JUST PRESS THE START BUTTON IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE MUSIC….

the song is “applause” and it is dedicated to all the good folks that always end up saving the day whether it be a hurricane or a blackout or a 911.

****NEW YORK CITY SHOWCASE (DESIGNER LINE OF CLOTHING)….see it all at SWELL

****LATE BREAKING NEWS (updated daily)…. it is our blog which changes every day. this time you can click on TODAY but in the future, you can go to it directly each day at http://epistle.blogs.com/.

****THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND WHAT PRESIDENT BUSH IS DOING….MR. BUSH

****HERE IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND WHAT HIS HONEY, MRS. BUSH, IS DOING….MRS. BUSH

****TWO WARS ARE BETTER THAN ONE…. some people die, some people make profits with u.s. army contracts. WAR

****NEW YORKERS DO NOT TRUST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SAVE THEM IN AN EMERGENCY….according to a survey, just taken. the average new yorker believes that the city fathers will save the day with a mandatory evacuation. however, it turns out that the city of new york has no real plan anyway. it shall be every man and woman for themselves. vets are being asked about euthanasia.

****AND IN THAT SAME SURVEY FOUND THAT MOST NEW YORKERS WANT THIS FOOL SENT PACKING….he is michael chertoff who is the head of homeland security. the republicans can really kiss new york city goodbye. even our mayor has suggested that he be fired.

(by the way this web site urged that the head of fema be fired. he was. now chertoff may be next as we requested. that leaves the two fools who run the united states army, the secretary of the army and the chief of staff, who must also go for their dereliction of duty in the gulf coast and their terrible operation of the wars in afghanistan and iraq.)

****THE UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY WAS A NIGHTMARE….and now all that is left is a pile of unpaid bills. don’t they have hookers in third world countries?

****JUST SAY THE WORDS ‘COUNTER TERRORISM AND THIS CITY WILL BUY IT….here is your first look at our new top secret weapon against the evil ones. it looks like a crane used for fixing traffic lights, but it surely is not.

****SPEAK NEW YAWK (people will wonder at your sophistication)….”schpeel.” it is a selling job on something or other.

****OLD TIME RADIO (shows you might be too young to remember)….this time it is "blondie." THE PAST

****THE SNEAKY CAMERA (the hidden camera)….a growing collection of new yorkers are unaware that they are being watched by a certain taxi driver. new ones are added from time to time. take a peep at SNEAKY

****YENTA YACK FROM THE BACK OF THE HACK (what they are talking about in the yellow mobile conveyance lounge)…is my airline going to be there when i get to the airport?.

****THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY (what the media didn't tell you)....the subway system wants to put cell phone service in the subways and it is a terrible idea, but the media loves it, of course.

****STAY INDOORS IF IT RAINS (keep dry)....museum of biblical art at 1865 bway is better than going to church. UMBRELLA TIME

****THE EARL THEATER (it used to be on 161st street in the bronx. now it is here and this month's feature is "park avenue" which shows you how you are so poor because you don't live on this avenue with the rich people. PARK

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**AND THAT NEAT MOVIE HOUSE ALWAYS SHOWED A DOUBLE FEATURE AND HERE WE ARE WITH A SECOND FLICK. this is a wonderful trip around new york city in the famous yellow mobile conveyance lounge. HONK HONK

****THE HEY ABBOTT AWARD (an epistle about life)....retired u.s. military are not welcomed at nyu university hospital here in manhattan by the boss of the hospital, dr. eric rackow. EPISTLE

****TAKE A HIKE (discovering where the famous and infamous spots are) ….marilyn monroe lived at 444 east 57th street.

****STOP THE MUSIC (do you know what tv show this theme came from?)….the audio on the television shows was better than the show most of the time. a hint is "he was a cuban." TV

****AMMA'S KITCHEN (a recipe)….this is what you would find cooking in a nyc home)….a nice very cool sorbet. GOOD EATS

****JASON BLAIR AWARD (for the worst journalism during the previous week)….the reporting on the federal judge who banned god in the pledge of allegiance. the reporters should have talked to a kid in school.

****THE MOST WANTED TOUR IN THE BIG APPLE…. here are some happy visitors. you too can have a tour by going to TOUR INFO

**to listen to what other happy tourists had to say about the tour, just go AUDIO

**to see some additional happy tourists perform in short video productions go VIDEO

**to hear broadcast spots about some of the places where folks are taken to, listen to these commercials that were created for a "visit new york city promotion" at SPOTS

****CELEBRITY SIGHTING (media adulation)….we got the chance to see the queen of all queens…latifah. STAR

****JOKE DU JOUR (told to me by the passengers)….this week the punch line is “they always say oh my god” and you can hear it at AUDIO

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