Friday, May 13, 2011

Sorry its late; blog site was down.


May 13, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
May 13 is … Leprechaun Day

Yesterday and today should be on the same day and it should be March 17th.

Congratulations Chicago Bulls and all their fans. They beat Atlanta Thursday night 93-73 to win the series in six games. They now face the Miami Heat with the winner playing for the NBA Championship.

At what age should women quit wearing certain items of clothing? Of course many should quit wearing these clothes much earlier. I am not sure why they can’t see it, especially at Walmart. According to the British Daily Mail Reporter and Mail Online they are.

THE AGE WOMEN BELIEVE YOU SHOULD STOP WEARING...

  • Bikini, 47
  • Miniskirt, 35
  • Boob Tube, 33
  • Stilettos, 51
  • Belly button piercing, 35
  • Knee high boots, 47
  • Trainers, 44
  • Leather trousers, 34
  • Leggings, 45
  • Ugg boots, 45
  • Swimsuit, 61
  • Tight vest, 44
  • See-through chiffon blouse, 40
  • Long hair, 53
  • Ponytail, 51
The difference between a bikini and a two-piece bathing suit is that the bikini shows the belly button.
From Reuters News, the son of bin Laden is upset with the United States. Oh My God, not his, My God; A statement purporting to come from a son of Osama bin Laden denounced the al Qaeda leader's killing as "criminal" and said his burial at sea had humiliated the family, an online monitoring service said.
The statement, attributed to Omar bin Laden, bin Laden's fourth eldest son, said the al Qaeda chief's children reserved the right to take legal action in the United States and internationally to "determine the true fate of our vanished father," the SITE Intelligence Group said.
There was no independent confirmation of the authenticity of the letter, published on the website of Islamist ideologue Abu Walid al-Masri, although several specialists on militant propaganda said the text appeared genuine. Omar bin Laden, who has been based in the Gulf in recent years, did not immediately respond to emailed and telephoned requests for comment. The letter said, in part: "We hold the American President (Barack) Obama legally responsible to clarify the fate of our father, Osama bin Laden, for it is unacceptable, humanely and religiously, to dispose of a person with such importance and status among his people, by throwing his body into the sea in that way, which demeans and humiliates his family and his supporters and which challenges religious provisions and feelings of hundreds of millions of Muslims." The letter said the U.S. administration had offered no proof to back up its account of the mission. It alleged the goal of the raid had been to kill and not arrest, adding that afterwards the American commandos had "rushed to dispose of the body."
Some Muslims have misgivings about how U.S. forces killed bin Laden in a raid in Pakistan on May 2 and disposed of his body in the ocean. Questions have multiplied since the White House said the al Qaeda leader was unarmed when U.S. helicopter-borne commandos raided the villa where he was hiding in the city of Abbottabad. Bin Laden's swift burial at sea, in what many Muslims say was a violation of Islamic custom, has also stirred anger.

Bring it on body. We have some very liberal Judges in this country and some ignorant ones but none are stupid or liberal enough to give this type of lawsuit a forum. A Judge could technically jail any attorney for bringing such a frivolous action as well as the Plaintiff. A Judge could order the Plaintiff to appear in Court and if he doesn’t, the case would be dismissed and the Plaintiff and his attorney’s fined and or jailed. If the camel dung did appear in Court, I am sure we could find some criminal actions in his past to arrest him on or a patriotic American could just off him. What jury would convict that person?

Why do we have the fox guarding the hen house? This has gone on for decades. It is ignorant. When the legislature does find a problem, they refer it to the Justice Department. Why investigate twice. Once should be enough. When he was Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich was investigated and forced from office. Now he is running for President. What is wrong with this picture?

Senate Ethics Committee leaders prepared on Thursday to disclose information about the investigation of former Sen. John Ensign, whose conduct came under scrutiny after an affair with the wife of a former top Ensign aide. According to a report released by the panel, Ensign "made false or misleading statements to the Federal Election Commission," violated campaign finance laws and obstructed the probe. The Senate Ethics Committee has referred the case to the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission. Ensign resigned May 3 rather than face a continuing Senate inquiry that could have included public hearings about his affair with Cynthia Hampton, a former campaign aide. She's the wife of Douglas Hampton, who was Ensign's co-chief of staff.

