Look Like Batman On the World's Coolest Scooter For Less Than Nine Grand

The world of motor scooters includes some tiny little bikes that look almost like kid's toys or motorized bicycles on the lower end all the way up to some pricey jaw dropping cool rides like the Piaggio MP3 line of three wheeled macho powerhouses with engines up to 500cc. The Piaggio three-wheelers actually look sort of like some bike that Batman would be driving with their completely wild and ultra-cool design.

The Piaggio MP3 line scooters feature an incredible revolutionary suspension system that allows for radical angle turns around tight corners while providing an awesome level of road gripping security not found on your normal two-wheeler. The excellent stability of the Piaggio MP3 line compared to any other normal two-wheeler makes this bike one of the few that is really safe for all weather use and fun. Normally wet weather increases the stopping distance and safety of any two-wheeler significantly, but this Piaggio has an almost ATV-like grip on the road, while the rear drive wheel gives the rider a freedomlike thrill ride unlike any four wheeled vehicle can ever deliver. You get the best world's of safety and security with this unique combination of two closely spaced steering front wheels and a third single drive rear wheel. And the look is awesome as well. Form and function both.

And the Piaggio MP3 line models all feature plenty of luggage storage that could also make them just about the coolest grocery getters ever made if you would ever use them for that purpose. And since they are scooters, they offer the rider an easy to drive twist-and-go CVT automatic transmission, that actually is both easy to operate as well as gas saving despite the awesome high performance that these models have. The 500cc model tops out at 89mph. The 400cc at 88mph. And the 250cc at a cool 77mph according to the manufacturer's specs. Any of these bikes will get you there fast. Real fast.

There just might not be a better way to spend less than nine grand ever devised by man than the Piaggio MP3 line. But there are some models with a smaller engine displacement that come in at a lower price for the penny pinchers out there. But as long as you're into buying a real good toy, why not spend a little more for the best toy of the lot. You can't go wrong with this ultra-cool line of scooters. but for as little as $7,199 you can ride the 250cc version and impress everyone stuck in some four-wheel econobox having no fun at commuting to the office.

10 Real Good Reasons To Elect Barack Obama President

Too often is is far easy to simply be critical of opponent during an election campaign. But this doesn't really give any good reasons why one would support one candidate over the other. The fact of the matter is that voters should have some good reasons for voting for a candidate for president. Here's ten good ones:

One: Barack Obama has a 98percent positive voting record for labor and working people's issues according to the AFLCIO's Committee On Political Education(COPE) according to Union Review. Working people can put their full trust behind Obama to work on behalf of their interests. Just this last week, Barack Obama gave an excellent speech in which he articulated why he believes in labor unions and displayed a wide knowledge of their history and contributions to American society including the 40 hour work week, the end to child labor, good wages, health care benefits, and many other bonuses to the lives of workers that have helped to propel them to middle class status in American society.

Two: Barack Obama is trustworthy. He has had one solid marriage to one wife. He's a good family man. There has never been infidelity or an affair like his opponent.

Three: Barack Obama is young and has the energy and drive to do a great job as president.

Four: Barack Obama is an excellent manager who knows how to delegate responsibility to the right people to achieve results. It was absolutely amazing how the Obama Campaign was so well organized that it could topple the Clintons during the primary campaign, which was proof that Obama can delegate enough responsibility to achieve whatever results are needed.

Five: Barack Obama is blunt and honest about the facts. Barack Obama realizes that it would be up to a 10 year process of permits, exploration and work for any new oil drilling to provide even one drop of oil for American motorists. And some Wall Street oil analysts estimate that up to $250 billion of new investment would be required to pay for all of this as well. Instead of holding out this far fetched promise to his voters like his opponent, Barack Obama is offering a wider more forward looking and realistic energy policy where new oil drilling is not the main hope for making American oil independent.

Six: Barack Obama has a far wider education than his opponent. Barack Obama not only has a law school education, but taught constitutional law as a professor.

