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Grandpa and the Checks

General Discussion
#1

Without any paperwork, Grandpa started getting
a $500 check every month. So Grandpa and
Grandma started cashing them.

It turns out the government made
a mistake with the address; the checks
were intended for another person with
the exact same name.

Grandpa then received a notice that he
had to pay back $6,000. Visibly upset,
he complained to his grandson, an accountant.

His grandson asked: “Grandpa, didn’t you
wonder why you were receiving checks for
doing absolutely nothing?”

Grandpa answered: “I just assumed the
Democrats were back in power.”

#2

ROTFLMAO!!!

:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

#3

Well if were going to roll down the humor hill…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHB_NRIojho

#4

Thanks, Vic. I needed a good laugh! :lol:

Warren

#5

Vic; shouldn’t that have been “If we’re…” or “If we are…”. But I don’t think that when you are like me, and have reached that point where we are “Over the hill”, that we will see too much of the “Rolling down hill”, that you speak of.
So far the "pedaling has become even harder on the “Down hill stretch”, for me, with lots of HUMOUR…!!!

About the only thing left is to make a fool of myself, and /or watch others do it just as well…usually better

#6
Victor Smith said:
Well if were going to roll down the humor hill..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHB_NRIojho


Funny, but we had a little event called “9-11” that changed things drastically. So one view point before, can cetainly not stay the same after that event.

#7

Except the Dubya let Osama get away due that bad case of Saddamitis he let get under his skin…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy4rmHuN9hY

Even post 9-11, you need a sense of humor, otherwise the terrorist win.

#8
Victor Smith said:
Except the Dubya let Osama get away due that bad case of Saddamitis he let get under his skin...
When was Dubya in Afghanistan to allow his escape? And Clinton was served him on a plate and let him get away several times in Africa & Afghanistan. Qsama got away in the Tora Bora Mountains.....been there?....I have. There are escape routes and caves to hide in everywhere. In the normal chaotic state of close combat, the Taliban fighters directed the Allied Forces' attention away from Osama and with paid help he slipped away.

So you can point all the fingers that you want…but there’s plenty of blame to go around.

Remember: It’s easy to be an Armchair Commando until you are on the ground dodging bullets.

#9
Victor Smith said:
Even post 9-11, you need a sense of humor, otherwise the terrorist win.
Oh I have humour, but even my close friends don't always understand mine.
#10
The Lone Railroader said:
Victor Smith said:
Except the Dubya let Osama get away due that bad case of Saddamitis he let get under his skin...
When was Dubya in Afghanistan to allow his escape? And Clinton was served him on a plate and let him get away several times in Africa & Afghanistan. Qsama got away in the Tora Bora Mountains.....been there?....I have. There are escape routes and caves to hide in everywhere. In the normal chaotic state of close combat, the Taliban fighters directed the Allied Forces' attention away from Osama and with paid help he slipped away.

So you can point all the fingers that you want…but there’s plenty of blame to go around.

Remember: It’s easy to be an Armchair Commando until you are on the ground dodging bullets.


Don’t forget that if Ronald Reagan had not armed the Mujahideen, later to morph into The Taliban, to fight the Russians, it is highly likely that the Taliban would never have got anywhere close to taking over Afghanistan. There would have been no sanctuary for Al Quaeda in Afghanistan if the USA had co-operated with the Russians in bottling up militant Islam whilst they still could.

#11

And if Jimmy Carter hadn’t sold out the Pshaw of Iran, this whole radical islamist thing never would have gotten started in the first place!

#12
TonyWalsham said:
The Lone Railroader said:
Victor Smith said:
Except the Dubya let Osama get away due that bad case of Saddamitis he let get under his skin...
When was Dubya in Afghanistan to allow his escape? And Clinton was served him on a plate and let him get away several times in Africa & Afghanistan. Qsama got away in the Tora Bora Mountains.....been there?....I have. There are escape routes and caves to hide in everywhere. In the normal chaotic state of close combat, the Taliban fighters directed the Allied Forces' attention away from Osama and with paid help he slipped away.

So you can point all the fingers that you want…but there’s plenty of blame to go around.

Remember: It’s easy to be an Armchair Commando until you are on the ground dodging bullets.


Don’t forget that if Ronald Reagan had not armed the Mujahideen, later to morph into The Taliban, to fight the Russians, it is highly likely that the Taliban would never have got anywhere close to taking over Afghanistan. There would have been no sanctuary for Al Quaeda in Afghanistan if the USA had co-operated with the Russians in bottling up militant Islam whilst they still could.

At that time the Cold War was still on and the “Evil Empire” was the Soviet Union. I doubt if anyone suspected that the Mujhadeen would morph into the Taliban, but in hindsight Muslim/Arab rulers have always been merciless. The Taliban tolerated Osama because of his monetary gifts (a custom of homage in the Arab World). We persecute these as brides & kick-backs, but they are businness as usual in that part of the world.

#13

Lone RR I’m not an Arm Chair Commando by any means, and reading your others posts I suspect we’re of similar opinions when it comes to the middle east.

