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Priceless!

What is just as scary are the things some doctors are endorsing today!

But I didn't give up smoking
"I said Woman, Woman you going to walk a mile for a Camel
Or are you going to make like Mr Chesterfield and satisfy?
She said That all depends on what your packin'
Regular or kingsize"

Time Warner Cable Sucks IV:

You've heard this from me many times, but bear with me, this is good. On Sunday morning Bill and I wanted to watch the LA Marathon because our friends, Lynn and Matt, were walking in it. We turned on the tube and got Poltergeist fuzz. Went to the other tubes (the Internets) and nada. Couldn't even hijack the neighbor's wireless. Called Time Warner and just got a lot of mouth-breathing and an offer to have me hole-up in the house for 4 hours today to wait for a live mouth-breather. No thanks. We went out to breakfast instead. We came home and voila, everything was back to normal. Came home today to a "Sorry I missed you" message from the cable guy...and an offer for a $20 credit for the inconvenience because he was 30 minutes late (for the appointment I turned down). And, yes, I'm absolutely accepting the $20 credit.

P.S. Tyler, why'd you cut your hair?!

This is a comment cross posted on The Huffington Post:

"If I am Howard Dean right now I would be praying. Praying real hard. Praying for Hillary Clinton to lose tomorrow. Because if she doesn't lose, and if she does go on to win the Democratic Nomination, then it is possible that we will all be witness to the end of the Democratic Party as we know it.

Over the past two weeks, we have been witnessed to the Hillary Clinton "kitchen sink" strategy in which she has attacked Obama over whatever she can find. In her mission to win the nomination and increasing her momentum after 11 straight losses, she has also increased the level of negativity among Obama supporters towards her. With each attack her negatives have grown more and more. Read the blogs and the comments section of the major sites and you can almost feel the vile spewing through about Clinton. It is not like many dont realize this. In an interview this past weekend, Clinton advisors were asked about the divisiveness and the rift it could cause for the general election. Predictably, Clinton advisors said that she would be able to unite the party by November. Unfortunately, the demographics of the people that support Obama, tell a different story.

Don't think Dean doesn't realize who Obama supporters are. He does, because before Obama they were his people. They are young, they are old, they are educated, they are liberal, moderate and conservative. Yet the greatest, and scariest, thing is they aren't traditional Democrats. No, these aren't your mom and dad Democrats. They are people who really have a major distaste for Politics. They believe everything is rigged and that neither party really gives and damn about them. Their sense of idealism makes them wildly independent and show loyalty only to ideals while beholden to no one. Yet, as they have shown so far, they have incredible energy. Their grassroots ability are like none we have ever seen in politics. Most importantly, they can raise huge sums of money. More money than any campaign-democratic or republican has ever been able to raise. They can be the future of the Democratic Party...or the army that destroys it.

Right now it seems the latter to be true. Because a majority of them have no true allegiance to the Democratic Party, or to Clinton for that matter, a victory for Clinton in this matter could lead to the largest political revolt in American history. As Vernon Jordan stated: "How do you stop a movement?" Well the next question should be "How do you stop an angry movement out for revenge?" Forget about just a revolt at the floor of the convention. How about this for a nightmare scenario: Obama supporters lining up at each Clinton rally picketing and protesting. Bloggers writing every single bad thing they can about Clinton. Can you imagine the responses Clinton supporters would get canvassing or phone banking??? Can you imagine the number of people lining up to vote for John McCain just to spite Hillary's chances. It could get ugly.

This scenario could have been avoided. All Clinton had to do is run a clean campaign. but she could not. Her ambition for power was more important than the Democratic Party. The fact that she has gone negative. The mis-truths. Her ambition has even led her to give a semi endorsement of her "friend" John McCain over Obama. All this for power.

It is one thing to be angry and not like someone. It is another thing to lose respect. Clinton is walking that line. Some would say she has already crossed it. So yes, winning Texas and Ohio at all costs may indeed bring her back into the race and win her the nomination. But what happens if the cost of a Clinton victory is the destruction of the Democratic Party? That's something Dean doesn't want to know. So pray.

L-Mani S. Viney"

Does anyone have a High Definition video camera I can borrow for a few hours?
I need to dupe a tape.
Please email ojaiguy@roadrunner.com

Sad day in Jerusalem:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians

I've been hearing rumors around town that Gov Arnold has or is planning to buy Larry Hagman's home on Sulpher Mtn. Does anyone know if there is any truth to these rumors? Just curious....

Heh, I found an article that the Gov was looking....plus it's a nice article about Ojai (at least I think so).

Check it out...New York Times -
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/travel/escapes/30ojai.html?pagewanted=print

I've been hearing rumors around town that Gov Arnold has or is planning to buy Larry Hagman's home on Sulpher Mtn. Does anyone know if there is any truth to these rumors? Just curious....

Not Hagman's place. I can't/won't prove that online, but it's not Hagman's place.

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