| Good Morning, Do! Today is Tuesday, July 4 ____________________________________________________ History: today, July 4 in 2009, The Statue of Liberty's crown reopened to visitors. It had been closed to the public since 2001. ___________________________________________ Bonehead Fed Border Patrol Cuts Through Wire Laid by Texas, To Allow Illegal Migrants Through ___________________________________________________ Q Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. --- Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996) How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. --- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) ___________________________________________________ A group of women were talking together. One woman said, "Our congregation is sometimes down to 30 or 40 on a Sunday." Another said: "That's nothing. Sometimes our congregation is down to six or seven." A lady in her seventies added her bit, "That's not so bad. In our church it is bad! It's so bad in our church on Sundays that when the minister says 'dearly beloved,' it makes me blush!" ___________________________________________________ If you can help with the cost of the Humor Letter, please donate what you can! ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ At one of the last all girl schools in Dallas years ago, the instructor in a "Charm Course" was urging her students to give their escorts every chance to be gallant. "Remain seated in the truck until he has had time to step around and open the door for you," she said. Then, returning to reality, she added, "But, if the big, dumb klutz is in the restaurant ordering his steak or flirting at the waqitress, ... don't wait any longer." ________________________________________________ A Bonehead award has been reported by Rock Fed Border Patrol Eagle Pass, Texas, USA Fed Border Patrol Cuts Through Wire Laid by Texas, To Allow Illegal Migrants Through Texas reporter Melugin said the Texas Department of Public Safety told him this is the first time they know of this happening, and that its being looked into for potential destruction of TX property. Melugin said the federal action was not consistent with state policy, under which Texas has been physically blocking migrants under orders from Governor [Greg Abbott]. TXDPS tells me the location this video was shot at is private property, and that they have permission from the owner to lay down razor wire and arrest migrants for criminal trespassing, Melugin wrote. Melugin stressed that this was not rogue behavior on the part of the officer. This Border Patrol agent is likely just doing what hes been told but this will likely lead to more friction between TX & the Feds, who have drastically different approaches at the border, he wrote. What the hell? Im going to assume for now that this particular [Customs and Border Protection] agent is following orders that he hates following. Either way, the Biden Administration is now destroying Texas property to fulfill an open border agenda, he wrote. USA Border Patrol Cuts Through Wire Laid by Texas, Allows Illegal Migrants Through Anger is building after a video surfaced showing a U.S. Border Patrol officer cutting razor wire on the Texas side of the Rio Grande to allow illegal immigrants to come on shore. Texas must respond, Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas tweeted. Video from source in Eagle Pass shows Border Patrol cutting through razor wire placed by the state of TX to allow migrants to enter & after crossing illegally, he wrote. The official excuse was that on the Mexican side of the fence it was too hot for the kids, and to get them into tax payer funded deluxe hotels they had to cut the fence. ___________________________________________________ A teacher asks his fifth-grade students to write an essay telling what they would do if they had 5 million dollars. Each of them begins scribbling away immediately -- all, that is, but one little boy who sits idle, looking out the window. When the teacher stroll around the room he sees only one short sentence on his sheet. "What is this?" the teacher asks. "Is this your essay? Everyone else has written two pages or more, and you have done nothing." "Well," the little fellow replies brightly, "read it. That's exactly what I would do if I had 5 million dollars." The teacher bent down and read: "Hire someone to do the work for me, especially the writing." __________________________________________________ "You and your husband don't seem to have an awful lot in common," said the new tenant's neighbor. "Why on earth did you get married?" "I suppose it was the old business of 'opposites attract'," was the reply. "He wasn't pregnant and I was." ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ "You and your husband don't seem to have an awful lot in common," said the new tenant's neighbor. "Why on earth did you get married?" "I suppose it was the old business of 'opposites attract'," was the reply. "He wasn't pregnant and I was." ___________________________________________________ From:Jerome Re: Tape to CD Dear Webby I get a lot of good tips from you. Thank you. Can you tell me if there is a way to record from a Cassette to a CD? I have an Iomega Super DVD/CD burner that I can record from my camcorder to, but haven't figured out the cassette. Thanks for any help. Jerome Dear Jerome Yes, sure there is a way. Connect a cable with male 1/8" headphone plugs on each end from the headphone socket on your tape player to the AUX-IN or the microphone socket on your computer, then record it with any sound recording software. The AUX-IN socket is the one that has neither a headphone nor a microphone symbol, but something weird and incomprehensible. AUX-IN is usually colored blue. Most sound cards come with some basic sound recording software, and you can find lots more with google. Windows Sound Recorder works too. My favorite is Audacity Have FUN! DearWebby ___________________________________________________________ Two intrepid explorers meet in the heart of the Brazilian jungle. Says one, "I'm here to commune with nature in the raw, to contemplate the eternal verities and to widen my horizons. And you, sir?" The second explorer sighs deeply. "I came because my young daughter has begun violin lessons." ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! _____________________________________________________ Dear Abby's Essential Guide to Women's English: Yes = No No = Yes Maybe = No I'm sorry = You'll be sorry We need = I want It's your decision = You will be sorry, no matter which way you decide Do what you want = You'll pay for this later We need to talk = I need to complain Sure go ahead = You will be sorry if you do I'm not upset = Of course I'm upset, you moron Be romantic, turn out the lights = I feel flabby This kitchen is so inconvenient = I want a new house I heard a noise = I noticed you were almost asleep Do you love me? = I'm going to ask for something expensive How much do you love me? = I did something really stupid today I'll be ready in a minute = Kick off your shoes and find a good game on TV You have to learn to communicate = Just agree with me Are you listening to me!? = Don't expect reason or logic from this point on __________________________________________________ If you can help with the cost of the humor letter, please donate what you can! If you like my work,please donate a dollar, or two, if you can afford it! Please, help me stay online! __________________________________________________ History Today July 4, in 1776, The amended Declaration of Independence, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, was approved and signed by John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress in America. 1802, The U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY. 1803, The Louisiana Purchase was announced in newspapers. The property was purchased, by the U.S. from France, was for $15 million (or 3 cents an acre). The "Corps of Discovery," led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, began the exploration of the territory on May 14, 1804. 1817, Construction began on the Erie Canal, to connect Lake Erie and the Hudson River. 1845, American writer Henry David Thoreau began his two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond, near Concord, MA. 1848, In Washington, DC, the cornerstone for the Washington Monument was laid. 1863, The Confederate town of Vicksburg, MS, surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. 1884, Bullfighting was introduced in the U.S. in Dodge City, KS. 1886, The first rodeo in America was held at Prescott, AZ. 1892, The first double-decked street car service was inaugurated in San Diego, CA. 1894, After seizing power, Judge Stanford B. Dole declared Hawaii a republic. 1901, William H. Taft became the American governor of the Philippines. 1910, Race riots broke out all over the United States after African-American Jack Johnson knocked out Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match. 1934, Boxer Joe Louis won his first professional fight. 1934, At Mount Rushmore, George Washington's face was dedicated. 1946, The Philippines achieved full independence for the first time in over four hundred years. 1955, The first king cobra snakes born in captivity in the U.S. hatched at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. 1957, The U.S. Postal Service issued the 4 Flag stamp. 1959, The 49-star U.S. flag became official. 1960, The 50-star U.S. flag made its debut in Philadelphia, PA. 1966, U.S. President Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act, which went into effect the following year. 1976, The U.S. celebrated its Bicentennial. 1982, The Soviets performed a nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhl Semipalitinsk. 1987, Klaus Barbie, the former Gestapo chief known as the "Butcher of Lyon," was convicted by a French court of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison. 1997, The Mars Pathfinder, an unmanned spacecraft, landed on Mars. A rover named Sojourner was deployed to gather data about the surface of the planet. 1997, Ferry service between Manhattan and Staten Island was made free of charge. Previously, the charge had ranged from 5 cents to 50 cents. 2004, In New York, the cornerstone of the Freedom Tower (One World Trade Center) was laid on the former World Trade Center site. 2005, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft took pictures as a space probe smashed into the Tempel 1 comet. The mission was aimed at learning more about comets that formed from the leftover buidling blocks of the solar system. The Deep Impact mission launched on January 12, 2005. 2009, North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast that defied U.N. resolutions. 2009, The Statue of Liberty's crown reopened to visitors. It had been closed to the public since 2001. 2023, Do smiled.
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