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Subject: Bar Story, good one Funny This is from my biggest Democratic friends. Shows we all have a sense of humor.

Bar Story Hillary Clinton called Bill into her office one day and said, 'Bill, I have a great idea. I know how we can win back middle America and secure my presidential victory in 2008'. 

'Great, but how do you propose we go about that?' asked Bill. 

'Well', Hillary responds, 'We'll go down to a local Wal-Mart, get some cheezy clothes and shoes like most middle Americans wear, and then we'll stop at the pound and pick up a Labrador . When we look the part we'll go to a nice old country bar in middle America, and we'll show them that we really enjoy the countryside and show admiration and respect for the hard working people living there.' A few days later, all decked out and with the requisite Labrador at heel, they set off from New York in a westerly direction. Eventually they arrived at just the place they were looking for. With dog in tow they walk into Arkey Blues Silver Dollar They step up to the bar and the bartender takes a step back and says, 'Aren't you Bill and Hillary Clinton?' Hillary answers, 'Yes we are, and what a lovely town you have here. We were just passing through and Bill suggested that we stop and take in some local color.' They then order a couple of beers from the bartender and proceed to drink them down, all the while chatting up a storm with anyone who would listen. 

All of a sudden, the bar room door opens and a grizzled old rancher comes in. He walks up to the Labrador , lifts its tail and looks underneath, shrugs his shoulders and walks out the door. 

A few moments later, in came another old farmer. He walks up to the dog, lifts its tail, looks underneath, scratches his head, and then leaves the bar. 

Over the course of the next hour or so, another four or five farmers came in, lifted the dog's tail, and went away looking puzzled. 

Eventually Hillary and Bill could stand it no longer and called the bartender over ''Tell me', said Hillary, 'Why did all those old ranchers come in and look under the dog's tail like that? Is it some sort of old custom?' 'Good Lord no', said the bartender, 'Its just that the word has been going around that there was a Labrador in here with two assholes!' IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY, OR WHAT?

By Tribune Staff of The Tampa Tribune

LAND O' LAKES - Lake Como Family Nudist Resort has opened its new RV and mobile home park, South Grove Village, the product of a four-year redevelopment project.

To showcase the park, Lake Como will have a free open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

The village features 33 mobile home spaces, 39 RV spaces with full hookups, and a new bathhouse with indoor laundry facilities, all within walking distance of a pool, sauna, outdoor hot tub, restaurant,
nightly entertainment and other amenities.

Lake Como is home to more than 200 full- and part-time residents and host to some 1,500 tourists per year. It's the oldest nudist resort in Florida and one of the largest in the country, with 200 acres of nature, recreation and sports amenities, a news release states.

And it was one of the more rustic Florida nudist resorts in the days before South Grove Village.
"We decommissioned a number of older lots to create the new village without actually expanding the resort," Van Bradley, general manager since 2001, said in the release. "This allows us to preserve the park's natural beauty while significantly upgrading the resort so we can offer a much nicer place to live and visit for our expanding membership."

Open house guests will be screened near the resort's entrance and escorted to the village, where they will be treated to music, hotdogs, beer and soft drinks, and introduced to Lake Como members, residents, mobile home/RV dealers and lending professionals. Guests then will be invited to enjoy the resort's attractions.

Gyspy Jokers lose High Court bid to keep clubhouse fortified 

7th February 2008, 9:30 WST The Gypsy Jokers have lost a High Court bid to overturn a fortification removal notice on their Maddington clubhouse.

The outlaw motorcycle gang was served a fortification removal notice in May 2004, ordering the Jokers to remove concrete walls, steel gates, surveillance cameras and monitors.

WA Police had sought the notice through the Corruption and Crime Commission, which applied the notice on the grounds that it was satisfied that there were reasonable grounds for believing that the clubhouse was “heavily fortified” and was “habitually used as a place of resort by members of a class of people…..suspected to be involved in organised crime”.

In response to the notice the Jokers’ lawyer said the fortifications were necessary because the area had high rates of burglary and car theft, housed expensive Harley Davidson motorcycles and the fortifications had received necessary approvals. 

A challenge in WA courts resulted in Justice Blaxell referring the matter to the WA Supreme Court of Appeal but the original decision against the Jokers was upheld.

The club asked the High Court to review the decision however a six to one majority dismissed the appeal today.

MICHAEL BENNETT.