Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center
Title: Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center
Location: 50 North George Street
Start Time: 20:00
Date: 2008-10-02
Hollywood Improv
Title: Hollywood Improv
Location: 8162 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Start Date: 2008-09-19
Start Time: 20:00
End Date: 2008-09-20
The Pipeline Cafe
Title: The Pipeline Cafe
Location: 805 Pohukaina Street
Start Time: 20:00
Date: 2008-09-17
10 Funniest Cars
Top 10 Funniest Cars
By Alonzo Bodden
A magazine asked me to write my top 10, here they are
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1-  Fiat 500 - I never drove anything this small. Its fun to be in a car that looks up to Mini Cooper’s as if they are limos. Did I mention its powered by a 500cc motorcycle engine? Just the thing to get out of the way of rampant SUV’s. Of course if you are under 5 ft tall and want 1000 mpg, its perfect
2-  AMC Pacer – Of course anything by AMC could make the list, but lets look at the Pacer, the first wide small car. AMC always liked to answer questions no one asked, like “why do you need a wide small car”? Then again, if you like riding in a fishbowl, there is only one choice
3-  AMC Eagle – While we are on AMC, how can we forget the Eagle. The first 4wd sedan. A 4-wheel drive sedan is a good idea. An ugly body grafted to a jeep chassis is not. Maybe they were trying to take the title of trailer trash car from the El Camino
4-  El Camino – Business in the front and fun in the back or was it fun in front and business in the back? Who know’s? I can’t remember. Listen Jeb, put the El Camino up on blocks, let it rust and go buy a real pick up truck
5-  Mercedes Unimog – This isn’t funny as much as it’s unbelievable. Huge, indestructible it will go anywhere and destroy anything in its path. Fun would be driving one to the next Sierra club rally.
6-  The Edsel – A spectacular example of doing things wrong. Sure it’s big and ugly but that’s balanced by the fact it’s underpowered and handles poorly. Way to go Ford
7-  The Pinto – What could be more fun than a car that would rust to pieces while you were waiting for someone to hit it so you could see the gas tank explode. Pintos weren’t exactly built Ford tough.
8-  The Popemobile – Jesus walked on water and they put the Pope in this. Are we sure they’re talking?
9-  Dodge Viper – Do one thing and do it well. 600 HP of pure acceleration for no reason at all. It can slam the front of your chest to the back of the seat and it doesn’t have the luggage space to carry a briefcase. I love this thing. Step on the gas and try not to laugh at the excess of it all.
10- The Minivan – Yes, it works, it’s a great way to carry the kids and their stuff, but what a sad way to castrate dad. That’s right dad, no matter how much you trick it out, you’re still driving a minivan. Sorry dad, the hottie you just drive past isn’t looking at you. She want’s you to move out the way so she can smile at the guy in the Porsche.
T BOONE PICKENS, SELLING WIND OR BLOWING IT UP MY A**
When T Boone Pickens says we need to get off oil, you have to forgive me for being a little suspicious. This guy made 3-4 billion on oil and now he wants us to give it up. Its like the Medellin cartel telling us we should just say no.
So I went and did the one thing you’re not supposed to do when you see a commercial, I did some reading. Now I know that’s un American and when a rich guy tells me something its like the word of an actor I’m supposed to just take it and run with it but I’m crazy, I’m a rebel, I have free time.
According to an article in Newsweek(left wing commie liberal media source) Pickens is investing 10billion( guess his credits good) to build the largest wind farm in Texas. He also owns the most natural gas pumping stations in America. He owns them through another corporation called Clean Energy Fuels Corp. I mean you can’t just own things in your name, people will figure it out.
Now here’s where it gets tricky. I’m copying this from Newsweek’s August 18 issue so bear with me. These rich criminal guys are clever.
Five years ago he launched a scheme to buy water rights around Roberts County Texas the same region he plans to build his wind farm and where he owns a 68000 acre ranch. He wanted to pump water from the aquafier to cities downstate. No one bought the water but he won eminent domain for his pipeline and his attorneys created the groundwater supply district which only has 2 voters who happen to be Picken’s ranch hands. Its amazing he won that vote.
Now Pickens has abandoned the water pipeline but his lawyers want to use the water corridor site to create a private power transmission line from his wind farm to the cities and the power grid etc.
Now he says he doesn’t need any more money but he would kind of profit from all this. Its an accident, just a slight residual effect from ole Saint Pickens saving us all.Who can blame him? 3-4 billion doesn’t go nearly as far as it used to. He’s practically retired and how’s a man supposed to get by?
I have no problem with profit, but lets be honest about motive. If we do go to wind energy, He has huge leg up on anyone who would want to get in the business and of course all the politicians/decision makers are already his friends
To all you greenies, stop it. Leave me alone. To the stars driving Prius’s and flying in private jets, shut up. To Al Gore and his giant energy sucking home, shut up. Ahhnold, get in your private jet, fly to one of your Hummers and f**k off.
Ed Begley Jr. is the only one who can legitimately talk green. He was green before it was fashionable and he walks the way he talks. Literally, he does walk, on occasion he rides a bike and rarely drives an electric car. He’s amazing.
All this BS almost makes me regret trading in my Hummer.
If you need me, I’ll be tilting at windmillsÂ
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