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C'mon...you knew this was coming. They're like vultures, these tele-terrorists harassing you into making even more bad choices. Learn how you can fire them!
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Remember the good ol’ days, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble…smoking??? This really is a fascinating story:  If you didn’t start watching TV until after 1971, then chances are you’ve never seen a cigarette commercial outside of a retrospective special.
When the medium came into its own in the 1940s-50s, Big Tobacco was one of the first industries not only to advertise on television, but also to pick up the tab for entire shows. The commercials grew more elaborate over the years, using everything from cute animation to glamorous women and men to promote their cancerous wares.
Sure, we all know now that smoking is bad, but boy did they know how to make it look tantalizing back in the day! Lots-o-videos to watch, so fire your favorite cigarette and, uh…nevermind, that’s not politically correct to say anymore, is it? Click here anyway...
Is this the sign of things to come? “Vallejo votes to declare Chapter 9 bankruptcy”: Vallejo faces a $16 million shortfall and no money in its reserve account for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
 In March, the city shaved several million dollars from its payroll, museums, public works, senior centers, libraries and other services to avoid bankruptcy, but needed to make further cuts to meet increased expenses in the next fiscal year.
Dover’s Observation: While our illustrious president vows not to sign any mortgage rescue-related legislation, let me point out to the wannabe Texas that the ugliness caused by shrinking tax bases and subsequent municipality financial challenges that tortured the Lone Star State in the mid-late 1980s is about to re-emerge on a much larger scale. Oh I know: “You’re gonna learn those Yankee lenders a lesson,” aren’t ya, W?
Remember the good old days, when people actually “dressed up” to fly on an airplane? Apparently those days are gone forever...as this article from The Wall Street Journal hammers home: “Flying Foul: Passengers Behaving  Badly! Rude Neighbors, Messes Left In Seat Pockets Proliferate; Exploring the Revenge Motive.
"You'll never look at, or reach into, an airline seat-back pocket the same after reading this. Besides being a repository for magazines, newspapers, books, iPods and air-sickness bags, seatback pockets get stuffed with all kinds of disgusting trash, from toenail clippings to mushy meals. People do things on airplanes that they would never do in other public settings.
They pluck eyebrows, polish nails and pick noses. They stick chewed gum in places only other passengers will discover. They blow noses into blankets that get folded up for the next weary traveler. They prop bare feet up on bulkheads and seats. Sometimes they even engage in sex acts.
One reason frequent fliers and flight attendants perceive an increase in offensive behavior may be the decline in air service -- customers seek retaliation for late flights, snippy workers, lost baggage and unavailable upgrades…”
If it costs you more than $50 to fill-up your gas tank, you’d better read this!
 “Thanks to gas prices reaching $4 per gallon and credit card limits on the dollar amount that can be spent at gas stations, some consumers now need more than one credit card just to fill up their tank….”
Newman...
Speaking of gas prices, GOOD NEWS! Here’s  how you can lock in $2.99 a gallon gasoline for the next 3 years!
Oops…there always seems to be a ‘bad news’ catch on these deals…
 Home Despot Depot won't sell you goods unless you tell them where you live and whether the 1/4" PVC pipe is for business or personal use, comrade: Tell us where you live, or you can’t use the Self-Service checkout.
Nyet, nyet!
Losing your home to foreclosure is bad enough. But having fewer and increasingly more expensive self storage options and eventually—losing all of your possessions because you  can’t make the rent—it’s just the latest salt-in-the-wounds for subprime refugees: "Brook Snyder runs Blair Auction’s operation in Chicago. As they lose their homes, people are turning to these humble cinderblock and sheet-metal boxes to store their stuff.
But some people cannot keep up with their storage bills any better than they could handle their mortgage payments, and storage companies are auctioning off their property for a pittance…"
It's getting uglier by the day...read the rest of the story here.
What do you mean, they’re using real human cadavers as crash test dummies? Could GM—in search of improving their image and sales—be on a  mission to make the world’s safest vehicle?
Claes Tingvall, a car safety specialist with the Swedish Road Administration (Vägverket), told the newspaper Expressen that GM recently finished a multi-year research project in which dead human bodies were used. “For certain things, it’s important to use cadavers…”
Don’t act so shocked! You’d really be horrified if you knew all of the things corporate America (as well as our own government) does behind closed doors. Click here to read the rest of the story, Pollyanna…
Wanna win a “it’s the principle of the matter” fistfight the next time you use your Visa card and you refuse to show them ID?
 Then you have GOT to read this official statement from your buddies at Visa before you pick your fight with that poor checkout person at WalMart: “Merchants may not refuse to honor a Visa card simply because the cardholder refuses a request for supplementary information, however…”
Maybe reaching for your MasterCard or Discover Card might be a little easier...
 "Teabag" a former Fed chairman for only $11K?!? Get your mind outta the gutter!
First off, since most of you don't even know what the term means, here’s the payoff for those of you who don’t listen to the King of All Media and haven't a clue about what a “teabag” maneuver is…
…and now you're ready for the rest of the Alan Greenspan-related story…
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