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Air Force Photo Op Gone Wrong

Someone needs to get fired for this little “photo-op.”

I want an explanation.

From the top.

Debbie Schlussel writes:

We all remember the video of planes crashing into buildings on 9/11.

Scratch that. Some of us remember the planes going into buildings on 9/11. The rest of America long ago forgot and is fast asleep. And that apparently includes our Commander-in-Chief, Barack Hussein Obama, who allowed the U.S. Air Force to fly jets into the Manhattan skyline and over New York City air space, accompanying a giant jumbo jet. The scene caused many scared New Yorkers to call 911, worrying that another terrorist attack was happening.

Boooo AT&T

Yeah, well, it was nice — the free Flickr Pro account that came with AT&T broadband.

So, AT&T, are you going to knock some off of my monthly bill, now that I have less??

Pfft.  I’m not holding my breath.

I’ll never understand PETA

I picked up a Time Magazine at work last week. Read this interview with PETA wacko Ingrid Newkirk. I really have no idea what reality these people live in. E.g.:

How do you justify advocating animal rights in a world filled with poverty and starvation? Joslyn DeGroot YPSILANTI, MICH.

Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that’s all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation.

Uh-huh.

My Top 10 Annoying Public Figures

The List

  • Keith Olbermann — this guy is the epitome of obnoxious
  • Hillary Clinton — like fingernails on the proverbial chalkboard
  • Rosie O’Donnell — see note on Keith Olbermann, replace guy with, uh…something
  • Kirsten Dunst — she’s smoked one too many doobies
  • Al Gore –  how could Heisman trophy winner and Internet inventor not be on this list?
  • Michael Moore — I wish someone would do a “documentary” about him
  • Cindy Sheehan — glad she’s been out of the spotlight lately
  • Lenny Dawson — should retire yesterday from broadcasting
  • Jim Rome — his shtick is old and otherwise lame
  • Katie Couric — I can’t believe she’s still hosting the CBS Evening News.  Ugh.

Dishonorable Mention

  • Billy Packer — thankfully former CBS basketball commentator
  • Oprah Winfrey — talk about the cult of personality
  • Tom Cruise — uh, Scientology

What bugs me about Google Docs

I’ve been using Google Docs quite a bit lately.  It’s starting to grate on me a little.

If you are particular about how things look, you almost have to hack the HTML version.  Setting styles on text sometimes works, clearing formatting sometimes works, etc.

You’ll get in nested HTML tag hell pretty quickly just by doing basic text formatting — headings, bold, italics and so forth.

Don’t get me started on tables.  They’re even worse.

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