YOU NEVER KNOW...

WHO WILL COME BY

Yesterday my post about the Burger King commercials got a hit from an ISP identified as "Crispin Porter & Bogusky", out of Miami. That was strange enough to pique my curiosity. Turns out that is the advertising agency that creates Burger King's ads. Oh, I tried their new Steakhouse sandwich yesterday. Just another ground beef patty with steak sauce as one of the condiments. Not really worth the extra cost. I suggest sticking with their Whopper.

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By internet standards, this is a long report. A very interesting article about the changing global economy and the realities we'll have to become use to in the 21st century. I strongly suggest you read it. It may adjust your POV on a lot of things. It put a lot of things in perspective for me.

Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"

THE FORBIDDEN CITY

In the center of Peking Peiping Beijing, China. With all the hoopla about the Olympic Summer Games, I thought that you might enjoy seeing where the seat of power once was in China. You might remember it from the Academy Award winning film, The Last Emperor.

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For a long time on the sidebar has been a link to Nicky's Congo Blog. Well, Nicola Reiss is no longer in the DR Congo. In fact, she is on some much deserved R&R in Australia. She has been traveling that country, visiting family and friends from Geelong to Cape Tribulation. Check out her most recent post (link works now) and maybe you can suggest a new name for her blog. She isn't dropping anchor anywhere just yet. Plans to do some traveling. If you read back through her archives, you'll understand why. She's been to places most of us wouldn't venture into without having Delta Force as an escort.

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Today's primaries in North Carolina and Indiana are drawing a record turnout of voters, according to early reports. This has been the best campaign fight I've ever witnessed. They are in the 13th round of a 15 round fight and still slugging it out, toe-to-toe. This year's Democratic National Convention is going to be the most interesting one of my life. There is nothing like good old-fashioned down-n-dirty American politics.

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Oh, in case you missed the hint in the prior post, Sunday is Mother's Day.

Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"

DAILY CHUCKLE

Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"

A NAME IS...

JUST A NAME. RIGHT?

So why is it when the news wants to tell us about a very tragic event, they call the country Burma? And when we are being informed about political repression and military dictatorship, its Myanmar?

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Como se dice, "flip-flop"?
Just where, exactly does John McCain stand on immigration? He was co-author of a failed bill last summer that demanded major reforms in our "revolving door" policy and yet he needs a strong crossover vote from the latino community this November. Yesterday, in an obvious ploy to woo votes from our nation's largest minority group, he launched a Spanish language version of his website on the most American of Mexican holidays.

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Lex Luthor doesn't exist:
Most street criminals commit crimes of opportunity. To be successful, they have to be lucky in chosing their victims. This lame-brain wasn't.

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Louisiana has an infamous prison named Angola. Located 115 miles northwest of New Orleans, it is their maximum security facility and covers roughly 28 square miles. They don't have a lot of escapes from there. Even if a prisoner got past the the primary fencing they would still have over 5 miles to go before they were "off-property" and would be facing rattlesnakes, crocodiles, wild pigs and bears. Sounds like a fun place to be incarcerated.

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Why do I have the feeling that Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer isn't going to be using this story in any future ad campaigns?

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Has peak oil production finally arrived? Rumors are that Indonesia will be quiting OPEC next year because their production has declined and they now import more crude than they produce. Indonesia is the only OPEC member from southeast Asia.

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I'll be back later with more. Thank you so very much for coming by. Have a fantastic day. Okay?

Mahalo

Aloha

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THE PICTURE GALLERY

Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"