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		<title>Bozo the Clown is NOT Dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Bozo the Clown is dead.  Bozo the Clown is alive and well and living throughout the country.  How can that be?  Larry Harmon was hired in 1956, along with several other actors, to make personal appearances as Bozo the Clown.  Larry Harmon eventually bought the rights to the Bozo the Clown [...]]]></description>
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</div><strong>Bozo the Clown </strong>is dead.  <strong>Bozo the Clown</strong> is alive and well and living throughout the country.  How can that be? <span id="more-59"></span> <strong>Larry Harmon</strong> was hired in 1956, along with several other actors, to make personal appearances as <strong>Bozo the Clown</strong>.  <strong>Larry Harmon</strong> eventually bought the rights to the <strong>Bozo the Clown</strong> character and began franchising it to television stations around the country.  So many people around the country grew up with their own <strong>Bozo</strong> that if you ask 6 people from 6 parts of the country to describe Bozo, you’ll get 6 different answers.  In Southern Michigan, there were 4 different stations that had a <strong>Bozo the Clown</strong> show, and each of them had a different <strong>Bozo</strong>.  Some stations had more than one <strong>Bozo the Clown</strong>, if the show ran long enough.  My favorite <strong>Bozo the Clown</strong> was Dick Richards, who appeared on WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan for 31 years and is still alive and well.  So is <strong>Bozo the Clown</strong> dead?  Not by any means.  Larry Harmon may have passed away at the age of 83, but <strong>Bozo the Clown</strong> will live forever. <div style="float:right;"><script type="text/javascript">submit_url = 'http://johncalvin.bloggerunleashed.com/entertainment/bozo-the-clown-is-not-dead/';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://bloggingzoom.com/evb/button.php"></script></div></p>
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		<title>Flagstaff Arizona Helicopter Crash Is 2nd Of the Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Sad Flagstaff news today as we learned that there was a helicopter crash today.  The helicopter crash happened when two medical helicopters had a midair collision and killed 7 people.   It’s hard to get the story straight but it looks like this is the second helicopter crash in the Flagstaff Arizona area [...]]]></description>
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</div>Sad Flagstaff news today as we learned that there was a <strong>helicopter crash</strong> today.  The <strong>helicopter crash</strong> happened when two medical helicopters had a midair collision and killed 7 people.  <span id="more-57"></span> It’s hard to get the story straight but it looks like this is the second <strong>helicopter crash</strong> in the Flagstaff Arizona area in the last few days.  AHN reports that an Air Evac helicopter crashed on Saturday, injuring two of the three people on board.  Then on Sunday the <strong>helicopter crash</strong> involving a medical helicopter from Air Methods Corp. I haven’t been able to find out who the second helicopter belonged to.  Last month an Air Methods Corp helicopter in Wisconsin crashed killing all three on board. I don’t know about you but it’s a little strange to me that all of a sudden we have a <strong>helicopter crash</strong> on Saturday,  and then another on Sunday.  As someone who has spent a fair amount of time in helicopters, and at least half of it in the American Eurocopter, which is what was involved in the <strong>helicopter crash</strong> today and last month, I believe there is cause for concern here.   I have to wonder if this is just pilot error, or if there is a design or maintenance problem that has led to these helicopter crashes.   Until we find out the facts, you better hope you don’t need to use a medical helicopter.<div style="float:right;"><script type="text/javascript">submit_url = 'http://johncalvin.bloggerunleashed.com/generalnews/flagstaff-arizona-helicopter-crash-is-2nd-of-the-weekend/';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://bloggingzoom.com/evb/button.php"></script></div></p>
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		<title>Verne Troyer Sex Tape making the rounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Verne Troyer sex tape up for sale.  That&#8217;s right, Vern Troyer, known by many as mini me made a sex tape.  According to sources, the Vern Troyer sex video is being shopped around for $100,000. Why?  What would make him make a tape of himself and his then girlfriend having sex.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--adsense--><strong>Verne Troyer sex tape</strong> up for sale.  That&#8217;s right, <strong>Vern Troyer</strong>, known by many as <strong>mini me</strong> made a sex tape.  According to sources, <span id="more-56"></span>the <strong>Vern Troyer sex video</strong> is being shopped around for $100,000. Why?  What would make him make a tape of himself and his then girlfriend having sex.  According to sources, the <strong>Vern Troyer sex video</strong> is being shopped around for $100,000.  Somebody is going to pay $100,000 so they can make copies of the <strong>verne troyer sex tape</strong> and sell them.  