LONG ISLAND SHOPPERS RE-DEFINE THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS

WORKER KILLED BY STAMPEDING SHOPPERS AT A LONG ISLAND WAL MART.

Make sure the kids get to see the store video of their mommies & daddies behaving that way-

there was also a pregnant woman knocked down and injured...along with several others.

Some kid in a third world country(that made the stuff ).....will see that video and be even further confused by our strange holiday traditions..among them..getting up at 4am to beat everyone to the ubermall(s)...to buy buttloads of stuff because Christmas is about: I forgot

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Happy Thanksgiving from http://www.KenMatthewsMedia.com

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Travel Safe and enjoy the time with your family and remember to eat at least one of each dessert




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WHO FRAMED SARAH PALIN ? gobble gobble

By now you've probably seen the Sarah Palin Turkey interview...some in the media have already dubbed it Turkeygate.Who is responsible for that uncomfortable background shot of turkeys being killed during the wrap up segment ? Start with the camera person. Why didn't the CAMERA PERSON just pan left a couple inches ? They could of framed Palin in the shot and captured the rest of the interview without the blood and guts . In the entire interview you'll notice that the camera person is able and willing to shoot at a variety of angles and shots, zooming and panning about...but for some reason when the camera person gets SARAH PALIN PERFECTLY FRAMED IN A SHOT SO THE VIEWER CAN SEE TURKEYS BEING SLAUGHTERED, THE CAMERA NEVER MOVES AN INCH. WHY NOT? IT'S SUCH AN EASY FIX. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92I6-M2vAbQ



Notice that the Governor is not looking directly at the camera..she is looking toward the interviewer..presuming her background is DIRECTLY BEHIND HER.....WHICH WOULD NOT BE THE TURKEY MACHINE. I realize that some people get their info from the Daily Show, SNL and the internet....but I couldn't help but notice the MSNBC headlines that are written under this woman as she gives a perfectly intelligent respectful & pleasant interview-OTHER THAN THE WORK OF THE CAMERA PERSON- which she is unaware of. How many times have you gone on vacation...someone has taken a picture/video of you..and when you see it..you say "why did you put THAT in the shot? ..I wanted the palm tree or the hotel on THAT side of me?"

Do you actually think she saw camera playback while she was there? When a camera is on you , you can not tell WHAT THE CAMERA SEES. ....until it's revealed..

The best part of this entire incident...is how the Media spread it and the PUBLIC is feeding on it....no pun intended.


HAS ANYONE QUESTIONED THE CAMERA PERSON, HAS ANYONE QUESTIONED THE REPORTER ?
This was a slam job...and Sarah,
who travels without telepromptors & media handlers & stage setters- fell for it again...because she probably trusted the interviewer and the camera-person...thinking...how harmful can this be?


She even said as much on camera......


My advice to all viewers. WATCH THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW...if you can find all of it and not just the slaughter segment. LISTEN TO THE CONTENT. READ THE LABELS MSNBC & others HAVE WRITTEN UNDER THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA......Then ask yourself....if the local yocal camera person from your town pulled that stunt on you would you buy the story.


JUST BECAUSE THE MEDIA SERVES IT UP DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO EAT IT.


gobble gobble

ps- the real story is how can a camera person be that stupid or cruel ?
remember what the story content started out as.



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BIG THREE DETROIT CRYBABIES FLY JETS TO DC

Let's pretend for this morning, I'm advising Ford,GM & Chrysler..on several issues;



My advice(by the way my website is http://www.kenmatthewsworks.com/ ..and I can drive myself or fly coach)would be to ...Drive your best BIG HYBRID vehicles to DC make sure the press is following you( you know like you were Obama for a day), ...a USA motorcade of sorts...getting better mileage than some current foreign hybrids....because...Detroit has made a handful of good products over the years...but they just can't market 1/2 of them...although they spend ONE BILLION a year in ADVERTISING !!!!



anyway..make sure you bring your accountants...and keep track of the mileage so the first thing out of your mouth is the GREAT MILEAGE YOU GOT WHILE DRIVING FROM DETROIT TO DC....-then go onto to say

"oh and by the way our accountants packed everything you need Madam chairperson to see what is going where and why"...explaining clearly...if there is anything else you or the Senators need we've got another Yukon Hybrid full of documents for you..and thanks for taking the time to see us and entertain Socialism again.



