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The Hangover
I have to say that we were not at all disappointed when we say this movie. We went in thinking we had probably seen the best stuff in the trailers and that's just the way it turned out. Can you believe the guy who played the dentist actually went so far as to have his own dentist remove a dental implant for his part? That's just so ridiculous!!!!— August 3, 2009 10:16 p.m.
One Badfinger Standing
Josh, didn't the guy who sang in the Yardbirds die quite a while later. I'm too lazy to research it, but as I remember it he and one other original member just got tired of the name Yardbirds. Page and one of the other guys were going to do a tour already booked. I don't even think Plant was their choice for vocals but somebody recommended him. Bonzo and Jonesey came onboard shortly afterword and as they say the rest was history.— August 3, 2009 10:07 p.m.
I was a safety ambassador in downtown San Diego
SuperflySnuka 1970 Chevelle SS with a 2004 ZL1, 550HP outa the crate, with a few mods. Wanna race???? HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!— August 2, 2009 2:14 p.m.
One Badfinger Standing
Jay, That's copacetic to me. We moved up north of Santa Barbara about 2 yrs ago, so we don't get to see as many shows like this as we used to and wouldn't have seen the actually billing. And I gree with you Josh. Way too many lawyers, and egos, these days. One of your favs comes to mind, The Doors. How many iterations have those 3 gone thru and how many arguements over names have they had? I saw Kreiger and Densmore play some jazz in a little club in Old Town Pasadena about 15 years ago and the called themselves....Kreiger and Densmore. No confusion there. Another one that always imediately comes to my mind is the Beach Boys. I was born in 1960 and the earliest music I can remember are the Beach Boys, The Beatles and Ricky Nelson. The are no Beach Boys with out at least one Wilson bother involved. And since Dennis and Carl are dead, that leaves only Brian. Mike Love and and Bruce Johnston touring as the Beach Boys is completly ridiculous. I know Mike Love helped write many of their hits, but him touring as the Beach Boys is akin to the McCartney example I used. Just my point of view.— August 2, 2009 2:03 p.m.
One Badfinger Standing
Molland wasn't one of the original core members. He joined in early 1970, 2 years after they had signed with Apple. Only 1 a-side single was ever released of a Molland penned song, Love Is Easy from Ass. I'm not saying that Badfinger's albums with him weren't good, they were, probably their best. What I'm saying is going out on the road, calling your group Badfinger(when you are the only band member still living and the last one brought in)and singing the other guys songs with your own is bogus. If he called it Joey Molland from Badfinger or Badfinger's Joey Molland or Badfinger Revisited no problem. But calling himself Badfinger makes him sound like an old guy(he's in his 60's)trading off his dead bandmates names because he doesn't think he can stand on his own. Just my opinion. Try looking at it from this viewpoint. What if Ringo or Paul toured and sang not just their songs, but the Beatles as well(which they do)and one or both called themselves The Beatles? As George was fond of saying, as long as John chooses to remain dead, there is no Beatles. And remember the flack Paul took just for some listing some songs as McCartney-Lennon compositions on an album a while back I just don't think it's any different in Molland's case. Just sayin’ ------------— August 1, 2009 12:18 p.m.
One Badfinger Standing
Not really Badfinger without any original members. Just an old guy who joined the group 3 yrs down the road and sings the songs the other guys wrote.— July 31, 2009 10:31 p.m.
So many San Diegans carry guns
# 26 How about this version. This is how the amendment looked in the version that was sent to the states for ratification. "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." A little difference in punctuation and it reads somewhat differently, doesn't it. James Madison's original version read like this: The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; a well armed and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country; but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person. Seems a little more direct. You could also look up Parker v District of Columbia and District of Columbia v Heller. A little research would show that before ratification, many states made explicit requests or demands for the protection of rights to keep and bear arms.You leave out the fact that many scholars contend that Saul Cornell's tendency is to cite only writers that supported militia interpretations of the Second Amendment.— July 18, 2009 1:24 a.m.
Burdick’s back taxes
for your reading pleasure: http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/june/illness_medica…— July 2, 2009 8:46 p.m.
Burdick’s back taxes
I read the article a little different than you do jake. It's hard to tell, from the way the article is written, which information is coming from the UT article and which is being added by Matt Potter. She hadn't been a practicing attorney for 21 yrs when she filed bk, (it reads as if she had her own practice for only 9 years), and with her landlord holding over 75% of her debt, perhaps she would not have had to file bk if he had worked with her. Since it reads like the debt was discharged, I guess he lost as well. I'm not familiar with bk laws, but perhaps our resident legal mind, surfpuppy, can answer this. If someone files bk for their business, how does that affect their personal assets?? So she was general council at jimsair, went to Ferris & Britton 2002 Higgs Fletcher & Mack in 2008 so it seems as if she has been practicing law the whole time she's been in town. My point is this. The only info given about her backround is about a bk filed almost 7 years ago, back taxes that she paid off and that she couldn't negotiate a lease with San Diego County Regional Airport Authority that jimsair would accept. Neither the ut or Matt Potter realy provided any info about her "resume" that says anything about her performance as a lawyer since she came to SD. That said, I always say it's not what you know it's who you know, as is apparent here.— June 30, 2009 9:30 p.m.
Burdick’s back taxes
"Burdick said she finally finished paying off the back taxes she owed to the State of California in March 2005 and to the IRS in November 2007" Doesn't sound like she shirked them at all.— June 29, 2009 5:17 p.m.