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Of Course I'm Willing To Risk My Life. It's Only Your Money Spent Rescuing Me.
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Mon Jun 14, 2010 at 08:36:03 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
We recently discussed a story about a man, a mountain, a dream, and his death. Some people called him an idiot for putting his life at risk. Some called him a "fucking opportunistic scumbag" for using charity as a dodge to cover his expenses. One wonders what the level of invective will be at the saga of Abby Sunderland.
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Living Life Large At 29,000 Feet; Dying Alone at 28,200 Feet
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Thu Jun 03, 2010 at 08:09:47 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, remains the ultimate mountain climber's quest a full half century after it was first conquered. In keeping with what makes a quest worthy, any climb to the summit of Everest can prove fatal. Climbing Mount Everest is an effort which could end up life-ending as well as life-defining. For one Scottish climber recently, it proved to be both.
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Featured Diary: Public Decency Demands That $#*! Be Banned From The Airwaves
MayorBob.
Posted to Media on Tue May 25, 2010 at 03:24:13 PM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
For those of you who thought that Boston Legal might be the last we see of the Shatner in a TV series, the news he is lined up to star in a new sitcom for CBS is, uh, um, encouraging? Ah well, no matter how you feel about the actor, the story really isn't his return. The story is the name of the show for which he's going to tap into his thespic muse. At least one public decency group is outraged, OUTRAGED, I tell you, that Shatner and CBS would be so crass and depraved as to broadcast such an offensive title over the airwaves. They're not amused and they plan on protesting (or something).
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We Don't Need Your Stinking Mosque Near Our Sacred Site.
MayorBob.
Posted to Religion on Thu May 20, 2010 at 07:59:24 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
To many Americans, Ground Zero in lower Manhattan is an historical location, the exact spot where everything changed on September 11th, 2001. To many New Yorkers, especially those who lost loved ones on that fateful day, it is a sacred spot. Is it really sacred and, if it is, just how far from Ground Zero does sacredness extend? The proposal by an Islamic cleric to build an Islamic cultural center a few blocks away from Ground Zero has once again stirred raw emotions in the Big Apple.
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The Type Of Illegal Immigrant We Need To Have In This Country
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Sat May 15, 2010 at 08:14:02 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Jessica Colotl of Atlanta plans on graduating from Kennesaw State University next year with a degree in political science. Senior year is tough enough without distractions tossed in. But distractions look to be a factor in Colotl's life. It turns out the honor student is an illegal immigrant and that fact having surfaced has caught the attention, and rancor, of all sorts of people.
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An Unkind Cut For Home Depot
MayorBob.
Posted to Legal on Thu May 13, 2010 at 08:08:53 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
When a big company has a problem and someone comes along with a cure for that problem, you'd think that the big company would be happy to pay for the fix, wouldn't you. You'd certainly think that if the problem involved employees being injured on the job. You'd really think that if the big company agreed to pay someone for the cure. Because the big company, Home Depot in this case, saw a way around paying Michael Powell the (US)$4 million it owed him for design of a safety device. This cagy move is now going to cost it a minimum of $25 million in damages, legal fees and interest.
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The Case Of The Unjolly Ranchers
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Sat May 08, 2010 at 03:57:08 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Crosby, Stills and Nash harmonized that we must "teach the children well." At least one third grader in Texas has been taught well, indeed. For instance, when martinets in power say no, they mean no. When schools say zero, as in zero tolerance, they mean zero. When grownups commit to stupid policies, they will act them out regardless how stupid they make them look. Leighann Adair, a ten-year-old elementary student in Orchard, Texas had to serve out her week-long suspension. What did Leighann do? Did she bring a set of potentially deadly nail clippers to class? Did she put a couple of Advil in her backpack? Did she draw a picture of a gun on a piece of paper. No, Leighann was caught holding a piece of Jolly Rancher candy.
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Timothy Treadwell Really Should Have Gotten That Bear To Sign That Release
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Mon May 03, 2010 at 10:16:44 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
There are any number of arguments about how we shouldn't kill or harm animals. Eating meat is murder. Hunting makes you a creep. Dog fighting will land you in jail. If you don't neuter your pet, you're an insensitive clod. If you've ever visited a zoo, you're part of the problem. But this one takes the cake -- you're an asshole for photographing animals or watching wild animal shows.
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Bomb Scare In Times Square! Mayor Flees In Terror!
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Sun May 02, 2010 at 11:23:15 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Big Apple tourists and theatre goers were inconvenienced just a bit on Saturday night as New York authorities responded to a bomb scare. A mounted New York City police officer first noticed a smoking box in the back of an SUV parked in Times Square at around 6:30 pm. NYPD bomb squad arrived with a robot to investigate the vehicle. As the crowds began being cleared from a 12 block area, a small explosion was heard at 7:00 pm and smoke began pouring out of the Nissan Pathfinder.
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Finding The Loophole
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 08:10:17 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
One of the unfortunate aspects of lawmaking, US style, is that every time a law is crafted controlling or outlawing something, there is typically a hole in it you could drive a Mack truck through. According to some (lobbyists, lawyers and politicians primarily) that's part of the charm of the system because it keeps them employed. Case in point the "Prevent Deceptive Census Look Alike Mailings Act" (Public Law 111-155) signed into law on April 7th by President Barack Obama.
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Dear Pope, Sorry About That Vatican Condom Thing -- You Know How Dry Our Wit Is.
MayorBob.
Posted to Religion on Tue Apr 27, 2010 at 07:08:03 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
You know the thing about bad ideas. When it occurs to you that something you're about to do, say or write might be one, you'd probably be best advised to forget it and move on. The British Foreign Office is finding just how true that rule is and it seeks to make atonement for a bad idea.
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Everytime I Feel Down, I Think Arizona And The Laughter Picks Me Up.
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 10:21:22 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Well, it's official. After a nip and tuck battle among Mississippi, Kansas and Arizona over the dumbest damned state in the US, Arizona pulled away in a sprint to the finish line. By a vote of 31-22 the Arizona House passed a measure which would require President Barack Obama to show his birth certificate or else not have his name listed on the ballot in 2012.
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