Lyrics from the past..

Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
You know, I just looked around and he's gone.

Anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked around and he's gone.

Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked 'round and he's gone.

Didn't you love the things that they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free
Some day soon, and it's a-gonna be one day ...

Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walk up over the hill,
With Abraham, Martin and John.

Sung by Dion in 1968 in response to the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy in April and June (1968). Written by Dick Holler.

Working with good cops has given me some great friendships and insight. I've watched them weed out the bad eggs and make sure they were investigated and/or canned. I've listened to them on the radio run into burning buildings to get people out because the fire dept. hadn't arrived yet. I've watched them get hurt, spat on, pissed on, vomited on, cursed...this list could go on for an hour. I've seen great restraint, and I've seen deep compassion. (Notice I haven't used the word hero? I've seen that too.)

It's a personal peeve of mine how some hate cops because they are cops. I'm no statist. I think our government needs a comeuppance something fierce. (I was accused of that recently.)

I will never understand the limited mentality that insists on grouping with the "all or nothing" scenario. So to those cop haters I'll simply say...Don't call us when you have a problem.

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.................Free the RT100.................







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What a loss. Comedian Richard Jeni, October 31, 1957 – March 10, 2007. Died of a gunshot wound to the face which is still under investigation by law enforcement.

If you never saw his HBO special: "A big steaming pile of me", I suggest you watch it. It was Richard at his finest!

Rest in peace. You will be sorely missed funny man.


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Wish you were here
by Pink Floyd

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail
A smile from a veil
Do you think you can tell
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage

How I wish
How I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found
The same old fears
Wish you were here...

For Gavin, my son. 07/30/68-02/22/07

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Edited by magialuna at 02/22/2007 11:28 PM

MSNBC
LOS ANGELES - Al Gore, the former vice president and now hit documentary maker, on Thursday added rock promoter to his résumé, announcing plans for a 24-hour concert series on all seven continents to highlight, you guessed it, the dangers of global warming.

With a powerhouse lineup of acts from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Snoop Dogg to Bon Jovi, what's being called "Live Earth" aims to gather more than 100 of the world's top musicians on July 7 — and attract 2 billion viewers, most of them via television, radio and the Web. 07-07-07

The concerts will be streamed live on MSN, Microsoft's information portal.
Click to Read More Here

(performers already signed up: Pharrell, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Snoop Dogg, Lenny Kravitz, Bon Jovi, Paolo Nutini, Sheryl Crow, AFI, Melissa Etheridge, John Mayer, Damien Rice, Corrine Bailey Rae, Duran Duran, Snow Patrol, John Legend, Black Eyed Peas, Akon, Enrique Iglesias, Fall Out Boy, Mana, Keane, Kelly Clarkson, Korn, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, Ray LaMontagne, Robin Thicke, and Kenna.)

Note to self: no one seems to give a shit about our planet. I posted this in forum and got a dozen replies about Paolo Nutini's singing. (?) Hey, I could ramble about Disturbed or Alice in Chains all night, but that wasn't my point.

*Has mental pic of sheeple with heads in sand*
sigh...


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Al, Doc, Trixie, Jane, Seth, Alma, Sol, Cy, Charlie, Dan, Joanie, Johnny, Wu, Tom, Martha, Jewel, Silas..hell even E.B. and Hearst..

Sunday nights just ain't gonna be the same without 'em.

Give Milch 12 more HBO...pretty f*ckin please???



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Edited by magialuna at 08/27/2006 3:19 PM

How many of you are canceling your HBO subscription once Deadwood and Rome are gone? *Raises hand...I am!* Thats 1...

"Komodo dragons sleep headfirst in large burrows. It is a very, very, very bad idea to even think of pulling its tail." ~ Douglas Adams "The kiss originated when the first male reptile licked the first female reptile, implying in a subtle, complimentary way that she was as succulent as the small reptile he'd had for dinner the night before." ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Male Sharks have two penises (well, "claspers").
• HBO cares about quality of programming. (mwha)
• 850 peanuts are needed to make an 18 oz jar of peanut butter.
• An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases each year from the surrounding environment.
• HBO hires clueless geniuses to decide their programming. (Well, "clueless")
• Your oral cavity has more bacteria than your anal cavity.
• I am going to stay subscribed to HBO once they ditch Deadwood and Rome. (Wanna buy an igloo?)
• China has more English speakers than the United States. (What is wrong with *that* picture??)
• Female canaries cannot sing.
• During the average human life, you will consume 70 assorted bugs as well as 10 spiders as you sleep. (Sounds like a good HBO series..)
• For every person on earth, there are an estimated 200 million insects.
• 72% of Americans sign their pets' names on greeting cards they send out.
• Every year, 2700 surgical patients go home from the hospital with metal tools, sponges, and other objects left inside them. In 2000, 57 people died as a result of these mistakes. (Ayup..This happened to my father)
• The keyboard player for Jethro Tull (David Palmer) is now a woman named Dee Palmer. He waited until his wife died before going through with his longtime desire for a sex change.
• Hmmm, that would be an interesting HBO series too..lol. Shades of Big Love.
• Spam filters that catch the word "cialis" will not allow many work-related e-mails through because that word is embedded inside the word "specialist".
• Mailmen in Russia now carry revolvers after a recent decision by the government.
• The time spent deleting SPAM costs United States businesses $21.6 billion annually.
• One quarter of all creatures on the planet are beetles.
• Starfish don't have brains. (Now who does this sound like...?)
• A group of crows is called a murder.
• Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

