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1940 U.S. Census records released online

  See the CNN story “After 72-year wait, 1940 U.S. Census records released online.” 

“By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN

(CNN) - Personal, historic details of more than 132 million people were released online through the 1940 Census Monday, providing the public with free access to a slice of American history.

The National Archives and Records Administration unlocked the records after a mandatory 72-year waiting period and released more than 3.8 million digital images in collaboration with Archives.com.

Earlier Census records were made available to the public, but not all of them are searchable online free of charge, said Megan Smolenyak, family history advisor at Archives.com. Monday's release marks the first time researchers, genealogists and history hunters can find detailed records online in one place for free.

The 1940 Census was conducted as the Great Depression was winding down and before the country’s entry into World War II, reflecting the economic tumult of the era and the New Deal recovery program of the 1930s…”

  I agree 1940 a key year.  I was born in 1941.  So 1940 my father was living with his mother and father in Kansas City.  I am not sure how many of his 7 brothers and 3 sisters were also living with their mother and father.  I will have the ability to look it up I guess.
  The 1940 census will be an interesting census.
 
  I worked for the 2010 census and loved it.  I wish I could have done the 2010 census but I did not have a car.
 
  If you check out the 1940 census and find some interesting information about your family or your home town post a comment here and let us know what you found out.

Gruesome anti-smoking ads

  I am not sure if you have seen the very graphic and very real anti-smoking ads on TV. 
I do not smoke and I never smoked.
  The anti-smoking ads are very gruesome.  Two times in the last week I started to watch some show on TV and one of those advs came up.  I switched the channel and did not watch the program I was going to watch.

  I do not want to see that stuff on my TV set.  
  I am not sure how odd I am or if there are others like me but seeing that sort of stuff just is to emotional for me. 
  I do not watch horror movies for that reason.  I do not watch a lot of movies that have the rest of you love because they are painful to my system. 
  Now I am trying to watch some TV show and I have the gruesome sick anti-smoking ads pop up.

  I do not know if they can not broadcast when kids are watching TV or not.  If that is the case then they will force me to me only watch TV during kid safe hours.

  
 

“Federal health officials unveiled a graphic new anti-smoking campaign featuring testimonials from ex-smokers about the toll of tobacco on their health.

These aren't the usual public service announcements. The $54 million "Tips from Smokers" campaign marks the first time the federal government plans to pay to run anti-smoking ads nationwide, officials said.

The ads will run for 12 weeks on TV, on the radio, in magazines and newspapers, on billboards, online and elsewhere beginning March 19, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which developed the campaign.

One ad, for example, features a woman who has a hole in her neck and has to speak through a small speaker in her throat because of cancer…”  NPR

 

  Just wonderful… Not only are they pushing this into my face but it is costing $54 million dollars of tax money.
  OK OK I understand that if people give up smoking because of it then it saves many lives.  I also fully understand that if some people give up smoking it will save us all billions and billions of dollars in health care costs.   I also understand that if people can say healthy they can work and pay taxes.

  But I do not want to see advs.

ZIP code 76116

  With all the talk about race recently… and with the videos that I made about the Trayvon Martin shooting I had a lot of YouTube comments calling me a white racist and cracker and redneck etc.
  I made some comments on the YouTube video about the area were I live.

  I decided to look up the ZIP code.  The ZIP code area that I live in is 76116.
  It is for Fort Worth, Texas.  It is in Tarrant County. 
  The population (2000) was 49,831.  Of that number 34,343 are White, 4,724 Black and 8,437 are Hispanic.
  The average household income in $36,014.00
 
  The above does not look correct to me.  Let me see if I can find the numbers for 2010.
Found them:  ZIP 76116 2010

  Current population s 49,761 (went down from 2000).  
  Population:  White (34,424), Black (6,057) and Hispanic (12,765). 

  I think I said in a video that the area I lived in was about half and half white and black.  I guess I was wrong.  The first time in my life I have ever been wrong about anything.  

Amazon Prime

  The Amazon Prime is even a better deal than I was thinking.  My grandson signed up for it.  I was telling him that I wish I was not so broke because I could give him some money and he could order items and I would get the free two day shipping.
  He went in his room and asked me what my email address was with Amazon.  I told him and I got an email from Amazon.  It said that Russell had given me one of his four free memberships.  If you sign up for Amazon Prime you can give four of your family or friends access to Amazon Prime.
  Now I do not get to watch the streaming movies and TV shows but I can order and get free two day shipping on items.  That is pretty neat.

 

“Amazon Prime is a membership program that gives you and your family unlimited fast shipping, such as FREE Two-Day shipping to street addresses in the contiguous U.S., on all eligible purchases for an annual membership fee of $79. Amazon Prime members in the U.S. can enjoy instant videos: unlimited, commercial-free, instant streaming of thousands of movies and TV shows through Amazon Instant Video at no additional cost. Members who own Kindle devices can also choose from thousands of books -- including more than 100 current and former New York Times Bestsellers -- to borrow and read for free, as frequently as a book a month with no due dates, from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library.”

Best Buy to close 50 U.S. stores

  I am not a fan of Best Buy but over the years I have given them a lot of my money.  I am not a fan because of the way they treat customers.  They love to take your money but if you have a problem or need to return something… You fear for your life… The way they act you think they may beat the crap out of you.
  It is not just me … everyone has problems with if you return something. 
  Plus people have had other problems.  Like I did with a cell phone I got from them.

  But I do hate to see them close a store.  A lot of people will lose jobs.
  Remember in FL I worked for CompUSA for a year. 

  I like going into Best Buy and looking around.  It is nice to see something and have the ability to pick it up and feel it.

  But Amazon is a better place to buy.  I love shopping with Amazon.  I have had a couple of problems with items and they take care of the problem right away. 
 
