Steve McQueen's last hometown is paying tribute to its most famous
resident with a weekend of aviation and family-related activities.

The Aviation Museum of Santa Paula will welcome home Barbara McQueen
with a VIP reception, dinner and booksigning on Saturday, December 6 at
the Santa Paula Airport.  The 5 p.m. reception will include a catered
dinner, slide show and booksigning for Steve McQueen: The Last Mile.

It's always a good idea to arm yourself with the facts.  Talk to your friends and neighbors and write your representatives in Washington.

We've put together a list of websites that can help you make up your mind if you're still on the fence, or would like to read some more facts about the issue, or even get involved.

Los Angeles, CA -- As the Detroit three prepare to head back to Washington D.C. next week to explain their survival plan to skeptical Senators and members of Congress many still question whether the government should open the purse strings and give the auto companies some money to get through the downturn.

Conversations around water coolers (for those who still have jobs), among friends, in print and by pundits of the airwaves have pointed to several reasons not to bail out Detroit – poor quality cars, overpaid workers and the fact that the foreign car companies, who make better cars, have enough capacity in the U.S. now, or could quickly add it, to replace the cars and jobs generated by the domestic industry.

Marietta, Georgia -- As a young, rebellious teenager, I remember rising early on foggy mornings to roll our servants’ French Deuxcheveaus down the gravel driveway, far from my father’s ears.  I first learned how to drive, grinding the gears of that post-war tin can down the rocky roads and forest trails of my Dad’s beloved French estate ‘La Cense.’

For my punishment, I inherited our servant's Ford Pinto, an equally disturbing little car.  I commonly referred to the mustard-colored abomination as my mobil lighter, due to the dangerous location of the rear gas tank.