Seven: Barack Obama is ver7y smart. Barack Obama could have millions of dollars in business as a CEO or top manager, but has instead devoted himself to community and public service instead. This has been a great sacrifice on his behalf, but it proves where his values are.

Eight: Barack Obama has a vision for the country. His opponent's campaign ridicules Obama for having a vision on what he would do as president only because they lack a vision of their own. The Obama campaign offers comprehensive solutions to numerous issues on their campaign website and in policy papers.

Nine: Barack Obama is an agent of change. It won't business as usual at the White House with big interests able to bully the public or buy their way into power. Even in a Wall Street speech, Barack Obama bluntly told these powerful persons some things they didn't want to hear while at the same time holding out a strong hope to them of working hard to improve the economy so that everyone can share in the American dream, not just the wealthy and powerful. The Obama Campaign is all about hope for a better tomorrow for everyone. Everyone's invited to a partner in this new hope.

Ten: Barack Obama will appoint the right kind of judges based on their qualifications and not just their political ideology like the current president. As a constitutional law professor, Barack Obama understands the importance or preserving the U.S. Constitution and The Bill Of Rights. He is the candidate running for president whose educational and teaching background uniquely prepares him to make wise choices the head the nation's courts and make justice work again.

Need I say more?

AntiU.S. Riots Break Out In Kabul After Military Accident

An accident involving a U.S. military truck that crashed and caused 25 deaths and damaged 15 civilian vehicles in Afghanistan has resulted in some of the worst riots in the capital city of Kabul, Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. It is the worst display of anti Americanism in many years and a real public relations nightmare for the U.S. military.

President Karzai has appealed for calm, but had to declare a six hour curfew as the violence only continued to escalate.

Unfortunately, both Iraq and Afghanistan have populations that are sensitive to negative events associated with the U.S., and sometimes it only takes some small event like this to spur antiU.S. crowds to take to the streets.

Cindy McCain's Battle Back From Drug Addiction And Charity Theft

Most voters only know that John McCain's second wife is a successful business woman who is known for her love of charity work as much as her love for racing cars. McCain is the chair for one of the largest Anheuser-Busch beer distributors in the nation and the McCains own at least eight homes.

Fewer Americans know that following some back surgery in 1989, Cindy McCain became involved in a cycle of addiction to pain killer prescription drugs such as Percocet and Vicodin. According to Wikipedia's biography of McCain she was taking up to 20 pills a day. And according another websource, Snopes.com, McCain, "used other people's names for prescriptions and stole drugs from the Voluntary Medical Team, a mobile surgical unit she begun in 1988 to provide emergency medical services around the world".

By 1993, the DEA became involved in the Cindy McCain theft of prescription drugs from the charity she founded. McCain was able to work out a plea bargain deal in which she avoided prosecution by paying a fine, submitting to drug testing, doing community service work in a soup kitchen. McCain also joined a Narcotics Anonymous group. But the bad publicity forced McCain to shut down the charity she operated, but abused as a source of drugs for her prescription drug addiction habit.

John McCain's first wife, Carol had been a long-suffering wife who had to wait five long years for the return of her husband from the Hanoi Hilton as a prisoner of war. But John McCain's history of infidelity with Cindy Lou Hensley as well as a serious automobile accident by Carol all helped to end the marriage by 1980 in divorce.


Unfortunately the McCain family portrait is hardly any true Ozzy and Harriet image. It is spotted by incidents of adultery, drug addiction and theft. It's not exactly any wholesome family values image, although Cindy McCain has not had any new known drug problems since her 1993 legal troubles and continues to do charity work in the present. She even managed a decent recovery from a 2004 stroke she suffered. However compared to the Obama family with few problems, the McCain household has certainly been the more rocky of the two by far.

John McCain Backs AntiAffirmative Action Arizona Ballot Measure

John McCain's two-faced campaign for president continues to take on more hypocritical turns as McCain has voiced support for a ballot measure in Arizona that will strip away any affirmation protections for a share of positions in education or other areas to be set aside for women or minorities while continuing to court the Urban League and other minority organizations for votes. Currently Arizona has a state program that encourages that 10% of state highway spending should include women or minority contractors. But for McCain 10% must be too much.

