Ugh, some people just don’t have any sense. Recently 96.9 stopped carrying Bob & Brian. I’m a bit miffed. I thoroughly enjoy their show, and now can’t get it over-the-air for a third of my morning commute, when I can start picking up their home station 102.9 The Hog. During that blacked-out portion of my [...]
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Posted 11 November 2008
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The first thing I would like to do, to prevent you from further degrading our relationship, is to introduce you to the customer service concept of ‘One Customer’. This is the philosophy where you treat each customer like they are your only customer. No matter how busy you are, no matter how many customers you [...]
How, in just a hundred short years do we forget the fundamental concept of being an American? As you read this quote, think about just how far we’ve allowed the meaning of the word American to slip. Where is our pride? “In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here [...]
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Posted 04 October 2007
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There’s been a lot of attention over the last few years on energy consumption. Energy costs are high which impacts our every day lives, particularly in the form of transportation fuel costs, so we consumers try to find ways to save money and the environment. The product manufacturers are responding, providing less wasteful ‘green’ products. [...]
I believe I’ve had this same conversation several times… It’s a little long, but funny (and maddening) as heck. [Start of Call] [on hold with Verizon Wireless customer service] Trent (Verizon): Hi.. Hey, George? George: Yes. T: Hey I’m really sorry about that wait there. Hey, I got Mike on the line. He’s my supervisor [...]
Jim “It’s Not A Tax” Doyle is at it again… Budget has $1.7 billion in new fees, taxes Madison – Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle’s proposed two-year budget includes $1.74 billion in higher taxes and fees, according to a report by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau made public today. That is about what Republican legislators estimated after [...]
In today’s political climate, it’s nice to see a victory. A federal appeals court overturned the District of Columbia’s long- standing handgun ban Friday, rejecting the city’s argument that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applied only to militias. In a 2-1 decision, the judges held that the activities protected by the Second Amendment [...]
My thoughts on HR 1022: This ban will only hurt law abiding citizens, not criminals. Criminals are criminals because they commit crimes. If a law is made to unreasonably and illegally control access to arms the only citizens who will obey that law will be law abiding citizens. This means the criminals will arm themselves [...]
Found this disgusting bit of news today… In 2004 the United States Congress rightly allowed the so-called “Assault Weapons Ban” to sunset after 10 years in law. It seems that the wisdom of the 2004 congress has been forgotten. On February 13, 2007, HR 1022 or the Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act [...]
Don’t think so? You’d be wrong. Check this out. This past Monday night, a gunman walked into a popular Salt Lake City mall and opened fire with a shotgun. The trench coat-clad gunman was heavily armed and intended to kill as many people as he could. He killed five people before being challenged by an [...]
First it was the loss of our civil liberties, now we jump at every little thing. BOSTON – Several illuminated electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon. Most of the devices [...]
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Posted 01 February 2007
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Yeah, the most evil tyrant of the latter half of the 20th century is executed on the second to last day of the year and my biggest concern is starting my Fiero for the first time after the engine swap. Just goes to show we all have our priorities, eh? Oh, well… I’ve been meaning [...]
Happy New Year, Iraq. It’d be nice to have a clearer vid, but better than nothing. This is Hussein’s execution via a cellphone camera. Seems authentic.
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Posted 31 December 2006
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I have long been convinced deer are evil. This is the real reason I started hunting last year. Now I think they may have joined al-Qaida. At 1am Monday morning 10/9 I was hit by an IED, an Improvised Explosive Deer-vice. You may have heard about it, it was reported on Al Jedeera.
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Posted 10 October 2006
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I use adsense on this site in hopes of offsetting some of it’s costs, like so many people do. I think most of the benefit of using it is actually realised in getting to see some of the ads that end up on the site. Some puzzle me, some make me laugh, and some even [...]
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Posted 08 October 2006
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