August 17th, 2008 at 7:15 am
We ate at a Wataburger yesterday. I ordered a Patty Melt. What I got was good, but it wasn’t a true Patty Melt. It was a double burger with cheese and grilled onions on Texas toast. Where was the Swiss Cheese? I said it had cheese, it did, and plenty of it. But it was not Swiss, but White American. Now, I really like White American, which, when I first bought it thought it was American cheese that they left out the yellow color! Texas toast is preferred to the same ole hamburger bun. But, Patty Melts are made with Rye Bread. Or so I thought.
Anyway, it was good. Just don’t expect it to be the same as its name.
That brings me to another point. I am remodeling my long running webstore www.silkysoftskincare.com Many of you know it as Silky Soft Soaps. But since I no longer make soaps, there is no since misleading you. But for years I have sold 100% Shea Butter. When I say it is 100% it is. Look at the ingredients on many of the moisturizers and other skin care products. It may say 100% but how can that be with a list of ingredients a mile long? The law does not say these manufacturers have to have the word “added” in the title. It should read 100% Shea added as the tenth ingredient.
This goes for any product. How much Green Tea is in the Green Tea Lotion you bought?
July 17th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
I know, I know! This is supposed to be a blog on beads and jewelry! But, the post I published a couple of days ago is so important. We are in hard times. I know it and you know it. We all need to quit complaining and hopefully come up with solutions.
Thanks so much for all the response I have received on my website: www.laughingdolphinjewelry.com. Many of you also have a large love for your pets. In answer to several of your questions concerning the beads I use in the . No Gemstones or expensive crystal beads are used. While I can use them and the necklaces are as well made and as strong as possible, I just don’t want you to be upset if your pet starts rough-housing with a friend and a gemstone goes rolling into the gutter! http://www.laughingdolphinjewelry.com/laughing_dolphin_jewelry_005.htm
Yes, I most certainly will make a necklace in any size or color scheme of your choosing. Normally your orders are shipped the next day, but for custom items I will need one to two weeks. All of this will be discussed with you at the time of your order.
Thanks again,
Babs
www.laughingdolphinjewelry.com
www.silkysoftsoaps.com
July 15th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Worthy of your time and attention . regardless of your Party Affiliation
545 PEOPLE
By Charlie 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 300 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 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 legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes.
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 a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President 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 and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivableto me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted — by present facts — of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can’t think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable
directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the 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 IRAQ, it’s because they want them in IRAQ .
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan
not available to the people, it’s because they want it that way.
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 this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists 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 the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
June 29th, 2008 at 10:41 am
In my house dogs rule! We have two special breed dogs. Both are wonderful, the smartest, most lovable of all dogs. Both are also rescue dogs. Meet Andy and Hannibal. You don’t mind if I brag a little do you?
My Pet Jewelry is made primarily for dogs. But, If your cat is used to wearing a collar then these “necklaces”would work for them also. All are made with safety in mind. They are all strung on strong, but elastic beading thread. If your dog or cat should get the necklace caught on something it will stretch and reduce or eliminate the chance of choking. Easy for you to put on them, as each has a clasp. Lightweight and each has a pendant that you can use as a dog tag. Just use a Sharpie pen and write on the back side. No two are exactly alike as I hate making duplicates.
Please visit my website and view each one. Of course, if you buy one, it will not hurt my feelings one bit! 
http://laughingdolphinjewelry.com/laughing_dolphin_jewelry_005.htm
Babs
Visit both my web sites
www.laughingdolphinjewelry.com
www.silkysoftsoaps.com
June 20th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
This came to me from my brother. I don’t know if it was really written by Robin Williams, the actor, but it is definitely worth passing on. Please read this and try to think of how we can make our Government quit fighting among the parties, and unite.
Babs
You gotta love Robin Williams……Even if he’s nuts! Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan. What we need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message. Robin Williams’ plan…(Hard to argue with this logic!)
’I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for peace. So, here’s one plan.’
1) ‘The US will apologize to the world for our ‘interference’ in their affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those ‘good ‘ole’ boys’, we will never ‘interfere’ again.
2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany , South Korea , the Middle East , and the Philippines . They don’t want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.
3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave We’ll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are. They’re illegal!!! France will welcome them.
4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in. If you don’t like it there, change it yourself and don’t hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don’t need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.
5) No foreign ’students’ over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don’t attend classes, they get a ‘D’ and it’s back home baby.
6) The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while
7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don’t like it, we go someplace else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)
8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not ‘interfere.’ They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.
9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island someplace. We don’t need the spies and fair weather friends here Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us ‘Ugly Americans’ any longer. The Language we speak is ENGLISH..learn it…or LEAVE…Now, isn’t that a winner of a plan?
’The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.’ She’s got a baseball bat and she’s yelling, ‘you want a piece of me?’ ‘
If you agree with the above forward it to friends…If not, I would be amazed.
