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#1 Yesterday, 11:57 PM
WildcatDan
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Overheard at lunch today...

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Table next to me had a couple of UL fans...

"Kentucky is talented and they are pretty good but they are not very consistent. I think if we can keep them from having a run we will be ok."

I just smiled to myself.

Inconsistent? What is that number in our loss column again?

And it was interesting that they were discussing the strategy of trying to get Cousins and Wall into foul trouble to have a chance in the game. I was only picking up parts of it but it was something like, "If we can make them sit for 15 minutes of the first half then we should be ok".

Of course, this is just fan speak but it was interesting to hear the same words coming out of their mouths that has been discussed here.

This IS a rivalry game, so you never really know...

...but I am not TOO worried about it.


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#2 Today, 12:06 AM
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Inconsisent? Yeah and I'm Mr. Burns.


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#3 Today, 12:23 AM
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Inconsistent? What is that number in our loss column again?

Actually Dan, that "number" in our loss column isn't really a number at all. It's the absence of a number, which is really good.


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#4 Today, 12:32 AM
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lol, that's hilarious. This team isn't inconsistent. They just go on spurts of scoring. Reminds me of the 96 team. Go on a Run, then just coast along, go on a run, then coast.


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#5 Today, 12:43 AM
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Thanks Dan. It is always interesting to hear filthy cards talk.

As Coach Cal repeats always though- one game at a time. I have always been in that corner.

I want our Cats to walk the walk tomorrow especially! Sportsmanship is fine but they are dirty birds.

You are sharp WildcatDan to just de-sypher their conversation. Oops! Coach Cal wants us on the high road.

From a low percentage UK fan who could ever be against RP, as he proclaimed while accepting the lowly L job.

Go Cats!

Go Cal!

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CAT Thanks Doug Brooke

This makes me very sad.

My cat sleeps about 20 hours a day. She has her food prepared for her. She can eat whenever she wants, 24/7/365. Her meals are provided at no cost to her. She visits the Dr. once a year for her checkup, and again during the year if any medical needs arise. For this she pays nothing, and nothing is required of her. She lives in a nice neighborhood in a house that is much larger than she needs, but she is not required to do any upkeep. If she makes a mess, someone else cleans it up. She has her choice of luxurious places to sleep. She receives these accommodations absolutely free. She is living like a queen, and has absolutely no expenses whatsoever. All of her costs are picked up by others who go out and earn a living every day. I was just thinking about all this, and suddenly it hit me like a brick in the head, Holy crap, my cat is a democrat!

Thanks John M. Bayer's crystal Aspirin and heart attack

Something that we can do to help ourselves. Nice to know.....

Bayer is making crystal aspirin to dissolve under the tongue. They work much faster than the tablets.


Why keep aspirin by your bedside? About Heart Attacks

There are other symptoms of an heart attack besides the pain in the left arm. One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating, however these symptoms may also occur less frequently. Note: There may be NO pain in the chest during a heart attack. The majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack during their sleep, did not wake up. However, if it occurs, the chest pain may wake you up from your deep sleep.

If that happens, immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth and swallow them with a bit of water. Afterwards: - phone a neighbor or a family member who lives very close by - say "heart attack!" - say that you have taken 2 aspirins.. - take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door, and wait for their arrival and... ~ Do NOT lie down ~ A Cardiologist has stated that, if each person, after receiving this e-mail, sends it to 10 people, probably one life can be saved!

I have already shared the information- - What about you?

Do forward this message; it may save lives!

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Time Warner Cable may cut Fox off. The Emperor directs his minions

This is B.S.

If you lose Fox, you lose this good customer. Wake up Time! Your magazine is a liberal rag. Don't let it infect all of your programming! I am sure there are many who feel as I do. We are Freedom Fighters!

Sam Kegley

----- Original Message -----
From: Time Warner Cable
To: SKEGLEY@columbus.rr.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 12:49 AM
Subject: Threatening To Pull The Plug


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Don't Let Them Hold Your TV Hostage

At midnight New Year's Eve, FOX has threatened to pull the plug on Time Warner Cable customers - withholding their programming unless we pay massive price increases.