What kind of person would by a <strong>mini me sex tape</strong>?  It just doesn&#8217;t make sense to me.  How many normal people make a video of themselves and their girlfriend having sex?  And once they&#8217;ve done it, what do they do with it.  Do they sit around at night watching themselves just for kicks.  Think about it.  Did <strong>Verne Troyer</strong> sit around in the evening and critique his performance?  The whole idea is ridiculous.  I&#8217;d like to see this whole <strong>Verne Troyer sex tape</strong> thing go away, but I&#8217;m sure it won&#8217;t.  Somehow we&#8217;ve become a society that would like to watch a <strong>Verne Troyer sex tape</strong>. <div style="float:right;"><script type="text/javascript">submit_url = 'http://johncalvin.bloggerunleashed.com/celebritygossip/verne-troyer-sex-tape-making-the-rounds/';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://bloggingzoom.com/evb/button.php"></script></div></p>
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		<title>Playstation Network Suspended - Stupid Words Cause Panic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playstation Network Suspended.  A phrase that has brought panic to the gaming world as millions of Playstation users think they&#8217;ve done something wrong.  Why is your Playstation Network Suspended?  Because they are working on it.  No you didn&#8217;t do anything wrong.  They are just working on the system.  This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--adsense--><strong>Playstation Network Suspended</strong>.  A phrase that has brought panic to the gaming world as millions of Playstation users think they&#8217;ve done something wrong.  Why is your <strong>Playstation Network Suspended</strong>?  Because <span id="more-55"></span>they are working on it.  No you didn&#8217;t do anything wrong.  They are just working on the system.  This is a perfect example of corporate stupidity.</p>
<p>Had the people in charge used a simple phrase like &#8220;System Temporarily Down for Maintenace&#8221;, no-one would have thought anything about it.  They would be like, &#8220;O, they must be upgrading so that my Playstation experience is even better.&#8221;  Instead, when users try to log in and get &#8220;P<strong>laystation Network Suspended</strong>&#8220;, they are all like,&#8221; O my gosh, what did I do?  I didn&#8217;t do anything that should get me suspended.&#8221;</p>
<p>Come on Playstation. Think about your users.  Sure you knew the reason behind the <strong>Playstation Network Suspended</strong> logo but your users don&#8217;t.  Use a little common sense.  Next time put System Undergoing Maintenance, rather than <strong>Playstation Network Suspended</strong>.<div style="float:right;"><script type="text/javascript">submit_url = 'http://johncalvin.bloggerunleashed.com/generalnews/playstation-network-suspended-stupid-words-cause-panic/';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://bloggingzoom.com/evb/button.php"></script></div></p>
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		<title>The Rocker - A Comedy for the Rock Star in all of us</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rocker is going to be THE MOVIE of the summer.  If you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, you need to check out The Rocker trailer.  it&#8217;s about a drummer who is thrown out of a band back in 1988.  He turns into a loser until 20 years later, his nephews band needs [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--adsense--><strong>The Rocker</strong> is going to be THE MOVIE of the summer.  If you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, you need to check out <strong>The Rocker trailer</strong>.  it&#8217;s about a drummer who is thrown out of a band back in 1988.  He turns into a loser until 20 years later, his nephews band needs a drummer so they can play the high school prom. <span id="more-54"></span> <strong>The Rocker </strong>is a big hit and the band becomes a big success.<br />
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The Rocker movie</strong> is going to be a huge success because it is truly funny, in that type of humor that teenage boys love.  Since, according to <strong>The Rocker trailer </strong>the movie comes out towards the end of July, it&#8217;s going to be publicized a lot between now and then.  When you go the website for <strong>The Rocker</strong>, you&#8217;ll find a community, a MySpace site, a Facebook site and plenty of other ways they are using social media to get the word out about <strong>The Rocker</strong>.</p>
<p>Personally, I don&#8217;t care for these kinds of movies, but then again I&#8217;m not a teenage boy anymore.  Nor have I been a teenage boy for a lot of years.  I do still like to consider myself a rocker, but the party days have long passed me by.</p>
<p>You should check out <strong>The Rocker</strong> and watch The Rocker trailer.  I think you&#8217;ll find that it&#8217;s going to be a pretty funny movie.  <strong>The Rocker</strong> comes out in July but you&#8217;ll be hearing a lot about it before then.<div style="float:right;"><script type="text/javascript">submit_url = 'http://johncalvin.bloggerunleashed.com/entertainment/the-rocker-a-comedy-for-the-rock-star-in-all-of-us/';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://bloggingzoom.com/evb/button.php"></script></div></p>
