THE BIKINI CAR WASH OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

WOAI out of San Antonio, Texas is reporting that the controversial, cleverly named business “The Bikini Car Wash” is now back in business after the local government shut them down because they didn’t approve of the business.  However, the city officials failed to understand that the business actually has to be violating a code or ordinance in order to be closed.  And they were not…

Owner Ricardo Arsate is happy that he is finally able to move forward with his booming business and provide the hormone driven clientele with the car washes that they so richly deserve!

This is not to say that guys like me wouldn’t offer to go get some milk in town…and then possibly get the car washed just to make sure that it was all clean and shiny!

Seriously though…I think it is ridiculous that the city’s leaders shut down the business without warrant just to save face because they didn’t do their due diligence when the business first registered their papers with the city and the state; it was then that they could have raised their objections and held hearings that would involve whether or not they would allow The Bikini Car Wash to open its doors.

Now, the only hope for removal of the The Bikini Car Wash is to have it violate an ordinance or have the public not want to do business there…

And the latter is not going to happen!

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JOE PACE: NO LONGER LIVING THE NBA HIGH-LIFE…

This is actually a really sad and tragic story.  Several news organizations, including FOX NEWS, have picked up on the story of a man named Joe Pace, who was a former NBA player with the Washington Bullets and was a part of their 1977-1978 Championship team that defeated the Seattle Super Sonics four games to three in the Finals.

Where is Joe Pace now?  He is living out of a homeless shelter in Seattle, Washington…ironically the place where he once knew some of the highest luxury living when his Washington Bullets team stayed at some of the nicest, upscale hotels while playing the Super Sonics for the NBA Championship.

Joe Pace was in the NBA for just a couple of years, playing with NBA greats like Wes Unseld and Elvin Hayes before he headed down to South America to play ball and after a series of injuries, one with his back that was devastating and destroyed his basketball career, he had to stop playing basketball.  After a brush with drug addiction and some other not-so-fortunate events, Joe Pace finds himself in a tough spot, without much hope in life.

Here’s my question for the NBA: You guys are a very select group of players with only a few players in the world who have been able to be a part of your fraternity…so how is it that you cannot keep tabs on one another and help each other out?  I know that when you play the games, it is pure competition and each man is out there for himself…but when it’s all said and done, aren’t you supposed to be your brother’s keeper?  I am not saying that you have to do someone else’s work…but can’t you guys look out for each other, lift one another up and give a guy an opportunity?  Especially the younger generation who is playing right now and enjoying the fruits of the labors of guys like Joe Pace…who even though he wasn’t a super star, played before you nonetheless and represented the league well.

Someone from the upper echelon of the NBA needs to go get Joe Pace and give him an opportunity; he obviously  knows the game of basketball pretty well and he could do a myriad of things for current NBA players or otherwise in the league…

Calling Commissioner David Stern, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, etc.

Give Joe Pace a chance!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE NBA STATISTICS OF JOE PACE WHEN HE PLAYED FOR THE WASHINGTON BULLETS (NOW WASHINGTON WIZARDS)  FROM 1976-1978.

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JUICYCAMPUS.COM: NOT ENTIRELY HARMLESS!

ABC NEWS and many other wire services are reporting that the college “gossip and scoop” website, JuicyCampus.com, is heavily under fire from communities as well as federal investigators because of its alleged involvement in racist threats and the revealing of very sensitive, private information of other students personal lives.

This is just the latest evidence that supports the theory that a technology can either be used for good and progress of a people, or degenerate and disgusting things that break down a people and its citizens.  The whole premise behind the JuicyCampus.com website is that all things can be revealed about a person, whether its substantiated or not.  So what has happened since the creation of the website by a Duke University student in 2005 is that anything bad or rumored that has to do with an individual student or professor or whatever is posted on the site.