The Arizona ballot measure is a controversial measure authored by right wing African American Ward Connerly who was known as a close associate of former California Governor Pete wilson. Connerly is best known for spearheading a similar antiaffirmative action measure in California. Yet, Connerly represents just the type of African American the political right likes to use to do their dirty work. They know that if they pull for some of their racist nonsense causes it only creates a reaction by some voters, so they find some willing puppet like Connerly to hide behind.

McCain no doubt likes to throw his support around some measure like this when he can claim that it supported by an African American, although Connerly hardly represents the political views of the vast majority of most American Americans with most issues he supports. It gives McCain some political cover for a long career of votes seen as racist by many voters including a pattern of opposition to civil rights legislation and opposition to the Martin Luther King holiday bill.

Same old McCain, Same old racist.

Born To Be Really Wild

Las Vegas is indeed a wild city. And this reputation is now being further cemented with a wild new museum that has just opened up in the same state that once housed the great Harrah's Automobile Museum or other great historic displays such as Virginia, City. On August 3, the Erotic Heritage Museum opened it's doors to the public with a huge 24,000 square ft. display of the history of the erotic of all sorts including art exhibits, devices and vintage porn.

The claimed mission of the museum "is one of a passion to find erotic images, erotic art and artifacts that need to be saved. We are looking for these items from private collections. We are asking individuals and institutions to share their erotic heritage with us". Who ever knew that the 1970's Gail Palmer betamax videotape that you used to sometimes play in your old Sony Betamax player from 70's era of "free love" as portrayed in the CBS drama, SWINGTOWN, would someday become a historical artifact ranking right up there with Egyptian pottery uncovered from some archaeological dig. But for some reason, it always seems that it is always the worst of pop culture trash that also becomes the most valuable.

A number of painters and other artists have already loaned or donated paintings or other materials for exhibit at this museum of the bizarre and absurd. And admiring patrons can view these displays for a $15 admission charge. And yes, there's a senior citizen discount, although I seriously doubt that many nursing homes will be organizing day field trips to this particular museum.

Interesting, five of the main organizers of this museum claim to be doctors or at least have a Ph.D of some sort. Yet, when I went to research the Grand Patron of this museum on Google, which is Dr. Harry Mohney, the only real credits I could find is that he produced the 1970's classic porn-comedy, THE EROTIC ADVENTURES OF CANDY, starring DEEP THROAT costar Carol Connors. Connors was memorable as the outrageous nurse in DEEP THROAT, but was even more outrageous in CANDY which parodied THE GONG SHOW and many other 70's events. Connors had actually appeared on THE GONG SHOW during 1976, and was even featured as a actress on the popular early 80's police motorcycle highway patrol TV series CHiPS as well. She was indeed one of the most outrageous 1970's to early 80's actresses around and always seemed to be able to find some work because of her larger than life personality and ability to play an absurd airheaded blonde.

It is indeed strange to see that an entire museum related to the history of the controversial topic of the erotic would ever become an entire museum. But Las Vegas has long been home to yearly trade shows by the adult entertainment industry and along with the rough reputation of Vegas as a "sin city", it only seems fitting that some monument to this hedonist spirit would find a home in this wild city.

Nevada continues as the only state with legal brothels. And gamblers can lose their money 24/7 on slots or poker games in flashy casinos. Hotel patrons can watch huge stageshows with topless dancers. Nevada is indeed a state born to be very wild.

Las Vegas just found a wild new tourist lure.

Quote Of The Day

Indicted Alaska Senator Ted Stevens once referred to the Internet as "a series of tubes"---Okay. And this was the same guy who thought himself brilliant enough to regulate speech on the Net.

A picture of Ted Stevens wasn't handy so I used this one of an elderly Munchkin because there's no real difference between the two in appearance.