Three facts that all of us need to keep in mind about the political

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...atmosphere in this country:

Zero Gravity:

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside-down, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.

The Russians used a pencil.

Our taxes are due again--enjoy paying them.

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Our Constitution:

"They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 years and hell, we're not using it anymore."

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Ten Commandments:

The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse! You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians!

It creates a hostile work environment.

[pnorman]

1. Commenting on the first item:

It's been SDBS ("shot down by Snopes"): http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

But the other two are RIGHT ON!

pnorman

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2. Thanks, I forgot to check snoops

[pnorman]

4. Don't we all!!

A well-crafted Urban Legend is soooo seductive! Frequently, there was no conscious attempt at deception. Those are generally the ones most easily fallen for.

pnorman
PS: I have a Snopes tab in my Firefox browser, and I use it often.

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3. OMG, lol. The "Pencil" is to much. I have to use that on another

board. Thanks for a laugh today.