Thinking posative
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So I has this man in the taxi who said early on in the journey.
"If I was starting my life again I would love to be a taxi driver"
He spoke about all t...
Cabs Are For Kissing: Why The Medallion Tanked
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Cabs Are For Kissing: Why The Medallion Tanked: For several years now the
most talked-about topics of conversation with passengers have been Uber and
the f...
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drawing the bluebrint out on all levels. Everything seems to be coliding,
but then again it always has.
Our life has a meaning we are the direction we set...
How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?
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I stopped for a couple of passengers the other day on the Upper West Side
who announced with some enthusiasm that their destination was Carnegie Hall.
I ...
Fifty Favorites, Number Forty-Seven
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14 July '10 -- This is a shot of the Queensborough Bridge (better known to
New Yorkers as the "59th Street Bridge") from the Queens side, looking
toward ...
Future Posts As A Trucker
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Hi Folks
I have started another blog for my trucking posts.
You can read them al here www.truckmann.blogspot.co.uk
Many thanks for the years of reading th...
Naaaa gut!
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Jaaaaahaaaa, ich hab ja auch so schon ein schlechtes Gewissen. Ich hab Euch
vernachlässigt. Und ein paar Menschen aus dem Paderborner Freundeskreis
werden ...
I have heard though that ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), DHS, CIA , FBI and TSA have sealed warrants for his arrest for illegally entering the country every year with goods that have not had import taxes paid on, violating the "NO-FLY" list, failure to file a flight plan, no passport or entry visa, possible pedophile activities, habituating known haunts of terrorist organizations globally, and slavery. The IRS wants to know how a man with no known income is able to acquire the "presents" he illegally dumps on an ailing global economy. The DEA also has questions about what type of material he puts in his pipe. His famous "RED" suit and the giving away of commercial merchandise for "free" have given rise to speculation that he might have ties to communist organizations. His ability to enter and egress any room, in any structure across the world without, normally, detection has given rise to suspicions that he might be the source of the leaked U.S. Government documents being released by Wikileaks.
NORAD is also collaborating with Google Earth to provide documentation of his movements across the planet.
"I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossibleto buy a week's groceries for $20.00."
"Have you seen the new cars coming out next year?It won't be long before $2,000.00 will only buy a used one."
"If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit.A quarter a pack is ridiculous."
"Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?"
"If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, Nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store."
"When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage."
"I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying DAMN in GONE WITH THE WIND, it seems every new movie has either HELL or DAMN in it."
"I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas."
"Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the President."
"I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now."
"It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet."
"It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work."
"I'm afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business."
"Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress."
"The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."
"There is no sense going to Lincoln orOmaha anymore for a weekend, It costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel."
"No one can afford to be sick anymore. At $35.00 a day in the hospital, it's too rich for my blood."
"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a haircut, forget it."
We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, now you get mad!?!?
You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.
You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate energy policy.
You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got ousted.
You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.
You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.
You didn't get mad when we spent over 600 billion (and counting) on said illegal war.
You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars just disappeared in Iraq .
You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people.
You didn't get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.
You didn't get mad when we didn't catch Bin Laden.
You didn't get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed.
You didn't get mad when we let a major US city drown.
You didn't get mad when we gave a 900 billion tax break to the rich.
You didn't get mad when, using reconciliation; a trillion dollars of our tax dollars were redirected to insurance companies for Medicare Advantage which cost over 20 percent more for basically the same services that Medicare provides.
You didn't get mad when the deficit hit the trillion dollar mark, and our total national debt hit the thirteen trillion dollar ($13,000,000,000,000.00) mark.
You FINALLY got mad when the government decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, are perfectly fine with you, but helping your fellow American citizens live healthier lives.... That's where you draw the line.
