers across all crafts."

Pepper says the postal service is looking to eliminate 40,000 jobs nationwide. There's not an exact number on how many of those could be from the Ark-La-Tex. Pepper says workers who are not part of union with six or less years of service would likely be the first on the chopping block. "We've identified 16 thousand people that are not covered under contract. We'll see what those numbers add up to."

The postal service is also offering early retirement packages to workers over the age of 50 who have more than 20 years on the job. But according to pepper it may not be enough. "The preliminary numbers look like it's not going to be enough and we may have to do something else." But despite what may happen, Pepper says customers will not feel the pain they're going through.  "The general public when it takes place won't se any decrease in service.. They largely won't know about it."

Things overheard today... What Obama is going to do for me??

• Give me 40 Hours!
• Pay my Rent
• Fill my Gas tank
• Tax my retirement
• Save my soul
• Grow me a Garden
• Mow my lawn
• Send me a check
• Nothing
• Give me syphilis ?? 
• Babysit my kids
• Vaccinate my Kitten
• Send a black man to the moon
• Spread his wealth my way
• Get me a fake birth certificate too
• Pay off my Visa
• Drain my septic tank

I could go on and on. Tennessee was not Obama Country. I guess I should quit complaining... after all im in the lower tax bracket for now.... so... what he gonna do for you?

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Somewhere out there....

Everyday we go to work and do the norm. Six days a week Im on, My wife is a Teacher so the work never stops and with 3 boys its hard to sneak in kiss with out hearing "mommy". Housework and Homework  are always on the list along with laundry and dinner. I look forward to the day when that can be us walking on the beach somewhere far away. No worries no cares.... no kids.