Scotts 2 Cents

FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director

TO: All Employees

DATE: October 01, 2003

RE: Gala Christmas Party

I’m happy to inform you that the company Christmas Party will take place
on December 23, starting at noon in the private function room at the Grill
House. There will be a cash bar and plenty of drinks! We’ll have a small
band playing traditional carols…feel free to sing along. And don’t be surprised if
our CEO shows up dressed as Santa Claus! A Christmas tree will be lit at
1:00 pm. Exchanges of gifts among employees can be done at that time; however,
no gift should be over $10.00 to make the giving of gifts easy for
everyone’s pockets. This gathering is only for employees!

Our CEO will make a special announcement at that time!

Merry Christmas to you and your family,

Patty

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FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
TO: All Employees

DATE: October 02, 2003

RE: Gala Holiday Party

In no way was yesterday’s memo intended to exclude our Jewish
employees. We recognize that Hanukkah is an important holiday, which often
coincides with Christmas, though unfortunately not this year. However, from
now on, we’re calling it our “Holiday Party.” The same policy applies to any other
employees who are not Christians and to those still celebrating Reconciliation
Day. There will be no Christmas tree and no Christmas carols will be sung. We
will have other types of music for your enjoyment.

Happy now?

Happy Holidays to you and your family,

Patty

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FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director

TO: All Employees

DATE: October 03, 2003

RE: Holiday Party

Regarding the note I received from a member of Alcoholics Anonymous requesting a non-drinking table.

You didn’t sign your name. I’m happy to accommodate this request, but if I
put a sign on a table that reads, “AA Only”, you wouldn’t be anonymous anymore. How am I supposed to handle this?

Somebody?

And sorry, but forget about the gifts exchange, no gifts are allowed since the
union members feel that $10.00 is too much money and the executives believe $10.00 is a little chintzy.

REMEMBER: NO GIFTS EXCHANGE WILL BE ALLOWED.

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FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director

To: All Employees

DATE: October 04, 2003

RE: Generic Holiday Party

What a diverse group we are! I had no idea that December 20 begins the
Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which forbids eating and drinking during daylight hours. There goes the party! Seriously, we can appreciate how a luncheon at this time of year does not accommodate our Muslim employees’ beliefs. Perhaps the Grill House can hold off on serving your meal until
the end of the party or else package everything for you to take it home in little foil doggy baggy. Will that work?

Meanwhile, I’ve arranged for members of Weight Watchers to sit farthest
from the dessert buffet, and pregnant women will get the table closest to
the restrooms.

Gays are allowed to sit with each other. Lesbians do not have to sit with
Gay men, each group will have its own table.

Yes, there will be a flower arrangement for the Gay men’s table.

To the person asking permission to cross dress, the Grill House asks that no cross-dressing be allowed, apparently because of concerns about confusion in the restrooms. Sorry.

We will have booster seats for short people.

Low-fat food will be available for those on a diet.

I am sorry to report that we cannot control the amount of salt used in the food. The Grill House suggests that people with high blood pressure taste a bite first.

There will be fresh “low sugar” fruits as dessert for diabetics, but the restaurant cannot
supply “No Sugar” desserts. Sorry!

Did I miss anything? ? ?

Patty

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FROM: ; Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director

TO: All F***ing Employees

DATE: October 05, 2003

RE: The F***ing Holiday Party

I’ve had it with you vegetarian pr**ks! We’re going to keep
this party at the Grill House whether you like it or not, so you can sit quietly at the table furthest from the “grill of death,” as you so quaintly put it, and you’ll get your f***lng salad bar, including organic tomatoes. But you know, tomatoes have feelings, too. They scream when you
slice them. I’ve heard them scream. I’m hearing them scream right NOW!

The rest of you f***ing weirdos can kiss my a*s. I hope you all have a rotten holiday!

Drive drunk and die,

The B***h from H**l ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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FROM: Joan Bishop, Acting Human Resources Director

DATE: October 06, 2003

RE: Patty Lewis and Holiday Party

I’m sure I speak for all of us in wishing Patty Lewis a speedy recovery
and I’ll continue to forward your cards to her.

In the meantime, management has decided to cancel our Holiday Party and
give everyone the afternoon of the 23rd off with full pay.

Happy Holidays!

Joan

I absolutely LOVE this!!!

