Nice to have a computer that works normally now...so a couple of ideas running through my idle mind on a Saturday afternoon...

---I watched the Kerry/Edwards rally in St. Pete on Bay News 9 the other evening. Glad I did, as over 10,000 showed up but only around 2,000 actually got into the Coliseum before the Fire Marshall said no more. A couple of local fellow Democratic activists made the trip and were among the crowd outside for hours, having to hear the speeches on speakers before the Two Johns Team came outside to acknowledge the huge gathering. Edwards is such a magnificant speaker, and it's to Kerry's credit that he wasn't afraid to pick a running mate who will likely often outshine him as a public speaker. You can also tell it rubs off on the soon-to-be Democratic presidential nominee. Can't wait to see Edwards and Cheney debate this fall!

---Read this morning where the hosts of the "Monsters of the Morning" radio show, which is based in Orlando but also airs in Jacksonville and Tampa/St. Petersburg, are having to go through "sensitivity training" next week per mandate by employer Clear Channel Communications after complaints regarding the some of the racial slurs used on their show. The "Monsters", a comedy team which has built a midday following in Orlando before CCC switched them to morning drive and expanded their audience statewide after "Bubba The Love Sponge" Clem was sacked for indecency complaints resulting in fines from the FCC, changed their tone from sexual based humor (or attempts at it) to racial based, as the FCC seems to be only concerned about offensive references to bodily or sexual functions. Clear Channel only acted after receiving complaings from the St. Petersburg City Commission and Pinellas County NAACP Chapter.

It really wasn't that long ago that radio hosts could do good humor without relying to tasteless crap such as these folks along with Howard Stern and their ilk put out.