THe US Army currently sponsors the 01 Chevrolet in NASCAR Nextel Cup competition. The Army’s colors will appear on the famed #8 Chevy currently piloted by Dale Earnhardt Jr in the 2008 season.
From an “Army of 1” to an “Army of 8”? Yep, that’s a surge all right.
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[tags]daleearnhardtjr, dalejr, daleearnhardtinc[/tags]
In the best news the Bill of Rights has had in a while, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned today. He is at least guilty of being an incompetent and ineffective manager.
When CNN first broke the story, their “informed sources” mentioned DHS Secretary Michael “Gut Feeling” Chertoff, another major league Administration lickspittle, as a replacement. This rumor seems to have cooled; I hope that indicates that he won’t be nominated for the next AG.
I never thought I’d say it, but Gonzo made John “I Lost an Election to a Dead Guy” Ashcroft look like an absolute beacon of freedom and justice. I just hope that whoever the next AG is, we won’t be sitting around pining for the “Gonzalez Era.” Don’t laugh; it could happen.
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I’m in front of the teevee in tbbs World HQ, watching coverage of the Minneapolis bridge collapse. MSNBC’s coverage of the incident was reminiscent of old-time reporting, i.e., just the facts. Interviews with eyewitnesses, photos from local media outlets, and a noticeable lack of talking heads, experts, and pontificators. Just the news; tragic, but news.
Meanwhile, in the mid-level of our place, SWMBO is ministering to a neighbor lady, recently divorced, extremely depressed, who expressed suicidal tendencies when I answered the door just a few minutes ago.
This evening could go on a while longer.
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Paula Zahn is jumping ship being released from her excreble prime-time CNN gig, to land again at Fox News, where I’m sure she will continue to distinguish herself in “broadcast journalism”.
Campbell Brown, currently at NBC will take over Paula’s prime-time slot. I actually liked Campbell Brown.
And the whole story differs little from the A-list blogger cluster eff we see almost daily.
At least WTOP news, wherein the link leads, had the good sense to classify this whole mess as “entertainment”. I want “news”, not “entertainment”.
Feh.
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[tags]campbellbrown, CNN, paulazahn, FoxNews[/tags]
This article is a good Contempt of Congress FAQ.
From my perspective, a healthy contempt of Congress is a Good ThingTM.
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[tags]congress[/tags]
Back home, and catching up on news, I see that there were several fireworks accidents here in NoVA last night.
The one that will get the most press is the one on the National Mall; second will be the one in Vienna VA, where SWMBO and I spent many memorable Fourths, before our gracious host and hostess moved to West Virginia, as detailed here.
I wonder how many draconian regulations will issue from these two accidents, probably from the Federal level1. Just wait until next July 4, when we’ll be treated with computer simulations of fireworks on the JumboTron.
Happy Cyber-Birthday, America.
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[tags]july4[/tags]
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NASCAR, apparently not content to merely own the racing business, wants to dominate it. Team sponsors are hard to come by. At $15 million and up for a season, small wonder.
Now, NASCAR sees fit to sue AT&T for $100 million.
Man, when your sponsor is acquired by another, it seems to me there should be some kind of understanding. NASCAR wants $100 mil worth. I might take my business to local dirt tracks.
Let ‘em understand that.
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[tags]NASCAR, nextel, at&t, richardchildressracing[/tags]
By accent anyhow, at least according to this:
| What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)
Midland (“Midland” is not necessarily the same thing as “Midwest”) The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it’s a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn’t mean you’re from the Midland.
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Note the number of green states there. I may be compelled to revisit Indiana and Ohio for their pigmentation on that map.
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And the story of sad sack Andrew Speaker continues to unfold. The poor mope has known about his tuberculosis since the first of the year, but he’s engaged to be married, and heads off to Greece 1 on his honeymoon or whatever.
On the way, we’ve seen DHS/TSA/Customs doing what they do best: pissing away taxpayer dollars, claiming that their screening process keeps us safe, when they can’t even stop one mope, with a presumably valid passport, who is flagged as not suitable to travel. Damn, I wonder.
And then, his daddy-in-law turns out to be a CDC microbiologist specializing in of all things TB.
Tearful apologies from Andy, and Diane Sawyer there to document the whole cluster eff for us.
In the unlikely event I ever fly again, what are the gel and liquid rules for carry-ons?
Man, this is gonna be a “news” story for a while. 2
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[tags]CBP, DHS, andrewspeaker, TSA[/tags]
Jamison Stone, age 11, of Montgomery AL, has bagged a wild boar using a pistol. This specimen measured 9 feet, 4 inches from snout to tail, and weighed in at 1050+ pounds. Or, as the cited article puts it:
Think hams as big as car tires.
They’re mounting the head, which measures 54 inches in circumference, and processing the rest into 500-700 pounds of sausage.
The legendary Hogzilla, taken in 2004 in Georgia, has grown to mythical proportions with the passage of time, like “the one that got away.” Hogzilla was exhumed and examined by National Geographic, who estimated his weight at a svelte 800 pounds.
Jamison’s record hasn’t been officially confirmed; I’d say there’s a lot of competition for appearances and roles in the Hogzilla movie to seize upon his 15-minute fame allotment; witness the creation of Jamison’s website, Monster Pig, wherein the pig has grown to 10′ 7“.
Still, 500-700 pounds of sausage? Hams big as car tires? Wooo, Pig, Sooie.
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[tags]hogzilla, jamisonstone[/tags]
