tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364933762024-03-23T05:15:40.126-06:00ProvocateurThe ranting and raving of an unabashed classical liberalJungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.comBlogger1663125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-2180336312947980052013-11-25T23:04:00.002-06:002013-11-25T23:11:57.143-06:00<h2>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">ARTFLOP?</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><h2>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></h2>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpzVfg-1O0tzFobo73hVL-swHF4OtzNPtIZf9mqLoSgDpNGTwUb3WHkqa8MZz1tMNFFxb3vsFIW3eqjb3A04qp55pHNLU0HSFmHdal38jvrJ-ZKb5paYuAqzxxxqicXwAv8bY_LQ/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpzVfg-1O0tzFobo73hVL-swHF4OtzNPtIZf9mqLoSgDpNGTwUb3WHkqa8MZz1tMNFFxb3vsFIW3eqjb3A04qp55pHNLU0HSFmHdal38jvrJ-ZKb5paYuAqzxxxqicXwAv8bY_LQ/s320/ARTPOPcover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
James
Poulos in the Daily Beast recently wrote <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/24/from-lady-gaga-to-jay-z-serious-art-is-ruining-pop-music.html" target="_blank">‘From Lady Gaga to Jay-Z, “Serious”Art is Ruining Pop Music’</a></span><br /><br />James laments poor “…Lady Gaga, whose ambitious and costly new record ARTPOP is, we are told, the year’s most important flop.” He then goes into a diatribe against artiness in pop music, ending with “That’s why Gaga and Jay-Z are foundering….”.<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I love how James, instead of delivering evidence to support his contention that ARTPOP is a flop,, merely says “we are told”. It reminds me of the leftwing politicians and journalists who smugly claim that human CO2 emissions are causing global warming by referring to a ‘scientific consensus’, in spite of the fact that global average temperatures have not increased at all over the last 15 years.<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Gaga’s flop, ARTPOP, is currently #1 on the Billboard chart. What does it take for an album to be a nonflop, go to #0?<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And how do we describe the following albums by other artists, none of which reached #1 on Billboard. Are they Ultraflops?
<br />
</span></h2>
<h2>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Artist(s)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Album</div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Year Released</div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Highest Billboard Charting</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Rolling Stones</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Their Satanic Majesties Request</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
1967</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
2</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Rolling Stones</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Let it Bleed</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
1969</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
3</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Led Zeppelin</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
IV</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
1971</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
2</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Madonna</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Bedtime Stories</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
1994</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
2</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Eagles </div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Desperado</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
1973</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
41</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Bee Gees</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Children of the World</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
1976</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
8</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Whitney Houston</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
I’m Your Baby Tonight</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
1990</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