This guy was screwing his constituents and his chief-of-staff’s wife. You have to assume his mother, wife and kids are proud of him.
Just a couple of thoughts I had.
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
DEKALB, IL 60115
COPYRIGHT 2011

VISIT ANY OF THE SITES LISTED FOR REVIEW, RESEARCH, ORDERING MY WRITING PRODUCTS OR TO CONTACT ME.
Go to web sites below to buy books by Bruce A. Brennan. It is still a good time to purchase any of my books. The books are interesting and inexpensive reads. My third book should be available later this year, in late 2011. More information will be forthcoming.

www.ebookmall.com (Do search by my name or book Title)
www.barnesandnoble.com (do a quick search, Title, my name)
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Book Titles:

Holmes the Ripper

A Revengeful Mix of Short Fiction

"Nothing is exactly as it seems, nor is it otherwise." - Alan Watts




Thursday, May 12, 2011

There was a man from Nantucket, He had a...

May 12, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
May 12 is … Limerick Day
Edward Lear was born on this day in 1812 in Highgate, England. Lear was a poet and a talented illustrator. A big champion of the limerick (which dates back to the early 18th century), Lear wrote Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense and other such amusing pieces. The Nonsense book especially helped the limerick to become very popular. The limerick is the only fixed-verse form indigenous to the English language.
So, what are you waiting for? Write a limerick today! Here’s one to get you started:
There once was a man named Nation,
Who worked for a radio station.
Although he was tall,
His hands were too small,
Wee paws for station identification.

I didn’t write that Limerick, I just reprinted it from anonymous, he writes a lot.

Peavey was not the winner but the White Sox won Wednesday night in an usual game that featured the tiebreaking run scoring on a wild pitch in the tenth inning that was thrown during an intentional walk to Paul Konerko. He White Sox scored five runs late in the game to get it into extra innings.

On May 12th throughout recent history;

 1831 - The first indicted bank robber in the U.S., Edward Smith, was sentenced to five years hard labor on the rock pile at Sing Sing Prison.
1847 - As you jog around the block today, think of Mormon pioneer William Clayton. It was on this day that he got tired of counting the revolutions of a rag tied to a spoke of a wagon wheel to figure out how many miles he had traveled. So, while he was crossing the plains in his covered wagon, he invented the odometer.
1917 - The first imported horse to win the Kentucky Derby was the English-bred colt, Omar Khayyam. He won $49,070 -- the top prize.
1950 - The American Bowling Congress abolished its white males-only membership restriction after 34 years.
1953 - The Boston Red Sox dropped Dom DiMaggio, Joe’s brother. As a result, Dom announced that he was retiring from baseball.
1955 - Sam Jones of the Chicago Cubs pitched a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates, winning 4-0. Jones became the first black pitcher to throw a major-league no-hitter.
1955 - Gisele MacKenzie played a singer on the NBC-TV program, Justice. She introduced her soon-to-be hit song, Hard to Get. The song went to number four on the Billboard pop music chart by September.
1955 - Passengers crowded in to ride the last run of the Third Avenue elevated, The El, in New York City. The way-above-ground train trip down memory lane went from Chinatown to the Bronx.
1957 - A.J. Foyt earned his first auto racing victory in Kansas City, Missouri. He went on to become a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1961, 1964, 1967 and 1977.
1970 - Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs smacked home run number 500. He would get 12 more before his great career as first baseman (and shortstop) with the Cubbies came to a close in 1971.
1971 - The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger married Bianca Perez Morena de Macias. Mick couldn’t remember her whole name very well, so she became known as Bianca the world over.
1976 - Sixteen-year-old, racing-jockey Steve Cauthen rode in his first race. He finished far back in the pack at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. However, Cauthen got his first winner just five days later.
1977 - The Eagles earned a gold record for the hit, Hotel California. The award was the second of three gold record singles for the group. The other million sellers were New Kid in Town and Heartache Tonight. Two number one songs by The Eagles -- Best of My Love and One of These Nights -- didn’t quite make the million-seller mark.
1978 - From the And You Thought We Had This Straightened Out By Now file: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it would alternate men’s and women’s names in the naming of hurricanes. It was seen as an attempt at fair play. Hurricanes had been named for women for years, until NOAA succumbed to pressure from women’s groups who were demanding that Atlantic storms be given unisex names. “It’s not fair that women should get all the attention for causing damage and destruction,” one women’s activist claimed. David, Allen, Hugo, Mitch and Andrew agreed.
1985 - Lionel Richie received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama (his alma mater). Richie had put 14 hits on the pop charts in the 1980s, including one platinum smash, Endless Love (with Diana Ross) and four gold records (Truly, All Night Long, Hello and Say You, Say Me). All but one song (Se La) of the 14 charted made it to the top ten.

