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the state of Utah has begun issuing drivers licenses to "illegal alians" under the premise that they are already driving (without insurance) and that by having a legal drivers license they will be able to get insurance that they can't get without the license. The Feds are not happy with this turn of events.

Good news/bad news then, dys.

Well, listeners, let's all go to the Gold Rush. I'm going to look for lightwizard in the audience. Chris Rock is soooooooo cute.

I prefer illegals to be able to have licenses. It saves messing up more lives than are already messed.

the Utah gov says the un-insured motorist rate has dropped from 23% down to 3%

a song for drivers every where

Hot Rod Lincoln
( Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen )

My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln"

Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod Race
When Fords and Lincolns was settin' the pace?
That story is true, I'm here to say
I was drivin' that Model A

It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up
That Model A Vitimix makes it look like a pup
It's got eight cylinders, uses them all
It's got overdrive, just won't stall

With a four-barrel carb and a dual exhaust
And four-eleven gears you can really get lost
It's got safety tubes, but I ain't scared
The brakes are good, tires fair

Pulled out of San Pedro late one night
The moon and the stars was shinin' bright
We was drivin' up Grapevine Hill
Passing cars like they was standing still

All of a sudden in a wink of an eye
A Cadillac sedan passed us by
I said, "Boys, that's a mark for me!"
By then the tail light was all you could see

Now the fellas was ribbin' me for bein' behind
So I thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind
Took my foot off the gas and man alive
I shoved it on down into overdrive

Wound it up to a hundred and ten
My speedometer said that I hit top end
My foot was glued like lead to the floor
That's all there is and there ain't no more

Now, the boys all thought I'd lost my sense
And telephone poles looked like a picket fence
They said, "Slow down! I see spots!"
The lines on the road just look like dots

Took a corner; sideswiped a truck
Crossed my fingers just for luck
My fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts
The guy beside me was white as a ghost

Smoke was comin' from out of the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac.
Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass
Don't you know by then we'd be low on gas?

We had flames comin' from out of the side
Feel the tension, Man! What a ride!
I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly!"
And that Caddy pulled over and let us by

Now all of a sudden she started to knockin'
And down in the dips she started to rockin'
I looked in my mirror; a red light was blinkin'
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln!

They arrested me and they put me in jail
And called my pappy to throw my bail
And he said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot ... Rod ... Lincoln!"

Hod rod Lincoln, dj? no wonder that half of the performers was called Lost Planet Airmen. Great song, though. keep on truckin'

And while dys and edgar discuss car insurance rates,
You're driving the car that'll seal our fates.

Wonderful exchanges here on our radio,
And believe it or not, we go in snow.

I was almost tempted to post "Beep Beep" but not quite.

Beep beep beep beep
His horn went beep beep beep
While riding in my Cadillac
What to my surprise
A little Nash Rambler was following me
About one third my size
The guy musta wanted to pass me up
As he kept on tooting his horn
I'll show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn
Beep beep beep beep
His horn went beep beep beep

[Slowly]
I pushed my foot down to the floor
To give the guy the shake
But the little Nash Rambler stayed right behind
He still had on his brake
He musta thought his car had more guts
As he kept on tooting his horn (beep beep)
I'll show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn
Beep beep beep beep
His horn went beep beep beep

[Normal speed]
My car went into passing gear
And we took off with gust (whoosh)
Soon we were going ninety
Musta left him in the dust
When I peeked in the mirror of my car
I couldn't believe my eyes
The little Nash Rambler was right behind
You'd think that guy could fly
Beep beep beep beep
His horn went beep beep beep

[Quickly]
Now we were doing a hundred and ten
This certainly was a race
For a Rambler to pass a Caddy
Would be a big disgrace
The guy musta wanted to pass me up
As he kept on tooting his horn (beep beep)
I'll show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn
Beep beep beep beep
His horn went beep beep beep

[Very quickly]
Now we're going a hundred twenty
As fast as I can go
The Rambler pulled along side of me
As if we were going slow
The fella rolled down his window
And yelled for me to hear
"Hey buddy how do I get this car outa second gear?"

Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene , why can't you be true
You've started back doin' the things you used to do

As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Mabellene in a Coup de Ville
A Cadillac arollin' on the open road
Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' about ninety-five
She's bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side

Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene , why can't you be true
You've started back doin' the things you used to do

The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for a passin' lane
The rainwater blowin' all under my hood
I know that I was doin' my motor good

Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene , why can't you be true
You've started back doin' the things you used to do

The motor cooled down the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac asittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten half a mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Mabellene at the top of the hill

Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene , why can't you be true
You've started back doin' the things you used to do

Good morning to all!
Turner Classic Movies 31 Days of Oscar continues...

