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Defense Secretary Robert Gates could not wait for 1/20/09 to ride off into the sunset, back to Washington state. Those plans were put on hold from Jump Street as the Barack Obama team stated he would be helpful for the transition. Talk about being the only one in a group, he is the lone Republican in the cabinet. So we find out his Obama agenda is slightly different then his Bush agenda. He seems to be open to accelerating the withdrawal from Iraq and closing Guantanamo Bay. So the 16 month timetable Obama was touting through the campaign might actual come true. He did say these would be based on security conditions and only pull forces out conscientiously. The latest security agreement with Iraq aims for troops to be out of the cities by next June 30 and out of the country by Jan. 1, 2012. He did say he wanted to make sure congress did not let any of the Guantanamo Bay detainees allowed into the US. There is nothing like getting a new boss that is the polar opposite of the old boss. The problem is the we hope the Republican Robert Gates will not have to bite his lips when he is at the table with Obama and Clinton. This is truly an odd position to be put in and we are sure on only a military person could handle based on love of the country as opposed to the view of the President they serve. Gates has served under eight different Presidents during his service for the country.

Countdown to Inauguration Day 2009: 48 days

National Debt 12/1/1998 5,608,159,580,455.89
National Debt 12/1/2008 10,681,135,920,463.07

So bittersweet, this tragedy won’t ask for absolution,
This melody inside of me, still searches for solution,
W. Axl Rose Better (2008)

28 days Until the tea512 51 smokin sasses of 2008

This is a great time of the year. We went to the site www.siteonstantaslap.com which is one of the best of the season so far. They are running a Got a Wish Sweeepstakes that is both easy and fun. All you have to do is go to the site; watch a video of Santa and his elf explain about the Ceiva digital picture frame, you then enter your name, your holiday wish, and then upload a photo of yourself and click submit. Then your picture appears on Santa’s Ceiva digital picture frame, How cool? Santa will then put you on his lap and marks your wish in his Big Red Wish Book next to your name. It is amazing how interactive this video becomes. When it ends, you get a special offer for the frame, and you can enter the $500 a day give away. The rules are pretty simple, 18 years of age to enter, photo must be submitter, no inappropriate content, or copyrighted images, and resident of the US. It is funnier when the lawyer says it in the video. CEIVAshare is an easy way to share photos. You can connect by an existing phone line, CEIVAshare quickly delivers the photos in an easy, plug-and-play way. How cool is that there is a new photo of you building a snowman zapped to grandma’s coffee table, as she is miles away. This production and product are state of the art and is one of those gifts that will be around for a long time.

We work in the city and the only way to get around is foot traffic. This city is full of little alleys and hidden spots. So when you leave the building for lunch, run an errand, or getting to the transit system there is a new obstacle. Crossing against the traffic has always been hard, nobody lets you go and they will come inches away from you if you get in their way. There is a new problem a foot the quiet electric hybrid prius. In just the last three weeks, we have had four incidents reported of these tree-hugging folks pulling out of somewhere and almost striking a pedestrian because the pedestrian could not hear them coming. The city is loud and there is always a lot going on, but these cars are so quiet they have become a danger. So if you are one of these save the whale, do not eat meat, tree hugging Prius owners we would ask that you hang some bells on your car. This way we can hear you coming, it does not have to be a cowbell, or a jingle bell, but something so your battery operated car does not kill one of us. Thanks.

Countdown to Inauguration Day 2009: 49 days 

National Debt 11/28/1998 5,603,956,518,285.54
National Debt 11/28/2008 10,661,174,903,807.68

I’ve got a wicked demon who somehow never fades
I’ve got an empty feeling I won’t be home today
W. Axl Rose Shackler’s Revenge (2008)

29 days Until the tea512 51 smokin sasses of 2008

Well now that fall is heading into winter here on the east coast it is time to start thinking about tricking out the motorcycle. When we are looking for harley davidson parts, we go to realhog.com. This is the time when the bike gets put away for the winter and we look for parts to replace or inhance, so we can keep our hands on the machine even if we can not drive it. They have a really cool website that offers a mountain of information as well as parts, deals and a free t-shirt for any online order over $200. If you want to speak to someone they have an 800 number you can call as well as a live chat option so you can discuss your order right online. While you are there do not forget to sign up for their weekly specials to stay up to date with the latest deals. If you get a chance you should read Newsletter #3 which includes the real hog quiz. There is plenty to do at the website, as it is so much more then just bike parts. It is a biker site for bikers.

