Kim Komando Digital Photo Tips

Komando.com, Website for The Kim Komando Radio Show�--One of the Top 10 Programs in the US: "Most digital cameras come with basic software that helps organize and manipulate photos. However, those programs tend to be limited. Before you spend a fortune rectifying that problem, check out free programs."
I love my Picassa for saving and organizing digital shots.

VDH is more optimistic

Print version - � COPYRIGHT 2006 The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper , a division of Gannett Co. Inc.: "Iraq, like all wars, is not static. What was supposedly true on the ground in Iraq in 2003 is not necessarily so in 2006 � in the way that the situation in Europe in 1943 hardly resembled that of May 1945.
Yet while things have changed radically in Iraq, the pessimistic tone of our reporting remains calcified. Little is written about the new Iraqi government, the emergence of the Iraqi security forces or the radically changing role of the American military."

It Didn't Work by William F. Buckley

RealClearPolitics - Commentary - It Didn't Work by William F. Buckley: "One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed. "
When Buckley speaks we all should listen. Not necessarily agree, but listen at least.

Washington's Birthday

Power Line: "One other point I might make about Washington's presence at the Constitutional Convention was that during debates about how much and what kind of powers the executive branch should have, the delegates were guided by the fact that it was universally recognized that Washington would be the first President. Flexner makes the point that this factor in the delegate's deliberations probably did more to encourage expansive powers for that office more than anything else since the delegates knew how lightly power rested on Washington's shoulders. "

Troubling...big time.

PoliPundit.com: "Of these, Peninsular & Oriental navigation (P&O Ports) has part or whole ownership of the operating leases in eleven of the top U.S. ports. P&O Ports is a British company based in London, which has part or whole ownership in 85 seaports worldwide. And P&O Ports has decided to divest itself of about half of its U.S. seaport investment. Why?"

Relinquishing operations of U.S. ports is nuts

Relinquishing operations of U.S. ports is nuts: "For a Bush Administration that eats, breathes and regurgitates 9/11 24/7, we are hard-pressed to label its plan to allow an operational takeover at six major U.S. ports anything but what it appears at its face:
Nuts"
Wow! TheChron usually takes a week or more to post their Eds. Musta got their pants in a bunch to agree with so many GOPers, eh? The bummer is that they really love it when our President missteps. Real Americans don't.

Latte Art

tonx's latte art slideshow on Flickr
Sure beats bitchin' about the "Arab Port Imbroglio".

Shake down?

My Way - Sports News: "Olympic gold medal speedskater Shani Davis is one of three plaintiffs suing the city of Chicago and former police superintendent Terry Hillard, alleging they were stopped because of their skin color.
........ The other component is to get monetary damages for each of the individuals."
Davis became the first black athlete to capture an individual gold medal in Winter Olympics history when he won the 1,000 meters. But he has been embroiled in a war of words with fellow American skater Chad Hedrick over Davis's decision not to skate in the team pursuit event. "

Compelling

LILEKS (James) Screedblog: "As for the trust issue, well, wanting port control to remain in American hands is not a matter of Arabiaphobia, any more than selling Boeing to China means you harbor deep hatred of Asians. Some things ought to be left in local hands. It seems absurd to have to make that argument in the first place."

Why do Democrats support this?

FOXNews.com - Politics News - Pa. Gov. Rendell Plans to Veto Voter ID Bill: "Gov. Ed Rendell says he will veto a bill that would require voters to show identification at the polls because he believes it would disenfranchise some of the state's most vulnerable residents. "
You've got to show ID to buy beer but not to vote? This is idiocy!

Calling in sick.

WZZM13.com - Governor's visit with Delphi Workers Cancelled: "The governor's office says Granholm isn't feeling well"

How can anyone have a problem with this?

WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Battle brews over bill that would make English the official language of Michigan: "'The city of Grand Rapids got up on its bully pulpit and said stop this nonsense,' says Grand Rapids City Commissioner Rick Tormala.
The so called 'nonsense' to which Tormala referred to is a bill currently in committee in the state house that would make English the official language of the State of Michigan."
Isn't knowing the language of their new country one of the greatest gifts a new immigrant can earn?

Arab ports issue

FT.com / Comment & analysis / Editorial comment - Paranoia about Dubai ports deal is needless: "First, the deal has been vetted by an inter-agency committee. And ports, in any case, are in one of the most highly regulated sectors in the US. What matters is how they are managed, not who owns them."
The best article about the "PORTS" I've read yet.

Vewy scawy....

MiamiHerald.com | 02/21/2006 | Carter backs Bush's stand on seaport-operations deal: "Carter backs Bush's stand on seaport-operations dealFormer President Jimmy Carter downplayed criticism of White House "

Doh!

