A little boy goes to his dad and asks, 'What is Politics?'

Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way:

I am the head of the family , so call me The President.

Your mother is the administrator of the money, so! we call her the Government.

We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People.

The nanny, we will consider her theWorking Class.

And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.

Now think about that and see if it makes sense.'

So the little boy! Goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said.

Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him.

He finds tha t the baby has severely soiled his diaper.

So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little boy say's to his father, 'Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.'

Mikesb n Cappy: would bring tears t a glass eye.My sisters man is just back from mid east service, long may he stay home!

Hey all, anyone else seen Dog Soldiers? He he, good horror on a budget!

ibanezguitars - I'm sure you'll find that sponsor moves are more related to the corporate deal they'll get. Vodafone were originally Ferrari (before McLaren) for example and none of the drivers came over with them. Interesting all the same though

Out of the Setlist - that's a shame about the tour tracks then, specifically Cryin and Oots disappearing. I thought the setlist as we got it was amazing. Still, you get Stu but lose a couple of tracks so I guess that's balance?

I'll give you $10 for a signed copy of 'creations' LMAO. I missed a bootleg too, and that went for £50

Philthemetalhead - couldn't agree more about Saw, but guess I'll catch it on DVD sometime in the future

Igneousiceman - I'm a big Lewis fan, but he still needs to calm down a bit. Last year he lost it pretty much on a team mistake but at this rate (with the organisational opposition he has against him) he's going to throw it away on his own. Things is the FIA have been getting away with this kind of nonsense for ages so I don't see it stopping any time soon. Something I just found out "Last year, permanent steward Tony-Scott Andrews stood down from his position at the end of the season. That led to a restructuring of the organisation, with FIA president Max Mosley's representative Alan Donnelly providing a permanent advisory function to the three stewards appointed at each event."

Yep, that's a Max Mosley (Ron Dennis Hater) hit squad!

I would imagine though (after this year) that a dedicated group of stewards (of ex drivers surely!?) will be part of the circus for 2009. Fingers crossed once again for this weekend.

Guitar programme was good wasn't it, enjoyed the Robert Johnson stuff. Have you seen the movie Crossroads?

Plus how fitting that Dave Gilmour owns a 54' Fender Strat with serial 00001

Roo - interesting about the BDG. So, what are the scribbles on the components done with? I have a very old BDG clone that I use paint pens on and that stuck for good.

Maybe you have a good luthier over there who would do it an take care of the guitar as much as you do? Or get Gary Brawer to do it : )

If you ever get a chance it would be great to hear that tone comparison. Pencil it in for 09 LOL Thanks for sharing your thoughts on them

Blue Moon - "to me, to you, to me....." freaky picture

SkippyGirl - I know, crazy price huh, for 4 tracks. It's not in my collection though so I did think about it : )

This should make everyone forget about politics for a few minutes.

Follow the link:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=106912

CAPPY- thats classic! funny as shit, but so true.

Joe, love the new Revelation video you put up for us from your gig in Paris....a sneak preview of the new dvd eh?

Check out the link on the homepage folks.....thanks webmaster....

and thanks Joe :) Hope you're having fun out there.

Hey everyone:

Another day of hard hospitality work (13 hours). Now I got to take of care of a couple of things: Writing this, checking mail/e-mail, pick up a birthday gift for one of my best friend's sons, etc. One good thing today is that I found out that I passed my TIPS On Premise Certificaiton Exam.

Out of the Selitst: Very sorry to hear about those wildfires. I still cannot believe that those fires are still going out there. When are they ever going to stop? Glad to hear that you got over the cold. Stay healthy bro. I'm trying to stay healthy myself for upcoming race Sunday and next Sunday.

The weather here in Indiana has gone a little wacko. We get record high temps and then all of a sudden, the temperatures drop like another 20 degrees. First it gets cold, then it gets warm, and then gets cool.

js1200js1000: Did you say that you have about every shirt? If so, that is amazing. I thought getting a couple of Satriani shirts. Did you buy anything yet?

ZuperDave: I am so sorry to hear about you being laid off. I feel so bad for you and for your family. Hang in there man and I am praying for you and your family. Hate to see you sell that copy man. Do your best to stay strong and positive man.

Joe Satrini: Hi there. Yes, Additional Creations is starting to go up more (in price).

mikesb, I could kiss ya smack on the lips for that political post! I've been saying the McPalin campaign has been using fear based tactics all along. The problem is, there are a LOT of people who eat up that sh*t with a spoon and believe every word of it. Two things I detest are fear based politics, and fear based religion. Your post nailed it.

As for the oldest/youngest on t2j, I turned 44 this year, so I'm on the high numbers side. I think I was 33 when I got here. lol!

lorenzo, I know it's not what the guy makes. It was the line McCain said about "Why would you want to do that to anyone, anyone in America, when we have such a tough time?" Like $250,000 a year is poverty level. The McCains are so feckin rich they are clueless to the struggle most people are going through - American or otherwise. I think everyone needs to pay their fair share. Right now, the middle class are taking the brunt of it. Try sending a kid to college. The rich can afford it, the poor have it paid for, but the middle class - well, unless your kid gets in on scholarships, your pretty much screwed. Still friends - vid back at ya

and p.s. -Dave Weiner got the flu. Stop by his site and drop him a get well email. Let him know you're from Satriani.com ;-)

Cappy Steve...Glitz Man....thanks for the kind words. I know there are people out there who are far worse off than me, so I have the attitude that things will have a way of working out.

By the way....I'm 39. I know damn well I'm not the oldest...lol !!

Rush on The Colbert Report for those like me who missed it when it was on.

Retirement Plan Investment Tip

If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.

With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original $1000.

With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left.

If you had purchased $1000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have $49..00 left.

If you had purchased United Airlines, you would have nothing left.

But, if you had purchased $1000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling refund you would have $214.00.

Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.

This is called the 401-Keg Plan.

LOL!!! At LAST, something that makes SENSE!!!!

hey guys just got back from the concert in Toronto :D

hi peeps...

Sulldog and Lawl - come on you have to give us more than that!!!!!!! How was it, what was great, what did you see, how was the crowd??????

ZuperDave - hang in there, you'll be right, something will happen. Alot of layoffs in Australia too, hope everyone can get through this bad patch.

And I know I'm not the oldest, in fact alot of people my age (40's).

My hubby and a group of his mates called "The Full Monties" is doing the Melbourne "round the bay in a day" bike ride this Sunday -250km. There will be lots of sore botties and massages all round.

Listening....La Grange, G3 Tokyo what a ripper of a performance

Cube>i,m i right in saying you have Guitar Rig 2 & Suspension is your fav Jeff Beck track? i,ve been messing with GR2 last night,knocking off the amp & speak sims & added the spring reverb turned up the bass/time t full with the reverb half & F strat out o phase neck mid....absolutely stunning!!