US Airways No Longer Serving Free Water

US Airways is the worse airline flying today. My only hope is they shutdown! Their management team must be ex-Greyhound managers.

US Airways No Longer Serving Free Water: "

Charging for checked luggage and legroom isn't enough for some carriers -- starting today, coach passengers flying aboard US Airways Inc. must pay for a drink of water.

This morning, US Airways began charging fliers $2 for bottled water and sodas and $1 for teas and coffees. First class members, trans-Atlantic passengers and a select group of others are exempt from the extra fees.

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McCain flip flops...again

Funny how things change. Like I said the other day, flip flopping was a huge "issue" just a few years ago. Now no one is hardly talking about it, yet it is very much real and in our face. Senator McCain the other day made a few statements about adoption to the New York Times. Seems he believes that gay couples should not be able to adopt unwanted and endangered children because there is no mamma in da house.

Course, he and his wife have adopted children and he spoke from the position of authority on this matter. Course everyone picked up on the story of his stupidity. Which has now forced his campaign to come out to clarify the "real" meaning of his remarks. Check'em out below.

What is your thoughts and feelings on this? Post a comment!

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JOHN MCCAIN BACKTRACKS ON GAY ADOPTION REMARKS
John McCain has backtracked on a statement to the New York Times over the weekend on whether or not same-sex parents should be allowed to adopt children. Said McCain to the paper: 'I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don’t believe in gay adoption.'

The remarks were criticized by PFLAG which responded with research to the contrary.

McCain campaign Director of Communications Jill Hazelbaker sent out the following clarification this afternoon:

'McCain could have been clearer in the interview in stating that his position on gay adoption is that it is a state issue, just as he made it clear in the interview that marriage is a state issue. "

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Lieberman: Obama Couldn't Go To Iraq If It Wasn't For McCain

Hi, my name is Joe Lieberman, and I am a idiot. I screwed everyone over I know, and I can't decide what I stand for or not, just tell me where the wind is blowing and I am with it! Please remember that you can't believe a word I say because next week there is a good chance I will change my position and I just hope I can keep ahead of the voting polling info so I can be re-elected and give me more time to screw people over!

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NJ Mall AT&T Resellers Hand Out Anti-iPhone Propaganda to Customers

And Steve said......Fire "em!

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ZAP!!!!!!

OMG....Couple years ago, something terrible happen. It was tragic and beyond thinkable. That is until the Bush administration decided to become our mommy. Please read the attached story and tell me your thoughts. Is this simply just crazy or what?

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Just when you thought you’ve heard it all...

A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser®. According to this promotional video found at the Lamperd Less Lethal, Inc. website, the bracelet would be worn by all airline passengers (video also shown below)."

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Alabama A.G. Troy King Preparing to Resign Over Gay Sex Scandal?

This is a few days old, but it has been crazy in my little world lately. Read on and tell me what you think. This stuff really cracks me up!

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ALABAMA A.G. TROY KING PREPARING TO RESIGN OVER GAY SEX SCANDAL?
A spokesman for the Alabama Governor's office has denied that Alabama Attorney General Troy King is preparing to resign as rumors swirl of an explosive scandal involving King, his wife, and a male aide:

'The word is, according to multiple sources in Montgomery and elsewhere, that King was recently caught by his wife in a gay affair with a male aide and banished from his home. According to Tara Hutchison in the executive office of the governor they have heard of no plans in the works for King’s resignation. She said she had not heard that he had been kicked out of his home because of a gay affair. Governor Bob Riley’s press office had refused to return multiple phone"

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Privacy and your rights are slipping away...do you even know it?

Recently, I had a lengthy conversation with a friend about how I felt it was wrong and should be illegal for companies and the government to access Facebook and others. In as much as these sites are open to the public, should they be used to decide if you can be hired or used against you in court? How many times have you said something stupid to a friend, but that was just between you and them? How many times this week have you said something that was between you and someone else and not for general consumption? At one point in this country we made it illegal for others to record what you say. As we know that is also not as true anymore.

Social sites are by and large a wealth of information on people. Think about it, they tell the world everything from where you go, what events you attend which include political tendencies. Religious affiliations you hold to. The internet is a wonderful and awesome tool. But, like with any tool it needs to be used correctly. Locksmith has tools to open anything, but their are strong rules in place to assure they aren't used wrongfully. Social sites should be afforded the same protections.

No company, or government agency should have access of any kind to them. The government seems to have forgotten who they work for. Would restricting their access to the sites make their jobs harder? Well I would hope so, they are in the business of having to make their case. It should be hard.

In this article the defendant was to be placed on probation, but got two years because based on a photo the judge felt that the man was really not remorseful. This only illustrates again why we the people are have rights and protections under the law. Are you telling me that every other person before you believed them when they said they were sorry? That all you needed was a photograph showing other wise and you would have "put them away?" We are living in a time where we are increasingly being watched and recorded. In many parts of this world you can not go a day without being recorded.

