Today; 8/4/2010

High 91  Low 75  Partly Sunny

"Not what we say about our blessings,

but how we use them,

is the true measure of our thanksgiving." - W.T. Purkiser

Help for SC Homeowners - $138M in federal funds to help people -

                                           who have lost their jobs, to keep their homes -

                                           888-995-HOPE...

Al says - Children's Truths:

              You can't hide a piece of broccoli -

              in a glass of milk...

Iran - The presidential motorcade was attacked...

Washington - 14^th Amendment debate heats up -

                     Key Republicans questioning -

                     birthright citizenship...

Pat says - Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom -

                are sweeter and better for eating. -

                Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom -

                are firmer and better for cooking...

Shreveport, LA - 6 teens drowned Monday -

                         while wading in the Red River. -

                         None of the 6 knew how to swim...

Columbia, MO - Missouri law now contains a -

                        direct challenge to the federal health care law...

Word for Today - minim - \MIN-uhm\ - n. - 1. the least quantity of anything. -

                                                               2. the smallest unit of liquid measure, -

                                                                   1/60^th of a fluid dram, roughly -

                                                                   equivalent to one drop. -

                                                                3. Music. A note, formerly the shortest in use, -

                                                                    but now equivalent in time value to one half -

                                                                    of a semibreve; half note. -

                                                                4. Something very small or insignificant...

Busy? - British researchers found that people who had a -

            frenetic schedule were healthier than those who -

            often say they're bored. The bored group was -

            also more likely to die from a heart problem. So, -

            don't feel bad about your run-around lifestyle, -

            as long as you hang on to healthy habits... www.prevention.com

James Island - New Mayor-elect Bill Woosley...

Thought for Today - "How wonderful it is that

                               nobody need wait a single moment

                               before starting to improve the world."

                                         ~Anne Frank

Consumer Reports - ‘Dangerous Supplements!' -

                                 Aconite, bitter orange, chaparral, -

                                 colloidal silver, coltsfoot, comfrey, -

                                 country mallow, germanium, -

                                 greater celandine, kava, lobelia, -

                                 and yohimbe...

Does anything else really matter?