Holiday Cheer and Bowl picks

Friends ask me all the time "where do you get your college bowl picks from"?(not because my picks are any good) Finally I will answer that question....Carl, of course.

Christmas Videos

Earlier I was in a pretty foul mood, but that changed instantly when I started watching a few Christmas videos.

Its officially on when the Christmas light shows are going and my all time favorite Christmas video is playing(the third one).

Works not so bad right now.....

The Mitchell Report and Video

You know something, I really don't know what to believe anymore. The Mitchell Report(steroid report)pointed out a lot of cheaters, but what if the report has some inaccuracies or bad character witnesses trying to dump the on the big name guys?

Watch this video of Roger Clemens and think about it.

Christmas is, and is not

A little reminder of what Christmas is all about....not really.

Its not about honkin your horn on your way to work x-mas eve at some jerk-off driver, its not about bitching about being at work on x-mas eve, its not about every family member who owns the company I work for not being here, its not about everyone who is home and not working calling you and letting you know that their home and your not, no, its not about any of these things. Its about family and friends and that warm feeling you get by just being around one another, kack, puke, blah. Thanks for listening, I feel much better.

Now enjoy a little Jackie and Dunlap video, my two favorite Southerners!

Gratitude Campaign

The Link below is a pretty easy way to say thanks. I think a handshake works well too.


Gratitude Campaign

Hockey, Beer, Queen, and Mullets= Fame!

I still love Hockey, and things like this only make it better. I saw this on withleather.com and am helping to make this guy internet famous! And remember kids, don't do drugs!

Awesome Hockey Goal

This nine year old has some serious talent scoring goals. I'm gonna go ahead and get my little Gordy Howe started...he's two and its about time.

*New Invention Alert*

Something good did come out of Columbus, OH. Two young boys invented Wedgie proof underwear!!




I have a feeling that they may go through a lot of underwear in the next coming fifteen years or so....you know being inventor nerds and all.

Mic'd Up

There really should be more of these online. The real interaction of pro athletes is very much like if not exactly like amateur athletes.

There is a new Rule in NCAA Football

If anyone has heard of this new rule please let me know. Its a great new rule, and this ref is awesome, he just made my Christmas list.



How do you define the "Givin the business" Penalty?

Butter Head And Eating What?

This is what they call in the business "Internet Gold". Had to share this after I watched it on mypetjawa and again at littlegreenfootballs. They had it titled "When Cultures Collide", that's pretty good, because someone translates a music video from India, which may be suspect, but who am I to say anything I hardly speak English good(I know , its well).



You've got to love the guy in all black no lines, and that serious idiot look on his face throughout.

Support for our troops (especially through holidays)

As a proud american who whole-heartedly supports or troops everywhere in the world, I thought this was a cool idea that I would like to share with anyone looking for a way to show their support. As the holidays are fast approaching and most people will be with their friends and family, our troops will be in terrible areas of the world with little or no contact with their loved ones. YOU can bring a soilder some happiness or at the very least let them know how much you appreciate the sacrifice they are making for you to be able to enjoy your holidays. So please, take a few minutes of your time and follow the link below to send a card to the troops.

Also... If you don't stand behind our troops, please feel free to STAND IN FRONT OF THEM!!!!

www.letssaythanks.com


EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DO THIS. IT IS QUICK AND EASY. IT IS A GREAT WAY TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR TROOPS.

Something cool that Xerox is doing... If you go to this web site, www.letssaythanks.com , you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! This is a great site. It is FREE and it only takes a second.

Lion's Post Game Press Conference

We're confused and we have some Questions Coach!


When talking about the Detroit Lions I like to have a two day waiting period. Especially after a loss to hear coach Marinelli talk, explain, make an excuse about the games events.

The post game press conference was a joke as usual. Marinelli wouldn't directly answer the sports reporters and had this arrogant bravado, short and curt. That shit might work in the locker room, but he just came out looking like an ass to Lion's fans.

In my opinion the sports reporters are there to ask the questions we can not, and the Coaches argumentative attitude was out of line. Why get tough with the guys asking questions?

Don't come out here and talk about "poundin' the rock", and then lash out at the press for asking the obvious questions. The reporters will ask the questions to you as long as we the fans are asking them what the hell is going on. Don't get defensive when we/they ask how in the hell we lost to Arizona when you said something along the lines of...we need or have to beat the teams we are expected to beat...don't quote me, but its real close to that.

How is it paying attention to detail when Larry Foster was off-sides so often that I was like hey are they serving Big Mac's in every huddle? Another detail issue is turning over the ball in crucial drives near the end of the game(New rule from NFL: Lions get a handle put on the ball in forth quarter of every game). Minus 18 yards rushing is not paying attention to game detail(See new NFL ruling). Letting a one armed QB beat you is flat out upsetting! This is a momentum and confidence thing that winning teams get the job done and WIN.

The above may sound angry, but its not or actually it is. I for one am proud of what the Lion's have accomplished this year, but it is frustrating to see a great win and then a very bad loss to a sub par team. How can we trust this team to emerge out of mediocrity?

The above issue is with Marinelli and how he addresses the guys who ask the questions for us...the fans.

Stop Squirming!

"Stop squirming!" is something I've said 100 times to my kids, what I didn't realize is that this affliction goes well beyond childhood... but for different reasons. Check out the site Stop Squirming and see for yourself.

What's your signature squirm?

Mine? "Bus Change".

Two Great SNL Celebrity Jeopardy Skits

There are several of these SNL Jeopardy skits all over, but these two are my favorite.

1.This is #1 because Turd Furgeson is just damn funny!


SNL - Celebrity Jeopardy - video powered by Metacafe

2.Its an edited montage of all of the Sean Connery Jeopardy skits. Careful, the volume kind of jumps around. Vid from youtube.

Do Anything to Win a Game!

Better than Cal vs Stanford of '82? Even without the band marching in early this is pretty awesome. Trinity vs. Millsaps

Some pro teams could learn something from these Div.III players.

A Little Something For Halloween

This story and especially the video, kinda creeped-me-out. Click the link or copy and paste in your browser for the story and video.



http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article385529.ece

Tribute to a Kicker

Ok, now I've seen a lot of "tribute" videos, but this is just, well, its blatantly, I really don't know, watch and judge for yourself.

If you haven't heard, the Tennessee Titan's kicker Rob Bironas broke a record for kicks in a game and this fan made him a video. I especially appreciate the photo shopping of pics.



Saw this at withleather.com and had to share with you guys.

October 19th aka-Black Friday

October 19th is a sad day to me and The Ubster....its our birthday, yes the same day. We have a lot of similarities, but that's all besides the point, the point is birthdays.

