Wow, what a trip to the Canadian Rockies. TJ and Greg live out there near Calgary. I went with Travis out there and it was a great trip. This is the first of three movies I will make, with highlights from the trip:
All US "combat" troops have now left Iraq. It has been 7 years, 3 months and 16 days since George W. Bush declared "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. That was a lie -- just like every reason Bush gave for the war itself.
This notion of the "Ground Zero Mosque." A typical, fearful, republican-invented controversy, given life by the media, and propelled by the stupid likes of Sarah Palin.
This is where it will be located. The little red "A" on the map:
I was just sad to learn that the Carpenters guitarist, Tony Peluso, died June 5th 2010. He was most well known for his fuzz guitar solo on the Carpenters' 1972 song "Goodbye to Love."
From Wikipedia:
While the Carpenters were working on "Goodbye to Love," Richard Carpenter decided that there should be a fuzz guitar solo on it. Karen Carpenter called
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Visitor: Why is that beautiful urn in the living room always covered? Hostess: Oh, it contains my husband's ashes. Visitor: But I had no idea you were a widow. Hostess: I'm not. My husband is just too cheap to buy ashtrays.
The place we stayed at in Dominican Republic was nice. I wish they believed in air conditioning more... It was oppressively hot every day... Here's a video of my experiences there: