<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>What Ticks Me Off</title>
	<atom:link href="http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>The rantings of someone who is totally pi***d off.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:23:08 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<cloud domain='whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/731da0c4b9fb1940059c31fb0fa17c70?s=96&#038;d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>What Ticks Me Off</title>
		<link>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
			<item>
		<title>Michelle Obama</title>
		<link>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/michelle-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/michelle-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevinemmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Emmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michelle obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/michelle-obama/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another interesting e-mail. I checked it out and it&#8217;s true. What a waste of taxpayer dollars!
&#160;
&#8220;Michelle and her &#8217;servants&#8217; &#8221; or The Queen is in her parlor&#8230;.
From an article in The Canadian Free Press: (our media wouldn&#8217;t dare publish for fear of being called racist):
Never in the history of the White House has a First [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=391&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><em>Another interesting e-mail. I checked it out and it&#8217;s true. What a waste of taxpayer dollars!</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&#8220;Michelle and her &#8217;servants&#8217; &#8221; or The Queen is in her parlor&#8230;.<br />
From an article in The Canadian Free Press: (our media wouldn&#8217;t dare publish for fear of being called racist):</p>
<p>Never in the history of the White House has a First Lady spent so much money on so many personal assistants, all paid from taxpayer dollars. Hilary had three; Jackie Kennedy one; Laura Bush one; and prior to Mamie Eisenhower, social help came from the President&#8217;s own pocket. </p>
<p>Michelle Obama has 26!  From makeup artist Ingrid Miles and hairstylist Johnny Wright to her &#8220;chief of staff&#8221; Susan Sher, whose salary is $172,200.00. The First Lady does not get paid to serve as First Lady, and she doesn&#8217;t perform any official duties. But this hasn&#8217;t deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to every whim and satisfy every request in the midst of a great Recession.  Sort of makes one think the White House has been mistaken for the Versailles Court of Marie Antoinette, doesn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>$172,200 &#8211; Sher, Susan (CHIEF OF STAFF)<br />
$140,000 &#8211; Frye, Jocelyn C. (DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PROJECTS FOR THE FIRST LADY)<br />
$113,000 &#8211; Rogers, Desiree G. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL SECRETARY)<br />
$102,000 &#8211; Johnston, Camille Y. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE FIRST LADY)<br />
Winter, Melissa E. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)<br />
$90,000 &#8211; Medina , David S. (DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)<br />
$84,000 &#8211; Lelyveld, Catherine M. (DIRECTOR AND PRESS SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LADY)<br />
$75,000 &#8211; Starkey, Frances M. (DIRECTOR OF SCHEDULING AND ADVANCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)<br />
$70,000 &#8211; Sanders, Trooper (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PROJECT FOR THE FIRST LADY)<br />
$65,000 &#8211; Burnough, Erinn J. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY SOCIAL SECRETARY)</p>
<p>Reinstein, Joseph B. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY SOCIAL SECRETARY)<br />
$62,000 &#8211; Goodman, Jennifer R. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SCHEDULING AND EVENTS COORDINATOR FOR THE FIRST LADY)<br />
$60,000 &#8211; Fitts, Alan O. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADVANCE AND TRIP DIRECTOR FOR THE FIRST LADY)<br />
Lewis, Dana M. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT AND PERSONAL AIDE TO THE FIRST LADY)<br />
$52,500 &#8211; Mustaphi, Semonti M. (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LADY)<br />
$50,000 &#8211; Jarvis, Kristen E. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR SCHEDULING AND TRAVELING AIDE TO THE FIRST LADY)<br />
$45,000 &#8211; Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)<br />
Tubman, Samantha (DEPUTY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR,SOCIAL OFFICE)<br />
$40,000 &#8211; Boswell, Joseph J. (EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)<br />
$36,000 &#8211; Armbruster, Sally M (STAFF ASSISTANT TO THE SOCIAL SECRETARY)</p>
<p>Bookey, Natalie (STAFF ASSISTANT)<br />
Jackson, Deilia A. (DEPUTY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)</p>
<p>GRAND TOTAL &#8211; $1,256,770.00 +</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t believe it&#8230;see this: <a href="http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652">http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652</a></p>
<p>I guess the Democrats really do identify with the poor people&#8230;.sure is a good thing we got those spendthrift Republicans out of the White House. Reckon the press would jump on this if it were the other way around!</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/391/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/391/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/391/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/391/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/391/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/391/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/391/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/391/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/391/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/391/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=391&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/michelle-obama/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dd433a0e7b590ee1479a910a2884b11d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kev</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Suicidal Muslims&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/suicidal-muslims/</link>
		<comments>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/suicidal-muslims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevinemmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheerleaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Emmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[muslim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naked women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/suicidal-muslims/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another interesting e-mail&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.