I dislike b-days, and I don't mean to be so cynical, but my family does not like to age or at least acknowledge it so my issues come from a long line of "don't say a G-damn word to me today". Here's a little example, my mothers birthday was last week, and we were all over there to "celebrate", and I asked my mother "so I don't have to do the math, how old are you?" she quickly responded with the middle finger. So now you have an idea of the response you would get from me if you asked. She didn't do it to be mean or pissed-off, she's a fairly classy chick, but a sign of "back-off I'm feeling old", so I didn't take it to heart.

Now that I have kids I may change my feelings, but I did start a family at a late age so I've got that shit to deal with....

The video kind of sums up how I feel. This youtube video is kind of old, but still relevant and still very funny.

The Wayne Fontes Experience: The absolute LAST word any Detroit Lions fan wants to hear is "Patience"#links#links

Take a moment to read Al's feelings on being told to have patience with the Lion's. I think Al speaks for a lot of us regarding being patient with the Lion's.
The Wayne Fontes Experience: The absolute LAST word any Detroit Lions fan wants to hear is "Patience"#links#links

Notre Dame on NBC...?

This video is great, it expresses sarcastically the frustration of College football fans all over. With the Big Ten Network screwing us all, one finds themselves saying why the hell do I have to watch Notre Dame on NBC if I want to watch a game. Well, you could watch Wayne State Univ. take on whomever on the Comcast channel(8 in my neighborhood) or you could hunt out a big ten game on ESPN 5, 6, maybe 7 where Indiana is facing-off with Northwestern. Nothing against any of these teams, but lets face it, we want to watch the powerhouse teams. I hope ND finally makes NBC see that they need to fire that genius who signed this big TV contract.


Vid from youtube courtesy of SNL.

Motorcycle chase in Michigan

This was damn exciting to watch! The upper left says FPD, and they comment on the cross street of Livernois so I would put that around the Ferndale, MI. area.

I like the control technique of the officer and what he says near the end. Seriously, the cops close to Detroit have learned not to screw around with these kinds of crooks, who are typically coming out of the D, don't believe me, ask a Detroit cop anytime how tough it is. I'm pretty sure Officer Kline of the DPD will tell you how unsoft it is(his words).

Thanks to liveleak.com

Playing with Snakes

Ya know something, I may not be a very smart man, but I do know not to get into water with a very big snake! And in said water grab the snakes tail, jerk it around, and then go looking for its head "full of teeth".

If you do grab a giant snake expect yourself to be saying "I've got a really bad bite" several times.



I want to thank liveleak.com for showing us what not to do with really big snakes!

One Man's Opinion...

Pat has a little something to say regarding the Saudi's. It's not if you believe him or not, its does he make sense.




Video from Liveleak.com, and opinion by Pat Condell.

Tying the Knot Jihadi Style

Ok, start the beautiful music, now flush the doves from the back of the church,its a sunny perfect day, the flowers smell great, everyone is dressed nicely....that's what you would be thinking if it was a blessed affair when two young couples tie the knot in Holy Matrimony. Yet the Radical Islamist have this new form of tying the knot.

I love it because of the music, and the fireworks at the end.

Flag Laws-U.S.

Do you know the flag laws of the United States? While I consider myself a fairly good citizen, I really don't know much about our flag laws.

The issue that prompted me to do research on flag laws was the incident in Reno, Nevada, where a shop owner of Mexican decent had a Mexican flag flying over a US flag, well that's a no no,and an American veteran saw this and cut down both flags himself. The shop owner had no idea, and after the incident the shop owner corrected the order in which his flags fly. There is a lot of helpful information here, if you care about your country's flag and its meaning. Pay special attention to section 3 and the sub-sections thereafter.

*Side note- Sorry to to be gone so long. Travel, work, and kids, you know all of the lame excuses.*




US Flag Laws and Regulations


By Executive Order, the flag flies 24 hours a day at the following locations:

The Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The White House, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
Iwo Jima Memorial to U.S. Marines, Arlington, Virginia
Battleground in Lexington, MA (site of first shots in the Revolutionary War)
Winter encampment cabins, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland (a flag flying over Fort McHenry after a battle during the War of 1812 provided the inspiration for The Star-Spangled Banner.
The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, Baltimore, Maryland (site where the famed flag over Fort McHenry was sewn)
Jenny Wade House in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Jenny Wade was the only civilian killed at the battle of Gettysburg)
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
All custom points and points of entry into the United States
The following codification of existing rules and customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag of the United States of America be, and it is hereby, established for the use of such civilians or civilian groups or organizations as may not be required to conform with regulations promulgated by one or more executive departments of the Government of the United States. The flag of the United States for the purpose of this chapter shall be defined according to title 4, United States Code, Chapter 1, Section 1 and Section 2 and Executive Order 10834 issued pursuant thereto.




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Sec. 2.


It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.


The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.


The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all-weather flag is displayed.


The flag should be displayed on all days, especially on

New Year's Day, January 1
Inauguration Day, January 20
Lincoln's Birthday, February 12
Washington's Birthday, third Monday in February
Easter Sunday (variable)
Mother's Day, second Sunday in May
Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May
Memorial Day (half-staff until noon), the last Monday in May
Flag Day, June 14
Independence Day, July 4
Labor Day, first Monday in September
Constitution Day, September 17
Columbus Day, second Monday in October
Navy Day, October 27
Veterans Day, November 11
Thanksgiving Day, fourth Thursday in November
Christmas Day, December 25
and such other days as may be proclaimed by the President of the United States
the birthdays of States (date of admission)
and on State holidays.


The flag should be displayed daily on or near the main administration building of every public institution.


The flag should be displayed in or near every polling place on election days.


The flag should be displayed during school days in or near every schoolhouse.

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Sec. 3.
That the flag, when carried in a procession with another flag or flags, should be either on the marching right; that is, the flag's own right, or, if there is a line of other flags, in front of the center of that line.



The flag should not be displayed on a float in a parade except from a staff, or as provided in subsection (i).


The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat. When the flag is displayed on a motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender.

subsection 4
*No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America, except during church services conducted by naval chaplains at sea, when the church pennant may be flown above the flag during church services for the personnel of the Navy.*


The flag of the United States of America, when it is displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed staffs, should be on the right, the flag's own right, and its staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag.


*The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags of States or localities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs.*


*When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the United States flag's right.*


*When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace.*


When the flag of the United States is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or front of a building, the union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half-staff. When the flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from a house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag should be hoisted out, union first, from the building.


When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left. When displayed in a window, the flag should be displayed in the same way, with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street.


When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it should be suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west street or to the east in a north and south street.


When used on a speaker's platform, the flag, if displayed flat, should be displayed above and behind the speaker. When displayed from a staff in a church or public auditorium, the flag of the United States of America should hold the position of superior prominence, in advance of the audience, and in the position of honor at the clergyman's or speaker's right as he faces the audience. Any other flag so displayed should be placed on the left of the clergyman or speaker or to the right of the audience.


