Alzheimer's May Be Striking Administation But I Can't Recall

With the NFL season looming large, I am beginning to get some funny stories forwarded to me, including this one:


John Madden was in New England to announce a football game one weekend when
he noticed a special telephone near the Patriots' bench. He asked QB Brady
what it was used for and was told it was a hotline to God. John asked if he
could use it. Brady replied, "Sure, but it will cost you $200."

John scratched his head, then thought, what the heck, I could use some help
picking games. He pulled out his wallet and paid $200. John's picks were
perfect that week.

The next week, John was in Indianapolis when he noticed that same kind of
phone on the Colts bench. He asked what the telephone was for and Manning
told him, "It's a hotline to God If you want to use it, it will cost you
$500." Recalling the previous week, John pulled out his wallet and made the
call. John's picks were perfect again that week.

Last weekend, John was in Green Bay , when he noticed the same kind of
telephone by the Packers' bench. He asked Brett Favre, "Is that the hotline
to God?" Favre said, "Yes, and if you want to use it, it will cost you 50
cents."

John looked incredulously at Favre and said, "Wait a second, I just paid
$200 in New England and $500 in Indianapolis to use the same phone to God!
Why do the Packers only charge 50 cents?"

Favre replied, "Because in Green Bay, it's a local call."

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Yesterday's collapse of the I-35 bridge near down town Minneapolis illustrates a point. For years America has been allowing its infrastructure to deteriorate. We have much more important priorities: killing brown people for profit.

Dick Cheney is way too busy lining his pockets through Haliburton to worry about such trivial matters as our transportation system or for that matter, our sanitation system.

We are spending billions of dollars in Iraq, money that should be used to rebuild our own country.

Another thing that our present administration pretends not to understand is that the National Guard is by definition America's army. Guard troops should not be sent to foreign shores to fight George's dirty little war. They should be here, defending our borders and helping in disasters such as the flooding in New Orleans and this latest tragedy in Minneapolis.

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ADMINISTARATION DISPLAYS SELECTIVE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

"I cannot recall" has become the Repulican administration's answer to any question that makes them uncomforable to answer. Ronald Reagan, it turns out, actually could NOT recall much of anything near the end of his term because he legitimately was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

But Attorney General Gonzalez weaved in and out of his Alzheimer's during senate hearings. And yesterday, good old "Rummy" Rumsfeld In his first public appearance since leaving the Bush administration, testified Wednesday that he could not recall how or when he learned of Cpl. Pat Tillman's death.

Senator Kucinich accused Rumsfeld of being involved in a string of cover-ups.

"Well, you know, maybe it was good because you actually covered up the Tillman case for awhile, you covered up the Jessica Lynch case, you covered up Abu Ghraib, so something was working for you."

I don't know about you, but I am beginning to feel like a mushroom. My government keeps me in the dark and feeds me bullshit.