  By the way today I made $11.45 in commissions from Amazon.  I should put some Amazon links on ShowMeBlog.  If you click I earn a commission.  Plus it does not cost you anything extra. 
  I will try and remember to put some links on ShowMeBlog and you try and remember if you are thinking or going to buy please click on the link here first and let it take you to Amazon and then do your shopping.

  When I can afford it I am going to sign up for the Prime service.  You get to watch TV and movies for free with the service but I want the service because you get two day free shipping on Amazon items.

 

JG Wentworth advertisement

  For some reason I HATE the JG Wentworth advertisements on TV.  I am not sure why I hate them so much.

 

Trayvon Martin’s mother files to trademark son’s name

“5:38 p.m. EST, March 26, 2012|

By Walter Pacheco, Orlando Sentinel

The mother of slain teen Trayvon Martin wants to trademark her son's name in the slogans, "I am Trayvon" and "Justice for Trayvon," according to two petitions filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Federal documents show Sybrina Fulton, the teen's mother, is the owner of the trademark petitions, which were filed online March 21 by her attorneys Kimra Major-Morris and Natalie Jackson of the Women's Trial Group.”     Orlando Sentinel

 

  I do not even know what to say about this.  It breaks your heart.

Looking at the stats

  I think you all know I put a lot of time and work into ShowMeBlog.  I get indexed very fast and very well.  I am listed on the front page of many Google searches.  I guess I should be happy.
  Sometimes one of my posts will get a lot of traffic for a day or two.  But day in and day out the normal here is about 500 or 600 viewers.  It has been like that for a very long time.
  ShowMeBlog is not getting more popular and it is not getting more traffic with time.
  I do not blame Google or the search sites.  The fault is with me.  I am doing something wrong or I am just not doing something right.

  If you want a positive stat ShowMeBlog has had almost 2 million pageviews since I started using TypePad for the hosting site.  That is a lot of pages that have been viewed by people.

  Now about Google AdSense I made $21.34 from Google last month.  So far this month, and this is the 16th, I have made $8.05 for half a month.  Now that is earnings for all of my blog AND also for my YouTube videos!

  I have some real fans on YouTube and I get some nice comments.  Sometimes a video will do pretty good.  But most of my videos get uploaded and do not get that many views.
  People like kitten videos and videos with cute young girls or cute guys.  You know I do not blame them.  The last thing I would want to look at is some fat old guy on YouTube.
  Just like the number of viewers for ShowMeBlog  sets at about 600 each day the numbers on YouTube stay about the same.  My YouTube videos get about 10,000 a month. 
 

  The videos that get the most views are video reviews.  For the last 30 days the video that got the most views was “Installing Android 2.2 on a Samsung Intercept.”  It got 1,391 views.  Now the second place was the “Douglas Kennedy has ‘clash’ with nurses” video with 1,194 views.
  I think I could make better videos.  It is harder to make videos.  It is more work.  It is more effort.  Or I could just get a pussy (am I talking about getting a cat or a young girlfriend)? 

  There are people making money from YouTube.  I am not one of them.
  The reason is that I am not making money from YouTube is that it takes hard work to make money.  You have to work at it everyday just like a job. 

TSA to test new screening protocols for the elderly

  I say this is not fair. 
  I get a discount for being old at many fast food places and movies and other places but the Transportation Security Administration has to be different. 
  They are doing testing to see if they can modify the screening of the elderly but it is for people 75 or older.  I am only 70 years of age.  I think they just want to feel my junk. 

  I guess one thing they will do, if they decide to use the new procedures, if there is a problem the first time an old fart like me goes through the full-body scanner they will let us go through again!  Is that because at our age it does not matter if they subject our junk to radiation? 

“Washington (CNN) -- After years of criticism, the Transportation Security Administration is taking the initial steps to modify screening for people age 75 or older.

Beginning Monday, the TSA will test procedures allowing those passengers to leave their shoes on, as well as light outerwear. Other changes are intended to reduce the likelihood that older passengers will be subjected to a pat-down.

Some airports want private screeners

The tests will be conducted at four airports: Chicago's O'Hare, Denver International, Portland International in Oregon, and Orlando International. If they are successful, the TSA could expand the procedures to checkpoints nationwide…”

 

  I am just joking around….. I am not one of the people that attack the TSA screeners.  The Republicans from day one have not wanted government screeners.  They do not want government employees with decent pay.   The Republicans want rent-a-cops (guards) from private for profit large corporations.  Most of those security corporations now days are not American owned security firms by the way. 
  I long ago gave up trying to understand Republicans.  We lost most of the good paying jobs from the days when I was young.  Those jobs have all gone out of the United States.
  We have some decent paying jobs now with the TSA screeners and they want to make those contract guard jobs at low wages with no benefits. 

  Being a TSA screener is hard work.   There is also a lot of stress.  They are tested and checked often.  If they make an error they are out the door and on the street.
  When I was working Security (FAA control tower) at Love Field the TSA would get someone like an FAA ATC employee and have the try and slip something pass a screener.  If the person got something pass the screener that was the end of the job for the screener.  That is a lot of stress on a person.  You are trying to do your job and you got people giving you crap and you got the people you work for trying to catch you messing up.

  There is a pretty large group of people and not just Republicans that do not like the TSA and the screeners.  Part of it is people that hate government.  They hate everything about the government.  Then there is a group of people that just think there shit does not smell.  They think they are special and they do not want anyone telling what they have to do.   Then there are people that just fucking hate police.  The police haters are a pretty large group of people. 
 
  Yes I do know there are a lot of people that are not like the above people.  There are people that respect the police and there are people that want to fly safe.
  But the people above our loud and leave a lot of comments online.  So you start to think everyone is like them sometimes.

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