Subject: Executive Decision

TO: Fellow Business Executives:

As the CFO of this business that employees 140 people, I have
resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama will be our next
President, and that our taxes and government fees will increase in  
a BIG way.

To compensate for these increases, I figure that the clients will
have to see an increase in our fees to them of about 8% but since we
cannot increase our fees right now due to the dismal state of our
economy, we will have to lay off six of our employees instead.  This
has really been eating at me for a while, as we believe we are
family here and I didn’t know how to choose who will have to go.

 So, this is what I did. I strolled through our parking lot and found
6 Obama bumper stickers on our employees’ cars and have decided
 these folks will be the first to be laid off.  I can’t think of a
 more fair way to approach this problem.  These folks wanted change;
 I gave it to them.

 If you have a better idea, let me know.

A technicality on a complicated bill vote is one thing and nearly every politician has voted on a bill with something in it that will come back to haunt them and sound bad when taken out of context.  But some of the lies and mis-information being put forth by the Barack Obama campaign and scary.  Not only are they signficant lies they have some significantly fundamental problems as well.  Can you really vote for this guy?

 

TERRY ANDERSON, A  BLACK LOS ANGELES TALK RADIO HOST,   WENT DOWN A LIST OF THINGS SENATOR OBAMA HAS SAID THAT  AREN’T   EXACTLY CORRECT.   

Obama’s Not  Exactlys:

1.) Selma March Got Me Born -  NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no  effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google’Obama Selma ‘ for his full  March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.)

2.) Father Was A Goat Herder -  NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with  the Kenyan Government.

3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter -  NOT EXACTLY, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments  Kenya has ever had.

4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African  Freedom - NOT EXACTLY, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass  violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It  is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is  pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law.  Your half-brother, Abongo Obama, is Odinga’s follower. You interrupted your New  Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone. Check out the following  link for verification of that….and for more.

Obama’s cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for  president and tried to get Sharia muslim law in place there. When Odinga lost  the elections, his followers have burned Christians’ homes and then burned men,  women and children alive in a Christian church where they took shelter.. Obama  SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started. Google Obama and  Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth.

5.) My  Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian -  NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own  interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn’t allow her to have been one of  14 wives to 1 man.

6.) My Name is African Swahili -  NOT EXACTLY, your name is Arabic and ‘Baraka’ (from which Barack came) means  ‘blessed’ in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.

Barack  Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American  President, not the first black President. Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother’s side and 43.75% Arabic  and 6.25% African Negro from his father’s side. While Barack Hussein Obama’s  father was from Kenya , his father’s family was mainly Arabs.. Barack Hussein  Obama’s father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father’s birth  certificate even states he’s Arab, not African Negro). 

7.) I Never Practiced Islam -  NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a  Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you  could run for office.

4-3-08 Article ‘Obama  was ‘quite religious in islam” http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=60559

8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian -  NOT EXACTLY, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).

February 28, 2008. Kristoff from the  New York Times a year ago: Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic  call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed  delightfully uncalculated (it’ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama  described the call to prayer as ‘one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at  sunset.’ This is just one example of what Pamela is talking about when she says  ‘Obama’s narrative is being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash  troubling facts.’

9.) I  Was Fluent In Indonesian -  NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language.

10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia ,  I Have More Foreign Experience -  NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn’t even speak  the language. What did you learn except how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.

11.) I  Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs -  NOT EXACTLY, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise),  you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience  with our closest allies.

12.) I  Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion -  NOT EXACTLY, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention  of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were  just fine

13.) An  Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office -  NOT EXACTLY, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It  doesn’t, and never did, exist.

14.) A  Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life -  NOT EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It  doesn’t, and never did, exist.

15.) I  Won’t Run On A National Ticket In ‘08 -  NOT EXACTLY, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have  enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.

16.) Voting ‘Present’ is Common In Illinois Senate -  NOT EXACTLY, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.

17.) Oops, I Misvoted -  NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to  change your misvote.

18.) I  Was A Professor Of Law -  NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

19.) I  Was A Constitutional Lawyer -  NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill -  NOT EXACTLY, you didn’t write it, introduce it, change it or create it.

21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass -  NOT EXACTLY, it took just 14 days from start to finish.

22.) I  Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill -  NOT EXACTLY, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack  of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which  David Axelrod came.

