happy new year and thank you...

I just want to thank all of you for your educational e-mails over the past year. I am totally screwed up now and have very little chance of recovery.






I no longer open a public bathroom door without using a paper towel or have them put lemon slices in my ice water without worrying about the bacteria on the lemon peel.

I can't use the remote in a hotel room because I don't know what the last person was doing while flipping through the adult movie channels.







I can't sit down on the hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what has happened on it since it was last washed.

I have trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because the number one pastime while driving alone is picking ones nose (although cell phone usage may be taking the number one spot).






Eating a little snack sends me on a guilt trip because I can only imagine how many gallons of trans-fats I have consumed over the years.






I can't touch any woman's purse for fear she has placed it on the floor of a public bathroom.

I MUST SEND MY SPECIAL THANKS to whoever sent me the one about poop in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet sponge with every envelope that needs sealing.





ALSO, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason,







I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.

I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program.

I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me and St. Theresa's Novena has granted my every wish.







I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.







I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.

THANKS TO YOU I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.

BECAUSE OF YOUR CONCERN, I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains.






I no longer can buy gasoline without taking someone along to watch the car so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas.







I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put 'Under God' on their cans.

I no longer use Saran Wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.






AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW I can't boil a cup of water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face... disfiguring me for life.

I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.

I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.

I no longer receive packages from UPS or Fed Ex since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.

I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our American troops or the Salvation Army.

I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan. where ever the hell they are...






I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe.

THANKS TO YOU I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my butt.






AND THANKS TO YOUR GREAT ADVICE I can't ever pick up $5.00 dropped in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.

I can no longer drive my car because I can't buy gas from certain gas companies!







I can't do any gardening because I'm afraid I'll get bitten by the brown recluse and my hand will fall off.






If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 pm. tomorrow afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbor's ex-mother-in- law's second husband's cousin's beautician.


so...






Oh, by the way.....


A German scientist from Argentina , after a lengthy study, has discovered that people with insufficient brain activity read their e-mail with their hand on the mouse.

Don't bother taking it off now, it's too late.

25th anniversary...

Motorola introduced the first cell phone 25 years ago today. I think I'd be hard pressed to say if the computer or the cell phone has had the biggest effect on civilization. The cell phone may be more prevalent and has a more immediate effect. Maybe sometime down the road history books will compare it the Gutenberg printing press for how much it changed the world.

My first phone? a Motorola bag phone -





The phone I have now?





quite a difference? huh?

a bite of the Apple...

away from campaign insanity...

The Inquistr is reporting today, well, read their headline: EXCLUSIVE: Apple to launch $800 laptop

Bad news for Microsoft? Additional market share for Apple? The move on which Mr. Jobs has been working? Lots of questions.

What I know, since I have had AAPL stock for many, many years, is that while the market is down 324.50, AAPL is up 4.45.

From the story:

According to the source, Apple retail stores have been given price sheets that list 12 price points for the new range, with prices between $800-$3100. Current lines only have 8 price points, 3 Macbooks starting at $1099, 3 Macbook Pros and 2 Macbook Airs. According to the source, retail outlets usually get the price lists 10 days before products hit the market. Technical specs for the new laptops were not included on the price sheet.

now... if they could just do something about the ******* problems with Safari, i'd be happy...

iPhone madness...

No, I'm not talking about all of the people who stood in line for the new 3G version, nor the problems with activation on the first day of sales, nor the update problems with the previous versions.

I'm talking about all the headlines in most all major news sources - papers, television, and radio - that focused on the fact that there were problems.

It happens every time Apple has problems with a new product of any kind. It's made into BIG news, as if it's spelling out the death of the brand.

Think! how many times do you hear about snafus by Microsoft? Hardly ever, compared to the vast amount of problems they seem to have on a daily basis. Do they consistently make the headlines?

No.

Does Microsoft's stock tank a bit each time?

No.

Does it take days or weeks for Microsoft to fix the problem?

Yes. In the case of Vista, it's still not fixed almost three years later.

Apple fixed all the problems by the afternoon yesterday. After trying around noon, I had version 2.0 of the software completely installed and working by 5:00 pm.

I've gone through this Apple scenario for, well, my first Apple was a II so you can imagine how long it's been.

