I have probably flown 100,000 miles on Taca in the last two years, and ALL of those miles have been regional in Central America. I I only got a Distancia (Frequent Flyer) card, mid year last year, or I would probably have at least 100k in total miles.

Taca has the newest fleet in the Americas, with Airbus 320 and 321's, and their planes are clean and normally well kept, and the crews usually friendly. I was probably one of the worlds most satisfied customers until about a month ago. Until that time I normally received an upgrade on at least one leg of all of my round trip flights. As a Silver Frequent Flyer I really enjoyed this, as it is rare that anyone under plattinum gets such priveledges on other airlines. With Taca I could always count on an upgrade when I got to the airport if Business Class was not full. (I generaly fly minimum once a month and sometimes every two weeks. Taca changed their upgrade process to some arcane system based on fare types... Well, I can not complain, they are only getting more in line with the industry, and I still manage to snag one every now and then.

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His speech was typical Obama, soaring, full of hope and deliverd with class...

In our country, I have found that this cooperation happens not because we agree on everything, but because behind all the false labels and false divisions and categories that define us; beyond all the petty bickering and point-scoring in Washington, Americans are a decent, generous, compassionate people, united by common challenges and common hopes.

And every so often, there are moments which call on that fundamental goodness to make this country great again.

So it was for that band of patriots who declared in a Philadelphia hall the formation of a more perfect union; and for all those who gave on the fields of Gettysburg and Antietam their last full measure of devotion to save that same union.

So it was for the Greatest Generation that conquered fear itself, and liberated a continent from tyranny, and made this country home to untold opportunity and prosperity.

So it was for the workers who stood out on the picket lines; the women who shattered glass ceilings; the children who braved a Selma bridge for freedom's cause.

So it has been for every generation that faced down the greatest challenges and the most improbable odds to leave their children a world that's better, and kinder, and more just.

And so it must be for us.

America, this is our moment. This is our time.

Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. Our time to offer a new direction for this country that we love.

The journey will be difficult. The road will be long.

I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations.

But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people.

Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth.

This was the moment - this was the time - when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves, and our highest ideals.

Thank you, Minnesota, God Bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.

Clinton is simply tacky...

Obama did not buy air time and put this on the television in Puerto Rico!

And by all rights I could say I don't give a shit if a bunch of Rednecks would rather lose their shacks and their corn pone stills, rather than vote for Obama...

Reflecting their discomfort with Obama, nearly half of Kentucky Democrats said they would not support him in a November election against John McCain, again similar to the result in West Virginia. In Oregon, by contrast, only 12 percent said they wouldn't vote for Obama against McCain, as many as wouldn't support Clinton as the nominee.

As in West Virginia, among other states, there were indications of some racially motivated voting in Kentucky. Nearly two in 10 whites said race was an important factor in their vote, and nearly nine in 10 of them voted for Clinton. More strikingly, among those whites who called race a factor, just 29 percent said they'd support Obama if he's the nominee in November – the fewest to date in states where the question's been asked. Four in 10 said they'd support McCain; the rest wouldn't vote.

I have never lost my fascination with those die hards out there who would cut off their nose with a dull, rusty knife, rather than admit that Bush is a moron, or vote for a black candidate. These people are just STUPID, even the so called intellectuals among them. I used to argue with some of the conservative bloggers. Today I don't even bother... I mean why???

Let them vote for this poor old man. I used to respect McCain back in the days when he was actually a maverick, but he lost all of that somewhere on the road to becoming a candidate for the 2008 elections. Now he and Hillary are just two pathetic, old school politicians who will say anything to be elected.

Eh... Busted...

This man has come a long way since Sports Machine...

I often wonder after listening to Keith why some people are so STUPID as to continue to see Bush as anything other than what he is, an idiot.

I knew it when I saw, "Farmer John," say on CNN that Obama needs to, "Stop being so black!" That one in five Kentuckians admitted tonight (Based on CNN exit polling), that they would not vote for a black person... is an embarrassment for the state of Kentucky... I am just glad that the CNN folks stopped dancing around the issue and just admitted that there is an issue with Redneck America.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA Aso Rock villa, Asokoro District, Abuja

CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY PAYMENT

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

Based on our investigation department, we wish to warn you against some Miscreants, Hoodlums and touts who go about scamming innocent people by claiming to be who they are not and thereby tarnishing the image of this wonderful country.

I am Lt General James Morgan (Rtd), National Security Adviser to the new Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. I am delighted to inform you that the contract panel, which just concluded its sitting in Abuja just released your name amongst contractors to benefit from the Diplomatic Immunity Payment. This Panel was primarily delegated to investigate manipulated contract claims, contracts and over-invoiced payment as the effect has eaten deep into the economy of our dear country.

