I have often wondered why conservatives are called the “right” and liberals are called the “left.” By chance stumbled upon this verse in the Bible: It just about wraps it up for me.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV)
“The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.”
It doesn’t get any better than this! Click on the picture and watch two hours of non-stop, high power, smash and crash Sunbelt Super Series auto racing from USA International Speedway in Lakeland, Florida. It is the last televised event from the three-quarter mile facility, produced in August 2007.
Originally constructed for the Hooter’s Cup series, it was replaced by a business park just after the death of Robert H. Brooks, owner and CEO of Hooter’s of America.
I am proud to say I filmed the first, last and many races in between the rise and fall of this super speedway. God Bless Bob Brooks, and may his legend live on. — Allan Mason, Producer/Director.
The Original Backbeats | Allan Mason, Drums | Larry Davis, Rhythm | Lee Norman, Lead | Bob Orsell, Bass | 1964
The Backbeats with Lee Norman, lead guitar; Larry Davis, rhythm guitar; Bob Orsell, bass guitar and Allan Mason, drums/vocal play Can’t Explain originally performed by the Who in 1965. This recording was made in 1965 from a reel to reel tape recorder and two microphones. Lee Norman remixed the piece improving the quality of the original. Click here to hear
Finally… No more oil spill hype. When I watched the Mel Gibson phenomenon rise to headline news status my first thought was, how much money did PB pay Mr. Gibson to take a hit? Who knows? Thanks anyway Mel, your interest surely shadows over drilling for oil. I really hope it works out for you… Having your principals and oaths reduced to pleasing the self-proclaimed morals of journalists is distasteful isn’t it?
Because Mr. Gibson did not allow his anger to override his since of physical retaliation; by leaving the motor functions of the cortex in peace, the BP oil spill is of no concern today.
P.S. I didn’t bother listening to the audio file. It’s none of my business what you and your wife bicker about. If I wanted to hear similar dialog, I would simply call my wife.
“What’s Your Name is it Mary or Sue”, asks Don and Juan in their 1962 Billboard rated hit single; but what’s in a name anyway? According to the Social Security Administrationin 2009 the top male name was Jacob, and Isabella ranked number one with the ladies. In 1962, when “What’s Your Name” was released, the top name contenders were Michael and Lisa. So why did Trone and Johnson ask for Mary or Sue? For 67 years, from 1880 to 1947 Mary was the number one name-choice in America. Roland “Don” Trone, 1937-1982 was 10 years old when Mary’s namesake diminished from the top spot, but from 1953 to 1961 when Claude “Juan” Johnson 1935-2002 turned 18, Mary returned to the top of the list by popular demand. She stayed there for another eight years.
Ricky Nelson said Hello to Mary Lou in 1962, and Johnny Mathis asked What Would My Mary Say, in 1964. But it didn’t stop there because Along Came Mary with the Association’s hit, and in 1967 Ed Aimes, thought nothings quite as pretty as Mary In The Morning, even though Lisa was the number one female name-choice that year. In 1971 Wadsworth Mansion’s Sweet Mary sent a letter to him; she said to hurry home; she needs him right away, and way before that in 1959, the Everley Brother’s did Take A Message To Mary. Maybe they told her more than she should know, hence the response “hurry home.” How could he when he was in jail?
So what happen to Sue? Bad news for her. Sue is not in the top 1000 names for any year of birth in the last 60 years, bless her little heart. But if it makes you feel better, Ray Cash named his son Sue in the 1969 Johnny Cash hit single, A Boy Named Sue.
And I didn’t forget that Lynyrd Skynyrd, released What’s Your Name. It didn’t have anything to do with Mary or Sue, or a boy named Sue. But in it’s own way… There’s Something About Mary. Jonathan Richman, appears and performs the song in the movie courtesy of Vapor Records. How nice is that?
Peter, Paul and Mary asked that same question more than 49 years ago. Was it a rhetorical question, or did they really want to know if all the flowers were gone? Actually the song was written in 1955 by Pete Seeger, and today he refuses to speak about its meaning, but the lyrics pretty much tell the story. It was a war protest song claiming all the flowers adorned the graves of fallen solders. All of them Peter… Each and every flower?