23.) I  Have Released My State Records -  NOT EXACTLY, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet  to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.

24.) I  Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess -  NOT EXACTLY, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld  Gardens . You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.

25.) My  Economics Bill Will Help America -  NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which  lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.

26.) I  Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois -  NOT EXACTLY, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your  part.

27.) I  Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year -  NOT EXACTLY, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their  creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.

28.) No  One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA -  NOT EXACTLY, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo of the  conversation your campaign had with them.

29.) I  Am Tough On Terrorism -  NOT EXACTLY, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good  friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction off Israel.

30.) I  Want All Votes To Count -  NOT EXACTLY, you said let the delegates decide.

31.) I Want Americans To  Decide - NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote,  confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.

32.) I  passed 900 Bills in the State Senate -  NOT EXACTLY, you passed 26, most of which you didn’t write yourself.

33.) I  Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics -  NOT EXACTLY, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against  you.

34.) I  Don’t Take PAC Money -  NOT EXACTLY, you take loads of it.

35.) I  don’t Have Lobbysists -  NOT EXACTLY, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.

36.) My  Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad -  NOT EXACTLY, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.

37.) I  Have Always Been Against Iraq -  NOT EXACTLY, you weren’t in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund  it every single time.

38.) I  Have Always Supported Universal Health Care -  NOT EXACTLY, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who don’t have to  buy it.

39.) My  uncle liberated Auschwitz concentration camp -  NOT EXACTLY, your mother had no brothers and the Russian army did the liberating.

If you aren’t already registered to vote, time is running out.  This will be without question the largest voter turnout in years - possibly in all our lifetimes.  Be a part of it.  And although recent history will be difficult to contend with it could also be one of the closest elections in history.

Watch this video, it doesn’t suck, and pass this link along to at least five people.
http://www.scotts2cents.com/2008/10/02/register-to-vote/

And if you really get bored check out Purple Widget

Thanks - and remember - VOTE!

See how I got through this whole post without mentioning the nightmare that Universal Healthcare would be, or the government taking over our lifes with more social programs then we could every pay for without massive tax hikes that a liberal President would bring.

None of this is good, but can we stop hearing about all the deaths in Iraq?  Should we pull out of Chicago?

 

Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago. Of course they’re all blaming each other.

 

Can’t blame Republicans, there aren’t any! 

State pension fund $44 Billion in debt, worst in country. Cook County (Chicago) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. (Look’em up if you want). Chicago school system one of the worst in country. This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois. He’s gonna ‘fix’ Washington politics?

 You may know I’ve got the page on my blog with all the e-mails we get that we secretly love but pretend to be annoyed by…well this one is so good it gets main page billing!

I absolutely love this one…… AMEN!

*Father/Daughter Talk*
>
>             * A young woman was about to finish her first year of
>             college. Like so many others her age, she considered
>             herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much
>             in favor of ‘the redistribution of wealth.’
>
>             She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather
>             staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based
>             on the lectures that she had participated in, and the oc
>             casional chat with a professor, she felt that her father
>             had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep
>             what he ;  **thought should be his.
>
>             One day she was challenging her father on his opposition
>             to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more
>             government welfare programs. The self-professed
>             objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be
>             the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded
>             by asking how she was doing in school.
>
>             Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a
>             4.0 GPA, and let him know that it w as tough to maintain,
>             insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load
>             and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go
>             out and party like other people she knew. She didn’t even
>             have time for a boyfriend, and didn’t really have many
>             college friends because she spent all her time studying.
>
>              Her father listened and then asked, ‘How is your friend
>             Audrey doing?’
>
>              She replied, ‘Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes
>             are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a
>             2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a
>             blast. She’s always invited to all the parties, and lots
>             of times she doesn’t even show up for classes
>             because she’s too hung over.’
>
>              Her wise father asked his daughter, ‘Why don’t you go to
>             the Dean’s of fice and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your
>             GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That
>             way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that
>             would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.’
>
>              The daughter, visibly shocked by her father’s suggestion,
>             angrily fired back, ‘That wouldn’t be fair! I have worked
>             really hard for my grades! I’ve invested a lot of time,
>             and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing
>             toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!’
>
>             The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently,’Welcome
>             to the Republican party.’*