GAS... Least We Forget

Remember when gas was 4.25 per gallon last summer? 2.00 per gallon right now doesn't seem so bad now does it? If you agree, guess what, you are a victim of corporate oil's plan to manipulate your mind.

Mark my words, we will see those prices again! Corporate Oil will find something to blame to raise their prices.

Let's see... the flamingo population was devastated by party revelers during Mardi Gras this year. "Ohhhh thats a great excuse to raise our prices!"
Let's see... Flipper the dolphin rams a super tanker, super tanker runs around. "Ohhh thats a great excuse to our raise prices!"
Let's see... grizzly bears and salmon have become best friends! "Ohhh a great excuse to raise our prices!"

You get the picture...

Commentary on Youtube's New Focus

Look outside your window
Cause most of the world's still the same.
Don't be too angry, don't be too upset
Cause youtube success isn't fame.

Look at the Hiltons and Pitts of this world
They're famous for being quite lame
So don't be too sad about corporate YouTube,
cause most of the world's still the same.

If you are looking for sympathy,
Don't look at me, I agree, it's a shame.
But amidst all the zeroes and ones
There's not really one entity that we can blame.

I'm sure there'll be tears, and some CAPS LOCK there too,
And the messageboards will be aflame -
But fires do not travel through vacuous minds
When most of the world's still the same.

Yesterday people were living their lives
And continue to do so today
Charlie's still Charlie, and Buck is still Buck
And Alex Day's still Alex Day.

The trees are still trees and the grass is still grass
And this internet thing's just a game
So if you don't like it, tune out, walk away,
Because most of the world's still the same.

Reunion of Two Lives

A touching story of fire fighter and the life he saved forty years later. This is good news

Gas Prices Rising!

Gas companies are going to screw us again this summer. They are slowing adding pennies per day to gas prices. Let's see where they take us this summer.

Late December gas prices were at their lowest in years. At a local Hess station the price per gallon was $1.539. My prediction is that gas will rise about $0.75 per gallon per month through Memorial Day weekend. This should place gas prices around $4.50 per gallon. Get ready to be screwed by big oil! I will keep a close eye on the Hess station board and post my observations in the side bar ---------------->

Jim Armstrong Joins the Dufus Department at Fox25

This guy does not know what serious news is. All his work is nothing but bozo reports. At the moment he is talking about "breaking up with Tom Brady." Among his other Pulitzer Prize winning stories are about a virus that makes people fat, and public breastfeeding. Wow Armstrong, soon you will be taking the anchor desk at one of the major networks.

You seem to have a love hate relationship with Tom Brady. Are you attached to him? Are you coming out of the closet? Are you telling us something we suspected in you all along? Are you gay? Not that there is anything wrong with that, to quote Seinfeld. Why don't you just come out and say it Jim. You asked Tom to be honest with us, now it's your turn to be honest with us. Just say those words Jim, "I'm gay!" Believe me you will feel so much better.

By the way Jim, this report of yours on such a trivial topic put you in an exclusive club at Fox25. It's called the Dufus Department. You have joined the likes of Gene Lavanchy and Doug VB Goudie. Please don't drag Fox25 down even further than it already is. Try some serious news reporting man, its not going to hurt. Doug Mehan can give you some lessons I'm sure. He's a good example of a hard hitting newsman, and only serious male member of the morning team. After all Jim, you are a Harvard grad, act like it man!

Link to Jim Armstrong's Blog at Fox25

Herald Desperation!

A sign of the times? A newspaper's demise? Today's Boston Herald's front page story is about Tom Brady and Gisele Bendchen on vacation in the Caribbean. A full page photo shows him and Gisele, his fiance, sunning themselves and handing hands under the headline, "What Superbowl?"

Geesh you guys, leave them alone! Tom Brady and Gisele Bendchen has as much right to be on vacation as anyone. Brady didn't make it to the Superbowl, he wasn't even part of this year's Patriots team. If I had his money and time like that I would be in the Caribbean as well and so would everyone else in this state after this winter's snow. THIS IS NOT NEWS! GET IT?

This is front page news on a day when the Massachusetts Speaker of the House is resigning amid questionable practices. (The 3rd speaker in a row to resign in shame by the way.) There is much more quality content out there to report than seeing two greasy people laying on a beach.

This is an example of how desperate the Herald is for money. They must be on their last legs down there on Herald Way. Soon Boston will be a one newspaper town. It proves that tabloid style of news just doesn't cut it when it comes to the average person's need to be well informed about the current events of the day.

I'll be the first to say it, goodbye Boston Herald!

Editors Note: Even Fox25 agrees with me on this issue. Thanks for the support guys. :)

BREAKING NEWS: Peabody Police Seen Laughing All the Way to the Bank

Once upon a time there in a land called Peabody, in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, the police department wanted more money for their protection services. The union contract was up for renegotiation. The police wanted another payed holiday off to bring the number of holidays up to 15. They chose to have September 11th off. That fateful day that thousands of innocent Americans lost their lives to terrorists...

The union president said that the officers wanted to have a way to honor their fallen union brethren. What? Receiving extra pay is a way to honor the death of thousands of patriots? This was a new concept to the citizens of the village.

The people of the tiny hamlet were outraged. They spoke out against this atrocity. All throughout the land the same message was repeated over and over again by the local town crier, 

"Holiday pay for 9/11? Are you kidding me? 9/11 isn't even a national nor state holiday. WWII era workers and vets are not asking for a paid holiday for the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor. School teachers are not asking for extra pay for April 20th. Why should the police department be entitled to holiday pay for September 11th?"

But alas! The efforts of the fine citizens of the tiny hamlet fell upon deaf ears. The city fathers voted to support the contract with the police department. The burden of paying for this was borne by the fine citizens. The downtrodden were forced to pay more for their protection services so the officers could have fun on a day when America was attacked.

All the police were last seen laughing all the way to the bank... A sad day for America as a dark cloud of shame lowered upon the land.

Salem News article on contract approval 01/23/2009

Salem News article on Peabody Police Contract 10/17/2008 
Salem News article on the 9/11 clause 10/18/2008

Top 10 Bush Moments

You know things are pretty bad for President Bush. People are already comparing him to the worst president in history. The late night talk shows love digging on him. My question is, what is David Letterman going to do to fill his show time after Bush leaves office?

Good bye President Bush. Welcome President Obama, we at Novus Pathetica welcome this breathe of fresh air.

Palin Bashes Bloggers (AGAIN)

From Esquire Magazine:

"Bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie annoy me....I'll tell you, yesterday the Anchorage Daily News, they called again to ask — double-, triple-, quadruple-check — who is Trig's real mom. And I said, Come on, are you kidding me? We're gonna answer this? Do you not believe me or my doctor? And they said, No, it's been quite cryptic the way that my son's birth has been discussed. And I thought, Okay, more indication of continued problems in the world of journalism."

Hey Sarah, just clearing up a little confusion on your part, the Anchorage Daily News isn't a blog. Don't insult bloggers by throwing us under the bus with them.

Note to Ryan: Visually Impaired Means You Can't See

It was a touching sight to see someone who had overcome many difficulties in his life to receive an honor to try out at the next level of American Idol. Ryan Seacrest in his excitement tried to high five this man, the final contestant of the night. Of course the man couldn't see this and he didn't respond.

The man is blind Ryan, we thought you knew that. He carries a white cane. Get with the program. Sometimes I think Seacrest is mentally blind. Perhaps the blond hair is part of his problem.