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Missy Lewis, mother of student:

"It makes you very scared to even step outside your front door. I mean, you don't know where the shootings are going to take place next, and I don't ever remember anything like this happening."

Kevin Walters, father of student:

"As soon as I heard it, I thought 'Oh my God, it's happening here, closer to home.' I was actually in a grocery store getting coffee ... I just kind of ran out of the store."

Kim Estrada, mother of student:

"As soon as I heard on the news I came in -- that it was a 13-year-old boy and my son is 13. And I just rushed. I just had to know. I had to be here, be with him, get inside. Things were organized in there. They took his name and they got him down right away, brought him right to me."

Andrew Kim, student:

"I was feeling nervousness. I was very excited, not like happy exctied, but like shocking excited. But after I found out what happened, I just felt calm and everyone in the classroom was calm about it."

Charles Moose, Montgomery County police chief:

"Someone is so mean spirited that they shot a child. Now, all of our victims have been innocent, have been defenseless. But now we're stepping over the line, because our children don't deserve this."



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The origin

Theories abound of Tarot's source: ancient Egypt, China, India and Morocco among them. But the cards -- as they're made and known today -- are generally thought to have come from early 15th-century Italy, where they were first elegant painted creations for the courts of the nobility. Baroque and commedia dell'arte influences were common in the early figures and motifs on the cards.

Early Italian names for the cards include carte da trionfi, or cards of the triumphs. In the early 16th century, they became differentiated from more common playing cards and were called tarocchi, which in French was tarot.

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Hunting the hunter: Profiling the sniper
Wednesday, October 9, 2002 Posted: 8:29 PM EDT (0029 GMT)


   
   

 SPECIAL REPORT

• Gallery: Sniper's trail, the victims
• Backgrounder: About Tarot cards
• Gallery: School shooting reaction
• Timeline: Past sniper shootings
• Graphic: Tracing bullets



 

(CNN) -- As the hunt for the sniper who has terrorized residents in the Washington, D.C., area enters a second week, the role of the profiler in helping investigators put a face on the killer has received more attention.

Media headlines blare that the profilers are baffled by the failure of the killer to conform to known patterns. But this assertion comes from a misunderstanding of the role, function and method of the profiler, said Clint Van Zandt, a former FBI profiler.

Portrayed in television and movies as the mystics of law enforcement, people with an almost psyche link to the mind of the killer, profilers are in fact engaged in what Van Zandt calls "a broad brush art."

"A profile is an investigative tool. It is not science, it is not DNA, it is not latent fingerprints. ... It is just one more tool investigators have. But a profile does not tell you who did the crime," Van Zandt said.

Profilers are engaged is building a "constantly evolving" document that is available to investigators to focus their search, Van Zandt said.

Van Zandt disputed the popular notion that research into previous multiple killings has provided clearly defined "profiles" of killers that can be used to fit each case that comes along.

"There is a skeletal structure, so to speak, of certain individuals, but the clothes that we hang on that skeleton come from investigation. And that's what starts to form the picture, the profile of who we're looking for," Van Zandt said.

And sometimes a killer may not fall within even very general categories, which seems to be the case so far with the killings in Maryland, Virginia and Washington.

"So far it appears we have kind of a hybrid. We have what we call a spree killer, in essence someone who kills one person after another without an emotional cooling off period in between," Van Zandt said.

"And yet, because of the period of time that has lapsed, now it is starting to take on some of the traits of a serial killer, in essence, someone who kills with that emotional cooling off period, which can be days, weeks, even months, depending on the serial killer himself or herself."

What profilers may well be able to offer investigators, depending on the evidence authorities have discovered at each crime scene, is a series of statistical probabilities -- the shooter's age, his race, his academic or professional background, perhaps even his motive, Van Zandt said.

This enables those in charge of the investigation to "take the population group and shrink it until it becomes manageable" he says.

"Hypothetically, we know, it's a statistical probability that a sniper in a situation like this is likely to be a male as opposed to a female. Well, then, we have eliminated 50 percent of the population. Now does that rule out a woman from doing this? No, but we'll say it is a very small chance.

"But if a witness says, 'I saw a car with smoke coming out of the window after a shot was fired and I saw a red-headed woman in the passenger seat,' profile be damned, you have to go with the evidence that you have," Van Zandt said.

So what are the types of questions profilers will be asking?