As far as the stock, it went down $4.05 yesterday, but so did most other stocks. Some media said it went down because of the problems. Hell, I've watched the stock go down when they come out with a brand new, phenomenal product. It's Apple! People have this mindset that it is a toy company. If it weren't for Apple, think about this, there would be no Microsoft. Mr. Gates borrowed the whole idea.

Also, as far as the stock, I bought it at $17 and some change years ago. Even though it went down $4.05 yesterday, ending at $172.58 for the day, my investment has a increased 1000%!

Hello!!! buy an iPhone. Please...




my retirement funding needs a little help more help...

I’m Still waiting….

I did what you told me …
I sent the email to 10 people like you said ...
I’m still waiting for that miracle to happen.

To all my friends who in the last year sent me best ‘wishes’, chain letters, ‘angel’ letters or other promises of good luck if I forwarded something,

NONE OF THAT SHIT WORKED!

For 2008, could you, please, just send money, Vodka, chocolate, movie tickets or gasoline vouchers and airline tickets instead?

Thank you!

weekender...

in case you decided to stay home today to do some work, we all know what you're doing...

e-books...

I am a nut for technology and all its (de)vices. I readily admit it. They are both useful and a hobby for me.

One of the things that I have fought is e-books believing that it wouldn't satisfy the pleasure of holding an actual book in my paws.

On the other hand, I also was envious of seeing Jean-Luc Picard and his crew on Enterprise using e-books to read, even if sometimes Jean-Luc read antiques books for effect.

Well, I finally broke down, I bought Amazon's Kindle a couple of weeks ago.






It's amazing. For the first time in quite a while I'm able to read every word because I can change the font size for my tired, old, aging eyes. It's comfortable to hold, lightweight, easily transported, only the size of one of those fancy paperback books and comfortable on the stationary bike.

Current books cost $9.99; older books are cheaper; and I bought one for $2.39! It also makes my habit of reading more than one book at a time extra easy. I don't have to find a book when I want to read it. They are all there on the Kindle.

Of course, I know that I won't be able to give up hard copy books completely. There is just something about what Guttenberg gave us so many centuries ago...

calling for support...

THIS IS IN INDIA.

You know...

IT'S WHERE YOU CALL WHEN YOU HAVE A TECHNICAL PROBLEM WITH YOUR COMPUTER.

ummmm...

A clean house is the sign
of a broken computer.

weekender...

I'm pretty sure this is absolutely the truth, I think, uh maybe..., umm sorta...

After having dug to a depth of 10 yards last year, New York scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, California scientists dug to a depth of 20 yards, and shortly after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read:

"California archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high- tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers."

One week later, the Argus Leader, a local news paper in South Dakota, reported the following:

"After digging as deep as 30 yards in hay fields near Watertown , Ole Johnson, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing."

Ole has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, South Dakota, had already gone wireless.


i've always liked archeology. it's fascinating what you can find out about our ancestors...


don't laugh...

it could happen........

Sir Arthur C. Clarke, 1917 - 2008

In 1945 Sir Arthur C. Clarke developed a revolutionary way, for which he was paid £15, to improve communications as well as many other things that are now common every day workings to which we pay no attention. He conceptualized geosynchronous orbits [now known as Clarke Orbits] as a way of allowing satellites to remain in a stationary orbit around the earth to improve communications, cable and satellite television, GPS, spying, and weather reporting, among many other things, that became easier and more precise. Of course, the first satellite, Sputnik, did not go into orbit until 1957, twelve years later. Forward thinking, no dreaming, is such an important part of life and Sir Arthur was a genius at it.

He was asked of which of the three main accomplishments in his life, writer, undersea explorer and space promoter, he would best liked to be remembered, he responded, writer. I spent hours reading his words over the years. Rendezvous with Rama is by far my favorite of his works, though 2001: A Space Odyssey is probably his most noted.

