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It’s billed as the largest fireworks display in the Midwest; but organizers of Red White and Boom in Columbus Ohio say this year is going to be even bigger. The huge fireworks display is set to music ranging from Lee Greenwood all the way to AC/DC and the Jonas Brothers. Go figure.

Red White Boom Columbus OH

Program director for WNCI in Columbus, Michael McCoy began working on the list of music way back in January. The selections change each year to provide variety, but old favorites like Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” is back on the list after not making the cut last year. From the Columbus Dispatch:

“That was not a good move on our part,” McCoy acknowledged. “We’re never going to make everybody totally happy. . . . We try to put something together that most anybody, regardless of age, can relate to.”

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As we celebrate America’s 233rd birthday, I can’t help but remember how President Ronald Reagan made us feel about America. After 4 years of failure, doom and gloom and an inept president who refused to stand up for America against the Iranians for kidnapping 52 Americans and holding them for 444 days, Mr. Reagan restored the backbone of American. He loved this country more then he loved being President.

President Reagan

I was single in the early 80’s and remember making $35K a year and being thankful we had Reagan as the leader of the free world. He restored faith and a love of country. When I was growing up and in grade school, we said the Lord’s Prayer and The Plegde of Allegiance before the start of school. We had a copy of the Ten Commandments hanging in the classroom. There a few who did not participate but they did not sue because they were offended. They respected our right to express our love for God and country.

If we told our parents (a male and a female) that we got in trouble with a teacher, we were punished and told to apology to the teacher. We were taught to respect authority. We also knew the teacher or principal could and would use a paddle on us without having to call our parents. We did have “time out.” It was when our father had to take time out of his day to paddle us. I can still hear my father saying, “Boy don’t embarrass your mother and me. Straighten up and fly right.” And until I had my own kids, I never understood, “This hurts me more then it hurts you.” They were right.

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How many of you have sat through the safety instructions on a plane, and then wondered what exactly the crew had said to you? If you’re like me, you probably pay little attention during that part of the flight. Air New Zealand has come up with a pretty brilliant way to get you to pay attention.

The crew of Air New Zealand Co 737 planes, have participated in safety videos naked; you heard me right, completely in the buff. Here’s the catch, the Air New Zealand Crew is wearing only body paint while making the safety videos.

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How a culture treats its children is a mark of civilization. I realize that the term “civilization” has gone out of use, shelved in the back nooks of musty shelves along with similarly judgmental and politically incorrect terms as “savages.”

But the truth is that a civilization advances when it reaches a higher level of refinement of thought. Nothing can be baser than the total disregard for human life shown when a group goes out to buy and sell children for the purpose of killing them - which is exactly what the Taliban is doing:

EXCLUSIVE: Taliban buying children for suicide bombers

Pakistan’s top Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, is buying children as young as 7 to serve as suicide bombers in the growing spate of attacks against Pakistani, Afghan and U.S. targets, U.S. Defense Department and Pakistani officials say.

A Pakistani official, who spoke on the condition that he not be named because of the sensitive nature of the topic, said the going price for child bombers was $7,000 to $14,000 - huge sums in Pakistan, where per-capita income is about $2,600 a year.

“[Mehsud] has turned suicide bombing into a production output, not unlike [the way] Toyota outputs cars,” a U.S. Defense Department official told reporters recently. He spoke on the condition that he not be named because of ongoing intelligence efforts to catch Mehsud, a prime target for a U.S. and Pakistani anti-Taliban campaign.

When I interviewed filmmaker J. D. Johannes at my podcast, he stated that one of the reasons why Iraquis rose against al Qaeda was al Qaeda’s brutality. Nothing in that statement had prepared me to read about this latest maneuver from the Taliban.

Savages.

Keith Wright disrobed during a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina to Los Angeles, California. When the man got naked, the US Airways flight diverted to Albuquerque, New Mexico where the man was escorted off the plan in nothing but handcuffs. Read about it below.

US Airways Flight Diverted

Cross continental flights can be tedious, so its no wonder that people who are already a tad stressed, shall we say, have a hard time dealing with those long, crowded flights. Thus is the case of 50-year-old Keith Wright. He explained his behavior by telling the FBI that he’s bipolar and hadn’t taken his meds. That’s probably not the wisest decision for someone taking a long flight. On the other hand, wise decisions are not a marker for bipolar disorder.

They say an uneventful trip is a good trip. Yesterday evening’s US Airways Flight 705 was very eventful. First, there was a medical emergency which was the original reason for the flight being diverted to land in Albuquerque. Then, to exacerbate the already tense situation on board the flight, Wright decided to disrobe. Completely.

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President Obama is trying to save us all by having his FDA take a harder look at safety in medications and certain ingredients in medications, the current culprit is acetaminophen. Advisors to the Food and Drug Administration are recommending that acetaminophen containing drugs be either heavily regulated or banned altogether.

Acetaminophen Tablets

The most popular of all drugs containing acetaminophen is Tylenol; no doubt there is not one person who reads this who hasn’t taken Tylenol in their life. For years people have warned that acetaminophen in large doses could result in liver damage. Advisors are recommending that Tylenol’s dosage amounts should be decreased and that the extra strength version be given by prescription only.

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Julie Imperiali is Carla Bruni’s personal trainer. She helps the former supermodel and present First Lady of France keep a shape that is to die for. She also helped French President Nicolas Sarkozy lose weight and improve his … relations with his wife. Read about it below and see photos and a video.

Carla Bruni stays in shape
with the help of Julie Imperiali

French First Lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy is arguably the most beautiful and stylish first lady in the world. I realize that Barack Obama supporters argue that Michelle Obama is more beautiful and stylish. In fact, some have claimed that the reason the Obama’s refused to have dinner with the Sarkozys on their last trip to Paris was because Mrs. Obama didn’t want to outshine Madame Sarkozy. I guess that’s a matter of opinion, of course.

The 41-year-old former supermodel has been married to French President Nicolas Sarkozy for about one year. He’s 53-years-old and she is his third wife. Apparently, Madame Sarkozy has used the services of Julie Imperiali, a 26-year-old personal trainer to help her stay fit. It appears to be working quite well. Wouldn’t you say so? Its worked well enough that Ms. Bruni referred her husband to Imperiali to get into shape as well as help him with his bedroom performance. I’m not making that up! This could well be why the couple seem so much in love every time we see them together. Too much information? I couldn’t agree more, but Imperiali tells us more.

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Meghan McCain, the outspoken and often feckless daughter of Senator John McCain, is speaking out on the Mark Sanford affair. She seems to think he should be forgiven and left alone to govern the great state of South Carolina. Read more below, see photos and watch a video.

Meghan McCain

In Meghan McCain’s article for The Daily Beast entitled “Forgive Mark Sanford”, she bases her reasons for defending the adulterous Governor on being younger with a more open-minded view of politicians and sex, and that it’s of very little concern to her who elected officials sleep with. She feels that what goes on in Governor Sanford’s personal life, just isn’t relevant to his role as a public official. Blink, Blink.

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