About these ads

Browsing All Posts filed under »NATIONAL«

Mow your lawn or else? “Neighbor Burns Down House”

May 17, 2013

0

A man incensed by the tall grass in his neighbor’s lawn took out his frustrations in a big way: he doused their house in gasoline and set it on fire.That’s according Cartersville, Georgia homeowner Marty Corbitt and his 3-year-old daughter Kylie, who were terrorized and still inside the house when neighbor Phillip Bennett, 58, flew […]

Good Job, Mayor Kevin Johnson !

May 16, 2013

0

Readers know I have been very critical of the Mayor of Sacramento.  But everyone in a while, you  have to sit back and give credit where credit is due.    Mayor Kevin Johnson assembled a team to  retain  the Sacramento Kings and was successful.     Sacramento is the capital of the largest state in the […]

Snap Upload, A New York Subway Slobway Star is Born

May 13, 2013

1

If you see something, snap something. Straphangers are exposing slobs who have turned our trains into the New York City schlubway. Scores of Internet photos show slovenly passengers picking their noses, massaging their feet, clipping their toenails and eating smelly food. One cringe-worthy snapshot shows a woman with her pants pulled down and her bare […]

Sacramento Kings: Soap Opera R.E.S.P.E.C.T!

May 12, 2013

0

Clearly its personal……  It’s not about the City of Sacramento or Seattle.   It’s about  honor and principal. The newly empowered, Maloof Family wants respect.  If they had the cash, I believe they would stay in Sacramento and build this team, the brothers liked Sacramento and the liked owning a professional franchise.   But they don’t have the capital. […]

TV: Catch ” NASHVILLE” (This Summer)

May 8, 2013

0

There weren’t many good new shows on network TV this season, one stand out was Nashville.   It surround the lives of two country singers.  One well respected with a fading following( think Reba McEntire) played by the fantastic Connie Britton and a star with a younger following (think Carrie Underwood or Taylor Swift) played by the […]

Baptist leaders worry about religious freedom in military

May 7, 2013

0

Two Southern Baptist leaders said Monday that they reject conspiracy theories that the U.S. military will punish Christian soldiers who share their faith. But they are worried about religious freedom in the military. Kevin Ezell, head of the Baptist’s North American Mission Board, which endorses military chaplains, and Russell Moore, president-elect of the Nashville-based Ethics and Religious […]

FIRST: Jason Collins

May 1, 2013

0

A few weeks ago my daughter and I saw 42, the movie about Jackie Robinson .   It was a very moving  as I know the loneliness and the ongoing emotional line one walks when he is the first. The first person stands straight, he or she measures their words because we know the expectations, we know […]

‘Please don’t be Muslim’: Fears of racial, ethnic profiling in the wake of Boston bombing

April 30, 2013

0

A man pauses at the makeshift memorial on Boylston Street to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston continues to return to normal, as businesses and streets are reopened following two bomb explosions at the finish line of the marathon that killed 3 people and injured over a […]

How’d the First date go? Well, after we walked on the beach. My date pulled out a gun and took my car………

April 29, 2013

2

After a few text messages 21 Nimeha Milien and 19 year old  Donald McGee. agreed  to meet.   Within a few hours, she said, McGee convinced her to come and pick him up at the intersection of Sheridan Street and 68th Avenue in Hollywood Florida. Milien said she then drove to Palm Beach County, where they spent time […]

Younger consumers forcing changes in car design

April 21, 2013

0

Ralph Gilles says many of the millennial generation haven’t yet found a need for cars, but they will. / Carlos Osorio/Associated Press More than ever, designing cars people want is a tricky business. Rapidly developing technology, changing demographics, emerging global markets and stricter fuel efficiency standards have forced automakers to rethink how they design cars […]

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 295 other followers