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		<title>Laura Wasser Back in Court With Britney Spears</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laura Wasser is back in court this morning in the ongoing Britney Spears custody fiasco.  Laura Wasser, the divorce lawyer representing Britney Spears in her divorce from Kevin Federline is trying to get the court to approve joint custody for the couples children.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--adsense--><strong>Laura Wasser</strong> is back in court this morning in the ongoing <strong>Britney Spears</strong> custody fiasco.  <strong>Laura Wasser</strong>, the divorce lawyer representing <span id="more-53"></span>Britney Spears in her divorce from Kevin <strong>Federline</strong> is trying to get the court to approve joint custody for the couples children.</p>
<p><strong>Laura Wasser</strong> represented Britney in the previous custody hearings that wound up with Kevin getting full custody of the children.  She stepped down when Britney refused to follow her advice.  Rather than trying to show that she could be a good mother, Spears continued to live the high life, partying all night and generally acting like a slut.</p>
<p>The fact that <strong>Laura Wasser</strong> is back representing Spears indicates that Britney is finally going to follow the advice of her divorce lawyer.  <strong>Laura Wasser</strong> has represented some of the big names in hollywood during their divorces, including Angelina Jolie, Denise Richards and Keifer Sutherland.</p>
<p>As a divorce lawyer, <strong>Laura Wasser</strong> can be a formidable opponent and now that she is back on the case, Kevin Federline better be on his best behavior. Otherwise, <strong>Laura Wasser</strong> will tear him apart.<div style="float:right;"><script type="text/javascript">submit_url = 'http://johncalvin.bloggerunleashed.com/celebritygossip/laura-wasser-back-in-court-with-britney-spears/';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://bloggingzoom.com/evb/button.php"></script></div></p>
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		<title>Who is AJ Morgan?  The Riddle Grows Deeper</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AJ Morgan is a very popular person.  A lot of people are searching the internet  for AJ Morgan.  Five percent of the searches for AJ Morgan are coming from New York.  Does that mean that he is from New York?  Is he involved in the financial world?  Maybe there’s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--adsense--><strong>AJ Morgan </strong>is a very popular person.  A lot of people are searching the internet  for <strong>AJ Morgan</strong>.  Five percent of the searches for <strong>AJ Morgan</strong> are coming from <span id="more-52"></span>New York.  Does that mean that he is from New York?  Is he involved in the financial world?  Maybe there’s a big rumor going around Wall Street about him and people are looking for more information.</p>
<p>On the other hand, maybe <strong>AJ Morgan</strong> isn’t a man at all.  Maybe she’s a woman.  Could AJ be code for Angelina Jolie?  Or maybe Annette Jensen?  It’s possible that <strong>AJ Morgan</strong> is a code name that a celebrity uses to be able to visit somewhere without it being plastered all over the tabloids.</p>
<p>If that were the case though, the tabloids would be touting it all over the place.  There hasn’t been any word from the tabloids about an <strong>AJ Morgan</strong>.  There’s not word coming out of the financial sector.  There’s nothing coming from the main stream media.  It’s almost as if <strong>AJ Morgan</strong> doesn’t really exist.  Maybe, it’s all just a plot by a group of college kids to get everyone searching for <strong>AJ Morgan</strong>.  Whatever the case, I sure would like to know why so many people are searching for <strong>AJ Morgan</strong>.</p>
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		<title>Killer Mother Skips Funeral to go to Bar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erin Howard was a distraught mother. Her son Samuel Howard had been killed a few days before when Erin Howard crashed her car into a creek bank   The 26 year old woman was charged with driving under the influence and locked up in the Erie County Jail.  Fortunately, she got a lenient [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--adsense-->Erin Howard was a distraught mother. Her son Samuel Howard had been killed a few days before when Erin Howard crashed her car into a creek bank   The 26 year old woman was charged with driving under the influence and locked up in the Erie County Jail.  Fortunately, she got a lenient judge to let the poor woman out of jail for 24 hours to attend her 6 year old sons funeral.<span id="more-51"></span></p>
<p>Erin Howard apparently had more important things to do because rather than going to her sons.. her 6 year old son that she had killed because she got drunk and high on her birthday, funeral.  Instead of going the funeral, she stopped off at a bar about a half mile from the church and got drunk.</p>
<p>Erin Howard was arrested by police when her husband called them and let them know that she was at the bar.  Now Erin Howard has been charged with escape, to go along with the charges of involuntary manslaughter, drunk driving, and child endangerment from the original accident.  </p>