Everyone seems to be wondering why Muslim terrorists are so quick to commit suicide . . Let&#8217;s see now&#8230; No Jesus No Christmas No television
No cheerleaders
No Nude Women
No car races
No football
No baseball 
No golf
No tailgate parties
No Wal Mart
No pork BBQ
No hot dogs
No burgers
No chocolate chip cookies
No lobster
No shellfish, or even frozen fish sticks
No nachos
No [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=388&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><em>Another interesting e-mail&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</em></p>
<p>Everyone seems to be wondering why Muslim terrorists are so quick to commit suicide . . Let&#8217;s see now&#8230; No Jesus No Christmas No television<br />
No cheerleaders</p>
<p>No Nude Women</p>
<p>No car races</p>
<p>No football</p>
<p>No baseball </p>
<p>No golf</p>
<p>No tailgate parties</p>
<p>No Wal Mart</p>
<p>No pork BBQ</p>
<p>No hot dogs</p>
<p>No burgers</p>
<p>No chocolate chip cookies</p>
<p>No lobster</p>
<p>No shellfish, or even frozen fish sticks</p>
<p>No nachos</p>
<p>No Beer nuts</p>
<p>No Beer !!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Rags for clothes and towels for hats.</p>
<p>Constant wailing from the guy next-door because he&#8217;s sick and there are no doctors.</p>
<p>Constant wailing from the guy in the tower.</p>
<p>More than one wife.</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t shave.</p>
<p>Your wives can&#8217;t shave.</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t shower to wash off the smell of donkey cooked over burning camel dung.</p>
<p>The women have to wear baggy dresses and veils at all times.</p>
<p>Your bride is picked by someone else.</p>
<p>She smells just like  your donkey.</p>
<p>But your donkey has a better disposition.</p>
<p>Then they tell you that when you die it all gets better!</p>
<p>I mean, really, is there a mystery here?</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/388/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=388&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/suicidal-muslims/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dd433a0e7b590ee1479a910a2884b11d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kev</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Tampon Story</title>
		<link>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/a-tampon-story/</link>
		<comments>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/a-tampon-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevinemmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medecine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Emmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[care package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airborme Ranger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[condom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tampon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/a-tampon-story/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I got this in an e-mail today and thought it was &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;interesting. It makes sense. I&#8217;m surprised nobody thought of it before.
  
A Tampon Story You&#8217;ll Love
A TRUE STORY

Please read the whole thing.  You&#8217;ll love it. 
