Badlands of North Dakota - 2nd 17 of 35 Photos

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

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Where Wildlife & Buffalo Still Roam

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Badlands of North Dakota - 1st 18 of 35 Photos

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

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Where Wildlife & Buffalo Still Roam

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Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, the 26th U.S. President, fell in love with the North Dakota badlands during his first visit there in 1883 while he was hunting bison. Roosevelt believed the ‘Wild West’ had a rugged lifestyle and ‘perfect freedom.’ The establishment of Theodore Roosevelt National Park was to memorialize Roosevelt’s life, and the influence the landscape had on him and his conservation ethics. The 110 square miles park is divided into three sections packed with wildlife including bison, feral horses, elk, bighorn sheep, white-tailed deer and mule deer, prairie dogs, and 186 species of birds such as golden eagles, sharp-tailed grouse, and wild turkeys. The largest, South Unit, and the North Unit have about 100 miles of foot and horse trails, wildlife viewing, and opportunities for back country hiking and camping. The Elkhorn Ranch Unit which has Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch is located in-between the two larger units. Besides wonderful wildlife, the National Park Service calls the bizarre geologic rock formations the “grim fairyland” of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Roosevelt said the badlands were “so fantastically broken in form and so bizarre in color as to seem hardly properly to belong to this earth.” Here’s a look at the wildlife at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, one of the few places where the buffalo still roam.

  

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Wouldn't You Know?

Isn't it interesting what you 
did not hear on the news!
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Chelsea Clinton Buying $10 Million NYC Apartment
  

 
Chelsea Clinton and her husband Marc purchased a $10.5 million spread right across the street from Madison Square Park. The apartment is 5,000 square feet and is located in the Whitman Building. 
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The unit at 21 E. 26th St. is four bedrooms, with 6 1/2   bathrooms, and the family room has a full view of the park.   
  

 
The five-story building has one apartment per floor, and a key-locked elevator.  Chelsea, 33, and her husband Marc Mezvinsky, 35, son of Ed Mezvinsky, “lived in the neighborhood and found the building on their own while out walking.”
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NOW WHO IS ED MEZVINSKY?
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Edward "Ed" Mezvinsky born January 17, 1937, is a former Democratic congressman.

As a Democrat, he represented Iowa 's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms, from 1973 to 1977.  He sat on the House Judiciary Committee that decided the fate of Richard Nixon. He and the Clinton's were very politically intertwined for years.  In March 2001, Mezvinsky was indicted and later pleaded guilty to 31 of 69 charges of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud.  He was sentenced to 80 months in (Federal) prison.

  

 

Ed Mezvinsky embezzled more than $10 million dollars from people via both a ponzi scheme and the notorious Nigerian e-mail scams.  After serving five years in federal prison, he was released in April 2008. He remained on federal probation through 2011, and still owes $9.4 millionin restitution to his victims.

  

 

So who is he?  He's Chelsea Clinton's father-in law. Has anyone heard mention of this in any of the media? If this guy was Jenna or Barbara Bush's, or better yet, Sarah Palin's daughter's, father-in- law, the news would be an every day headline.

Some say there is no double standard in politics. s-u-r-e there isn't!

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We need passengers!

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"Laughter is the Medicine of Life"!

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Now that's not such a bad idea.

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Definitely would be weapons, 

bombs and drugs free.

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Would you fly with them?

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Hairy Friends

Sick Dog And Orphaned Orangutan

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After losing his parents, this 3 year old orangutan was so

depressed he wouldn't eat and didn't respond to any

medical treatments. The veterinarians thought he would

surely die from sadness.

  

  

The zoo keepers found an old sick dog on the 

grounds in the park at the zoo where the 

orangutan lived and took the dog to the 

animal treatment center.

The dog arrived at the same time the 

orangutan was there being treated.

  

  

The 2 lost souls met and have been inseparable ever since.

The orangutan found a new reason to live and each always

tries his best to be a good companion to his new found friend.

They are together 24 hours a day in all their activities.

   

  

They live in Northern California where

swimming is their favorite past time,

although Roscoe (the orangutan) is a little afraid 

of the water and needs his friend's help to swim.

   

  

Together they have discovered the joy and 

laughter in life and the value of friendship.

   

  

They have found more than a friendly shoulder to lean on.

   

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Long Live Friendship!

I don't know... some say life is too short, 

others say it is too long, but I know that 

nothing that we do makes sense if we don't

touch the hearts of others... while it lasts! 

May you always have Love to Share, 

Health to Spare, and Friends who Care...

even if they are a little hairy at times.

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May you always have a Sunbeam to warm you,
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A moonbeam to charm you,
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A sheltering angel so nothing can harm you,
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Laughter to cheer you, Faithful friends near you.

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What Kids Say About The Ocean

Children Writing About the Ocean

  

  

1) - This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles. 

(Kelly, age 6)

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2) - Oysters' balls are called pearls. 

(Jerry, age 6)

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3) - If you are surrounded by ocean, you are an island. If you don't have ocean all around you, you are incontinent. 

(Mike, age 7)

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4) - Sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson. She's not my friend any more. 

(Kylie, age 6)

  

  

5) - A dolphin breaths through an asshole on the top of its head.

(Billy, age 8)

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6) - My uncle goes out in his boat with 2 other men and a woman and pots and comes back with crabs. 

(Millie, age 6)

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7) - When ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds to cross the ocean. Sometimes when the wind didn't blow the sailors would whistle to make the wind come. My brother said they would have been better off eating beans. 

(William, age 7)

    

8) - Mermaids live in the ocean. I like mermaids. They are beautiful and I  like their shiny tails, but how on earth do mermaids get pregnant? Like, really? 

(Helen, age 6)

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9) - I'm not going to write about the ocean. My baby brother is always crying, my Dad keeps yelling at my Mom, and my big sister has just got pregnant, so I can't think what to write. 

(Amy, age 6)

  

  

10) - Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting. Electric eels can give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves into chargers. (Christopher, age 7)

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11) - When you go swimming in the ocean, it is very cold, and it makes my willy small. 

(Kevin, age 6)

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12) - Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Divers can't go down alone, so they have to go down on each other. (Becky, age 8)

  

  

13) - On vacation my Mom went water skiing. She fell off when she was going very fast. She says she won't do it again because water fired right up her big fat ass. 

(Julie, age 7)

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14) - The ocean is made up of water and fish. Why the fish don't drown I don't know. 

(Bobby, age 6)

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15) - My dad was a sailor on the ocean. He knows all about the ocean. What he doesn't know is why he quit being a sailor and married my mom. 

(James, age 7) 

  

  

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