In 1955 the united States imported 4.8 million stems plus another 2 million grown domestically. Divided by 12 that would be 566,666 dozen arrangements. Sorry Pete, we only lost 400,816 during World War II, and another 58,236 American solders in Vietnam.
Did you forget about anniversaries, birthdays, mother and father’s day, grandparents day, weddings, graduations, parties and the number one reason to give flowers… Valentine’s Day?
When will they ever learn? Never Pete… Never. Maybe you should ask the Statler Brothers… They’re still counting flowers on the wall, that don’t bother me at all. The Cowsills loved the flower girl in 1966, Neil Diamond & Barbara Streisand, sang You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, in 1978 and Keith Anderson was Pickin Flowers back in the woods around 2004.
Let’s not forget the Flower Pot Men, on their way to San Francisco, or San Francisco, (be sure to ware flowers in your hair) released on May 13, 1967 by the Momma’s and the Pappa’s, Janis Joplin’s Flowers in the Sun, and Jim Stafford’s, Wildwood Flower mostly known as the Wildwood Weeds. And of course, Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers.
Still want to know where all the flowers have gone?
Have you ever applied for a job that requires a drug test? During the application process did the interviewer ask if you have ever taken any illegal drugs? Unless you were trying to avoid the job, more than not you answer no.
Even though you answered “no” did you have to take a drug test anyway? Some firms prefer to use the term Drug Screening, but the bottom line is the company didn’t believe a word you said. If they had, the second you answered no, that would have been the end of it right there. Instead, most people acquiesce, and follow the edicts of “It’s not that we don’t believe you… It’s our policy.”
What do they mean “it’s not that we don’t believe you…” That’s exactly what they mean, or you wouldn’t need a drug test. So right off the bat, you’re going to work for someone that believes you to be a liar.
Don’t panic, I’m not advocating illegal drug use, not at all. I’m simply saying job applicants are pegged as liars before they even get the job. What an indictment that is for the so called free marketplace. You’re a liar until you prove otherwise, ergo the drug test.
So much for innocent until proven guilty.
Before the 16th amendment was ratified in 1913, government policy was to enumerate expense and debt responsibility equally upon the citizenry, mostly land owners. The mathematical formula divides the total expense by the number of people derived from the census report… Ergo, enumeration.
Look at it this way… If America’s annual operating budget is 1 million dollars, and 1 million people live in America; then the liability equals one buck per person. A family of three would be responsible for three dollars, or their enumerated share of the nations operating expense. Whew! I think we got it!
Today there are 300+ million people living in the US. The Government Accounting Office (GAO), claims our country’s annual operating expense is $3.5 Trillion Dollars. Dividing that amount by 300 million citizens comes to $11,666.00 dollars per person. A family of three would be responsible for $34,998.00 dollars… Their enumerated portion of the operating budget.
There are millions of families who receive an “Earned-Income-Tax Credit,” and pay no taxes at all. What a shocker. So who pays the $34.998 dollar short-fall for the underachievers, plus their unearned income rebates?
Click more… to see a video report about income taxes from Libertarian Students attending Auburn University.
Apparently 17 pennies placed in a row or stacked-up measures one inch. For this demonstration, take one of those seventeen pennies and mark an “X” on Lincoln’s face. No disrespect intended, but X-ing out his memorial may be too sacramental.
Check the winner’s odds for your state lottery, if your state has one. Most of them are around 14 million to 1. Math Time: 14 million pennies, divided by 17 converts to 823,529.4 inches; divided by 12 equates to 68,627.4 feet; and everyone knows 5,280 feet makes a mile, which brings us down to 13 miles of pennies… Most likely in a row.
To get a better understanding of how lottery odds work for you is to think about driving past all 14 million of those pennies for a distance of 13 miles. Zooming along at 60 miles per hour, gives you 13 minutes time to reach out and pick just one penny. If you grabbed the penny with the “X” on it… You Win!!!
To really drive the point ta-home, (no pun intended) hold out your stack of 17 pennies. You’ll have that stack handy because it’s the same pile you just used to prove to your friend that 17 of them actually equals an inch.
Now, ask your friend to pick one. Even at 17 to 1 odds chances are your friend will more than not, not pick the penny with the “X.”
Fact is, if you don’t play the game, you can’t win anything, and you don’t lose anything. It’s best not to think about it.
Worried about the Oil Spill? Gerorge Carlin has a different point of view…