Feel the love in 2012!
STICKERS ARE GETTING ANGRIER THESE DAYS...
They are starting to reflect what is really happening.
Who cares where Obama was born??
Where he is living now .. that is the real problem!!
Pass 'em on please!
Si vis pacem parabellum If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong We can thank public education for American gullibility... When did individualism and self reliance come to depend on the government? "A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own." Capital punishment means never having to say, "You again?" Liberals Use Guilt As Moral Weapon Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
STICKERS ARE GETTING ANGRIER THESE DAYS...
Feel the love in 2012!
STICKERS ARE GETTING ANGRIER THESE DAYS...
They are starting to reflect what is really happening.
Who cares where Obama was born??
Where he is living now .. that is the real problem!!
Pass 'em on please!
The Most Beautiful McDonald’s In America
The Most Beautiful McDonald's In America 
Last week, I was out in Long Island scouting around Jericho Turnpike, which, if you have never had the pleasure of driving, is one of those hellish, strip mall-lined highways with traffic lights that are perfectly synchronized to make your travel time as long as possible.
As I was driving, I happened to notice a McDonalds sign up ahead. Nothing too special about that, except where the McDonalds should have been, there seemed to be a big white mansion. Maybe it was around back or something?
And then I realized
The mansion was the McDonalds.
Holy. Crap.
This 100+ year old Georgian mansion is indeed a McDonalds, and while well known to locals, it totally caught me by surprise. I practically expected a maître to greet me as I went inside.
Known as the Denton House, its bones date back to 1795, when it was constructed as a farm house by one Joseph Denton, a descendent of the founder of the village of Hempstead . In 1860, it was given a Georgian makeover, complete with gingerbread ornamentation, and throughout the 1900s, found commercial use as a funeral home and a series of restaurants. By 1986, it was abandoned and on the verge of falling down.
McDonalds purchased the property with the intention of tearing it down and replacing it with a standard McDonalds restaurant. Thank God for the citizens of the New Hyde Park , who worked to secure landmark status for the building in 1987. McDonalds had no choice but to restore the property and work within the parameters of the landmarks commission, which ultimately resulted in their most beautiful restaurant in America (if you know of a better example, please let me know).
It was decided to restore the property to its 1926 appearance, based on an old photograph. Opened in the early 1990s, the house remains in fantastic shape to this day.
One of the mansion most striking aspects is its beautiful glassed-in veranda.
which offers a pretty unique McDonalds eating experience (how cool would it be if it was actually open, or covered by screens?).
But the details continue around on its eastern side.
from its shuttered windows and brick chimneys to its eaves dripping with gingerbread ornamentation:
The western half is equally stately.
though, ER, me thinks the drive-through might not be original to the Denton farmhouse:
But had someone showed me this picture, I would have NEVER guessed it was a McDonalds.
Unfortunately, the inside has been totally gutted and redone without much inspiration.
Still, it is far more unique than your typical McDonalds, with a grand staircase leading to an upstairs dining area.
Also, there is something fascinating about being in an enormous open-air mansion, and I definitely appreciate how the roof has been revealed.
Almost as an afterthought, the small ordering area is nestled to one side:
I love the New Hyde Park McDonald, if for no better reason than how clearly it makes the argument for historic preservation.
Monday, October 15, 2012
True Love - All God's Creatures Have Consciousness
True Love - All God's Creatures Have Consciousness
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 21:39 — Arthur Cristian
True Love - All God's Creatures Have Consciousness
His female partner is injured and the condition is appalling
He brings her food and attends her with love and compassion
Brings her food but shocked with her death he tries to move her
Aware that his sweetheart is dead and will not come to him again, he cries with adoring love
Stands beside her and screams, saddened by her death
Finally aware that she will not return to him, he stands beside her body with sadness and sorrow
The photos of these two birds are said to have been taken in the Republic of Ukraine where this little bird is trying to save his much-loved partner. Millions of people cried after seeing this picture in America and Europe, even in India.
It is said that the photographer sold these picture for a nominal price to the most famous newspaper in France . And all the copies of that newspaper were sold out on the day of publishing these pictures.
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