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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dick, I remember seeing Ben Stein on the Dennis
Miller show and some liberal twit seated next to him spouted off with some dumb
anti-Bush mantra. Stein, in classic Stein style, proceeded to
authoritatively and sternly rebuke him. The lib sat there, tail feathers
still smoking as Miller laughed, saying: Well, I guess the lesson is,
Don't piss off Ben Stein! It was hugely funny and I was reminded of it
when I read what you forwarded.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have a very merry CHRISTmas!
-Tony</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rvrcowboy@clearwire.net href="mailto:rvrcowboy@clearwire.net">Dick
Sherwin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tonytime@clearwire.net
href="mailto:tonytime@clearwire.net">Tony Simpson</A> ; <A
title=revtom@firstpresgj.org href="mailto:revtom@firstpresgj.org">Tom
Hansen</A> ; <A title=tm4281777@hotmail.com
href="mailto:tm4281777@hotmail.com">Theo Martin</A> ; <A
title=susan_fagan@selinc.com href="mailto:susan_fagan@selinc.com">Susan
Fagan</A> ; <A title=annwinterer@msn.com
href="mailto:annwinterer@msn.com">Stephen Winterer</A> ; <A
title=mika@stjohncable.com href="mailto:mika@stjohncable.com">Milt Groom</A> ;
<A title=bradshaw@televar.com href="mailto:bradshaw@televar.com">Michael
Bradshaw</A> ; <A title=champion-kragt@netzero.com
href="mailto:champion-kragt@netzero.com">Marvin Kragt</A> ; <A
title=mcondrey@cableone.net href="mailto:mcondrey@cableone.net">Marc
Condrey</A> ; <A title=Linda.Mullenbach@ILCUSYS.ORG
href="mailto:Linda.Mullenbach@ILCUSYS.ORG">Linda Mullenbach</A> ; <A
title=kenmoorealaska@yahoo.com href="mailto:kenmoorealaska@yahoo.com">Ken
Moore</A> ; <A title=barbarian@gmail.com href="mailto:barbarian@gmail.com">Joe
Dunich</A> ; <A title=jtedaily@comcast.net
href="mailto:jtedaily@comcast.net">Jim Daily</A> ; <A
title=snackem@hotmail.com href="mailto:snackem@hotmail.com">Jeremy
Lanthorn</A> ; <A title=jlw290@msn.com href="mailto:jlw290@msn.com">Jennifer L
Wolfe</A> ; <A title=pnyxpresso@cableone.net
href="mailto:pnyxpresso@cableone.net">Gary Gunkel</A> ; <A
title=jampot@adelphia.net href="mailto:jampot@adelphia.net">g. crabtree</A> ;
<A title=edswan@turbonet.com href="mailto:edswan@turbonet.com">Ed Swan</A> ;
<A title=edlarsen@charter.net href="mailto:edlarsen@charter.net">Ed Larsen</A>
; <A title=ddavenny@hotmail.com href="mailto:ddavenny@hotmail.com">Donald
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title=burgessjunction@msn.com href="mailto:burgessjunction@msn.com">Dan &
Jo Burgess</A> ; <A title=dcarlin@lewiston.com
href="mailto:dcarlin@lewiston.com">D Carlin</A> ; <A
title=clydenkristi@yahoo.com href="mailto:clydenkristi@yahoo.com">Clyde
Eastman</A> ; <A title=cindimader@moscow.com
href="mailto:cindimader@moscow.com">Cindi Mader</A> ; <A
title=christyK@clearwire.net href="mailto:christyK@clearwire.net">Christy</A>
; <A title=Cher.Sherwin@potlatchcorp.com
href="mailto:Cher.Sherwin@potlatchcorp.com">Cher Sherwin</A> ; <A
title=rotella69@yahoo.com href="mailto:rotella69@yahoo.com">amber rotella</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:36
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Something not to laugh
about........</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=dickf@dselectrical.com href="mailto:dickf@dselectrical.com">Dick
Flerchinger</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=rvrcowboy@clearwire.net
href="mailto:rvrcowboy@clearwire.net">'Dick Sherwin'</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:53 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Something not to laugh about........</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Something not to
laugh about<BR><BR> If they know of him at all,
many folks think Ben Stein is just a quirky actor/comedian who talks in a
monotone. He's also a very intelligent attorney who knows how to put ideas and
words together in such a way as to sway juries and make people think
clearly. The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by
him on CBS Sunday Morning
Commentary<BR><BR> Herewith at this happy
time of year, a few confessions from my beating heart: I have no freaking clue
who Nick and Jessica are. I see them on the cover of People and Us constantly
when I am buying my dog biscuits and kitty litter. I often ask the
checkers at the grocery stores. They never know who Nick and Jessica are
either. Who are they? Will it change my life if I know who they are and why
they have broken up? Why are they so
important?<BR><BR> I don't know who Lindsay
Lohan is either, and I do not care at all about Tom Cruise's
wife.<BR><BR> Am I going to be called before a
Senate committee and asked if I am a subversive? Maybe, but I just have no
clue who Nick and Jessica are.<BR><BR> If this
is what it means to be no longer young. It's not so
bad.<BR><BR> Next confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not
bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled
trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don' t feel discriminated
against. That's what they are: Christmas
trees.<BR><BR> It doesn't bother me a bit when
people say, "Merry Christmas" to me. I don't think they are slighting me or
getting ready to put me in a ghetto.In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that
we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It
doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key
intersection near my beach house in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Malibu</st1:place></st1:City>. If people want a creche, it's just as
fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards
away.<BR><BR> I don't like getting pushed around
for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for
being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of
getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> is an explicitly atheist
country. I can't find it in the Constitution, and I don't like it being shoved
down my throat.<BR><BR> Or maybe I can put it
another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and
Jessica and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand
Him?<BR><BR> I guess that's a sign that I'm
getting old, too.<BR><BR> But there are a lot of
us who are wondering where Nick and Jessica came from and where the
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> we knew went
to.<BR><BR> In light of the many jokes we send
to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended
to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you
thinking.<BR><BR> Billy Graham's daughter was
interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let
something like this Happen?" (regarding
Katrina)<BR><BR> Anne Graham gave an extremely
profound and insightful response. She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened
by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of
our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our
lives.<BR><BR> And being the gentleman He is, I
believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His
blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us
alone?"<BR><BR> In light of recent
events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.I think it started when
Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained
she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said
OK.<BR><BR> Then someone said you better not
read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not
steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said
OK.<BR><BR> Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we
shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little
personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr.
Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's
talking about and we said OK.<BR><BR> Now we're
asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know
right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their
classmates, and themselves.<BR><BR> Probably, if
we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure itout. I think it
has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE
SOW."<BR><BR> Funny how simple it is for people
to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to
hell.<BR><BR> Funny how we believe what the
newspapers say, but question what the Bible
says.<BR><BR> Funny how you can send 'jokes'
through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending
messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about
sharing.<BR><BR> Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar
and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of
God is suppressed in the school and
workplace.<BR><BR> Are you
laughing?<BR><BR> Funny how when you forward
this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're
not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending
it.<BR><BR> Funny how we can be more worried
about what other people think of us than what God thinks of
us.<BR><BR> Pass it on if you think it has
merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if
you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad
shape the world is
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