Posting on a social site is the decision of the individual. I am amazed by some of the things people post too. Yet, isn't that what we have always done. Just before it was said between us and no one knew? Is it any different then it was 50 years ago, just now you can see and hear it more? It isn't anything new. Just now, non-breathing non-living entities claim the right to know and see them. They claim they need this information. We have already seen the concept of privacy all but die at this point. Is our privacy something we can even save at this point. Remember when your credit rating was private? Now anyone and everyone can see it, and use it to determine more then if you likely pay for something over time. It is used to decide if you are worthy of living in certain places, be employed or fly on a plane. Amazing how individuals are being told that they need to hold themselves to a level that companies and the government are not.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled 'Jail Bird.'

In the age of the Internet, it might not be hard to guess what happened to those pictures: Someone posted them on the social networking site Facebook. And that offered remarkable evidence for Jay Sullivan, the prosecutor handling Lipton's drunken-driving case.

Sullivan used the pictures to paint Lipton as an unrepentant partier who lived it up while his victim r"

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Flip Floppin

Honestly, in the last general election all we heard about was flip flopping. To the point that it drove me nuts. Both sides did it and still do. But, this time it seems bigger and more scary. Have said since day one of Obama's run for the White House, that the problem him was we know nothing of the man.

Who would be in his administration? Excuse me, but haven't we learned by now its the Karl Rove's of the world that is what is scary. Those people that aren't elected that make policy and move the powers to be to this agenda or that agenda. Least with McCain and Clinton we knew what we were getting. As failed as it maybe, least you knew. Obama is an unknown and a that is a much bigger problem. Who is he going to have in the State Department? Who is going to be sitting in the Oval Office pushing policy and direction? Do you really think the President does that?

Yes, Hillary is a bitch, we know that and so we can deal with that. McCain is just stupid, again we have already dealt with that for the last eight years. Change is good when things are broken, that's a given. But, what change is needed and how it will be changed is paramount.

Obama maybe a newbie in the big club, but he is showing he is very good at playing the game, even more so then those that have been up there for decades.

Wrong Aid

Not sure where this is from. But, it is simply stupid. Should this be against the law? No, I don't think so. He has every right to stand up and show his stupidity and be protected. Equally I think anyone has the right to peacefully protest his store both physically and more so with their money.

We all know voting in the traditional sense doesn't really work any more. But, your money talks louder then anything. Picket the guy and don't buy anything. That is how you effect change in the free market place.

Wrong Aid: "

Pretty amazing isn’t it? It sounds like this manager, Tom Marquez, has quite the problem with gay people. This poster reminded me first of the ‘No Blacks’ posters, or the ‘No Irish Need Apply’ posters. It could have easily said:

This store does not believe in Black and White marriages. Any black and white activity, which includes kissing, hugging, touching, or anything else that would make our customers feel uncomfortable is prohibited in the store. You see, the message is the same-only the words are the same. Would the black and white poster be allowed up? Nope. My guess is that Mr. Marquez is going to be in a bit of hot water over this one. More on this at kkaatz.spaces.live.com.

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Craig, Vitter Sponsor Bill To "Protect" Marriage

You have got to be kidding me!

Just this week, a group of Republican senators re-introduced the Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution, which, as we know, would ban gay marriage.

This isn't especially surprising. Republicans are looking at the political landscape, and they're feeling awfully discouraged. The polls look bad, the base looks depressed, and fundraising looks iffy. Rallying the far-right troops with an anti-gay amendment to the Constitution -- even though it has no chance at even getting so much as a hearing -- might be helpful to the conservative movement.

But the funny part is looking over the list of the 10 original sponsors. Most of the names are predictable -- Brownback and Inhofe, for example -- but there are two others whose names stand out: Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Larry Craig (R-Idaho).

Yes, two of the principal sponsors of a constitutional amendment to "protect" marriage include one far-right Republican who hired prostitutes and another far-right Republican who was arrested for soliciting gay sex an airport men's room.

Link below to the rest of the story.

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U.S. Embassy refuses to pay road tolls

So, the federal government of the United States just doesn't pay its traffic citations? Their reasoning is because they want to call it a tax and they are not subject to the tax. I am so going to use this on my parking ticket. See ya in court!

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1,000 California Pastors Launch 'Call to Arms' on Same-Sex Marriage

Sounds like it is time to start talking about tax exempt status of churches. When you enter into the political arena then you no longer get to enjoy a tax free status. You got to pay to play in this game. Not to mention with the debt GW has run up, his followers should be equally putting into the kitty just like everyone else!