"You start out with very generic profiles, like, Is the offender organized or disorganized? An organized person has transportation, brings the weapon with him, has the ability to get in and out from a crime scene without being detected," Van Zandt said.

"Or, a disorganized person may walk or take public transportation. He may use a weapon of opportunity. You may see overkill on the part of the victim. He may just escape because he's lucky, not because he's calculating."

"So you start with an organized-disorganized offender. Then you say: A serial killer is this, a spree killer is that.

"But, again, these are broad general titles that you kind of paste up on a wall, and then you start to work with the intelligence you have, the information that comes through investigation, and you refine that."



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Qui-Gon!  You're back!  I thought for sure you'd been abducted!  (:

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I am actually a sociology major (business admin. track) and am minoring in Italian.  I love learning, and fortunately I am still taking a few undergrad classes because I am a transfer student, so my schedule of classes is well rounded- from physics to soc.

Alpha- what kinds of things do you do to clean up your computer?? (I need to do so as well)

-Dan

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YES- you can indeed induce an OBE that way.  I will post link to "definitive" info regarding the subject.  I believe in Robert Bruce has talked about it.

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Welcome!

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No direct connect for me, I guess I'm outta luck.  Thanks though!
-DT

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I can't find the July 27 interview on dreamland, could you send me the exact URL? Thanks,
Dan

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What exactly is the definition of cool?  I have been trying to figure it out my whole life...

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Hey, I never said it was channelled info!  Everything I posted, except the one line when I said I wondered if the "sacred geometry rose", or whatever, was stuff I cut and pasted from the web site.  The whole reason I posted this was to find out what everyone else knows/thinks...

-Dan

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Thanks for sharing.

First of all, I am sorry that you have to suffer this.  Secondly, you can and do, whether you know it or not, hear the still small voice of God...and it's nothing like the voices you have described.  It's the voice that usually isn't heard, but felt, when you choose the right.

Well, if I were you I would #1)pray and meditate daily and #2) get professional help, although I am not sure if you need to.  I think you are probably being affected negatively by some spiritual/astral influence, but perhaps there is something a professional could do to help.  

Best wishes and keep us informed!
-Dan

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Robert Monroe is only one of many respectable, informed individuals who has stated that sexual contact in the astral, can be sort of a barrier to those who want to reach and explorer highe levels.  I am not saying it is easy to avoid these encounters, but I beleive it is necessary in order to progress beyond the lower levels.



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Hey Frank,

Where did you find that info?  If there is a web address, could you post it?

-Daniel

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Welcome!  Unfortunately, although there is a lot I and many others could say to you, I think it's best just to continue to have the desire to develop spritually and the experiences will come natrually!

Best wishes

Dan

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Any news on the state of the child?

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More theories from Skousen's site (anyone know anything about the stuff his is talking about?):

Did you know?
The Russians are building tremendous new nuclear/biological and chemical weapons systems--all with the assistance of US technology transfers. They are deploying on average, 3 new Topol-M 6th generation ballistic missiles per month. We built our last MX over 10 years ago, and are disarming unilaterally. Further, the Russian are building huge underground nuclear bunkers and weapons production facilities in the Ural Mountains, clearly intended to function during a nuclear war. The US intelligence community (under both Republican and Democratic administrations) knows this and are actively covering for the Russians, so the American people won't become alarmed.

Both Republican and Democratic administrations have been supplying the Chinese with high technology weapons systems for years, knowing that they, in turn, are supplying other enemies (Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, North Korea) as well. Both Russia and China continue to protest against any US anti-ballistic missile system, even though such systems are purely defensive. It doesn't take a genius to understand that ABM systems only threaten someone who intends to launch ballistic missiles someday.

President Clinton directed our military to absorb a nuclear first strike rather than "launch on warning" (our only true deterrent to a first strike) and to prepare to "retaliate" afterward. That first strike will take down all command and control, all bombers (since none are on alert), most missiles, and all satellite and submarine communications.

According to the House Armed Services Committee, the following reductions have taken place during the Clinton Administration: Strategic and General Purpose Forces from 1990 to 1997: B-52 Bombers have gone from 220 to 56. B-1 Bombers from 90 to 60; Strategic Defense Interceptor Aircraft from 36 to 0; and Army Divisions (1990 to 1997) have gone from 18 Active down to 10. Reserve divisions have gone from 10 to 8. Army Brigades (1990 to 1997) have declined from 8 Active to 3 and Reserve brigades have gone down from 27 to 18.

