To My fellow patriots from the South Jersey area…

You\’ll love these! Read Till The End! It\’s Well Worth The Effort!

These are some of the best \”comebacks\” I\’ve read/heard in a very long time!

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building\’ by George Bush.

He answered by saying, \’Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.

It became very quiet in the room.

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Then there was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break one of the French engineers came back into the room saying \’Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?\’

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: \’Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck..

We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?\’

Once again, dead silence.

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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, \’whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.\’ He then asked, \’Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?\’

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied \’Maybe it\’s because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn\’t have to speak German.\’

You could have heard a pin drop

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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE………

Sounds like French

A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France on a tour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.

At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on. \”You have been to France before, monsieur?\” the customs officer asked sarcastically.

Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.

\”Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.\”

The American said, \”The last time I was here, I didn\’t have to show it.\”

\”Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France!\”

The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained. \”Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in \’44 to help liberate this country, I couldn\’t find any damn Frenchmen to show it to.\”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warm Regards From Kitakyushu City, Japan!
Hank F. Miller Jr.

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HELEN & TONY MOREIRA

Helen T. (Perletta) and Tony B. Moreira of Bellmawr celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 26.

They have four children: Donna Ruggiero of Flemington; Anthony of Marlton; Helen Croker of Deptford; and Frank of Mullica Hill. They have 13 grandchildren.

 

Democrats continue to rule in the state legislature and in most counties in South Jersey. I thought for sure we would see something change as a result of a number of key legislators being arrested this year and charged with abusing their power. Needless to say it is kind of hard to choose who to pick when both Republicans and Democrats have been caught with their hand in the \”Cookie Jar\”.

Voters did send Trenton a message with the defeat of the two questions on the ballot dealing with spending. Hopefully our leaders got the message to stop squandering our tax dollars and begin working on ways to balance the budget. New Jersey is broke. Governor Corzine the supposedly \”Wall Street Genius\” was elected last year after promising he would do a better job of managing state finances. The populace is still waiting for him to live up to that commitment.

I for one couldn\’t understand Assemblyman Roberts\’s proposal to have the 1 percent tax increase, levied last year to balance the budget, to be dedicated to reducing property taxes. If you recall the state was shut down because the Governor was against signing the bill to increase the sales tax to 7 percent. Yet a year later the legislators were all in favor of dedicating the one percent to reduce property taxes. Confused, so am I. Just cut back the sales tax to 6 percent and let us manage our own money.

Locally, three newcomers, (John Hutchinson, Bruce Parry, Kelli Ferry) all endorsed by the \”New Democrats\” were elected on Tuesday to Gloucester City Council. Gone in January will be three members of the Old Democrat regime (Elsie Loebell, Jean Kaye, and Rocky Kormann) left over from the days of former mayors Gorman and Kilcourse.

The \”James Gang\” (Mayor Bill James, Councilmen Nick Marchese, and Jay Brophy) along with Councilman Hagan will now have complete control of the governing body. They have some tough decisions to make in the upcoming year. Example: dealing with a new union contract for the career fire fighters among other things.

I am hoping in 2008 Mayor and Council will do something about changing our present form of government to a Commission form. With that in place our present system of dividing the City into Wards would be eliminated. Thus a candidate for council in the years to come would run at large. Studies have shown that the present system we are using is out-of-date for a community the size of Gloucester City.

Another change I would like to see is an ordinance or resolution that would keep City employees from being in charge of the local Democrat Club. I don\’t know if that would be legal. But I do think we all agree that something has to be done. For too long certain members of the Democrat committee/Club were in charge of the policy passed by previous members of City Council. It was because of the wheeling and dealing hidden behind the closed doors of the Democrat Club that this City was in such disarray.

Mayor James and his fellow council members have done a fantastic job in a short amount of time cleaning up the mess that they inherited from former administrations. I believe they are on the right track; and better things are yet to come.

 

Women\’s College Basketball

LAWRENCEVILLE—Senior guard Janele Henderson of the Rider University women’s basketball team was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Week for all games played the first week of the season it was announced by the conference office Monday afternoon. \”We are working on getting Rider looked upon as a different team,\” said head coach Lynn Milligan. \”We want to be known as a team that will show up for every game, work hard and play defense and that effort in the first two games got noticed.\”

Henderson, a 5-9 Brooklyn, New York native out of Bishop Loughlin High, led Rider to a 1-1 week, averaging 22 points per game while playing 77 out of a possible 80 minutes.

\”It is exciting to receive the conference recognition,\” said Henderson. \”I\’m just trying to bring senior leadership to the table and make this a different year.\”

\”Janele stepped up and showed that she can carry the team when she needs to,\” said Milligan who is in her first season as Rider\’s head coach. \”Whether it is on the offensive end or the defensive end, she is someone we can turn to and count on throughout the year.\”

Against Monmouth on November 9, Henderson scored a career-high 25 points as Rider defeated the Hawks 59-46, winning its opening game for only the third time in 17 seasons.

At Maryland Baltimore County on November 11, Henderson played the whole game scoring 19 points, including eight in a row as Rider rallied from an early 13 point deficit. Henderson scored 11 of Rider 22 first half points.

\”We have a different attitude this year,\” Henderson added. \”I think that all of us showed that even if we get down, we aren\’t out of it and that we are going to battle for all 40 minutes. Being a senior and one of the leaders on the team, I had to step up and everyone else was able to follow.\”

The Broncs lost to UMBC 58-53 on a Retriever three-point field goal with 53 seconds left.

This marks the first weekly conference award for the team since then sophomore Kara Borel ’07 was named conference player of the week on December 20, 2004.

\”To be a successful team, you need strong senior leadership,\” Milligan added. \”Janele has worked hard and is determined to finish her senior season a winner.\”

The Broncs host Hofstra on November 15 in Alumni Gym before traveling to Annapolis, Maryland to face Navy at 2:00pm on November 18. \”We are going to put the loss on Sunday behind us, work hard in practice the next few days and we\’ll be ready to face Hofstra on Thursday night,\” Henderson added.

-RU-

 

This could happen to you.

I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying:
\”Hi, how are you?\”

I\’m not the type to start a conversation in the restroom but I don\’t know what got into me, so I answered, somewhat embarrassed,
\”Doin\’ just fine!\”

And the other person says:
\”So what are you up to?\”

What kind of question is that? At that point, I\’m thinking this is too bizarre so I say:
\”Uhhh, I\’m like you, just traveling!\”

At this point I am just trying to get out as fast as I can when I hear another question.
\”Can I come over?\”

Ok, this question is just too weird for me but I figured I could just be polite and end the conversation. I tell them
\”No…….I\’m a little busy right now!!!\”

Then I hear the person say nervously…

\”Listen, I\’ll have to call you back. There\’s an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions