Three Chords to Freedom

Who the Hell is IPS anyway?

Oct 19, 2008 Uncategorized Leave a comment
Posted by Blog Admin

I stumbled across a news organization called Inter Press Service News agency. They talk about representing the downtrodden, etc. in a mission statement that says… “IPS raises the voices of the South [???? Southern Hemisphere? South Africa?] and civil society [???]… IPS tells the story underneath.”
OK, maybe so. But why in the world would ANY valid news organization in the modern world have the following disclaimer at the bottom of an article?

“/NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, CZECH REPUBLIC, IRELAND, POLAND, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM/ (END/2008) ”

I check you out in more detail. Maybe I’m missing something.

Ron

Sort-of Saving Second Base

Oct 20, 2007 Uncategorized Leave a comment
Posted by duck

As the Colorado Rockies prepare for their first World Series, it is interesting that something else has popped up in the news. It seems that Haley and Jessica, two girls from a Salina Kansas high school, decided to raise some money for breast cancer charities by selling a t-shirt. Unfortnately their plan ran into a [...]

Thoughts on this September Day – the 11th

Sep 11, 2007 Uncategorized Leave a comment
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A food court, fifty feet away from the noise and light of the Venetian hotel casino, seems like an odd place to be working today. September 11. I stepped out of the shower this morning, and put on old blue — my old, beaten, comfortable NYPD t-shirt. It’s been a tradition on this day since [...]

Hugs for Pakistani Minister – and a Single-Finger Salute to her critics

Apr 16, 2007 Religious Oppression Leave a comment
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Here is a single-finger salute to the two Pakistani clerics from the Lal Masjid mosque who issued an edict against the country’s minister of tourism. The fatwa alleges that SHE (we at 3c2f will ALWAYS support women in high office) hugged her parachute instructor after a fundraising jump in France. A jump for [...]

Hard Drinkers, Have We Got a Town for You!

Mar 15, 2007 Politicians / Politics Leave a comment
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According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, over 100 people showed up for a City Council Meeting in Lilburn GA to talk about a new ordinance that would ban karaoke, trivia games, card playing and dancing. Wow!
Whut do ya do?
Hell, Jimmy Rex, bars are for drinkin’ you know that! Ever time somebody starts [...]

Cranial Crap Award – March 8

Mar 8, 2007 Announcements Leave a comment
Posted by duck

This week’s “My Cranial Cavity is Full of Bricks and Sh*t” award goes to Sean McManus of CBS news. It seems that the CBS News with Katie Couric had slipped too far away from vanilla since coming on the air. He stated something about being ‘consistent enough so that every night you know [...]

Cranial Cavity Award – February 28

Feb 28, 2007 Announcements Leave a comment
Posted by duck

The current “My Cranial Cavity is Full of Bricks and Sh*t” award (the inaugural winner by the way) is the City Council for the City of Largo Fla.
It seems that the City Manager, who has done a “commendable” job for the past 14 years has been canned. The reason?
According (in an AP report earlier [...]

Pikes Peak Writers Conference

Feb 17, 2007 Announcements Leave a comment
Posted by duck

Freedom of expression for writers world-wide is one of the tools of freedom for humanity. To that end, I’m including the announcement below…
thanks,
April 20-22, 2007 Colorado Springs Marriott.
The Pikes Peak Writers Conference started in 1993 and each April, brings the New York publishing industry to Colorado Springs, Colorado for a weekend packed [...]

Four Letter Word

Feb 16, 2007 Suppression of People Leave a comment
Posted by duck

Somehow this one sort of goes along with the Tim Hardaway thing (see item below)… from Kiss the Breath of Sunset…
Look around in your twisted mind,
Look in that empty brain
Do you feel the urge to hate someone,
Enough that it makes you insane
What is it about them that makes you cringe?
What sets your blood aflame?
Are [...]

Ok, Tim, your opinion matters because?…

Feb 16, 2007 Suppression of People Leave a comment
Posted by duck

Good-on-yas to NBA Commissioner Stern for throwing Tim Hardaway’s butt out of Las Vegas. OK, admittedly the concept of somebody being a role model because they can stuff a ball in a hole has always perplexed me. But what the hell, it happens. The downside is a bunch of kids looking up [...]