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*** CRANKYCON 2009: September 19, Saturday, Jackson, New Jersey! *** [:o)}
Since I could never get but two people to visit Tulsa in the TEN YEARS I've been frequenting this dump, I think we might as well get together for a fun day riding a collection of thrill rides which include [que the trumpets] THEE WORLD'S TALLEST FASTEST COASTER EVAH! This would be the mighty Kingda Ka. The height of this monster is 456', with a sphincter clenching drop (also a world record) of 418' straight freaking down. This is accomplished at the leisurely pace of One-Hundred-Twenty-Eight Miles Per Hour.
I can't wait. Come rain or shine, I'll be there. The Saturday of this Crankycon will be the third day of a bike trip that will take me from Tulsa to New Jersey to the Florida Keys and back to Tulsa by way of who knows. Some of the more religious will be happy to hear that my second day on the road will start out with a tour of the Creationism Museum just south of Cincinnati and the Ohio/Kentucky border. I'll be there when it opens, you should be able to hear my laughter for at least ten miles. But enough about me....
I've been to too many Crankycons to count, and I always have a blast. The Crankizens I've met have been an an interesting bunch and it's always fun to to meet the people behind the personas.
I'll likely be in New Jersey Friday evening. If anyone would like, we can do dinner the night before. If you eat too much, please at least two cars behind me when we hit the rides.
What do you say? Interested?
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A Short Video of Kingda Ka, or why you NEED to go to this Con
You'll be able to see from this video that the duration of this ride is 30 seconds, or as X-man says, "About as long as it takes me to have sex." The sad thing is he thought he was bragging.
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Only 250 Days unitl Crankycon New Jersey!
It's not too early to start planning. Farmers Almanac says September 19th in that part of the world will be a sunny 72 degrees with a slight breeze: Perfect park weather. Okay, I made that up. I mean who reads the Farmer's Almanac in this day and age? Just the same, the weather is always perfect during Crankycons. Even when it's not.
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Well, Being that it's on a Saturday, I'm game...
...I haven't been to six flags in years. Is the Scream Machine (aka whiplash my neck) still there?
I recal the batman ride having a line too long to make the ride worth it.
Splash waterfalls, are you dumb enough to stand on the bridge?
The log flume, Heh, as they float down the rivers of british columbia with my best girlie by my side we'd sing, sing, sing!
Congo Rapids, the ride is pretty dry unless you're the two people who get stuck under the waterfall.
Shockwave, I'm quite sure this one is gone, but you used to stand up on it.
Then there's that small non-loop coaster that almost touches the water.
Then there's Rolling Thunder, the wooden oaster
Don't froget about the typhoon, it's like the gravitron, but the floor drops down a foot or two.
And don't forget Freefall, you loose your keys on that one and your lunch too. stick with the parachute jump if you can't handle it.
The looping Starship; is scary, stick with the buckaneer for a similar effect.
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I can't say for sure
I might have to hop a freight train to get there
<beats himself to death with a baseball bat>
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Just watched your short video
looks a bit like The Dragster
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Meh, the drop isn't long enough, the coaster isn't long enough
If they let you ride the thing 2 or three times in a row it might be worth it, but standing in line for over an hour for what looks like 30 seconds isn't going to be worth it.
The drop was pretty cool, yeah, but didn't look like it'd last long enough to really get me. Not after the long line that is.
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i don't think i'll be able to make it
I might go to Disney World on the first week of September. Also i want to go to Langerado but hotels in Miami are too expensive.
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Critico I might be able to help you out in Miami
{;-) Dan in Miami
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You could stay with Dexter while in Miami
He'd love to meat you!
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Can you stay on Sonny Crockett's boat?
Why yes, I am in my 40s!
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I do have family in Miami but they live in Kendall which is far from downtown where the concerts are, but i don't think i'll go now, a friend called me to invite me to go to Argentina with him.
We don't have a date for the trip yet, but i think it will happen on april or may.
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Now cut that out Rajah!
Miami has plenty of things to do besides hanging around in some morgue.
{;-) Dan in Miami
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Coaster check out this thrill ride!
Any fan of Popular Mechanics will get major wood from viewing these images of a flying car:
{;-) Dan in Miami
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Actually it's much too long
The ride needs to stop right before it gets to that first rise. Just the anticipation would be thrill enough.
"Hey, look what we just avoided going up! Whew! that was close!"
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Thanks, I was wondering what spent that spare $200K on...
The authors of a few reports I've read imply that this is the first car/plane. I remember a car/plane that was based on a pinto (Also a Popular Mechanics story). The wings were easily detachable and were towed in a trailer behind the pinto. It's inventor was killed during a demonstration flight which put somewhat of a damper on sales.
I don't like heights. When I worked in the offshore Louisiana oilfields 30 years ago, I had on occasion been required to connect iron fifty feet up in a derrick. My unease with heights was obvious. It was suggested by a coworker that riding roller coasters could make me more at ease with heights. Result: To this day, I'm still uneasy with heights, but I love roller coasters.
Dan, come on up and join us in New Jersey. A Car/Plane couldn't possibly be as much fun as a ride in the Kingda Ka.
Ya know, a car/plane is one thing, but a flying car is another. What I want to know is, where's my flying car? Check out Kevin Smith's take on that.
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Coaster why not combine your event with a film festival?
That part of the country must have a hundred different film festivals at that time of the year. So why not schedule your coaster event with one of them?
That way crankizens who are not much into the theme park thing could see movies during the day and then everyone could get together at a common hotel to meet up and exchange opinions on whatever.
You might get better attendance that way.
{;-) Dan in Miami
PS: I have also been asked to work the high steel (at about 100 feet), but in another industry. Considering my poor balance and portly physique I have declined.
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That' there a gud ah-dear.
I can't imagine having an actual conversation with any of you. Movies would certain cushion the blow. That said, I will try my mightiest to be there.
ps Coaster, have you actually met Mucus? If so, you are my new hero in his stead.
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MR. MUCUS is a cool dude
He actually came to CrankyCon 2006 although he claims that was an actor he hired. We have Little Big Girl to thank for that, who else could get muke to show up.
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The 18 of us who showed up at the last Crankycon met him, too
Reflecting back on what my daughter said now seems most appropriate. Before leaving for college, she used to read Cranky reviews with me and laugh with (and at) some of the characters who post here. When asked after the 2006 Con what she thought of the Crankylanders, she said, "Most of them seemed amazingly normal."
Reflecting back on both the crowd that showed up there and her upbringing, perhaps I should have done a better job of screening her childhood friends.
You never know what you'll find to talk about with Crankylanders. When I was in line with a couple of them at an earlier Con, one asked what the other one did when he wasn't working or going to movies. He replied, "I study Russian history." The other one laughed and said, "My handle is short for Czar Nicholas." Then the two of them proceeded to bore the shit out of me with "fascinating" minutiae of long dead Russians I'd never heard of and classic Russian literature I couldn't get through with a nuclear-powered hammer drill.
It seems many C-Landers also love cartoons. Witness the Powerpuff thread. Another observation by daughter at a Crankycon attended when she was about 12: "For adults, they sure know an awful lot about cartoons."
Honestly, you cannot believe the breadth and depth of knowledge possessed by some of these Crankylanders, a few of which have gathered this knowledge and experience at an age when some of us thought having an organized sock drawer on a Monday morning was a real accomplishment.
I wish more of you could get to know the real Mr. Mucus, but I'm sure he doesn't want it that way. BTW, he is quite the man you'd want to talk to about military history.
