Loved Elvis, but...

Elvis Presley
was
crazy










for guns and cars.








He shot this yellow Pantera during a temperamental outburst
when the car would not start.

Bad Pantera!

The car took several hits - one in the tire, one in the driver-side door and the last bullet went through the steering wheel.

The car started immediately on the second try.

When a buyer saw this car in the collection of the owner in
Riverside, California,
the bullet holes had been repaired
- only a wound in the steering wheel remained.


Elvis was also known to punish TV sets if either Robert Goulet or Mel Torme appeared on the screen.
Here's one such TV which he his uncle Earl Pritchard removed and later sold (!)



At the time of Elvis' death in 1977 he owned 37 guns,
rifles and one machine gun.

Good thing they were in such capable hands.

It's about time !

Please take action!

At the 10th year anniversary this month of the Columbine massacre in Colorado, the Brady Campaign urges Congress to require Brady criminal background checks on all gun sales, including at gun shows.

Congress should introduce legislation to close the gun show loophole immediately.

Allowing dangerous people such as convicted felons and domestic abusers to buy guns at gun shows from unlicensed sellers without a Brady criminal background check threatens the safety of our families and communities.

The Columbine killers used two shotguns, an assault rifle, and a TEC-9 assault pistol. All four guns went through sales at gun shows. A friend of the killers bought three of the guns for them from unlicensed sellers at a gun show. After the massacre, the friend stated that had she been required to undergo a Brady background check, she would not have purchased the guns.

Our national policy should be: no background check, no gun, no excuses

Pirates or Coast Guard??

BOTH SIDES please!!

Organic gardens make them SHUDDER !

Michelle Obama planted an organic garden to promote fruits and vegetables as part of a healthy diet, but some chemical companies are worried it may plant a seed of doubt in consumers' minds about conventionally grown crops.

"Fresh foods grown conventionally are wholesome and flavorful yet more economical," the Mid America CropLife Association (MACA)

wrote the first lady last month a few days after she and fifth-graders from a local elementary school planted the White House Kitchen Garden.

Read the whole story: The Hill

always intriguing

Now You're Talkin'

more from Dean Kamen.

A PUMA concept vehicle.

General Motors and Segway plan to take a two-wheel concept vehicle for a spin around New York City on Tuesday.

The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities. It is based on the Segway Personal Transporter but holds two people, instead of one, and lets them sit, instead of stand.

A PUMA runs on lithium ion batteries, can reach 35 miles per hour, and can travel up to 35 miles between charges.

It includes some high-tech touches, including GM's wireless OnStar communications technology that lets a passenger locate other drivers in a city.

The two-wheeler is meant to address the mounting problems of urban car transportation, according to the two companies that plan to unveil the vehicle at an auto show in New York.

GM is touting other features as well.

"Imagine small, nimble electric vehicles that know where other moving objects are and avoid running into them. Now, connect those vehicles in an Internet-like web and you can greatly enhance the ability of people to move through cities, find places to park and connect to their social and business networks," Larry Burns, GM's vice president of R&D and strategic planning, said in a statement.

GM is looking to drum up excitement for its vehicles as it undergoes a massive restructuring in an effort to become financially viable and more competitive with other automakers.

The Segway Personal Transporter, a two-wheel vehicle that allows people to stand and move around at slow speeds, was released with great fanfare several years ago, but it remains a niche form of transportation.