Then the Union Leaders should apolgize for all the strikes...because even the strike money is looking good now...isn't it?



Drop the talk of ripple effects, and the domino effects on the economy...if you really cared about that, you would of been weeding out the duds from your product lines 15 years ago and focussing on what the consumer wanted and not what the unions and the CEO's wanted.



Then the BIG THREE management team should apologize for bad management.

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Further thoughts:



Who's idea was it to TRAVEL BY PRIVATE JET ? ARE YOU CRAZY ?to these hearings? Why didn't you call me first ? I'm still ticked off at you about remaking the GTO......what a debacle ! I used to own a 1969 GTO.....and you guys blew it!



The latest Mustang...nice job. Nice job re-doing the Caddy I used to own one also.



Who came up with the Lincoln pick up truck ? WHAT WERE YOU SMOKING !!!?????



Nice job on the Ford Edge...



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Anyway..back to the 7-figure salary heads of the big three...who EVEN WITH THEIR COMPANIES TANKING ARE RICH AND WILL REMAIN THAT WAY FOREVER..NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS...They'll go on to write books...and be experts on Cable news programs





YOU ALL GOTTA GO..and yes it's personal.....BECAUSE I'M A TAXPAYER....AND THE GOVERNMENT NO MATTER WHAT SOME PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON D.C. MAY THINK..THE GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR ME(US)...



and if they keep bailing all of you out, they should have to bail all 302 million of us out (+12 million-we think) NOT THE ROAD WE WANT TO BE ON (research shows)







Bail yourselves out. Yes YOU CAN. ( I just heard that somewhere.) There are plenty of other car manufacturers to supply the American people.And they have factories HERE AND THEY EMPLOY US CITIZENS. Americans will find a way if THE BIG THREE GO BANKRUPT. There are enough GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS TO KEEP A FEW OF YOUR PLANTS GOING...



Heck...How many vehicles does WASHINGTON BUY FROM YOU GUYS - just for a motorcade ?



at the end of the day...WOULD WE BAIL OUT BILL GATES ? DOUBT IT ! he probably wouldn't want us to anyway.

Morning Man uses F-word

People often ask me what I speak about when I keynote or host events. Ken Daniel was nice enough to sum up one topic at a recent presentation for the Allentown Rotary Club:

http://www.allentownrotary.org/smile/smile_2008_08.pdf

Thanks for the article Ken.

Ken

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The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things-

The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things...
....another reason I enjoy being a subsitute teacher....Every time I'm in a class as a speaker or a teacher I always walk away having learned something. So today when my eyes caught these cool teen book titles(one is a Teen Top 10 Award Winner) I was not only laughing but I told the student readers of these books that I was going to put the titles on my blog...because they're too entertaining not to. Of course now....being a read-aholic...I'm obligated to actually read these books in addition to the 4 I'm currently reading(with less entertaining titles..probably not as geared toward teens)....

and yes it's occurred to me that these are probably chick books...but hey! good lit is good lit.
For people who don't know, The Earth,My Butt and Other Big Round Things is a book by Carolyn Mackler.

and if you get done with that I guess you'd move onto On the Bright side, I'm now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison

or A Bad Boy can be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone

KANYE WEST MARRIED

KANYE WEST HAS SECRETLY MARRIED HIMSELF. In a public ceremony, Rapper and God-child Kanye West has openly professed his love for himself and his own talent.....dis time it's for real- explaining that he has finally fallin' in love wit himself for good and he must "close da deal". EARLIER THIS WEEK HE MARRIED HIMSELF SO NO ONE ELSE COULD HAVE HIM.
no one attended the party.


http://comments.breitbart.com/d94e9qv04/?commentspage=2



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CHILD SAFE ROAD RAGE....

