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Boll Weevil Forges Ties With Muslims

President Boll Weevil has pledged to partner with his fellow Muslim brothers and further degrade the power of the US dollar, by sharing technological information and business information, in what he calls “an exchange” program. In this, we exchange our jobs and money for goods and services which will come from Arabia.
What’s next on his [...]

Lincoln-Kennedy-Obama Coincidences

Though I wouldn’t usually compare Barack Obama to any great President, in these instances, I have to say there are eerie similarities.
Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846, Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946, when Barack Obama was elected President, he was 46.
Lincoln & Kennedy were directly concerned with Civil Rights. Barack Obama is [...]

The Web - Can’t Live Without It

I tried to do without, but I have to have my World Wide Web. In fact, these days, most people agree, the Internet is more important than the old media — like TV.
 “For the first time more people would choose to eliminate television from their lives than the Internet, if they were forced to choose.” [...]

HBO 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

I went home tonite after the University Place Tree Lighting and I watched HBO’s 25th Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  The show was in New York.  It was awesome!  There was a laundry list of inductees that performed; Jerry Lee Lewis started off the show with “Great Balls of Fire.  Crosby, Stills [...]

Do The Mouse!

50s/60s kiddie show host and former WNBC radio DJ, Soupy Sales, died Thursday. He was 83. He might hold the pie-throwing record, beating the Three Stooges by a couple thousand pies at least. He had a hit record with a dance tune, Do The Mouse. Not a great tune by any means. But, he was [...]

Woodstock Ultimate Collectors Edition DVD Set-Not A Bad Deal!

40 years ago this weekend, Sullivan County New York was invaded by enough people match the current metropolitan population of Seattle. Yeah, it was Woodstock.
I find it strange that not that many people are making a buzz about it this weekend. Sure, some people thought it was nothing more than a sea of mud soaked [...]