WSJ's Scott McCartney reasonably asks "Will Turkey Day Fliers Cry Foul?"; now taking nominations for Hallandale Beach Blog's "Turkeys of the Year"

Just a reminder, I'm now beginning to take your nominations for the prestigious Hallandale Beach Blog Turkeys of the Year, in which the turkeys in our community get their due recognition.
Drop me a line with the name of the individual(s) and a short description of what they have done this past year to be worthy, at hallandalebeachblog-at-gmail.com.
Above, the turkey balloon at the Publix grocery store on Hallandale Beach Boulevard and NE 14th Avenue in Hallandale Beach. November 24, 2009 photo by South Beach Hoosier

How can you not love a turkey with a Pilgrim hat?

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The Wall Street Journal
The Middle Seat column
Will Turkey Day Fliers Cry Foul?
By Scott McCartney November 18, 2010

Full-body scanners, now deployed in 68 airports, and more-thorough pat-downs have some fliers concerned about their privacy and the airlines worried about delays.

Airlines will have extra staff, spare airplanes and plentiful plastic bags for shipping car seats. Airports will have executives working as greeters, gifts in Los Angeles for restless kids in long lines, and people with big yellow clipboards in Boston acting as roving information booths.

Yet even with most elaborate preparations for the crowded Thanksgiving travel rush, which starts this weekend, the lowdown is that the pat-downs could sour some family feasts.

Read the rest of the article at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703688704575620601511628936.html

Speaking of feeling like a turkey at Thanksgiving...

Melrose Place - Thanksgiving Date (1993, second season on FOX-TV)

Billy makes a phone call he'll always regret. (The clip above is how this episode from Season Two ended.)

Billy, trust me, it's never going to work out with you and Allison!

And if you ever meet a very good-looking woman by the name of Brooke Armstrong -RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-JmOoSAKq4

To see this full episode, Cold Turkey, go to: http://www.imdb.com/video/cbs/vi4058777369/

U.S. TV Commercials - November 1986

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDWov3cYKFM

FL Senate Race: Marco Rubio on Fox & Friends, CNN's "The Situation Room"; WSJ articles on Rubio vs. Crist; Rubio video: "Ideas To Reclaim America"

Much to the consternation of the MSM, the "Anybody but Marco" campaign is not working despite the summer swelter and Charlie Crist 24/7 TV. Very soon we'll ponder in this space what Kendrick Meek's next job will be based on his experience as an inherited rubber stamp.
I invite suggestions to this space.

Rasmussen Reports

Poll of Likely Voters, Florida Senate Race, July 6, 2010

Marco Rubio 37%

Charlie Crist 33%

Jeff Greene 18%

500 Likely Voters, MOE +/- 4.5%

Marco Rubio on 7/21/10 Fox and Friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_ojR45bbMo



Wall Street Journal
Crist Uses His Old Party as a New Foil Senate Push Gains as Florida Governor Sets Himself Off Against State's GOP, With Some Firepower From Obama Camp
By Peter Wallsten

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla.—Florida's Republican-led legislature will gather Tuesday on the order of Gov. Charlie Crist—and then is expected to quickly refuse his call for a state-constitution ban on offshore oil drilling in Florida waters.

While no real legislative action seems likely to come of the special session, the showdown has become a signal event in Mr. Crist's campaign for the U.S. Senate and in his transformation from a rising Republican star to a political free agent.

Read the rest of the article at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704229004575371810495691530.html

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Wall Street Journal
Washington Wire blog
Fla. Senate Race: Intrigue on the Democratic Side
By Peter Wallsten
July 20, 2010, 7:00 AM ET

Among the many intriguing aspects to the Florida Senate race is the drama unfolding on the Democratic side. Polls show a dead heat between the party’s establishment favorite, four-term Congressman Kendrick Meek of Miami, and political neophyte Jeff Greene, a billionaire former derivatives trader.

There are competing schools of thought within the party about what result to hope for from the Aug. 24 primary, and what the result might mean for the general election.

Read the rest of the post here: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/07/20/fla-senate-race-intrigue-on-the-democratic-side/

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Marco Rubio on 7/20/10 "The Situation Room" on CNN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7YRpFkypSk



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Rubio Launches "Ideas To Reclaim America"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAh0R-HlXlE



Rubio campaign web site: http://www.marcorubio.com/ideastostrengthenamerica/

3/31/10 WSJ Opinion Video: Would the Founders Love ObamaCare? Daniel Henninger discusses the widespread anxiety over the size of government.

Would the Founders Love ObamaCare?

Daniel Henninger discusses the widespread anxiety over the size of government

with Wall Street Journal reporter Kelsey Hubbard.

March 31, 2010

http://online.wsj.com/video/would-the-founders-love-obamacare/25CCD8C0-BE8A-46C2-AEAD-5F34AD89847A.html

See also http://online.wsj.com/video-center