• The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when its creator (Frank Baum) looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz".
• The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
• Most toilets flush in E flat.
• During the female orgasm, endorphines are released, which are powerful painkillers. So headaches are in fact a bad excuse not to have sex.
• On average, the Pentagon uses 666 rolls of toilet paper in one day.
• Smokers are twice as likely to develop lower back pain than non-smokers.
• Fires onland generally move faster uphill than downhill.
  Actual city names in Florida: Yeehaw Junction Christmas Picnic Fort Lonesome Mayo Frostproof Cabbage Key Kissimmee Marathon Celebration Two Egg Ona Hogtown (renamed Gainesville now) Aces of Diamonds Apollo Beach Jupiter Oneco Myakka Aladdin City The Keyhole Jewfish Valhalla Perky Turkeyfoot Wagon Wheel Corkscrew Ybor Hull Fruitville Tryon Negrotown Knoll Up the Grove Beach Rood Fedhaven Rattlesnake Balm Hollopaw Wahneta Intercession City Ozona Howey-in-the-Hills Okahumpka Chassahowitzka Yankeetown Romeo Earlybird Yellowjacket Halfmoon Tobacco Patch landing Deadman Landing Spuds Possom Bluff Cadillac Buda Roach Sopchoppy Mosquito Landing Two Mile Eleven Mile Bunker Donation Niceville Bagdad Bratt (You can find all of these on the map...I used to live there, lol. To be continued...maybe... I recently left my native state of Florida to move to BFE Georgia. It has been a *real* eye opener...for example: The term "sadomasochistic abuse" is defined so broadly, that it could possibly be applied to a person handcuffing another in a clown suit. All sex toys are banned. It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office. Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session. Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs. Signs are required to be written in English. No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday. In Acworth - All citizens must own a rake. In Athens-Clarke County - If you want to read your favorite book in public to your friends, do it before 2:45 AM. In Athens-Clarke County - Selling two beers at once for the same price is not allowed. In Athens-Clarke County - Though being forced to close your business is bad enough, Athens-Clarke County forces one to obtain a license before holding a Going-Out-Of-Business sale. In Athens-Clarke County - Owners of mules may not allow their animal to roam around Athens unsupervised. In Athens-Clarke County - Persons under the age of 16 may not play pinball after 11:00 PM. In Athens-Clarke County - It is illegal for one to make a disturbing sound at a fair. (Define disturbing??) In Athens-Clarke County - On Mondays, it is illegal for one to whistle very loud after 11:00 PM. In Athens-Clarke County - Alabama slingshots may not be used in the city limits. In Atlanta - It is against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp. (But I NEED to pop into this store for a sec!?) In Atlanta - One man may not be on another man's back. In Columbus - No one may practice the business of tattooing on Sunday. In Columbus - It is illegal to carve your initials on a tree, even if it is on your own property. (WTF?) In Columbus - Model airplanes may be flown so long as they stay on either private property or city property adjacent to the county morgue. In Columbus - Blow guns are not allowed to be used within the city limits. (Pissed off pygmy!) In Columbus - Cussing over the telephone is against the law. In Columbus - No one may tease an idiot. (Does that include politicians?) In Columbus - Crosses may be burned on someone else’s property, so long as you have their permission. (White sheets optional..) In Columbus - To swim in any pond in the city, one must wear a ‘suitable bathing suit’. In Columbus - Barber shops may not open on Sundays. In Columbus - Stink bombs are not allowed in the city limits. In Columbus - Picnics are prohibited in graveyards. (Great, great Grandma doesn't get to share??) In Columbus - No person may be buried under a sidewalk of a cemetery. In Columbus - Bars may not hold a "Lady’s Night". In Columbus - All Indians must return to their shore of the Chattohoochee River by nightfall. (Say WHAT!?) In Columbus - The fine for waving a gun in public is higher than actually shooting it. (In Florida it's a felony...fine? fine?) In Columbus - It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday. (I can't WAIT to find out why..) In Columbus - Can't cut off a chicken's head on Sunday. In Columbus - It is illegal to carry a chicken by it's feet down Broadway on Sunday. ("I'm a Voodoo Childddddd...") In Conyers - One may not place a dead bird on a neighbor's lawn. In Dublin - Rocks may not be thrown at birds. In Dublin - A person must obtain a permit to spread rat poison. In Dublin - Persons may not wear hoods in public. (I wonder if this applies to dew rags..) In Dublin - It is illegal to play catch in any city street. In Gainesville - Chicken must be eaten with the hands. In Jonesboro - It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy". In Marietta - Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck. (YEEE-HAW!) In Quitman - It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road. (I wonder how many chickens receive citations..) In Roswell - Erotic dancing is prohibited on Sundays. In Roswell - The flooring of adult bookstores and video stores must be nonabsorbant and smooth textured. (EYEWWWWWW!!!) In St. Mary's - No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark. -- Edited by magialuna at 11/15/2006 9:47 PM