I honestly don't know about me. My own son, now 27, tells me I'm "too boring to mess with."
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Yeah, not everyone is into torture
Personally, I'd go down to the pine barrens and look for the Jersey Devil
I'm waiting for them to come out with the rocket backpack. But how do you avoid burning your butt off?
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Riding Fool!
Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, New Jersey, September 19th (Notice I spelled out New Jersey 'cause you're not from around here). On the day before, I was going to stop in Philadelphia to see the thing that city is most famous for. That's right, I'm going to Pat's King of Steaks, where the Philly Cheese Steak was invented 101 years ago.
You might consider making Jackson, New Jersey a destination. I can assure you even though there may not be a cut-rate motel with a beautiful naked lady in the pool, nor a variety of good sea food restaurants, that come the morning of September 19th, you'll have just as much fun not going to Six Flags Great Adventure as you did not going to Cedar Point. Come on! Maybe they'll just charge us half a parking fee if we tell them we're going to share a space.
This will be the first long bike trip to date. I'm planning on a weekend trip or two to Dallas, and one to Albuquerque. I'm planning on adding highway pegs, saddle bags, and 10" bars. I'm adding cigarrette lighters to recharge my cell and laptop, and to power my GPS. Unlike you, I'll be camping most of my nights on the road, and with the saddlebag size limitation of a softtail, I'll be traveling with little baggage: One set of clothes other than jeans and tees, few tools, no food, no books, no son, daughter, and no wife.
Either way, let me know what your travel plans are and perhaps our trials will cross at summer's end.
My trip motto: "4500 miles and not one fair hot dog."
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(I think he means Joisey Journey CrankyCon)
Geez, man (I was going to say Christ, man, but I know that won't work), I just got back from there at the end of July. Now you tell me I have to go again? I've got so many people to visit out there that I'd have to cash in early from Six Flags just to hook up with 'em all.
Although, it is only 2400 miles one-way, and I could ride the route in my sleep.
Last summer, I hied my tired old ass out to D.C. one more time. Unfortunately, I was behind a massive summer storm that constantly kept getting in my way, and I couldn't punch through it. My best day was 500 miles, and a trip that should have taken me three days took an ungodly amount of time.
Of course, it was worth every tired mile to finally arrive at destination, and the sights and experiences, as always, were amazing, both en route and on arrival.
No tenting for me though. I've had my fill of that, although I suppose were I in the south I could probably manage a night or two. Of course, that means that I'd have to actually carry a tent with me. Then I'd need a nice fancy air mattress and silk sheets and shit - you know, because the ladies hanging out at all the campgrounds expect it to be that way. Spoiled bitches.
I left my gps at home last summer, and wouldn't you know it, when I crossed the border at Buffalo and got back into Canada, I got lost. Old ground covered there back in the '60s, but some of the highways are all new now. Unbeknownst to me, I was on the right track, but I just wasn't able to figure it out until dark. An unruly Best Western saved the day.
I'm working at an airport for the winter. Damn but if I didn't have to get another security clearance for that. How times change, yet remain the same.
Tomorrow I'm off to Vancouver for a week to cast a foot in the bay.
At this point, it's doubtful that I'll be making the Joisey Journey CrankyCon, but I never know. I'll see how it goes.
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So it was you!
The Foot Bay Killer!
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Edited to add
that you're welcome to add 2400 one-way miles to your trip and head west. I can probably borrow a bed for the second bedroom, and you can stay as long as you wish - providing you don't stake any claims to the itinerant women in my life.
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Road rules for Coaster:
- Never pull into the bar's parking lot and walk in without checking the half-tons for rifle racks.
- You must have at least one pickled egg with your draft beer.
- If the waitress is wearing a shirt that says "bitch", believe it.
- Sit beside the air conditioner and the peeler will sit with you after her set. It's the coolest place in the bar.
- #4 does not automatically make you the coolest person in the bar.
- Don't stutter.
- If the dancer asks you to walk her out to her car, watch your back.
- If the hitchhiker's name is Angel, leave her by the side of the road.
- You're invisible on the road. Know it and save your life.
- And finally, have fun!
For more tips like these, and others, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope together with a little cash, to Box 13, Nara Visa, Arizona.
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Why thank you kind sir
With the amount of time I plan to spend in strip bars and bars of all kinds, especially in small southern towns, these tips are bound to come in mighty handy. I can close my eyes right now as I'm writing this and damn near savor the taste of those pickeled eggs and draft beer that await me....
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No one will want to be near you the next day
Pickled eggs are toxic, man! Worse farts ever!
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Really? It must be the hot dogs.
Since I could never get but two people to visit Tulsa in the TEN YEARS I've been frequenting this dump
Who was the other one?
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Kingda Ka looks pretty awesome.
Me, I recently visited EuroDisney, and I gotta say - they have some seriously kick-ass coasters for a Disney park. Their Space Mountain goes upside down more than once and is five times the ride that the Anaheim equivalent has ever been.
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Disney Inspired Six Flags
It took the Disney bunch 20 years to design and build Space Mountain. When they were finished, they had one kick ass coaster for the time. However, it was deemed too fast, so the Disney people slowed it down. When the Six Flags Over Texas guy, Wynne, heard about it, he thought there would be a niche for a park with real thrill rides. Indeed, people traveled from all over to ride, among others, the Judge Roy Scream.
I'd have to agree.
On a side note, when I traveled down to Arlington with some young coworkers, and told one of them that the judge Roy Scream was once this country's premier coaster, he looked at me with a more than bored expression as we plunged down it's mighty seventy-one foot hill at a blazing 53 mph and said, "You're kidding me."
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Not to mention Tivoli Gardens
That inspired Disneyland, among many other sources.
BTW, how many of you can name what the six flags are?
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And the Spanish Inquisition inspired the rollercoaster
No one was expecting that!
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The answer to my trivia question
The six flags over Texas are:
1) Spain (from the time of the conquistadores in the 16th century)
2) France (Lasalle's expedition reached Texan soil in the late 17th century)
3) Mexico (from the time of Mexican independence around 1820 to Texan independence in 1836)
4) Texas (the "lone star" flag during the time of the independent republic of Texas 1836-45; still the state flag)
5) The US (from annexation in 1845)
6) The Confederacy (1861-5; the last Civil War battle took place in Texas!)
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blah, blah, blah
bliggity blah, blah, blaaaaah
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Count me in
I'll be going to September's Cranky-Con after all. (I'm visiting NYC around then.) But you can't make me ride the Kingda Ka!
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If the wife and kids let me go and if by some miracle we get a large portion of the people I met in Tampa in 2001.
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Well, more than 14% of those who attended Tampa will be there
Great to see you! Glad to hear life has been good to you. Unfortunately, Di, Karen, and Aron haven't posted here since forever. I can promise you what will be there is the world's tallest fastest coaster. But then again, you used to not like roller coasters. Did that change? If it did, than 0 to 128 MPH in 3-1/2 seconds with a 418-foot drop STRAIGHT DOWN awaits you.
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I like rollercoasters even
I like rollercoasters even less now that I'm a placid old man, but fuck, I've never been to New Jersey, which is almost like saying I've never been to South Dakota, but still...
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I'm planning to go to the park and not see you, just like in Tampa.
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I will try my darn'dest to be there...