Paul McCartney is said to be getting married to a successful New York business woman, Nancy Shevell, the daughter of a wealthy trucking magnate. This will be his third marriage after his first wife, Linda died from cancer and his second wife, Heather Mills, mined the gold and split. Paul is apparently going to get married without a prenuptial agreement. He only wants a short agreement that protects his children’s trust funds. If I were his lawyers, I would increase my legal malpractice insurance coverage before doing this work.

Below is a Weekly Review put out by Harper’s Weekly online.

President Barack Obama announced that the government
would not release pictures of Osama bin Laden's
mutilated corpse, saying, "We don't need to spike the
football." The Associated Press filed a Freedom of
Information Act request for all photos and video shot
during the raid on the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan,
where bin Laden was hiding, and reporters discovered
cabbage, potatoes, and marijuana growing around the
property. Sarah Palin tweeted that President Obama was
"pussy-footing around," and the White House released
footage found in the compound showing bin Laden watching
himself on television, as well as propaganda-video
outtakes. A Kuwaiti newspaper published a document
purporting to be bin Laden's will, in which he
apologized to his children for not spending enough time
with them, commanded them not to join Al Qaeda, and
ordered his four wives not to remarry. Bin Laden's
twenty-nine-year-old widow told Pakistani investigators
the two had not left their house in five years, and
Native Americans criticized the U.S. military for giving
bin Laden the code name Geronimo, after the Apache
warrior whose fabled ability to walk without leaving
footprints allowed him to evade capture. The Dalai Lama
suggested that the assassination was
justified. "Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what
happened," His Holiness said. "If something is serious
and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have
to take counter-measures." After researchers in Texas
simulated schizophrenia in a computer, the machine
spontaneously took responsibility for a terrorist
bombing.

Earthquakes struck Mexico, Alaska, and Japan on the same
day, and the United Nations estimated that by the year
2100 the world's population would reach 10.1 billion. A
U.N. investigation determined that a cholera outbreak
that killed more than 4,500 people in Haiti last year
was caused in part by the improper disposal of fecal
matter from U.N. peacekeepers. Memphis braced for its
biggest flood in nearly a century, and an uninhabited
Massachusetts house called 911 after water from a burst
pipe short-circuited the phone system. The
50-million-year-old fossil of an ant the size of a
hummingbird was discovered in Wyoming, and a 56-year-old
Canadian woman was found alive after surviving in the
Nevada wilderness for seven weeks on trail mix and
snow. President Obama visited the World Trade Center
site and returned to Washington in time to host the
Cinco de Mayo party at the White House, where he warned
that "you do not want to be between Michelle and a
tamale."

Col. Muammar Qaddafi's forces scattered land mines in
Misurata to disable evacuation and supply routes for the
antigovernment forces holding that Libyan city; in Cairo
twelve people died and nearly 200 were wounded during
clashes between Muslims and Christians; and a local
Palestinian won the Gaza strip's first marathon, which
ran the entire length of the territory. The world's most
wanted Nazi war crimes suspect, ninety-seven-year-old
Sandor Kepiro, went on trial in Hungary, and Minnesota
state representative Matt Dean called the writer Neil
Gaiman a "pencil-necked little weasel who stole $45,000
from the state of Minnesota," referring to a fee Gaiman
received for a speaking engagement last year, and later
donated to charity. Amid an ongoing power struggle
between Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian president
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, several of the president's close
advisers were arrested and charged with sorcery and
"connections with the unknown worlds." Two imams en
route to a North Carolina conference on anti-Muslim
prejudice were removed from a commercial flight because
their manner of dress was making the pilot
uncomfortable, and programmers developed headsets that
allow the game Angry Birds to be played using mind
control. British mountaineer Kenton Cool became the
first person to use Twitter from the peak of Mount
Everest. "Everest summit no 9!" tweeted Cool. "1st tweet
from the top of the world thanks to a weak 3G signal &
the awesome Samsung Galaxy S2 handset!"