A doctor and two nurses that remained at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans to care for patients during and after Hurricane Katrina have been arrested and charged with second degree murder.

They have been accused of euthanizing four patients with morphine and versed. The families of patients were forced to evacuate. The doctor was quoted (by a nurse) as allegeding stating the patients remaining at the hospital would probably not survive and that a decision had been made to give lethal doses to the patients.

The hospital was cut off from the outside world by flooding. The power was gone. The heat in the hospital was at 100 degrees.

Most of the patients were in very critical condition, but one woman's family argues she was on the mend.

It really makes you think. What would you do? Leave them to die in agony? Euthanize them? The whole story boggles the mind. I sure don't know what I'd do in the given situation. Who does?

Before we begin: PLEASE, no Bible thumping. If you can't address the issue on your own merit, then don't.

Lately I've seen blogs against the N word, womens' rights, politics, and the like. I've run into more than my share of homophobia on forum lately, and I am sick of it.

A person's sexual preference should not make a difference in how an individual or community views them. Put the shoe on the other foot all you that so freely toss out terms like fag or gay in a negative connotation. I'll wager you would be screaming your head off in protest had the world been predominately homosexual and heterosexuals were bashed as deviate.

What right does the public have invading an individual's privacy?

How corrupt is JebCo? Read on...

Eller Does Not Stand Alone:
July 2004
Andrew Eller does not stand alone in recognizing the flawed science used by the US Fish & Wildlife Service Vero Beach Office. Rather than being fired, Eller deserves commendation for his bold effort to move his agency out from under the debris of bad science and into the light of the sunshine state.
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USFWS Fires Whistleblower Andrew Eller:
November 8, 2004 - The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has decided to terminate the biologist who publicly challenged its reliance on flawed studies about the habitat and population of the endangered Florida Panther, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
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Eller/PEER DQA Legal Complaint Upheld!
March 2005 - The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) formally conceded that it has been using flawed science in assessing the habitat and population of the endangered Florida Panther. The agency announcement came in a decision to uphold a legal complaint filed jointly by one of the agency

Taken before her time.
A victim of a horrible crime.
Crack cocaine makes people do terrible things.

May the Laney family find solace.
May Barbara Jean rest in peace.
God Bless and Keep You All.

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Edited by magialuna at 07/08/2006 11:48 PM

Many of you are wanting to cancel, boycotte, and complain to HBO regarding their choices on what to keep and what to toss. (Why stop there?)

Time Warner owns HBO and MUCH more...

Time Warner Company headquarters
1 Time Warner Center
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-484-8000
Fax: 212-489-6183
www.aoltimewarner.com/

Time Warner's holdings include:

AOL, New Line Cinema, Time Warner Cable, and Warner Bros. Entertainment.

It doesn't stop there. You're battling an expansive force:

Time Warner Book Group:
Warner Books
The Mysterious Press
Warner Vision
Warner Business Books
Aspect
Warner Faith
Warner Treasures
TW Kids
Little, Brown and Company
Little, Brown Adult Trade
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Back Bay
Bulfinch Press
Time Warner Book Group UK
Time Warner Audio Books
Time Inc.
Southern Progress Corporation
Sunset Books
Oxmoor House
Leisure Arts

Time Warner - Cable:
HBO
CNN
CNN International
CNN en Espanol
CNN Headline News
CNN Airport Network
CNN fn
CNN Radio
CNN Interactive
Court TV (with Liberty Media)
Time Warner Cable
Road Runner
New York 1 News (24 hour news channel devoted only to NYC)
Kablevision (53.75% - cable television in Hungary)
In Demand
Metro Sports (Kansas City)
Time Warner Inc. - Film & TV Production/Distribution
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Studios
Warner Bros. Television (production)
The WB Television Network
Warner Bros. Television Animation
Hanna - Barbera Cartoons
Telepictures Production
Witt - Thomas Productions
Castle Rock Entertainment
Warner Home Video
Warner Bros. Domestic Pay - TV
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution
The Warner Channel (Latin America, Asia - Pacific, Australia, Germ.)
Warner Bros. International Theaters (owns/operates multiplex theaters in over 12 countries)

