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the song is elvis presley singing the hawaiian wedding song which is in tribute to the women in our lead true tale for the week who are not hawaiian, but who cares what they are.

****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

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

****HOW ABOUT MARRYING THE MAN WHO IS THE FATHER OF YOUR CHILDREN?....a new idea (?) by a black church in brooklyn because they feel there are too many unwed black mothers. anything said more about this would be considered politically incorrect.

****IF YOU GET TIRED OF BEATING UP YOUR CHILD, JUST CALL 212 472 8555 AND DUMP THE KID….it is a new service that is available for parents who are wacko. it is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. hopefully there is a jail next door.

****NEW YORKERS WANT HILLARY CLINTON TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT….fifty seven percent of the big apple citizens said yes that they want her. we checked with passengers riding in taxis and it was true and even higher.

****PUTTING A LEASH ON TAXI DRIVERS….the city is coming up with an idea that each cab would have a global positioning system. since the only way to get a nyc yellow taxi, which is the only type of taxi that can pick up on the streets, who cares where they are? taxi drivers are enraged at the idea. only politicians could turn a simple thing like driving a taxi into a flash gordon adventure.

****SPEAK NEW YAWK (people will wonder at your sophistication)….”schmutz” which is dirt.

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

****CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE BIZARRE (hard to believe)….here is the plan. when you license the dog, you will have to supply a sample of its doo doo. the city will file the dna and hold it for eventual comparison. when they find doo doo on the street, they will take it to the lab to find out whose doo doo it is. the new york times which is popular for bird cages and cat litter boxes proposes this idea.

****THE GENERAL CUSTER MEDAL (given to one of our current military minds, not so bright) ….general richard myers has just retired from the united states army. he was in favor of the iraq war, he hustled the war, lots of people died because of him and a great many more will continue to die because of his beliefs. now, he will sit on his porch and get his army pension while working for a large defense contractor. he makes general custer look good.

****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)….fernando ferrer, a hispanic, who is running on that qualification alone, against mayor bloomberg for the mayor’s job lied about going to public schools. he never did.

****QUIET PLEASE THIS IS THE LIBRARY (get away from the din of life)…. “blood relation” by eric konisberg, published by harper-collins. oy vey, can you believe a real true to life story about a jewish gangster in new york city back in the forties and the fifties and the sixties? did he ever ride in a new york city taxi and was he a big tipper? enjoy this book, the garage did.

****THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY (what the media didn't tell you)....newspapers are accepting advertisements from glazo smith kline medicine company that says that the drugs americans buy from canada are dangerous and maybe you will die if you take them. no editorial comment that drugs can not be sold by canadian companies unless they are approved by that country’s government.

****STAY INDOORS IF IT RAINS (keep dry).... the museum of the chinese in the americas which is at 70 mulberry street. after you see the museum just step outside and you will be in the middle of china. 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)....the racist congressman from harlem gets the award this week. EPISTLE

****TAKE A HIKE (discovering where the famous and infamous spots are) ….noel coward lived at 404 east 55th 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 "it is a scary family, but you just have to love them." TV

****AMMA'S KITCHEN (a recipe)….this is what you would find cooking in a nyc home)….but in this case it was created in a very famous restaurant that no longer exists so you have to make it yourself. GOOD EATS

****JASON BLAIR AWARD (for the worst journalism during the previous week)….time magazine reported that the poor part of the city of new orleans was not known until the katrina came and television brought it all to light. that is crap. anyone who ever went to new orleans saw it for what it was. a huge slum with a small enclave called the french quarter.

****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)….
her name is pink, but she doesn’t look pink, whoever she is. she was at the south street seaport. STAR

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

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