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Reverend Benny & Mister Sid`s At Your Service #29

(Salem) - One of the greatest soul bands ever to funk their way to fame was Tower of Power.

Their most enduring song, "What is Hip?" is undiscovered by Generation Y. Let them take a moment to reflect on a few of the lyrics and swirl them around in their brain pans.

WHAT IS HIP?

There's one thing you should know: What's hip today might become passé.

Reverend Benny & Mister Sid`s At Your Service #28

(Salem) - Change brings sadness. Sadness for the loss of what was good and strong. I do not refer to the end of the term of George W. Bush. Very few are sorry to see him go, although as many more believe it is imperative that he be brought to justice if for no other reason than war crimes. Instead I refer to the recent passing of many great artists of the 20th century. Men who influenced my way of thinking. Men without whom I wouldn't be the person I am today.

Reverend Benny & Mister Sid`s At Your Service #27

The twenty seventh installment of Reverend Benny & Mister Sid's At Your Service.

(Salem) - No one expects to agree with every decision President Elect Obama will make. It many cases he will make no one happy with his decision.

Take for example his decision to have Rick Warren give the invocation at his inauguration.

The right feels betrayed by the decision, the left feels betrayed by the decision and even Warren himself must have second thoughts.

Reverend Benny & Mister Sid`s At Your Service #26

The latest version of Salem's original cartoon series: Reverend Benny & Mister Sid's At Your Service.

(Salem) - The year draws to an end. Time to reflect on the past year. It was the worst of times.

It was the best of times. Bush is on his way out. Obama is on his way in. Barack Obama said all the right things during the campaign, but who knows how he will govern. He has formed his team. Most of his choices appear to be good ones, but a couple of clinkers may spoil his efforts.

Reverend Benny & Mister Sid`s At Your Service #25

Reverend Benny & Mister Sid's At Your Service along with Nota Bene, are Salem's original Online cartoon series, available on Salem-News.com.

(Salem) - The Second Great Depression is on us. Will we have the will, the courage of Americans of the 30's? How will we survive?

The Obama Years will not bring happy memories, but they will prove that America can pull itself to its feet once more.

Reverend Benny & Mr. Sid`s At Your Service #24

(Salem) - Okay, okay. So there's been a title and logo change. You're still going to get the hardest hitting comic strip this side of Commercial Street. You're going to get drama, You get moral dilemma. You get recession. You get the world as it is today--which isn't particularly good. And you get it here!

Benny & Sid`s Your Public Service Announcements #23

The latest edition of Benny & Sid's Your Public Service Announcements- Salem's only original Online cartoon series.

(Salem) - Black Friday has come and gone, and the question is are any of us the better for it? Benny was shoved out of line by a little old lady while waiting for Wal-mart to open.

Having spent a good deal of his Thanksgiving time standing in the cold he was primed to receive an epiphany when someone handed him a copy of the DVD "What Would Jesus buy?"

Read the following installment and learn of his experience.

Benny & Sid`s Your Public Service Announcements #22

(Salem) - Benny & Sid are sick this week with a terrible chest cold. Filling in is Leonard of Salem with a clip from a conversation captured from an alternate earth not so different from our own.

Benny & Sid`s Your Public Service Announcements #21

The latest edition of Benny & Sid's Your Public Service Announcements.

(Salem) - The post election sag hits even the most affluent campaign workers.

There are times when one must go on a cruise to let down after a vigorous campaign of donating.

Follow the skit written by our own Sid about a couple who are just trying to get away from it all on a ship bound for exotic shores.

Benny & Sid`s Your Public Service Announcements #20

Benny & Sid's Your Public Service Announcements is Salem's only original cartoon strip series.

(Salem) - The election is over and the honeymoon begins. Everything is wonderful, although all recognize that Barack Obama has a nearly impossible job ahead of him. Yet there are those whose minds are so infested with hatred that they plot against him. They would bring him down in the most cowardly fashion imaginable--by rumor.

But will America listen to fabrications of deceit? Or have they had enough and will judge men or women by their deeds?