They got him!

Accused Time Square would be bomber, Faisal Shahzad will face terrorism and mass destruction charges. The Pakistani/American (naturalized) was arrested as he tried to board a plane to Dubai. Apparently, he talking, and implicating others in the failed attempt. Good work on the part of NYPD and FBI. Mike’s Uncle Lee – a onetime New York City mounted policeman -would be proud.

Have you heard of Cliff Pirtle? He’d like to be our next congressman. He was in the 101 Gold studios this morning espousing his conservative philosophy. He’d first have to beat Steve Pearce in the Republican primary and then unseat Harry Teague in November. You can listen to our conversation here.

101 number one song of the day was the second song of the rock era to become number one twice by different artists and both of the songs were written by the same husband and wife team. Carole King and Gerry Goffin first accomplished the feat with their song “Go Away Little Girl” which reached the top of the charts for Steve Lawrence and later Donny Osmond. Their other song which got to number one twice was first recorded by their former baby sitter and subsequently by a heavy metal band from Flint Michigan. And that brings us to today’s 101 number one song of the day for May 4. First it was Little Eva and on this day in 1974 it was Grand Funk (The Loco-Motion)

Here in New Mexico and across the nation about 635,000 Census workers are now going door-to-door to follow up with households that either didn’t mail back their form or didn’t receive one. An estimated 48 million addresses will be visited through July 10th. More than 72% of the nation’s households mailed back their census forms – but those that didn’t will be getting a visit.

If a 2010 Census worker knocks on your door, here are some ways to verify that person is a legitimate census taker:

·         The census taker must present an ID badge that contains a Department of Commerce watermark and expiration date. The census taker may also be carrying a black canvas bag with a Census Bureau logo.

·         The census taker will provide you with supervisor contact information and/or the local census office phone number for verification, if asked.

·         The census taker will only ask you the 10 questions that appear on the 2010 Census form. They will not ask for social security number, bank account number or credit card number and will never solicit for donations or contact you by e-mail.

In most cases, census workers will make up to six attempts at each address to count possible residents. This includes leaving notifications of the attempted visit at the house or apartment door, in addition to trying to reach the household by phone to conduct the interview or schedule an in-person interview. Find out more at www.census.gov/acs.

Do you know who Moses Horowitz is – or was? He passed away on this date in 1975. He was famous in Vaudeville but most of us remember him from the Three Stooges movies. We knew him as Moe. Here’s a picture of him:

Here’s another famous Moe:

He’s probably the more famous Moe now.

The smartest guy in the room, Stephen Hawking has his new show about the universe on The Discovery Channel.

He made headlines a couple weeks ago when he said we shouldn’t try to contact aliens…because they’re probably not nice. His newest revelation – man can indeed time travel. He says a space ship traveling at near the speed of light would actually propel its inhabitants forward in time. But he also said…it’s impossible according to the law of physics…to travel backward in time.

And finally,

It happened again…a man sleeping in a dumpster in Elkhart, Indiana was accidentally picked up by a garbage truck…

and dumped into the back of the truck. Luckily, the driver had just finished compacting his load…so the man was able to crawl out of the top of the truck and yell for the driver to stop.  So don’t sleep in dumpsters.  Here some more advice:

SIMPLE TIPS FOR IDIOTS

- Don’t call the cops when someone breaks in and destroys your meth lab.

-Always enter a business through the door – never the ventilation shaft

-Do not try to drive through water higher than your windshield.

-Don’t write your hold-up note on the back of your pay stub.

-Don’t strike a match to see better in a darkened ammo supply shed.

-Don’t rob the store…where your Mom works.