A statue of Jesus on a street corner in Oakland Park, Florida, is apparently creating a stir. Never mind that it has been standing on the Catholic church property for 14 years. The reason?
That is unclear. All has been quiet until now, when the city claims the statue may obscure a driver’s sightline of the intersection.
The church pastor is a little suspicious of the timing, given recent city attempts to close the soup kitchen he runs at the church. Neighbors have been frustrated, especially the one next door, who has noted graffitti on that building for the last 30 years.
Church zoning permits the soup kitchen. The concrete Jesus, will be moved to avoid a fine, however.
See the video here.
“It is church property. Religion, hopefully, by its definition, is something that helps other people.”
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One day he’s selling things like hot cakes. The next day, the outfit is shuttered. So goes for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. It is safe to say, business is down. Steve Breen illustrates.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s Bar codes. Yesterday: For sale. Tomorrow: Jail.”
Image courtesy of Steve Breen at http://townhall.com/cartoons/cartoonist/SteveBreen/2008/12/1.
And No Quarter brings us Obama or Someone Close to Him Spoke with Blagojevich About Senate Appointment. The story of Blagojevich’s arrest for attempting to indirectly sell outgoing Senator Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder is a national headliner. The governor has the authority to appoint someone to fill the remaining term. But the the undercurrents are awash in finding out if Obama knew anything about Blagojevich’s desire to fill the position with Obama’s desired candidate or not. Conflicting stories from David Axelrod who admittedObama had discussed the position with Blagojevich, on Fox News, and whose You Tube interview from two weeks ago has been yanked by Fox conveniently. And Obama on December 9, 2008, claiming he did no such thing.
Sullies the appearances of Blagojevich and Obama. Conflicting statements lead to suspicions. The wire taps U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has may shine more light on the matter.
And out there in the Blagosphere and the BlOgoshere, exist the evidence. It may just require a little digging. Because sometimes, some are working overtime to make it go away, conveniently scrubbing on behalf of either Blago or Obama. Scrub A Dub Dub, Obamatize The Web and Pants are on fire. Again.
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The Roman baths were famous in their time. A true respite.
Most Roman cities had at least one, if not many, such buildings, which were centers of public bathing and socialization. Baths were extremely important for Romans. They stayed there for several hours and went daily. Wealthier Romans were accompanied by one or more slaves. After paying a fee, they would strip naked and wear sandals to protect their feet from heated floors. Slaves carried their masters’ towels and got them drinks. Before bathing, patrons exercised. They did things such as running, mild weight-lifting, wrestling, and swimming. After exercising, servants scraped off oil and dirt.
But now we have the modern version of washing it all off at KFC in Anderson, California. UPDATED: Three KFC employees in hot water for dip in restaurant’s sink at Redding.
Three rogue employees decided to take the big dip in the the deep commercial restaurant sink typically used to wash dishes.
No one would have known except their conquest was photographed and posted on My Space late last month. See pictures here. Being recently spotted, that’s when the KFC suspension came down.
Good thing. The other employees probably have had enough time to clean the sink properly and do all the dishes by now. The manager denies any problems in the past. The girls probably managed their prank on a night when they were there alone closing the store. What can we expect from today’s 17 year olds? Were they trying to recreate the Roman bath experience for a history lesson project? Or just a girls gone wild foray?
Also at Fox.
UPDATE
The three bathers were fired.
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Paddy was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn’t find a parking place. Looking up to heaven he said, “Lord take pity on me. If you find me a parking place I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of me life and give up me Irish Whiskey!”
Miraculously, a parking place appeared.
Paddy looked up again and said, “Never mind, I found one.”
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