Thursday, June 14, 2007

Thursday, June 14, 2007, Flag Day

Leaving the door wide-open...

Mel Karmazin has to be a fan of "The Sopranos" because much like Jack Chase, the Mel-man has left the door wide-open for a sequel, but this one won't be starring Tony Soprano...

When it was announced last week that Sirius and XM hired Quinn Gillespie & Associates LLC who will lobby on behalf of the merger, they got 2 key strategists for their cause in Jack Quinn, a former counsel to Bill Clinton and Ed Gillespie, a Republican Party strategist. These two represent the best of both worlds of the political spectrum. The decision on whether this merger flies will eventually come in December but let's look at the Karmazin quote on another subject, Don Imus: "I've had no conversation with Imus or his people since he left, but I would assume that one of the first phone calls he would make if he came back would be to satellite radio"...

This statement should come as no shock to anyone because Karmazin is a "big supporter" of Imus but if that's not an open invitation to come aboard, merger or not, what is???

10 Timeline Memories:
  1. 1775] 'Army Strong': The United States Army is founded by the Continental Congress...
  2. 1777] Stars & Stripes forever: The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopts the Stars and Stripes as our national flag...1893] Philadelphia observes the 1st 'Flag Day'...
  3. 1943] What were they thinking?: The Supreme Court rules that school children could not be compelled to salute the flag of the United States if doing so would conflict with their religious beliefs...
  4. 1949] A tough crowd: Philadelphia Phillies 1st baseman Eddie Waitkus is shot in the chest at a Chicago hotel by a 19-year old fan obsessed with him for years. Waitkus will recover and play for the 1950 pennant-winning Phillies. Waitkus did not know the fan...
  5. 1953] "There's a time for joy, a time for tears": Elvis Presley graduates from L.C. Humes High School in Memphis...
  6. 1954] Now we're talking: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an order adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance...
  7. 1987] "Ah pity the fool": Mr. T utters those words for the last time as "The A Team" bows out after a 4-year run...
  8. 1989] Busted in Beverly Hills: Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is arrested for slapping a Beverly Hills cop who had pulled her car over. She later apologizes to the officer saying 'I'm sorry deah, I sought you ver vun of mine husbands'...
  9. 1994] "Happy Trails": Composer and winner of 20 Grammy Awards, Henry Mancini dies at 70 of pancreatic cancer...1996] The legendary Ella Fitzgerald dies from bad circulation problems, having lost both legs in 1994. Miss Fitzgerald was 79...
  10. 1998] 'Three-peat": Michael Jordan leads the Chicago Bulls to their second 'three-peat' and 6th NBA title of the decade...

Music Memories:

[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]...

Commentary...

The second annual Vermont 'Guts & Glory' Walk is coming up on Saturday, June 23rd at Leddy Park in Burlington. This annual walk is held in memory of Melinda Leigh Saxon, who was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in July, 2001. Melinda succumbed from the disease at the age of 16 in October, 2005. This benefit walk will help find a cure for the disease. Melinda was the niece of Gloria "Gibby" Gibson, former promotion director at WNBC. For more information go to: http://www.gutsandglory.org/ Good luck with the walk Gibby...

"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":

Steffi Graf (38), Boy George a.k.a. George O'Dowd (46), Eric Heiden (49), Donald Trump (61), Rod Argent (62) Rod is the lead singer of the Zombies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-kM0TQN4Kk , Marla Gibbs (76), Don Newcombe (81) and Gene Barry (88)...

Timeline Countdown: Today is Flag Day, 3 days until Father's Day, 7 days until Summer and 20 days until July 4th...

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