-- Margaret Cordi

Just a couple of thoughts I had. Along with some thoughts of Margaret Cordi.
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
DEKALB, IL 60115
COPYRIGHT 2011

VISIT ANY OF THE SITES LISTED FOR REVIEW, RESEARCH, ORDERING MY WRITING PRODUCTS OR TO CONTACT ME.
Go to web sites below to buy books by Bruce A. Brennan. It is still a good time to purchase any of my books. The books are interesting and inexpensive reads. My third book should be available later this year, in late 2011. More information will be forthcoming.

www.ebookmall.com (Do search by my name or book Title)
www.barnesandnoble.com (do a quick search, Title, my name)
www.smashwords.com Do a Title or author search.

Book Titles:

Holmes the Ripper

A Revengeful Mix of Short Fiction

"He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had tried and failed." - William James


Wednesday, May 11, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERRY; you know who you are.

May 11, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
May 11 is … Eat What You Want Day and Twilight Zone Day

Happy Birthday Terry!
The Long Island serial killer being hunted in New York may be two different killers. It is unclear if they are working together. Human remains that have been found along a New York beach highway – including the head of a prostitute whose torso was dumped 40 miles away in 2003 – are the work of at least two killers, a prosecutor said Monday.
The head and hands of 20-year-old Jessica Taylor were among 10 sets of remains found in recent months along a Long Island highway, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said at a news conference. Her headless, handless body was found in July 2003 in Manorville near the eastern end of Long Island.
The information Spota disclosed Monday only served to deepen the puzzle about the remains found in the underbrush along Long Island's Ocean Parkway since December.
Authorities still have not identified a suspect connected to any of the remains, but earlier they theorized that investigators could be on the trail of a serial killer. Eight sets of remains were found in Suffolk County. Two sets were found in neighboring Nassau County. Spota said at least two suspects killed the eight people whose remains have been found in his jurisdiction, judging from the methods and circumstances of the crimes.
"It is clear that the area in and around Gilgo Beach has been used to discard human remains for some period of time," Spota said. "As distasteful and disturbing as that is, there is no evidence that all of these remains are the work of a single killer." Of the Suffolk County victims, four had been identified earlier – all of them prostitutes. Taylor's name now joins the list of victims. Spota said another woman, also a prostitute, was similarly hacked to pieces. He said parts of her were found in Manorville in 2000 and parts of her along Ocean Parkway last month. The Suffolk County remains also included a man and a girl between 18 and 24 months old, Spota said. It was not clear whether the child was a homicide victim.

Serial killers are typically loners but not all the time. According to the standard profile a serial killer operates alone. However, there have been many examples of serial killers who worked in pairs or even groups. One of the most notorious killer pairs was Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, "The Hillside Stranglers." These two cousins caused a reign of terror throughout Southern California from 1977 to 1979. Gwendolyn Gail Graham and Catherine Wood were two lesbian lovers who killed elderly patients at the nursing home where they were employed. The end of the murders came when, in a fit of rage and jealously Wood told her and Graham's secret to her former husband. Dr. Morris Bolber and his two cousins killed in Philadelphia in order to receive portions of life insurance plans. The three men would seduce a woman and then convince her to give them a cut of the insurance policy if they killed her husband. In this instance there were always at least three people involved in the killings, making it a group effort.
Ray and Faye Copeland also went against the profile. Ray was 76 and Faye was 69 when they began their killing spree in Missouri aimed against laborers who worked on their farm. The "typical" profile of a serial killer is a Caucasian male between the ages of 18 and 32.