...Getting there on the weekend is no prob, but I wanna get there friday night. I'm juggling some weird-o appointments that I see might come up around that time. Trying to space them out with work ain't easy, you only get soo many days off and I used a lot when I was on vacation and in the hospital. Coaster, any idea what hotels are what? I used to live in NJ so I never had to stay at Six Flags over night, not a clue where to stay but I think it might be an option. Btw, I like the idea of hitting a film festival if there's one around.
To hit on some of the other things mentioned in this thread, Coaster and RF, it sounds like you guys seem to enjoy taking yourself on adventures in small unheard-of towns just to see what the tide brings. Becareful when doing so. I've never actually gone on a road trip, but I will say this, I enjoy walking into little places in brazil, where I don't really speak the language all that much, and just letting it fly.
Rollercoasters I like, but it's the long lines that get me. Most coasters aren't that long, and the line before hand has a big effect on how much I enjoy the coaster. I wonder how busy it'll be when we go, I suppose it doesn't matter either way
Coaster, the thought of a creationism museum scares me, at first. I wonder what kind of creationists we're talking about, real christians, or those that jump to bizarre conclusions without looking at things thoroughly. On the other hand, if were talking about actual judaeo/christian artifacts then maybe it'd be cool.
Michael3b, you seem to be a decent new addition to C-Land, I'd hope to see you down there, assuming I can even get there myself.
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One of the fun things to do before you get on the coaster
Is watchiing all the fat people trying to qualify for getting on the rollercoaster. I might have enjoyed the Millenium Force more if I had opened my eyes. It's still up in the air if I'll be able to make it there. Coaster says he's coming down here to see the aquarium. I'm planning to sneak him into the big tank to see if he can out swim the hammerhead sharks. He's from California so I figure he ought to be able to do that. If I do go up there I want to make it to the Pine Barrens so I can hunt for the Jersey Devil.
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Is this thing still on?
Coaster, please let me know so that I may reserve 2 nights at a local motel that weekend. Also, I'm in for any side trips to peeler bars.
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I'll definitely be there.
E-mail me at the usual, email@example.com to let me know what motel you've booked. I'll keep you apprised of any side trips.
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Peeler bars.
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It's 3,000 miles to Miami and on to the tiki bars in Key West
Where you gonna be, and when?
I know, September 19 in Jersey, but do you have any idea of a rough schedule for arrival in southern Florida?
I'll know more definitely by the first week of August. Not making any promises now, but I could sure use some adventure in my so far boring summer locked up in romance. It's gettin' tired, fast, and I'm looking for a key.
Looks like I'd hit Georgia on the way south. Surely to christ the road construction around Atlanta is complete by now. Oh, wait. I just checked. It isn't. Oh well. Been riding through there since the early '80s, and every damned year it's the same.
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Ah, planning. That's something new for me.
Check back in a couple of days. I should be able to give you a date for Key West plus or minus a day.
I was going to stop in Savannah on the way down, and some little godforsaken Georgia college town on the way back up.
Do you still have my e-mail and cell? Well, would you mind returning it?
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Would you believe I have never been to the Florida Keys?
It's true. Let me know when you guys will be in Miami. I would like to join you for at least a few days in the Keys. Coaster has my phone number.
{;-) Dan in Miami
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Cheeseburgers in paradise on me.
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Feeling paranoid in Miami
Ding blast it, am I the only one who can't read the bottom part of this Crankycon thread?
{;-) Dan (grumpy) in Miami
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*** CRANKYCON 2009: September 19, Saturday, UPDATE ****
Six Flags New Jersey (Jackson, New Jersey)
I'll be at in front of the ticket booth at 9:30. I'll be wearing a black Cal Poly jacket. The park opens at 10:30. This should give us plenty of time to purchase tickets and get acquainted. Depending on the crowd, I may even spring for an express pass for the group.
I don't have motel reservations yet, but I plan to make some tonight. I'll be getting in the night before and staying through Saturday night.
There are 13 reasons YOU should be there on the 19th, and they are all roller coasters. The park has a log ride, too, that may be worth checking out. More research to follow.
Write me at
and I'll answer any questions, provide you with additional details, and provide you with my cell phone number if you'd like it.
==Coaster (Whooooeeee!)
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Maybe that spammer will come to Crankycon.
Wouldn't that be the day!
I soo wanted to attend this event. If not at least to cross the country to meet a bunch of strangers that share a common interest, but to get back to the east coast that I've missed for almost 3 years. I would literally kill for an authentic cheesesteak, bagel, new york style pizza or calzone, chicken salad hogie wth everything or even a lobster roll.
Unfortunately, I have been training over the past 5 months for my very first marathon on Oct 4th.
That and football season just started.
Have fun! Next time have Crankython in Portland, Or. We could all go running, or hiking, or mountain bike riding, or snowboarding, or microbrewing.
...what...what were talking about again?
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I regret to inform you
- as I'm sure you already know - that I am unable to attend. I had a plethora of places I wanted to revisit while riding the Keys, but, alas, it is not to be. Somehow, I'm sure that most, if not all, no longer exist, but that's all right. They live on as exaggerated adventures in my fading memory.
Enjoy, and in Key West give a wave on your way by and bellow a hello to the tiki-bar peelers for me - although I am certain by now that it is their grand-daughters who dance on.
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I can't make the Crankycon, unfortunately...
...as I will be on an airplane bound for Croatia! But alas, I'll be there in spirit. Coaster knows me, and knows that I love roller coasters. Rode some cool ones in Europe this past summer.
And it sounds like there's a smaller gathering planned for the Florida Keys? Yikes, stay the hell out of Florida, that's my motto (no offense to Dan in Miami, the one city in FLA that's prolly halfway decent).
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No, Homey. I think the Keys will happen about September 23rd
And it will probably be just Dan and I.
Croatia sounds cool.
I was wondering, with all the places you've been to, how many languages do you speak besides English?
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Oh, snap!
I just re-read the posts and it looks like the date for the FLA gathering (if it in fact happened) has come and gone).
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Hey, Raj...
Whilst Coaster&Co. ride the Keys at the end of the month, I found something for the rest of us to do in his absence: tinyurl.com/mp7dau
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I especially liked the car with troll dolls glued to the hood
It's hard to look at too many of those without coming down with a bad case of the Cringes
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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I'm just about there! How about you?
The park opens at 10:30. I'll be standing in front of the ticket counters at 10:00 AM. I'll have on a hat with a cranky symbol, and a black Cal Poly jacket.
I'll be spending Friday and Saturday nights at the Days Inn in Wrightstown, NJ, just 13 miles from there.
I hope to see you there.
E-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll give you my cell number so's we can coordinate. I mean our schedules, not our clothes. That would be gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
==Coaster (Whooooeeee!)
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Sorry, but I think I'm bnacking out...
what time are ya'll meatin?
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Come on down to Atlanta, we'll go to the aquarium!
I know it sounds fishy but we'll have a good time. Besides I'll need some help keeping Coaster from eating the exhibits. He wants to meat the manta ray.
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10 AM in front of the ticket booth
Good to see you again, Mr. T, even if it is just on Crankyland.
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Have a grand time on the road, Coaster.
Keep the paint side up, and the rubber side down.
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Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego, err, Coaster?
We seek him here, we seek him there...
We seek him everywhere.
Read all about everything and solve it all here: www.greatdreams.com/
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The top 10 roller coasters
Ups and Downs
- Kingda Ka
- Steel Dragon 2000
- Millennium Force
- Top Thrill Dragster
- Dodonpa
- Thunder Dolphin
- Goliath
- Dragon Khan
- Titan
- Nemesis
Read more:
{;-) Dan in Miami
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These are some of the original oil paintings of Paul MacWilliams. The reproductions seen here may not show how subtle and delicate the color and brushstrokes are. These works of art are not shipped with frames but they are all painted on standard size stretched canvas. Any good art supply store will have a selection of suitable ready-made frames at reasonable prices.