3</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-C784gv2-KuFxyzCFQoEgoqKuVYp5yndAQp7i9dzHgPmLCoqXO3bY3M4qvggDuJcDgSVDQt4-1dd_J4esCQBURx3m3eZns1PWyZfRYrSpRQCxGDaE30chkGjP6NEYMyVIrxNw/s1600/ARTPOPcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></h2>
Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-13311677996969883952012-12-26T11:30:00.003-06:002012-12-26T11:30:53.972-06:00Wake the Witch!<br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5b2ZXNLqUeE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-81759783855684787132012-12-18T16:43:00.000-06:002012-12-18T16:43:10.606-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtaT3H9-CiZBmzgKXpFbKoAvZyQITtE7lk1x88HDK81_lBvLnkOwsu6_s68VV_5NK8wdufgYH22BkWdURUxWv_pW9VOvG8p-AiQzn-k_UYhYNTBLti8JLdLR_DerU-zlHHQC4NfQ/s1600/Amy18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtaT3H9-CiZBmzgKXpFbKoAvZyQITtE7lk1x88HDK81_lBvLnkOwsu6_s68VV_5NK8wdufgYH22BkWdURUxWv_pW9VOvG8p-AiQzn-k_UYhYNTBLti8JLdLR_DerU-zlHHQC4NfQ/s320/Amy18.jpg" width="256" /></a></div>
<br />
<div>
<span style="color: lime; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Amy Cowell: 1956 -2012</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: lime; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: lime; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Ulster Scots Wha Hae</span></div>
Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-61064862229217479532012-08-19T16:47:00.002-06:002012-08-19T16:47:22.743-06:00<span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Scott MacKenzie: 1939 - 2012</span><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bch1_Ep5M1s" width="420"></iframe><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Scott was the quintessential one-hit wonder.</span>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-66486780695366577182012-07-16T12:03:00.000-06:002012-07-16T12:03:00.655-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeyI-1df76mUV2ue0kRcO-_qoNKeg2KUfX5pR64mFMNEkk3rBu1WCQrkxrhQR3z0_SoUTUVQzyMpKrNlR-1IC0IizGI89EmxTKEppRpC9D8NGcU88rlL49NFmYUpFnMsce7a8eg/s1600/sigourney-weaver-alien1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeyI-1df76mUV2ue0kRcO-_qoNKeg2KUfX5pR64mFMNEkk3rBu1WCQrkxrhQR3z0_SoUTUVQzyMpKrNlR-1IC0IizGI89EmxTKEppRpC9D8NGcU88rlL49NFmYUpFnMsce7a8eg/s320/sigourney-weaver-alien1.jpg" width="258" /></a></div>
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Sigourney Weaver: Socialist Moonbat of the Week</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">I get a big tingle up my leg every time some Hollywood celebrity speaks out against 'big business' and in favor of serving 'the people'. <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2012/07/16/sigourney-weaver-nbcs-gregory-dems-about-people-gop-just-serving-big-b" target="_blank">Sigourney Weaver speaks out in favor of us poor proletarians</a>:</span><br />
<br />
<div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
</blockquote>
</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: lime; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"...the Democrats are always going to be about what the people need. And the Republicans are much more serving big business..."</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">So Sigourney, can the daughter of the former president of NBC be considered a member of the working class? How much money did you make from acting in the Aliens movies, the Ghostbusters movies, Working Girl, and Avatar?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">You are a two-legged big business. And since the Democrats are doing what you want done, it is clear that is whom they are serving. You know nothing whatsoever about living on a modest income because you have never experienced that in your lifetime. </span>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-80105161225183923632012-07-09T21:30:00.001-06:002012-07-09T21:30:34.474-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nnudcF4N4eHzOPlPazus0LxeaTW1zU2xpPpZ-eCGP7E6DLre8lh0rBwSGfn3Nz4a2ocRBNsKxi9II8LMsG7GDGbDk5Yrf51-ylJIJREQu0qP1UQctFHer0dGMkGIS6xzoGnF2g/s1600/0bamatrain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nnudcF4N4eHzOPlPazus0LxeaTW1zU2xpPpZ-eCGP7E6DLre8lh0rBwSGfn3Nz4a2ocRBNsKxi9II8LMsG7GDGbDk5Yrf51-ylJIJREQu0qP1UQctFHer0dGMkGIS6xzoGnF2g/s320/0bamatrain.