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The week we celebrate the “women of the week” giving Eliza Patricia Dushku the honor. She was born December 30, 1980 in Watertown, Massachusetts her first professional role was at the age of ten. She was cast in the 1993 movie That Night. She landed a role in This Boys Life, True Lies, Bye, Bye Love, and Race the Sun. These movies had her working along big name actors like DeNiro, DiCaprio, Jamie Lee Curtis, Schwarzenegger, Halle Berry, and Jim Belushi. This all happened before her sophomore year at high school. She then took a couple of years off to finish. She then turned to the small screen as she took the role of Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She was originally cast for a five show run in the third season but by popular demand, she stayed on the whole season. She played the role in season four, then moved the first season of Angel and then back for the final five shows of Buffy. In 2000, she moved back to the big screen and in the Movie City by the Sea; she gained a wider respect for her acting ability. In 2005, she took her first crack at an off Broadway production of Dog sees God. She has also been seen in music videos for Simple Plan and Nickleback. She has been the voice credit in two video games Yakuza and Saints Row 2. She is also set to star in a new series called Dollhouse, created by Joss Whedon set to premiere February 2009 on FOX. We have loved many movies that Eliza has been part of some of our favorites are Bring it On, Wrong Turn, The Last Supper, and Sex and Breakfast. Eliza is supper hot and from our home state, we have enjoyed watching her career flourish and see no end in sight. She is talented and versatile as well as not afraid to go from big screen to small, music videos and video games if it has a goes story she will get on board. We wish nothing but the best for her.

Countdown to Inauguration Day 2009: 50 days

It don’t really matter
Guess I’ll keep it to myself
Said it don’t really matter
It’s time I look around for somebody else
W. Axl Rose Chinese Democracy (2008)

30 days Until the tea512 51 smokin sasses of 2008

It seems even Washington DC does not know how to gear up for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama as they expect more than 1.5 million spectators. This compares to the 300,000 who watched George Bush in 2005. The Secret Service will oversee security, including the sharpshooters, air patrols and monitoring of the city’s 5,000 surveillance cameras. The other side of the coin the private sector has already reaped benefits including restaurants throughout the city and hotels as far away as West Virginia are booked. This of course does not come without locals cashing in, residents have been advertising rooms in their homes for $500 a night, parking for a camping vehicle for $80 a night, or even tent space for $100 a night. The transit system is charging $10 for commemorative tickets with Obama’s picture. The Mayor Adrian Fenty has floated the number could be as high as three million spectators. In case you were wondering the most attended inauguration was in 1965 as 1.2 million watched Lyndon B. Johnson on oddly enough January 20 ,1965.

Countdown to Inauguration Day 2009: 51 days

National Debt 11/27/1998 5,603,956,518,285.54
National Debt 11/26/2008 10,647,917,555,364.39

31 days Until the tea512 51 smokin sasses of 2008

Have you heard about the great new deal from Nikon, the Nikon BDC Slam Hunter’s Package. They are offering The Ultimate Hunter’s Package where you can save Big Money on a Riflescope, Rangefinder, and much more. This Black Friday Promotion from Nikon Sport Optics, NikonProGear and NikonHunting.com happens with a special presentation from Lee & Tiffany Lakosky!

The Ultimate Hunter’s Package contains:
ProStaff 3-9×40 Riflescope with BDC Reticle
ProStaff Laser Rangefinder
Silent Technology Rangefinder Case
Mastering a Long-range shot with BDC DVD
$50 NikonProGear Gift Card

You get all of these great items in an enormous package, saving a total of $144.90 on high quality hunting equipment. That is not all as if you’re looking for a high-quality, rugged binoculars, Nikon Sport Optics has got something for you as well. For a limited time only you can get an extra $20 off on Nikon Action Extreme ATB 10×50 Binoculars. But that’s not all, Nikon and NikonProGear.com are expanding the Gift Card Promotion ($25 and $50 value) to include all of the following products – Nikon Monarch Binoculars, Trailblazer Binoculars, Nikon Action 10×50 Binoculars and ANY Nikon ATB Binoculars. Plus you can get special holiday prices on ProStaff Riflescopes, Nikon Monarch Rifle Scopes, Buckmasters and Omega Riflescopes!

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The Minnesota’s U.S. Senate has finished the hand recount between Al Franken and Republican Senator Norm Coleman. Franken entered the recount trailing Coleman by 215 votes out of 2.9 million ballots. The total is now Coleman up by 292 votes; this includes the results from Nov. 4 and recounted ones. They had recounted 86 percent of the ballots. There are about 4,740 ballots that have been challenged by the two campaigns that could be voted on by canvassing board. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie estimated that 12,000 absentee ballots were rejected for various reasons. That represents between 4 percent and 5 percent of all the absentee ballots cast. This of course means the democrats will crank up the path toward the courts and even possibly the Senate. The Senate Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid called the recount a cause for great concern. We are not telling you anything new about how this is going to go. The good news for Republican Senator Norm Coleman is that he is the winner on the fourth, the winner at the end of November so it will be tough for the democrats to pull it away.