Joel Skousen's World Affairs Brief attempts to track the insider moves underlying the major stories you hear each week. The WAB is not a primary news source--but rather, the best source of news analysis. Joel's purpose and strong point is to help you see how world and national events are shaping up in accordance with the secret agendas of men and groups who control government. The World Affairs Brief puts together the probable set of intentions and motives of the power elite by inductively cataloging their specific actions over time.


What will you do about it?

What is the risk to you and your family if there is a major terrorist attack on a U.S. city with chemical or biological weapons? What will you do?


Did you know the US, by policy, will not retaliate on warning of a nuclear attack --effectively removing any deterrent? Are you prepared if the "unthinkable" happens—nuclear war?

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What about a major earthquake or other natural disaster suddenly upsetting the natural social order for months at a time? Could you get out of harm's way if massive social unrest erupts in the wake of a crisis?

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Please email the Webmaster if you have any questions or problems with the website. You can reach Joel Skousen at his email, Joel@JoelSkousen.com, if you have any questions about his work.



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You are not alone...and I gave up on chat rooms a long time ago because it is VERy difficult to convey who you really are in them, especially when a lot of the time most people don't truly act like themsleves.

You have a friend in me and if you ever need someone to chat with, just IM me.  MSN: illuminate100

-Dan

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Just some more news on the issue (from CNN):

Saddam's Last Chance
President Bush goes to the UN to make the case for attacking Iraq. Even if he's successful, can Washington take yes for an answer?  
BY TONY KARON

TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP
Bush warns the UN that Iraq could build a nuclear weapon within one year
 
Weblog: How Nuclear is Iraq?
TIME: How Iraq Will Fight
CNN: Bush: Iraq a 'Grave Danger'

 
Wednesday, Sep. 11, 2002
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly has never been President Bush's idea of fun, and it's the last place he'll find endorsement for his policy of "regime-change" in Iraq. But the Bush Administration appears to have recognized that even if it remains unable to convince most of the world of the need for military action to oust Saddam Hussein, the lonely road to Baghdad runs through the international organization located at the east end of 47th Street. That's because the support of even Washington's most faithful ally, Britain's prime minister Tony Blair, cannot be assured for a unilateral attack that bypasses the UN, and because taking the matter there will help make the case to a wary Congress that war may be the only way of eliminating Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.

So President Bush on Thursday gave Iraq one last chance to comply with UN resolutions requiring that he end his weapons of mass destruction program and submit it to unfettered inspection. Striking a bellicose tone, the President warned Baghdad that complying fully with UN resolutions was its only hope for avoiding war.

Taking matters back to the UN, of course, was not the option favored by Administration hawks. Their reason: The international body is unlikely ever to sign on to the objective of "regime-change," given that non-interference in the internal affairs of nations is one of its founding principles. But the UN is committed, by its own resolutions, to destroying Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs and preventing their reemergence, and that commitment — and Saddam's flagrant violations of his obligations — looks set to become the "trigger" issue used by the Bush Administration to claim international legitimacy for any new attack on Iraq. Bush's speech challenged the UN to enforce its own resolutions, or surrender its credibility.


Convincing the world to act against Iraq remains an uphill struggle. Washington has not established any convincing link between Iraq and the events of September 11, and Britain and Israel are the only countries to have publicly endorsed the Administration's view that Saddam's weapons of mass destruction present an imminent danger requiring immediate, preemptive action. And despite the efforts of the Administration to court the support of skeptical U.S. Senators and Congressmen over the past two weeks, many insist they have been told nothing new in behind-closed-doors briefings and remain unconvinced of the imminent danger. NATO members and Arab allies have been openly skeptical of the case for going to war; Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has made rejection of any U.S. "adventure" in Iraq a central plank of his reelection campaign. And South African elder statesman Nelson Mandela this week branded Washington's Iraq policy a "threat to world peace."

Still, on the matter of Iraq's defiance of UN resolutions, Bush has a cast-iron case — and he devoted much of his speech to cataloguing Saddam's multiple and continuing infractions. UN weapons inspectors were withdrawn in 1998 after their work was frustrated by Iraq, ahead of a four-day punitive bombing campaign by the U.S. and Britain. The inspectors have not been allowed back since, and the resulting standoff has seen the UN sanctions regime crumbling, while substantial components of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons programs remain unaccounted for. Thus President Bush's exhortation to the international body to tackle Saddam's "contempt for the UN."

