Coquina Daily

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Restroom signs

People who travel discover that signs on restrooms can be quite varied - creative, in fact. Here is a sampling of signs from around the world. More here.
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These last signs were until recently in McGuire's Irish Pub in Destin, Florida. They were conceived as a typical Irish joke, and for ten years sent many a man and a woman into the wrong room. That is, until a fifteen-year-old girl had a man enter the restroom while she was inside. She fled the restaurant in tears. Her father wasn't at all amused and filed a complaint with the authorities. The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation didn't find the signs humorus either, and threatened to close the pub down. The father said,  "I personally cannot sit back and let this happen to other people's children and wives any longer."
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Joke

The Candidates -
 
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain are flying to a debate.

Barack looked at Hillary, Chuckled and said, "You know I could throw a
$1000 bill out of the window right now and make somebody very happy."

Hillary shrugged her shoulders and replied, "I could throw ten $100 bills out
out of the window and make ten people very happy."

John added, "That being the case, I could throw one hundred $10 bills out of the window and make a hundred people very happy."

Overhearing their exchange, the pilot rolled his eyes and said to his copilot,
"Such big-shots back there.  I could throw all three of them out of the window and make 156 million people very happy."
submitted by Nancy

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No Joke

THE 545 PEOPLE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL
OF AMERICA'S WOES


BY CHARLEY REESE

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits? Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don't write the tax code. Congress does. You and I don't set fiscal policy. Congress does. You and I don't control monetary policy. The Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices - 545 human beings out of the 235 million - are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank.

I excluded all but the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it.

No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislation's responsibility to determine how he votes.

A CONFIDENCE CONSPIRACY

Don't you see how the con game that is played on the people by the politicians? Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of Tip O'Neill, who stood up and criticized Ronald Reagan for creating deficits.

The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it. The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating appropriations and taxes.

O'neill is the speaker of the House. He is the leader of the majority party. He and his fellow Democrats, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetos it, they can pass it over his veto.

REPLACE SCOUNDRELS

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 235 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts - of incompetence and irresponsibility.

I can't think of a single domestic problem, from an unfair tax code to defense overruns, that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.

When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair. If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red. If the Marines are in Lebanon, it's because they want them in Lebanon.

There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take it.

Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exist disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation" or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people and they alone are responsible. They and they alone have the power. They and they alone should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses - provided they have the gumption to manage their own employees.

This article is reputed to be from the Orlando Sentinel, but the original publication date is always listed as unknown.

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Shaun the Sheep - episode 7

See yesterday for episode 6.

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Today's Activities Schedule

Private Party in Ballroom
7:45 & 8:45 Aqua Aerobics
9:00 Tennis

Tomorrow's Activities Schedule

1:00 Madhatters
5:00 BYOB Social
7:00 Clubhouse Bunco

See the complete calendar

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Coquina Daily Cat

Lili the cat by bottlerocket26 - link

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Coquina Daily Dog

Dog driver by Shing Au-Yeung - link

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Sunset

Hong Kong at Dusk by Dave Lau - link