There’s a construction project out for a new park in Clinton, OK – The Acme Brick Park….. It’s rumored Wylie Coyote (Super Genius), a life-long customer of Acme products, will attend the dedication ceremonies if he can get clearance from Warner Brothers……

Since the last “Educational Quiz” was geographically based, I saw a story on the news about this couple that visited every city, town, ville, ghost town, and hole-in-the-wall in the state of Oklahoma….. It took them six years and over 32,000 miles to do it….. Why?….. I don’t know…. They were retired, but, have since […]

I haven’t posted a “WELL DUH!” in a while…… I got this from a friend and don’t know if it has made the rounds or not, but I thought if you hadn’t seen it, you might enjoy it……. **Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high school diploma to […]

What “Peanut Head” writes those games, anyway?……. I have a Motorola V60i which is ancient by today’s standards and it has only three games on it in the first place…… You’d think that they would make them so that you could at least have a 50-50 chance of winning – better still, they should be […]

By David Ruppe N E W Y O R K, May 1, 2001 In the early 1960s, America’s top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba. Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible […]

About three weeks ago, I met with the surgeons at the V.A. and was officially set-up for Thyroid surgery on the 24th of March….. Everyday since then, I’ve awoke with knots in the stomach, nervousness, sleeplessness, and headaches just thinking of all the possible outcomes of the surgery, but, there was one scenario that had […]

worldG, Texas – Exxon Mobil Corp. posted record profits for any U.S. company on Monday — $10.71 billion for the fourth quarter and $36.13 billion for the year — as the world’s biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from high oil and gas prices and demand for refined products. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. […]

Here’s the question: Why aren’t all the smart people rich? The Answer: The basic problem with the free enterprise system is that it often rewards the wrong people with the money…… As economist Walter Bagehot pointed out,“At particular times a great deal of stupid people have a great deal of stupid money.” I’m really poor…. […]

This one you need to think about for a moment…… The Optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds…….. The pessimist knows it…….. – J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientist So-o-o, you either go into 2006 thinking everything couldn’t be better, or everything’s going to Hell in a handbasket……. I’m short a handbasket……

Doobie Brother now a secret weapon on terror Rock ‘n’ Roll guitarist Jeff Baxter talks about being one of the countries top counter-terrorism experts. “Today” correspondent Jaime Gangel reports Guitarist Jeff Baxter is a founding member of Steely Dan and a member of the Doobie Brothers. The 56-year-old Baxter has eight platinum albums and two […]

I’m sure everyone’s aware of our larger cities across America selling the naming rights for pubic buildings built with taxpayers funds to private corporations…… I, personally, think this is criminal and should be viewed as a “conflict of interest” in that it is nothing more than an unfair business advantage and not only gives the […]

In a fight between you and the world, bet on the world……. – Frank Kafka All the world’s a stage, and most of us are desperately unrehearsed…….. – Sean O’Casey, Irish playwright

Here’s a couple of quotes from the political arena on fools that are funny and true at the same time…….. “The young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool”……… –Harold Macmillian, politician……. Newspaper columnist Molly Ivins reported […]

British Rail was having trouble keeping its InterCity express trains running on time in 1998, but executives solved the problem without a major overhaul of equipment or systems enhancement…… They simply redefined “on time”…… Now trains run “on time” if they arrive within an hour of schedule…….. Corporate thinking, eh?…….. Someone probably got a big […]

It’s an attractive lifestyle choice because you won’t have to worry about losing your mind when you grow old if you lose it when you’re young…… Besides, the progressive dumbing down of America can be taken as a compliment….. Everyone else is trying to become more like you….. Plus, think of the sarcasm relief…… We […]