Archive for July, 2008

Censorship: The Art of Having Your (Inalienable) Rights Stripped, then Dressed Back Up in Politically Correct, Eco-Friendly, Morally Valued Threads

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights…Those rights, for people who slept through seventh grade Social Studies (or didn’t have Mrs. Lamberta, the most amazing Social Studies teacher ever), were/are the ones that ...

Just Like a Heatwave, Burning In My Heart (If My Heart Were My Electric Bill)

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Oh, Martha--  I’m guessing neither you nor one of your lovely Vandellas were prepared for the irony of ironies: as gas prices rise, people stay home instead of hitting the road this summer, and while home, they find themselves cranking up the air-conditioner to offset the heatwave (ie, summer) we’re ...

A Sign of the Times

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I remember being younger and flipping through a National Lampoon’s book of hilarious signs seen on the road (oddly enough, they were mostly just grammatical mistakes that made signs outside of churches obscenely hilarious). What made books like the National Lampoon one so successful was the fact that people were so ...

When You Mess With the 80’s, You Mess With Me

Friday, July 11th, 2008

My blog postings here at AMP3 are on a relative scale, ranging from “Mildly Informative” to “Pure Rant.”I’ve tried hard to steer clear from the latter because, well, most people who fly off the handle on the internet aren’t worth being read anyway.However, while looking for my weekly blog stimulation ...

Puppies, Kittens, and HUGE SAVINGS!: What Our Fore Fathers Fought For

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Anyone who knows me know that as I get dressed in the morning, I watch Saved By the Bell.  I have been doing this for too many years, and I will continue to do this for as long as the show is syndicated.  Period. With that, I was watching Zack and the ...