I was never much of a road-rager....but I had a mouth on me. A big fat Pottie mouth..especially in the car-or when I got wound up but..never OUT THE WINDOW....'cause who wants to get shot? But as anyone with kids..or who works around kids knows....you gotta zip it! I actually enjoyed cussing...especially around my peeps that had pottie mouths..it was a release of sorts but that's for another day. BUT NEVER ON THE AIR or in front of the yoots(children). So now my vocabulary has become shockingly clean-..so clean that I even shock myself if a "bad" word slips out even in front of an adult. Anyway, I'm proud of the fact that my 4 & 7 year old boys haven't learned one flippin cuss word from Daddy-o.......although I bust Mommy because...she's forgotten the kids and I have gotten home early and we overhear her giving the dirty dishes verbal WRATH...because I was supposed to have cleaned them.

Yesterday I'm pulling into the promenade shops and the guy in front of me comes to a complete stop for no reason right at the first intersection by Melt..THEN...he doesn't stop at the STOP SIGN....

"CLOWN !" I shout.

My 4 year old says "where daddy?!"

"It's just a figure of speech son, the guy in front of us is driving like a clown !" I say.

My 7 year old says " How can he be driving like a clown, his car is way too big, you mean like a circus clown..around in circles?"

"No" I say " he shouldn't be driving at all because he can't read the signs and he'd be better off at the circus..so I called him a clown"

"it's not nice to call people names" says my oldest.....

"I know" I respond "Daddy shouldn't have done that."

"When can we see the clown daddy?" asks my 4-year old.

"It's not a real clown" says the 7 year old..laughing.

"When we go to the circus" I say

"Can we go to the circus tonite daddy?" he asks



I should of just called the guy a poopie-head....everybody's clear on that one



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IS OBAMA THE LIGHT ?

I was reviewing my collection of Barack Obama photos and I can't help but notice how many photographers shoot Obama with a LIGHT SOURCE directly behind his head, his hand , at the tip of his finger, or glowing around his silhouette .....Is this an ET thing, a Jesus thing or a whole new trend in lighting for WORLD LEADERS ? He's never squinting. Why bring a flash if HE'S THE SOURCE OF THE LIGHT?



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THANK YOU VETERANS

Without Veterans there would be no USA

Thank you Veterans





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In Search Of...Zeke Zelker's latest

Last night my wife and I went to see Zeke Zelker's latest movie IN SEARCH OF.....
It's beyond bold and clever...it's good . Although it's not rated..I give it a strong R rating. It's is about how people use sex and each other for a variety of reasons and outcomes. It's both scarey and poignant. Well acted and frighteningly real. Ironically if you were expecting real sexy or funny....well.....It's as far away from American Pie as you can possibly get. Althought there is actually no graphic sex, the consequences of the characters' sexual choices are graphically portrayed. That makes the movie what it is.
Zeke could of easily used sex for sex sake...but he didn't go down that road, instead...sex or the taboo of it and at times the awkwardness of it becomes a catalyst for strong dialogue and keeps you thinking more than viewing. Combine this with the fact that it was filmed on location in Allentown.....It's a must see IF YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH. The message....sex is not something to be taken lightly. Yes the movie is heavy and there is nudity...and if you're a prude, you better skip it...or maybe not.

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BORN 1775

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS


Honor, Courage & Character since the Revolutionary War.





Thank you from a grateful civilian

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PEANUT-FREE does not mean FREE PEANUTS

For the past couple OF YEARS...I've been lucky enough to experience the joy(s) of launching my own business and being at home when I was never home before...so when my wife is working, I get to put my oldest on the bus and many afternoons greet him when he returns home. Last week was one of many special moments when he sprinted off the bus, ran inside, dropped his 87 pound backpack(he's only in first grade-that's why it's so light), and exclaimed "Dad, you're not gonna believe what happened today at lunch!"....I'm thinking...scandal.....rumor...fight....free cake & ice cream...
"what?" I exclaimed back-even more excited. "I was invited to sit at the peanut -free table...invited- and you have to be invited..you can't just walk over there with your food!"....he said. "HOLY SCHMOLEY" I said..."that's amazing..."how did it happen?"
"well" he continued, "first ******* asked me over then *******, she's a teacher and lunchroom lady, searched me and my lunch for peanuts ...then I took my lunch over and ate with the peanut free kids- IT WAS SO COOL....and I'm gonna do it again !"
"Dood" I said" You are so cool". "What happens if ****** or the other kids have peanuts?" I asked.
"they get really sick" he said so we have to be extra careful with our food around them"


yes times have changed...and in many cases it's for the better.

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