For example…want to mock a young woman who recently was raped and make her feel even worse than she already does?  You can make a wise-ass posting on JuicyCampus.com that says you wish you were the one who had helped her out that night.  Want to make sure and spread the rumor that “such and such” is gay, or has STDs or is a really bad kisser?  Then you will want to post that information on JuicyCampus.com.  Feel the need, while your drunk or sober, to unleash a racist rant about the black girls on campus or the white girls who date black student-athletes? You know where you can feel safe and proud in dishing out your latest wisdom…

I do not know if the purpose and intent of this website was actually good to start out or not…but it is very disconcerting that anyone’s private life, especially when they are not a public servant or representative/leader, can be smeared at will and without merit.  Are the people who post responsible for the content that they throw out there?  I mean it’s one thing to ask a question regarding Barack Obama or John McCain because they are asking us to elect them to the highest office of our country, to lead us and have their thoughts, beliefs and habits lead us and create public policy for the next 4 years or so; but when a young woman goes through a terrible and tragic event that has changed the course of her life forever and that incident can be revealed, mocked and trashed on line without any repercussions…well that is entirely wrong.

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PETE WENTZ AND ASHLEE SIMPSON:THE “FALL OUT” FROM THE BACHELOR PARTY

Well…sometimes I think the Jessica and Ashlee Simpson news circle gets a little tired, but it is worth noting that Fall Out Boy bass guitarist Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson are going to be married very soon and that each of them held their “still single” parties the other day!

“Celebrity Gossip” is reporting that Pete Wentz spent some of his precious few bachelor moments in the company of his fellow Fall Out Boy bandmates and the conductor of the “Simpson Music and Hype Machine”, Jessica and Ashlee’s father, Joe Simpson. Can someone please tell me why a guy over 50 years old is at a Bachelor’s Party with Fall Out Boy getting down and dirty?  Was it really the tame of an affair?

And why, more than anything, was Joe Simpson overheard the whole night saying “this is the man!” when referring to Pete Wentz?  Isn’t that a little creepy? I think Joe Simpson is much more happy for the careers of his two “singing” daughters than they actually are!

EPITOME OF THE OVER-INVOLVED BUT “LAPPING UP THE BENEFITS OF THEIR CELEBRITY KIDS” HOLLYWOOD PARENT…

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TEXAS MINISTER BUSTED FOR INTERNET SEX SOLICITATION OF A MINOR

Unfortunately, the regular folks in the media are going to be all over this…and unfortunately…it is a newsworthy event, especially considering the size and popularity of the Church that he ministers for.

The Associated Press is reporting that Joe Blano, a minister whose role at the Prestonwood Baptist church is to help out young married couples, has been arrested on charges that he solicited sex from a minor over the Internet.  Blano set up an appointment with the (unbeknown to him) undercover officer for a rendezvous in Bryan, Texas after communicating with this person for two weeks on line.

Barron is just one of 40 ministers in the megachurch that serves 26,000 people and he has been on staff for nearly two years.  The Church’s executive minister said that there was no prior wrongdoing by Blano and with all that’s occurred, the prayers of everyone at Prestonwood Baptist Church would go out to the Blano family.

It is important to note that we all have our failings in life and sometimes G-d has His way of intervening in our lives before we hurt ourselves or others…and perhaps, while a tragedy and very disappointing, this event will be a wake-up call for Joe Blano and thousands of others who get into this mess.

Thank goodness an actual 13 year-old girl didn’t get hurt in this ordeal…

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HEY JUDE! GUITAR PLAYING KID

This is a pretty funny and cool display of a young kid…doing their best to belt out one of the Beatles’ classics, “Hey Jude!”

If you have kids, it’s one of those standard “hey our kid is being a ham today, let’s break out the video camera and see what haapens, no?” moments.

Apparently this was one of those good moments and the kid is getting a lot of play…including from us!

Kinda looks like a young Sean Lennon…

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LOS ANGELES SEWAGE WATER…STRAIGHT FROM THE TAP!

In an effort to conserve as much water as they can and also look to recycle the water that they already use, the city of Los Angeles has revived an old proposal from the 1990’s that would invest heavily in technology that would be used to convert sewage from the citizens into clear drinking water!

