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SHOCKER!
"He came over the
top of a stingray and
the stingray's barb
went up and went
into his chest and put
a hole into his heart"
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I've been a fan of the reality show Big Brother since season one.  It can be really addicting, annoyingly so.  Once you
start watching it you have to see it through to the bitter end.  Year after year the worst people seem to win and the show
has become an annual lesson in backstabbing and deceit.  Last year I was so disgusted with the show and myself for
watching it that I swore not to get into it again. That lasted about 9 months.

This is the seventh year and it is an "All Star" line up of selected house guests from previous seasons.  My favorite house
guest of all time, the old man Chicken George, from the infamous first season, was somehow included in the line up of
young pretty boys and girls. That first year was a very controversial one with threats of a walkout by the house guests,
allegations of cheating and a bizarre attempt by a disgruntled evicted house guest to manipulate the outcome by hiring
airplanes to pull banners over the BB House to spill secrets she had learned after eviction. To this day it is the only
season not merchandised or mentioned at all by CBS. Until, that is, the unlikely reappearance of Chicken George.

Season 1 was won by a good guy, Eddie, a one legged cancer survivor. (We called him
"Hoppy".) But since then the contestants have become such unbearable poseurs it
made you sick to see them win half a million dollars.

But Chicken George was different. He's the kind of guy that you be glad to have at your Bar B Q (and after a few hours,
probably glad to see him leave.) He comes across as a working class Joe from middle America. If he were to go all the
way and win - it would represent the little guy who catches a lucky break.

Unfortunately though, Chicken George was evicted this week after surprising everyone, including himself, by making it to
the final five.  His inclusion was one of the few reasons I was following the show this year.  Now I'll probably stop
altogether (although there is a possibility of a new twist where people come back in the house....Why I can't quit youuuu!)

Anyway, Chicken George: It was good to see you after these years
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PRIORITY
NEWS
Thursday was a very good day.  
I had the day off and really needed it.  I have been
pretty exhausted - working too much and not
sleeping enough.  Today though, I slept in until
about 10:30.  Then I got up had some coffee and
decided to stroll up the road to see if I could get a
ticket to the 1PM Yankee game.  I got in the long
line and tried to talk down a few ticket scalpers but
the prospect for getting in seemed slim.  They only
had a few $75 tickets left from what I heard.  I love
the Yankees but for this particular game $75 was
not really what I wanted to spend.  Relaxed and well
rested I simply walked around the stadium enjoying
the cool early afternoon and figured I would just go
back home and watch it on TV. Then I overheard
some guy tell his kids that they would go in a soon
as he found someone who needed just 1 ticket.  I
jumped in and purchased the $7 seat.
I sat in the bleachers for the first time.  It was really great.  I was in the front row so had a bar to lean on (Bleacher seats
have no backs - the only drawback except they don’t sell beer there which I didn't want anyway.)  Man, I was close to the
action - 20 or 30 feet from Bernie Williams!  No homers were hit to center field but if there was I would have been in
perfect position to catch it.

The bleachers fans are more social than the ones in my regular semi-fancy seats.  Everybody is chilled and high five each
other at every good play.  The fact that the seats were only $7 made it all that much better.  It is the best deal in New
York.  Oh, the Yankees won the game and A Rod, who has been slumping, had 3 important hits and a crucial stolen base.

After the game I strolled home and was back in my comfy chair about 4 hours after I left the apartment in the first place.  
Now that’s what I call a great day!
RED RUMMY: THE
REAL FASCIST
There is quite a buzz about Donald Rumsfeld latest
comments which portray those who dare opposed his
policies as friends of fascism and appeasers of the first
degree.

I have written about this here (in the comments section
toward the bottom). Basically I am not surprised at the level of
smear by the Republican Secretary of Defense.  The
questioning of the morality and patriotism of Republican
critics goes back to Ronald Reagan.  For a generation those
of us who have tried to put the brakes on our slide into  this
mess have been called everything in the book.

As I have said repeatedly, the Republican have no choice
anymore but to do this. They only gained power by
demonizing their opponent and constant escalation is
mandatory to keep their base full of hatred and therefore
motivated to vote.  This strategy of dividing the people of
America to conquer power is precisely  why the country is in
such a mess right now. So Rumsfeld's attack on fellow
American is not an aberration - it is the very lifeblood of
Republican rule.
This video is a commentary by Keith Olberman that dissects
Rumsfeld's un American comments and puts them in
historical context     (6:41)
KATRINA
A blessing in disguise?
T
It was one year ago that Hurricane Katrina blew
away the veil hiding the incompetence of the
Republican party.  With Bush's and Congress'
approval numbers at near record lows since the
storm, it is hard to imagine that just a year ago the
public was still in the dark about just how bad this
country is being run.  

In addition to the widespread physical damage and
human suffering, Hurricane Katrina may be
remembered most as the event that finally awoke a
sleeping American public to the gross indifference
right wing politicians have for the most vulnerable
of their fellow citizens.

On this sad anniversary it is important that we
never forget this and we remind other who may
have,
THIS VIDEO SAYS IT ALL (4:08)
pod
IN THE
HOLE!