Freedom of the press should be a two-way street but for an ultra-conservative Jewish newspaper in Brooklyn, it isn’t. A Brooklyn-based Hasidic newspaper removed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and another woman from the now-iconic photo of the Obama national security team watching the raid that killed Osama bin Laden from the White House Situation Room. The original photo, taken as the raid was occurring, famously shows Clinton in the center of the room, with her hand over her mouth. But the newspaper Der Tzitung, described by the Jewish Week as "ultra-Orthodox," has a policy of never printing photos of women in its pages because it thinks they could be sexually suggestive. Thus, Clinton and counterterrorism director Audrey Tomason, who was seen standing at the back of the room, were removed from the picture.

The blogger Failed Messiah was the first to notice the Photoshopping.
Der Tzitung sent a statement to the press, apologizing for altering the photo—which the White House had forbidden news outlets from doing—and explaining why they had removed Clinton and Tomason. “In accord with our religious beliefs, we do not publish photos of women, which in no way relegates them to a lower status," the statement said in part. "... Because of laws of modesty, we are not allowed to publish pictures of women, and we regret if this gives an impression of disparaging to women, which is certainly never our intention. We apologize if this was seen as offensive.”

Get a clue, join the current times or get out of America. This country is not afraid of the news and does not want, need or appreciate some editor rewriting history. It does not matter that you may be religion based.

The White Sox streak ended at three. Jake Peavey makes his season debut tonight; it could be interesting. The Bulls won and lead that series 3-2.

Microsoft agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion on Tuesday. Skype is the world’s largest provider of internet video phone calling services. The company, started in 2003, has never made a profit because most of its users take advantage of the free service. Skype lost $7 million last year on revenues of $860 million. One of the major owners of Skype is Ebay.

Microsoft has a history of buying companies that are losing money but they quickly change that. Look for the free service to end within 18 months and for Skype to be incorporated into a new version of Windows. Skype will also be added to the Xbox game console, the Windows smartphone platform and Outlook Email.

Microsoft is not in this to be nice to the consumer. They, like many computer technology companies, use the heroin dealers‘s sales program. It is free until you are hooked, then you pay dearly for it.

Just a couple of thoughts I had.


BRUCE A. BRENNAN
DEKALB, IL 60115
COPYRIGHT 2011

VISIT ANY OF THE SITES LISTED FOR REVIEW, RESEARCH, ORDERING MY WRITING PRODUCTS OR TO CONTACT ME.
Go to web sites below to buy books by Bruce A. Brennan. It is still a good time to purchase any of my books. The books are interesting and inexpensive reads. My third book should be available later this year, in late 2011. More information will be forthcoming.

www.ebookmall.com (Do search by my name or book Title)
www.barnesandnoble.com (do a quick search, Title, my name)
www.smashwords.com Do a Title or author search.

Book Titles:

Holmes the Ripper

A Revengeful Mix of Short Fiction

"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies." - Aristotle




Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Arnold go get her back!

May 10, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
May 10 is … Clean Up Your Room Day

Just in time for the return of your college students.

Did you notice that every Major League Baseball game in the American League had a 5 in the final score on Sunday? Only two games in the National League had a 5 in the final score.

I hate jumping on and off a band wagon and I have not actually rejoined the White Sox tour wagon but I am clearing a spot for my leap. They won last night and that is three in a row making it a winning streak.

This was a surprise and sad. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife of 25 years, Maria Shriver, announced Monday that they are separating.

The statement, issued by a spokesman for Schwarzenegger, said the two were working on the future of their relationship while living apart and they would continue to parent their four children together. "This has been a time of great personal and professional transition for each of us," the two said in a prepared statement. "After a great deal of thought, reflection, discussion, and prayer, we came to this decision together." It was not clear from the statement if either remained at their estate in Brentwood, or whom the children were with. Schwarzenegger's spokesman, Daniel Ketchell, said he wouldn't answer questions beyond what was said in Monday's statement.

Schwarzenegger, a Republican, finished his seven-year run as governor in January and has been traveling to deliver speeches and pursuing entertainment projects. He tweeted frequently during his travels to such faraway places as Brazil, Nigeria and France. Shriver was not mentioned in his Twitter updates from the road. Shriver, also active on social networks, posted three updates on her Twitter page on the day of their 25th wedding anniversary, April 26, but did not mention the milestone.

About a month before the anniversary, Shriver wrote on her Facebook page that she was going through a transition in her life. "As you know, transitions are not easy. I'd love to get your advice on how you've handled transitions in your own life," she said in a video posted on YouTube.