My Way - Sports News: "Illini Back on Track, Try to Extend Dominance Over Michigan

Now that Illinois has recovered from a brief slump, it can focus on extending a streak which spans six years and three head coaches.
The eighth-ranked Fighting Illini (22-4, 8-4 Big Ten) try to defeat Michigan for the 12th consecutive time when the conference rivals meet at Ann Arbor. "
Not so fast my friend...

This whole deal is about an "interest" prohibition?

Michelle Malkin: "I work as a corporate lawyer at a large law firm that has a speciality in Islamic finance. The real reason Dubai Ports World is undergoing the transaction is because of an Islamic finance vehicle called the sukuk. The sukuk is essentially a commerical paper type of Islamic financle vehicle--it is essentially a 'fake' bond to work around the Muslim prohibition on interest"

Walking on the beach is OK!

WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Supreme Court decides not to take up Michigan beach walking case: "AP-Traverse City, February 21, 2006, 11:07 a.m.) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to consider whether people have a right to stroll along private property aligning Great Lakes beaches in Michigan.
Justices left undisturbed a state Supreme Court ruling last year that found beach walking is a right"

Zillow.com - Your Edge in Real Estate

Zillow.com - Your Edge in Real Estate
This is a nifty site. I got it from kim Komando's tips@komando.com "Cool site of the Day". Find out the value of any house in the USA!

More Summer Celebration and AirFair info!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Joe Austin Tanya Gonzalez (231) 722-6520

www.summercelebration.com info@summercelebration.com

www.muskegonairfair.com info@muskegonairfair.com

Several new acts to appear at both events

MUSKEGON, MI, February 21, 2006 - The Muskegon Summer Celebration, The BIG Party, and the Muskegon Air Fair, Michigan’s largest air show, announce the first round of acts appearing at each event this summer. At the Muskegon Summer Celebration the following Miller Lite Headline Artists will appear on the Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge Main Stage during the 2006 festival, June 29 - July 9: Smash Mouth, Sugarland, and The Steve Miller Band. In addition there will be a new Community Concert Saturday afternoon, July 8, featuring Raven Symone. Chair Bryon Mazade is pleased with the initial list. “While it’s just a start, landing two classic rock icons like Alice Cooper and The Steve Miller Band is a real coup. Add Sugarland and Smashmouth, and I think we’re on the way to a very solid line up this year.”

Appearing at the Muskegon Air Fair, July 21 – 23, will be the US Army’s Golden Knights, Derric Lee’s Red Tail Aerobatics, Squadron 17 Jet Airshows, and the Sky Soldiers-A Tribute to Patriots. Event organizers are pleased with the first few acts. “We definitely have some new acts and that’s what our patrons have been asking for,” Chair Chris Kelly commented. “We think the Sky Soldiers will be one of the most unique and well received acts ever to perform at the Air Fair.”

On the Tuesday, July 4 alternative pop/rock band, Smash Mouth, hits the stage. Formed in 1994 in San Jose, California by vocalist Steve Harwell, Smash Mouth decided to record their first album, Fush Yu Mang, after playing a summer festival with No Doubt and Beck.

Sugarland appears on Wednesday, July 5. This trio of singer/songwriters from Atlanta is starting to make a lot of noise on the country music scene.

One of the most requested acts for Summer Celebration will rock Muskegon on Saturday, July 8, when The Steve Miller Band comes to town. With a recording career spanning four decades, the 1970’s proved to be the springboard for The Steve Miller Band’s success and continued popularity. The Joker and Fly Like an Eagle were the two huge albums that put the band over the top.

For the first time at the Summer Celebration, there will be a special Community Concert on Saturday, July 8, featuring Raven Symone.

Appearing at the Air Fair for the first time will be Derric Lee with his Russian built E-3 plane, a plane that is capable of pulling more G-force than an F-16 fighter jet.

Returning to the Air Fair this year are crowd favorites, the US Army Golden Knights.

Another newcomer to the Air Fair will be Navy fighter pilot, David Burdine, with his MiG 17. Get ready, Muskegon, the MiG 17 is fast, loud, and exciting!