Countdown to Inauguration Day 2009: 52 days

National Debt 11/27/1998 5,603,956,518,285.54
National Debt 11/26/2008 10,647,917,555,364.39

32 days Until the tea512 51 smokin sasses of 2008

The great deals on the net just keep coming. This black friday Charter is offering an amazing deal if you visit:

http://connect.charter.com/landing/cpg/learnmore_PPC.asp?ID=197&OriginatingID=420136

This is a link that leads you to allow visitors to buy Charter’s Ultimate Bundle or any of the Charter Services sold separately, including Charter High-Speed® Internet, Charter Digital Home™ and Charter Telephone™. Here is where you can parley a gift for you into a gift for someone else. If you buy one of the Charter service you get a $25 gift card. Double up and buy two Charter services and buy some gifts with a $75 gift card. If you order three Charter Services, not only do you get three high quality services you will receive a $150 gift car. If you go for the maximum and pull it all together with the Charter’s Ultimate Bundle you will get a $250 gift card! Imagine all the gifts you can get with that it is a no brainer great state of the art service for you and $250.00 back for holiday shopping. That is not all there is either as you are automatically entered to win one of the 45 X-Box 360 Game consoles Charter is giving away in another promotion. Why not order now and get the best price for 2009, a $250 gift card and maybe win the X-Box! This is an amazing online Holiday Deal!

Black Friday / Cyber Monday Details:

Get the Charter Communications Ultimate Service Bundle for $165.97 and you get: High Speed: 10 Mbps High Speed,TV with Digital Home, Charter HD ,Sports View, Digital View, HBO/Cinemax, Starz/Encore and Showtime/The Movie Channel and Phone service with Unlimited Calling.

For complete X-Box Sweepstakes Rules go to https://connect.charter.com/XBox/rules.html

File this under people will buy anything, or people will try to sell anything. At the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois they were looking for creative ideas for the gift shop. They came up the idea of selling Christmas ornaments that were partly manufactured by reindeer. The zoo staff is make decorations out of excrement from the zoo’s two reindeer. The fresh droppings are gathered up by the zoo maintenance workers then they are dried, clear-coated and either painted or rolled in glitter. The shiny or painted do-do is given the creative name magical reindeer gem ornaments. They are supplied with a label of authenticity. Then sent of to the zoo gift shop where they are being sold for five dollars a pop or poop. There was no report on the state of sales of the project. The Miller Park Zoo offers many exhibits and Zookeeper interaction opportunities. Some highlights include: sun bears, reindeer, Sumatran tiger, sea lions, snow leopard, red panda, lynx, Galapagos tortoise, bald eagles, pallas cats, and red wolves. The Zoo features many large exhibits such as a Wallaby WalkAbout, Zoolab, Children’s Zoo, Animals of Asia, Katthoefer animal building and reinder poop to hang on your Christmas Tree.

There is a website we have visited for a little help in our quest to get to work on time. The site is Turbochargerpros.com as they have everything you would ever need to make get the most out of your engine where you need it most. They carry parts for a lot cars including, Audi and vw turbocharger We wanted to upgrades the speed of our sled because getting into the city is taking longer and longer. We have noticed lately that we are getting of the late on green lights and not getting choice of lane because of it. The advantages of having a turbo or supercharger on your car are because it can breathe life into a commute. There is no better thrill then facing off someone on a red light who thinks your car has no chance, which changes after the green as you control the road. If you did not know about turbochargers and superchargers they are called forced induction systems. The advantage of compressing the air is that it lets the engine stuff more air into a cylinder. More air means that more fuel can be stuffed in, too, so you get more power from each explosion in each cylinder. You should check out the site for usual information as well as recommended links and of course part, we found a left side turbo brand new for an unbelievable price. They have the perfect turbocharger for your ride to give you back the power you need.