My whole problem is that if we had put 100,000 troops into Afghanistan to cut off every escape route and to take on and root out Al Quida and Taliban memeber- then and there, I wouldn’t be having any issues. But Dubya and his staff got their eyes clouded over Iraq and Saddam, lost focus on the real enemy who attacked us 9-11, and got us off into Iraq, in the process reducing troops in Afghanistan, taking the pressure off the Taliban and Al Quida, who were then able to escape into Pakistan where for political reasons we cannot get at him, effectivly leaving him and his followers in a new safe haven where the Pakistani army fears to tread. The Taliban has regained strenth in southern Afghanistan and is again a threat. And none of this is Dubya’s fault? I fail to see that. Theres a reason Afghanistan is being called “the forgotten war”. Say what you will but as Trumann said “The Buck Stops Here” on the Presidents desk. It still does today.

Thats my beef with Dubya, his administration has dropped the ball, and while it can be argued that going into Iraq at the time was done for all the right reasons, the post-invasion situation has gone from bad to worse to beyond worse. That falls right into the lap of this administration, because up until November of this year, they got everything they asked for from congress, and still screwed the pooch. IMO mostly because of an utter failure to understand the people they were dealing with and how much the US is hated in that region of the world. The insurgency should have been planned for and anticipated. Everyone who knew anything about the region was telling them what was going to occur post-invasion, did they listen, of course not, just charge in, dont need any plans, they’ll throw flowers at us, yep, then they ran out of flowers and started in with the grenades.

The sad thing is that all this was predicted, and all that was predicted has come to pass. The shear arrogance of this administrations lack of compromise has been there own undoing. As I said, they got EVERYTHING they asked for, and still blew it. Thats why I have such a bad opinion of this administration. They’ve no one else to blame but their own actions.

#14
Victor Smith said:
Lone RR I'm not an Arm Chair Commando by any means, and reading your others posts I suspect we're of similar opinions when it comes to the middle east.

My whole problem is that if we had put 100,000 troops into Afghanistan to cut off every escape route and to take on and root out Al Quida and Taliban memeber- then and there, I wouldn’t be having any issues. But Dubya and his staff got their eyes clouded over Iraq and Saddam, lost focus on the real enemy who attacked us 9-11, and got us off into Iraq, in the process reducing troops in Afghanistan, taking the pressure off the Taliban and Al Quida, who were then able to escape into Pakistan where for political reasons we cannot get at him, effectivly leaving him and his followers in a new safe haven where the Pakistani army fears to tread. The Taliban has regained strenth in southern Afghanistan and is again a threat. And none of this is Dubya’s fault? I fail to see that. Theres a reason Afghanistan is being called “the forgotten war”. Say what you will but as Trumann said “The Buck Stops Here” on the Presidents desk. It still does today.

Thats my beef with Dubya, his administration has dropped the ball, and while it can be argued that going into Iraq at the time was done for all the right reasons, the post-invasion situation has gone from bad to worse to beyond worse. That falls right into the lap of this administration, because up until November of this year, they got everything they asked for from congress, and still screwed the pooch. IMO mostly because of an utter failure to understand the people they were dealing with and how much the US is hated in that region of the world. The insurgency should have been planned for and anticipated. Everyone who knew anything about the region was telling them what was going to occur post-invasion, did they listen, of course not, just charge in, dont need any plans, they’ll throw flowers at us, yep, then they ran out of flowers and started in with the grenades.

The sad thing is that all this was predicted, and all that was predicted has come to pass. The shear arrogance of this administrations lack of compromise has been there own undoing. As I said, they got EVERYTHING they asked for, and still blew it. Thats why I have such a bad opinion of this administration. They’ve no one else to blame but their own actions.


It seems that once the Taliban had been driven out…they thought the will to fight was gone, also. A gross miscalculation and one decision not formulated with those that know the culutre.

#15

Victor

“this administration” ignoring all the allies in the combat theatre . I do wish you would remember who your allies are occasionally , a lot of them live just across the border from you ,some across the Pacific , some across the Atlantic .
Hollywood has a lot to answer for . Don’t join them in rewriting history .

Mike

#16
Mike Morgan said:
Victor

“this administration” ignoring all the allies in the combat theatre . I do wish you would remember who your allies are occasionally , a lot of them live just across the border from you ,some across the Pacific , some across the Atlantic .
Hollywood has a lot to answer for . Don’t join them in rewriting history .

Mike


Mike while I personally have NEVER forgotten who are friends are, I can’t speak for the guys inside the DC beltway, they live in a completely different universe from regular joes like you or me. That was part of my point, that the admistration payed no head to anyone (Allies, UN, military experts, regional experts, etc) that dissented with their world view. They’re paying for that now.

#17
The Lone Railroader said:
It seems that once the Taliban had been driven out....they thought the will to fight was gone, also. A gross miscalculation and one decision not formulated with those that know the culutre.
Exactly, they just sat low and bidded their time, waited till we were complacent. They (fundemantalist) have no interest in democracy, economic development, or anything "western" they are only interested in imposing their religious doctrine on everyone else and are willing to wait, months, even years, till they can strike.
#18

Ah , right Vic , gotcha .
And I am inclined to agree , I do recall some salient experiences from colonial days being ignored .
But , never mind that , we have to repair the damage and stop the buggers before they get too cocky . I see they have started up again in Algeria,anything to disturb the status quo , no matter that they are attacking Muslims , they aren’t picky who they kill or maim , are they ?.

Mike