Smart Grizzly Beat Toyota

There are no scratches on the outside of this car, but the vehicle was a total write off. 
 

 
 A man in Waterton, came out to find the inside of his 18 month old Toyota Sequoia trashed. 

A grizzly bear had somehow got a door open (easy considering the way the handles are constructed) and once inside got trapped when the door shut behind him. Probably by the wind.
The Toyota was the Platinum edition, all the door panels were ripped off, the headliner torn to pieces, all headrests, the leather seats, the dash shredded. The steering column was twisted sideways. Two of the six airbags went off, the other four the bear ripped to pieces. You can imagine a trapped grizzly being hit with an airbag in an enclosed space! He must have figured he was in for the fight of his life and by the looks of this car, he won the fight.
 
When the bear ripped off the door panels he also clawed all the wiring harnesses out.
Toyota figures every wire he pulled or clawed at resulted in alarm bells, voices or sparks.

The head mechanic at Calgary Toyota doubted if they had the expertise to put this vehicle back together, even if they had enough parts to do it. And, to add insult to injury, the bear took a big dump in the back of the SUV and then broke out the rear window.

Fish and wildlife officers have inspected the damage and figure it was a 3 year old Griz.

The vehicle has been written off by the insurance company. The cost of this fully optioned vehicle new was over $70,000, and they stopped counting repair costs at $60,000+.

 
 
 

Feeding The Eagles

 Feeding the Eagles!

January of this year 2012, the weather stayed so cold in St. Louis, Missouri and Alton, Illinois that the bald eagles were cruising over houses in hopes of a quick meal. They could not access fish that were at the bottom of the river and had gathered together.

Some kind souls decided to feed the eagles so they would survive the cold spell. They gathered fish and started feeding the small group of eagles huddled on the shore.

The photos below show what happened. A retired teacher took these photos in front of his home. Incredible!

                         A beautiful morning feeding the eagles, 
                                       Jan. 2012

 

                            Once the fish were thrown, the eagles 
                    did not seem to  fear the good 
                  Samaritans and word spread fast!

                          Eagles vying for the fish, January, 2012

                                             No zoom lens used here! 
                   The photographer was this close!

            Here are the men who were feeding them.

                                                                     So close!!

 

             As you know, it was not too long ago that

          the American Bald Eagle was an endangered 
         species. Amazing pictures - please pass along!

                                                                                                                                                        

Little Akio

The teacher said, "Let's  begin by reviewing some American History. Who said  'Give me Liberty, or give me Death'?"
She saw a  sea of blank faces, except for Little Akio, a bright foreign exchange student from Japan , who had his  hand up:

    

"Patrick Henry, 1775," he said.
"Very  good! -- Who said, 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the  Earth'?"
Again, no response except from Little  Akio: "Abraham Lincoln,1863."
"Excellent!" said the teacher continuing, "Let's try one a bit more  difficult -- Who said, 'Ask not what your country  can do for you, but what you can do for your 
Country?"
Once again, Akio's was the only  hand in the air and he said: "JohnF. Kennedy,  1961."
The teacher snapped at the class, "Class,  you should be ashamed ofyourselves, Little Akio  isn't from this country and he knows more about our  history than you
Do."
She heard a loud  whisper: "F_ _ k the Japs."
"Who said that? -- I  want to know right now!? She angrily demanded.
Little Akio put his hand up, "General  MacArthur, 1945."
At that point, a student in the  back said, "I'm gonna puke.'
The teacher glares  around and asks,'All right! -- Now who said  that?"
Again, Little Akio says, "George Bush to  the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991."
Now furious,  another student yells, "Oh yeah? -- Suck this!"
Little Akio jumps out of his chair waving  his hand and shouts to the teacher, "Bill Clinton,  to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!"
Now with almost mob  hysteria someone said, "You little $hit! -- If you  say anything else -- I'll kill you!"
Little Akio  frantically yells at the top of his voice, "Michael Jackson to the children testifying against him,  2004."
The teacher fainted. As the class gathered  around the teacher on the floor, someone said, "Oh  $hit, We're screwed!"

Little Akio said  quietly, "The American people, November 4, 2008."  

  

Robin Williams As The American Flag : Video Clips From The Coolest One

Robin Williams As The American Flag : Video Clips From The Coolest One

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Ole & Lena lived by lake in Nordern Minnesota .  It vas early vinter and DA lake had froze over.          Ole asked Lena if she vould valk across DA frozen lake to DA yeneral store to get him some smokes. She asked him for some money, but he told her, Nah, yust put it on our tab. So Lena valked across, got the smokes at DA yeneral store, den walked back home across the lake. Ven she got home and gave Ole his smokes she asked him, Ole, you alvays tell me not to run up DA tab at DA store. Why didn't you yust give me some money? Ole replied, Vell, I didn't vant to send you out dere vit some money ven I vasn't sure how tick the ice vas yet.      Kinda brings a tear to me eye..it does!

    

 

  

  95 year old hero!  

  Letter To Obama, Sent from a 95 year Old Pearl Harbor Survivor!

 
This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii 
for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now. He dictated this letter  to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the president.

 
Dear President Obama,       
        
    My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13, 2009.  People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.
 
I enlisted in the U. S . Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate.  Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor , allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.
 
One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.
 
So here goes.
 
I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.
 
I can't figure out what country you are the president of. 
You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like: 
            " We're no longer a Christian nation" 
            " America is arrogant" - (Your wife even 
                announced to the world," America is mean- 
                spirited. " Please tell her to try preaching 
                that nonsense to 23 generations of our 
                war dead buried all over the globe who 
                died for no other reason than to free a 
                whole lot of strangers from tyranny and 
                hopelessness.) 
I'd say shame on the both of you, but I don't think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you.  To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.
 
After 9/11 you said," America hasn't lived up to her ideals."
 
Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British?  Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War?  I hope you didn't mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom.
 
I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination.  You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected.
 
Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man.
 
Shape up and start acting like an American.  If you don't, I'll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue .  You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves.
 
And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don't want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts , who was putting up a fight?  You don't mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don't want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists.
 
One more thing.  I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you're the Commander-in-Chief now, son.  Do your job.  When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him.  But if you're not in this fight to win, then get out.  The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you're thinking of.
 
You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president.   
You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy.  That's not our greatest threat.  Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now. 
And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle...
 
Sincerely, 
Harold B. Estes
 

Snopes confirms as true:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/haroldestes.asp

When a 95 year old hero of the "the Greatest Generation" stands up and speaks out like this, I think we owe it to him to send his words to as many as we can. Please pass it on.