Bush's repeated references to the credibility of the UN being on the line were clearly aimed at shaming the international body into enforcing its own writ. But that goal may be beyond the reach of an administration openly disdainful of international consensus on so many other issues. The administration's stance on issues ranging from the Kyoto protocol to the International Criminal Court have led even NATO allies to view the Bush Administration as a delinquent global citizen, and pro-Western Arab governments make the argument that when the unconventionally-armed country defying U.N. resolutions is Israel, the U.S. responds with a nod and a wink.

But even if he can't shame them into action, President Bush may well manage to scare them — his "if Iraq wants to avoid war" mantra was an unmistakable warning that if the UN can't stop Saddam's scofflaw pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, Washington is more than ready to do so alone. And what the European and Arab allies want more than anything else is to avoid a war whose consequences they fear will be more devastating than any threat posed by Saddam right now. It is fear of what the U.S. may do that has galvanized France, Russia and Arab regimes to press Baghdad urgently to readmit weapons inspectors.

But the UN route to action on Iraq raises a strategic dilemma for the Bush administration: Is the U.S. prepared to accept yes for answer? The Administration plans to call for a toughly worded Security Council resolution setting an ultimatum for the return of UN weapons inspectors to Iraq, and authorizing the use of force in response if Baghdad fails to comply. But if Saddam submits to inspection in order to avoid war, he potentially buys himself time and muddies the waters of legitimacy even if he plans to resume his cat-and-mouse game with inspectors. This is precisely the scenario Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Vice President Cheney have been determined to avoid. Yet to insist, as they have done, that inspections won't remove the need to oust Saddam carries the risk of undermining the sincerity of Bush's appeal to the UN to enforce its own rules — after all, Washington won't be able to sustain the argument that Saddam was given a last chance to comply if he was also being told that he's toast even if he does. The U.S. may try to make the inspection regime as unpalatable as possible to Saddam, with the consequences of defiance swift and deadly, but it is likely nonetheless to offer Iraq a final opportunity to mend its ways. The decision, then, on whether or not the U.S. goes to war in Iraq in the coming months may soon rest principally with Saddam Hussein.



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Can you give us an example of something one of these voices says?  
-Dan

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Interesting...can't say it sounds evil, and I don't know what to tell you...other than you should probably continue to develop true spiritual basics (loving others and gaining knowledge.)  I must admit that your mother sounds like a fascinating person, what was she like?  

Also, describe, if you will, when you were able to move objects.

Thanks,

Dan

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You know, Robert has made little comments here and there about things he is eiather researching or writing about, but as far as I know (and I don't know much), he hasn't publicly announced or even mentioned what his next book will be about.  Personally, I think he is probably not working terribly hard on anything right now because he just published his second novel.  But I am SURE he is already thinking about or researching something.  He has mentioned that he would like to write a fictional novel.  If you really want to see what he's said, go to the search engine built in to the site and look at all of his posts.  There is one in particular about his fiction ideas (I think it's in the Robert Bruce Interview's forum).
-Dan

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Bush, Powell push for Iraq resolution
President wants U.N. action within 'days and weeks'
September 13, 2002 Posted: 11:36 AM EDT (1536 GMT)


 
President Bush speaks at a meeting of Central and West African leaders at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, Secretary of State Colin Powell at his side.    


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NEW YORK (CNN) -- The United Nations must act quickly on Iraq to avoid unilateral U.S. action, U.S. President Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday.

At an appearance Friday morning, President Bush -- who warned the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday that it must make Iraq comply with its resolutions or the United States would act -- said he expected the U.N. action within "days and weeks, not months and years."

He said "there will be deadlines" in any new U.N. resolutions, but he was "highly doubtful" Saddam Hussein would adhere to them.

"He's had 11 years to meet the demands," the president said. "For 11 long years, he has basically told the United Nations and the world he doesn't care."

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Background and details on the United Nations' Security Council  and how it works.  

Colin Powell said the United States would make clear that the credibility of the United Nations is on the line.

Powell is in New York to press members of the U.N. Security Council for tough new resolutions requiring Iraq to end its weapons program.

"This time there have to be consequences for the failure to abide by those resolutions," Powell said during a round of television interviews.

'Lost legitimacy'

In his address to the United Nations on Thursday, Bush said: "The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced. The just demands of peace and security will be met -- or action will be unavoidable, and a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power."