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-86937106738616112002012-07-09T12:57:00.002-06:002012-07-09T12:57:24.317-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JdiheCj_H6w6P5MgnBA4w-UGahWFPH_QxHGCuIQWXjULQsHYeRLr1AFdQ7ZsfcjA7BdSxvVhoKVsaP0QuRvDKE_crjtm8Pzvt_8KnBj_FMsJK7BwklJT2k0hvN5BO2eoLuUeeA/s1600/middle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JdiheCj_H6w6P5MgnBA4w-UGahWFPH_QxHGCuIQWXjULQsHYeRLr1AFdQ7ZsfcjA7BdSxvVhoKVsaP0QuRvDKE_crjtm8Pzvt_8KnBj_FMsJK7BwklJT2k0hvN5BO2eoLuUeeA/s320/middle.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<em><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Dirty Pony, I can't wait to hose you down!</span></em>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-52695553328229591482012-06-26T22:57:00.000-06:002012-06-26T22:57:28.615-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRTsb1F2KD-CxhL7UZKDNwDrcxTMt84qJ3CdFRjSf1jxjtmVnQqjoVQwAWs3Iul7wXF2mZt3E-HFiALDebbYeQ2QjBpLkr2jAQ6p5k4oJuO-ORfGm8Yx4nWK4XYnA7vVuayHnTA/s1600/LondonSilhouette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRTsb1F2KD-CxhL7UZKDNwDrcxTMt84qJ3CdFRjSf1jxjtmVnQqjoVQwAWs3Iul7wXF2mZt3E-HFiALDebbYeQ2QjBpLkr2jAQ6p5k4oJuO-ORfGm8Yx4nWK4XYnA7vVuayHnTA/s320/LondonSilhouette.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-55976554837651359592012-06-20T13:04:00.000-06:002012-06-20T13:04:38.964-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggO3eqmdyCZmhAtXbPQ1G-ozoOcSbwn5m0l4BwTe2_TKP8XQtM0LgD3nd1-T0jiIZnXPQWB7uv78qabuDoORHEFdnvY6QnMrPmFI8e3tjfnyEWzn2LomKYMtyi6eq29iT28yqT5A/s1600/blackskirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggO3eqmdyCZmhAtXbPQ1G-ozoOcSbwn5m0l4BwTe2_TKP8XQtM0LgD3nd1-T0jiIZnXPQWB7uv78qabuDoORHEFdnvY6QnMrPmFI8e3tjfnyEWzn2LomKYMtyi6eq29iT28yqT5A/s320/blackskirt.jpg" width="196" /></a></div>
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Guess Who?</span>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-36287775539826965752012-06-14T11:22:00.000-06:002012-06-14T11:22:24.063-06:00<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S18gsZ37QXY" width="560"></iframe><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">Bar Heckler is Suing Bristol Palin</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Those of you who wonder why I have no respect for the left, this is a perfect example why. Stephen Hanks called Bristol Palin's mother a "whore" and said she will burn in hell. So what is he doing now? <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/13/entertainment-us-bristolpalin-lawsuit-idINBRE85C1H020120613?feedType=RSS" target="_blank">Suing her for asking if he is homosexual.</a></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Mind you, he doesn't go after someone in a position of power like Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, or Barack 0bama. He attacks the 20 year old daughter of a former governor of a sparsely populated state.</span><br />
<br />Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-66090506958206920732012-05-18T11:12:00.002-06:002012-05-18T11:12:31.295-06:00<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1IdEhvuNxV8" width="420"></iframe><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow;">Most of the stuff produced in the disco era was sheer crap. Donna Summer was a delightfull exception to that rule. While sitting here at my desk listening to Hot Stuff, I can't stop my feet from moving.</span>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-34054492603283821642012-05-18T01:02:00.000-06:002012-05-18T01:04:15.805-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5kJLvpikOw6IW0JpHejsAbTAx6R2lYQiseYcZHEgYFhLyZ619LJntrbOcrYEBA23mJpNG-Irp6-F5Bv63WpPUverce7U07zdfqNO1_1Vg5ALbSdPrIoC763CiPgtaBbigpqCsw/s1600/MunchTheScream.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5kJLvpikOw6IW0JpHejsAbTAx6R2lYQiseYcZHEgYFhLyZ619LJntrbOcrYEBA23mJpNG-Irp6-F5Bv63WpPUverce7U07zdfqNO1_1Vg5ALbSdPrIoC763CiPgtaBbigpqCsw/s1600/MunchTheScream.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Seller of Munch's "The Scream" Says Image of Moment When We Realize Damage from Greenhouse Emissions</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of four surviving drawings of Edward Munch's "The Scream" recently sold at auction for nearly $120 million. That's well and good, because it is a quite interesting work of art. But <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scream-sells-record-120-million-auction-001732500.html" target="_blank">get a load of how the seller, Mr. Petter Olsen, interprets the work:</a></span><br />