This is a contemporary view of Philadelphia's Independence Park completed in 2011. The size is 50in. x 70in.
This 24x36 oil on canvas study of the Philadelphia Waterworks was painted from the cliffs below the Art Museum. Lemon Hill, Boathouse Row, and even the baloon from the zoo can be seen from there.
This 3 by 4 foot inspired painting by Paul MacWilliams was completed in 1996 and hung in an international show sponsored by Graystone Gallery in New York. This show called Cheribs and Angels was attended by Asian, European, and American artists and diplomats. This is one of two original oil paintings that were not for sale at that time and have been in private hands until resently.
A homeless family sits on cardboard in a cold city ally. They look like refugees or possibly Mary and Joseph. They are supporting each other with their backs together against the elliments. They have their family intact and many millionaires have less than that. A gardian angel gently folds a blanket over them as they sleep.
This painting has to be seen to appreciate the softness of the color. The figures seem to glow with their own light. The background is a deep dark rose, the color of burgundy wine.
What a wonderful gift to your church to remind every one of the meaning of charity. This is one of the artists truely inspired original oil paintings.


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"How do you feel?" is a common question. It's almost as common as apple pie. On the surface, it's so plain and simple that it needs no explanation - so much so that one could say its simplicity resembles that of the golden crust of the pie.
Sometimes we indulge in its simplicity so much and so quickly that we forget to enjoy it. However, there comes an inevitable moment when the filling gushes out - by way of a fork or clumsy default.
It's then that you ask yourself, "OK, do I let the dog clean this up or be angry at myself for dropping a perfect slice of apple pie on the floor?"
You're faced with a choice that will ultimately dictate how you react immediately as well as how you'll feel later. If it were me, I'd be furious at myself - but at the same time, I'd eventually come to grips with the fact I had to let my dog eat it because I couldn't pick it up.
A moment of sadness instantly runs through me every time that happens because my conscience tells me I lost something that was intended for me - and me only. I know I've probably dropped enough food in my lifetime for my dogs to have a feast.
I know I shouldn't be upset because it's happened before, but I automatically feel sad because that's the first emotion to come to the surface. I always feel I let myself down somehow. My only saving grace is knowing there's sometimes another hot dog, slice of pie or whatever it is I accidentally "threw to the wolves."
I guess it's just what they call "a knee-jerk reaction," but I think it's instances like this that we take the joy of simplicity for granted the most. We become so quick to react that we often don't allow ourselves to feel any other emotion.
We often don't take enough time to truly examine why we feel the way we feel in certain situations - or give the answer that we honestly want to give.
The same can be said of the question, "How was your day?" or the expression, "Walk a mile in someone else's shoes."
We respond to things like this so generically that there's almost no thought or emotion involved. Granted, there are times when words escape us and we need time to find them again - and much like apple pie, they can be sweet or they can be sour.
I think it's sometimes human nature to say or do what's easy. It's a way of protecting ourselves - to choose the lesser of two evils. While that might provide a quick fix, we may pass up the opportunities to truly taste and feel something else.
The world we live in isn't an easy one. It's a maze, but the key is to remain simple and humble when you finally get your hands on a slice of humble pie.
Erin Kelly, 28, was born with cerebral palsy in Korea, and lives in Altoona. In addition to this column, she also writes for online publications The Huffington Post, The Good Men Project, and The Mobility Resource. Email her at email@example.com.


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Did Joe Girardi blow yesterday's game to the Royals?
Not really.
He did everything by the so-called book -- and therein lies the problem.
To recap: Gil Meche and and Joba Chamberlain were locked in a pitcher's duel.
The Yanks had erased a 3-1 deficit and were up 4-3 going heading to the bottom of the eighth.
I like the fact that Girardi -- other than Rivera -- does not always use his relievers in the same role.
Since three righties were up in the seventh, he went to Brian Bruney. In the eighth, with lefties coming up, he started the inning with Damaso Marte.
Marte retired the first two batters.
When righty Billy "He kills lefties" Butler stepped to the plate, Girardi pulled Marte and went to Jose "I Give Up Walks" Veras.
Veras, of course, walks Butler.
Girardi lifts Veras for Phil Coke and guess what?
Double, single, double. A 4-3 lead becomes a 6-4 loss.
My beef with Girardi is that if a pitcher is in a groove, give him a chance to continue -- at least until he puts a runner on.
Joba hit the showers after throwing just 88 pitches in six innings.
Bruney breezed through the seventh, but was not allowed to start the eighth.
Marte got two quick outs in the eighth, but was lifted.
Veras pitched to just one batter and was gone.
Coke just didn't have it.
The grumbling afterward? "We were just one out from Mariano..."
You know what folks? Instead of messing around, Girardi should have just gone to Mariano after Marte and put the game -- and a sweep -- of the Royals in his back pocket.
Rivera had not pitched on Saturday night. If you want to be protective, you don't pitch him tonight.
The bottom line? The Yankees have to take the Huggies off all these guys.
Let Joba go seven or eight innings.
If Mariano has to get a four-out save, so be it. His arm is not going to fall off.
We're talking about the Royals here, they of the .201 team batting average.
I maintain there is not a single stiff on the Yankee pitching staff.
However, the bridge to Mariano is shaky.
I don't mind G.I. Joe using stats to influence moves, but he also has to give some of these relievers a chance to get BOTH righties and lefties out.
Marte was a closer for the Pirates last year and closed two games against GIRARDI'S Yankees before he was traded to the Bombers.
And you're lying if you weren't thinking at some point: If only Joba could start AND relieve...Again, that point will be moot come playoff time, because Joba will be in the pen. His innings ration dictate that as does his being the fifth starter.
But just remember this. The Yankees are in a loaded division and some of these bullpen growing pains could be avoided.
Instead of a feel-good sweep of the Royals, the Yanks flushed a Joba win down the toilet -- in the 8th inning no less -- and try to win No. 4 against Scott Kazmir and Tampa Bay tonight.
Update: The last time I checked, the Yanks were getting hammered 10-1 in the fourth. Chien-Ming Wang was awful -- again.
Looks like Mariano isn't pitching for a third consecutive game.
Looks like the Yankees aren't winning that game they should have put away when they had the chance yesterday.


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Golden rice was developed by Peter Beyer and Ingo Portrykus and seed would be distributed for free to farmers (earning less than $10K per year) in countries where vitamin A deficient diets are responsible for at least 500K cases of childhood blindness each year. But because of opposition by Greenpeace and other knee-jerk anti GMO types, it's been a hard sell. I suppose I might be less troubled by their opposition if it was based on sound reasoning but this hardly seems to be the case. Consider this explanation for opposing the distribution of Golden Rice taken from Greenpeace's web site
The human food safety of GE rice is unknown. However, the environmental risk of GE rice is clear. Golden Rice could breed with wild and weedy relatives to contaminate wild rice forever. If there were any problems the clock could not be turned back.
When the risk is high, the potential consequences devastating, and the benefits unclear, precaution is called for.Human food safety? This is idiotic and a non-issue. Beta carotene is found in thousands of plants many of which have been consumed by humans for tens of thousands of years. Carrots are loaded with beta carotene; should we suppress the cultivation of carrots?
