QUE PASA AMIGOS!
By Steve Baxley

I am KINGPIN!

Ok lots of thoughts to dole out for you...
Enjoy..

TELEMUNDO,A YEAR UNDER THE FEATHERS
A brief history:Telemundo was born in 1986 by Saul Steinberg and Henry Silverman of Reliance Capital Group L. P.,who formed TELEMUNDO GROUP INC.in 1987 they began their first newscast "Noticiero Telemundo" which was co produced by the HABC (Hispanic American Broadcasting Company) in Miami.,later that year "Deportes Telemundo" began,between 1988 ans 1991 Telemundo started to expand its station holdings,affiliates,and U.S. produced programming,like "Noticiero Telemundo/CNN a coprod of Telemundo and CNN, the 1st spanish language cooking show "Cocina Crisco", Maria Laria hosted talk show "Cara A Cara",and the tabloid news magazine "Ocurrio Asi".
Telemundo,by 1991 was producing 54% of its programming in the united states,all was going well, and then...BOOM.
In 1993 Telemundo was in financial trouble and filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy,Through a restructuring,the major shareholder was Apollo Advisors L.P.in 1994, in 1995 Rolland Hernandez became President and one of his 1st moves was opening Telemundo West Coast in the famed Raleigh Studios to attract spanish speaking talent on both east and west coast.
in 1995 50% of its programs were produced in the states at the Hialea, Fla. studios, as well as in L.A. and Puerto Rico.
When telemundo emerged from the belly of death (bankruptcy) it was under its third owner, the joint partnership of John Noalns Liberty Cable and Sony Entertainment.
But that wouold not help, for although it was making money and grabbing some viewers, one plan to bring the best of both worlds
fizzled as one show that was a fan fave on ABC TV,was remade for Telemundo,but although ratings success, "Angles" with comic Paul Rodreguiez as Charlie was cancelled as the stars were celebrating "Cinco De Mayo" on KTLAs Morning News.
And then came their first foray into morning television,with "Esta manana" but while getting decent ratings, it just couldnt break teh hold of Univisions "Despirita America",it wasnt until late 2001 when Telemundo stole two attractive and funny late night cable shopping hosts to anchor a new morning show called "De mananita" that the hold of "Despirita America" would be broken as "DM" would begin to take some audiences from Univision, but Liberty Media and Sony wanted out to concentrate on seperate ventures.
In came NBC in a move that stunned the broadcast industry, they bought Telemundo and began to reshape it into a strong competitor in the latino market.
Since then NBCs influence has been seen as a good deal for the latino viewers, from morning to night Telemundo has seen massive growth in programming, AND has even captured some major deals including live coverage of the NBA, Golden Globes, and All the beauty pageants from CBS, and the olympics! among other items.
Telemundo is fighting hard and is stronger than ever, while Univsion begins to show cracks, telemundo plans on growing bigger and stronger every day!

MY BIG FAT GREEK REALITY
By Steve Baxley
Outta my ever lovin' mind!

Well, here we go as we end February 2003 and prepare for the March of spring
we get MORE SNOW!! gee what a comfort! I think Denny's will be selling some nice roasted ground hog soon!

now on with the show

First to my love ...Pita! I offer this

every morning, and every night I think of you,
you are in my heart,my soul ,my spirit
you create a magic that lights the skies with love,
and happiness.

You create enchantment,
You create a sensation that makes the world glow
and soar with a beauty that like the eagle, is a wonder to behold

You are the twinkle in a newborn baby's eyes as it wakes up to greet the world,
you are a golden beauty who shines and makes my heart leap and soar along with yours.
You are the beauty of the forrest when the sun begins to rise.

You are a rose in bloom,
You are a galaxy of celestial life
you are wonder of all heavenly delight,
You are the lyrical beauty of a romantic musical
you are the enchantment of a summer breeze that kisses my cheek
you are the woman of my heart
the beauty of all the oceans
the desire of the northern lights
and the love that embraces all of us .

