Most little boys at the age of 6 are content to play with toy trucks without thinking about how they could be improved. This was not the case for Robert Patch. He designed a truck that could be assembled and disassembled easily by a youngster — and changed into different types of truck each time, such as a dump truck or a closed van. Patch submitted his application and drawings in 1962, and on this date in 1963, he was granted a patent. In 2010, nearly a quarter-million patents were granted — just under 17,000 of them to individuals. Toys, games and hobby goods are a small ticket but big total part of the economy, as nearly 135,000 retail outlets sell them to the tune of about $928 billion per year. Profile America is in its 17th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor’s dog, then bites the Governor. The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie “Bambi” and then realizes he should stop because the coyote is only doing what is natural. He calls animal control. Animal Control captures the coyote and bills the state $200 testing it for diseases and $500
for relocating it. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged. The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of dangerous animals. The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a “coyote awareness program” for residents of the area. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world. The Governor’s security agent is fired for not stopping the attack. The state spends $150,000 to hire and train a new agent with additional special training on the nature of coyotes. PETA
protests the coyote’s relocation and files a $5 million suit against the state.
TEXAS
The Governor of Texas is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks his dog. The Governor shoots the coyote with his state-issued pistol and keeps jogging. The Governor has spent $.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point cartridge. The buzzards eat the dead coyote.
And that, my friends, is why California is broke and Texas is not.
Ziggy, I love it!!!!!!!!
Ziggy, I love it, too. I bet the mealy mouth liberals are stewing in their own juices trying to think of a comeback. Most liberals have absolutely no sense of humor and spend endless hours trying to think of ways to spend other people’s money.
I know a way to spend a lot of money. Let’s start a war! There’s one in Syria that’s already in process. It’s on the ocean so it’s easily accessible. Lot of desert there-perfect tank country, and brother, do we have tanks. Not much oil, but hey, we’ll do it pro bono.
No why don’t we let 5 high level terrorists go so we can get a traitor to come back home so that we can divert attention away from the Veteran’s Administration.
Jack, that is a good idea. Do you think the taliban would accept 4 high level terroists and Hilliary? If they would accept those 5, we shouldn’t ask for anyone in exchange.
This keeps getting funnier and funnier.
Only in Washington DC–it is beginning to be the Democrat Party Mantra—True remarks by Harry Reid in reply to questions from press about POW release–“What difference does it make”.
Prudence, this has been part of the Democrat Party Mantra for at least 30 years. When questioned in 1984 about the fact that he was receiving large contributions from organized labor and other extreme left wing groups, Jim Hunt’s reply was—“What difference does it make?”
Hunt lost that election to Senator Helms, but I guess the Dems failed to take that remark out of their playbook.