And how is the potential escape of a gene for beta-carotene into stocks of wild rice a risk? Even if you take the position that the genome of a wild plant should not be allowed to become "infected" with genes from an agricultural type (an absurd position anyway since genes from even widely unrelated organisms are moving between one form and another via transfer by viruses) you'd be hard pressed to prove that the presence of beta carotene poses any kind of risk.
Even the phrase "to contaminate wild rice forever" is little more than ridiculous hyperbole. If wild rice did pick up the gene for beta carotene and it was deemed necessary to bring the wild rice genome back to it's original state, well then, since the identity of the gene is known it could simply be taken out. In other words, the clock could turned back.
I cannot see Greenpeace's opposition to Golden Rice as anything other than a dogmatic reaction by an organization that seems to believe that genetic engineering is fundamentally wrong. Otherwise why would they oppose this? To be sure there are GM products that pose a clear and present danger and should be pulled off the market yesterday. Crops that have been modified to resist herbicides like Roundup are bad news because they encourage the over-application of chemicals that cause collateral damage to other organisms like amphibians and reptiles et al. Moreover, many of the business practices of companies that produce GMO crops -such as refusing to allow farmers to save seed stock- are reprehensible. But there is nothing fundamentally wrong with altering the genome of a plant or an animal (or a human for that matter).
Greenpeace needs to back off on this one and concentrate on fighting the good fight elsewhere.
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More than 100 Arrested in 11 Cities Protesting Walmart
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Tom P NoonanSeptember 7, 2013
Union Yes for all Walmart Employee and for all Sam's Club Employee by make Walmart give all Walmart Employee and all Sam's Club Employee a Living Wage With Affordable Health Care right of awat and right now please without close down all the Walmart Store and without close down all the Sam's Wholesale Club.
Thank You Very Much
From Tom P noonan
Let's Tell The Truth on Prop 1September 14, 2013
And when WM / SAMs raise prices to pay more, sales decline and layoffs begin. This cause and effect is taught in econ 101 – were you absent that day. Want better wages? Get better skills! A Rolex is always worth more than a Timex. Don't blame WM for paying commensurate to skill. Artificial 'living wages' never endure.
texasryanOctober 1, 2013
Thats just it why would they need to raise prices they have a surplus of capital each year a surplus in the billions instead of hoarding money they should reinvest in their employees. if they can afford to pay 20 million to the CEO this year they could at least pay a living wage to the cashiers. theres nothing artificial about living wages, its just people are bastards. theres no reason to pay the top people multiple millions that is why we dont have living wages these companies are top heavy.
Let's Tell The Truth on Prop 1October 3, 2013
First, who are you, I or we to tell a private company, in compliance with law, how they should allocate their resources? If you like that style move to Cuba.
Surplus capital or profits go to fund expansion, company programs, and mostly to investors – many of which are retirement funds and retirees. That is why people invest in company's equity and without equities to fund business, there'd be few jobs. Perhaps you'd find that preferable. One last tidbit to chew on here – without those companies and PROFITS there'd be no tax revenues that fund unemployment, healthcare, police, fire, etc. Government is a parasite totally dependent on taxes derived from ……gasp…. PROFITS!
Why do people continue to whine about the guy at the top and what he makes? It's none of your business and it's ONE guy, do you know how many people WalMart employs? Over 2 million, O.K. let's use YOUR solution, pay the top guy ZERO and give it all to the employees. Really think your extra three cents a day will make a difference in their life? They'd do better checking change outlets on vending machines. More to the point do you think a complex organization like WM and its 2 million jobs would last long without competent executive management?
WalMart Top heavy? Back it up. Clearly you don't know the facts. Even if it was, that doesn't justify paying people artificially inflated wages for unskilled labor just because YOU think it's fair. I go back to my original post: "when WM / SAMs raise prices to pay more, sales decline and layoffs begin. This cause and effect is taught in econ 101 – were you absent that day?"
Pay's typically based on value to the company which is based on skill level. Want more pay? Get better skills.
MEProudLIBERALOctober 4, 2013
Rant much?
Let's Tell The Truth on Prop 1October 4, 2013
That's the best you have? Apparently cogent counter argument isn't in your lexicon. Skip the point and degrade into nonsense – typical.
Tom P NoonanSeptember 7, 2013
it is Walmart join the United Food and Commerical Workers for all Walmart Cashier Workers and for all Walmart Clothing Department Worker and for all Walmart Produce Workers and for all Walmart Deli Department Workers and for all Walmart Bakery Department Workers and for all Walmart Pharmacy Workers. it is time for Walmart join the Teamster Union for all Walmart Truck Driver Workers and for all Sam's Club Truck Driver Workers and for all Walmart Hardware Department Workers and for all Walmart Gardening Department Workers and for all Walmart Customer Services Desk Workers and for all Walmart Stock Person Workers and for all Walmart Courtesy Association Workers and for all Walmart Maintenance Association Workers and for all Sam's Club Forklife Driver@Stock Person Workers and for all Sam's Club Cashier Workers and for all Sam's Club Meat Cutter@Meat Wrapper Workers and for all Sam's Club Cafe Workers and for all Sam's Club Bakery Department Workers and for all Sam's Club Pharmacy Workers and for all Sam's Club Membership Desk Workers and for all Sam's Club Maintenance Workers and for all Sam's Club Cart Attendance Workers. it is time for Walmart join the Communication Workers of America Workers Union for all Walmart Electronic Workers and for all Sam's Club Electronic Workers. it is time for Walmart join the United Auto Workers for all Walmart Tire@Lube Express Workers and for all Sam's Club Tire@Car Battery Installment Workers by make Walmart give all Walmart Workers and give all Sam's Club Worker a Living Wage With Affordable Health Care right of away and right now please without close down all the Walmart Store and without close down all the Sam's Wholesale Club and without silence all the Walmart Workers and without silence all Sam's Club Workers and without arrest all the Walmart Workes for Protest all the Walmart Store to make all Walmart join the Union right of away and right now please.
Thank You Very Much
From Tom P Noonan
floridanativeeSeptember 10, 2013
How many of these were actually Wal-Mart employees and how many were paid union thugs?
tompnoonan1961September 22, 2013
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Autism, Asperger's, ADHD, ADD or The Indigo Revolution? (Documentary)
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An alternative look at children that are often labelled with one or another mental "condition." This is a short version of the documentary. To watch the full length film, please visit:http://youtu.be/fxvriVUk_5A.
I became really fascinated with the idea of Indigo children when I read, "The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived" by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober: http://amzn.to/T9HuzN. It's a really great book. In fact, I think the life lessons taught in this book should be adapted by anyone, whether or not they know people who are autistic, or labelled any other mental "condition."
Indigo Evolution, a feature-length documentary by James Twyman, was released Jan. 28, 2006 in more than 350 churches and wellness and spiritual centers around the world. The attendance far exceeded expectations, demonstrating how interest in understanding the "Indigo phenomenon" has grown. Indigo Evolution illuminates the lives of children who are referred to as "Indigos." The movie describes them as creative, eccentric and independent. Impatient with the status quo, these children possess a high degree of integrity and intuition. Many are both intelligent and gifted, often in the areas of art and technology, and some are said to bring healing gifts.
According to Indigo Evolution, Indigos often sound very wise for their age; however, they are very sensitive physically, emotionally and spiritually, and not always comfortable in their own bodies. They easily experience sensory overload to lights, smells, sounds, touching and toxins, and need help in becoming grounded. Many Indigos have attention and social problems in school and may frequently correct the teacher. While their behaviors vary, their philosophy of life is consistent; they have a high level of social consciousness and desire to make the world a better place. They are here to bring the Dawn of the Golden Age!