I am reminded that &#8220;God Works in Mysterious Ways .&#8221;
 
Tampons to the rescue in Iraq !! Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=382&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><em>I got this in an e-mail today and thought it was &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;interesting. It makes sense. I&#8217;m surprised nobody thought of it before.</em></p>
<p><em> </em> </p>
<p><strong>A Tampon Story You&#8217;ll Love</strong><strong><br />
</strong><strong><strong>A TRUE STORY</strong></strong><strong><br />
</strong><br />
<strong>Please read the whole thing.  You&#8217;ll love it. </strong></p>
<p>I am reminded that &#8220;God Works in Mysterious Ways .&#8221;</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Tampons to the rescue in Iraq !! Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s a good story, and worth reading. It&#8217;s even humorous in parts. It&#8217;s from the mother of a Marine in Iraq .</p>
<p>My son told me how wonderful the care packages we had sent them from the ladies auxiliary were and wanted me to tell everyone thank you.</p>
<p>He said that one guy we&#8217;ll call Marine X, got a female care package and everyone was giving him a hard time. My son said, &#8216;Marine X got some really nice smelling lotion and everyone really likes it, so every time he goes to sleep they steal it from him.&#8217; I told my son I was really sorry about the mistake, and if he wanted I would send Marine X another package. He told me not to worry about Marine X because every time I send something to him, he shares it with Marine X.</p>
<p>He said when my husband and I sent the last care package, Marine X came over to his cot picked up the box, started fishing through it, and said, &#8216;What&#8217;d we get this time?&#8217;</p>
<p>But my son said they had the most fun with Marine X&#8217;s package. He<br />
said he wasn&#8217;t sure who it was supposed to go to, but the panties were size 20, and he said one of the guys got on top of the Humvee and jumped off with the panties over his head and yelled, &#8216;Look at me, I&#8217;m an Airborne Ranger!!!!&#8217;</p>
<p>One of the guys attached the panties to an antenna and it blew in<br />
the wind like a windsock. He said it entertained them for quite awhile.</p>
<p>Then of course&#8230;&#8230;.they had those tampons&#8230; When he brought this<br />
up, my imagination just went running, but he continued.<br />
My son said they had to go on a mission and Marine X wanted the<br />
Chap-Stick and lotion for the trip. He grabbed a bunch of the items<br />
from his care package and got in the Humvee. As luck would have it<br />
he grabbed the tampons too, and my son said everyone was teasing<br />
him about &#8216;not forgetting his feminine hygiene products.&#8217;</p>
<p>He said things went well for a while, then the convoy was ambushed and a Marine was shot.. He said the wound was pretty clean, but it was deep .. He said they were administering first aid but couldn&#8217;t get the bleeding to slow down, and someone said, &#8216;Hey! Use Marine X&#8217;s tampons!&#8217; My son said they put the tampon in the wound. At this point my son profoundly told Me, &#8216;Mom,did you know that tampons expand?&#8217; (&#8216;Well&#8230;.yeah!&#8217;)</p>
<p>They successfully slowed the bleeding until the guy got better medical attention. When they went to check on him later, the surgeon told them,&#8217;You guys saved his life. If you hadn&#8217;t stopped that bleeding he would have bled to death.&#8217; My Son said, &#8216;Mom, the tampons sent by the Marine Moms by mistake saved a Marine&#8217;s life.&#8217;</p>
<p>At this point I asked him, &#8216;Well, what did you do with the rest of the<br />
tampons?&#8217;</p>
<p> <br />
He said, &#8216;Oh, we divided them up and we all have them in our flak jackets, and I kept two for our first aid kit.&#8217;</p>
<p>I am absolutely amazed by the ingenuity of our Marines. I can&#8217;t believe that something that started out as a mistake then turned into a joke, ended up saving someone&#8217;s life. My sister said she doesn&#8217;t believe in mistakes. She believes God had a plan all along. She believes that &#8216;female care package&#8217; was sent to Marine X to save our Marine.</p>
<p>Either way, our efforts have boosted the morale of many Marines,<br />
provided much needed items for our troops, AND saved the life of<br />
a Marine! God bless every one of you for your efforts and hard work, and God bless our Marines, Army, Navy , Air Force and all our military service personnel.</p>
<p>GOD BLESS AMERICA AND KEEP IT SAFE!</p>
<p><em>They also use condoms to keep sand and debris out of the barrels of their rifles.</em></p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/382/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/382/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/382/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/382/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/382/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/382/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/382/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/382/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/382/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/382/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=382&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/a-tampon-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dd433a0e7b590ee1479a910a2884b11d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kev</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Anne Wortham, A Very Smart Woman</title>
		<link>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/anne-wortham-a-very-smart-woman/</link>
		<comments>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/anne-wortham-a-very-smart-woman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevinemmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anne wortham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Emmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race conscious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Paul]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/anne-wortham-a-very-smart-woman/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I got this in an e-mail and just had to post it. This woman is terrific!
