Robert Opyd (baghdad-bob)

March 29, 2010

This is funny, remember to think outside the box!

Filed under: My Life,Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 09:54

You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus:

1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.

2. An old friend who once saved your life.

3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that there could only be one passenger in your car? Think before you continue reading.

This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application. You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first. Or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to pay him back. However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.

YOU WON’T BELIEVE THIS………………….

The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants) had no trouble coming up with his answer. He simply answered: ‘I would give the car keys to my old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams.’

Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations.

Never forget to ‘Think Outside of the Box.’

HOWEVER…., The correct answer is to run the old lady over and put

her out of her misery because Obama’s health care won’t pay for her hospital visit anyway, have sex with the perfect partner on the hood of the car, then drive off with the old friend for a few beers.

God, I just love happy endings!

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March 28, 2010

I like this professor, great lesson on socialism and its effect on society!

Filed under: Personal business areas — baghdad-bob @ 09:57

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before,

but had once failed an entire class.

That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked & that no one would be poor & no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama’s plan”.

All grades would be averaged & everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail & no one would receive an A…

After the first test, the grades were averaged & everyone got a B.

The students who studied hard were upset & the students who studied little were happy.

As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less & the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. The second test average was a D!

No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

The scores never increased as bickering, blame & name-calling all resulted in hard feelings & no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. All failed, to their great surprise, & the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

Could not be any simpler than that.   Remember, there is a mid-term election in 2010!

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March 2, 2010

After reading this, do you really want Obamacare????

Filed under: Personal business areas — baghdad-bob @ 08:32

Subject: Statistics from Investor’s Business Daily

A recent “Investor’s Business Daily” article provided very interesting statistics from a survey by the United  Nations International Health Organization.

Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:

U.S.             65%

England       46%

Canada        42%

Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received  treatment within six months:

U.S.             93%

England       15%

Canada        43%

Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it  within six months:

U.S.             90%

England       15%

Canada        43%

Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one  within one month:

U.S.             77%

England       40%

Canada        43%

Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:

U.S.             71

England       14

Canada        18

Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in “excellent  health”:

U.S.             12%

England       2%

Canada        6%

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want “Universal Healthcare” comparable to  England or Canada .

Moreover, it was Sen. Harry  Reid who said, “Elderly Americans must learn to accept the inconveniences of  old age.”

SHIP HIS ASS TO CANADA OR ENGLAND !

He is  ”elderly” himself but be sure to remember his health insurance is different from yours as Congress has their own high-end coverage!  He will never  have to learn to accept  ”inconveniences”!!!

AND THE  WINNER IS VERY INTERESTING!

the percentage of each  past president’s cabinet who had worked in the private business sector prior  to their appointment to the cabinet. You know what the private business sector  is… a real life business, not a government job. Here are the  percentages.

T. Roosevelt……..  38%

Taft…………………40%

Wilson ………………  52%

Harding………………49%

Coolidge…………..  48%

Hoover…………….. 42%

F. Roosevelt………  50%

Truman………………50%

Eisenhower………..  57%

Kennedy…………..  30%

Johnson……………..47%

Nixon……………….  53%

Ford………………… 42%

Carter………………  32%

Reagan……………….56%

GH Bush…………….. 51%

Clinton  …………….. 39%

GW Bush……………. 55%

And the winner  of the Chicken Dinner is:

Obama……………. 8%  !!!

Yep! That’s right! Only Eight Percent!!!..the least by far of  the last 19 presidents!! And these people are trying to tell our big  corporations how to run their business? They know what’s best for  GM…Chrysler… Wall Street… and you and me?

How can the  president of a major nation and society…the one with the most successful  economic system in world history… stand and talk about business when he’s  never worked for one?.. or about jobs when he has never really had  one??! And neither has 92% of his senior staff and closest advisers.!  They’ve spent most of their time in academia, government and/or non-profit jobs….or as “community organizers”  when they should have been in an employment line.

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