Today's Headlines

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:03 am

awip2062 wrote:Loss of food I can deal with. I am glad we still have you and ypu have your family safe.

Did you know the people who lost their home?

I do not - it saddened me to see the house though. Can you imagine being told that you have to start over with no chance of retrieving anything? No pictures, no tangibles, no anything but the clothes on your back...

Made me think.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:37 pm

*nods*

Yeah when I was a kid we were evacuated from our home with the clothes we were wearing and our pets. That night we were told our cabin was gone.

Thankfully, though, the firefighters were wrong. It wasn't our cabins they saw blowing up, it was the pine trees. So, I know the initial feeling, but your neighbors...they know the whole real deal.

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:11 pm

This is in the news today. Really made me stop and wonder.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09 ... latestnews

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:02 am

Oh my. So, I guess the US Govt. is a Fender fan?

Really, this is crazy. Tageting one company when the whole industry does the same thing is just plain wrong. Someone needs a Gibby upside the head!

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:15 am

I'll buy nothing but Gibsons from this day forward.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:56 am

But if you have one with the exotic endangered wood.............that makes you a criminal.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:11 am

If that is the case, practically any U.S. - made guitar would be illegal.

According to the CEO of Gibson, competitors use pretty much the same
wood from the same source.

bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/08/27/report-gibson-competitor-is-dem-donor-uses-same-wood-experienced-no-federal-raids/

Let that settle in your craw for a bit....

Then, wonder why the liberal media has buried this story.

You'll have a good idea of what is REALLY going on here.

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:30 am

You will pry my Gibson product out of my COLD, DEAD hands....

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:46 pm

Some results from a poll released today by Gallup indicate record low government approval ratings:

Key Findings:

82% of Americans disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job.
69% say they have little or no confidence in the legislative branch of government, an all-time high and up from 63% in 2010.
57% have little or no confidence in the federal government to solve domestic problems, exceeding the previous high of 53% recorded in 2010 and well exceeding the 43% who have little or no confidence in the government to solve international problems.
53% have little or no confidence in the men and women who seek or hold elected office.
Americans believe, on average, that the federal government wastes 51 cents of every tax dollar, similar to a year ago, but up significantly from 46 cents a decade ago and from an average 43 cents three decades ago.
49% of Americans believe the federal government has become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens. In 2003, less than a third (30%) believed this.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:14 am

Mark Morton Guitar Auction To Benefit Victory Junction

Ends: October 1, 2011

h/t to Jayski.com

LAMB OF GOD lead guitarist Mark Morton is auctioning one of his stage
guitars played during the band's performance at D-Tox Fest on June 17th
in Montebello, Quebec.

The guitar, a Mark Morton "Signature" Jackson Dominion from
Morton's personal collection, is autographed and will come with
photographs from the performance and a personal letter of appreciation
and authenticity from Morton.

All proceeds from the auction will benefit Victory Junction, a camp for
chronically ill children in Randleman, NC. More specifically, the funds
generated by the auction will allow a child to experience Victory Junction
for the first time.

The auction will begin on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, and last for
10 days ending on Saturday, October 1st.

To participate in the auction visit:

myworld.ebay.com/victoryjunction.

http://www.jayski.com/pages/charities-v ... nction.htm

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:22 am

Rush was passed over for RRHOF inductee nomination yet again.

h/t to Chris Willman@yahoo

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/stopth ... -nominees/

Honestly, at this point I'm convinced that the RRHOF is a joke.

Watch some rapper make it in this year.

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:44 am

CygnusX1 wrote:Rush was passed over for RRHOF inductee nomination yet again.

RRHOF is just another popularity contest like the Grammys is - I am happy Heart got nominated, however if they don't make it in it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

Don't let it take up an ounce of your brain Siggy - not worth it.

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:56 am

YYZ30 wrote:
awip2062 wrote:Loss of food I can deal with. I am glad we still have you and ypu have your family safe.

Did you know the people who lost their home?
I do not - it saddened me to see the house though. Can you imagine being told that you have to start over with no chance of retrieving anything? No pictures, no tangibles, no anything but the clothes on your back...

Made me think.

I wanted to follow up with this - apparently the sticker was not to vacate, but not to enter until the trees had been removed and the house deemed safe again.

The family moved back in 2 weeks ago after all of the storm debris was removed.

Soup4Rush · Post by **Soup4Rush** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:47 am

glad to hear that Zed!!

on another note.. Do you think its possible that Rush has been asked if they want in to the hall of fame behind the scenes but have declined after so many years not getting in? If not that, I am wondering if the hall of fame's thought process is that if they were nominated they would probably decline after being dissed for so long and they dont want that embarrassment.

just a thought as I was reading the yahoo comments.. I was surprised that Yes was not in the HOF too.

I wonder who says who gets in and who doesnt? Judging from the responses I can't think it is the fans.. I know Rolling Stone has always been hard on Rush but I doubt the fellows care about any of this.. or maybe they do?

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:22 am

Soup4Rush wrote:I wonder who says who gets in and who doesnt? Judging from the responses I can't think it is the fans.. I know Rolling Stone has always been hard on Rush but I doubt the fellows care about any of this.. or maybe they do?

Much like the Grammys - it's industry people.

As far as the lads go:

"Lerxst states 'I couldn't care less, look who's up for induction, its a joke'." - January 15, 2007