 
 
 
Anne Wortham is Associate Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University and continuing Visiting Scholar at Stanford University&#8217;s Hoover Institution. She is a member of the American Sociological Association and the American Philosophical Association. She has been a John M. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=372&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><blockquote><p><strong><em>I got this in an e-mail and just had to post it. This woman is terrific!</em></strong></p>
<p><strong></strong> </p>
<p><strong></strong> </p>
<p><strong></strong> </p>
<p><strong>Anne Wortham is Associate Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University and continuing Visiting Scholar at Stanford University&#8217;s Hoover Institution. She is a member of the American Sociological Association and the American Philosophical Association.</strong> <strong>She has been a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and honored as a Distinguished Alumni of the Year by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education.</strong></p>
<p><strong><br />
</strong><strong>In fall 1988 she was one of a select group of intellectuals who were featured in Bill Moyer&#8217;s television series, &#8220;A World of Ideas.&#8221; The transcript of her conversation with Moyers has been published in his book, A World of Ideas.</strong> <strong>Dr. Wortham is author of &#8220;The Other Side of Racism: A Philosophical Study of Black Race Consciousness&#8221; which analyzes how race consciousness is transformed into political strategies and policy issues.</strong> <strong>She has published numerous articles on the implications of individual rights for civil rights policy, and is currently writing a book on theories of social and cultural marginality.<br />
Recently, she has published articles on the significance of multiculturalism and Afrocentricism in education, the politics of victimization and the social and political impact of political correctness.. Shortly after an interview in 2004, she was awarded tenure.</strong></p>
<p><strong>This article by her is something.</strong></p>
<p><strong>                         <a href="http://whatticksmeoff.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/anne-wortham.png"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;border-top:0;border-right:0;" src="http://whatticksmeoff.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/anne-wortham_thumb.png?w=192&#038;h=292" border="0" alt="Anne Wortham" width="192" height="292" /></a> </strong></p>
<p><strong><br />
</strong><strong><br />
</strong><strong>Fellow Americans,<br />
Please know: I am Black; I grew up in the segregated South. I did not vote for Barack Obama; I wrote in Ron Paul&#8217;s name as my choice for president. Most importantly, I am not race conscious. I do not require a Black president to know that I am a person of worth, and that life is worth living. I do not require a Black president to love the ideal of America .<br />
I cannot join you in your celebration. I feel no elation. There is no smile on my face. I am not jumping with joy. There are no tears of triumph in my eyes. For such emotions and behavior to come from me, I would have to deny all that I know about the requirements of human flourishing and survival &#8211; all that I know about the history of the United States of America , all that I know about American race relations, and all that I know about Barack Obama as a politician. I would have to deny the nature of the &#8220;change&#8221; that Obama asserts has come to America .</strong><strong><br />
</strong><strong><br />
</strong><strong>Most importantly, I would have to abnegate my certain understanding that you have chosen to sprint down the road to serfdom that we have been on for over a century. I would have to pretend that individual liberty has no value for the success of a human life. I would have to evade your rejection of the slender reed of capitalism on which your success and mine depend. I would have to think it somehow rational that 94 percent of the 12 million Blacks in this country voted for a man because he looks like them (that Blacks are permitted to play the race card), and that they were joined by self-declared &#8220;progressive&#8221; whites who voted for him because he doesn&#8217;t look like them.<br />
I would have to wipe my mind clean of all that I know about the kind of people who have advised and taught Barack Obama and will fill posts in his administration &#8211; political intellectuals like my former colleagues at the Harvard University&#8217;s Kennedy School of Government.<br />
I would have to believe that &#8220;fairness&#8221; is equivalent of justice. I would have to believe that a man who asks me to &#8220;go forward in a new spirit of service, in a new service of sacrifice&#8221; is speaking in my interest.. I would have to accept the premise of a man that economic prosperity comes from the &#8220;bottom up,&#8221; and who arrogantly believes that he can will it into existence by the use of government force. I would have to admire a man who thinks the standard of living of the masses can be improved by destroying the most productive and the generators of wealth.</strong><strong><br />
</strong><strong><br />
</strong><strong>Finally, Americans, I would have to erase from my consciousness the scene of 125,000 screaming, crying, cheering people in Grant Park, Chicago irrationally chanting &#8220;Yes We Can!&#8221; Finally, I would have to wipe all memory of all the times I have heard politicians, pundits, journalists, editorialists, bloggers and intellectuals declare that capitalism is dead &#8211; and no one, including especially Alan Greenspan, objected to their assumption that the particular version of the anti-capitalistic mentality that they want to replace with their own version of anti-capitalism is anything remotely equivalent to capitalism.<br />