<div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: lime; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Speaking to its enduring topical nature and present-day relevance, Olsen said "The image of '<span class="yptw" id="lw_1337319756_6">The Scream</span>' could make more of us fathom the magnitude of the consequences of our continuing emissions of greenhouse gases."</span><br />
<div id="yui_3_4_0_26_1337323176371_279">
<span style="color: lime; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"> "For me, (it) shows the horrifying moment when man realizes his impact on nature and the irreversible changes that he has initiated, making the planet increasingly uninhabitable."</span></div>
</blockquote>
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or perhaps it is the 'horrifying moment' when we realize we have fallen for an obvious hoax and paid billions more for our energy than we needed to.</span> </div>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-73613919583105933652012-05-17T14:49:00.002-06:002012-05-17T14:49:49.938-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyh1fAozf3OHPF4oGC24okkkVi5rYF3cX9ftqK5jCNOJ8rA-ZhZSiyJB9gyS4MQEoCBDo9tAXqZIX4_94MsOSqlbH2ZzOnI_qwwdxVpD9ZkNHojFxsgXs9GvCKm37I0SvSzEKY-Q/s1600/donna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyh1fAozf3OHPF4oGC24okkkVi5rYF3cX9ftqK5jCNOJ8rA-ZhZSiyJB9gyS4MQEoCBDo9tAXqZIX4_94MsOSqlbH2ZzOnI_qwwdxVpD9ZkNHojFxsgXs9GvCKm37I0SvSzEKY-Q/s320/donna.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Donna Summer: 1948 - 2012</span>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-22141246295872404512012-05-14T04:55:00.004-06:002012-05-14T04:55:41.250-06:00<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/indonesias-hard-line-islamists-fail-to-stop-lady-gaga-concert-preparations/517868" target="_blank">As if I Need Another Reason to Dislike Islam</a></span><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: lime; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Preparations for Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert continued on Monday as the event's promoter, undaunted by protesting Islamist organizations and a lack of a concert permit, released another 2,000 tickets for the sold-out show. <br /><br />“We have already sold 52,000 tickets, not counting these 2,000 additional tickets,” said Michael Rusli, president director of Big Daddy, the concert's promoter. <br /><br />“Public enthusiasm is very high,” he said. <br /></span><span style="color: lime; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The US pop star's Jakarta concert has attracted the attention of Indonesia's radical Islamist organizations, who have threatened to forcibly prevent Lady Gaga from stepping off her plane and have warned police that the singer will corrupt the nation's youth. The Jakarta Police responded on Sunday by recommending that the concert — part of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way Ball" tour — be canceled. </span></blockquote>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-84005998649133435582012-05-05T10:01:00.000-06:002012-05-05T10:01:04.180-06:00<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Um.... I thought global warming was causing the arctic ice caps to diminish?</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/pubfcst.php?fcst=NOAK48PAFC" target="_blank">PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK215 PM AKDT THU MAY 3 2012</a><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime;"><strong>...RECORD SEA ICE AT PRIBILOF ISLANDS...</strong><br /><br />THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTREME WINTER FOR SEA ICE IN THE BERING SEA AND NOW<br />WE HAVE BROKEN THE RECORDS FOR MOST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH ICE AT BOTH<br />SAINT PAUL ISLAND AND SAINT GEORGE ISLAND.<br /><br />AS OF TODAY SEA ICE HAS BEEN AT SAINT PAUL ISLAND FOR 103 DAYS THIS<br />WINTER BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 100 DAYS SET IN 2010.