Turns out not much has changed about the town I grew up in. Except that the local library does have a WiFi hotspot, so at least it is now a member of the 21st Century. Good thing too. I’d have gone nuts if it didn’t.
More reports as time passes. Stay tuned.

No, don’t worry, I’m not shutting down this blog. It’s just that I’ve posted every day here since November 2005 (at last count). It’s been one heck of a streak. I just want to let you know that, if I miss a day, it’ll be because I’m not able to find a decent outlet (read: WiFi hotspot or Ethernet node) to plug into while I’m in Michigan. Keep your fingers crossed. Then there’s the public library.
So stay tuned. This time around I’d like to stay away from a “Best Of” post.

In a move sure to upset parents with children, KM Communications applied for, and received, the following call letters from the FCC:

• KUNT - Hawaii
• KWTF - Arizona

I’ll have to find out what town the latter “station” will be located….
Anyway, this is nothing. There is also a radio station in Aspen, CO, with the call letters KCUF. Don’t believe me? Click on the link if you dare!

This has been getting around, so as I board the plane for my vacation in Michigan, I leave you with this:

HAT TIP: Hud (as he’s moving to Portland, OR)

And speaking of the boob tube…look who’s about to join The View: none other than Whoopi Goldberg, who lost her endorsement contract three years ago with Slim-Fast for slamming President Bush in a publicly raunchy fashion. Just think…now she gets to slam the President with an even larger (albeit shrinking I bet) audience with more foaming at the mouth. All she has to do is not use certain choice words.
This won’t stop me from tuning Whoopi out, or The View for that matter; besides, I rarely watched the show to begin with, so I certainly won’t be missing anything.

The Donks in Congress are going to be beside themselves when word gets out that the FCC Chairman has determined that there is no need for the Fairness Doctrine to be re-imposed. The reason is quite simple:

“Indeed, with the continued proliferation of additional sources of information and programming, including satellite broadcasting and the Internet, the need for the Fairness Doctrine has lessened even further since 1987.”

Many people no longer get their news from the boob tube…and believe me, with all the programming these days, it really has become an emphasis on the first word in that moniker. Since they are getting their a**es kicked on talk radio, the Democrats will find time to introduce more bulls**t legislation to negate this particular regulatory ruling.
Then, watch The People rise up in mass wrath, just like they did for the shamnesty bill.

Don’t let this title fool you….

This isn’t a real documentary, but one based on an alternate history imagined in Collier’s magazine a half-century ago. Can you imagine if we had actually accomplished all this without much of a Cold War? Perhaps if we did, NASA wouldn’t be in such sorry shape like it is today. Then again, NASA doesn’t exist in this film.
This is definitely something I will have to keep an eye on.

...and then it hit me yesterday…I figure I’d better post it today.
35 years ago today, we (that is, Dad, Mom, my siblings, and I) moved back to the good ol’ US of A from Asmara, Ethiopia (now the capital of Eritrea), to a little burg named South Haven, Michigan. Dad retired from the Navy and he had some of his relatives there. This is where I grew up. There are a few pix from South Haven’s yesteryear (and some other, more modern photos) in the Gallery. In fact, what I will do is while I’m up there during vacation next week (Yay!) I’ll recreate this photo as the same harbor looks today.
Anyway, back to the post here. when I came back to the States, I experienced a whole bunch of things all at once which I didn’t have overseas: McDonald’s, color TV, a culture shock if you will, from which it’s taken all this time to recover from. In some ways, I still haven’t. Even that, compared to all the stuff I saw especially in Asmara and less so in Naples, Italy (Dad’s previous post), made me all the more thankful to God that I was born an American.
And in case you’re wondering what the forecast is for my vacation…

I think I like that.

I’ll bet Shrillary is fuming over the crashing done by Breasts Not Bombs and Code Pink at her San Francisco campaign office on the same night as the GooTube debate. I salute brave zombie for bringing this to light…as distasteful as it is.
WARNING! NOT SAFE FOR WORK!

Man, I don’t care how crappy the rest of the news is in the current cycle, I’d much rather have this to celebrate:

FAKE INJUN GONE FROM CU: The b*st*rd who termed all the 9/11 victims “Little Eichmanns” was fired from his so-called job at the University of Colorado today. What else can I say? Still, expect this to go to court.