So you have made history, Americans. You and your children have elected a Black man to the office of the president of the United States , the wounded giant of the world. The battle between John Wayne and Jane Fonda is over &#8211; and Fonda won. Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern must be very happy men. Jimmy Carter, too. And the Kennedys have at last gotten their Kennedy look-a-like. The self-righteous welfare statists in the suburbs can feel warm moments of satisfaction for having elected a Black person.</strong><strong><br />
</strong><strong><br />
</strong><strong>So, toast yourselves: 60s countercultural radicals, 80s yuppies and 90s bourgeois bohemians. Toast yourselves, Black America . Shout your glee Harvard, Princeton , Yale, Duke, Stanford, and Berkeley. You have elected not an individual who is qualified to be president, but a Black man who, like the pragmatist Franklin Roosevelt, promises to &#8211; Do Something! You now have someone who has picked up the baton of Lyndon Johnson&#8217;s Great Society. But you have also foolishly traded your freedom and mine &#8211; what little there is left &#8211; for the chance to feel good.</strong></p>
<p><strong>There is nothing in me that can share your happy obliviousness. God Help Us all&#8230;</strong></p></blockquote>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/372/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/372/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/372/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/372/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/372/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/372/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/372/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/372/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/372/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/372/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=372&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/anne-wortham-a-very-smart-woman/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dd433a0e7b590ee1479a910a2884b11d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kev</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://whatticksmeoff.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/anne-wortham_thumb.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Anne Wortham</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Obama Self Portrait</title>
		<link>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/obama-self-portrait/</link>
		<comments>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/obama-self-portrait/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevinemmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Emmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self portrait]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/obama-self-portrait/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
    

[David Vincent Gilbert] 
These are possibly the 5 best sentences you&#8217;ll ever read: You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=369&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>   <a href="http://whatticksmeoff.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/obama-self-portrait.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;border-top:0;border-right:0;" src="http://whatticksmeoff.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/obama-self-portrait_thumb.jpg?w=421&#038;h=536" border="0" alt="Obama self portrait" width="421" height="536" /></a> </strong></p>
<p align="center">
<div><em>[David Vincent Gilbert] </em></div>
<p><em><strong>These are possibly the 5 best sentences you&#8217;ll ever read:</strong><strong> </strong><strong>You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy<strong><strong> </strong></strong>out of prosperity. </strong><strong>What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.</strong><strong> </strong><strong>The government cannot give to<strong><strong> anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody </strong></strong>else.<br />
When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work<strong><strong> because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of </strong></strong>the end of any nation.</strong><strong>You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.</strong></p>
<p></em></strong></p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/369/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/369/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/369/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/369/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/369/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/369/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/369/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/369/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/369/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/369/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=369&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/obama-self-portrait/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dd433a0e7b590ee1479a910a2884b11d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kev</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://whatticksmeoff.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/obama-self-portrait_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Obama self portrait</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>What did Hoover, Truman, and Eisenhower have in common?</title>
		<link>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/what-did-hoover-truman-and-eisenhower-have-in-common/</link>
		<comments>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/what-did-hoover-truman-and-eisenhower-have-in-common/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevinemmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eisenhowwer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hoover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Emmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operation wetback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Truman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welfare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/what-did-hoover-truman-and-eisenhower-have-in-common/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
What did Hoover, Truman, and Eisenhower have in common?
