When it's in the bag, they fly their flag....

Well okay, I know it's polarizing to talk politics, especially when your blog isn't political, but this headline blew me away.

Freedom of the press is paramount, dear readers, and this is a very telling action by a candidate who has enjoyed big love by the press.

However, in the waning weeks of the election there has been an attempt to control the press by this candidate... very disturbing indeed.

Perhaps we should take a second look at this person.

Only dictators control the press, like crackpot Hugo Chavez.

Read and weep:

Journalists from three major newspapers -- each having endorsed John McCain -- reportedly have been booted from the Barack Obama campaign plane for the final leg of the presidential campaign.
The Washington Times reported Friday that they were notified of the Obama campaign's decision Thursday evening -- even though the paper has covered Obama from the start.
"I hope the candidate that promises to unite America isn't using a litmus test to determine who gets to cover his campaign," Washington Times Executive Editor John Solomon said in the article
The New York Post and Dallas Morning News also have been kicked off Obama's plane, according to the Web site The Drudge Report.
The Washington Times has protested the campaign's decision.
Representatives from the Post and Morning News could not be reached immediately for comment.

also:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/31/washington-times-kicked-obama-plane-finale/

suppression of freedom of the press and full disclosure is very serious .... and imagine if John McCain did this...it would be front page news on all newspapers, and the lead on every major network newscast,wouldn't it?

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Evil Doppelganger time!

Ringer for Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl

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What's that, a bat?

A crazy funky,junky,bat.

Never slept, over-dosey

tryin' to look like Bela Lugosi

We've been there,

O positive, that,

we run like hell

from your funky bat.

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What happened to Halloween?

Don't get me wrong, now, I used to love Halloween. The whole free candy, stay out late, TP the Principal's house thing was great when I was a kid.

But, somewhere along the line, Halloween stopped being about inventive costumes and a few soaped windows and turned into the Serial Killer's Holiday.

How many movies do I have to endure about Jason, Freddy, Pinhead, Leather face etc...? People used to try and dress up like a space ship, now every one's dressed up like a victim that resembles chipped beef with ketchup.

Ewww and Ewww!

What happened to the somewhat innocent night of fun called Devil's night (the eve before the eve).

Placing a flaming bag of dog poop on someone's porch and ringing the bell and running away, got you a good chase by the neighbor . Now you have to worry about Hannibal Lechter at the door. I mean I can't even cook with fava beans anymore.

Can some one please just dress up like a garbage can or a dumb robot this year and buck the trend?

Invisi-gal will let you have the extra Snickers for that.

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Invisi-gal has it all figured out....

The Democrats like to point out what's wrong with America....

and Republicans like to point out what's wrong with the Democrats....

thank you, thank you, thank you, now go talk amongst yourselves....

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Whiskey Sour grapes alert....

In my day (say this like an old codger) , it was a big no no to "drink and dial"...tee many martoonis could cause you to call an 'ex or boss and say something you can't take back or deny in court.

Invisi-gal has the summary judgements to prove it.

Today, folks have a different challenge, email....email tends to give us bravo because we hide behind the keyboard and there is no face to face....so imagine the emails that are written and sent when some of us get dog hammered DRUNK!

Well, the folks at Google have you covered my lushlife friends:

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-stop-sending-mail-you-later.html

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Funniest picture on earth....

The perfect storm of Sarah Palin and Barack ...doesn't matter who you are voting for this is funny.

Nice teeth.

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1) Listening to Glenn Beck today, he suggested we buy things now to use next year, when our dollar won't go as far. I listened, I shopped....3 pairs of shoes. Thanks Glenn.

2) Getting lots of mail from my financial advisor, urging clients not to panic. Like we aren't silently and if we did, what would it be worth?

3) Glad the Jewish New Year slowed everything down.

4) My son wore a tie for his class picture today. It was his decision.

5) Our Vet asked me to take my crazy dog to obedience school. How embarrassing.

6) Love, Love, Love, edamame! Wonder if the butter and salt is negating all benefits, hmmmm.

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What's that, a cat?

A crazy, funky,

junky cat?

Over fed

too much catnip?

Havin' a Jerry Garcia

bad trip?

We've been there,

we've done that,

we run right past your funky cat......