About the Filmmakers:
James Twyman (Producer / Director) is a singer/songwriter and the author of "Emissary of Love-The Psychic Children Speak" and "Messages from Thomas: Raising Psychic Children." James wrote and was the Executive Producer for the movie INDIGO which premiered in January 2005.
Stephen Simon (Executive Producer) has produced such films as "Somewhere in Time" and "What Dreams May Come" and is the author of "The Force is With You: Mystical Movie Messages That Inspire Our Lives."
Kent Romney – (Co-Producer / Co-Director) This is Kent's first feature documentary as a Director and Producer. In recent years, traveling to distant lands and cultures of our world, he worked on production teams that created film and television projects shown on The Discovery Channel, National Geographic, ABC Primetime and other broadcast networks. As a filmmaker, he creates video and film projects reflecting his interests in adventure travel, social topics, cultural issues and spiritual growth.
Doreen Virtue – (Associate Producer) holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in counseling psychology, is the author of more than 20 books about angels, chakras, Crystal Children, Indigo Children, health and diet, and other mind-body-spirit issues. She is recognized as an expert in the area of Indigo Children and her books on the subject include "The Care and Feeding of Indigo Children" and "The Crystal Children."
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What th'?!September 10, 2013
Go workers! I knew Sam Walton. Ate dinner with him in 1971. WalMart is a monster and needs to be reined in. People all over the US should start wearing "Unionize Walmart" t-shirts to every Wal-Mart and Sam's to protest the massive costs WM passes on to taxpayers in many forms, but a big one is Medicaid costs. WM doesn't pay its workers enough, so they are mostly on state funded health care. It's obscene and immoral. So, all you WM defenders who love to beat up poor people, wake up and realize it's also YOUR tax dollars going to foot the bill for WM health care.
Tom P NoonanSeptember 12, 2013
What th'?
I use to work over at Sam's Club from 08/20/1991 to 08/28/2002 on August 26 2002 Sam's Club Member told me about portend their Dog in the Car then Sam's Club Member told the Manager Fire me because the Sam's Club Member blame me for be rude to her like I ran her with a Basket and calling her name.
Thank You Very Much
From Tom P Noonan
BillSeptember 13, 2013
Let's Tell The Truth on Prop 1September 14, 2013
I wonder is forcing WalMart and it's employees into a union consistent with freedom? If you don't like their wages and policies, QUIT!
"illegal retaliation" says who? Has a court found it illegal? Is this just more false propaganda like 80% of WM workers get food stamps? That lie has been thoroughly disproven yet the union still makes it. This seriously undermines their credibility. Shame on them.
If you want higher wages get skills that warrant them. Union extortion and artificial government fixes are temporary at best and fly in the face of freedom.
If you have no education, skills, benefits, kids out of wedlock you cant afford and failing in life; stop blaming others and look in the mirror. YOU made those choices, take responsibility for them.
MEProudLIBERALSeptember 14, 2013
The only effective answer to organized greed like Walmart is organized labor!
floridanativeeSeptember 15, 2013
Unions are organized GREED. So glad to hear they are finally running away from ObamaCare like I suggest several years ago. Their members are going to take it in the shorts because of it. Their union bosses will be OK though. They finally realized that under socialism, most everybody has to suffer. Being brought down to the lowest common denominator is not fun, but hey, you voted for it and you got it. No exemption for you. You are just like the rest of the people.
Reformed_RepuglicanSeptember 15, 2013
"We must reduce workers' salaries and take away their right to strike." Adolph Hitler, 1933/Walmart 2013
floridanativeeSeptember 16, 2013
I knew you must have been reading him.
texasryanOctober 1, 2013
floridanativee doesn't think we should learn from the folly of others instead lets keep staving the poor so our corporate pay mastes like the waltons can be BILLIONAIRES while keeping the working class on food stamps. But hey man its the poor people fault for not being born into a rich family right or for not having enough money for college or no wait its because they're lazy right? Well let me tell ya i know people with bachelors degrees that cant find work. I know people with masters degrees barely getting by. This is where they have gotten us. They feed us lies about how its costing you and me money and get us all riled up but we never stop and think why is obamacare needed? its not because poor people wont buy insurance its because corporations like wal-mart wont provide benefits, its because insurance companies have could deny just about anyone for any reason so entrepreneurs couldn't risk going on their own. This is a mess that was made by the rich bastards of america and the way they are trying to fix it is by placeing the burden on the middle class and then saying its the poors fault for not having insurance. I hate rich people.
floridanativeeOctober 1, 2013
Looks like hating has made you a very unhappy person. Looks like America isn't working out for you, Europe would suit you better I'd bet. Give it a try. You realize of course that the owners of this site and many other unions are now against ObamaCare don't you? There is still opportunity in America, but not for the folks like you with a horrible attitude which is almost always coupled with a poor work ethic. You blame the rich bastards, but should be looking in the mirror for you state of failure.
texasryanOctober 1, 2013
I'm against obamacare its doesn't fix anything it merely puts a warm fuzzy in the liberal belly while funneling more money into the insurance corporations. You know nothing of my work ethic you self righteous ass. I'm an eagle scout, a private pilot, and work at a semi-conductor fab while paying my way through college. I've performed in front of thousands and had standing ovations. I don't have a horrible attitude I just refuse to believe the lies we're being fed, but yeah you go back and say that workers joining together to try and avoid exploitation is what's wrong with this country. I bet you love it when china makes everything you own and you can only shop at wall-mart because your non-union job only pays minimum wage. Hey where did the great factory jobs go for people who couldn't go to college? Oh yeah rich people wanted to be a little richer so they outsourced the work and bled the economy. I love America remember the statue of liberty what does it say "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Freedom is what I want, for America to live free of oppression.
floridanativeeOctober 2, 2013
No standing ovation from me, here, I see when you were in college, you neglected to take American history classes.
GeoSeptember 17, 2013
I don't if you thought of this or not. It is to Walmart's best interest for the middle class and the American economy to get worst because they will benifit from it by getting more customers. Why would they treat their employees and vendors fairly?
Henry Ford changed the American economy by realizing that workers had to be paid a fair wage to be able to buy corporate America's products. Today corporations are only interested in the price of their stock.
Quilter58September 24, 2013
I would like to see people go after more than just Walmart. I work at Hancocks fabric and make $7.25 an hour, can only work part-time, with no benefits unless I pay for them.
floridanativeeSeptember 29, 2013
What are you doing to improve your job skills?
Samuel SitarSeptember 26, 2013
those bored police should be arresting criminals. going on strike is free speech.
when fired wal-mart workers should tell their managers to leave instead. the 20 fired people didn't have to leave.
