After a co-worker quipped to Ed O’Neill that “some idiot” hadn’t claimed an $800,000 Powerball winning ticket, Mr. O’neill chuckled, and then after further investigation realized the winning ticket was purchased where he bought his, so he checked the numbers and realized that he was that idiot. O’Neill will now be an idiot whose mortgage […]
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Another Successful Non-Union Company
Toyota to Build $1.3 Billion SUV Plant in Mississippi This is about 10% of what Ford lost last year. Chump change I guess, for these players. But I have to ask myself why Americans are so sworn to buying Japanese cars, and can we somehow get a grip before we lose our entire auto industry? […]
Hillary Staying Positive
After David Geffen raised millions for Obama and not Hillary, and called her a smooth liar, she shot back: “I want to run a very positive campaign, and I sure don’t want Democrats or the supporters of Democrats to be engaging in the politics of personal destruction.” Hillary only wants to slander and personally destroy […]
Muslim Blogging – Please Be Nice!
Abdel Kareem Nabil is a 22-year-old a blogger who was convicted of insulting Islam with his blog, and sentenced to 4 years in prison. Nabil (known as Kareem Amer online) referred to Egypt’s Al-Azhar University in his blog as “the university of terrorism” and accused it of suppressing free thought. Honestly, the Egyptian government doesn’t […]
Senators Know the Importance of This Vote
This is one vote the Democrat’s 2008 hopefuls know they need to attend. This non-binding resolution on Iraq will be a key to the Presidential debates in ’08, where they will be able to say they voted for a resolution about Iraq. Is the vote meaningless? Yes. But it’s an all-important vote as potential candidates […]
Necessity is the Okaa-san of invention.
Milk surpluses in Japan and declining consumption gave one entrepreneur the idea: BILK. Beer + Milk! It does a body good. Could I get some milk in my beer, please? [Link]
Tim Hardaway Comes Out of the Closet
It was time for former NBA star Tim Hardaway to finally come out… and say it. He’s a homophobe. “You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don’t like gay people and I don’t like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don’t like it. It shouldn’t be […]
Hello – this is your blog calling.
Imagine picking up the phone, and being greeted by a computer/blog asking your opinions, and, by the way, if you want to leave verbal comments, they could appear on the blog as well. It’s already happening according to Business Week’s Stephen Baker who received a call from Barista.net, soliciting his opinion regarding a local hotel. […]
Dixie Chicks Long Road of Great Suffering has Finally Come to an End
It has been four long grueling years for the Chicks since the American music-buying public had the audacity to stop wanting to hear their recordings. Forced to gut it out living simply on the royalty checks from their previous best-selling recordings Home and Wide Open Spaces, the Chicks managed to eke out an existence going […]
Dixie Chicks Had a Record Out This Year?
OK – as a musician I can tell you the buzz all year came as a result of John Mayer’s new recordings. Continuum is a solid, special recording, and I didn’t run into one musician all year who was buzzing about any Dixie Chicks record. I guess the Dixie Chicks did have a recording out […]