Here is something that should be of great interest for you to pass around.
I didn&#8217;t know of this until it was pointed out to me.
Back during The Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover ordered the deportation of ALL illegal aliens in order to make jobs available to American [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=364&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>What did Hoover, Truman, and Eisenhower have in common?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Here is something that should be of great interest for you to pass around.<br />
I didn&#8217;t know of this until it was pointed out to me.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Back during The Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover ordered the deportation of ALL illegal aliens in order to make jobs available to American citizens that</strong><strong> </strong><strong>desperately needed work.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Harry Truman deported over two million Illegal&#8217;s after WWII to create jobs for returning veterans.</strong></p>
<p><strong>And then again in 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower deported 13 million Mexican Nationals! The program was called &#8216;Operation Wetback&#8217;. It was </strong><strong>done so WWII and Korean Veterans would have a better chance at jobs.<br />
It took 2 Years, but they deported them!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Now&#8230;.if they could deport the illegal&#8217;s back then &#8211; they could sure do it today?</strong></p>
<p><strong>lf you have doubts about the veracity of this information,</strong><strong>enter &#8216;Operation Wetback&#8217;, into your favorite search engine and confirm it for yourself. Reminder: Don&#8217;t forget to pay your taxes&#8230;<br />
12 million Illegal Aliens are depending on you!</strong></p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/364/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=364&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/what-did-hoover-truman-and-eisenhower-have-in-common/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dd433a0e7b590ee1479a910a2884b11d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kev</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>AND THEN THE FIGHT STARTED</title>
		<link>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/and-then-the-fight-started/</link>
		<comments>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/and-then-the-fight-started/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevinemmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Emmons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/and-then-the-fight-started/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A little humor from an e-mail
My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping channels. She asked, &#8216;What&#8217;s on TV?&#8217;
I said, &#8216;Dust.&#8217;
And then the fight started&#8230;.
My wife and I are watching &#8220;Who Wants To Be
A Millionaire&#8221; while we were in bed. I turned to her and said, &#8220;Do you want [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=362&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>A little humor from an e-mail</p>
<p>My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping channels. She asked, &#8216;What&#8217;s on TV?&#8217;</p>
<p>I said, &#8216;Dust.&#8217;</p>
<p>And then the fight started&#8230;.</p>
<p>My wife and I are watching &#8220;Who Wants To Be<br />
A Millionaire&#8221; while we were in bed. I turned to her and said, &#8220;Do you want to, you know?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;No,&#8221; she answered.</p>
<p>I then said, &#8220;Is that your final answer?&#8221;</p>
<p>She didn&#8217;t even look at me this time, simply saying, &#8220;Yes..&#8221;</p>
<p>So I said, &#8220;Then I&#8217;d like  to phone a friend.&#8221;</p>
<p>And then the fight started&#8230;.</p>
<p>Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, and slipped quietly into the garage. I hooked up the boat up to the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour. The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad all day.</p>
<p>I went back into the house, quietly undressed,<br />
and slipped back into bed. I cuddled up to my wife&#8217;s back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, &#8220;The weather out there is terrible.&#8221;</p>
<p>My loving wife of 10 years replied, &#8220;Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?&#8221;</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s how the fight started&#8230;</p>
<p>I rear-ended a car this morning. So, there we were along side the road and slowly the other driver got out of his car.</p>
<p>You know how sometimes you just get soooo stressed and little things just seem funny? Yeah,  well I couldn&#8217;t believe it&#8230;. He was a DWARF!!!</p>
<p>He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted, &#8220;I AM NOT HAPPY !!!&#8221;</p>
<p>So, I looked down at him and said, &#8220;Well, then<br />
which one are you?&#8221;</p>
<p>And then the fight started&#8230;..</p>
<p>My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.</p>
<p>She said, &#8216;I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds.&#8217;</p>
<p>I bought her a scale.</p>
<p>And then the fight started&#8230;</p>
<p>When I got home last night, my wife demanded that<br />
I take her someplace expensive&#8230;</p>
<p>so, I took her to a gas station.</p>
<p>And then the fight started&#8230;</p>
<p>My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby table.</p>
<p>My wife asked, &#8216;Do you know her?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Yes,&#8217; I sighed, &#8216;She&#8217;s my old girlfriend.. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she hasn&#8217;t been sober since.&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;My God!&#8217; says my wife, &#8216;who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?&#8217;</p>
<p>And then the fight started&#8230;</p>
