The latest Gallop Poll came and went with hardly a nod. Usually the MSM is all over it pointing out how low the presidents approval rating is, but this time the Democrat controlled Congress has a lower approval rating. 33% to 29%. When you break down the results they show what we have been saying [...]

There are a few things I live by:
1) There’s a time and place for everything.
2) Everything happens for a reason.
The first one is easy. I mean, it would be wholly inappropriate to start cheering in the middle of a funeral, or eating fruit directly off the cart at a fruit stand like it [...]

As many are aware today, May 15th, is the National One Day Gas Boycott. If you read Snopes and Urban Legend they will say that this is an ineffective strategy, but are they telling the truth? The facts say no.
The 1st time the boycott was proposed in 1997 the price of gas dropped almost $.40 [...]

The DoD announced in a memo that they were cutting access to 11 top sites including; MySpace and YouTube. While I can understand the block from the military’s perspective, the damage to troop morale and squelching the pro-military voice that is prevelant on these sites will hurt the DoD in the long run.
When I was [...]

Our brave friends at Absolute Zero United have written an excellent article about a report published by the Mayo Clinic about profiling pedophiles. Anyone who has an interest in stopping these guys needs to check out this article. It shoots holes in the pedophile logic and I love it.
Here is an excerpt from the article. [...]

We’ve come a long way baby
Ever since I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a singer. And the truth is that I am a singer. Singing makes me very happy and so I sing ALL the time, which as far as I’m concerned, makes me a singer. It would however be nice [...]

Happy mother’s day from the Tampa Pirate. Thanks to my moms and all moms out there who work hard raising the children of our world. You are the real heroes in the world and I want to say thanks.
Thanks.
Mark
aka
The Tampa Pirate
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I read an article today in the NYT’s entitled “Prenatal Tests Puts Down Syndrome In Hard Focus”. It referenced the use of DNA to diagnose Down Syndrome prenatally, and the effort of many parents of children with Down Syndrome children to stop the wholesale slaughter that is occurring. One statistic in the article showed that [...]

I have heard that there is a petition out there to request that Gov. Schwarzenegger reduce Paris Hilton’s jail time.
This petition is to have Gov. Schwarzenegger ensure she serves her full 45 days.

Dear Honorable Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,
As you are no doubt aware Paris Hilton was convicted and sentenced in Beverly Hills Municipal Court [...]

You can leave your hat on…
Current mood: amused
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
I have recently embarked in a new career…cocktail waitress/ bartender. Okay, it’s not exactly a career; it is in fact a second part time job, making my combined jobs the equivalent of one full time job. Some might say that’s a [...]