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01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date (done more than that :) )
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you (photography)
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life

Heard this on local D.C. radio, WMAL (heavily paraphrased):

Andy Parks: Democrats also managed to pick up seats in the local Maryland races.

Fred "Gopher" Grandy: So they have like 110% of the seats now.

"I think religion has always tried to turn hatred toward gay people. . .Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays. . .From my point of view, I would ban religion completely. Organized religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate." - Sir Elton John in the UK Observer's Music Monthly Magazine.

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This is the long awaited World War II Memorial.

This gentleman is a Filipino WWII veteran. He was kind enough to pose for a photograph, and snapped a salute for me. Afterward, he actually thanked me and all of America for liberating the Philippines during World War II. I was dumbfounded.

I tried to get his entire flag in the picture, but it required backing up so far that it would be hard to see him. Plus I wasn't sure how long he would hold the salute, and I risked losing the Lincoln Memorial in the background.

This is the Korean War Memorial. This photo is a reflection of the memorial off the granite walls. I thought it was an interesting look, and the lighting was perfect.

Here is a more traditional view of the Korean War Memorial.

After it became clear that Democrats won the House, Stephen Colbert called it quits. Hilarious.

I'm amazed that Democrats were able to gain so much traction without taking a stance on anything other than they hate President Bush.

Oh, and two words for those who would push the Dems to impeach President Bush: President Cheney. [And Re-elect President Cheney in 2008. Re-elect President Cheney in 2012. :) ]

How long before the Democrats start pushing their leftist agenda: higher taxes, cut and run in Iraq, gun control, expensive social entitlements, minimum wages, amnesty for illegal aliens, global warming regulation, etc?

Where are all the stories about election year shenanigans? When Republicans win we get stories of rigged voting machines, voter fraud, and scaring black people away from the polls.

Where are the UK Headlines asking how could 54,000,000 Americans be so smart?

Have the terrorists won? Its only a matter of time before we get the next Osama video praising Americans for electing Democrats.

Will Alec Baldwin move back to America now?

Will the Angry Left be supplanted by the Angry Right? Only time will tell.

As if you needed another reason to hate Bill Mahar.

Proving how useless the world body has become, internet "experts" at the United Nations are lamenting the wide-spread use of English on the World Wide Web.

"Some 90 per cent of 6000 languages (at use today) are not represented on the internet," said Yoshinori Imai of NHK, Japan's Broadcasting Corporation.

"These people could be left out in the desert of no information and no knowledge," he said.

[...]

"A large part of the population are voiceless because they cannot share the information," said Adama Samassekou, president of the African Academy of Languages in Mali.

"Every time a language dies, a vision of the world disappears," he said

Sniff. Sniff. Why does that last line remind me of that little girl from It's a Wonderful Life? As for language on the net, I'd like to see more Engrish.

The Washington Post is really shilling for the Democrats. They don't even pretend anymore. In an article entitled "Scandals Alone Could Cost Republicans Their House Majority" that runs on the front page, the Post spends the first 13 paragraphs detailing GOP scandals that it thinks will be major issues on Tuesday. Their anticipation of a Republican defeat has them giddy with excitement:

Indictments, investigations and allegations of wrongdoing have helped put at least 15 Republican House seats in jeopardy, enough to swing control to the Democrats on Tuesday even before the larger issues of war, economic unease and President Bush are invoked.

While the bulk of the text is devoted to providing examples of GOP corruption, they do offer up two paragraphs (at the end of the article) in a half-assed attempt to sound fair and balanced.

House Democrats have had to deal with investigations of their own, involving Reps. William J. Jefferson (La.), Alan B. Mollohan (W.Va.) and Jane Harman (Calif.), but none of those cases have put Democratic seats in jeopardy.

In the Senate, a federal inquiry into Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and his ties to a nonprofit community agency that paid him more than $300,000 in rent while receiving millions of dollars in federal assistance has provided his Republican challenger with a strong issue and has kept that race close. But the seat of Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) may be in even more jeopardy, primarily because of Burns's ties to Abramoff.