The flag should form a distinctive feature of the ceremony of unveiling a statue or monument, but it should never be used as the covering for the statue or monument.


The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The flag should be again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day. On Memorial Day the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then raised to the top of the staff. By order of the President, the flag shall be flown at half-staff upon the death of principal figures of the United States Government and the Governor of a State, territory or possession, as a mark of respect to their memory. In the event of the death of other officials or foreign dignitaries, the flag is to be displayed at half-staff according to Presidential instructions or orders, or in accordance with recognized customs or practices not inconsistent with law. In the event of the death of a present or former official of the government of any State, territory, or possession of the United States, the Governor of that State, territory, or possession may proclaim that the National flag shall be flown at half-staff. The flag shall be flown at half-staff thirty days from the death of the President or a former President; ten days from the day of death of the Vice President, the Chief Justice or a retired Chief Justice of the United States, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives; from the day of death until interment of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a Secretary of an executive or military department, a former Vice President, or the Governor of a State, territory, or possession; and on the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress. As used in this subsection (1) the term "half-staff" means the position of the flag when it is one half the distance between the top and bottom of the staff; (2) the term "executive or military department" means any agency listed under sections 101 and 102 of title 5, United States Code; and (3) the term "Member of Congress" means a Senator, a Representative, a Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.


When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.


When the flag is suspended across a corridor or lobby in a building with only one main entrance, it should be suspended vertically with the union of the flag to the observer's left upon entering. If the building has more than one main entrance, the flag should be suspended vertically near the center of the corridor or lobby with the union to the north, when entrances are to the east and west or to the east when entrances are to the north and south. If there are entrances in more than two directions, the union should be to the east.


Sec. 4.
That no disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America -- the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.



The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.
The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
Sec. 5.
During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag or when the flag is passing in a parade or in review, all persons present except those in uniform should face the flag and stand at attention with the right hand over the heart. Those present in uniform should render the military salute. When not in uniform, men should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Aliens should stand at attention. The salute to the flag in a moving column should be rendered at the moment the flag passes.

Sec. 6.
During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. Men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should render the military salute at the first note of the anthem and retain this position until the last note. When the flag is not displayed, those present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed there.

Sec. 7.
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all," should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute.

Sec. 8.
Any rule or custom pertaining to the display of the flag of the United States of America, set forth herein, may be altered, modified, or repealed, or additional rules with respect thereto may be prescribed, by the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, whenever he deems it to be appropriate or desirable; and any such alteration or additional rule shall be set forth in a proclamation.

No person shall display the flag of the United Nations or any other national or international flag equal, above, or in a position of superior prominence or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United States at any place within the United States or any Territory or possession thereof; Provided, That nothing in this section shall make unlawful the continuance of the practice heretofore followed of displaying the flag of the United Nations in a position of superior prominence or honor, and other national flags in positions of equal prominence or honor, with that of the flag of the United States at the headquarters of the United Nations.


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How to Fold the Flag

Fold the flag in half width-wise twice. Fold up a triangle, starting at the striped end ... and repeat ... until only the end of the union is exposed. Then fold down the square into a triangle and tuck inside the folds.



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Passion

I'm not a cat person, at all. But you have to admire the passion.

Something you can really get behind

Jokes, sports, politics, and stupid human tricks are great and all, but this is something that people can really support by not doing anything but watching, and sharing it with others, and maybe buying a CD.

The organization is called IAVA which stands for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and their website is www.iava.org Below is a video supporting our troops, and no its not some tear-jerking, soft music, or pull on the heart strings old hat. Its hot, its sexy, and all of the proceeds if bought goes to the veterans program, go there and see everything they do.

Back to the video, have you seen the Obama girl? If you haven't, she is very attractive(Friggin hot), and here she has some of the wives, girlfriends, and others dancing and sending sexy wishes for our troops. Nothing says support like half naked women! Check it out you may be surprised, and actually like something today.



I'll go ahead and say your welcome.

Someone Pinch Me

I must be sleeping, the Detroit Lions are 2 and 0! Are you telling me that my Sundays are no longer going to be filled with anger, frustration, envy for my out of state friends football team. Don't get me wrong I'm not eatin' the corn bread or sippin' the kool aid, I just get that feeling that this team believes in itself and can be competitive in a high percentage of games. Kitna said they will win ten games,well I've got a hard time gettin on board with that one, I did think 7 or 8, and that was me going out on a limb, but now I feel a little better about bein' that homer and blindly following the Lions yet once again, hell the payoff could be....dare I say....the playoffs!? I dare, I dare. If I am made to eat my words, well its just another disappointing football season, and I am so callous to that now, it doesn't even hurt anymore.


Happier times. The Lions showed a lot of heart this past Sunday, Kitna really showed me that he wanted to win, and I have a lot of respect for him and his game play, I mean putting your shoulder down and smackin Minnesota's "D" in the mouth, awesome. What player on the offense didn't push it for extra yardage? I didn't see the stereotypical Lion fall down in the fetal position with each catch or run. What about the famous "run like he's on fire to get to the sidelines" play(short of the first down of course). The wide outs fought hard for extra yards, they got open to be easy targets for Kitna, and did some nice down field blocking.

The defense also really stepped up, and it is now obvious that Coach Marinelli knows defensive players(D.White). You've got to say that Ernie Sims is a hard workin middle linebacker who didn't take a play off. The Shawn Rogers/Cory Redding D-line did a good job stuffin up the middle lanes, and applied some good pressure on the Minn. QB.

We all have to face the facts, the Lion's looked pretty damn good! Pretty much everyone on the team contributed, hence the picture of Brian Calhoun(and 29 was my Al Bundy high school football number). It feels good to go to work on a Monday and not have to read about how crappy the Lions played and what jerk are we going to draft first or second, because the season is already over or who should get fired, blah, blah , blah who drove naked thru a drive thru, blah! I could get used to this, but I know it could be a dream.....by the way, don't pinch me, let me enjoy this dream.

Side note: Thank you Calvin Johnson for not being a long hold out pain-in-the-ass!

Islam

This guy should be on every evening newscast every night for the next month! Gotta love the Brits. Subtle and to the point. Well said, old chap!

This may help you never forget 9/11/01

You know I really wouldn't be a very good blogger/hack if I didn't post a little something to help us all remember what happened six years ago today. Over these past six years I've seen a lot of tributes, but this one choked-me-up due to sheer impact, not the soft song slide show, no this one hit me in the face like a sledge hammer.

Video from liveleak.com



It makes you sad and pissed all at the same time!

Ball Park Prank

I have always wanted to be a master prankster, but never really achieved my true potential. The video below knocks it out of the park! Kinda slow but absolutely worth the wait!

