Mitchell Report commentary

Brilliant!

"Hey mom ... I love you and miss you, but I'm pretty busy ... so gotta go ... Bye." I talk to my mom several times a day, and probably like a lot of people, I take it for granted. That's a feeling that only gets stronger when you consider soldiers who are in a war zone this holiday season and how expensive calling loved ones overseas can be.
When Brittany and Robbie Bergquist of Norwell, Massachusetts, heard of a soldier having to pay almost $8,000 for a phone bill to call his family from Iraq, they wanted to do something. With $21, the brother and sister duo, then 12 and 13, respectively, started Cell Phones for Soldiers. The organization turns old cell phones into minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas.
People donate their old phones to the teens. They came up with the idea to sell them to a recycler for $5 and use the money to buy calling cards. Since they started three years ago, the pair has raised more than $1 million in donations and sent 400,000 minutes to troops. They hope to increase that amount nearly tenfold in the next five years so that more soldiers can call and say, "Hey, Mom."
Source: CNN

Blonde ambition

Someone named Kellie Pickler - a celebrity of some sort - competing on the ridiculous game show "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"
Despite her performance here, should she decide to opine on global warming, middle east politics, U.S. foreign policy, the media would immediately deign her wisdom, authority and as a "whip-smart, worldly young woman." Just so long as her opinions mesh with current media orthodoxy: the world is melting; middle east governments are misunderstood; George Bush/US foreign policy evil - until, of course, it is Hillary Clinton/US foreign policy.

BCS BS

Great idea, poor execution

What a fantastic idea. Unfortunately, the execution of the flaming bicycle ride down the damp, sandy bank could have been better. They have added a wooden ramp at the top to increase the speed, fan the flames and create even more skin blistering, ice-bath begging injuries
Or, the cyclist could have put on a pair of devil horns: ooo, look at me, I am satan and I ride a fiery bicycle, give me your virgins and cds and beer and stuff!

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