We think they're going too far - especially in today's economy - and we're glad you agree. Over 600,000 of you have gone to RollOverOrGetTough.com. And, the overwhelming response has been to 'Get Tough.' With your support, we're standing up to the TV networks to hold down the cost of cable TV.

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience and remind you to visit RollOverOrGetTough.com for the latest information on which channels may no longer be available as of January 1, 2010, as not all FOX programming is at risk in all areas. There you'll also find a helpful guide to alternative sources for programming - so you can continue to watch many of your favorite shows.





Time Warner Cable is working hard to reach an agreement. We've offered FOX a reasonable price increase that protects our customers' pocketbooks. But we are not giving in to excessive demands.

Don't let them hold your TV hostage. Click here to visit RollOverOrGetTough.com now or call 1-877-267-1844 to learn more. Together, we can hold the line on TV prices.



Caveat emptor- Time is spinning this message their own liberal way. Disgusting!







© 2009 Time Warner Cable, Inc. All rights reserved. Time Warner Cable and the Time Warner Cable Logo are trademarks of Time Warner Inc. Used under license.

Thanks Ralph! Not a lot of intgegrity in journalism schools

Subject: Oh, yes it is!

When you give this matter a little thought, - - - - it really is remarkable!




I THINK IT IS REMARKABLE THAT THE PRESS CAN FIND EVERY WOMAN WITH WHOM TIGER HAS HAD AN AFFAIR IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WITH PHOTOS, TEXT MESSAGES, RECORDED PHONE CALLS, ETC. THEY KNOW NOT ONLY THE CAUSE OF THE FAMILY FIGHT, BUT THEY EVEN KNOW IT WAS A WEDGE FROM HIS GOLF BAG THAT SHE USED TO BREAK OUT THE WINDOWS IN THE ESCALADE. NOT ONLY THAT, THEY KNOW WHICH WEDGE!!!


THIS IS THE SAME PRESS (OR IS IT?) THAT CANNOT LOCATE OBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE ... OR ANY OF HIS PAPERS WHILE IN COLLEGE.





TRULY REMARKABLE.

Twenty Ten by Llyod Marcus

Thanks Nita and the Vices! How would you fix the economy

----- Original Message -----

From: Nita Elliott




From: Clay Vice carolandclay@roadrunner.com






The Fix





There recently was an article in the St. Petersburg Fl. Times.

The Business Section asked readers for ideas on:

"How Would You Fix the Economy?"

I think this guy nailed it!

_____



Dear Mr. President,



Please find below my suggestion for fixing America's economy.

Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the "Patriotic Retirement Plan":



There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:



1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.



2) They MUST buy a new American CAR. Forty million cars ordered and Auto Industry is fixed.



3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage. Housing Crisis fixed.



It can't get any easier than that!!





P.S. If more money is needed, have all members in Congress pay their taxes...



Mr. President, while you're at it, make Congress retire on Social Security and Medicare. I'll bet both programs would be fixed pronto!



If you think this would work, please forward to everyone you know.

Thanks Shovers. Apropos for all our friends and family

To My Democrat Friends:




Please

accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for

an

environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress,

non-addictive,

gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday,

practiced within

the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of

your choice, or

secular practices of your choice, with respect for the

religious/secular

persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not

to practice

religious or secular traditions at all.



I also wish you a

fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically

uncomplicated

recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar

year 2010 , but

not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other

cultures whose

contributions to society have helped make America great. Not

to imply that

America is necessarily greater than any other country nor or

we the only

America in the Western Hemisphere .







Also, this wish is made

without regard to the race, creed, color, age,

physical ability, religious

faith or sexual preference of the wish.





To My Republican

Friends:



Merry Christmas & Happy New

Year!

Thanks Lou flores! Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions

Pravda (Russian) article on Obama




WWW.SNOPES SAYS-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Checked it out on www.snopes.com which said, "The item referenced is, indeed, taken from the text of an editorial (entitled, "American Capitalism Gone with a Whimper") by Stanislaw Mishin which was published by the Russian language Pravda news site on 27 April 2009". Check for yourself at http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/pravda.asp .

Caveat: Snopes is a liberal checker of email truths.

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The irony of this article appearing in the English edition of Pravda (Russian on-line newspaper) defies description.. Why can a Russian newspaper print the following yet the American media can't/won't see it?



