OUR SHAMEFUL COUNTRY

As I drive around Los Angeles, the Valley, Santa Clarita I see various things and people. Some good and some not so good. We live, for the most part, in very comfortable homes. We have nice properties and are generally doing quite well by most worldly standards.

My point in this is that there are people that are less fortunate than ourselves, and we should do what we can to assist, to lift them up, to make, or help make them productive members of society. These people are not bad people, but we turn away when we see them, we try not to make eye contact, we don't want to admit that we are part of the problem. In a country as afluent as ours, why are there people who stand on street corners and freeway offramps with signs that state "hungry homeless vet". It is an abomination, with the way we tend to pamper our pets, that we cannot get these "vets" employed and off the street. Why, with their training and expertise, can't they open a vaccination clinic, or maybe get involved in the grooming industry. Yes, brothers and sisters, gather you animals and take them to a street corner near you TODAY! Let them apply their training in the veterinary arts, that they may get the heck off the darn corners and stop giving me guilty feelings.

Sarcasm and commentary

Thought I'd pass this on

A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patricia Whack. "Miss Whack, I'd like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday." Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it's okay, he knows the bank manager. Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan! with some collateral. The frog says, "Sure. I have this," and produces a tiny porcelain elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed. Very confused, Patty explains that she'll have to consult with the bank manager and disappears into a back office. She finds the manager and says, "There's a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral." She holds up the tiny pink elephant. "I mean, what in the world is this?"















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The bank manager looks back at her and says... "It's a knickknack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone."




(You're singing it, aren't you? Yeah, I know you are........)