<p>I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took my order first.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll have the strip steak, medium rare, please.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said, &#8220;Aren&#8217;t you worried about the mad cow?&#8221;"</p>
<p>Nah, she can order for herself.&#8221;</p>
<p>And then the fight started&#8230;</p>
<p>A woman is standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror. She is not happy with what she sees and says to her husband, &#8216;I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment.&#8217;</p>
<p>The husband replies, &#8216;Your eyesight&#8217;s damn near perfect.&#8217;</p>
<p>And then the fight started&#8230;..</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/362/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/362/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/362/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/362/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/362/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/362/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/362/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/362/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/362/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/362/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=362&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/and-then-the-fight-started/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dd433a0e7b590ee1479a910a2884b11d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kev</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The  Good Grandpa</title>
		<link>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/the-good-grandpa/</link>
		<comments>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/the-good-grandpa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevinemmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grandfather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grandpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grandson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Emmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misbehaving]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/the-good-grandpa/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Good for a little chuckel
    
    A  woman in a grocery store happens
upon a grandfather and  his poorly behaved three
year-old grandson. It&#8217;s  obvious to her that Gramps
has his hands full with the  child screaming for candy
in the candy aisle, cookies in  the cookie aisle; same
for fruit, cereal and soda in  their respective aisles.
Meanwhile, Gramps is working [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=359&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p> <em>Good for a little chuckel</em><br />
    <br />
    A  woman in a grocery store happens<br />
upon a grandfather and  his poorly behaved three<br />
year-old grandson. It&#8217;s  obvious to her that Gramps<br />
has his hands full with the  child screaming for candy<br />
in the candy aisle, cookies in  the cookie aisle; same<br />
for fruit, cereal and soda in  their respective aisles.<br />
Meanwhile, Gramps is working his way around, saying in a<br />
controlled voice, &#8220;Easy,  Albert, we won&#8217;t be<br />
long.&#8221; <br />
   <br />
    Another outburst, and she hears Gramps<br />
calmly say, &#8220;It&#8217;s okay, Albert, just a couple more<br />
minutes and we&#8217;ll be out of here. Calm down.&#8221;<br />
   <br />
    At the checkout, the little terror<br />
is throwing items out of the cart, and Gramps again in a<br />
controlled voice says, &#8220;Albert,<br />
  Albert, relax buddy, don&#8217;t get upset.  We&#8217;ll<br />
be home in five minutes; stay cool, Albert.&#8221; <br />
   <br />
    Very  impressed, the woman goes<br />
outside where Gramps is  loading his groceries and the<br />
boy into the car. &#8220;You  know, sir, it&#8217;s none<br />
of my business, but you were  amazing in there. I<br />
don&#8217;t know how you did it. That  whole time, you<br />
kept your composure, and no matter how  loud and<br />
disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying  things<br />
would be okay. Albert is very lucky to have you  as his<br />
grandpa.&#8221;<br />
   <br />
    Thanks,  lady,&#8221; said Gramps,<br />
&#8220;But, I&#8217;m Albert &#8212; the little  bastard&#8217;s<br />
name is Steve.&#8221; I&#8217;m going to beat the shit out<br />
  of him when I get him  home.</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/359/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/359/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/359/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/359/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/359/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/359/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/359/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/359/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/359/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/359/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=359&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/the-good-grandpa/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dd433a0e7b590ee1479a910a2884b11d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kev</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Take Down the Bird Feeder</title>
		<link>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/take-down-the-bird-feeder/</link>
		<comments>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/take-down-the-bird-feeder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevinemmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congressman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welfare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/take-down-the-bird-feeder/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Got this in an e-mail. If you think about it, it&#8217;s all true. The bird feeder should have been taken down a long time ago.