People who don't deserve to be in the USA

I have a hard time understanding why someone who lives in this country could hate it so much but yet stay. Sometimes it seems the "land of the free" is too free. Reason I say this is because of what Gump showed me yesterday. Someone had defaced the Vietnam Memorial in DC over the weekend. That person or people, if caught, should be forced out of this country and made to live in a very oppressive one somewhere else. Let them see just how "awful" the USA is by living in a place with no rights, not even basic human rights!!!
One of the other portions of this story that burns me is the lack of media coverage. The liberal media shouldn't have a right to not publicise this because of there personal views on the Vietnam war.
Anyway, see below.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893742/posts

Star Wars the special edition

Repeat after me, "I am a sick disgusting person" ok, now watch the video.

Die Laughing....why not!?

Its time to shift gears so here goes one of my all-time favorites. Yes, its a fart joke/video.

YMCA Swimming Class

At first I pulled away from the screen, having two small children there was no way I wanted to see an example of a child not "making it"! Then as the child rolls over and calls out to the parents I started to think "hey my parents have a pool, this class may be something I need to look into."

If this helps one child not drowned, then this dumb-ass blogging is worth more than I thought.

Russian Ninja

This is a pretty cool video of two guys in Russia being more Spider Man than Ninja, nonetheless cool. It is about 8 minutes long; the first few minutes are a bit... well watch and see. It has over 1.5 million hits on You Tube!

Truth in the Media

More and more these days, I find myself suspicious and a disbeliever of the news. Media giants have lost their hold on me. The "dissident frogman" blog points this out in a clever, informative and sigh, funny manner. I sigh because I know my innocence is lost - prior to 9/11 and Gump's committed tuttelage (Gump is credited with finding the Frogman), I wouldn't have found this humorous or informative. Anywho...check out the video -read the Frogman's comments. www.thedissidentfrogman.com/blog/link/like-a-suppository-only-stronger/

Count Down to the 100K National Award Winner!

During the month of August, we had the opportunity to vote WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT (WWP) as our favorite charity on Rezoom. If the WWP wins, the charity receives $100,000! Each Monday, Rezoom is releasing a top finalist. Three finalists have been announced and WWP isn't listed but there are 2 Monday's to go! The top finalist will be named September 14th. I'll update you when the winner is announced or you can go to www.rezoom.com and check it out.

Rednecks Addressing the Issues

Sometimes politics and current events get so damn boring! A lot of the time you don't want to post or even write about it. Well, not this time. These guys from the redstateupdate.com do redneck videos on politics and current events, and I have to tell you, they really do a good job getting the message out there and having a point...if you stop laughing to hear it all.

How did my style of picking up women at the bar get out?

"The Great Dane's"

This post is for a couple of guys in my fantasy football league, I'm not going to mention any names....Brian and Kline.

You just can't beat the enthusiastic Ron Dane fan! Crap I gave it away, like it matters, someone in my league is going to pick Ron Dane, Mike Vick, Pac man Jone(thinking he's a wide receiver), and Curtis Martin...just like last year.

Good luck to 2nd thru 10th places.

The Music Business Is...?

File this under your "what the f*#@" section of your brain. Its, well, its a little over the top with... Anyway, its funny to see a guy dance like that, have the hair, the dance suit, and that stupid look on his face. Have a little looky see. Should be 18+ to listen to lyrics.

TriDad Video

Ok, I don't care who you are this video is funny. You may or may not know that I am a father of two small animals(children), one has a lot of questions and they all start with "DAD" or "DADDY", and the other child only knows three words, and one is of course "DAD". Don't take this the wrong way, I truly do like when they call me, only....enjoy vid.

Vick Pleads Guilty in Dogfighting Case

The Associated Press reports that Mike Vick Pleads Guilty today. Its almost not even worth commenting on, Vick and the Judges will take care of everything.


Monday, August 27, 2007; 11:23 AM
RICHMOND, Va. -- A judge accepted Michael Vick's guilty plea Monday to a federal dogfighting charge and scheduled a Dec. 10 sentencing date that could send the fallen NFL superstar to prison. The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson.


"Are you entering the plea of guilty to a conspiracy charge because you are in fact guilty?" Hudson asked. Vick replied, "Yes, sir." Hudson also emphasized that he is not bound by sentencing guidelines and can impose the maximum sentence of up to five years in prison. "You're taking your chances here. You'll have to live with whatever decision I make," Hudson. In his written plea filed in federal court Friday, Vick admitted helping kill six to eight pit bulls and supplying money for gambling on the fights. He said he did not personally place any bets or share in any winnings.


The NFL suspended him indefinitely and without pay Friday after his plea agreement was filed. Merely associating with gamblers can trigger a lifetime ban under the league's personal conduct policy. The case began in late April when authorities conducting a drug investigation of Vick's cousin raided the former Virginia Tech star's rural Surry County property and seized dozens of dogs, some injured, and equipment commonly used in dogfighting.

Afghanistan has a Limp Wrist?

OK, you really have to watch this video! Its about 7 mins. so make time.

This video claims that the Taliban could be gay, not that there is anything wrong with that, and that Afghanistan in general is effeminate. There is a classic quote in the middle of the video regarding how birds fly over Afghanistan that you have to see.

Personally I don't care what any ones sexual orientation is, but the standards that these strict Muslims are suppose to stand by and enforce, makes it irresistible to share with you kind people.

I'm gonna go ahead and give this Documentary short film two thumbs up!

The Real Blood Sport

If you have any interest in the Mike Vick Dog fighting story. You have to read this story by Paul Duggan of the Washington Post.

I have to say that I had no idea how brutal it really was, and now have a lower opinion of Vick and others like him. Here is the link to the story.

Copy and paste the link below into your browser.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR2007082101997.html

What a day!

Feeling a little self loathing today, and it made me think of a song I heard a while back. Well now that song is even more fitting, and actually I may make it my new theme song.

Although I can't afford Cuban cigars, and don't agree with burning of the American flag or blowing your nose on it, I still get his point.

So please thirty somethings help me welcome Mr. Dennis Leary!

*Disclaimer*-May not be suitable for all ages or any schlub at work in his tiny cubical*

Aircraft Carrier Landing Cockpit View

Have you ever wondered what its like to land a plane/jet on an Aircraft carrier? Well your in luck! Check out this video of a camera in the cockpit(ha ha I said cockpit and you had to read it, I said it again and you read it again!(Yes I know I'm a child)) while landing. Very cool!

Guilty Plea!

Well its time to talk about the Vick issue. I've done a hell-of-a job keeping my mouth shut, and waiting until some real proof or even waiting until after the courts passed judgement on Mike Vick. The time has come to call a duck a duck or in this case a dog murdering fuck!

