One Sick Story

Here's a link to a news story from Georgia. This is about the sickest news reported in a long, long time. Somehow, it just seems to be a metaphor to the state of society on a much grander scale. Why does it seem like the kind of antics Glenn Beck stages on his show so frequently?


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583632,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g4:r2:c0.000000:b29974752:z0

Bad Year for Running Bulls in Pamplona

Speaking of a lot of bull...

Away from Capitol Hill, there is no place where vicious bull runs free like it does in Pamplona, Spain and this year has been especially bad.

It's amazing how the press deals with some subjects like animal abuse. Because the Running of the Bulls in Pampalona is cloaked in all kinds of romantic imagery, and bulls are big formidable beasts, little is made of the cruelty of subjecting bulls to this strange ritual primarily in Spain. Why do we think running with the bulls rates high on a lot of weirdos' bucket lists.

Sadly, one person has been killed this year in this annual atrocity. Daniel Jimeno Romaro, a 27 year old Spaniard from near Madrid was gored to death marking the first human causality since 1995, a statistic which is often used to make it seem like for all the hoopla no one has died recently. Well, doesn't one death resulting from something so silly seem excessive? There are dangerous events where safety precautions are taken where if something terrible fails, a person might get killed such as fireworks displays and auto races, but the intention is to create an activity that is implicitly safe. Likewise, how many kids drown in swimming pool accidents?

It's hard for us to look at the world press and get a body count, but since Romaro's death, there have been at least four more serious injuries.

We'll give the media credit. To our knowledge no cable station yet broadcasts or promotes live coverage of these atrocious bull runs.

Call it what you like or say we're culturally chauvinistic or elitist, but what goes on in Spain and elsewhere is insane. While they proudly boast only 15 people have been killed since 1924, how would any community react if it had an annual event that would result in that many deaths as a direct result of the festivity's activities? Changes would be forthcoming.

We are but one world voice who hopes to stir up more conversation to reveal this cultural event for what it is and hope the people of Spain will end it.

Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and Now....

Billy Mays

"and the secret is in the ..... "

Television's loudest pitchman died in Florida for reasons unknown other than he was on a US Air flight that experienced some serious inflight turbulance and Mr. Mays might have suffered a bump on the head. Sometimes, those bumps can be not as innocent as they seem as recently witnessed by the untimely passing of Natasha Richardson after a seemingly uneventful stumble at the Quebec Mont Tremblant resort.

Mays has been seen on television selling everything from laundry products to ESPN programming and has probably been the number one source of TV viewers pressing the "mute" button as his approach was loud, louder, loudest.

As obnoxious as Billy Mays' pitches could be, there was something undeniably friendly about the guy that garnered some measure of sympathy no matter how annoying his ads were.

So now the advertising torch gets tossed to a new "hawker." Step forward Vince Shlomi, the infamous "Shamwow guy." This guy is surreal!!! Unfortunately for him, his marketability might be compromised by a late winter encounter with a prostitute who beat the crap out of him and apparently vice versa after a little rough recreation.

"Get Your Goat" Takes On New Meaning in Africa

Here's a story from Nigeria that's just too good not to forward. Remember, according to legend the New Messiah, Barack Obama, is the son of a goat farmer. Surely, the United Nations Human Rights Commssion, Amnesty International, PETA, the ASFPCA, and Hilary Clnton's State Department must investgate this. The implications, if true are staggerng.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95T2NI80&show_article=1

Stevie Ncks fans, hmm, there's a "South Park" episode involving Ms. Nicks and a goat that might come into play here too.

Mind Blower: Living Proof Some Folks Have Too Much Time On Their Hands

1, 3, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97 .....

Remember those? Prime numbers, numbers that are indivisible except by themselves and one that cannot be factored down. The higher up the numerical scale, the less frequently prime numbers occur. That's all Math 101, and yes, 101 is a prime number too!

Thanks to Windows XP and a team of UCLA scientists they have now discovered a 13 million digit prime number!

Can you imagine how many sheets of paper it would take or how long it would take just to write down 13 million figures? If it takes one second per digit, that would be around 150 days around the clock!

If every digit were displayed at standard resolution, how many industry standard 17" computer displays would be needed to show all the figures?

