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just read George Carlin has died

shame-I enjoyed his HBO specials.

June 18th, 2008, Paul McCartney celebrated his 66th birthday !

I want to publicly say   what a an absolute wonder his songs have been and continue to be.

almost everyone on the planet knows a Macca song !

whether it be

Yesterday

We can work it out

Get Back

Hey Jude

Eleanor Rigby

Band on the Run

Live and let Die

and many many more.

Happy Birthday Mate !

Lennon/McCartney-the worlds greatest modern  composers.

(With Jagger/Richards not too far behind)

This guy is evil- I hope we get to hang him high !

Jailed Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has lost his High Court bid against extradition to the US where he faces terror-related charges.

The Egyptian-born preacher is currently serving a seven-year jail term in the UK for inciting murder and race hate.

Abu Hamza, 50, from west London, is wanted by US authorities on 11 charges, including sending cash to al-Qaeda.

I'm just curious-I always wondered how it works  with all the comings and goings in the  local tv stations markets -how do you get your jobs etc?

for most of us we have an interview or two, then get hired -and if all goes well  your in  until you decide to leave.etc.

but how about you guys?  is there a TV  news anchor help wanted section? how do you find other  places to work?

and I notice you all have contracts so is that how it works you  get a contract for a certain amount of years ?  then you have to re-negotiate etc?  and what happens if you dont get a new contract?  whats the average length of a contract?

do you all have agents to do that? who negotiates your salary?

Do you get paid like the majority of us  IE by weekly?

in your contract    do the company provide health care etc?  or do you pay through the nose?

how about bonuses etc??  or do you have stipulations that you must be on air a certain amount of time??

Just wondered how it all works !

Thanks.

:-)

I dont know about you folks, but I was quite happy when Crist was elected after all the promises he made about insurances   and everything.

I grade him  a E  at the moment

After he advised that Prop 1 to cut prop taxes  is good- it got thru and now we have a mess due to cities losing money  and trying to think up ways to get more out of us,

and of course the housing crash has hurt    cities too.

we had  promises about insurance reform-nothing has happened.

Allstate even thumbed thier noses at the commision and was banned for a few weeks.

and to be honest I have not seen or heard anything positive from the governor.

while the state is going through very difficult times, he's off  following around McCain like a lost puppy.

im not too happy with Crist !

your thoughts?

read these comments online-thought Id share them ...

(and throw Hannity into that mix too)

.....I can still remember the rationale for having Bush in office...

"He's an oil man, he knows how to deal with those markets..."

Everyone of you that blames liberals, show your cards instantly. We know the intolerance of the right.
We know that if it were up to Republicans, we would have just a one party system, theirs.
While 'liberals' can converse and disagree with people,

People on the right declare those who don't agree with them, or Jesus, as mentally ill, the fault for ALL of our problems and in need of re-education.
How very Chinese and North Korean of you.

What we are finally realizing is that the policies of the right are wrong for the economy we have been in.

Doesn't mean they are always wrong, same as the left isn't always right.

All through the 90's, Limbaugh told you to buy SUVs and burn all the gas you want, It's the American way, he said. -and like sheep you followed..

Well, this is where he has led you.
You can't blame anyone but yourselves for refusing to acknowledge the coming energy issues.

And since when have the democrats had enough power to stop drilling anywhere?
Not in the last 8 years.

Cheney and his buddies from the 'secret' energy meeting, upon Bush 43's arrival, is the rudder that set this course.

Limbaugh used to be funny and relevant, he is neither anymore. In fact, his spreading of divisiveness is hurting our country. People that can't think for themselves just check what the party line is, or what the bible says.

No free thought, no rational arguments are tolerated, just blame the liberals.

Hitler did the same thing with the Jews, they were the cause for all the ills of the society, and when enough people bought into it, look what happened.

Second Tuesday in November, we are going to show the world the upside of democracy, yes, I know we live in a Representative Republic. We are going to throw all these crooks to the curb, without a shot being fired.

That alone will show the world the true value of democracy, that no TYRANT can stay in power indefinitely, at least here.

The landslide that is coming in November will be most likely the biggest in electoral history. You guys on the right better hurry up and finish shredding the Constitution, I got a feeling it will be a long time before Republican's get into the Oval Office again, given this debacle and the brain dead, blind loyalists, who mindlessly parrot what Limbaugh tells them.

Call me whatever makes you think you are better than me, I don't care.
I know that the right will be gone come November, perhaps a more realistic and tolerant Republican party will emerge from the drubbing.

When the 'libs' were in office, oil was $12/barrel and regular gas was $0.839/gal......

Finally, let's all remember the Cheney energy task force when the Bush Administration came to power. At that time Enron was manipulating the price of electricity in the US. Ken Lay was a big Cheney/Bush supporter. Now we are ending this Administration with the Bush/Cheney support of the Saudi dictatorship implementing the final stage of the Cheney energy policy.

