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GOODBYE, CRUEL WORLD!

2008-09-22T14:00:00.000-04:00

FIRST IN! has moved. In celebration of my first two years of blogging, Wyatt has forced change upon me. This will be my last post at Blogger. I'm moving to a WordPress account at this LINK."Dude you really have to ditch Blogger and move to WordPress." "What's WordPress?" BOOM! (Sound of Wyatt's head exploding). "He He He!" (Sound of me laughing). SNARK! So, it's a done deal. I'm outta here like

EAGLES 15, STINKING STEELERS 6

2008-09-21T19:30:00.000-04:00

Ok folks, to the winners go the spoils! IGGLES Cheerleaders to celebrate a brutal win. How does a team that manages to put up 38 points against the Cowgirls last week manage only 15 against Pittsburgh? (2 from a safety.) I'll tell you. It's Philly. We play down to whomever happens to be on the schedule in any given week. But a win is a win.

EAGLES VS. PITTSBURGH

2008-09-21T14:30:00.000-04:00

GO BIRDS!

WHY I LOVE RICH PEOPLE

2008-09-21T08:00:00.002-04:00

And The Most Generous Celebrities Are...LINK Many celebrities make headlines with their charitable contributions, but do the biggest givers get the most credit? The Giving Back Fund, an organization that seeks to encourage philanthropy, has compiled a list of the 30 most generous celebrities (based on public records of

SEPTA OFFICER GETS A BREATHER

2008-09-20T15:00:00.006-04:00

SEPTA officer won't face murder charges By Derrick Nunnally An off-duty SEPTA police officer who killed his unarmed Perkiomen neighbor will not face murder charges, Montgomery County prosecutors said, but some legal experts questioned whether the decision was premature. Deputy District Attorney Thomas W. McGoldrick said the slaying

CASE IN POINT

2008-09-20T09:46:00.006-04:00

Medic helps save residents from fire WEST PHILADELPHIA - September 20, 2008 - (WPVI) -- Timing and courage may have saved residents from a fire in West Philadelphia. A fire broke out inside 38 North 51st Street, just after 12:30 Saturday morning. The flames quickly spread to two neighborhing homes. Most of the people inside the homes were sleeping at the time. Fortunately for them, a medic

ISLAM AND THE AMERICAN WORKPLACE

2008-09-19T20:00:00.001-04:00

I gave up on changing the fonts on this story. Blogger is the worst.Muslim leader says 150 workers fired at Neb. plantOMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Somali-American leader says 150 Muslims have lost their jobs at a Grand Island, Neb., meatpacking plant that has been embroiled in a prayer dispute.Mohamed Rage (RAYZH) with the Omaha Somali-American Community Organization says 80 workers were thrown out after

FIREHOUSE FRIDAY

2008-09-19T15:00:00.000-04:00

Well, did you all get up early today to watch FOX's Good Day Philadelphia? I was there, bright and early. Now I'm whooped. The local FOX morning show broadcast from our station today and everything went fantastic.My able lieutenant, the legendary "Bounce" Wilson, was in rare form as he guided the host and super news babe Dorothy Krysiuk around our station.It's a big deal when the Fire

MORE BEARD NONSENSE

2008-09-19T11:00:00.000-04:00

Oh hell, why not...Fighting for their whiskersSteven Chasin is the first to admit he isn't the world's most observant Jew. Tattoos, a Jewish taboo, cover his burly body, while his shaved head goes

SHOW ME THE MONEY

2008-09-19T08:00:00.001-04:00

"Say hello to my little friend..."SEPTEMBER 18--Spiraling gas prices led an Indiana drug dealer to levy a fuel oil surcharge on customers purchasing cocaine, according to investigators. Anthony Salinas, 18, tacked on the gasoline surcharge when he sold a confidential police source coke on two occasions in June. While arranging one buy, Salinas told the source that a quarter-ounce of cocaine would

FIREHOUSE FRIDAY

2008-09-18T21:30:00.000-04:00

Our local FOX TV affiliate here in Philly hosts a Firehouse Friday segment, where they broadcast their morning show from a local firehouse. This Friday (tomorrow) they will be doing the show from my station in Chinatown. It's good public relations and everyone gets a kick out of it.The host, Dorthy Krysiuk, is a favorite of the fellas, so it should be a great day for the Dragons. The only problem

CNN BRINGS OUT THE KNIVES

2008-09-18T17:56:00.004-04:00

(CNN) -- Is America's honeymoon with Sarah Palin over? Polls suggest that might be so.

