Archive for July, 2008
Ads Mission…
It’s the mission of any ad to get you to buy the product it’s pitching—and today—both John McCain and Barack Obama are on a mission to convince you that Obama is either:
A) just a rock Star
B) a strong leader
But, while they do it— they’ve diverting our attention from a much more important campaign issue.
It [...]
It’s A Crime They’re So Stupid…
Like a perpetual motion machine that just keeps on running, we seem to have an endless supply of criminals who are not the brightest bulbs on the marquee of life…
Check ‘em out in this latest edition of:
A STORYBOOK ENDING….
Generally, the art of burglary is best executed if you leave the place you’ve robbed once [...]
Bits & Pieces, Odd & Ends Version17.0
Here’s a bunch of stuff lying around that doesn’t go anywhere else, which is why we’re trying to fit together more:
HAVING A RUFF TIME WITH ROVER…
We’ve all heard how vicious some pit bulls can be—but apparently, an 11-year-old Brazilian boy doesn’t worry about that…
When “Titan,” his uncle’s pit bull suddenly turned angry— Gabriel Almeida [...]
Picking Up The Loose Change…
As we move into the weekend—it’s time to pick up some of the scattered currency left over from previous posts…
So let’s put pocket the loose change in these updates…
THE ALIENS AMONG US…
It came out of the blue from a man who spent a lot of time in space.
Former Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar Mitchell says aliens [...]
You Can’t Trust Those Lionize…
Over the course of the presidential campaign, we’ve seen how one candidate or another has been lionized by the press…
And we’ve also seen how—after a while—that lionization fades as the newest “next big thing” is put up on the pedestal for a while…
So, let’s take a look at the current hot buttons before they [...]
Moonstruck….
39 years ago this week—the world held it’s collective breath as humans landed on the moon…
It was—just briefly—a unifying moment for this planet.
But in the nearly four decades since it happened—some reasonable—and some not so reasonable questions are being asked about what exactly DID we witness.
Let me start off by saying I’m not one [...]
The Clock Is Ticking…
Congress has just under two weeks of work left— before it goes on recess till September.
While our elected representatives get ready to go play—the average American continues to struggle with the high price of gasoline and its effects through-out the economy.
Still to come out of the halls of Congress—any sort of relief [...]
Crime And Punishment Returns….
It’s the good guys vs. the bad guys again—only this time—it’s hard to figure out whose on what side in this editon of :
GROUNDS FOR FIRING….
We expect cops to uphold the law—not break it, then lie about breaking it when they get caught.
But apparently a veteran Daytona Beach, Florida cop didn’t [...]
Waves of Desperation….
2005 was one of the worst years for hurricanes on record—and it was also the year that a British explorer and adventurer named Dom Mee tried to cross the North Atlantic from Canada to England in a tiny 14-foot boat powered only by a kite..
The adventure and the hurricane ravaged seas collided—truncating Dom’s efforts 39 [...]
Just When You Think The Stew’s Cooked…
Although it’s been a while since we’ve had a taste of political stew—It doesn’t mean the fire’s out and the stew is cold..
It’s just been simmering a bit, waiting to get stirred up again.
JABBIN’ AT THEM ALL…
The folks who gave us this great parody about John Kerry and George Bush back in 2004 are [...]
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