Waaaaaaay back in the early 1980s I remember watching a TV commercial.

Well, it was more of a public service announcement about the dangers of prescription drugs, specifically when dealing with small children. In short, the commercial tells kids that pills are not candy, and they should stay away from them. The commercial was very simple, with four hand puppets as pills. There was nothing special about the way the commercial looked… BUT the song the pills sang was probably the best jingle I have ever heard in all of my life!

For some years now I’ve been wanting to find info on it. After not being able to dig anything up, I forgot about it again. Last night, for some reason, I was searching again. This time I found audio only of the commercial. I couldn’t stop smiling. This was it! This was the song I used to love over 20 years ago. I would never change the channel when this commercial was on.

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Do I need any other examples of George W. Bush’s failed war on terror? No, not after today. I am resigned to the fact that my civil liberties will be eroded to the point where I don’t realize I’m free anymore. And by the way, this is his war. The American people do not share his feelings on this one.

Today I was surprised to see my USPS Priority package come back to me, returned from the Post Office. It seems that they are on some kind of “heightened alert” and all packages weighing in at over 16 ounces must be presented to a retail clerk. What they should have said is that for being a good citizen, not breaking the law, you have to stand in line for 30 minutes rather than placing a stamp on your parcel and quietly, easily dropping it in the box.

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You want to know the bottom line? The Patriots won again. Period.

So after the game, one which plenty mistakes were made on both sides, and one in which one team capitalized just a little bit more on those mistakes, I was shocked to see the demeanor of LaDainian Tomlinson. After the game, Tomlinson yelled and pointed at a Patriots player, upset that some Patriots were dancing on the Chargers logo at midfield after they had silenced the crowd.

“I would never react in that way. I was very upset,” Tomlinson said. “When you go to the middle of our field and start doing the dance Shawne Merriman is known for, that is disrespectful. They showed no class and maybe that comes from the head coach.”
–LaDainian Tomlinson

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