Sir Arthur died yesterday at the age of 90 in his adopted home of Sri Lanka with the hope that the ongoing civil war there would come to a peaceful end. His latest novel, The Last Theorem, co-written with Frederik Pohl, will be released later this year. I can't wait to read it.

some of you can still remember...

i hope...



i still have my typewriter in the back room. it cost over $600 when i bought it back in the 80's! i'm hoping that some day it will be worth more as an antique.

i have some typing habits that i just can't get rid of from using it. for example, if i make a typing error, i will hit delete all the way back to the error instead of just putting the cursor next to the incorrect letter, and i've been using a computer from the time of the Apple II.

some habits are just too hard to beat. like the clock in the kitchen. it was on the same wall for 47 years. when i remodeled the kitchen 5 years ago, i had to move it. to this day, if i'm in the kitchen and want to see what time it is, i still look first at that wall.

Habits are like submarines. They run silent and deep. – Denis Waitley

what a difference a century makes...

THE YEAR 1907

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1907. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the U.S. Statistics for the Year 1907:


************************************


The average life expectancy in the U.S. Was 47 years old.

Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. Had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

A three-minute call from Denver to New York City Cost $11.

There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California.

With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!

The average wage in the U.S. Was 22¢ per hour.

The average U.S. Worker made between $200 and $400 per year .

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
A dentist made $2,500 per year,
A veterinarian $1,500 per year,
And a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95% of all births in the U.S. Took place at HOME.

Ninety percent of all U.S. Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as "substandard."

Sugar cost 4¢ a pound.

Eggs were 14¢ a dozen.

Coffee was 15¢ a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.

Five leading causes of death in the U.S. Were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.

There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Two out of every 10 U.S. Adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6% of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."


There were about 230 reported Murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A.!

This post got to you and others all over the United States, possibly the world, in a matter of just Seconds !!!!!!!!!

PASS THIS ALONG!!!!!
Just Try to imagine.....
What it may be like ....
In another 100 years !!!!!!!

IT STAGGERS THE MIND !!!!!!!!!


And make certain to save this to show it to your children and grandchildren !!!!


diarrhea?????????

canned beer???????????

Leopard leaps...

As usual, I had to get Apple's newest OS X incarnation - Leopard - instantly.

I have to say it not only is the best OS I've ever used but has taken care of a number of problems I was having with my Intel MacBook. The fans no longer run constantly nor at full speed when watching video. Safari has become completely stable and no longer quits when clicking on a PDF. The physical temperature has gone down considerably and longer leaves a red spot on my lap. It's faster and clearer. It's obvious that it was developed for the Intel based machines, even though, I think, it says that it will work with the last 12 generations of Macs. Sweet. [That part I'll let you know about after I install it on my other machines. I'm especially interested in what it will do on the computer I use for music, movies, pictures, etc. That will really put it to the test. Those things are power and memory hogs.]

The new features are also, after 24 hours making my work so much easier. I'm one of those who has multiple windows, applications and utilities open at the same time. Spaces has solved the problem of finding where I'm going easier. The new Dock feature called Stacks makes finding documents in frequently used folders so easy to find without ever going to a Finder window or list and forgetting where I was or what I was doing.

Cover Flow is one of the greatest things of all. It's a view of each document in a folder that you can see at the top of the window that is similar to the iPhone and iTouchPod that allows you to determine if the document you want is in fact the one. at the top of the window, over the list of documents, is a flowing of all the folder's contents. If you think you see the one you're looking for, rather than opening up the application, you merely hit the spacebar and a full image of the document pops out at you as it looks in the application. If it's the one you're looking for, you just double-click on it. Check it out:



Brilliant!

i am sooooo happy with Leopard.

of course, it is purely for selfish reasons. not only because it solves lots of problems for me, makes working much easier, but because i have Apple stock that i bought years ago at $17. yesterday's close was $184.70!

it's more than a to'fer...

spray on condom...

NO, this isn't a joke! A German company has invented and placed a spray-on condom on the market. Honest.




I have not been able to find any websites in English, but if you read French you can find it here: Le préservatif en spray... or do a google and translate the entry. Here's the google.com page to get you started - un préservatif en spray

préservatif is the French word for condom.

In a nutshell [pun intended], during the heat of sex [le feu du sex] the man inserts his erect winkie into the, uh, canister, presses a button and the spray within seconds forms a condom, that is incredibly thin, around le sexe. [That's French for winkie.] There is no problem with finding the right size and younger men who have not, uh, reached their full potential don't have to worry and those who have, uh, how shall I say this... those who have the envy of size queens don't have to worry about being restricted. [Reminds me of the old joke, "If there's two things I can't stand it's size queens and small c***s."]

