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Read here for details on what’s happening with Jennifer Hudson, American Idol’s most successful star.

The always cool, always affable and competent actor, director Patrick McGoohan has died. Read here for details of his life and demise.

According to reports from New York City President-elect Barack Obama is on his way to the big screen, thanks to a deal between MSNBC and Screenvision that will put the news channel’s inaugural coverage in 27 theaters around the country.

Free tickets are being handed out via MSNBC.com to see the inauguration and parade from 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET at the 27 theaters run by 11 exhibitor partners in 21 markets. Midday Tuesday isn’t necessarily a big movie time, so it helps to fill the theater — and boost popcorn and soda sales — at a time when it’s not usually busy. (more…)

Lately we have seen and heard much about the final days of the Bush administration. We have been told by the spinmeisters that the current president, George Walker Bush, is a good deal smarter than we know.  We are told he reads several books a year. In fact he confirmed he will be writing a book. Imagine the number of jokes that can be made from that announcement alone. He gives nicknames to staffers and cabinet members. We are told he’s caring and compassionate. He’s just a regular elitist rich guy. (more…)

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Congratulations to Alek Komarnitsky the winner of the 2008 Kentucky Fried Chicken Original Holiday Traditions contest – screenshot.

Kentucky Fried Chicken ran a nationwide Holiday Traditions Contest and Colonel Sanders has selected the Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease as the winner.

Since 2002 the Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease are an annual tradition on the Internet. Over the years, millions of people worldwide , one hundred forty-eight countries so far in 2008 have viewed the  more than twenty thousand Christmas lights by way of three live webcams on the Komarnitsky’s web site. (more…)

If you fit the following description you may be eligible to receive free money, not just regular welfare for the citizens but the corporate kind of welfare that usually means cash and a whole lot of it from the government: (more…)

Today is the day we celebrate all the blessings we have received. We celebrate all the blessings we will receive as well.

We remember the first thanksgiving and how the settlers from across the sea were fortunate to have survived with the help of the native people. At that first thanksgiving feast they were all grateful.

Today in 21st Century America  we celebrate that wonderful event with parades, floats, balloons, and football contests.

We honor our parents and families, our neighbors, our friends and co-workers. We honor our loyal YouThinkWhat readers and thank you for your continued support. We are grateful for being alive today.

Let us be the first to wish you, everyone, the happiest of holiday seasons.

Everyone who owns and uses a Blackberry knows they can not live without this hand held device. They use them in the bedroom, they check their emails before sleeping and the first thing when they wake up, even before washing their faces or brushing their teeth! (more…)

MARDU , one of our most popular contributing writers, in previous articles has reminded us what time it is in America; he’s shared his expressed his anger over 700 billion dollars to save the financial markets; In October, when most of us were expecting a surprise, he told us of his optimism. Today MARDU tells us what he thinks of the American auto industry and what he thinks should be done if the government gives more money to the companies...and now MARDU speaks.

The decades old arrogance of America’s auto-makers, has finally come home to roost.

Since I was a child in the middle-ages, Detroit has treated its clientele like chattels. Dragging buyers around by the nose, incrementally up-scaling its products to increase revenue in its captive market.

After WWII, you’ll remember it, It was in all the papers. Europeans began to invade the market with low cost autos with tiny more fuel efficient power plants and Spartan accommodations. They were largely ignored by Detroit as a nuisance. Over the years we have seen the Japanese and now other Asian sources capture a large slice of the domestic auto market. Still, Detroit ignored the hand-writing on the wall, billboards, the news, and the American roads.
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Here she is Clark Dark’s mother our own Blanche Africa Reilly Dark with her take on how to save the auto industry.
Former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy during the Clinton administration, Joseph Romm recently wrote an article published online at Salon.com asking if the Detroit auto industry is worth saving. Here’s an excerpt from the article which stated:

“General Motors and Ford burned through a stunning $14.6 billion in cash last quarter. *G.M.’s stock has sunk so low that you could buy the entire company for $2 billion. Bankruptcy seems all but inevitable. (more…)