Science is all about discovering new things, so let's celebrate this team at UCLA for their discovery. Now, who can explain how this discovery benefits the human condition except perhaps Microsoft can brag how air-tight its ability to calculate is. Remember the hoopla over the computation problems with the first generation Intel Pentium processors?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429201,00.html

RMF is proud to have enabled his readers to be just a wee bit smarter on this rainy late September afternoon in Chesapeake Bay country. Given your humble writer was born in '53 and graduated from high school in '71, does that make him a PTP (Prime Time Player)? That might be stretching it!! Ah to be old enough to remember the days of the adding machine before the pocket calculator and the geeks still used slide rules in advanced math and science back then. Why do you think your writer here became a Liberal Arts student? Majoring in English and Philosophy and minoring in History worked out just fine for this fellow!!!

So when does one know, "I'm past my prime" anyway?

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America 2008: Accomplishment Is its Own Best Punishment

THIS STORY WILL MAKE YOU ANGRY, VERY ANGRY!!!

This is unbelievable, a 9 year old boy was booted off his youth league team because he was too good. A fellow works hard, develops his skills, applies them the way he's supposed to, achieves outstanding results and this is what happens. The other team refused to show up!!!
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Read this and weep...
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Fox News Summary:
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,410162,00.html
Complete Story from New Haven Register:
http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20089039&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=635049&rfi=6
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Well, isn't this what "affirmative action," playing games in elementary school where score is not kept, and the desire to keep raising taxes for whomever the government deems as rich is all about?
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This could be a look into the future of an Obama Nation for sure.
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Jericho Scott you ARE one of our Good Guys of the Month, young man!!! Hold your head high and keep striving for excellence!!!
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Warren Sapp to be "Dancing With the Stars"

Unbelievable!!!!

This headline leaves me speechless. However, Sapp dancing isn't nearly as bad as all the Hollywood crowd fancying themselves as having something important to say on world affairs. The prospects of the former defensive monster doing the Fandango isn't nearly as offensive is Madonna badmouthing John McCain.

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=130f2e0a-9caf-4bec-84cb-7be118a67699

Do people suffer brain damage from having too many TV lights shine upon them?

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August 24, 1983: 25 Years Ago -- The Craziest Happy Day In Oroles History

It's been a quarter of a century now since the Orioles were World Champions, but enroute to that Championship came a moment of time at old Memorial Stadium that fans will remember Orioles Magic was not just a marketing phrase, for that hot, humid August night it was real.

Manager Joe Altobelli had used up his reserves trying to get a walk-off victory in the bottom of the 9th, but there wasn't quite enough magic to pull of the win, on to extra innings.

As the bottom of the tenth began, John Lowenstein stood at 2B, Gary Roenicke hovered over Brooks Robinson's old hallowed ground at third base, and where was Rick Dempsey when you needed him? Utility infielder, Lenn Sakata crouched behind the plate. Things couldn't have looked worse when Tippy Martinez was summoned in relief. The Toronto Blue Jays must have been on the verge of laughing themselves to death in the first base dugout. To save any chance of an Orioles win, he picked off three runners. Somehow unless a ball was hit to Ripken to toss to Murray with a makeshift infield and shuffled outfield how could a pitcher allow a ball be put in play? But how could he strike batters out throwing to a fellow behind the plate who'd never worn the tools of ingnorance in competition.

The end of the drama came in the bottom of the inning, Lenn Sakata stepped up to bat, and CRUSH, a walk off home run.

Yes, that really did happen twenty five years ago. Like they say, "you can look it up!"

So You Think Your Local News Sucks -- Philadelphia Wins!

KYW-TV, Channel 3 in Philadelphia, sister station of WJZ-TV, Channel 13, in Baltimore just can't seem to keep a good anchor team. First, lady half of the duo, Alycia Lane, got arrested for assaulting a New York City police woman on December 17, 2007. She was able to plead down her felony charge to a misdeamnor count as the case was closed February 25, 2008.

Early in May of 2008, she created quite the bruhaha by sending a picture of herself in skimpy bikini with some friends of hers to NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen's home email he shared with his wife, broadcaster, Suzy Shuster, who made the email public.

