I discovered this 1957 radio jingle for Howard Johnson. Check it out!

“Almost nobody now argues for the inevitability of socialism for the desirability of state planning…and yet the percentage of wealth taken by governments continues to grow.”

If you have ten minutes, grab a cup of coffee and check this out. Even if you are apolitical. The courage of this British member of Parliament could teach us something about standing firm.

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“Just as the Asian powers are learning the benefits of decentralization, of devolution, of competition, we are adopting our own version of the Ming, Mogul, and Ottoman path towards ever closer union, harmonization, more bureaucracy, more rules, higher taxes.”

“Superman eschews longtime patriot act”
found HERE

reminds us that even our superheroes have gone the way of the latest attempt at a flag amendment.

Siegel quotes co-writer Michael Dougherty as saying

We were always hesitant to include the term ‘American way’ because the meaning of that today is somewhat uncertain,” Ohio native Dougherty explains. “The ideal hasn’t changed. I think when people say ‘American way,’ they’re actually talking about what the ‘American way’ meant back in the ’40s and ’50s, which was something more noble and idealistic.

Dougherty, a “more noble and idealistic” time? Back when? You mean during the very time when Congress was closely examining film makers for their left-leanings? When people of color and individuals of differing orientations were summarily defiled and put aside? Or, perhaps you are referring to a time in America when the very notion of a second car or even a second television was all but a pipe dream for most Americans. Politically, you must be referencing a more “noble and idealistic” time as Tommy Turtle sang the “duck and cover” theme to millions of school children as they would practice hiding under their school desks during air raid drills during the Cold War?

The very “American Way” that you set out to shun or set aside with this film is the true basis for your collective successes in Hollywood. The international audience to your films, if left to its own to feed your lifestyles, would leave you hungry. Good luck. You’re going to need it.

From NBC10.com

An incredible video from CNBC shows an AOL customer trying to cancel his account, but a phone rep won’t let him do it. What customer Vincent Ferrari got when he tried to cancel his account was a lot of frustration.

It took him 15 minutes waiting on the phone just to reach a real, live person.

And, what happened next was recorded by Ferrari on audio and lasted about four minutes:

CLOCK READOUT – 00:00

AOL REPRESENTATIVE: Hi this is John at AOL… how may I help you today?

VINCENT FERRARI: I wanted to cancel my account.

AOL: Sorry to hear that. Let’s pull your account up here real quick. Can I have your name please?

VINCENT: Vincent Ferrari.

CLOCK READOUT – 00:30

AOL: You’ve had this account for a long time.

VINCENT: Yup.

AOL: Use this quite a bit. What was the cause of wanting to turn this off today?

VINCENT: I just don’t use it anymore.

AOL: Do you have a high speed connection, like the DSL or cable?

VINCENT: Yup.

AOL: How long have you had that…

VINCENT: Years…

AOL: …the high speed?

VINCENT: …years.

AOL: Well, actually I’m showing a lot of usage on this account.

VINCENT: Yeah, a long time, a long time ago, not recently…

CLOCK READOUT – 01:47

AOL: Okay, I mean is there a problem with the software itself?

VINCENT: No. I just don’t use it, I don’t need it, I don’t want it. I just don’t need it anymore.

AOL: Okay. So when you use this… I mean, use the computer, I’m saying, is that for business or for… for school?

VINCENT: Dude, what difference does it make. I don’t want the AOL account anymore. Can we please cancel it?

CLOCK READOUT – 02:21

AOL: Last year was 545, last month was 545 hours of usage…

VINCENT: I don’t know how to make this any clearer, so I’m just gonna say it one last time. Cancel the account.

AOL: Well explain to me what’s, why…

VINCENT: I’m not explaining anything to you. Cancel the account.

AOL: Well, what’s the matter man? We’re just, I’m just trying to help here.

VINCENT: You’re not helping me. You’re helping me…

AOL: I am trying to help.

VINCENT: Helping… listen, I called to cancel the account. Helping me would be canceling the account. Please help me and cancel the account.

AOL: No, it wouldn’t actually…

VINCENT: Cancel my account…

AOL: Turning off your account…

VINCENT: …cancel the account…

AOL: …would be the worst thing that…

VINCENT: …cancel the account.

CLOCK READOUT – 03:02

AOL: Okay, cause I’m just trying to figure out…

VINCENT: Cancel the account. I don’t know how to make this any clearer for you. Cancel the account. When I say cancel the account, I don’t mean help me figure out how to keep it, I mean cancel the account.

AOL: Well, I’m sorry, I don’t know what anybody’s done to you Vincent because all I’m…

VINCENT: Will you please cancel the account.

CLOCK READOUT – 03:32

AOL: Alright, some day when you calmed down you’re gonna realize that all I was trying to do was help you… and it was actually in your best interest to listen to me.

VINCENT: Wonderful, Okay.

CLOCK READOUT – 03:39

“I’ve never ever experienced anything like that,” Ferrari told CNBC.

He recounts how the AOL representative – as a last resort even asked if his dad was home.

“I think I could’ve put up with everything, but at the point when he asked to speak to my father, I came very close to losing it at that point,” said the 30-year-old Ferrari.

Ferrari then posted the call online, and the response was tremendous.

AOL sent him an apology and said the customer service rep was no longer with the company.

Featuring Live Appearances by WCAP Alumni: Joe Corcoran, Dave Faneuf, Mary Blake, Bill Smith, Doug Barker, Chuck Jenest, Mark Adams, Joe Abrams, Gordon Hamilton, Don & Anita Hill, Fred Faust, along with Congressman Marty Meehan, State Senator Steve Panagiatakos, Lowell Mayor Bill Martin, and a host of others.