<br /><br />THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH SEA ICE AT SAINT GEORGE ISLAND TOTALED 79<br />WHEN THE ICE RETREATED NORTH ON THE 25TH OF APRIL. THE PREVIOUS<br />RECORD OF 60 DAYS WAS SET IN 2010. </span></span></span></blockquote>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-38335028240232782552012-05-04T23:13:00.002-06:002012-05-04T23:28:08.325-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACXBCJkY_UgEG98IDyHC8XKvEcg_vPfCfqiksGhDGbx9PmUY7VHL2bdYAXhUjQNVllFf3QmtG5og8csb7DL5vD4CntBBbr4BXmndjEda1aQZ6RjSMZLihwuKXaD1vkKrXmF_A2w/s1600/Beatsville.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACXBCJkY_UgEG98IDyHC8XKvEcg_vPfCfqiksGhDGbx9PmUY7VHL2bdYAXhUjQNVllFf3QmtG5og8csb7DL5vD4CntBBbr4BXmndjEda1aQZ6RjSMZLihwuKXaD1vkKrXmF_A2w/s320/Beatsville.jpg" width="197" /></a></div>
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Are all you cats and kittens still with it?</span>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-60335849426704182372012-04-19T20:01:00.004-06:002012-04-19T20:01:45.822-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn80jCrDDC6Eeh5v-5GocZcanxUeka4CeOpQWoGE7U3q5mM5Xr_anPqvY5AwI42GCGmFBrKINCRb9aceBya-V0KREv8QT7ktIq7ThxrAthj9AkHlEi7EWPYS_X3BX1FCGoY9fvQ/s1600/Shadows-A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn80jCrDDC6Eeh5v-5GocZcanxUeka4CeOpQWoGE7U3q5mM5Xr_anPqvY5AwI42GCGmFBrKINCRb9aceBya-V0KREv8QT7ktIq7ThxrAthj9AkHlEi7EWPYS_X3BX1FCGoY9fvQ/s1600/Shadows-A.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Jonathan Frid: 1924 - 2012</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"For as long as they lived, the Dark Shadows of Collinwood were but a distant memory of the past"</span></div>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-4089228293862144952012-04-12T19:29:00.001-06:002012-04-12T19:29:31.562-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RjvJbx0ft09sXPc8CKbgtNPAs-RHostBM32tLn6MIAX9dXAlUkOTysvrmcSixSoJ0V_OO9JZEdKB9ItsmIeI8sXnv3VxGtEbCJk42umtxuI9dteA8qx7m1-_1M4TdZjyisHv7g/s1600/Titanic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RjvJbx0ft09sXPc8CKbgtNPAs-RHostBM32tLn6MIAX9dXAlUkOTysvrmcSixSoJ0V_OO9JZEdKB9ItsmIeI8sXnv3VxGtEbCJk42umtxuI9dteA8qx7m1-_1M4TdZjyisHv7g/s320/Titanic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-29812733346883657282012-04-01T10:43:00.001-06:002012-04-01T14:00:39.034-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lSXW6SZ3CCTYM1YGEUXtHZihGF2uUt4biSqZQixdvJ4qztVvHKVXp22scv6KHMTtd-MuGwsOKSQhDOOrClyXUBLhH7I2uj-dgJMiAL4ZXHdPeu5ThUqFfclvRB1K-FGrgJeL3g/s1600/promdress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lSXW6SZ3CCTYM1YGEUXtHZihGF2uUt4biSqZQixdvJ4qztVvHKVXp22scv6KHMTtd-MuGwsOKSQhDOOrClyXUBLhH7I2uj-dgJMiAL4ZXHdPeu5ThUqFfclvRB1K-FGrgJeL3g/s400/promdress.jpg" width="301" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-38857305221886709062012-02-29T13:33:00.000-06:002012-02-29T13:33:01.078-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9bQcR3kbdE-DEc9At0seVMnD4XebY5Ljig9qNxP3EQH5KKT4Nl9pZt3PxeJl1yvtyZ_-_FJtocaL1-l49wwoiPLRpryzifNSUJnDD3alq0fWTPsivfa3vJPuw74z-yauksl0Aw/s1600/DavyJones6067front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9bQcR3kbdE-DEc9At0seVMnD4XebY5Ljig9qNxP3EQH5KKT4Nl9pZt3PxeJl1yvtyZ_-_FJtocaL1-l49wwoiPLRpryzifNSUJnDD3alq0fWTPsivfa3vJPuw74z-yauksl0Aw/s320/DavyJones6067front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Davy Jones: 1945 - 2012</span><br />
<br />
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pzA_qmJkmLY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-6394978843159127572012-02-25T07:33:00.001-06:002012-02-25T07:33:12.257-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruc8vEQU6k0Ch-aiK5ElKiK3hvbjpLcpVhney0rBmlH-eccsohL7YSav6Sx9UBog4iZReejdMKPPXjki_hAYhaWZM806-JuwzkxCa_ggsOgLv0MugMjfVn-0PkIhXyEY9PZ5ssQ/s1600/pretty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruc8vEQU6k0Ch-aiK5ElKiK3hvbjpLcpVhney0rBmlH-eccsohL7YSav6Sx9UBog4iZReejdMKPPXjki_hAYhaWZM806-JuwzkxCa_ggsOgLv0MugMjfVn-0PkIhXyEY9PZ5ssQ/s320/pretty.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stefani Germanotta: The Most Awesome Woman on Planet Earth</span>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-13545915395580394952012-02-24T11:58:00.001-06:002012-02-24T11:58:24.828-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwXAencBJm4KTnemP06zNcW8mmAb9KXbj1V9DmA6GKoReLkWe57SbIGK8e3h7t7z1juBzDHa3u8Nkw5qXolySmpVYXXhdDvxbKCUCS2qLpAA_za8kwzusFJmOXujbbYMklIuwpzQ/s1600/targetcontra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwXAencBJm4KTnemP06zNcW8mmAb9KXbj1V9DmA6GKoReLkWe57SbIGK8e3h7t7z1juBzDHa3u8Nkw5qXolySmpVYXXhdDvxbKCUCS2qLpAA_za8kwzusFJmOXujbbYMklIuwpzQ/s320/targetcontra.