If you are on the side of being lied to and think that bored millionaire's are some sort of above the law God, please stop reading and check yourself into rehab or the local mental hospital!

The thing that really pisses me off is that with the damn plea bargain we will never get all of the dirt that this low-life and his cronies did to these innocent animals. To take your own hands or rope, and try to hang a dog to death is cold as hell, but when the hanging doesn't work you then try to drowned the dog, also heard electrocution was used. This heinous barbaric act was done by and or paid for by an NFL Quarterback! Why? What reason would you have to do this or even better be a part of? My opinion is that he has a sick twisted side to be any part of this operation.


We are all capable of seeing a pattern in our friends, family, and so on so why not these selfish S*O*B sport figures or celebrities. Maybe we should just look at it this way... Marketing of a product, in the major sports leagues the athletes are a product or commodity and will sell you them through paper media, radio and the TV of course. With contracts in the 10's of 100's of millions of dollars it is an investment worth protecting at any cost, that would mean right up to the very end. Your probably saying to your self "Bull shit", but if marketing didn't work why does every company with a product or service have a Marketing Department.

It seems like I'm getting off course so lets get back to it, the Commissioner of the NFL is obviously into cleaning the league up of any "bad character types", and I've got to tell you that I think he is doing a fairly good job. It is a privilege to play in any major league sports, and look at some of these crimes, many of them felonies. Felonies that if you or I committed we would most definitely do jail time, with very little opportunity to plea bargain. So I say screw him he gets everything coming to him, and the worst the better.

Maybe the major sport leagues need to come up with a hobby program to keep these bored a-holes out of trouble. I hear a dancing reality show has kept some retired stars out of trouble.

Golden Tee 2007 Live

Gump & I occasionally go to Gator Jakes, a local bar, to play Texas Hold'em. I was getting okay cards, but was struggling to keep $4000. Gump just wasn't getting the cards. Although he was well above $4000, he suggested we play some Golden Tee instead. I wasn't into gambling anymore. We just didn't have the Mojo, so off we went.










Golden Tee, over the years we have played a few times, Gump is much better than I am. He is often kind enough to give pointers as I struggle with the Sand Wedge and Putter. We played our first 18 holes and were really just warming up. The second game is where it all happened. Gump gave me some advice, try one left and put backspin on it. I listened to his advice and BAM - A HOLE IN ONE! To top it off, I was able to customize my golfer with the coolest hat.

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut.

How Do You Spell Stupid?

When L. Brooks Patterson writes an article titled,

BUY AN UZI IF STATE TURNS PRISONERS LOOSE ON JAILS

He's got my attention! Does Lansing have our best interest in mind while governing our wonderful state? I think not-not when an idea like this gets their consideration. In this letter, he exposes the newest "harebrained scheme that is making momentum in Lansing" to "reclassify as many as 200 felonies and magically convert them into 200 new misdemeanors". Read the full article and make up your own mind. Then let your local representative know you do not support this.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007708090304

Hot Dogs and Harley's

Sometimes in life you have to learn new things either by choice or by force. This lesson is by force! You will watch it, you will not like it, but damn it you will learn something! The something you will learn, will not be useful nor will it be informative.



Hotties in bikini's would have made this an awesome "sport" but my mom reads this blog...

Its a sport...right?

This is all over the net right now, and who the hell am I to not post it! It is a must see! While watching think to your self 50 feet, which is the same as 5 stories....



Ah, did you happen to notice his shoes flying off.

He gets UP!! No way that guy walked off! I wouldn't have believed it if someone told me.

For all of You dieters out there

When your feeling a little bad about the 5 to 20 pounds you put on in the past months or years, stop and take a little look at this video, and instantly feel better about yourself.

Sumo or not with breasts that big he should be modeling bras for Victoria's Secret.

I love the line at the end. The guy taping says "Imagine looking like that, and being a loser". Well that just about sums it up, enjoy the vid.

Guevara "Cool" no longer?

As Americans we have this undying need to support the under-dog or maybe being a country of "revolutionaries" ourselves we find a bond or kindship with. It doesn't matter if we have the facts or not, its just a feeling thing.

Seeing Johnny Depp on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine with a Che Guevara medallion around his neck could misguide and misdirect a ton of people. Look around at the celebraties that just have no clue and blindly wear shirts, hats, and who knows what else with Che's likeness on them. Well the story/interview below may help to educate some, it did me.



'Cool' Icon Che Guevara Was a Murderous Thug, Author Says
By Michael Chapman
CNSNews.com Managing Editor
July 30, 2007

(Editor's Note: In the first of a two-part interview, Cybercast News Service speaks to Humberto Fontova, author of the new book, "Exposing the Real Che Guevara and the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him.")

(CNSNews.com) - Che Guevara, who aided Fidel Castro in his rise to power in Cuba in the late 1950s and early 1960s, is today an icon of liberal culture worldwide. His picture and image adorn countless products, from posters to t-shirts to CD cases to bikinis.

Robert Redford made a 2004 movie about Guevara, "The Motorcycle Diaries," which won media praise and an Academy Award. Two more Guevara movies are due for release in 2008.

Yet the liberal-left and Hollywood are perpetuating myths, if not outright lies, about Guevara, according to author Humberto Fontova in his book, "Exposing the Real Che Guevara and the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him."

Fontova discussed with Cybercast News Service his new book and what he describes as the real Guevara - the man who directly helped Castro put into place a communist regime responsible for at least 102,000 deaths and which has cycled 500,000 people through its gulag.

Cybercast News Service: Why did you write this book?

Humberto Fontova: Because of the blizzard, the avalanche, the non-stop flood of complete B.S. that has been issuing from Castro's Cuba and from Castro himself since February 1957, when he had his first interview with the New York Times. He has had the Western media eating out of the palm of his hand.

I'll tell you what I told Alan Colmes, from Fox's "Hannity & Colmes." He said, "How can you - all of a sudden - discover all these things about Che Guevara?" And I said, "No, Alan, these things were discovered in 1959. These things were recorded as they were happening. But it's just that they never made it into the mainstream media, not just in the United States but also worldwide."

Cybercast News Service: Who was reporting the facts about Che Guevara in 1959 and not the propaganda?

Humberto Fontova: Cuban-Americans primarily. It was recorded a lot in Spanish newspapers. A lot of the sources for my book were Spanish-language sources - there were books and periodicals published in places such as Mexico City and Madrid. When many Cubans got to America, they learned that no major publisher would touch an anti-Castro book. Some people started their own publishing companies, but the sad part is that most of this stuff was published only in Spanish. But these things have been known since 1959.

Cybercast News Service: Who were the people in America and in the Western world praising Che Guevara and Castro?