Ummmm, it costs about €25 ($34.45) and will last about 2 years. At the end of the two years you buy a refill bottle of the latex and, well, you know the rest. Kind of like buying soap refills. The French Ministry of Health still hasn't given its final approval saying that there are still some questions it has. I bet...

there are sooooo many different comments i could make about this that i'm having a really hard time [pun not intended.]

oh, one of the selling points is that there can be no rip in the condom from being overanxious when removing the foil as in normal condoms. or for that matter, no wearing out from years of storage in a wallet or drying up because it's too old or... Oh hell, there goes all the fun of teen sex...

one problem i can see is that it won't fit in your pocket and if you do you could get arrested for lewdness.
i wonder if this will have any effect on "Not tonight. I have a headache."?

the trick to getting an iPhone...

I stopped in my local Apple store the other day because I needed to replace my Cube's power block. I asked the guys if there was any trick to getting a new iPhone any easier. They snickered and said,

"Yeah, camping gear."

As much as I've been waiting for years, I can wait...

[biting my knuckles as i wrote this...]

Let's Start the Internet Revolution...

Dear Friends:

The FCC is on the verge of turning over a large chunk of the public airwaves to the same giant phone and cable companies that control high-speed Internet access for more than 96 percent of connected American homes.

This public "spectrum" could revolutionize the Internet in America. Its wireless signal passes through concrete buildings and over mountains; it can connect tens of million of Americans who are being passed over by Internet providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.

Don't let the FCC give away our wireless Internet to these price-gouging giants. The FCC deadline is fast approaching. Act now:

Tell the FCC: Use Our Airwaves for the Public Good

Broadcast television channels will soon vacate these airwaves when they go digital by 2009. If used right, these public airways will revolutionize the ways we connect to laptops, cell phones, PDAs, music players and other mobile Internet devices. They can deliver an open Internet into your house without the need for a telephone wire or cable modem.

Phone and cable lobbyists are pressuring the FCC to sell companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast our airwaves so they can horde spectrum and stifle competitive and cheaper alternatives to their established networks.

This would be a disaster. After years of phone and cable company control over Internet access, the United States has fallen to 16th in the world in high-speed Internet rankings, with few choices and some of the highest prices for the slowest speeds in the world. We will continue this decline as long as we let AT&T, Verizon and Comcast dictate the terms of Internet access for the majority of Americans.

These phone and cable giants refuse to open their networks to competitive applications and services. They lobby Washington to stifle new innovations like Internet phone service and to destroy Net Neutrality, the one principle that protects equal opportunity and free choice on the Web.

We need to end their stranglehold and demand a better Internet for everyone:

Tell the FCC: Keep the New Internet Open to All

With open networks, the rest of the world has rapidly adopted high-speed, Internet platforms for education, economic innovation, creativity and civic participation. Countries like South Korea, Japan, France and Canada have leapfrogged the United States and now offer faster Internet connections at far lower prices.

It's time we caught up.

Act now and help clear the path for a technology that will deliver faster, more open and affordable Internet for everyone.

Thank you,

Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press

The FCC needs to hear from you about the importance of setting aside the public airwaves for a faster, more open and neutral Internet.

I just told my story at SavetheInternet.com and urged the FCC to protect the public airwaves for the public good. This is our one best chance to make America's Internet more accessible and open to everyone.

Click here to take action to improve the Internet for generations to come:
Save the Internet

and tell your friends.

Thank you

monday morning mayhem...

1. internet truth...

2. Funky Gizzardhump

MY NEW NAME IS IN THE SUBJECT.....DON'T LAUGH UNTIL YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOUR NEW NAME IS

We all need a little stress-reliever! This only takes a minute.

Sometimes when you have a stressful day or week, you need some silliness to break up the day. If we are honest, we have a lot more stressful days than not. Here is your dose of humor...


Follow the instructions to find your new name. The following is excerpted from a children's book, Captain Underpants And the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants, by Dave Pilkey, in which the evil Professor forces everyone to assume new names.

So:


1. Use the third letter of your first name to determine your New first name:

a = snickle

b = doombah

c = goober

d = cheesey

e = crusty

f = greasy

g = dumbo

h = farcus

i = dorky

j = doofus

k = funky

l = boobie

m = sleezy

n = sloopy

o = fluffy

p = stinky

q = slimy

r = dorfus

s = snooty

t = tootsie

u = dipsy

v = sneezy

w = liver

x = skippy

y = dinky

z = zippy


2. Use the second letter of your last name to determine the first half of your new last name:

a = dippin

b = feather

c = batty

d = burger

e = chicken

f = barffy

g = lizard

h = waffle

i = farkle

j = monkey

k = flippin

l = fricken

m = bubble

n = rhino

o = potty

p = hamster

q = buckle

r = gizzard

s = lickin

t = snickle

u = chuckle

v = pickle

w = hubble

x = dingle

y = gorilla

z = girdle


3. Use the third letter of your last name to determine the second half of your new last name:

a = butt

b = boob

c = face

d = nose

e = hump

f = breath

g = pants

h = shorts

i = lips

j = honker

k = head

l = tush

m = chunks

n = dunkin

o = brains

p = biscuits

q = toes

r = doodle

s = fanny

t = sniffer

u = sprinkles

v = frack

w = squirt

x = humperdinck

y = hiney

z = juice


Thus, for example, George W. Bush's new name is: Fluffy Chucklefanny.

Now COPY & SEND THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS ...use your new name as the subject.

And remember that children laugh an average of 146 times a day; adults laugh an average of 4 times a day. Put more laughter in your day.

3. HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED

Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

4. too ill...

monday morning mayhem...

[a bit early, because I'm leaving early Saturday morning on a cruise...]

1. modern education...

Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that
You could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I Asked for a half dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets," said the Teenager at the counter. "You don't?" I replied. "We only have six, nine, or twelve," was the reply. "So I can't order half Dozen nuggets, but I can order six?" "That's right." So I Shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.

2. check this out...

I was checking out at the local Wal-Mart with just a few items and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those "dividers" that they keep by the cash register and placed it between our things so they wouldn't get mixed. After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked up the "divider", looking it all over for the bar code so she could scan it. Not finding the bar code, she said to me, "Do you know how much this is?" I said to her "I've changed my mind; I don't think I'll buy that today." She said "OK," and I paid her for the things and left. She had no clue to what had just happened.

3.computers make the world a better place...

My neighbor works in the operations department in the central office of a large bank. Employees in the field call him when they have problems with their computers. One night he got a call from a woman in one of the branch banks who had this question: "I've got smoke coming from the back of my terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?" [Think she was blond?]

4. suffer the little chldren...

3-year-old Reese:
"Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is His name.
Amen."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A little boy was overheard praying:
"Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it.
I'm having a real good time like I am."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After the christening of his baby brother in church,
Jason sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car.
His father asked him three times what was wrong.
Finally, the boy replied, "That preacher said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home, and I wanted to stay with you guys."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

One particular four-year-old prayed,
"And forgive us our trash baskets
as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A Sunday school teacher asked her children as they
were on the way to church service,

"And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?"

One bright little girl replied,

"Because people are sleeping."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A father was at the beach with his children when the four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore where a seagull lay dead in the sand. "Daddy, what happened to him?" the son asked.
"He died and went to Heaven," the Dad replied.
The boy thought a moment and then said,
"Did God throw him back down?"

what's going on here (part XVIII)...

can someone explain...

Furor on Rush to Require Cervical Cancer Vaccine

Racing to embrace a new vaccine, at least 20 states are considering mandatory inoculation of young girls against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.

But a roaring backlash has some health experts worried that the proponents, including the vaccine’s maker, Merck, have pushed too far too fast, potentially undermining eventual prospects for the broadest possible immunization.

Groups wary of drug industry motives find themselves on the same side of the anti-vaccination debate with unexpected political allies: religious and cultural conservatives who oppose mandatory use of the vaccine because they say it would encourage sexual activity by young girls.

The backlash from the point of view that it is happening too fast has an excellent point. Couple that with the fact that the immunization costs around $400 right now and there is grounds to question the expediency of the effort by the drug manufacturer. A little price gouging perhaps? The stand by the religious and cultural conservatives is a little questionnable. What is their real motive? Could it be continued subjugation and control of women? I have yet to find anyone needing encouragement when it comes to the flesh. As far as the religious and cultural conservatives aren't they the group with the highest divorce rate because they had to get married at a young age because they couldn't keep their collective pants on? just asking...

