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destroythegop:

NOTICE: Effective immediately, Republicans may no longer:

1. accept Social Security or Medicare (also applies to your parents/grandparents)
2. become a member of the US military.
3. ask the National Guard to help you after a disaster.
4. call 911 when you get hurt.
5. call the police to stop intruders in your home.
6. summon the fire department to save your burning home.
7. drive on any paved road, highway, interstate or bridge.
8. use public restrooms.
9. send your kids to public schools.
10. put your trash out for city garbage collectors.
11. live in areas with clean air.
12. drink clean water.
13. visit National Parks.
14. visit public museums, zoos, and monuments.
15. eat or use FDA inspected food and medicines.
16. bring your kids to public playgrounds.
17. walk or run on sidewalks.
18. use public recreational facilities such as basketball and tennis courts.
19. apply for educational or job training assistance when you lose your job.
20. apply for food stamps when you can’t feed your children.
21. use the judiciary system for any reason.
22. ask for an attorney to be assigned to you by the court.
23. apply for any Pell Grants.
24. use cures that were discovered by labs using federal dollars.
25. fly on federally regulated airplanes.
26. use any product that can trace its development back to NASA.
27. watch the weather provided by the National Weather Service.
28. listen to severe weather warnings from the National Weather Service.
29. listen to tsunami, hurricane, or earthquake alert systems.
30. use the internet, which was developed by the military.
31. swim in clean rivers.
32. allow your child to eat school lunches or breakfasts.
33. ask for FEMA assistance after natural disaster destroys your trailer
34. ask the military to defend your home in the event of a foreign invasion.
35. use your cell phone or home telephone.
36. buy firearms that wouldn’t have been developed without the support of the US Government and military.
37. eat USDA inspected produce and meat.
38. apply for government grants to start your own business.
39. apply to win a government contract.
40. buy any vehicle that has been inspected by government safety agencies.
41. buy any product that is protected from poisons, toxins, etc…by the Consumer Protection Agency.
42. save your money in a bank that is FDIC insured.
43. use Veterans benefits or military health care.
44. use the G.I. Bill to go to college.
45. apply for unemployment benefits.
46. use any electricity from companies regulated by the Department of Energy.
47. live in homes that are built to code.
48. run for public office.
49. ask for help from the FBI, S.W.A.T, the bomb squad, Homeland Security, State troopers, etc…
50. apply for any government job whatsoever
51. use public libraries.
52. use the US Postal Service.
53. visit the National Archives.
54. visit Presidential Libraries.
55. use airports that are secured by the federal government.
56. apply for loans from any bank that is FDIC insured.
57. ask the government to help you clean up after a tornado.
58. ask the Department of Agriculture to provide a subsidy to help you run your farm.
59. take walks in National Forests.
60. ask for taxpayer dollars for your oil company.
61. ask the federal government to bail your company out during recessions.
62. seek medical care from places that use federal dollars.
63. use Medicaid.
64. use WIC.
65. use electricity generated by Hoover Dam.
66. use electricity or any service provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
67. ask the Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild levees when they break.
68. let the Coast Guard save you from drowning when your boat capsizes
69. visit historic landmarks.
70. visit fisheries.
71. expect to see animals that are federally protected because of the Endangered Species List.
72. expect plows to clear roads of snow and ice
73. hunt or camp on federal land.
74. work in a Safety First workplace
75. use public transportation.
76. drink water from public water fountains.
77. whine when someone copies your work and sells it as their own.
78. expect to see the Title your trailer, car, or boat.
79. expect convicted felons to remain off the streets.
80. eat in restaurants that are regulated by food quality and safety standards.
81. seek help from the US Embassy if you need assistance in a foreign nation.
82. apply for a passport to travel outside of the United States.
83. apply for a patent when you invent something.
84. adopt a child through your local, state, or federal governments. 
85. use elevators that have been inspected by federal or state safety regulators.
86. use any resource that was discovered by the USGS.
87. ask for energy assistance from the government.
88. move to any other developed nation, because the taxes are much higher.
89. go to a beach that is kept clean by the state.
90. use money printed by the US Treasury.
91. complain when millions more illegal immigrants cross the border because there are no more border patrol agents.
92. attend a state university.
93. see any doctor that is licensed through the state.
94. use any water from municipal water systems.
95. complain when diseases and viruses, that were once fought around the globe by the US government and CDC, reach your house.
96. work for any company that is required to pay its workers a livable wage, provide them sick days, vacation days, and benefits.
97. VOTE in public elections.

What is that??? (Taken with instagram)

I drive past this strip club everyday on my way to the north office. It’s called “The Landing Strip” and it’s right under the flight path. They used to have an old Cessna 152 “crashed” into the roof but had to remove it because too many people called 911 to report that a plane had crashed into a building. One day I’ll tell y’all the story of the time an ex called me from here asking me to come pick her up cuz her date got stabbed. (Taken with instagram)

discoverynews:

Mars Rover Snaps Stunning Self-Portrait

NASA put together this artsy image of Mars rover Opportunity getting a glimpse of its own shadow on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The robotic geologist used its panoramic camera to take about a dozen shots using an assortment of filters between about 4:30 and 5 p.m. Mars time on March 9.

The images were transmitted back to Earth where a team of scientists assembled them into this mosaic, which was released Wednesday.

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