The Other View

I miss this format..........

Strange how the blog is still here and it is a ghost town........................

Say La Vive

Happy Birthday to Rosie

And Wacky Mom

Doctor Doctor please give me a script........ !!!

Small town makes it legal to have pot around for medicinal  purposes....... Local sherriff vows to still arrest anyone under state law........ Who has the winning hand here.... Can a town  enact a law that violates a state law........ The mayor of this town was interviewed and he signed it into law........ Interesting concept......... So who has power...??

The City Or the State........??

By Brian RafteryPosted Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at 6:58 AM ET

Last November, an inebriated 24-year-old with the woefully apt name of Kyle Drinkwine was found by police in the back of a Wisconsin alley, his hands covered in blood. According to testimony compiled by the Smoking Gun, Drinkwine had spent the evening unwinding at Emma's Bar, a local watering hole that was hosting a karaoke night. Shortly after performing an Eminem song, he allegedly became so enraged by another patron's version of "Holy Diver"—the 1983 anthem by heavy-metal patriarch Ronnie James Dio—that he assaulted the singer and his friend and fled when police arrived. "This had started … over one's ability to sing karaoke," notes the arrest report, which reads like a Mike Judge novella.

Drinkwine's sad, stupid plight wasn't an isolated incident: In August 2007, a Seattle man was assaulted onstage during a karaoke rendition of Coldplay's "Yellow," while last December, a San Diego man encored his karaoke set by walking toward the crowd and attacking an audience member. And in Asia, there's been a string of karaoke-bar stabbings and shootings, including a horrific incident in Bangkok in which eight amateur singers were murdered by their neighbor, reportedly due in part to his hatred of John Denver's "Country Roads."

As someone who's performed, miserably, at karaoke bars worldwide—including a three-day stint aboard a Finnish "karaoke cruise ship"—I was perplexed by these attacks. After all, I've survived countless moments of sanity-needling karaoke without ever once resorting to violence, even when it would have been justified; there's no greater example of self-restraint than sitting in a sweltering Bangkok beer garden, watching a drunken Polish man deflower Starship's "We Built This City." In 10 years and seven countries, the only karaoke-related tension I've ever experienced took place in a Long Island bar, where a stewing townie grimaced all the way through my overly emphatic version of Van Halen's "Jump." (I left shortly afterward, so as not to give him the chance to beat me with a garnish tray.)

One explanation for this uptick in karaoke rage is that karaoke bars bring together several socially combustible elements. Fill a room with 30 or so exhibitionists, ply them with alcohol and wireless microphones, and it's only a matter of time before all the forced interaction results in conflict. Indeed, when the first karaoke machines were exported from Japan in the late '70s and early '80s, many communities in Asia and India shunned the devices, fearing they'd attract undesirables. Marketers responded by convincing local educators that karaoke could be used to improve literacy—or, more ingeniously, by pitching American prison wardens on the idea of using karaoke to soothe gang-related animosity.

Not sure how that worked out. But if all it took to instigate violence were excessive booze, egos run amok, and an open forum, every wedding reception and trivia-night contest in America would end in a Farkable brawl. What's interesting about these karaoke attacks is that they sometimes come down to little more than song choice: The attacker either hates the song to the point of physical rage or loves the song with such fervor that he or she will lash out in its defense. So the reasons why karaoke performances sometimes work up to a violent crescendo have less to do with how we interact with one another and more with how we interact with music

What's the worst Karaoke performance you've seen....

Why are Cops Associated With Donuts.....??

"Do cops really like donuts?"

"As far as I can tell, almost everyone likes donuts! You always hear stories about seeing cops at the donut shop and it is a typical stereotype about police officers. I think the stories about cops and donuts comes from the fact that police officers work odd hours when most restaurants and stores are closed. In past years, the donut shops were all that were open at night. When an officer wanted to stop for a break, coffee and donuts were convenient. Since we are available for calls at all times, we may have to run off in a moment's notice. If you have several squads working an area and only one place is open, you are bound to see several officers there throughout the night. The donut shops are almost all gone now. Donuts have been replace with the bagel and there are not many all night donut shops open anymore. I wonder what the next stereotype will be? I've never heard the question "Do cops really like bagels?"

