East Palestine Rotary News

Club News 12/15/08

Guest: Bert from Beaver Falls

Bob won the big drawing by pulling the ace of hearts. Bob has won the big pot 3 times.

Dave gave a happy buck for another Steelers win.

Mark Taylor was given a 6 month leave of absence.

We are still working on figuring the bottom line for the Christmas Auction.

We will be wrapping Christmas presents to raise funds for the Polio-plus program at Bea's Insurance. All Rotarians are asked to donate 5 rolls of paper. The schedule is as follows:
Sunday, Dec. 21st - 2 PM-8 PM
Monday, Dec. 22nd - 5 AM-11 AM
Tuesday, Dec. 23rd - 5 PM-11 PM

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

At the end of the presidential campaign, I figured some
political humor might be in store. The following is a funny and true story shared with me by KC Williams who teaches AP Government at Santa Fe High School.

In one of KC's classes, they were discussing the qualifications to be president of the United States . It was pretty simple.

The candidate must be a natural born citizen of at least 35 years of age.

However, one blonde girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair was the requirement to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming president.

KC and the class were just taking it in and letting her rant, but everyone's jaw hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating ....

"What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by c-section".

and someday she will vote!

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The car makers:

The cost per employee (salary + benefits) at the big three automakers - Ford, Chevy & Chrysler - is $78 per hour.

Toyota, (a non-union US manufacturer) on the other hand - is $48 per hour.

While the average American worker comes in at $28 per hour.

So let me get this straight.........

The $28 per hour worker needs to bail out the $78 per hour worker whose company is going bankrupt ?