COME ON DOWN, DREW CAREY! He’s going to succeed Bob Barker as host of The Price is Right. He will easily make it his own show. In fact, I hope he brings some of his friends from “Whose Line Is It Anyway” every once in awhile.

Last night’s GooTube debate amongst the Democratic Party candidates fielded a very significant first question, directed toward Osama Obama. Hence the title of this post. Here are some others:

To Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois: Are you black enough? “You know, when I’m catching a cab in Manhattan ... in the past, I think I’ve given my credentials,” he replied.
To Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York: Are you feminine enough? “I couldn’t run as anything other than a woman,” she said.
Her answer drew a challenge from former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who said he was the best advocate for women among the contenders. “I have the strongest, boldest ideas,” he said.

WTF are these questions? It shows how “educated” these people are, meaning, they don’t give a s**t about the REAL enemy, the Islamofascists. Good thing I’m not watching these so-called “debates.” At this stage of the game they’re more like “Look At Me” contests.

Here I am, going to board a plane at Sky Harbor in five days to fly to Michigan and begin a one-week vacation in The Old Digs, and then I read this. Investigator (read: Reporter) Lisa Fletcher writes:

It’s what we discovered in the middle of the night - TSA agents going away, and security guards taking over. It’s 4.5 hours - every night - when an employee badge becomes an all-access pass.
Night after night, our hidden cameras captured what security experts tell us is a disaster waiting to happen.
The X-ray machines were off, the metal detectors were closed, and bags with unknown contents were carried to the secure side of the airport where the planes are.
We watched as a security guard let people with purses, coolers and suitcases walk right through - bags unchecked.

The story goes on when ABC 15 finds documents which note that this s**t has been going on for TWO YEARS! Seeing that Phoenix is a “Sanctuary City,” where the cops are directed not to ask for immigration/citizenship status of people they pull over, I have to think that there are Illegals involved in this somewhere.
And this pisses me off! No wonder then why I’ve been seeing “CAR SEARCHES AT SKY HARBOR - MAY CAUSE DELAYS” written on the freeway monitors on my drive home. Pray for me as I travel.

UPDATE (1833 MST): The TSA lowers the boom. Like it’s going to do a lot of good….

The world of “24” is definitely a dangerous world to be in for a POTUS. From Wikipedia:

• Frequent Change in Command: So far on the series, there have been six on-screen Presidents. Only three of those six were actually elected into office, and only one served for a full term. two Presidents resigned, two ex-Presidents were assasinated, one was poisoned, another was incapacitated by a bomb, and another was seriously injured when Air Force 1 was shot down. Also, there have been twelve directors of CTU, many of whom have also either resigned or been killed.

Next season is no exception; the producers of the show plan to portray a female President.
And just in time for Election Season. Imagine that. How much to you wanna bet that, if she has a “First Gentleman,” he’ll be a philanderer with peccadilloes for ceegars and interns?

Even witn David Beckham’s debut yesterday with Los Angeles Galaxy in a friendly match vs. England’s Chelsea FC franchise, which won 1-0. While his arrival will certainly increase popularity in the sport, which I don’t mind watching because I learned about it when I was a kid, it will not approach the levels of American Football, Baseball, Basketball, or Hockey. Pelé tried it thirty years ago during his play with the old New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.
Here’s why….and I’ll use the NFL as a basis. First, American sports fans love to see high-scoring games. Second, the NFL is much faster in pace than a soccer match. Finally, we love to see the players bash each other around. Even though we have rules to prohibit this, fighting occurs in all of our major sports. And for the most part, fans do not riot like Soccer Hooligans do when their team loses, especially during the World Cup.
With that said, I would still watch a soccer match given the opportunity and can root with the best of ‘em. And besides, those Soccer Hooligans can and should come into play if a certain population demographic in Europe continues to make headway in taking over their respective countries.
Welcome to the USA, David, and good luck.

What does an author, a cartoon character, an ultimate act of love between a husband and wife, a critical inoculation against a once-virulent disease, and an act a mother does for her child all have in common? After you read this, you won’t be surprised, yet at the same time you will also get a chuckle out of this, followed quickly by a shake of the head in the negative.

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