Comedy or racism?

All my adult life, I've heard the old Amos and Andy radio and TV shows described as racism.  I finally went to my favorite source for both comedy and racism, YouTube, and watched this very funny episode.  Is it stereotypical?  Yep, but so is the Honeymooners stereotypical about working class New Yorkers.  Are either racist?  I think not.  I'm posting this very well preserved Amos and Andy episode for your enjoyment and critique.







So what do you think? Comedy or racism? Remember this is from 1952.

New Islamist threats against the West

Over the past few days, the various European and American intelligence agencies have indicated that they busted up credible threats against us and our allies.  Apparently The Religion of Peace wants to make multiple attacks similar to the one in Mumbai (Bombay), India last year.  The reaction of the Americans was to target leaders of these attacks with drones at their headquarters in that bastion of love and peace, Pakistan.  It looks like we dodged a bullet once again. 

If this news isn't sobering enough, perhaps you should go and read the following at The Captain's Journal:

The scenario I am about to describe can be accomplished by simple, direct attacks and without reference to more complicated organizational skills except for weapons, dedicated fighters and effective timing.  The scenario I am about to describe would quite literally destroy the economy of the nation for a long time.  I am hesitant to describe it in detail; when I do this sort of thing I usually get charged with giving the terrorists ideas.

But the fact of the matter is that the terrorists already know these things, and it is important to educate the American people to the dangers right outside the gate.

Read the whole thing, and remember that the Obama regime won't even acknowledge that there is a threat from Islamist terrorists.  Ask him about Fox news, Rush Limbaugh and "teabaggers", and that's a whole different story.

Bumper sticker of the month

Ground Zero mosque anyone?

Southwest to buy Air-Tran - UPDATED

The AP reports that Southwest Airlines has bought Air-Tran for $1.4 billion dollars.

DALLAS — Southwest Airlines is buying AirTran for about $1.4 billion as it seeks entry into a number of smaller markets.

The announcement comes about a week after Continental Airlines and UAL Corp. combined amid an industrywide consolidation.

The companies said Monday that the new Southwest-Airtran operation would operate from more than 100 different airports and serve more than 100 million customers.

The deal is worth approximately $3.4 billion including AirTran's debt. It will pay about $670 million with available cash.

Southwest Airlines Co. gets more exposure to existing markets like New York and Boston and it can get into smaller markets it doesn't already serve.

Shares of AirTran Holdings Inc. rose nearly 4 percent to $4.55 in premarket trading.

Overweight people wearing rude tshirts or skimpy clothes will soon have fewer flying options, now that Southwest Airlines is buying Air-Tran. The deal was announced this morning and comes a week after Continental and United Airlines merged. Southwest will get more access to places like New York, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, and expand into places like Atlanta for the first time.  The bright side of this to me is that Southwest will now fly to Memphis, at least until they decide not to.

Spirit is expected to respond by merging with an ICBM manufacturer to develop flights that will just jam all the passengers in a tube and rocket them across the country.


UPDATE:  Southwest does not have a habit of flying to under served cities from small markets just once a day or even 4 or 5 times a week.  It just costs them too much to operate these routes.  I'd expect these cities to be axed quickly once the merger happens.  I'm thinking places like Allentown, Harrisburg, Flint, and Key West are going to be cut, simply because Air Tran has lower overhead for ground workers.  One flight a day is not economical to maintain a crew on the ground and all the support equipment.   I'm thinking more that this is a grab at certain markets that Southwest covets like LGA, DCA, international routes to Mexico and the Caribbean.  More than likely there will be carnage on the small cities, and ones that Southwest never wanted to serve (like Memphis).

Union gets punked

The Daily Show of all places exposes the hyprocrisy of the unions who protest Wal-Mart 24/7.  Jon Stewart is a reliable liberal which makes this even more astonishing that he would do a smack down on a corrupt union.  Have a look and watch this guy squirm.

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So there you have it, union thugs employ non-union protesters, and pay less than most Wal-Mart employees make.  It's nice to see Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert going out of their way to embarrass the people who they generally support.  Well done guys.

Hat tip: Allahpundit

Does anyone remember this character?

I do!

Scrappy was on my TV set every morning when i was a little kid.  These 1930s cartoons must have been cheap for the local stations to buy.  I have not been able to find it yet, but there was one that made me cry as a kid.  Scrappy was still hungry after his mother gave him some food.  Remember these were not kids cartoons, but were in the the cinemas aimed at adults.  Anyway here is a Scrappy short.

Night of the Living Trekkies Book Trailer

Via Allahpundit, Isn't this a fantastic trailer of a movie that was never made?



This leads me to another question, albeit political, by none other than the late Bob hope.