Meanwhile, her partner on the set, co-anchor Larry Mendte pleaded guilty, Friday, August 22, 2008, in U.S. District Court to hacking into the personal e-mail of Ms. Lane's. The single count felony conviction could land the shamed TV anchor six months in the slammer.

Given Ms. Lane's previous emailing history, one wonders just what Mr. Mendte was hoping to find.

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As a former Westinghouse TV station like WJZ-TV in Baltimore, KYW-TV employs the same Eyewitness News format, heavy on personality fluff and light on substance. They sure make their smaller market sister station's scandal look petty. Readers might recall reporter Katie Lehan's affair with the Baltimore City Police Commissioner who now has a nice job with a Baltimore CBS owned radio station.

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So who's harder to trust a politician or a news reporter? I wonder if Channel 11 in Baltimore still says they're on my side.

Rosanne: Hasn't She Used Up All Nine Lives Yet?

Can't tell which is which in these photos, go figure.
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Whew, just when you thought she went away vying for the ugliest, meanest, most disgusting human female on the planet with Rosie O'Donnell, Rosanne Barr has started a political blog!!! Oh yes, for starters, she's backing Cynthia McKinney for President (Green Party nominee). Wow, doesn't she fit right in.... O'Donnell, Barr, McKinney...they're so mean they make Michelle Obama seem cool, calm, and cuddly. ARRGHH!!!! HELP!!!!

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Of John McCain she writes after lots of diatribes against Angela Joile and her father, Jon Voight, here it is right from her blog:

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mccain is pro-life
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and that of course means pro-war! Pro-life means the worship of the holy sanctified fetus and the death of the unholy unsanctified fetus. He looks like a fetus and his wife looks like king tut. they can both worship the holy hidden orifice from beyond the great behind where fetuses (white ones) live in heavenly peace!!!

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but it get's worse, she posts:
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mccain not qualified to lead

he is a war criminal who dropped bombs on civilians and when captured turned in all of his friends the next day. He says he was tortured and excuses himself for that. Soldiers are supposed to die under torture rather than give up their brothers. They used to court marshall and shoot people in the military for that back when the military leaders had balls instead of computers. now they make them heroes i guess, which makes sense in the lemming like sociopathic world bush has created in our government. Mccain still calls s.e. asian people "gooks" and doesn't apologize for it. White American Republicans like him because he is a racist and so are they. They want to continue their racial holy war against the poor, it pays such great dividends these days.
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You'd hope that pig shit like this would assure such a deranged and sick person would never get work again except perhaps as a "sexer" in a chicken farm. This stuff is direct, unedited from her website. For you relativists who think conservatives make this stuff up, here's Rosy Pig-Snot's website. This is not necessarily the worst stuff she's posted.
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http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/
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Evil does exist and there are bad people in this world. Deal with it.

OMG: Madonna Turned 50 Yesterday and RMF Missed It

RMF is embarassed to admit it, but some of her music ROCKS. For great party music from the 80's and 90's, who's better? Madonna the celebrity is a scary person. Few things are more frightening than Madonna trying to talk seriously on just about anything from politics to the Kabala. More terrifying, are there any people who take seriously anything the "Material Girl" says on world or spiritual affairs?

Chad Johnson -- SHUT UP!!!

Did Anyone Really Think After Bad-Mouthing the Bengels Organization and Demanding a Trade, Chad Johnson Could Keep His Cool in Camp for Long?

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The world of sports has a new breed that is gaining members by the year and they're getting more outrageous by the season. Case in point: Chad Johnson, Cincinnati Wide Receiver and never ending camera and microphone seeking jerk. When asked to explain his behavior, Johnson once stated he felt he needed to make the sport more entertaining.

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He what?

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Jerko-Smirko, it's what goes on between the sidelines and the 100 yards on the field where fans get their entertainment by seeing top quality hardhitting football. The hell with your sideline antics.

Now Chad Johnson claims he's a better swimmer than multi-gold winner Michael Phelps.

RMF has some advise for Ocho Cinco.

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Dear Chad,

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DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB.

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-A Baltimore Ravens fan who is in his Right Mind.

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How a class act like Marvin Lewis puts up with this jerk is hard to figure.

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