Arnold, she’s got money, power and looks. You should reconsider. Your movie career is likely over. Age prevents you from being an action hero and acting prevents most everything else.
The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railways met on this day, May 10, 1869. There was a grand celebration at Promontory, Utah when, in honor of the linking of the two railways, a golden spike was driven into the railroad. The spike, valued at $400, was driven, along with bronze spikes into a laurel wood tie by the president of the Central Pacific, Leland Stanford. Some say Mr. Stanford missed on his first stroke.
Immediately after the celebration, the spikes and tie were removed and replaced with the standard pine tie and steel spikes. Interestingly, the people involved in this historic moment were unaware of its significance in the great scheme of things; and no markings were left at the specific location of the meeting of the rails. It is possible that the point at Promontory is a little to the left or south or north or right of the true spot where the rails were joined. In other words, like Mr. Stanford, we may have missed the exact spot that marks the final link in the ocean-to-ocean railroad. The golden Spike was never made of solid gold. Gold is a soft, pliable metal that would have crushed when struck by a sledge hammer. It was painted gold. The celebratory spikes that were driven that day could have stayed in place and just surrounded by functional spikes but even then, the authorities were worried about thieves stealing the spikes and damaging the railroad in the process.

President Obama gave an interview to 60 Minutes that was broadcast on Sunday night. Some of the interview was typical political doublespeak and answering what he wanted not what he was asked. Some of the interview was sincere and patriotic. At one point he said, “Justice was done,". Regarding the Osama Bin Laden Mission, Obama said, "As nervous as I was about this whole process, the one thing I didn't lose sleep over was the possibility of taking bin Laden out."

I hope the moron known as Governor Milquetoast was watching. President Obama said, 'Justice was done, and I think anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn't deserve what he got needs to have their head examined.'

Thanks to the Governor of Illinois, if the Bin Laden planned attack took place in Illinois and no Federal laws were broken, Bin Laden would not be eligible for the death penalty. It does not matter that guilt is not questioned and that 3,000 people died, Illinois could not impose the death penalty. THANK YOU GOVERNOR QUINN. Even President Obama thinks you should have your head examined.

I hope you enjoy your retirement in prison with the rest of our former governors. You, however, may be in a female prison since you don’t have any balls.

Boy those Pakistanis know how to give us payback. The government outed a high CIA operative in Pakistan. One problem, however, is they named the wrong person. That’s showing us. Pakistani media have reported what they say is the name of the CIA station chief in Islamabad – the second such potential outing of a sensitive covert operative in six months, and one that comes with tensions running high over the U.S. raid in Pakistan that killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden. The Associated Press has learned that the name being reported is incorrect. Still, the publication of any alleged identity of the U.S. spy agency's top official in this country could be pushback from Pakistan's powerful military and intelligence establishment, which was humiliated over the surprise raid on its soil, and could further sour relations between Washington and Islamabad.

On Friday, the private TV channel ARY broadcast what it said was the current station chief's name. The Nation, a right-wing newspaper, picked up the story Saturday. ARY's news director, Mazhar Abbas, said the television station's reporter gleaned the name from a source. He defended the broadcast, saying it was "based on fact," and denounced allegations that the name was leaked to the television channel by an official with a motive. Hey moron, have you read the news lately? While you are at it, get a real name people can pronounce, doesn’t sound like every other one and is made fun of; try Bob Jones or Bill West.

Just a couple of thoughts I had.
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
DEKALB, IL 60115
COPYRIGHT 2011

VISIT ANY OF THE SITES LISTED FOR REVIEW, RESEARCH, ORDERING MY WRITING PRODUCTS OR TO CONTACT ME.
Go to web sites below to buy books by Bruce A. Brennan. It is still a good time to purchase any of my books. The books are interesting and inexpensive reads. My third book should be available later this year, in late 2011. More information will be forthcoming.

www.ebookmall.com (Do search by my name or book Title)
www.barnesandnoble.com (do a quick search, Title, my name)
www.smashwords.com Do a Title or author search.

Book Titles:

Holmes the Ripper

A Revengeful Mix of Short Fiction

"My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best." - Winston S. Churchill