Daily Motivations - 20080910

We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit.-- Robert H. Shaffer


"The Patriot Post"

"We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so much a credit as an absolute prerequisite to efficient service to the public. Unless a man is honest, we have no right to keep him in public life; it matters not how brilliant his capacity." --- Theodore Roosevelt"It is equally dangerous giving a madman a knife and a villain power." --- Socrates

You may have missed this on the TV News and/or in the print media!
"The U.S. economy---yes, that economy---grew at a 3.3 percent annual rate last quarter. This no doubt caused consternation at the highest levels of the Democratic Party, perhaps forcing some to consider a new convention film at the last minute: 'Dude, Where's My Recession?'... The bad news for the throngs in Denver is that Americans aren't as miserable as the Democrats need them to be." --- Jonah Goldberg

Earlier in Jimmy Carter's career, I had much respect for this man; not any more.
The unfortunate ex-president: "I think that John McCain is milking every possible drop of advantage from that unfortunate experience in his early military life." --- Jimmy Carter on McCain's five-year-long torture at the hands of the North Vietnamese


"The e-mail Bag"

BELIEVE it or not , These are Nashville , TN 's REAL 911 Calls!

Dispatcher : 9-1-1 What is your emergency? Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner. Dispatcher: Do you have an address? Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why?

Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is your emergency? Caller : Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich . Dispatcher : Excuse me? Caller : I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it. Dispatcher : Was anything else taken? Caller : No, but this has happened to me before and I'm sick and tired of it!

Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is the nature of your emergency? Caller: I' m trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn't have an eleven on it. Dispatcher: This is nine eleven. Caller: I thought you just said it was nine-one-one Dispatcher: Yes, ma'am nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the same thing. Caller: Honey, I may be old, but I'm not stupid.. My Personal Favorite!!!

Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What's the nature of your emergency? Caller: My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart Dispatcher: Is this her first child? Caller: No, you idiot! This is her husband!

And the winner is..........

Dispatcher: 9-1-1 Caller: Yeah, I'm having trouble breathing. I'm all out of breath. Darn...I think I'm going to pass out. Dispatcher: Sir, where are you calling from? Caller: I'm at a pay phone.. North and Foster. Dispatcher: ! Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic? Caller: NO. Dispatcher: What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing? Caller: Running from the Police