Daddy Dan

(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
A scene from the May Day demonstration in Downtown L.A. today.  The marchers want amnesty for illegal immigrants and a stop to raids on companies employing them.
Mexico flag wavers for people wanting to become U.S. citizens?  Major pet peeve of mine.

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Have you seen this? Is it real? I can’t imagine the Lakers (or his contract) would allow him to do something like this.
I’ve watched it over and over and decided that it really is Kobe jumping, but he’s not jumping over the car.
Watch closely and you can tell that Kobe is closer to […]

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Stick a fork in him, he’s done.
His allegiance to his church, even if he really does disagree with the hate-mongering speeches of Reverend Wright, is going to bring him down.
Are the American people really expected to believe that he didn’t know his Reverend, who he calls his friend and spiritual mentor, who presided over his […]

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Have you heard about the string of women fainting at Obama rallies? A lot of the news media is really making a big deal of it. I haven’t heard of such a thing other than when The Beatles first staged their U.S. Invasion back in the 60’s. I wonder if it’s because […]

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We had yet another school shooting today, this one at Northern Illinois University. Six people, including the gunman were dead as of the latest report. This is terribly sad. I don’t know what’s going on in this country, but we’ve had WAY too many of these types of crimes in the past […]

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VH1 has issued it’s list of the top 100 songs of the 90’s. The ranking was based on an online poll.
Here’s the top 10:

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
One - U2
I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Vogue - Madonna
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot
Baby One More […]

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As the presidential race continues to heat up it seems the focus of, at least the Republican race, is the subject of religion.  Mike Huckabee, the former Baptist minister, has surged ahead of Mitt Romney in many states where Romney once had a comfortable lead.
My personal opinion on the matter is that it really isn’t important […]

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I’ve been playing with my Amazon Kindle now for a few weeks, so I’m ready to provide my full product review of the product. Let me start out by saying that, despite some small shortcomings, I love it! The Amazon Kindle, beyond between a fantastic e-book reader, comes with several features they don’t […]

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The hottest gift for 2007 appears to be……….gift cards.  According to one study, U.S. gift card sales are expected to grow from $27.8 billion in 2006 to $35 billion in 2007, a gain of 25%.
Now, I don’t mind getting gift cards as gifts, at least when they are for stores where I shop, but you […]

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As we all know, The Office has a very large ensemble cast, almost all of whom were completely unknown before they got their big break on The Office.  Some of the cast, I’m sure, will most likely use their roles on The Office to start a successful acting career.  I’m thinking about Rainn Wilson (Dwight), […]

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