Above is an article I read after googling cops and donuts....... I thought of this after I observed a cop returning his donuts to a gas station and complaining of the quality of the donuts........ It gave me a needed chuckle (in private) and got me wondering why we stero type cops and donuts.....

Can you think of other professions that's stero typed?

Everybody Else is losing theirs....!!

This blog format is really great......... But all the bloggers across the country that have been Fox bloggers the past couple of years are getting them shut down and most are being replaced with a really dull forum format.......... I couldn't help but notice that you have your new website and have the old blog format integrated in........ Is this temporary or will you be keeping this..... Lots of homeless bloggers in this country right now......

Hardly anybody left........!!

It's like Custards Last Stand

Tampa got the ax tonight without warning......... There are so few left........ I found a couple of ghost towns going through all the sites....... They havn't figured out that we are here or I imagine they would have already ripped this one off line......... Sanangelo and Lubbock are still up......... At the link below you can find a list of all the fox stations in the U.S.   ..... Everybody should get a my space account and add me so when I do find a good blog I can send you guys the info........ My myspace link is      myspace.com/mister_wild  ........ Be ready for our days are numbered..........

http://www.fox.com/links/affiliates.htm

How many days do you think we can hang here..........??

There are  Sick people in the world........!!

By Associated Press

9:59 PM CST, February 4, 2009

If your sober enough to have sex then your sober enough to know who you are in bed with......

This guy deserves the John Bobbitt special......!!

Will there be another registered offender living among us....??

There are  Sick people in the world........!!

By Associated Press

9:59 PM CST, February 4, 2009

If your sober enough to have sex then your sober enough to know who you are in bed with......

This guy deserves the John Bobbitt special......!!

Will there be another registered offender living among us....??

Ghost Story

This old movie is a must see if you have never seen it......... I saw it on the Encore Channel late last night and it was and still is a great movie...... You actually have to watch it a couple of times to catch on to everything that is going on.......  One of Fred Astaires last great performances........ I recorded it on DVD so it will be handy to show at Halloween this year...... Not for kids though for it has adult content and nudity...... This movie is around thirty years old but if you havn't seen it I highly recommend........ I love a good ghost story........

What's your favorite movie of yonder year........ ??

Ghost Story

This old movie is a must see if you have never seen it......... I saw it on the Encore Channel late last night and it was and still is a great movie...... You actually have to watch it a couple of times to catch on to everything that is going on.......  One of Fred Astaires last great performances........ I recorded it on DVD so it will be handy to show at Halloween this year...... Not for kids though for it has adult content and nudity...... This movie is around thirty years old but if you havn't seen it I highly recommend........ I love a good ghost story........

What's your favorite movie of yonder year........ ??

Don't make the mistake Speedy did....!!

It is impossible to change your Avatar or to upload any pictures into your profile..... Those were approved by the web team at Fox 2 and they are on a permanent Sabatical..... So the settings you have you are stuck with......... We are running on the gas left in the tank.......

 How far can we go....??

If I don't go out then I won't see my shadow.......!!

It's a great morning to go back to bed......... (Superbowl hangover I guess)..... So  if I don't see the sun then maybe I can cancel the rest of Winter......... Trout Season in 4 weeks and time to start tilling the garden..........!!!!

Iv'e seen enough of the Winter........... Have you....??

If I don't go out then I won't see my shadow.......!!

It's a great morning to go back to bed......... (Superbowl hangover I guess)..... So  if I don't see the sun then maybe I can cancel the rest of Winter......... Trout Season in 4 weeks and time to start tilling the garden..........!!!!

Iv'e seen enough of the Winter........... Have you....??