REAL AMERICAN DIRTBAG JOSH HOWARD

2008-09-18T12:00:00.000-04:00

I really don't know anything about this piece of human filth because I gave up on professional basketball years ago, long before Philly's Allen Iverson mess. This video is just reminder of the cultural divide that exists in America. It is becoming more apparent every day that there is a segment of American society that wants nothing to do with America or what it stands for. They just don't care

MIDNIGHT MOVIE SHOWCASE

2008-09-18T01:00:00.003-04:00

Heat is currently airing on TBS. Great film.

HERE WE GO AGAIN

2008-09-16T00:00:00.001-04:00

Ok, when is a loss, in reality, a win? When you read First In, that's when. You see, even though the Eagles blew a sure thing last night once again, you, my dear readers, are treated to a lovely picture of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. As promised, I'll post a picture of the winning team's cheerleaders after ever Eagles game this season. So win, lose or draw you get cheerleaders - and that's a

SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND

2008-09-15T17:00:00.000-04:00

Pink Floyd keyboardist Wright diesLONDON, England (AP) -- Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. Pink Floyd's spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member's family did not want to give more details about his death. Wright met Pink Floyd members

REAL AMERICAN DIRTBAG

2008-09-15T13:38:00.004-04:00

ONE CAN ONLY WISHMore errors for Rangel; hires new accountant By DEVLIN BARRETT – 10 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — A new set of potential problems in Rep. Charles Rangel's financial papers has prompted the tax-writing lawmaker to hire a forensic accounting expert to try to unravel the mess.Rangel, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, is already the subject of ethics

EAGLES VS. DALLAS

2008-09-15T12:23:00.001-04:00

TONIGHT'S MONDAY NIGHT GAME IN DALLAS, GO BIRDS!

PIC OF THE DAY

2008-09-14T21:00:00.000-04:00

The girl, the boy and their cousin. Any offers?

PAIN AND SUFFERING

2008-09-14T17:00:00.000-04:00

Well, this has been a tough week for me. You may remember a few months back I somehow managed to injure my right hand. It swelled up and was so painful that I ended up in the doctor's office. After a few back and forth's, he decided to drain my knuckle. It was horribly painful.Well, it seems that I haven't learned my lesson. One day last week I realized my left middle finger was hurting (probably

YOU'RE KIDDING ME, RIGHT?

2008-09-13T11:30:00.000-04:00

GET MY MEANING BOY???Dad chases nude boy from daughter's room with pipeDELTONA, Fla. - An angry Deltona father whacked his teenage daughter's boyfriend with a metal pipe after finding the boy naked in his daughter's room. Authorities say the father, 45, didn't even know his daughter had a boyfriend or that the youngster had been sneaking into the home for more than a year. When he heard noises

REAL AMERICAN DIRTBAG

2008-09-13T11:15:00.003-04:00

Ordinarily I don't post about these type of cases. But this case has dragged on over the last few weeks and has become more and more bizarre. It burns me up that our legal system is so weak that she is able to manipulate it as she goes along.I am convinced that President Bush was right that Guantanamo was and is the proper place for terrorists. Tribunals are the proper venue. Imagine if the

SARAH PALIN, BARACK OBAMA AND THE OPRAH FACTOR

2008-09-11T18:45:00.005-04:00

I watched with some disinterest this week as Bill O'Reilly interviewed Barack Obama. I'll be honest I knew there's no chance Obama would say anything that would get me on his team. We're polar opposites and that's that. We just don't believe the same things. But O'Reilly did what he does best: bring in an important candidate and give him a platform to discuss some tough issues. Despite the

911 REMEMBERED

2008-09-11T10:00:00.001-04:00

Outside the birth of my children and my marriage there are two events that have had a profound impact on me and changed my life forever. The first was going through Check Point Charlie while I was in the service. It was then that I truly understood the realities of the Communist system and what it is like to live under a totalitarian dictatorship.The second was 911. Attending funerals for New

SLOW JOE: BIDEN AT HIS BEST

2008-09-11T01:02:00.005-04:00

Biden: Hillary might have been better VP pickNASHUA, New Hampshire (CNN) — Joe Biden told supporters at a town hall Wednesday afternoon that Barack Obama might have been better off choosing Hillary Clinton as his running mate.Make no mistake about this, Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. Let’s get that straight,” Biden