Humberto Fontova: At the same time that Che is the chief executioner for the Cuban revolution and hundreds of bodies are being piled up every week by firing squads, we have none other than Ed Sullivan referring to Fidel Castro as the George Washington of his country. Now, Ed Sullivan made amends later. He is one of the few who actually retracted his comment. But we had Harry Truman saying Castro was doing what was best for Cuba - quote "we ought to extend our sympathy and help him to do what is right for them." We had CBS's Edward R. Murrow. Look at the movie "Good Night and Good Luck" - oh, Ed Murrow snarled when he got in front of Joe McCarthy. He was the grand inquisitor when he got in front of a right-winger. Well, Murrow actually went to Havana to interview Castro, and he complimented his dog, "That's a cute puppy, little Fidelita!" In that interview, he got no further than some talk about Castro's son - who Castro never took care of and abandoned - and his "little puppy." That's the type of investigative journalism we've come to expect when investigating things in Cuba.

Cybercast News Service: Why are so many people in the U.S. media and in academia so enthralled with Che Guevara and apparently so willing to repeat myths and distort facts about him?

Humberto Fontova: The whole thing starts with the cachet, the coolness surrounding the Cuban revolution. At the time, the United States was the biggest fuddy-duddy, Leave-it-to-Beaver country in the world. Then, all of a sudden, you had these long-haired revolutionaries down in Cuba - they were the first hippies, the first beatniks. Look at Che Guevara in those years. Take off the beard and you've got Jim Morrison. Raul Castro used to carry his shoulder-length blond hair in a ponytail. Camilo Cienfuegos looked like another Jerry Garcia. There was that coolness cachet, plus all the misconceptions about what Cuba was like prior to these guys.

Cybercast News Service: So, there is a lot of ignorance about pre-Castro Cuba?

Humberto Fontova: Yes. In fact, in 1958, Cuba had a higher per capita income than half of Europe. It had double Japan's per capita income. Cuban laborers, the unionized labor - the Cuban labor force was more unionized than the U.S. labor force - had the eighth highest wages in the world. This was at a time when Cubans could get a U.S. visa for the asking. Any Cubans could leave their country, with all of their property, at any time. At that time, in the 1950s, there were fewer Cubans living in the United States than there were Americans living in Cuba. No country in the world can make that claim. Cuba had the 13th lowest infant mortality rate, not in the hemisphere but in the world. Cuba had more doctors and dentists per capita than Great Britain and the United States.

So people now say, "Fine, Humberto, if Cuba was such a rosy place, then why did they have a revolution? Why did so many Cubans back Fidel Castro?" The answer is simple: It was not billed as a revolution. It was billed as a political rebellion. In other words, what was going to be ousted was the quasi-dictatorial regime of [Fulgencio] Batista, which was really not dictatorial technically. It was corrupt and sporadically brutal because of its police. But, as I said, in those years, the 1950s, people used to flock into Cuba. Cuba took in more immigrants, as a percentage of population, before the Cuban revolution, than did the United States. People used to jump on rafts from say, neighboring Haiti and Jamaica to try to enter Cuba. They were as desperate to enter the place then as they are to exit it now.

Now, we know that 20 percent - out of a country that was previously inundated with immigrants - of the population has fled. And that's a small percentage of those who wanted to leave and want to leave. So the ignorance about Cuba before Castro adds a lot to the myth and mis-reporting about Cuba.

Cybercast News Service: When academics and Hollywood and establishment media promote untruths about Guevara and Cuba, is it ignorance, or that they're sympathetic towards Castro, or both?

Humberto Fontova: It's a combination and reflexive anti-Americanism. You have to remember that, well before Osama bin Laden, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara were the emblems of anti-Americanism, the worldwide emblems. Basically, the Cuban revolution and everything associated with it - and Che Guevara is the primary symbol of that - is the handiest club to pick up and whack the U.S. on the head.

Cybercast News Service: What do you consider to be some of Guevara's greatest crimes or offenses that people today should know about?

Humberto Fontova: He was the chief executioner. He performed for the Cuban revolution what Heinrich Himmler performed for the Nazis. Everything Che Guevara did was directed by Fidel Castro. Early on, when they were in the mountains, Castro realized that Che seemed to relish executing little farm boys. There were executions carried out, carried out in the mountains, of so-called informers. I interviewed many people who witnessed those executions. There was no due process.

Che Guevara wrote a letter to his father in 1957 and to his abandoned wife. In the letter to her, he wrote, "I'm here in Cuba's hills, alive and thirsting for blood." Then, to his father, "I really like killing." The man was a clinical sadist, whereas Fidel Castro you could describe as a psychopath in that the murders did not affect him one way or the other. It was a means to an end - the consolidation of his one-man rule. Che has a famous quote, where he wrote, a revolutionary has to become "a cold killing machine." The thing was, Che Guevara was anything but cold. He was a warm killing machine. He relished the slaughter.

Cybercast News Service: Are there reliable estimates on the number of people killed by Guevara or killed as a result of his policies or orders?

Humberto Fontova: He was put in charge of the execution squads in early 1959. He stayed in charge of the prison where most of the executions took place in Havana. And in the months he was in charge there, about four months until July 1959, the estimates run from 500 to 1,182 men and boys sent to the firing squad without due process. But the system he set in place for the executions ... in that system of justice, according to "The Black Book of Communism" - the definitive source - by the mid-sixties, 14,000 men and boys had been executed in Cuba. That was the year, December 1964, when Che Guevara ... addressed the General Assembly, and he said: "Executions? Certainly we execute. And we will continue executing as long as it is necessary!" So, in other words, he still claimed the system. It was still his system at work.

Cybercast News Service: When you use the phrase "useful idiot," how do you define that?

Humberto Fontova: There's some question whether the phrase was termed by Stalin or by Lenin. But it's related to Lenin's famous comment that, when asked, "where will we get the rope to hang the capitalist class?" Lenin said, "they will sell it to us." It's related to that, to the people who went to the Soviet Union, who saw what they wanted to see, and helped spread communist lies throughout the West. They were "useful" to the Soviet propaganda machine. The Soviet Union no longer exists, but these people, to this day, are "useful" to the Castro regime because that is still the emblem. You go to Cuba today and Che Guevara's face is plastered everywhere. And that face is considered the emblem of the Castro regime and the Cuban revolution. So, those who help whitewash and spread that message are useful to this day to the Castro regime.

Cybercast News Service: Who are the leading "useful idiots" in the United States when it comes to Guevara and Castro?