I guess you can’t knock it until you try it…but the very thought of someone drinking water that used to be sewage water might be enough for many people to start buying and drinking bottled water exclusively; as well as boiling all of the water that will be used to wash themselves and their dishes.

There are many other measures that the city of Los Angeles looks to take as it tries to make the most of its dwindling water supply.  They will also explore penalties for water overuse, try to tap into a polluted water system underneath the San Fernando Valley and a rationing system for car washes and watering the lawn.

Bon Apetit’??!

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SIR CHARLES BARKLEY AND GAMBLING

This isn’t really all that surprising, is it?  I mean, the guy is a great friend to Michael Jordan, who just may or may no have been forced to “retire” in 1993 because of his addiction to gambling.

The Associated Press is reporting that the Las Vegas casino, Wynn Las Vegas Resort, has filed a civil suit against Charles Barkley in the amount of $400,000 for gambling debts that he has refused to pay off since October of 2007.

Charles Barkley had this to say about the problems he may be facing:

“I’ve been gambling 20 years. I’ve never had this happen before.”…”It’s my fault I let the time lapse. I screwed up.”

“All they had to do is call and say, ‘Hey, you owe us this money.”

He went on to say that he does feel like he has a gambling problem but that it really isn’t all that bad because he can afford to feed his habit without hurting himself; TRANSLATION: CHARLES BARKELY IS A VERY RICH MAN AND HE WILL DO WHAT HE DARN WELL PLEASES!

Barkley says that he will pay off the debt in quick fashion.

This is the same guy who wants to run for the governorship of Alabama???

CLICK HERE  TO WATCH A VIDEO OF CHARLES BARKLEY IN ACTION!

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GLOBAL WARMING AND FAT PEOPLE

Is there really nothing that cannot be linked to Global Warming?

As is being reported by Reuters, scientists and the latest Global Warming trends are showing that even Al Gore, or fat people across the earth, are harming the earth’s environment because they weigh too much and that extra weight is making the machines that we use work harder than ever!

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine is saying that…

“Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat…”… “and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size.”

Researchers Ian Roberts and Phil Edwards from the school went on to say the following brilliant declaration:

“We are all becoming heavier and it is a global responsibility” … “Obesity is a key part of the big picture.”

It’s nice to see that the Reverend Al Gore and the Global Warming Choir were able to enlist the services of these genius scientists in order to prove their point that the earth as we know it will be gone by the year 2016.

The Reverend Al Gore doesn’t look like he’s missed too many meals lately…how badly is that going to affect his carbon footprint?  NO FOOD FOR YOU!

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BARACK OBAMA V. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

The entire Democratic Party in the United States of America was up in arms yesterday over comments that President George W. Bush made while speaking to the Israeli Knesset regarding foreign policy in the Middle East.  President Bush was seen by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden and Nancy Pelosi as someone who not only was fanning the flames of war, but who was directly criticizing the Democrats when he said that terrorists and other radical Muslim groups could not just be talked with and trusted to be peaceful…that there are times when force is necessary to protect one’s national interest and people.

President Bush alluded to the complacency of countries throughout the world in dealing with Adolf Hitler and his NAZI regime…and in his opinion, because no one took action, Hitler rolled through and conquered many a nation and killed millions of Jews before he was eventually stopped by the Allied Forces.

Barack Obama called the President’s remarks, “dirty politics”, and said that to accuse Democrats of being the political party of weakness in America was just dead wrong.  Barack Obama has consistently said that he would engage and talk to the terrorists and their regimes saying that they can be worked with and solutions to a lot of the problems in the Middle East would come about through this new engagement.

Not sure exactly why Barack Obama continues to believe that the entire world revolves around him and that every speech made by a Republican or non-Democrat is instantly a shot at him; perhaps he is feeling the heat a little bit on his lack of foreign policy experience and he also may be realizing that this is one thing John McCain is better at than himself.

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