However, we wish to bring to your notice that your contract profile is still reflecting in our central computer as unpaid contractor while auditing was going on. Your contract file was forwarded to my office by the auditors as unclaimed fund, we wish to use this medium to inform you that for the time being Federal Government of Nigeria have stopped further payment through bank to bank transfer due to contractors numerous petitions to United Nations against Nigeria on wrong payment and diversion of contract funds to different accounts.

In this regards, we are going to send your contract part payment of 20Million USD. To you via our accredited shipping company through diplomatic cash delivery down to our door step and I have secured every needed document to cover the money while the diplomat will get it delivered to you right in your doorstep.

Note: The money is coming on two security proof boxes. The boxes are sealed with synthetic nylon seal and padded with machine as metallic trunk boxes. Please you don't have to worry for anything, as the transaction is 100% risk free. The boxes are coming with a Diplomatic agent who will accompany the boxes to your house address. All you need to do now is to send to me, your full house address and your identity such as, international passport or drivers license and your mobile phone and telephone number, The Diplomatic Agent will travel with it. He will call you immediately he arrives to your country's airport. I hope you understand me.

As soon as the above-mentioned details are received, your payment will be made to you via diplomatic courier delivery in accordance to World Bank, United Nation and IMF recommendations. A diplomat with international travel immunity will be contracted to deliver the fund at your doorstep.

Kindly get back to me today also with the requested information so that we can proceed on this matter as soon as possible.

1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, position and address.
4) Profession, age and marital status.
5) Copy of int'l passport, drivers license, or any valid ID card via e-mail attachment.

Bear in mind that the diplomat does not know the original contents of the boxes. What l declared to them as the contents is Sensitive Photographic Film Materials for security reasons/valuable material of your personal effect. I did not disclose it as money to them please. If they call you and ask you the contents please tell them the same thing Ok. Call me on my direct phone +234-703-100-8675 or email and I will let you know how far I have gone with the arrangement. I will secure the Diplomatic Immunity Clearance Certificate (D.I.C.C), which will make him pass every custom checkpoint all over the world without any hitches.

Confirm the receipt of this message and send the requirements to me immediately because your boxes are scheduled to leave as soon as we hear from you.

Best Regards,
Lt General James Morgan (Rtd).
National Security Adviser to the President
Federal Republic of Nigeria
+234-703-100-8675
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These idiot Mugus are just ostentatious, aren't they?>

The mugu idiots are starting to use Skype more and more these days.

This:

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Idiot, is actually about three people I would guess based on the variances in English skills and smoothness, nevertheless, they are all idiots. So if you get chatted up by someone that seems to be too good to be true, especially one who talks like a freaking moron, then you know you are under Mugu attack!

The Low Road to Victory

The Pennsylvania campaign, which produced yet another inconclusive result on Tuesday, was even meaner, more vacuous, more desperate, and more filled with pandering than the mean, vacuous, desperate, pander-filled contests that preceded it.

Voters are getting tired of it; it is demeaning the political process; and it does not work. It is past time for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to acknowledge that the negativity, for which she is mostly responsible, does nothing but harm to her, her opponent, her party and the 2008 election.

If nothing else, self interest should push her in that direction. Mrs. Clinton did not get the big win in Pennsylvania that she needed to challenge the calculus of the Democratic race. It is true that Senator Barack Obama outspent her 2-to-1. But Mrs. Clinton and her advisers should mainly blame themselves, because, as the political operatives say, they went heavily negative and ended up squandering a good part of what was once a 20-point lead.

On the eve of this crucial primary, Mrs. Clinton became the first Democratic candidate to wave the bloody shirt of 9/11. A Clinton television ad — torn right from Karl Rove’s playbook — evoked the 1929 stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, the Cuban missile crisis, the cold war and the 9/11 attacks, complete with video of Osama bin Laden. “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” the narrator intoned.

If that was supposed to bolster Mrs. Clinton’s argument that she is the better prepared to be president in a dangerous world, she sent the opposite message on Tuesday morning by declaring in an interview on ABC News that if Iran attacked Israel while she were president: “We would be able to totally obliterate them.”

An Open Letter to Hillary
Dear Hillary:

There was a time when I was a die hard supporter of the Clintons. One of my most cherished personal belongings is a signed letter from your husband, in a response to a letter I sent him during the Lewinski crises.

While I never looked at Bill as, "the first black president," I did look at him as being a person who understood black people and had an affinity for them. He has shown himself to be just another patronizing politician who used his black support base when it suited his needs, and shows his true colours when it comes to this race.

I am not one of those who insist that you should abandon your dream and the race for the nomination, but I do think you have done more to damage the chances of either of you to win the election in November, than you truly understand.

I will not vote for John McCain in November, but if you manage to win the nomination by continuing the insincere, sometimes racist and always divisive politics that have taken you this far, you will not get my vote... And more importantly, I suspect that a big part of the Democratic base, including the youth, will show you their back in November. I certainly will, because in this case, I cant even hold my nose and vote for you.

I got mad love for this music.... Nice!

And this one too....

It can all end tonight...

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