What a great Sunday-the  glorious Manchester United are CHAMPIONS of the English Premier League.

Now I know a lot of you US folks dont care to much for soccer, but for those of you who do, and the BILLIONS of FANS worldwide !!

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS !!!!!!!!

Van Der Sar

Brown

Ferdinand

Vidic

Evra

Scholes

Carrick

ji Sung

Ronaldo

Rooney

Tevez

remember folks-football is not a matter of life or death-its much more important than that !  (Quote from the late great Bill Shankley)

And to the Chelsea fans- well done  to your team ! they pushed us all the way, I look forward to next season !!

What am I going to do now for 3 months ???????????????

I'm hearing that our "elected -so called Leaders" up in Tallahassee get FREE healthcare?

can this be so??

SURELY they "feel" the pain of the rest of us as Heatlhcare costs spiral out of control and we pay out more and more, 

after all -they are cutting health programs left right and center.

wouldnt it be a smack in our face if they get free healthcare  for them and thier familes off of our backs??

I just hope someone who has connections can put a stop to this and make them pay for it as we do !!

maybe a lawsuit !

maybe get enough signatures and put it on a ballott?

we got to do something- they are making us look like a bunch of fools...

:-(

In the UK the labour(Democratic party)  got spanked by the conservatives(repubs) in local elections.

the imported Scot Gordon Brown had this to say " from the beeb :Mr Brown told the BBC it had "not been the best weekend", adding that voters were worried about rising petrol and food prices and utility bills.

"I do understand this and I feel the hurt that they feel," he said. "

HE FEELS THE HURT ?

from rising fuel and food and electric and gas bills?
this from a man who  has rent free accomadation in central London, is on a fantastic salary and when he leaves his job will be set for life in some cushy job.

I hate these people who  try to be all smarmy and concerned when they really dont give a rats arse !

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls,  - fed up with 4 hour stop start Football games, tired of falling asleep watching baseball?, bored with 10 foot tall black guys throwing a ball around on a tiny court?

Let me point you to the worlds greatest Football (Soccer-to you US citizens)  league in the world   yes the English Premier league.

Its a close finish to the season with Manchester United holding off Chelsea with just 3 games to play each -its a nailbiter !!

Plus the semi finals of the European championships are also about to take place with Barcelona v Manchester United and Liverpool v Chelsea ! (on ESPN)

3 British teams in the final 4 of Europe shows just how good it is in the UK now.

so for those of you who like a sport with no stop-starts, is usually over in 90 minutes

and  like to see REAL athletes,

point your TVs to the Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta sports !!

I have no idea what Im going to do in May when the season ends until the start of the new season in August !!

Yes folks big Joe Calzaghe   beat up on your boy-the big mouth  Bernard Hopkins last night in Vegas-  Hopkins from a country of 300 million vs the boy from Wales -population 2.5 million.

(Wales for those who are geographically challenged is on the west part of the UK)

Hopkins gave him a good punch in  the first, but Joe came back with the heart of a lion-landing more punches on the big mouth Hopkins than any other fighter !!

I say Well Done Wales and Congrats Joe !!

(I wonder who I was rooting for) 

:-)

I've noticed now that when a reporter finishes thier news piece the anchor always has to ask a couple of extra questions afterwards  .. WHY?

And I wonder   the reporter always has an answer so are they told they will be asked a couple of questions afterwards and they better find the answers...??

Of us ordinary citizens ?

check out these prices - and  see if just flying to europe is outside your budget nowadays !

this is for 2 adults and 2 kids-just the air fare from OIA to London..

Ouch !

USD 1,137.00

each adult including charges & surcharges (2  total)

USD 959.00

each child including charges & surcharges (2  total)

USD 4,192.00

Total fare for all

USD 617.36

Taxes & fees

USD 4,809.36

Total

on top of record forecloures

Credit card debt

food prices up 11 percent and

no need to mention gas prices

we now hear Bear Stearns plunged more than 50pc and financial markets were shaken around the world after US authorities and JPMorgan Chase stepped into bail out the troubled banking giant

Banks are now appearing to fail....

its gonna get ugly folks.

So Fidel's standing down and Raul (aged76) is taking over.-but at 76  how long for?

Is it time This country  relaxed its   hard line embargo on this  small island nation to our south?

I mean, how big a threat is this island to this mighty country?

The Europeans have had no hangup with Cuba for ages, yet our "leaders"  say no deals with Cuba etc, you cant fly direct to Cuba from the US (how nice of a government in the most free society on the planet to tell its people you cant do that)

Sure, we all know communism dont work, but I believe the more we infiltrate thier system and country, the faster the road to democracy will be !

And as a communist state-thier literacy rate is astounding and thier UNIVERSAL HEALTH Care  is second to none by the way)

After all -If we allowed investment in Cuba  and free travel again-South Florida would be half empty !

:-)

The Euro's have been vacationing in Cuba for decades and enjoying the country-how about we catch up with the rest of the world ........