Perhaps the biggest news this past weekend has been about the U.S Airways flight that came down in the Hudson River without any loss of life. It is an amazing story and Pilot CB "Sully" Sullenberger is being heralded for his quick, calm and professional actions in bringing the plane down. Indeed his actions, the actions of his crew and the fast actions by ferry boat crews all played a major role in avoiding a catastrophic loss of life. However, while everyone is calling this amazing feat a "water landing", Big Billy still calls it a crash.
Jack Bauer still rules.
Hours after flight 1549 hit the water, Connecticut lottery officials announce that the lottery pick 1549 had sold out and could no longer be picked for that day. Officials say the state has a liability limit of $8 million dollars and, once the potential winnings for a single pick reaches that amount, the system automatically halts sales on that number. And silly old me thought that lotteries were random.
When he heard that flight 1549 was brought down by birds, G'Dub called for an immediate invasion of Birdlandia.
A Spartanburg,S.C. man, concerned about the safety of his 6 year old niece, took his .45 caliber handgun out from under the couch and started to unload it. The gun went off and the little girl was killed. When this kind of tragic accident happens, why is the business end always pointed in the wrong direction?
The Department of Homeland Security needs to immediately launch an investigation on what could possibly be a terrorist attack on the one of the most basic elements of the American way of life. This is worse than the possible attack on water supplies. It could disrupt our entire social economic structure. Somebody needs to take immediate action and make it safe te eat peanut butter again!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 10:37AM 