Scott Ritter, former chief of the U.N. weapons inspection team, provided the most vocal opposition to the administration's words, while defending himself against charges that he is off-base.

"I'm not saying Iraq doesn't pose a threat," Ritter said on CNN's American Morning. "I'm saying it has not been demonstrated to pose a threat worthy of war at this time. Bush needs to make the case."

Ritter is a strong advocate for the return of weapons inspectors, saying they are the only real way to determine the status of Iraqi weapons programs.

"I've never once said I know what is happening in Iraq today," said the one-time U.S. Marine intelligence officer. "What I'm saying is no one knows what is happening in Iraq today and we can't go to war based upon ignorance. Get the inspectors back in."

Sen. Joseph Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told CNN on Friday that the president challenged "the United Nations to be more than a paper tiger" in his speech Thursday.

"It was to say to the United Nations, 'By your standards ... you have not done your job relative to Saddam Hussein,'" said Biden, D-Delaware.

The senator said officials were privy to "more intelligence information" that he said was "more appropriate at a closed setting than a public setting." Biden also said he expected Bush would "get whatever authority he seeks" once he makes public more detail of his plan.

Powell said while the United States is trying to work with the United Nations, U.S. policy remains that the government of Saddam Hussein should be replaced.

"At the same time, the United States is not walking away from its objective that regime change is the best way to solve this problem," Powell said.

Sen. Rick Santorum, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he believes "some support within the international community" is building for action against Iraq.

"That is a positive sign," the Pennsylvania Republican said.


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I like to wake up each morning felling a new man. -
Author: Jean Harlow

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by
Author: Douglas Adams

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.
Author: Walt Disney

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up
Author: Barbara Bush

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
Author: Groucho Marx

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.
Author: Rudyard Kipling

I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog that growls every morning, a parrot that swears all afternoon and a cat that comes home late at night. -
Author: Marie Corelli

I once heard two ladies going on and on about the pains of childbirth and how men don't seem to know what real pain is. I asked if either of them ever got themselves caught in a zipper.
Author: Emo Philips

I played a lot of tough clubs in my time. Once a guy in one of those clubs wanted to bet me $10 that I was dead. I was afraid to bet
Author: Henry Youngman

If you work on a lobster boat, sneaking up behind someone and pinching him is probably a joke that gets old real fast.
Author: Jack Handey

If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
Author: John Wayne

If your friend is already dead, and being eaten by vultures, I think it's okay to feed some bits of your friend to one of the vultures, to teach him to do some tricks. But ONLY if you're serious about adopting the vulture.
- Deep Thoughts (Saturday Night Live)
Author: Jack Handey

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.
Author: willy Cavett

In our school you were searched for guns and knifes on the way in and if you didn't have any, they gave you some.
Author: Emo Philips

In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was pro da. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One.
Author: Yakov Smirnoff

In the first place God made idiots; that was for practice; then he made school boards.
Author: Mark Twain


fides quaerens intellectum

I like to wake up each morning felling a new man. -
Author: Jean Harlow

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by
Author: Douglas Adams

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.
Author: Walt Disney

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up
Author: Barbara Bush

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
Author: Groucho Marx

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.
Author: Rudyard Kipling

I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog that growls every morning, a parrot that swears all afternoon and a cat that comes home late at night. -
Author: Marie Corelli

I once heard two ladies going on and on about the pains of childbirth and how men don't seem to know what real pain is. I asked if either of them ever got themselves caught in a zipper.
Author: Emo Philips

I played a lot of tough clubs in my time. Once a guy in one of those clubs wanted to bet me $10 that I was dead. I was afraid to bet
Author: Henry Youngman

If you work on a lobster boat, sneaking up behind someone and pinching him is probably a joke that gets old real fast.
Author: Jack Handey

If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
Author: John Wayne

If your friend is already dead, and being eaten by vultures, I think it's okay to feed some bits of your friend to one of the vultures, to teach him to do some tricks. But ONLY if you're serious about adopting the vulture.
- Deep Thoughts (Saturday Night Live)
Author: Jack Handey

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.
Author: willy Cavett

In our school you were searched for guns and knifes on the way in and if you didn't have any, they gave you some.
Author: Emo Philips

In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was pro da. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One.
Author: Yakov Smirnoff

In the first place God made idiots; that was for practice; then he made school boards.
Author: Mark Twain


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