Stoney McCollumOctober 2, 2013
The Walton Family Recipe
with D Glass of Greed
I'm not a weed in the garden I'm a flower inside
Please don't pluck me away before it my time
Rain, soil and sunshine is needed
So I may bloom in the Garden of Eden
I have been stepped over, walked on and kick out of the way
Please listen up and hear what I'm trying to say
We must take each other by the hand
Reunited together we must stand
Watch out for the Politicians, Insurance and major Corporations
Greed is a addictive disease infecting the leaders of our nation
They say you are covered by their insurance plan
We must pay premiums and our family lives are in their hands
But conflicting interests instills suspicions in my mind
That the insurance pressure doctors not to treat medical conditions they find
They deny culpability and rationing our benefits
If it doesn't fit their profit margin that's treatment we do not get
The sick, elderly and disable don't have much say
The insurance companies has designed that way
Their protected by Politicians, The Man
Who appoints Puppet Judges across our land
Special interest and the media moves in for the feeding
Breeding greed and contempt not a peaceful Garden of Eden
The Politicians are thieves with their system of vultures and crows
They cut our hours and benefits and rob from our gardens we grow
They say they watch over us like a shepherd would his flock
But the system is more like chickens being protected by the hawk
They tax us and fee us and take all of the green
We are herded into pastures of mud in disease
I'm not a weed in the garden I flowers at night
where I often dream of a system of right
Where everyone gets the medical they need
And the doctors can cure all of the disease
The media is the scarecrow it reports what it sees
Scaring the greedy from glutton off are needs
The children are happy you can see it in their faces
There is no discrimination amoung all of the races
The sun is out shining so bright
What a wonderful world I dream of at night
But I awake from my dreams to the familiar nightmare
The bald vulture and crow circling on air
There are so many of them and they all want to eat
As the greed in the system drags me off my feet
They tear at my sole ripping out my innards
Fighting for my guts to eat for their dinners
Establishment of the system fighting for their share
They all eat together but the greed is still there
I can not fight forever and the system will someday win
But they can't take away my family, music and friends
God watches over and gives me the courage that I need
To confront the golith corporation thats evil with greed
I'm not a weed in the garden I'm a flower because of
My Garden of Eden Is a my Family, Friend and Songs that I love!
By Stoney McCollum 1998(unedited)
MEProudLIBERALOctober 20, 2013
If a car wash can be unionize, so can Walmart!
In the space of 24 hours, four car washes—two of which are owned by two of the largest car wash owners in the city—have signed contracts with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).
Workers at the Webster Car Wash and WCA/Rico Pobre Car Wash in The Bronx, owned by reputed car wash kingpin John Lage, and the Jomar Car Wash and Sutphin Car Wash in Queens, owned by Fernando Magalhaes, have ratified a three-year contract similar to two other union carwashes ratified within the last few months. Lage reportedly owns more than 20 car washes in New York City and partners with Magalhaes in some of them.


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> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:16:49 -0600, Wolfe, Julian wrote:
>>=A0Just curious, could someone here give me a rundown of the
>>=A0production eras for each -11 machine?
>>=A0I noticed the PDP10s were sold with DECtape units up through at
>>=A0least 1980, which I thought a bit odd, wasn't that way outdated
>>=A0technology by then? =A0I know they weren't still pushing those with
>>=A0PDP11 units by then.
>>=A0I guess what I'm wondering is, when was each machine cancelled?
> Just to confuse things, there was DECtape and DECtape2 I don't know
> it DT2 was ever put on DEC10's but ...
I knew DECtapes. And DECtape2, you're no DECtape.
I always sed I'd strangle the guy who invented DECtape2 if I ever had the
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Tuesday, July 17 -- The YMCA of Greater Erie will sponsor the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership's next Business After Hours event from 5 to 7 p.m. at Camp Sherwin, 8600 West Lake Road in Lake City. It will feature S'mores, local brews and wine, and BBQ provided by Famous Dave's.
Monday, July 29 -- The Economic Research Institute of Erie at Penn State Behrend will hold its 11th annual economic conference from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Jack Burke Research & Economic. Development Center.
The title of this year's conference is "Investing in Kids: Can Early Childhood Education Be an Economic Development Strategy?"
Speakers will include Timothy Bartik of the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Nick Scott Jr., vice president of Scott Enterprises; Joyce Miller, chief executive of the Northwest Instittue of Rearch; and Marlene Mosco, regional president of PNC Bank.
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Elizabeth Hovde notes in her recent column "Private casino: folding, for now" (Oct. 21) that there are benefits associated with the private casino that would have opened in the Portland area. I agree with many that we owe the tribes the right they've been granted to have a monopoly on casinos in Oregon.
There's an easy compromise between not allowing competing nontribal casinos in Oregon and having casinos sited only on tribal land, far from the major metropolitan areas. Determine someplace relatively close to Portland (such as the location for "The Grange," perhaps) and site a casino there that is run by a consortium of the Oregon tribes. Each tribe that currently runs a casino puts up an equal amount of the upfront costs and each gets an equivalent share of the earnings. Oregon continues to take the percentage it normally would and, for those folks like some good friends of ours who don't go gambling because there's nothing like the casinos close by, they'll have options they didn't have before.
Additionally, the tribes will tap into markets they didn't have previously, such as those friends just mentioned. It's worth considering. The casinos on tribal land could offer different amenities than could the somewhat more pared down one in the Portland area so as to retain a large share of their current market.
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MUSKEGON, MI – A would-be armed robber at a Muskegon tire repair shop Wednesday was apprehended by Muskegon Township police officers who were in the area at the right time.
Authorities said the suspect in the Wednesday afternoon incident at The Tire Lady, 2294 S. Getty in Muskegon, held two employees at gunpoint until one of the employees managed to grab the gun away from him.
The incident was reported at 1:37 p.m. by one of the two employees held at gunpoint by the masked man just a minute after Muskegon Township police officers Mike Weaver and Russell Swanson arrived on scene.
Weaver said he and Swanson just left Ramos and Sons Auto Body, 2462 S. Getty, and were heading back to Muskegon Township when they passed the tire repair shop and noticed some sort of scuffle going on.
"We both noticed what appeared to be some sort of fight going on outside the big door of the business. One of the employees was holding up a black pistol in his right hand. They were still holding the man down," Weaver said. "We secured the gun and put the guy in handcuffs and waited for the city units to get there."
Muskegon Police Department officers arrived to the scene shortly after and placed the suspect in the back of a patrol car. The suspect was wearing a black facial covering. A Muskegon Police officer removed it and handed it another officer on the scene.
One of the two employees at the tire shop, both of whom declined to give their names for this story, said that was the mask the man wore over his face when he demanded their money.
The 21-year-old employee said the suspect walked into the shop and "tried to rob us."
"He asked if I had money and walked over to my friend and told him to stand up. That's when my friend grabbed the gun," he said. "We pinned him down and took the gun just as the (Muskegon Township police officers) drove by."
The 40-year-old employee who grabbed the suspect's gun said he wasn't going to let the man get away with it.
"The only money I had on me is the money I worked for and I wasn't giving it to him," the man said.
Weaver said he just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
"Sometimes it works out pretty good," Weaver said.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Will Bynum has been waiting patiently for a chance to break back into the Detroit Pistons' rotation.
Rodney Stuckey's frightening collapse during Friday's game in Cleveland wasn't the scenario that Bynum had in mind, but he took advantage of the opportunity as Detroit snapped a six-game losing streak with Sunday's 110-107 overtime win over the Houston Rockets.
Bynum replaced Stuckey at point guard and finished with 12 points and 11 assists.
"Will did an outstanding job tonight," Pistons coach John Kuester said. "He got guys involved in the offense, and he did a nice job of staying attached to Aaron Brooks."
Stuckey is out indefinitely after falling ill on the Pistons bench Friday. He returned to Detroit on Saturday after spending the night at the Cleveland Clinic, and Kuester said the team expects to know more about his status within 48 hours.
Several of Bynum's assists went to Tayshaun Prince, who continued his resurgence with a season-high 29 points. Prince, who has struggled after the first serious injury of his career, has averaged 26 points in Detroit's past two games.