1,000 California Pastors Launch 'Call to Arms' on Same-Sex Marriage: "

Pastor Jim Garlow of the 2,500-member Skyline Church in San Diego County organized a conference call of more than 1,000 mostly Evangelical ministers yesterday to discuss strategy related to the anti-gay ballot measure headed to California's ballot in November:

'The strategy session, which included input from lawyers and political consultants, was the opening of what conservative religious leaders hope will become a massive Christian outpouring of support for the proposed amendment. The effort will include a 40-day fast leading up to election day, along with 100 days of prayer. On the weekend before the election, Garlow told the ministers, the goal would be to fill Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego and other amphitheaters with people praying for a ban on gay marriage...All told, organizers said, the ministers on the call lead congregations totaling about 1 million people.'

If you remember, earlier this week I posted that the Church of Latter Day Saints is also gearing up for battle.

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Dumb Parents

How does a parent allow a 2 year old to cross a four lane main street without holding his hand? I don't care if he is walking right next to you. How stupid can you be? These are the type of people that depend on government to raise them and their children. There is no excuse for this type of stupidity. I defend your right to be stupid, just don't come back whining and crying because something happens because of your laziness!

30 years???

Let me see if I have this right. You can just ignore a court order?

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Deal Reached in Congress to Rewrite Rules on Wiretapping - NYTimes.com

Okay, this is just nuts! Our supposed leaders in Congress have once again looked at the Constitution and decided to piss on it. We don't have leaders anymore, all we have are a bunch of people that are professional sell-outs. This bill is just simply crazy and anyone supporting the daily destruction of our rights and the frame work of this country is equally nuts.

Apathy is killing our nation, and us.

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WASHINGTON — After months of wrangling, Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress struck a deal on Thursday to overhaul the rules on the government’s wiretapping powers and provide what amounts to legal immunity to the phone companies that took part in President Bush’s warrantless eavesdropping program after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The deal, expanding the government’s powers in some key respects, would allow intelligence officials to use broad warrants to eavesdrop on foreign targets and conduct emergency wiretaps without court orders on American targets for a wee"

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Michael Savage: Homosexual Mafia is Raping Children's Minds

Michael Savage, the supreme residential idiot of the far right, (so far it makes a loop) is up to his old bullshit. When he doesn't get enough attention from the conservatives he feels the need to whip up something stupid. Course, I am sitting here posting this shit so I must be nuts too.

Michael Savage: Homosexual Mafia is Raping Children's Minds: "

Talk Radio Network's Michael Savage has unleashed some particularly disgusting anti-gay nonsense on his show this week.

'I had to explain to my young son why these two men were holding hands the other day,' said one caller on the June 16th broadcast of anti-gay radio show host Michael Savage's radio show.

Savage responded:

'You've got to explain to the children ... why God told people this was wrong. You have to explain this to them in this time of mental rape that's going on. The children's minds are being raped by the homosexual mafia, that's my position. They're raping our children's minds.'

Media Matters reports that earlier that day another caller had called in to discuss same-sex marriage.

Said Savage: 'It's not a joke when you pervert an institution like marriage, which is in trouble enough. It's not a joke. Our children are being destroyed by this. It's a very important story. The children don't know what to make of it. Children nine, 10 are saying, 'I'm gay.' They don't know what it even means. It's a giant propaganda machine trying to pervert children.'

Audio at Media Matters.

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Savage, Limbaugh, Imus, Coulter: The Week in Hate Speech [tr]

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Chief Judge in Obscenity Case Caught Posting Porn | Threat Level from Wired.com

He didn't think his site was publicly accessible? There is so much I want to say about this, but I will just let the story stand on its own!

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Chief Judge in Obscenity Case Caught Posting Porn
By Kim Zetter June 11, 2008 | 2:40:54 PMCategories: Crime, Porn, The Courts  

A top federal judge who is presiding over an obscenity trial in Los Angeles has been caught posting explicit photos and videos to his web site. The judge told the Los Angeles Times that he didn't think the site was publicly accessible.
Alex Kozinski (at right), a conservative appointee of former president Ronald Reagan who is chief of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, posted a photo of naked women standing on all fours and painted to look like cows, as well as a video of a half-naked man with a farm animal. A step-by-step pictorial depicted a woman shaving her pubic hair and other images showed masturbation and what the Times called 'contortionist sex.'
The images were posted to a subdomain of the judge's web site that could only be access"

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Hulk Hogan's Wife: Jail Him

Why am I thinking that there will be no more new episodes of "Hogan Knows Best?"

Hulk Hogan's Wife: Jail Him: "

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Hulk Hogan's estranged wife is asking a Florida judge to cite the wrestler for allegedly not paying his share of a $4.2 million Las Vegas condo.

Linda Bollea is asking that Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, be held in contempt of court and jailed until he pays. A court order requires them to share the purchase of the condo at The Palms hotel and spa.

Linda Bollea is asking that Hogan be jailed in Pinellas County. That's where the couple's son is serving an eight-month sentence after pleading no contest to causing a crash that seriously injured his friend.

An assistant for Hogan's lawyer says the attorney wasn't immediately available. Linda Bollea's lawyer is expected to release a statement later Wednesday.

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