Humberto Fontova: I guess Robert Redford would have to take first place because of the movie, "The Motorcycle Diaries" - a movie, by the way, that had to be screened for Fidel Castro and Aleida Guevara, Che's widow, in Havana before the Cuban regime gave Robert Redford permission and benediction to release it in the U.S. You can imagine in this country if a U.S. director needed the permission of Nancy Regan to release that HBO movie, "The Reagans." You can imagine the howls of protest from the Hollywood crowd. But for some reason it's considered perfectly proper for a Hollywood director, who fancies himself a champion of artistic freedom, to require the permission of a Stalinist regime in order to release a movie - because that Stalinist regime helped him make it, helped propagate the myth.

It's getting worse now because, coming up there will be two movies about Che Guevara. Steven Soderbergh, an Oscar winner, will be directing Benicio Del Toro as Che Guevara. One movie will be called "Guerilla," although there was no guerilla war in Cuba. The other will be called "The Argentine." They basically pick up where "The Motorcycle Diaries" left off and take Che Guevara through the Cuban revolution, then to Africa, and then to his demise in Bolivia.

We have a clue as to what these movies will be like in that Benicio Del Toro made a comment a few months ago because he's studying up on his character. He said, "Che was just one of those guys who walked the walk and talked the talk. There's just something cool about people like that. The more I get to know Che, the more I respect him."

More interestingly, the screenplay is based on Che Guevara's official diaries. These diaries were published in Havana and edited by Fidel Castro. The propaganda ministry of a Stalinist regime is essentially issuing the screenplay for a Hollywood movie. You can't make this stuff up.

Cybercast News Service: Did Robert Redford's movie rely on similar Castro-regime-approved materials?

Humberto Fontova: Yes, Che Guevara's diaries. Those are the same diaries that he kept as a young man when he was traveling in South America. They were published in Havana. It's very interesting because Robert Redford chose to omit many fascinating items. For instance, in those diaries - the original ones - Che Guevara has a passage where he says, "crazy with fury, I will murder any enemy that falls into my hands. My nostrils dilate while savoring the sweet odor of blood and gunpowder." Naturally, for some reason, that was left out of Redford's heart-warming movie.

All you have to do is take Che Guevara's writing and put it alongside that of [Seung-hui] Cho, the Virginia Tech killer, and you can't tell the difference. Cho comes across as healthy compared to Che Guevara. Yet I haven't seen too many Cho t-shirts around, while there are lots of Che t-shirts.

Cybercast News Service: So, Robert Redford is a "useful idiot"?

Humberto Fontova: Yes, because "The Motorcycle Diaries" movie has probably done as much as anything else to boost the Che Guevara cachet.

Cybercast News Service: And you think Guevara has become so idolized because of people like Redford?

Humberto Fontova: Yes, ignorance and reflexive anti-Americanism. That sums it up. Che is known as a cool symbol. You can be anti-American and be Osama bin Laden, but that's not as cool. Put al-Zarqawi or Osama bin Laden on a poster, and they don't look cool, whereas Che Guevara looks like Jim Morrison. It's a good-looking, cool symbol for reflexive anti-Americanism.

Cybercast News Service: So these people really are useful idiots?

Humberto Fontova: Yes, but with the ignorance. I talk to young people and kids. The high school and college kids look at the image and probably think Che's a drummer for the Smashing Pumpkins. Slightly older ones, the Gen-Xers, think it's probably Bob Marley on the t-shirt. And many in my generation think of him as Jim Morrison of The Doors.

Cybercast News Service: You talk about some of these folks at Newsweek and Jon Lee Anderson and Richard Goodwin-can you explain how they've spread propaganda about Che Guevara?

Humberto Fontova: Anderson is the worst. His book, "Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life" is more than 800 pages and considered by, again, all the major reviewers as the definitive book on Che. It's interesting because Anderson wrote it while living in Cuba, with the full cooperation of the Castro regime. The propaganda ministers of a totalitarian regime feed information to this guy; he puts it in his book; and then it's broadcast all over the world as an "authoritative" source. It boggles the mind.

Cybercast News Service: It would be like someone sitting in the office of Joseph Goebbels and taking dictation?

Humberto Fontova: As I say in the book, it's like, let us say that Hitler died, one of the assassination attempts against him succeeded, and then a so-called historian were to go to write Hitler's biography and were to use Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Goering, and Martin Bormann as his sources. Would any sane person take that book seriously? But when it comes to the Cuban revolution, people don't look past that. There's something about the Cuban revolution that blinds people to reason.

Cybercast News Service: Is that intellectual blindness because liberals, in general, tend to look at issues based on emotion instead of reason - that, for instance, the communists "meant well" and wanted to help people and therefore they were good guys?

Humberto Fontova: Leftists are always judged on their intent, on their motives, rather than their results. But the intent and motives of the Cuban revolutionaries were not noble; they were Stalinists from the get-go. Che Guevara would sign his correspondence, before he even went to Cuba, as "Stalin II." The Cuban revolution did not veer off course. It was always led by Stalinists. Declassified Soviet documents now show that there were KGB agents in 1958 involved. Raul Castro, for instance, had KGB contacts from the mid-1950s. So, their intent was not noble. They were Stalinists from the get-go.

Cybercast News Service: And there were KGB or GRU agents training Guevara and others?

Humberto Fontova: Yes, the GRU was training the firing squads. In early 1959, when Che Guevara took over probably the most luxurious house in Cuba, that is where most of the meetings were held with Soviet agents. And, early on, these agents were Spanish communists who had fled the Spanish Civil War for the Soviet Union. They were the ones the Soviets sent to Cuba to train and hob-knob with their Cuban counterparts. They met in Che's house to plot the Stalinization of Cuba.

(to be continued)

I finally have something to say...

As the General of this blog I do what most generals do. I sit back and watch the grunts perform, (i.e. post). However today I came across a news story that really got my goat. Apparently a man (use that term loosely,) named Dan Frazier is selling anti-war t-shirts that have the names of our US soldiers who gave their lives for our freedom and the war in Iraq. He claims to be raising awareness to the cost of the war using his right to free speech but this "free speech right" is making him a profit at the expense of our soldiers and their grieving families who happen to believe in what their family members died for. The families are not making a profit on their loss but this bozo thinks it is OK for him to earn a living this way. The state in which Mr. Frazier lives (Arizona) has passed a law prohibiting him from selling those shirts in that state as have 4 other states as well. Regardless of your stance on the war, this free speech seems to be morally apprehensive to this war hero. God bless our troops. See article below.

States Try to Stop Commercial Use of Dead Soldiers' Photos, Names
Thursday, May 17, 2007

PHOENIX — Incensed by the sale of anti-war T-shirts and other paraphernalia emblazoned with the names and pictures of America's military dead, some states are outlawing the commercial use of the fallen without the permission of their families.
Despite serious questions of constitutionality, Oklahoma and Louisiana enacted such laws last year, and the governors of Texas and Florida have legislation waiting on their desks. Arizona lawmakers are on the verge of approving a similar measure.
"You should have some rights to your own name and your own legacy, particularly if you're a deceased veteran," said state Sen. Jim Waring, a Republican who sponsored the Arizona bill. "Celebrities have that. Why shouldn't our soldiers have that?"
The bills were prompted largely by pleas from military families upset that their loved ones' names and photos were being used on phone cards, body armor and other products.
In many cases, the target of their ire is Dan Frazier, a Flagstaff man who sells T-shirts online that list the names of 3,155 U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq. The shirts bear slogans such as "Bush Lied — They Died" and "Support Our Remaining Troops — Bring the Rest Home Alive."

