I want to be a part of it...

I just heard a version of that "New York" song, played entirely on car horns.

freekee Mad Libs #1

Okay, I'm going to give this a try. I'm keeping this post friends only because I'm worried about how time consuming this will be, so we'll see how it goes. [opened later]

Reply to this post with a list of words in the following order. Feel free not to look at other people's suggestions until after you have made your own. I'll post the finished paragraphs tomorrow.
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1. noun-1
2. plural noun-2
3. plural noun-3
4. plural noun-4
5. plural noun-5
6. noun-6
7. noun-7
8. plural noun-8
9. adjective-1
10. adjective-2
11. adjective-3
12. adjective-4
13. adjective-5
14. verb-1
15. verb-2
16. past tense verb-3
17. verb-4
18. past tense verb-5
19. adverb-1
20. person-1
21. person-2
22. person-3
23. place-1

Noun: person, place or thing
Verb: action word (run)
Adjective: describes a noun (long)
Adverb: Describes a verb (quickly)
person: any word that can be used to define a person (woman, police officer)
place: a point in space, general or specific (Maryland, gas station, the head of a pin)

tax refunded from what funds?

Sneaky accounting procedures allow the U.S. government to spend more, because they hide our real defecit.

Article here.

"Last year's $127-billion surplus would actually have been a $515-billion deficit. That's because businesses must book expenses as they are incurred, not when payment is made."

and

"The 2001 report shows $17.3 billion in money that simply couldn't be accounted for. That alone is more than the annual revenues of all but the biggest U.S. corporations."

Sounds like they're running the government the same way they ran their big corporations.

for the sake of the economy

After Spetember 11th, the economy went sharply downhill. We, as citizens, were asked to keep spending money, to keep our economy afloat. The economy continues to do poorly, and corporations continue to cut jobs. Why are these businesses not asked to curtail downsizing? Wouldn't keeping more people employed do more to shore up the economy, than asking fewer and fewer people to support business? With more people employed, more people will spend money, even if costs rise.

Here follows an article about rising unemployment and job cutbacks.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/jan2002/jobs-j05.shtml

flip flop

"I had hoped that we could get to the point where we could pass a resolution this week on Iraq. But we really developed some physical problems, if nothing else.... So we have decided that the most important thing is not to move so quickly but to make sure that we have had all the right questions asked and answered and that we have available to us the latest information about what is... happening with our allies in the world.

"The Senate is known for its deliberate actions. And the longer I stay in the Senate, the more I have learned to appreciate it. It does help to give us time to think about the potential problems and the risks and the ramifications and to, frankly, press the administration."

-Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss.)

I guess he's had time to think about it. he said that on February 12th, 1998

LJ question

If you hide your "friend of" list, is your "member of" list hidden as well?