Time Warner Inc. - Magazines:
Time
Time Asia
Time Atlantic
Time Canada
Time Latin America
Time South Pacific
Time Money
Time For Kids
Fortune
All You
Business 2.0
Life
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated International
SI for Kids
Inside Stuff
Money
Your Company
Your Future
People
Who Weekly (Australian edition)
People en Español
Teen People
Entertainment Weekly
EW Metro
The Ticket
In Style
Southern Living
Progressive Farmer
Southern Accents
Cooking Light
The Parent Group
Parenting
Baby Talk
Baby on the Way
This Old House
Sunset
Sunset Garden Guide
The Health Publishing Group
Health
Hippocrates
Coastal Living
Weight Watchers
Real Simple
Asiaweek (Asian news weekly)
President (Japanese business monthly)
Dancyu (Japanese cooking)
Wallpaper (U.K.)
Field & Stream
Freeze
Golf Magazine
Outdoor Life
Popular Science
Salt Water Sportsman
Ski
Skiing Magazine
Skiing Trade News
SNAP
Snowboard Life
Ride BMX
Today's Homeowner
TransWorld Skateboarding
TransWorld Snowboarding
Verge
Yachting Magazine
Warp
American Express Publishing Corporation (partial ownership/management)
Travel & Leisure
Food & Wine
Your Company
Departures
SkyGuide

Magazines listed under Warner Brothers label:
DC Comics
Vertigo
Paradox
Milestone
Mad Magazine

Online Services:
CompuServe Interactive Services
AOL Instant Messenger
AOL.com portal
Digital City
AOL Europe
ICQ

The Knot, Inc. - wedding content (8 % with QVC 36% and Hummer
WinbladFunds 18%)

MapQuest.com - pending regulatory approval

Spinner.com

Winamp

DrKoop.com (10%)

Legend (49% - Internet service in China)

Time Warner - Online/Other Publishing:
Road Runner
Warner Publisher Services
Time Distribution Services
American Family Publishers (50%)
Pathfinder
Africana.com

Time Warner - Merchandise/Retail:
Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Theme Parks
Warner Brothers Recreation Enterprises (owns/operates international theme parks)

Time Warner Inc. - Turner Entertainment:
Entertainment Networks
TBS Superstation
Turner Network Television (TNT)
Turner South
Cartoon Network
Turner Classic Movies
Cartoon Network in Europe
Cartoon Network in Latin America
TNT & Cartoon Network in Asia/Pacific
Film Production
New Line Cinema
Fine Line Features

Turner Original Productions:
Sports
Atlanta Braves

Turner Learning

CNN Newsroom (daily news program for classrooms)

Turner Adventure Learning (electronic field trips for schools)

Turner Home Satellite

Turner Network Sales

Netscape Communications

Netscape Netcenter portal

AOL MovieFone

iAmaze

Amazon.com (partial)

Quack.com

Streetmail (partial)

Switchboard (6%)

Hope this helps yall.

We have several characters on our board (Rome) that like to tout Evil, and they think its cool. They role play doing Evil things, and one of them even carries the nickname EvilOverlord.

If you're an animal lover *stop reading here*.

Well, I saw real Evil today, and its still haunting me. I live out in the woods in BFE, Ga. Today I took the back road toward a little town thats enroute to the city where I grocery shop.

I saw the Buzzards right away as they lifted airborne off the road. I thought to myself "Oh no, someone probably hit a Deer." But there were a *lot* of Buzzards...more than usual.

As I got closer I stopped the car dead in the middle of the road (no traffic there). My brain refused to comprehend what my eyes were seeing.

Someone had killed an entire litter of beautiful puppies, crammed them into a big black plastic trash bag, and tossed them into the shallow ditch like garbage. I'm guessing they were about 12 weeks old. I deduced they were Shepherd mix by the fur. The buzzards had been quite successful at removing them from the bag and dragging them up on the road.

Crime Scene Tech student that I am I started looking for evidential clues. The first thing that glared out at me were the Latex gloves tossed alongside, a large Ziploc bag, and the paper plate that reeked of Arensic. (If you don't know: Most Arsenic compounds are odorless...BUT..if it is exposed to bright Sunlight the heat changes it to a gaseous state and emits a Garlic like odor).

Killing puppies is bad enough, but why wait until they are that old? Why torture them with a horrible death in that manner? It boggles the mind that your local psycho killer can be right around the old corner. It really hits home that there are still people that consider animals disposable inconveniences.

Hell, I would have taken them and found homes for them. I already own two rescue dogs and nine rescue cats.

No, this freak probably enjoyed the power.
I hope someday this freak meets it's match.

Evil? No, it is not "cool".