So the GOP's "culture of corruption" is a major issue among voters. But voters don't care about Democrat scandals that the drive-by media conveniently sweeps under the rug.

The Washington Post mentions three "investigations" of little known House Democrats. But they've conveniently forgotten about Patrick Kennedy's DUI scandal, Nancy Pelosi's illegal PAC dealings, "Baghdad" Jim McDermott's illegal wiretaps (for which the Washington Post actively petitioned the court in favor of the defense), Baghdad Jim McDermott's oil-for-food connection, and Barney Frank's solicitation of a male prostitute, just to name a few. And don't forget the lack of major media coverage of Senator Harry Reid's questionable Nevada land deals.

The sad fact is that you pretty much can't throw a stick on either side of the political aisle without hitting some self-enriching political hack. But in the Post's eyes, the Democrats can do no wrong.

Yesterday, Naples Florida voted to force public and commercial developers to fund "public art" or risk being fined $1 per square foot. The "art" has to be in public view so everyone can enjoy it, and exactly what classifies as "art" will be determined by the Naples Imperial Government.

Sharon Kenny, chairwoman of the Public Art Advisory Committee, had questioned the opposition for a proposal that had met with enthusiasm over five years. Council will consider final approval Nov. 15.

"I am so proud of this council and grateful to them for having a vision to go forward with this program, which will ensure an increase in the quality of life in the city of Naples and for future citizens," Kenny said after the vote.

Since when is the .gov able to force private developers to purchase "public art", and how long will it be before they start forcing the rest of us to buy unmarketable junk from starving artists?

(via Neal)

"We're here to talk about education, but I want to say something before -- education, if you make the most of it and you study hard and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you -- you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." -- Senator John Kerry, D-Mass.

Then there's this:

Seen at SayUncle and several other places.

Senate - George Allen (R) - Allen is my kind of conservative. I know he's a Wahoo, but he went to bat for the Hokies when the ACC cherry picked the Big East. He was also seen at the Clemson game with his arm around a comely Miss Virginia. The only reason Dems have given us to vote against George Allen is for his use of the word 'macacca', of which nobody seems to know the meaning.

House - Undecided, leaning (R) - I used to live in Jim Moran's district, where the decision was simple. Even the Washington Post wonders how Moran keeps getting re-elected:

Challenging Moran should be the easiest job in America. After all, this is the congressman who -- you'll need a deep breath to make it to the end of this sentence -- grabbed an 8-year-old boy in a parking lot because Moran thought the kid had threatened him; borrowed $25,000 from a drug company lobbyist five days before agreeing to co-sponsor a bill that would help that lobbyist's client; took a $447,000 loan from a credit company four days before signing on to legislation that the company was pushing; got into a shoving match on the House floor with one colleague; threatened to punch another congressman in the nose; and just last year told an audience that there'd be no war against Iraq without the support of the Jewish community. Whew.

Tom Davis stinks and I don't know anything about the no-name Democrat who's running against him. I may just leave this one blank. The only real reason to vote for Davis is to keep the party of impeachment, cut and run, and open borders from gaining control of the House.

Gay Marriage Amendment - I wish there was an amendment to remove government interferance in marriage altogether. I don't care if gays marry, and I don't see how one person's marriage affects somebody else's.

"...without monetary damages, all the fed can do is limit [cigarette] marketing or demand that [tobacco companies] fund more of those lame anti-smoking advertisements (which I tend to think actually increases teen smoking)." -- Ravenwood, February 7, 2005.

"I've long theorized that anti-smoking commercials were not only counter-productive, but were really a clever plot to increase smoking. Especially those annoying 'think' commercials that say things like 'smokers are idiots' and 'can anyone tell me why these dumbasses smoke'." -- Ravenwood, May 15, 2006.

"Youngsters 12 to 17 were less likely to see smoking as harmful and had stronger intentions to smoke after the airing of television ads that urged parents to talk to their children about not lighting up, according to the study to be published in December in the American Journal of Public Health." -- Washington Post, November 1, 2006.