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We at Tea512 love a good Facebook stupid story. We have mentioned on several occasions in the past that people from police, to lawyers, to neighbors have been using Facebook and MySpace pages against the author. A story out of Australia is another example. At the Melbourne seafood restaurant Seagrass the owners were left holding a $340 check when diners ate their way through the menu, choosing everything from pairing oysters, trout and red emperor balanced off with some expensive wines. Then when they went outside for a smoke they took off and never returned. Details are not clear but one of the diners asked about a waitress that used to work there remembered the owner. The owner then tracked down her Facebook page and moved from one group of friends to another when the face of the one of dinners appeared. The picture was of him and his girlfriend, one of the other culprits. The Facebook page told them where they worked the owner of Seagrass called the restaurant and explained what had happened. A few hours later the dinners returned paid the bill and gave a generous tip, the owner of the other restaurant then fired them as their services would no longer be needed. Remember when you could not trust anything you read on the Internet, chat rooms full of people pretending to be someone else. These days everybody is laying out their life on an open page, where they are to the minute on twitter, this is all well and good until you try to get back on the down low as it may never be possible again.

Here is a great deal from some folks we told about before, Pexagon. Starting today until the end of the year they are offering 20% off four really cool personalized holiday gifts. You can buy a personalized thumb drives, which are available in 14 colors, up to 16GB in capacity with FREE custom laser engraving. They have thirty two ready made themes to choose from. Then you can add two lines of engraving personalized text on the reverse side. The starting price for this item is only $7.99 after the discount. They are also offering Personalized Pens in three unique styles, multiple colors as well as FREE line of personalized laser engraved text, these are only $1.59 after discount. They have a business card jump drive for only $15.99 after discount. This is a great gift for a business to give a practical gift the recipient can use and with the front side engraved for FREE with 3 lines of personalization text you information is always in their hands. If there are eco-friendly people on your list Pexagon has them covered with a wooden design with attached cap and two color choices. Two sided custom laser engraving starting at $15.99 after discount. This would make a great gift for teachers as the have a #1 Teacher theme, which is different than the usual coffee store gift card. These would make gifts for any students in your life as well as your hip tech savvy friends. We feel this is a great deal and the more online shopping you do, the less in line shopping and wandering around you have to do. Two thumbs way up for the personalized thumb drives.

Well today is the day the stores open before most people open their eyes. The onslaught of commercials about the time you can start you shopping seems to indicate 5am is the international starting time. Kohl’s a local department store was going to open at 4am. This exercise has begun a while a go and seems to be a lasting tradition. The economy and consumer spending has trended down since September so retailers are holding their breathe it will be shopping as usual. The proof will be if people decide their holiday spending should be cut from last years totals. Some believe that if you spent $2000 last year there is good chance you only spend $1500 to $1750. We believe that everyone will try to cut in places but not in the holiday gift buying. There maybe less of a gift for the mailman, doorman, and parking lot attendant. There maybe less money spent on gifts that are for not immediate family members. We believe that when it comes to giving there will be less skimping done then economists believe. The holiday season will be different for the 240,000 people that lost their jobs last month and they will cut back the most. Retailers are ramping up by deeping discounts on already owned store inventory before over purchasing more, only time will tell but the official start has begun and soon the numbers will tell all.

Countdown to Inauguration Day 2009: 53 days 

National Debt 11/25/1998 5,596,997,375,067.14
National Debt 11/25/2008 10,658,356,277,853.89

33 days Until the tea512 51 smokin sasses of 2008

The company Cryo-Celle and C’elle is offering a unique holiday gift this holiday season. They will invite you to give meaningful and affordable gifts to special friends and loved ones. You can read the C’elle Client Testimonial here to see how the response has been to this program. They have a variety of elegant gifting options services may be purchased at various increments, individually or bundled, to create an extraordinary statement to the recipient.

Holiday gift cards are available for the following services:

U-Cord®, Cryo-Cell’s stem cell cord blood preservation service. This is the ideal gift for family and friends who are expecting a baby in the near future and want to preserve vital stem cells that are collected from their baby’s cord blood. Stems cells found in cord blood are known to treat over 75 diseases. You can read About the Science here.

C’elle® is a wonderful gift for women who are not pregnant. C’elle’s groundbreaking technology enables women to collect and cryopreserve (store at a very low temperature) stem cells for potential cellular therapies that may emerge in the future. Preliminary scientific research suggests that in addition to potential use by the donor, these stem cells may possibly be used as well in the future to benefit other family members who are genetically related to the donor, such as a parent, sibling or child to treat a number of possibly life-threatening diseases including diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, stroke, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

Protect Baby, Protect Mom® is the ultimate combination of services offering the best of both U-Cord and C’elle to protect moms and their newborn baby. This option is the perfect gift for both mother and child.

For more information about Cryo-Celle and C’elle, or how to purchase gift cards for these services, please visit www.cryo-cell.com or www.celle.com, or call Cryo-Cell at 1-800-STOR-CELL or C’elle at 1-877-892-3553.

