Sunday, March 25, 2007

Humor Site

If your interested in a laugh try the site Pickles, Grapes and Elephants

You're welcome to contribute, too. Use the comments.

Don

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Mercury Fears Should Be Put to Rest!

This should put any fears about fish and mercury poisoning to rest. Click Here or the title to get to Consumer Freedom site.


Here's another good report about 'mercury scares'


There hasn't been any real danger since those chemical spills in Japanese waterways back in the 50's and 60's.


The Cato Institute

Hey, the courts got it right! Go the the Cato Institute, click the name, and see how some hand gun laws were found unconstitutional in Washington, D.C.

Trivia: Did you know...

In the 2nd amendment the word “militia” does not mean the military. During the time of the writing of the constitution the word militia meant 'an armed public' or 'citizen soldiers. The public in England couldn't own firearms to protect themselves. The object of having an armed public is to prevent a “Tiananmen Square” event from happening on our soil.

Support your rights to bear arms.

Did You Know?

A about 3 weeks ago I got this email called "Did you know...". Just like most of the emails of this type it was loaded with wrong information. I decided to correct them. Most of them were sayings that people have taken for granted as being true. If you tell a lie over and over people are going to believe it's true. P.T. Barnum said, "a sucker is born every minute."

  • Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton. PARTIALLY TRUE 25% Linen 75% cotton. US MINT

  • The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper. NOT TRUE It was written on parchment. Drafts may have been written on hemp paper, which isn't marijuana paper any more that hemp rope is marijuana rope.

  • A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. Would somebody please do this? I've never seen it done

  • Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller. NOT TRUE About.com

  • 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. This isn't the Merriam-Webster dictionary. They didn't publish a 1996 edition. The term Webster's is a generic form of dictionary. Anybody can call their dictionary Websters. I wrote M-W and got the answer.

  • The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino. NOT TRUE He wasn't albino. Snopes and look at his photo in the 7Up site.

  • On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily. The only place I could find this was on websites that had this same email. In truth it's a very rare.

  • Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister. TRUE IMDB

  • Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog. Chocolate toxicity depends on the amount of theobromine in the chocolate. A toxic dose is about 45-50 mg/lb. As most white chocolate contains little theobromine, it is usually not enough to cause symptoms. Milk chocolate contains smaller levels of theobromine, so it would take more to cause symptoms. Some dogs have a higher tolerance than others, but that is the general guideline. Unless your dog was given many chocolate bars at a time or you were feeding him 1-lb bars of chocolate (or baker's or semi-sweet chocolate, which contain more theobromine and are fatal is smaller amounts) it would probably not cause great harm-- mild symptoms include diarrhea, hyperactivity, and vomiting-- but some dogs may be more sensitive so I would not try it personally! It also varies according to the dog's age and health. Found on a veterinary site.

  • Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. NOT TRUE sharks don't explode.

  • Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. NOT TRUE Snopes.

  • Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters. ALMOST The letters were in the same case but in different rows. Upper-case were in the row above the Lower-case. Wikipedia, which isn't a totally reliable source.

  • Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time, hence, multi-tasking was invented.) DOUBTFUL Nothing has been found to say he could do this. He was left handed and wrote much of his journals in mirror form. President Garfield could write in two languages at the same time.

  • Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. NOT TRUE They were plaster. IMDB.

  • The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before! NOT TRUE. According to genealogists there are several people named Wendy in the US census before Peter Pan. There were 2 Chinese emperors named Wendi

  • There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver! English dictionary. The Scottish have hirple (to walk lamely) and chirple (a young ewe)

  • Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years paint Mona Lisa's lips. NOT TRUE Egyptians had scissors in 1500 BC (before Christ) Mona Lisa was painted from 1503 to 1506. Do the math.

  • A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death. NOT TRUE A scorpions venom has no effect on themselves.

  • The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white. Very possible.

  • If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have 1.19 You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know.) Do the math

  • By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.) It's very difficult to sink in quicksand. I've been in quicksand.

  • The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. NOT TRUE rule of thumb is used in measuring by carpenters. There are other uses but nothing about beating a wife.

  • The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player or automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola. NOT TRUE Motorola made car radios and add 'ola' to it because it was a popular suffix.

  • Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples! NOT TRUE Apples are loaded with sugars

  • Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying! NOT TRUE When your tears touches onion mist it becomes VERY VERY MILD sulphuric acid. Chewing gum isn't going to help. I was told this by a chemist.

  • The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.. DOUBTFUL I've check kosher sites and there is nothing about postage stamps. Not everybody licks stamps. They'll use a wet sponge or let the post office do it.

  • Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. WHY? Can't find any proof of this.

  • Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it. NOT TRUE. Passing gas does not compromise the suit. NASA

OY!

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Conservapedia

Today I learned about an alternative to left leaning and anti-Christian Wikipedia. It's called Conservapedia. The encyclopedia is in it's infancy but looks like it's going to catch on.

There was a time when writing the truth was important regardless of your leanings. Maybe we can get back to it. Wouldn't that be great?

I urge all of you to start using and contributing to Conservapedia.