For you are one of gods most cherished beauties
and I love you with all my heart

OK..Now on to more mind fun

did you see tuesdays "FOX AND FRIENDS" program...
WOW, Brian Kilmeade nailed Janeane Garafalo to the corner post and woudlnt let up,
Seems the opinionated comic bit a bit too much when it came to why war is no good, and while Brian scored some good points in defense, Miss garafalo couldnt support nor could she defend her stance when pressed by kilmeade who as we all know pulls no punches when it comes to sports AND news.
And he let her know it too!, he did more in 10 minutes what micheal jackson...uh i mean mike tyson did in 49 seconds..except kilmeade vs garafalo was more interesting!

MSNBC FINALLY did something right last night, they pulled the pulg on a very horrible primetime lineup,
first they got rid of some dead weight with the cancelling of Ashleigh Banfield's one woman snoozefest of self promotion
ON LOCATION,then they axed the replacement MSNBC Reports, and now they get rid of Phil Donahue,with the exception of Nachman, the rest of the primetime line up ..frankly SUCKED!


More Later

WELCOME TO REALITY:PART DEAUX
By Steve Baxley
More stuff to gab about....and you thought we were done, but first..

Congrats to Google for buying the folks who have given us this joy
Pyra Labs has been purchased by Google for a zircon of bucks.
now you probably havent heard of Pyra labs, but you use it , in fact your using it now
as am I ..yep Pyra Labs is the parent of BLOGGER.COM
lets hope no changes get made so that we webheads can enjoy free speech

Now on to the dose of reality..

TOPIC THREE: MICHAEL JACKSON..ENOUGH ALREADY
Have we had enough of the weird one? to me, yes we have ..and trust me
he is getting more annoying!
From the martin bashir interview to the Micheal jackson produced interview anchored by Maury Povich,
and on,and on,and on, some times you got to wonder if Micheal has finally lost all reality.
Enough is enough Micheal, time to go away, you no longer are the entertainer that gave us a thriller,
you are now just a freak in the zoo you created.
You said that you are Peter Pan....well Mikey,hate to be a wet blanket, but Peter finally grew up..
its time for you to do the same.


TOPIC FOUR:SCHMUCK MILLIONAIRE
Is it just me or was everyone shocked at the ending of "JOE MILLIONAIRE", Evan picked Zora the down to earth school teacher from
NJ as his queen i guess, of course he broke the news to her that he wasnt a Millionaire, and although that didnt phase zora out, it proved that not all women are as they seem.
Sarah, who thought she had a gold mine, when she was told by Evan his secret...she and another former contestant showed their true
colours,or as I call them " The Ficial Twins" super and arti, by saying a few rather bitchy things about .
You know Sarah, shes the one who was found out to be in bondage films...her main concern was the jewelery and were they real..
Yeah, welcome to reality.

TOPIC FIVE:SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR PITA
I lay in my bed and dream
I dream of beauty
I dream of friends,
most of all I dream of you .

I dream that we are dancing on top of clouds and looking down on Miami as we drive a 64 Camaro
on the highway of love and you spread your love like a giant firework display
and as it sparkles down, it creates a glow that touches the people whom see us pass by.

I dream of many things, but best of all
I dream of every day making you smile, and capturing your heart


More Later ..

WELCOME TO REALITY
By Steve Baxley
AND WEEEEEEEEEE'RE OFF!!
Much to talk about, lets start

TOPIC ONE:BEAT THE WAR DRUMS,ONLY QUIETLY, THE FRENCH ARE SLEEPING!
Article 1 Section 8:The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
I bring this up as a reminder that should we go to war, as some have said King George II is going to do, it will be a violation of "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES" As well as the Recent U.N resolutions.
See folks, King George II STILL hasnt shown us the proof, if there was any to begin with, sure the pictures,phone recordings and satellite photos that Sec. of State Powell provided were excellent discoveries, they didnt show the proverbial "SMOKING GUN" that would lead the U.N. to agree to War.
Even the UN weapons head Hans Blix said that although Iraq was not providing much in the way of help, and violated some resolutions,
there was still NO SMOKING GUN to convince the U.N. to use military force against Iraq.
Now as we inch closer to the point of no return from the abyss, its not Iraq we should be worried about...but North Korea, see N.K has already signaled that they want to drive the point that if we war with Iraq, we would feel the wrath of their power.
As the comparrisions to Vietnam are made, and as anti-war sentiment grows,one thing is extremely clear...we are in a fix.
Lets face it folks, as far as the war on terrorism goes, we are fighting a losing battle, so while the alerts go either red, or orange, or green , or blue...the fear and panic that the news networks and MSNBC are airing is not really helping, neither are the
press briefings at the pentagon helping either.
lets also face it, as for Afghanistan, yea we got rid of the taliban, but is the new regime doing anything to change what has happened??
Sure we get rid of the disease...but the cancer still remains, The united states is not supposed to be the worlds police officer,while King George II beats the drums of war, our economy continues to fall, the stock market is sinking to 1978 levels, businesse are closing down right and left and scandals are popping up like zits on a tennager ready for his first dance.
The state of the union IS NOT SOUND, it is in a state of decine that continues to sink with every wrong step, and wrong turn King George II makes.
From ENRON to KMART King George II is not focusing on the real problem, instead he wants to create more heartaches for the nation.
Remember, no one wins when there is a war, we all lose..