Sky Soldiers-A Tribute to Patriots, will be one of the feature shows at this year’s Air Fair. This show will be very unique to the Air Fair as it will incorporate soldiers, special pyrotechnic effects, and Huey and Cobra helicopters along with other aircraft to reenact a battle from the Vietnam War.
In addition the Sky Soldiers-A Tribute to Patriots will be offering a Huey Helicopter ride program available to the public. Prices will be announced in later releases.
Sappi 11-Day Pass. The passes will first be available at the Sappi 11-Day Pass Party on Friday, May 19, at a new location, Great Lakes Downs. The price will remain at $80 for adults and $40 for youth, ages 6-12, but only for that day. Beginning Saturday, May 20, the adult price increases to $90 for adults and $45 for youth. As always there will be a limit of SIX adult passes per person and only cash and credit cards will be accepted.
Individual tickets will be available for the shows announced today, except Raven Symone, beginning Wednesday, February 22 at 10:00 AM at all Star Tickets PLUS outlets. Star Tickets PLUS locations include most Michigan Meijer Stores and the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are also available on-line at www.starticketsplus.net or by calling (616) 222-4000 (in Grand Rapids) or toll free at 1-800-585-3737. Ticket information for the Community Concert featuring Raven Symone on Saturday afternoon, July 8, will be announced in the coming weeks. Prices for the individual tickets follow.
The Air Fair is also announcing today that food vending will be handled by local and regional concessionaires rather than a national concession company. In addition all concessionaires will be required to sell 20 oz. bottled water for $1.

Fireworks Alert!

BREITBART.COM - Justices to Weigh Late-Term Abortion Ban: "The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will consider the constitutionality of banning a type of late-term abortion, teeing up a contentious issue for a newly-constituted court already in a state of flux over privacy rights. " I hope I'm wrong, but I suspect the MSM reaction will be to obscure the legal issue and demonize BusHitler.

Fuel costs ignite rise in ferry's ticket prices

Fuel costs ignite rise in ferry's ticket prices: A spike in diesel fuel prices has led to a nearly 12 percent hike in 2006 adult round-trip fares for the Lake Express high-speed ferry service between Muskegon and Milwaukee. "
Not the best news but still really worth the trip.

New acts for AirFair 2006

There will be new acts in the air: "Another newcomer to the Air Fair will be U.S. Navy fighter pilot David Burdine, with his MiG-17. He knows how to handle the Vietnam-era Soviet Union fighter because he was trained to fight against them. "
Sounds like a good show.

No zoo? Fans roar back in disbelief

Detroit Zoo to close? Another legacy of liberalism. Will anything be left unscathed if our Lady Gov gets reelected?

WZZM13.com - Area Cracker Barrel Closes Without Warning

WZZM13.com - Area Cracker Barrel Closes Without Warning: "Area Cracker Barrel Closes Without Warning

Walker - The Cracker Barrel on Alpine Avenue is boarded up this morning. A manager says the restaurant closed for good last night."
Kind of surprising that any are still operating.

More academic idiocy

Michelle Malkin: THE FIGHT OVER PAPPY BOYINGTON:
How does one respond to this?
"The University of Washington's student senate rejected a memorial for alumnus Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington of 'Black Sheep Squadron' fame amid concerns a military hero who shot down enemy planes was not the right kind of person to represent the school.
Student senator Jill Edwards, according to minutes of the student government's meeting last week, said she 'didn't believe a member of the Marine Corps was an example of the sort of person UW wanted to produce.'
Ashley Miller, another senator, argued 'many monuments at UW already commemorate rich white men.'"

Daley wants security cameras at bars

USATODAY.com - Daley wants security cameras at bars:
Double standard alert! Imagine the press reaction if Clinton had begun terrorist phone listening (oops, he did!)and imagine if Daley was a Republican. Where's the MSM outrage when a Demo brings 1984 into our lives?
"Mayor Richard Daley wants to require bars open until 4 a.m. to install security cameras that can identify people entering and leaving the building. Other businesses open longer than 12 hours a day, including convenience stores, eventually would have to do the same."

Alarming!

Heh!

Results of New CDC Study . .
Doctors:
(A) The number of doctors in the US is 700,000
(B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%

Statistics courtesy of the US Dept. of Health &Human Services
Guns:
(A) The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000 (yes that's 80
million)
(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is
1,500.
(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.001875%

Statistics courtesy of the FBI
So statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
Remember, guns don't kill people, doctors do.

FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS A DOCTOR.
Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We should ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!

Out of concern for the public at large, I have withheld statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.

Another example of cowardice and..

SOXBLOG: 02/01/2006 - 02/28/2006
...repression in academia. This time at U of Illinois.

Able Danger

MediaChannel.org - Monitoring TV News Coverage of the Cindy Sheehan Arrest:
Why is the MSM ignoring this?
"MediaChannel.org used the powerful new MediaVision tool to monitor television news coverage of the Able Danger Congressional hearings. To our astonishment CNN's 'Lou Dobbs Tonight' was the only news show to give Able Danger any significant coverage. "

YouTube - A fighter jet is taken down by a bird

YouTube - A fighter jet is taken down by a bird
Amazing video and cool reaction by the pilots. Thanks to Tigertown87 on the MLive forum for this excellent site.