jackconrad
Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:21:00 AM
Wedded 50 years

A couple were celebrating 50 years together. Their three

kids, all very successful, agreed to a Sunday dinner in their honor.

"Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad," gushed son number one ....

'Sorry I'm running late. I had an emergency at the hospital with a

patient, you know how it is, and I didn't have time to get you a gift."

"Not to worry," said the father. "The important thing is

that we're all together today."

Son number two arrived and announced, "You and Mom look

great, Dad. I just flew in from Los Angeles between depositions and didn't

have time to shop for you."

"It's nothing," said the father. "We're glad you were able

to come."

Just then the daughter arrived. "Hello and happy

anniversary! I'm sorry, but my boss is sending me out of town and I was

really busy packing so I didn't have time to get you anything."

After they had finished dessert, the father said, "There's

something your mother and I have wanted to tell you for a long time. You

see, we were very poor. Despite this, we were able to send each of you

to college. Throughout the years your mother and I knew that we loved

each other very much, but we just never found the time to get married."

The three children gasped and all said, "You mean we're

bastards?"

"Yep," said the father. "And cheap ones too."

jackconrad
Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:41:00 AM
Poll Shows Eroding Support for Health Reform

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HealthDay Reporter – 27 mins ago

THURSDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- While half of Americans want some kind of health reform in the next two years, nearly 40 percent say it would be a good thing if the legislation proposed by the Democrats and President Barack Obama never materializes. And one-quarter aren't sure if health reform would be good or bad for the country, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll finds.

"Essentially what they're saying is we want reform but we don't trust or like what we're seeing now," said Humphrey Taylor, chairman of The Harris Poll, a service of Harris Interactive.

While reforming health care is still important for many Americans, the most pressing issue is fixing the troubled economy, the poll found.

When asked to pick two top priorities for the President and Congress, about 8 out of 10 of respondents, regardless of their political persuasion, picked reducing unemployment and creating new jobs as a top priority over the next few months. Among Democrats, health reform came next (59 percent), while among Republicans preventing a terrorist attack in the United States (64 percent) took second place.