Exta, Extra, Inventor of the Remote Dies - Turn Your TV On and Off 21 Times as a Salute

Robert Adler died this week at 93 years old. He invented the wireless tv remote a little over 50 years ago, finally giving men an important responsibility around the house

There are just too many places to take this story - and so many jokes - but the fact is that Robert Adler probably had an impact on life equal to the invention of the light bulb. I'm serious. There's just no other comment that I can make. Well, before you do the 21-click salute, make sure the batteries in your remote are not almost out of juice. I wonder if he died with a remote in his hand?

2 Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 56, Injure Scores

Two car bombs exploded in an outdoor market in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 56 people and injuring scores in the deadliest attack since U.S. and Iraqi forces began a major security push around the capital last week.

Of course, just yesterday the MSM and Washington was reporting how the last two days had been so quiet in Baghdad that it was a sign that the surge was starting to work. Is there supposed to be some sort of timetable that the insurgents use in planning their attacks? Can you hear the planning sessions now, "Oh, let's not bomb for two days. That way the infidels will think that their surge is working. Then we'll blow up a huge bomb and kill lots of people when they let down their guard." Yeah, right. It's probably more like, "Bomb the f*^@ers as soon as the new shipment of explosives arrives. Inventory is kind of low right at the moment.

Flier bill of rights in works

Malkin: “I’m skeptical of anything that has ‘Bill of Rights’ tacked on to it”

Lawmakers in the House and the Senate are drafting bills that would create a new "airline passenger bill of rights" that, among other things, would require planes delayed on the ground more than three hours to allow passengers to get off, compel airlines to provide passengers with frequent updates about delays and mandate disclosure of information about chronically delayed or canceled flights....

If the suggested legislation takes off ...

Provisions in a proposed passenger bill of rights include:

- Give passengers the right to deplane after a flight has been held on the ground for three hours.

- Require airlines to frequently update passengers at the airport and aboard aircraft on the cause and timing of delays.

- Require airlines to disclose information on chronically delayed or canceled flights at the time of ticket purchase.

- Require airlines to make every effort to return checked bags to passengers within 24 hours.

- Require airlines to draft and prominently display a Passenger Bill of Rights, which either meets or exceeds the standards in this bill.

There should be no problem with this concept. From a marketing and business standpoint it is something that the airlines should want to happen. They should be doing it right now. I once had an experience like the passengers on jetBlue last week. This was a flight from Paris to Chicago via New York. We took off late from Paris because TWA didn't want to pay for hotel rooms for passengers on a connecting flight from Cairo via Frankfort. We made up time and got to JFK only 30 minutes late. However, since we were late, JFK wouldn't let the plane go to the gate. We had to park on the tarmac and disembark using a bus. No problem except that they only used one bus and the plane was a fully loaded 747! It took more than an hour. We missed our connecting flight by 10 minutes. TWA made arrangements for another flight but... it was at LaGuardia! They gave us $20 for a taxi but didn't bother to tell Pan American that they put us on the flight to Chicago.

Thanks for a very understanding ticket agent, we got on the flight and pulled away from the gate immediately. As soon as we did the pilot came on the P.A. system and said, "I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that they are going to let us take off even with the approaching weather front. The bad news is we're #34 in the queu. I'm instructing the flight attendants to break out the Jack Daniels!" We got to Chicago 18+ hours after leaving Paris in what is normally a 9 hour 15 minute flight. Most of the time we were on a plane. TWA sent me a $50 voucher for my next flight with them. Quess what? There was no next flight with TWA. There is no such thing as TWA anymore either. It's what happens when you have shitty business practices.

As far as the second headline and its connection to the story on Passenger Bill of Rights, Michelle Malkin interviewed Kate Hanni, the woman who is behind the passenger movement, and it was her openning response to Ms. Hanni. Wouldn't you question anyone who has a problem with the concept of a Bill of Rights? If there were not a Bill of Rights, Ms. Malkin wouldn't be able to spew the evils she spits out. I also do with her as I did with TWA: I don't watch or read her s*^@! The companion to freedom of speech is freedom to not listen...


Sources: New York Times, LAist.com, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Crooks & Liars