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">Is Access to Contraceptives Really So Difficult?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">I am not a member of the catholic church, nor any other church. But I respect their right to practice their religion as they see fit, provided it hurts no one else.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">0bama and his fellow geniuses are claiming that unless the catholic institutions provide contraceptives in their health insurance policies for female employees, that these ladies will not have any access to contraceptives.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">I wanted to find out just how difficult it is to obtain contraceptives. I was at my local Target's pharmacy yesterday and asked the pharmacist if they had any oral contraceptives on their cheap generics list. She gave me a copy of their list and said that 28-day supplies of both Sprintec and Tri-Sprintec are available for $9 each. You need a doctor's prescription but no insurance is needed. You may see the list<a href="http://sites.target.com/site/en/spot/page.jsp?title=pharmacy_generic_drugs_condition" target="_blank"> online here</a> (scroll down to bottom of the list). At Target, you may also get <a href="http://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=trojan+condoms&category=0%7CAll%7Cmatchallany%7Call+categories" target="_blank">Trojan condoms for as little as $13.99 for a box of 36</a>. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">The very idea that contraceptives should be included in health insurance is ludicrous. The purpose of insurance is for catastrophic risks, such as open-heart surgery, not daily health care needs. Many, if not most women of child-bearing age take contraceptives. Are we also going to require their employers pay for their toothpaste and dental floss?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">This entire debate highlights another issue. When the government takes financial resposibility for some human endeavor, such as health care, they will inevitably try to force people to conform to their values. Leftists like 0bama love to engage in social engineering. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">The government has no business telling any employer what they must include in any health care plan.</span><br />Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-84840386641173081972012-02-07T23:49:00.003-06:002012-02-07T23:49:56.355-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvaTnDEAS2LsK7O7YRxOjEO27EVGUgAvaWhdrk_DaVwP6frltH98M3lonuMwhLs-fIjLLzuHF-GG1eaoKFBulwQPQtJWs2iAet1rTIUxLtAJMiPPLfddyL2pBJGXgBpxvk51UrJg/s1600/BTWBallPoster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvaTnDEAS2LsK7O7YRxOjEO27EVGUgAvaWhdrk_DaVwP6frltH98M3lonuMwhLs-fIjLLzuHF-GG1eaoKFBulwQPQtJWs2iAet1rTIUxLtAJMiPPLfddyL2pBJGXgBpxvk51UrJg/s320/BTWBallPoster.jpg" width="181" /></a></div>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-87630500575849373862012-02-06T23:16:00.002-06:002012-02-06T23:16:30.257-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZeWTJW5WjZoqaXw7KzPj9pwfpwQl9ptw5AViK1qUGERgMNbZU-LizNA50Y6ag662X7ShBHedC597n9v1llcvbANMA_Q5SkVgHGU5uIlCRr0slyzLm2SFAcfvJj3P3a9qA8BbWg/s1600/BTWBall.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZeWTJW5WjZoqaXw7KzPj9pwfpwQl9ptw5AViK1qUGERgMNbZU-LizNA50Y6ag662X7ShBHedC597n9v1llcvbANMA_Q5SkVgHGU5uIlCRr0slyzLm2SFAcfvJj3P3a9qA8BbWg/s320/BTWBall.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
BTW Ball 2012 - 2013</div>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36493376.post-56664730598123246882012-01-16T23:30:00.001-06:002012-01-16T23:30:42.836-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcktiyIed6dWbhXovxGkvgsltgLpBi53IOiLwnbcfrILrYc2iO6aWaExXLqMeNXm4ZWX-43LQRkLl5eKlwqIO-uwhl-UiBCwVpcn-v1ajlSCwlSO7lNLFuq8PJaxnRksPX4yCrdQ/s1600/tennisshoes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcktiyIed6dWbhXovxGkvgsltgLpBi53IOiLwnbcfrILrYc2iO6aWaExXLqMeNXm4ZWX-43LQRkLl5eKlwqIO-uwhl-UiBCwVpcn-v1ajlSCwlSO7lNLFuq8PJaxnRksPX4yCrdQ/s320/tennisshoes.jpg" width="201" /></a></div>Jungle Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.com0