"Tay was hot, so I just kept feeding him the ball," Bynum said.
"It is good to see him playing like that."
Kevin Martin had 27 points for Houston, Aaron Brooks scored 25 and Luis Scola added 20.
"I liked the way our guys fought tonight," Houston coach Rick Adelman said. "They just couldn't finish the game."
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The Up-Country "Other World" of The Makawao Rodeo
July 7, 2013 - Ray Tsuchiyama
Spouse C., daughter T. and I zoomed up to Pukalani Terrace Shopping Center, and had Fatburgers outside, in the cool breeze. I said that we should come to Up-Country spots more often – this was the first time we three had traveled to the cool heights in more than six months. For many people I know, they make daily work commutes from Makawao or even Kula down to Kahului and back, and never give a further thought, and here we were, gazing at the families sitting for their Fatburger lunch orders and thinking they "looked" different from our Kihei neighbors, only 30 minutes away.
It is all relative, since when I lived in Tokyo, I knew many people (including myself) who hopped on a fast Narita express from Tokyo Station to Narita International Airport and zipped to Beijing or Taipei or Manila or Hong Kong every month, or even to Western Europe or New York (horrible jet lag). Now we thought we were in a totally different "Up-Country" world and I even wanted to investigate a "different" supermarket.
However, the Rodeo was starting, so we didn't have any time to wander into the big Foodland supermarket, and instead we drove off and turned onto Makawao Avenue and headed to the Oskie Rice Arena for the Rodeo.
The Rodeo is well-organized: we turned in, found a spot, and in a few minutes we were sitting by a family eating shave ice in rainbow syrup colors and watching the Rodeo queen, decked out in ornamental splendor, racing by on a beautiful brown horse.
Aside from the bull lasso-ing, where contestants came from far-flung cow-centric areas on Molokai, Oahu, Lanai and the Island of Hawai'i, we enjoyed the sheep rides. At first, we were perplexed – sheep?
But children wearing helmets did try to ride a sheep, clinging to the thick wool (lanolin is like oil, and slippery, though). One of the sheep riders, a cute boy, wandered to our seating section; he wore what appeared to be very nice alligator-type boots. Children were everywhere, slurping up Shaved Ice (and endless cheesy-drenched French Fries), and enjoying the Pony Ride (I thought I was too big for the pony) and the Mechanical Bull (made famous in the movie "Urban Cowyboy"). What fun for families!
There was a long row of food booths, and I wanted to try the Hawaiian plate, but my Fatburger was still with me, so I drank water and tried to relax. Spouse C. and Daughter went to buy hats, and they bought matching ones with round brims (I had my once-a-year cowboy hat on). The sun is quite strong even when cloudy, and I was sunburnt on my arms later.
Ah, the joys and fun, the highlight of summer on Maui!
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Lupo no stranger to ODNR
February 15, 2013
WARREN — Eight times since 1998, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources ordered Youngs-town businessman Ben Lupo to suspend operations at his injection wells....
Close monitoring of sites and accurate logging of every gallon of waste, where it goes, treated ... All the laws in the world don't mean squat without vigilant watchdog system in place. People running these gas operations can't be trusted to police themselves. Bottom line to frackers, is $$$$$.
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The GOP legislature will give whatever these frackers want..too many $'s to be made. The Gov is awful quiet on this.
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If this man had all these previous charges, how was he granted a permit for the Salt Springs operation?
On top of the fines and jail time, if I were the judge, I'd make him pay continuance of full salary and benefits to his former employees until they find another job. Don't know if that's a legal option or not, but his employees shouldn't suffer for his dishonest and illegal actions.
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A fine would be appropirate for an accidental discharge of a pollutant but for someone who willfully discharges a pollutant into the enviroment they should have their operation shut down and face serious jail time.Especially a repeat offender like the accused.
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Too many slaps on the wrist for Lupo. New laws with serious jail time and very large fines are needed to deal with such a scumbag.
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The only law we need to change is that when an operator is caught deliberately violating waste control standards, they will receive max penalties.
Get caught a second time, then "you'll never work in dis business again"! Jimmy Buffett
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Oooops! Forgot to put that first paragraph in quotes. :(
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Ohio Attorney General Michael DeWine has said he agrees tougher laws are needed for those involved in the oil and gas industry in Ohio, noting that offenders should be fined by the day for ongoing offenses.
Stronger fines? That's all?
What is needed is for these offenders to serve SERIOUS JAIL TIME.
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Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries and influential Christian leader, has died after undergoing surgery to remove blood clotting in his brain. He was 80.
In a statement on Colson's website, Prison Fellowship said, "Evangelical Christianity lost one of its most eloquent and influential voices today."
** Read CBN founder Pat Robertson's statement on Chuck Colson's death.
Colson was a towering figure in the evangelical movement. He not only reached the world through his intellect, but touched thousands through practical outreach to prisoners and their families.
Colson was born in Boston on October 16, 1931 --a child of the great depression.
"That was tough. I got used to being poor. I never knew what it was. never knew we were poor because it was just the way we lived," Colson once said. "My dad was going to school at night. He was working very hard at a job making $32 a week, and we would share with people in need on the block who didn't have as much as we had."
Despite humble beginnings, Colson went on to graduate from Brown University and earned a law degree from George Washington University.
He also served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and eventually landed a job at the White House during the Nixon administration.
But that's when Colson's promising career took an ominous turn. He was soon caught up in the Watergate scandal, as President Nixon's infamous hatchet man.
In the midst of that turmoil in 1973, Colson became a Christian after reading the book, "Mere Christianity" by evangelical author C.S. Lewis.
Colson was indicted in 1974 for Watergate related charges. When news of his conversion leaked to the press, the Boston Globe reported, "If Mr. Colson can repent of his sins, there just has to be hope for everybody."
Colson admitted he was guilty of political "dirty tricks" and was willing to do almost anything for the cause of his president and his party.
"I was stripped of everything -- public enemy number one and thrown into a prison," Colson said of the scandal in an interview with "The 700 Club."
He served seven months at Maxwell Prison in Alabama.
As Colson walked into freedom, he promised fellow inmates he would never forget those behind bars.
"I thank God now, Pat, that I went through it because I carry with it a heavy burden for the men and women who are in prison," he told CBN's Pat Robertson.
That burden led Colson to establish Prison Fellowship, an international ministry working in more than 100 countries, committed to prison reform and prisoner rehabilitation.
"With the prison population exploding and with the crime rate just soaring, we're not dealing with the root causes of crime," Colson once said of his ministry. "We're just putting men in cages. We're treating them like animals, and we expect them to come back and be rehabilitated."
"There's one way and that's when a man turns his life over to Jesus Christ," he added.
Colson also became a prolific commentator on popular culture, writing more than 30 books and selling more than 5 million copies.
In his books, he often stressed the importance of a Christian worldview.
"It won't do for us to just sit around in our sanctuaries, entertain ourselves, sing our 'happy clappies' and feel good about ourselves," Colson said. "This is a time for the church to engage the world, and it has to be done through the church."
In the end, the only thing that mattered to Colson was having a right relationship with Jesus christ and ministering the grace he received with as many people as possible.
"I live everyday to the fullest because I live it for Christ," he said of his purpose. "And no matter what I do today ... I'm going to do something to advance the kingdom of God."
"Does that make you fulfilled?" Colson asked. "You bet it does, and it gives you joy about living."
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