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Ground rules....

This elections stinks...and I'll tell you why, because once again we are all at each other's throats, divided,cranky and broken.

I was so hoping it wouldn't be this way. I am so tired of family members arguing at the dinner table, harboring grudges, eradicating so and so from the will, scratching names off the family tree, etc...

Workplaces are hostile, more than before.

We are in trouble and no one person is going to solve it. No One person caused it, and we refuse to see our own hands in this.

That's why we must take thoughtful action in communicating with each other during this time.

I recently responded to an email of political nature sent to me, with the following words....

"Not sure what it was you sent, I clicked on the link but there were several articles none of which where listed in the link...having said that, we have to set some ground rules partner, since we were raised well, and we want to remains pals, no political baiting or debating for that matter.
Last time I checked, the voting booths were a private affair and it's only your business who you vote for. So in a polite society, of which we are a minority, let's agree to privacy and civility, you ignorant slut. "

They responded immediately, called me a maverick and sent hugs and kisses.

I love this country!

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Wormburners deluxe...

This is how we roll in the burgh.

Brilliant move of Mr.Higinbotham (I loved typing this name) to yell "Fore!"...it's the only way to get a golfer to pay attention.....

A serious drive at Cloverleaf
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
By Sadie Gurman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Golf was mixed with traces of NASCAR yesterday when a speeding SUV carrying five golfers zipped across fairways, slammed into a pine tree, spun around and burst into flames.
Dave Higinbotham watched the scene in horror from the third hole of the third nine of Delmont's Cloverleaf Golf Course. The SUV, he said, rushed up a hill, heading straight toward him at 50 mph.
It missed him, instead grazing his golf cart before zooming up the hill toward the tee of the fourth hole.
"I yelled as loud as I could yell, 'Fore, fore, fore!' " said Mr. Higinbotham, of Greensburg, who looked on as the SUV struck an oak tree and careened into a pine tree. It was the final stop on a crash course that sent five people to hospitals and golfers on a year-end outing scrambling for cover.
Mr. Higinbotham, 66, ran up the hill toward the fiery SUV, dialing 911 on his cell phone and shouting for his playing partners to help.
"I said, 'We've got to get these people out of the car,' " he said. Fellow golfers quickly joined Mr. Higinbotham, some in golf carts. "We pulled them out as gently as we could, then laid them on the ground."
Driver Paul Lazear, 82, and his four passengers, all from Wilkinsburg, were safe, but 2-foot flames still shot from SUV, Mr. Higinbotham said.
"I said, 'We've got to push this car out of the way, and away from these people,' " he said.
He and six other golfers started pushing, sliding the burning vehicle about 30 feet before emergency crews arrived and could treat the injured.
Mr. Lazear and passenger Carol Lazear, 72, were taken with minor injuries to Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital at Jeannette, state police said. Two other passengers, Ruth Daniels, 83, and Flora Lee Katz, 74, suffered moderate injuries and were treated at Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg. A fifth passenger, Bertram Katz, 80, was flown to UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland. State police said all of the injured were expected to recover.
Mr. Lazear told police that he'd "lost his brakes and couldn't stop." His collision course started in the course's north parking lot, where police said he hit a parked car and kept driving, first across some large stones and then onto the golf course. He picked up speed as he headed west across the first hole of the first nine's tee box, and continued, just missing the clubhouse as he veered onto a path and back into the parking lot.
Mr. Lazear didn't stop there. He told police he couldn't.
They said he crossed Cloverleaf Drive through the south parking lot and again onto the golf course, gaining speed. Heading north, the SUV jumped a ditch and kept going, hitting a parked golf cart at the third hole of the third nine.
Pressing on, police said, the SUV hit an oak tree, then went out of control before "bouncing off" a pine tree and spinning in a circle. The vehicle stopped there, police said, completely in flames.
"It was burnt to an ashen shell," said Leonard Manns, who works in the pro shop and didn't see the crash but was told of it later. "It was freaky, that's for sure."
He said the fire left only a charred spot on the course.

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Doomsday to be rescheduled....

Seems the presence of tons of helium can mess up the big bang machine, so we have a reprieve on the end of the world until 2009.

So whoop it up.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/23/scihadron123.xml

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