TOPIC TWO:REALITY TV OR "i'm a viewer...get me out of here"
Now heres something to think about,what if you programed a network and only showed REALITY SHOWS??
scary part is, it could happen!
with the cost of series tv skyrocketting to heights unknown, one thing is cheap ..REALITY TV!
from "Survivor" to "Big Brother" to talent shows and even "are you hot", the new wave of Television programming seems to be REALITY based shows.

If you havenet seen one, be greatful! for they are growing like crab grass on acid!
"Survivor" begat "big brother" which begat"American Idol",which begat "The real world" which begat "Road Rules" which begat "fear factor" which begat "joe Millionaire", which begat "Meet My Parents", which begat ..well you get the idea..
Reality shows are indeed cheap to produce, but really folks, arent you wanting something a bit more fun...

Is Hollywood so desperate for another blockbuster TV show that they have run out of Ideas...AND MONEY???
While "FRIENDS" is on its final laps, there has been NO ....repeat NO breakout comedies,or dramas to quench the
viewers thurst, instead weve got more reality shows coming out the wazoo.

More Later

MY VALENTINES POEM
By Steve Baxley

Dear God:
Thank you for bringing down to this lonely planet a special angel
who has taken my heart and made it glow with happiness and joy

Her smile brings out the brightness in the sun,
Her beauty brings out the best in nature's great canvas
Her eyes show the beauty of many places even beyond
what we have seen.

Her lips are like a rose moistened with dew to make it glisten
Her intelligence spans galaxies and infinite universes.

She is the soul of the universe and the heart of the galaxy
She is the flame of love and the spirit that embraces the entire latin community
And she is the power that cherishes all she touches with love.

Happy Valentines Day to god and heavens most loving angel,
and my love

"I'LL TAKE POTPOURRI FOR $500 ALEX"
By Steve Baxley
First, my condolences to the 7 lost souls who perished in the challenger tragedy Saturday,
and to the Iraqi government,who made such a vile statement about the tragic loss, saying that
it was "god's vengance" ..Well I say to you ..We weep for our heroes when they pass away,
who will weep for you mr. huessin when you die?

Second:Well the Dish Network now has Telemundo's pacific zone feed, and that means that
If i miss any of the Telemundo shows on eastern zone, I can see it on the pacific feed,

Speaking of Telemundo, My pals at De Mananita are doing Los angeles for the next 4 days
which means that they will be so tired you realize that they have to do the show at 4AM-7AMPT
God I bet you that Pita cant wait to get back to the east coast zone.
So far they done some good shows.

Well the radio show in Toledo has finally been put to rest, the new management at WXUT finally said that
they werent interested in working with us further, so we have to work hard to find a new home, im thinking of maybe going on ebay
and offering my service...will let you all know how that goes.

My Aunt May passed away,She was one of the nicest relatives I enjoyed, her funeral is on Tuesday..

well not much more to say, cept enjoy the quiche!

And dont cry for the loss of our show, we are like the phoneix,for we shall rise again.

I Love Pita !

FOR MY LADY PITA
By Steve Baxley

Take my heart, Take my soul,
and let us fly into the heavens
and into the universe together as one

Let us fly through the clouds
and create magic in the galaxy
Let us share our love with the stars and make them shine ever more brightly
than before.

Let us drink from the milky way
and dance upon the celestial heavens
and never stop

Let us create our own paradise
with our hearts,and embrace life together
and always with a spirit of love and happiness

Let us walk on the beach together and
see our eyes lokking in each other as we lose ourselves
in love.