Tag Archives: video

Road Rebel – V1 E71 – It’s Not A Spill, It’s A Release

BP is deciding today whether they will try the “top kill” procedure to plug the . They give it a 60-70% chance of success. Given the “accuracy” of their previous estimates, I find that hard to trust. This is no … Continue reading

Road Rebel – V1 E70 – Thinking About RVs

Read a great article in Westways, the AAA magazine, about RV’ing. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, but just haven’t done yet. Have you? What was your experience? I’m also still . I’m narrowing it down, but not in … Continue reading

Road Rebel – V1 E69 – New Show: Call For Input

As I mentioned in a , I was convinced over the weekend to take a stab at a new weekly show, featuring humor, current events, politics and music. I’m hoping to launch this show in the next week or two, … Continue reading

Road Rebel – V1 E68 – Miss USA Rima Fakih Called A Terrorist

No, you read that right. That’s the reaction from the right about Rima Fakih winning the title of Miss USA, titling her instead “Miss Hezbollah”, and claiming she has family that are high ranking members of Hezbollah. No proof is … Continue reading

Road Rebel – V1 E67 – TGIF, BP and TP

Oil continues to gush in the Gulf of Mexico, and the solutions seem more and more far-fetched. But there is one solution that has been proffered that I haven’ t heard BP trying – and it sounds like the easiest … Continue reading

Road Rebel – V1 E66 – Betty White, Hot In Cleveland & Passing The Buck

If you missed Betty White on Saturday Night Live last weekend, you missed classic TV. Betty absolutely killed. Seriously. I hope when I’m 88 1/2 I’m half as funny, lively and sharp. Meanwhile, the oil spill in the Gulf of … Continue reading

BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Slick - May 9th 2010 NASA Image © 2010 . All rights reserved.

And The Blame Game Begins…

Over the weekend, BP lowered a 100-ton contraption to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to stem the flow of that used to be connected to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. It failed. So now, they’ve … Continue reading

Road Rebel – V1 E65 – Selective Constitutionalists

After following the various news reports and posts regarding various interpretations of what is constitutional, I have decided to coin a new phrase. Selective Constitutionalist So what is a “Selective Constitutionalist”? It’s someone who wants the US Constitution upheld to … Continue reading

Road Rebel – V1 E64 – Is Technology Keeping Us Apart?

Do technologies like text messaging, Twitter, Facebook and all the other social networking tools get in the way of interpersonal relations?  Some argue that they do, but that hasn’t been my experience. To be sure, if you’re not careful, they … Continue reading