Monday, February 28
Tribute to Irving Thalberg Memorial Award Winners
7:15 AM I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ('32) (Hal B. Wallis honored in 1938)
9:00 AM Dead End ('37) (Samuel Goldwyn honored in 1946)
10:45 AM Varsity Show ('37) (Jerry Wald honored in 1948)
12:15 PM Meet Me in St. Louis ('44) (Arthur Freed honored in 1951)
2:15 PM Gunga Din ('39) (George Stevens honored in 1952)
4:15 PM The Stranger ('46) (Sam Spiegel honored in 1963)
6:00 PM Shadow of a Doubt ('43) (Alfred Hitchcock honored in 1967)
8:00 PM The Bad Seed ('56) (Mervy LeRoy honored in 1975)
10:30 PM Irving Thalberg documentary ('05)
12:00 AM The Hunchback of Notre Dame ('39) (Pandro S. Berman honored in 1976)
2:00 AM The Night of the Iguana ('64) (Ray Stark honored in 1979)
4:00 AM Shampoo ('75) (Warren Beatty honored in 1999)



Warren Beatty as hot stuff George the hairdresser in "Shampoo"

Greetings to all.

Nice pic, EOE.

Quote of the day:
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)

Celebrities of the day:
1923 Charles Durning, actor (Highland Falls, NY)
1930 Gavin MacLeod, actor (Mount Kisco, NY)
1939 Tommy Tune, actor/dancer/singer (Wichita Falls, TX)
1940 Mario Andretti, auto racer (Montona, Italy)
1945 Charles "Bubba" Smith, football player and actor (Beaumont, TX)
1948 Bernadette Peters, singer/actress (New York, NY)
1941 Mercedes Ruehl, actress (Queens, NY)
1956 Adrian Dantley, basketball player (Washington, DC)
1957 John Turturro, actor (Brooklyn, NY)
1962 Rae Dawn Chong, actress (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
1969 Robert Sean Leonard, actor (Westwood, NJ)

Do you suppose, listeners, that the car songs ran out of gas? Probably not, but they were fun to remember, and, oh, yes. Good morning to all.

eoe, I never see Warren Beatty's face that I don't think of Carley Simon's "You're so Vain". I still believe that is who she had in mind.

By now, I suppose everyone is aware of the oscar winners. Some surprises; some predictable.

Thanks, Raggedy. I had no idea that Rae Dawn Chong was from Vancouver. Love your quote. How true; how true.

I had an interesting experience last evening. After watching the final leg of the oscars, I learned that a tornado swept through West Palm here in Florida. I got up to check outside, and saw the eeriest thing in the sky over the intracostal waterway. The winds were high, but I kept seeing a series of small and sparkling lights flash and spark behind a black wisp of cloud formation. They would disappear, then reappear. They never moved from that one particular spot. Then, I saw other lights and heard the drone of an airplane engine. For some reason, I was more fascinated than alarmed. Knowing nothing of astronomy, I wonder what it could have been.

Letty
If a few days, my son is moving his family from California to their new home in Brandon, Florida. I'm not very familiar with Florida and wonder how far is that from your home area?

BBB

BBB, hello. Is Brandon on the West or East coast? I live on the East Coast not too far off A1A, the costal highway. This particular area lies between the intracoastal waterway and the ocean, and therefore is referred to as a barrier island. (hmmmm. I need to check the difference between inter and intra.)

Here you go, BBB.

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&address=&city=Brandon&state=FL

Well, audience, someone named nature as the person of the week. I'm inclined to agree.

I'm pretty sure Brandon is a suburb of Tampa. Lived there for 10 years, but a while back.

Now I live about 2 hours' drive North of Tampa, in Citrus County (Crystal River & Homosassa are the only known towns, really).

Grew up in Hollywood, FL - do you know it, Letty? Wasn't my favorite place in the world!

Letty, HUGE WINDS here, too, way on the other coast! No cool light shows, though.

My sister was in Brandon, which is indeed in the Tampa area, but is now in Tampa.

I love storms! I wish I could have seen your light show, Letty.

Boris, I have been as far south as Miami, but I was just a kid then. I recall Hollywood, Fl. because of its name, and I lived at the movies back then. Since we moved here from Virginia, I haven't done much traveling.