We hope all reader today will enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with their friends and family. This holiday is a great one because usually you do not have to work the next day. There is a rivalry high school football game in every town. There is no pressure to buy gifts or attend an over crowded event, you can sit around and eat till you cannot stand and the Dallas Cowboys play football. What a great day. We at Tea512 are thankful for the following, first our families, guns n roses, Chinese democracy released, Dallas Cowboys, Tony Romo, Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, Republican Party Black Crowes, Laptops, Bill of Rights, Pringles, Coors, Absolute, Democracy, nudie bars, horse racing, black jack, newspapers, roulette, and this blog. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Countdown to Inauguration Day 2009: 54 days

National Debt 11/25/1998 5,596,997,375,067.14
National Debt 11/24/2008 10,654,259,430,730.17

34 days Until the tea512 51 smokin sasses of 2008

Have you heard about westsounds.com? They have an amazing selection of popular music that includes every genres of music you can think of. The songs you select can be downloaded at amazing speeds which has been a major upgrade to the westsounds network. The low cost everyday prices are reason enough alone to use this service as most songs only fifteen cents. Searching for a song on the site is super easy they have indexed the music for easy searching, as well as lists of the USA and UK charts. Another great feature is there is no software to download you can easily download your preferred music using a web browser and any computer. So you are not chaining your music to one computer with software that needs updating every time you open it. Every tack you download is Digital Management Free, that is right, no DRM. That means you can take the music and burn a mix CD, put on another computer, or move to your MP3 player. We found the Beyonce CD B-Day for only less than two dollars it is only $1.65. This CD at the other big name service is still close to ten dollars. This site even has the new Stray Abuse By Proxy tracks all 25 tracks only fifteen cents each the whole album price is only $3.75. The price just cannot be beat. So ditch the fruit and go West, westsounds.com.

We try to take a politician like new president elect Obama at his word. He said he would have a cabinet that would be a mesh of democrats, republicans, male, female and race. From the outside looking in it appears to be whoever was the number the two under Bill Clinton is your new number one. We had hoped and thought this would be an infusion of new blood, new thoughts, and new ideas. We were hopeful for the change Obama spoke of over the last two years and that the nation voted for him to bring. We have a grid below with what we have heard and researched this does not look like change. We understand he has not had day one on the job yet, and are trying to give the man a break. Have the people that voted for change a victim of a bait and switch? The underlying quandary is the voices in the cabinet will have the new presidents ear the most. Does Obama really want to spend four years with people telling him, Clinton did it this way, while his wife (Bill’s) is at the table as well?

Countdown to Inauguration Day 2009: 55 days 

National Debt 11/24/1998 5,597,306,037,397.16
National Debt 11/24/2008 10,654,259,430,730.17

35 days Until the tea512 51 smokin sasses of 2008

Do you need motorcycle customizing for your Honda Cruiser? When you need honda motorcycle parts there is only website where you need to turn, www.cruisercustomizing.com. They have parts for 27 different models of Honda cruising motorcycles. The site is easy to use as after you click on your bike there is over 19 different categories to choose from which include everything from Footpegs to Windshields. There is even a place to look for right part if they do not have it listed. You can sign up for weekly specials via email. There are multiple hot deals that are changing all time so need to keep checking back. There is a search option as well as part for all models. There is another cool feature when you become a member of the site you can create a bike web page to post photos of your ride and how you have tricked it out.

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This week the women of the Week Carrie Marie Underwood who was born March 10, 1983 in Muskogee, Oklahoma raised on a rural town of Checotah, Oklahoma. She graduated college magna cum laude with and a member of the Alpha Iota chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. She was the season four winner of American Idol as she auditioned in St Louis. She has was nominated four time for Grammy Awards with the first release Some Hearts has sold over seven million copies including 315,000 in the first week. She is only one of eleven country musicians to be a guest singer on SNL. She was voted World Sexiest Vegetarian 2007 by PETA as she stopped eating meat at he age of thirteen. When it comes to awards for Carrie Underwood it is easier to name the ones she has not won. The amount of wins is amazing she has won 3 Teen Choice Awards, 7 Billboard Music Awards, 4 CMT Music Awards, 6 Academy of Country Music Awards, 5 CMA, 5 American Music Awards, and 2 Peoples Choice Awards. That is one pretty impressive trophy case for only three years work and two CD’s. She is so strikingly beautiful it is hard to notice anything else. She is the full package looks, talent, and presence. The girl is smoking hot and she keeps it pretty much wrapped up. This makes her even hotter as she can rock the red carpet with letting it all hang out. The reason we know her is because she is an amazing talent, one that we will be watching long into the future.

Countdown to Inauguration Day 2009: 60 days