As of 20-OCTOBER-2010 (IMDb) (NO ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION)
RankTitle(Year of Release)Worldwide Box Office
1. Avatar(2009)$2,780,339,004
2. Titanic(1997) $1,835,300,000
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)$1,129,219,252
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006) $1,060,332,628
5. Toy Story 3(2010) $1,058,144,168
6. Alice in Wonderland(2010) $1,023,285,206
7. The Dark Knight(2008)$1,001,921,825
8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(2001) $968,657,891
9. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End(2007) $958,404,152
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2007) $937,000,866
11. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009)$933,956,980
12. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace(1999) $922,379,000
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002)$921,600,000
14. Jurassic Park(1993)$919,700,000
15. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005)$892,194,397
16. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs(2009)$887,773,705
17. Spider-Man 3(2007)$885,430,303
18. Shrek 2(2004) $880,871,036
19. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(2002)$866,300,000
20. Finding Nemo(2003) $865,000,000
21. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001) $860,700,000
22. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith(2005)$848,462,555
23. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen(2009)$835,276,689
24. Inception(2010)$811,451,947
25. Independence Day(1996)$811,200,000
26. Spider-Man(2002)$806,700,000
27. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope(1977) $797,900,000
28. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(2004)$795,458,727
29. Shrek the Third(2007)$791,106,665
30. Spider-Man 2(2004)$783,577,893
31. The Lion King(1994)$783,400,000
32. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull(2008)$783,011,114
33. 2012(2009)$766,812,167
34. The Da Vinci Code(2006)$758,236,138
35. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial(1982)$756,700,000
36. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe(2005) $738,809,845
37. The Matrix Reloaded(2003)$735,600,000
38. Shrek Forever After(2010)$731,071,987
39. Up(2009)$727,079,556
40. Transformers(2007)$700,759,914
41. New Moon(2009)$687,919,304
42. Eclipse(2010)$681,123,113
43. Forrest Gump(1994)$679,400,000
44. The Sixth Sense(1999)$661,500,000
45. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl(2003) $653,200,000
46. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones(2002)$648,200,000
47. Kung Fu Panda(2008)$633,395,021
48. The Incredibles(2004)$624,037,578
49. Ice Age: The Meltdown(2006)$623,829,763
50. Hancock(2008)$623,546,274
51. Iron Man 2(2010)$616,757,433
52. Ratatouille(2007)$615,935,493
53. The Lost World: Jurassic Park(1997)$614,300,000
54. The Passion of the Christ(2004)$604,370,943
55. Mamma Mia!(2008) $601,204,210
56. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa(2008)$594,082,968
57. War of the Worlds(2005) $591,377,056
58. Casino Royale(2006)$587,607,184
59. Men in Black(1997)$587,200,000
60. I Am Legend(2007)$583,986,216
61. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi(1983)$572,700,000
62. Iron Man(2008)$571,827,600
63. Night at the Museum(2006)$571,063,268
64. Quantum of Solace (2008)$569,968,427
65. Armageddon(1998)$554,600,000
66. King Kong(2005)$547,051,260
67. Mission: Impossible II(2000)$545,300,000
68. Home Alone(1990)$533,800,000
69. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back(1980)$533,800,000
70. WALL·E(2008) $532,506,889
71. Monsters, Inc.(2001)$528,900,000
72. The Day After Tomorrow(2004)$527,939,919
73. The Simpsons Movie(2007) $525,532,370
74. Sherlock Holmes(2009)$518,419,489
75. Ghost(1990)$517,600,000
76. Terminator 2: Judgment Day(1991)$516,800,000
77. Aladdin(1992) $501,900,000
78. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade(1989)$494,800,000
79. Twister(1996) $494,700,000
80. How to Train Your Dragon(2010)$492,387,997
81. Clash of the Titans(2010)$491,592,114
82. Angels & Demons(2009)$485,975,846
83. Toy Story 2(1999) $485,700,000
84. Troy(2004)$481,228,348
85. Saving Private Ryan(1998)$479,300,000
86. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(2005)$471,856,431
87. Jaws(1975)$470,600,000
88. Pretty Woman(1990)$463,400,000
89. The Hangover(2009)$461,613,371
90. Bruce Almighty(2003)$458,900,000
91. 300(2006) $456,592,590
92. The Matrix(1999)$456,300,000
93. Gladiator(2000) $456,200,000
94. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) $455,260,014
95. Shrek(2001)$455,100,000
96. Cars(2006)$454,752,771
97. National Treasure: Book of Secrets(2007) $453,961,501
98. Mission: Impossible(1996)$452,500,000
99. Pearl Harbor(2001)$450,400,000
100. Ocean's Eleven(2001) $444,200,000 Last update: 20 October 2010
All of these (plus over 1,600 more) are available for free viewing at my other website:
Any one who believes that the First Amendment [Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances] applies to anyone other than a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Christian.
Any belief more liberal than Baptist.
Any belief more conservative than Pentecostal.
Gays (excluding "lipstick" lesbians)
Mormans
Communists
Socialists
Democrats
Any one who doesn't exactly agree with all my opinions
I know this will help me get into Heaven. The Bible told me so. "Let's all be careful out there!"
A NASA composite image of Earth at night.
Because of the light pollution, all of you in the bright areas have never truly seen the night sky. What a shame.
You can view/download the full sized imageHERE. It will open in a new tab or window, depending on how your browser is set.
An interesting note:
The amount of light is a very good indication of the industrial strength of a region or country.
Back in 2001, everybody was saying "let's bomb them into the 'stone-age'" when referring to Afghanistan.
Uh, duh. They were/are in the stone-age.
Closer examination will also show you just how weak Kim Jung-Il's North Korea (DPRK) is.
This is a mosaic of quite a few images, stitched together to produce this magnificent portrait. The Sun is behind the disk of Saturn, and you can see the rings lit up on the sides, but in silhouette against the disk itself.
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Bring it on 2026
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It is with great sadness, that the family of Brian announces his passing on
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We have moved.
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We have moved. By this, I mean-me, myself, and I. So, if you feel inclined,
please join me over there.The connecting link is at the bottom. Yes, I am
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Buyer Beware...
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Many new ways have popped up recently for purchasing big ticket items. You
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a c...
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Fisking Obama’s Gun Control Speech
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dib...
Lady Driver
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911R: 911 What is your emergency?
Caller: There's a car on the side of the road. There's a lady inside and
her hazard lights are on. It looks like she might...
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A store employee coming to work discovered three males loading stolen
merchandise into a car then leaving. He followed while on the phone with
police. Whe...