<p>In my book, Erin Howard should be locked up and never let out of prison.  Erin Howard killed her 6 year old son and I hope she suffers for it every day for the rest of her life.<div style="float:right;"><script type="text/javascript">submit_url = 'http://johncalvin.bloggerunleashed.com/generalnews/killer-mother-skips-funeral-to-go-to-bar/';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://bloggingzoom.com/evb/button.php"></script></div></p>
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		<title>IRS Mileage Rate gets a needed increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just wondering if irs mileage rate was going to change and now it has.  With  gas prices going up every week it’s good to know the irs mileage rate is going up also.  I drive a lot and it’s getting more and more expensive to do so.  Now the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--adsense-->I was just wondering if <strong>irs mileage rate</strong> was going to change and now it has.  With  gas prices going up every week it’s good to know the <strong>irs mileage rate</strong> is going up also.  I drive a lot and it’s getting more and more expensive to do so.  Now the IRS is <span id="more-50"></span>doing a little bit to help out.  By changing the <strong>mileage rate</strong> we’ll get a little bit of a break in how much it costs to drive.</p>
<p>A lot of people don’t take advantage of the tax break you get for driving your car for business or to go and do charity work.  For some people in business, the <strong>irs mileage rate</strong> makes a big difference in whether or not the business makes money.  Getting to write off their mileage makes it much easier to turn a profit.  People who drive a lot in business can actually come out ahead if they drive a fuel efficient vehicle.</p>
<p>Another help with the <strong>IRS mileage rate</strong> is that you can write off the mileage for charity work.  Meaning you can write off the miles you drive going to and coming back from where you do the charity work.  If you are volunteering once a week, the mileage can add up.  Especially if you live in a rural area.   The new <strong>IRS mileage rate</strong> takes that into consideration and helps out.  </p>
<p>A lot of people don’t realize that the IRS gives them a break.  In this day and age of sky rocketing gas prices you should check out the new <strong>irs mileage rate</strong> because it can save you money on your taxes.<div style="float:right;"><script type="text/javascript">submit_url = 'http://johncalvin.bloggerunleashed.com/generalnews/irs-mileage-rate-gets-a-needed-increase/';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://bloggingzoom.com/evb/button.php"></script></div></p>
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		<title>GM 72 Hour Sale Shows Desperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In announcing the GM 72 hour sale today, GM announced to the world how desperate things are for General Motors.  The GM 72  hour sale starts tomorrow and runs until next Monday.  Stop by your local Chevrolet dealer and you&#8217;ll be able to get a new car with 0 interest and 72 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--adsense-->In announcing the GM 72 hour sale today, GM announced to the world how desperate things are for General Motors.  The GM 72  hour sale starts tomorrow and runs until next Monday.  Stop by your local Chevrolet dealer and you&#8217;ll be able to get a new car with <span id="more-49"></span>0 interest and 72 month financing.  You read that right, NO INTEREST and 72 Months financing.  </p>
<p>The offer is being made on most Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac and GMC cars and trucks.  While this sounds good for the consumer, there&#8217;s a couple of flaws in the works.  First off, how many people keep a new car for 6 years?  Generally, most people are trading in their old Chevrolet for a new one after 4 years.  Used to be 3 but now it&#8217;s 4.  Sure the cars are lasting longer but do you still want to be paying for your old Buick 6 years from now?</p>
<p>The other big problem with the GM 72 hour sale, and where it&#8217;s going to come back and bite GM in rear is that, if you are giving people cars with 0 interest, it&#8217;s the same as lending money with no interest.  The value of your money, due to inflation, is going to be worth a lot less in 6 years than it is now. </p>
<p>Think of it this way, if I give you a dollar today and inflation runs 3% for the next 6 years, when you pay me back my dollar 6 years from now, it&#8217;s only worth 82 cents.  So what kind of investment is that for GM.  Sure they sell a few cars and trucks today, but the long term cost is very damaging to the companies bottom line.</p>
<p>The GM 72 hour sale is nothing but a gimmick by GM to boost their June sales.  In the long run it&#8217;s going to hurt the company.  In the interest of full disclosure, I own some GM stock, and I am really not happy with the GM 72 hour sale.<div style="float:right;"><script type="text/javascript">submit_url = 'http://johncalvin.bloggerunleashed.com/generalnews/gm-72-hour-sale-shows-desperation/';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://bloggingzoom.com/evb/button.php"></script></div></p>
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