Margy Bons, a Phoenix-area woman whose Marine reservist son, Sgt. Michael A. Marzano, was killed by an insurgent bomb in Iraq in 2005, said he believed in his mission.
"My son was not duped into going to war," she said. "I'm angry that somebody can use somebody else's name for their political beliefs without permission."
Frazier, 41, said he will not retreat. "I'm providing a valuable service to people to help show the enormity of the cost of war," he said.
Under the Arizona bill, violators could get up to six months in jail and fines of $2,500 for an individual and $20,000 for an enterprise. A spokeswoman for Gov. Janet Napolitano declined to say whether she would sign the bill if it reached her desk.
The Florida bill would impose a $1,000 penalty per violation for using a military member's name or photo commercially without permission.
Law enforcement officials in Oklahoma and Louisiana said they were unaware of any prosecutions under their laws. But the Arizona legislation also authorizes families to sue, and Bons said she will see Frazier in court.
Frazier said he has sold a couple of thousand shirts through his Web site, www.carryabigsticker.com, since 2005 and regards it as more of a political statement than a moneymaker. He said the shirts, which sell for $20 to $22, are expensive to produce.
Frazier said the various state bills and laws infringe on his First Amendment rights to free speech.
Waring said Frazier is selling a commercial product, and that opens the door to state regulation.
"This is clearly commercial speech. He's not giving the shirts away," Waring said. "I don't dispute that if he was giving the shirts away to make a political statement, we probably couldn't do anything about that."
However, a constitutional law expert said the fact that the dead soldiers' names are public record and that the Arizona legislation grants exceptions for plays, articles and certain other uses could undermine its constitutionality.
"You can't make some irrational distinctions and stop some people and not others without a really good reason," said Paul Bender, an Arizona State University professor and a top Justice Department official in the Clinton administration.
Bender said the shirts are clearly a political statement: "He's not advertising anything on the T-shirts."
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
APTV 05-17-07 1410EDT

The Wayne Fontes Experience: The Detroit Tigers bullpen as seen thru the music of The Police#links

The Wayne Fontes Experience: The Detroit Tigers bullpen as seen thru the music of The Police#links

You've got to read Big Al's take on the Tiger's latest woes. The way this guy writes and describes his frustration with the Kitty's is so much like mine, that there is no way in hell we could be in the same room watching the latest crap served up from our MLB team. Actually I get so pissed at the Lion's....oops Tigers, that I try not to write about them so I don't have to relive the pain!

LAKE FACTS

How much do you know about Michigan and our Lakes? After reading an article in the July 29, 2007 edition of the FreePress by writer Ron Dzwonkowski, I now know a lot more! Check out excerpts that I found interesting:

• The generally agreed-to estimate of the number of inland lakes in Michigan is 11,000.
• If somebody tells you to "go jump in the lake," in Michigan you are never more than 6 miles from one.
• In area, Lake Superior is the world's second largest. The other four Great Lakes ranked in order by surface area: Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario.
• Two of northern Michigan's largest and most popular inland lakes are Houghton and Higgins. They sit between U.S.-127 and I-75.
• Michigan's three largest inland lakes are: Houghton, Torch and Charlevoix.
• Walled Lake got it's name from earthen buildups that may have been from waves and ice that resembled walls around parts of the lake.
• The drop in water level at the Soo Locks for ships coming down from Lake superior into the lower lakes is 21 feet.

You can read the complete article at http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007707290545

Luxury Tax Response from Gov.Granholm

If you remember a little while back(Tuesday June 26th) I sent an e-mail to Gov.Granholm regarding a Luxury Tax on sports and entertainment tickets, and below is the response I was sent from her office. Go to the bottom of the response for more comments.



Dear Mr. S(aka- Pvt. Gump):

Thank you for contacting Governor Granholm’s office. Your email in opposition to increased taxes on tickets to sporting events and other entertainment venues has been received and read. The following is the Governor’s response on the issue:



“To resolve the unprecedented fiscal crisis facing our state I have been working to enact the plan that I introduced in my State of the State address and in the budget I submitted to the Legislature. It is based on a balanced approach that combines additional cuts in government spending, with reforms that reduces the cost of government and new revenues. Through this approach, we could invest in the things we need to bring jobs to our state and avoid the deep cuts to education, health care and public safety that would jeopardize any chance we have for economic recovery.



Since offering this plan, I have eliminated the approximately $1 billion shortfall in our current budget, which resulted in cuts to every department of state government. In addition, I was able to reach agreement with the Legislature to replace our Single Business Tax when it expires at the end of the year. This prevents adding $2 billion to our $1.8 billion deficit in the Fiscal Year 2008 budget and gives Michigan a competitive business tax that will make it easier to keep existing jobs here and attract new investment and jobs to our state.



As these most recent spending cuts and the $4 billion in deficits I resolved in my first term indicate, I am willing to make tough choices to balance the budget. However, I reject a “cuts alone” solution to the deficit because it would result in severe funding reductions to schools, health care and our police and fire departments. Without new revenue and cost cutting reforms, we would give up any hope of economic recovery for our state.



The Legislature is entertaining numerous proposals about the best way to generate revenue, including a tax on high-end discretionary services. While I believe that new revenues must be part of the overall solution to our budget deficit, I cannot predict with any certainty which of these many proposals for new revenue will become legislation that reaches my desk. I will keep your views in mind as negotiations over the Fiscal Year 08 budget go forward.”


Again, thank you for your correspondence to the Governor’s office.


L. S., Assistant to T. G.
Constituent Services Division
Office of Governor Jennifer M. Granholm


Did the Governors office just tell me to F-off, because it just sounded like it!? You will keep my opinions in mind, sure you will.

Where the state gets the money is important and a concern, but my point was and still is "Do not tax our free time recreational outlets." Hell, we have to work more hours or more jobs just to provide for our families, which means less time with them anyway so dumping a state tax on top of that is an insult to an already injured situation. This is the same old issue of an elected official telling the general public to get bent and deal with it. Its sad that we have to put up with this low level Dictatorship type governing.

So in closing I want to say sorry to local sports, I can not support you anymore due to being taxed to death by my State Government and basic lack of fiscal responsibility.

If the above is the best our State can do maybe we need to look for outside help.