Next to Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce, George Carlin was defiantly a comedian that we grew up with and can still recite any one of their routines word for word, and got in trouble from our parents for it.  If it wasn’t for Richard and George, there wouldn’t be an Eddie Murphy or Dennis Leary, these comics find that edge and intentionally jump across, then jump back just it to see a reaction.  Nine times out of ten, there were BIG reactions. 

The “Seven Bad Words” masterpiece was so ahead of its time, that it still hold true today.  Carlin premiered this bit to a stunned audience at Milwaukee’s Summerfest in 1972 that got him arrested.

WARNING:  By Clicking play, YOU WILL HEAR ALL of the SEVEN BAD WORDS that are rude, crude, laced with profanity, and funny.

Did you hear, Joan Rivers has been kicked off another show!  This time in the U.K., Joan was on the British version of the View. 

CAUTION, VIDEO CONTAINS PROFANITY!!!!!!! Click at your own risk.

What’s up with Joan’s face, is she trying to look like this,

                                                                           Joan, stick with the Geico commercials!

It’s hard to believe its 15 years ago on July 11 when I went through the “Floods of ‘93” in Des Moines, Iowa.  It was the first time I have ever witnessed the teamwork and pride from people of all types coming together for ONE common goal, to STOP the rising waters.  I was doing my 7 to midnight airshift on 95 KGGO and I got a phone call from a Des Moines cop that turn out to be a lifelong friend.  Mike Moody called me a said that they were starting to sandbag down on Fluer Drive.  Fluer Drive is just outside the Des Moines Waterworks and everybody; I mean EVERYBODY was gathering down there to start sand bagging the water treatment plant for the city that was in imminent danger of being overcome by the Des Moines and Racoon Rivers, and we lost.   Anyway, they needed some music to get people motivated, so   I said that I would come down with the station van after I got off of the air at midnight.  I had no idea what was in store for me and everyone of us in Des Moines over the next two months.

To make a long story short, EVERYONE slept very little those two months, not to mention bathing, because we had No drinking water.  Working in the studio from 7p to midnight, then going down to sandbag and broadcast from Midnight to Noon the next day.  Everyone at GGO worked their butts off to try and keep everyone going.  We may have lost the battle in 93’ trying to stop the water from flowing into the water treatment plant, but we made damn sure that it wouldn’t happen again.  All of the sandbags we filled were dropped by helicopter to raise the levee around the Des Moines Waterworks plant, and would become part of the permanent levee system, and it paid off!

The 100 year flood is back in only 15 years and my friends are going through is again, but thank god, not to that same extent.

The Waterworks plant is holding its own, and the Valley Junction area is high and dry because of the new levee system installed after 93’.  Hard work does pay off, and everyone in Des Moines should be proud that they can raise a glass (of water) that the people of Des Moines can breathe a little easier in the Floods of 08’.

Ever wonder where your money goes?  Check out just some of the places.  

(Thanks to my neighbor Toni Barnette for these)

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax

Federal Income Tax

(Breathe)

Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax

(Breathe)

IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax

School
Tax

(But wait, there’s more)

State
Income
Tax

State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring

Charges
Tax
Telephone
State and Local Tax

(Hold the phone)

Telephone Usage Charge Tax 
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

Now you know!

It must have been something in the water, but over the weekend three sets of parents had a major bout of stupidity.  Driving around town with their young kids sitting on their laps, or standing up in the back seat, with the windows OPEN!  Next time I’m going to pull up next to them at a red light and ask them, “how much do you love your children?”  Then wait for the confused look on their faces, (you know kinda like when you make a weird noise to a dog, and the cock their heads to one side.)

 I don’t know about you, but I LOVE my kids, even though they think I hate them.  If you want to find out how aerodynamic children are, then take your old cabbage patch kids and put them on your lap and go for a drive.  By all means, put the windows down and slam on the brakes!    If you don’t give a damn about your kids, don’t have any. 

Stupid is as stupid does i guess.

  And my favorite    

One of the most prolific characters in the world of NASCAR is set to “step down” after this weekend’s Coca-Cola 600, the one and only, Humpy Wheeler. 

Wheeler, who enjoys a long-standing reputation as one of the legendary promoters in racing, said all the right things, that he was looking forward to some time off, that his wife, Pat, was happy with the move, but the abruptness of the announcement and Wheeler’s own admission that the retirement wasn’t entirely on his own terms left lingering questions unanswered. “Some of it’s on our own terms, I won’t say it all is,” Wheeler said. “Some of it is … and I’ll let it rest at that.”

Humpy is Lowe’s Motor Speedway peroid.  Can anyone ever fill those shoes?  Not in our lifetime.

What a great time at Lowe’s Motor Speedway for the “All-Star Challange” and Dale Jarrett’s last race, how cool was that!  I have always been a Jarrett fan and to see him drive the Big Brown Truck around the track was pretty cool, plus to see Dale’s dad Ned to the invocation was sweet.

The “Burn Out” Contest was a first, as well as the Fan Pick Casey Kahne winning the damn thing, and a caution free All Star race was unheard of.  Remember in ‘89 when Rusty and Darrell got together, or when Davy Allison won the race and then spent 2 nights in the hospital.

People watching was at a premium,

And the Junior Nation was there as well,

But we did meet some cool people,

This is Brian & Mary Beth Gipson from Kentucky, on their drive back home they renewed their wedding vows.

Can’t wait for the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday!  If I see you there, YOU might end up HERE!

It’s not George, it’s Yves Rossy, a former military and commercial airline pilot turned nutcase, in a good way!  This looks like a blast, I wonder if I can order one of those things from Outdoor Traders?