The first rock and roll song

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The first rock and roll song is widely attributed to  Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, which was actually Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm. It was recorded in Memphis by Sam Phillips in March 1951 and was released (strangely?) by Chess Records. (perhaps Phillips hadn’t started Sun Records yet)

About three months later, Rocket 88 was covered by  Bill Haley and the Saddlemen. Both versions have been cited as the first rock and roll recording.

Here is Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats: Rocket 88

Bill Haley and the Saddlemen’s version follows.

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Peter Schiff weighs in on taxes & regulations

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Peter Schiff appeared on Huckabee and shares his experiences with needlessly complicated government regulations. He explained how he was fined for hiring too many people, and why he needed to setup an off shore subsidiary instead of expanding his US presence.

 

Schiff is CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, a best-selling author, and former candidate for Senate in CT. He has also testified before Congress on numerous occasions about economic and fiscal issues.

 

Electronic Benefit Transfer cards- The EBT

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There has been a recent trend to celebrate the monthly EBT card, with WIC, food stamps and other welfare benefits preloaded, all in one place. Life is a gravy train with an EBT card!

“Use yo EBT, it’s free!”

Here are a few examples from YouTube.

>>>  Warning:  contains explicit, profane language. <<<

Here is the first, it’s a rap of the day.

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Peter Schiff Speaks to the House

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Peter Schiff is a patriot. He is also an Austrian School economist, and is one of the few who predicted the economic crash of 2008.

“The United States economy is like the Titanic and I am here with the lifeboat trying to get people to leave the ship… I see a real financial crisis coming for the United States.”  On December 31, 2006 in debate on Fox News, Schiff forecast that “what’s going to happen in 2007” is that “real estate prices are going to come crashing back down to Earth”

His testimony before the House jobs committee is worth listening to.

Part two of Schiff’s testimony after the jump.

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This Is WAR!

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Ann Coulter’s controversial (when taken out of context) piece written on September 13, 2001. She was very close friends with Barbara Olson, who was a passenger on Flight 93 which went down in Somerset County, PA.

Link here: http://old.nationalreview.com/coulter/coulter.shtml

This Is War

We should invade their countries.

September 13, 2001 9:05 a.m.

Barbara Olson kept her cool. In the hysteria and terror of hijackers herding passengers to the rear of the plane, she retrieved her cell phone and called her husband, Ted, the solicitor general of the United States. She informed him that he had better call the FBI — the plane had been hijacked. According to reports, Barbara was still on the phone with Ted when her plane plunged in a fiery explosion directly into the Pentagon.

Barbara risked having her neck slit to warn the country of a terrorist attack. She was a patriot to the very end.

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