I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. What a beauty of a bird feeder it is, as I filled it lovingly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=356&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><em>Got this in an e-mail. If you think about it, it&#8217;s all true. The bird feeder should have been taken down a long time ago.</em></p>
<p><strong>I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. What a beauty of a bird feeder it is, as I filled it lovingly with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food.  But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue.<br />
Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table &#8230;everywhere! Then some of the birds turned mean. They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud. They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night And demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.<br />
After a while, I couldn&#8217;t even sit on my own back porch anymore. So I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio.<br />
Soon, the back yard was like it used to be&#8230;. Quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.<br />
Now let&#8217;s see.<br />
Our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, and free education and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen.<br />
Then the illegal came by the tens of thousands. Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families; you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor; your child&#8217;s 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn&#8217;t speak English.  Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to &#8216;press one&#8217; to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people waving flags other than &#8216;Old Glory&#8217; are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.<br />
Just my opinion, but maybe it&#8217;s time for the government to take down the bird feeder.</strong></p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/356/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/356/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/356/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/356/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/356/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/356/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/356/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/356/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/356/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/356/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=356&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/take-down-the-bird-feeder/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dd433a0e7b590ee1479a910a2884b11d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kev</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Kanye West</title>
		<link>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/kanye-west/</link>
		<comments>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/kanye-west/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevinemmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Leno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kanye West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Emmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taylor Swift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VMA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/kanye-west/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kanye West hates white people.
Everybody is in an uproar about what West did at the VMA&#8217;s, as well they should be.
I didn&#8217;t watch them on TV, but I did see the clip on the net. I couldn&#8217;t believe what I was seeing. Here this young girl, Taylor Swift, gets an award, and that rude pig [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=354&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Kanye West hates white people.</p>
<p>Everybody is in an uproar about what West did at the VMA&#8217;s, as well they should be.</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t watch them on TV, but I did see the clip on the net. I couldn&#8217;t believe what I was seeing. Here this young girl, Taylor Swift, gets an award, and that rude pig West gets up and ruins it for her.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not a fan of country music, so I don&#8217;t know what Swift&#8217;s video was like. I could tell that she was thrilled with the award. From what she said, she certainly didn&#8217;t expect to win it, and it appeared that it was her first award.</p>
<p>Then that classless idiot West gets up there and ruins it for her. The poor thing stood up there frozen, probably in shock, not believing what was happening to her.</p>
<p>West later apologized on his blog, then pretended to be all sad and broken up on Jay Leno&#8217;s show. Too little too late. Poor Taylor Swift will never get that moment back. Even though Bouncy later brought her back on stage, her moment was gone. Taken from her by some childish, rude racist pig.</p>
<p>This was not the first time West had done that. He had done the same thing at the European VMA&#8217;s, I believe. Hopefully the next time he does it, someone will break their foot off in his big ass, or whack him in the head with the award.</p>
<p>The VMA people are partly responsible also. He had acted up allot in the past. You can see a little of his history of being a dikkbrain jerkphuk here: <a title="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/kanye-wests-outbursts-mtv-awards-controversy-years/story?id=8572790" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/kanye-wests-outbursts-mtv-awards-controversy-years/story?id=8572790">http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/kanye-wests-outbursts-mtv-awards-controversy-years/story?id=8572790</a>.</p>
<p>Hopefully the people at the VMA awards, and other award shows, will finally realize that he is one person that they need to keep away from their shows.</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/354/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/354/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/354/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/354/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/354/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/354/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/354/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/354/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/354/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/354/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com&blog=2626708&post=354&subd=whatticksmeoff&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://whatticksmeoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/kanye-west/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dd433a0e7b590ee1479a910a2884b11d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kev</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>