Error! Filename not specified. American Capitalism Gone With A Whimper



Error! Filename not specified. It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American descent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.



True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.



Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.



First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas than the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their "right" to choke down a McDonalds burger or a Burger King burger than for their constitutional rights. Then they turn around and lecture us about our rights and about our "democracy". Pride blind the foolish.



Then their faith in God was destroyed, until their churches, all tens of thousands of different "branches and denominations" were for the most part little more then Sunday circuses and their televangelists and top protestant mega preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the "winning" side of one pseudo Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the "winning" side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power. Even our Holy Orthodox churches are scandalously liberalized in America ..



The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America 's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Weimar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.



These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, losses, and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beat our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?



These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of appointees picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout after another. They are also usurping the rights, duties, and powers of the American congress (parliament). Again, congress has put up little more than a whimper to their masters.



Then came Barack Obama's command that GM's (General Motors) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of "pure" free markets, the American president now has the power, the self-given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.



So it should be no surprise, that the American president has followed this up with a "bold" move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the world, too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and UK 's Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western sponsored horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, so let our "wise" Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride.



Again, the American public has taken this with barely a whimper...but a "free man" whimper.



So, should it be any surprise to discover that the Democratically controlled Congress of America is working on passing a new regulation that would give the American Treasury department the power to set "fair" maximum salaries, evaluate performance, and control how private companies give out pay raises and bonuses? Senator Barney Frank, a social pervert basking in his homosexuality (of course, amongst the modern, enlightened American societal norm, as well as that of the general West, homosexuality is not only not a looked down upon life choice, but is often praised as a virtue) and his Marxist enlightenment, has led this effort. He stresses that this only affects companies that receive government monies, but it is retroactive and taken to a logical extreme, this would include any company or industry that has ever received a tax break or incentive.



The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look thoughtfully at this and the option of closing their facilities down and fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest while there is still value left.



The proud American will go down into his slavery without a fight, beating his chest, and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.



Stanislav Mishin© 1999-2009.. «PRAVDA.Ru». When reproducing our materials in whole or in part, hyperlink to PRAVDA.Ru should be made.. The opinions and views of the authors do not always coincide with the point of view of PRAVDA.Ru's editors.





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Thanks Clay Vice.

Subject: Fw: I CORINTHIANS 13 - A CHRISTMAS VERSION






























If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling

lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another

decorator. If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas

cookies, preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully adorned table

at mealtime, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another cook. If I

work at the soup kitchen, carol in the nursing home and give all that I have

to charity, but do not show love to my family, it profits me nothing. If I

trim the spruce with shimmering angels and crocheted snowflakes, attend a

myriad of holiday parties and sing in the choir's cantata but do not focus

on Christ, I have missed the point.



Love stops the cooking to hug the child. Love sets aside the decorating to

kiss the husband. Love is kind, though harried and tired. Love doesn't

envy another's home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens.

Love doesn't yell at the kids to get out of the way, but is thankful they

are there to be in the way. Love doesn't give only to those who are able to

give in return but rejoices in giving to those who can't.



Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all

things. Love never fails. Video games will break, pearl necklaces will be

lost, golf clubs will rust, but giving the gift of love will endure.



Merry Christmas and lots of love to you and yours!

Thanks Patricia R. W. -Nice start

Subject: From me to you




This is a good start for the next decade !!!!

2010 Contract





After serious & cautious consideration... your contract of friendship has been renewed for the New Year 2010!



It was a very hard decision to make... So try not to screw it up!!!







My Wish for You in 2010



May peace break into your home and may thieves come to steal your debts.







May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet for $50 bills.







May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips!







May happiness slap you across the face and may your tears be that of joy







May the problems you had, forget your home address!







In simple words ............







May 2010 be the best year of your life!!!









Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!



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Thanks Sonny! I received this about a month ago and posted- My Christmas

Jesus and friend, Sonny,

You know that I took this message to heart and I was searching my heart for a person to do some Christmas good for in Christ's name. I thought of several students from CSCC, and inquired of some friends who must be on vacation. Then on the 23rd, too late to get money to Portsmouth for sure, I called my brother, Paul and he and his wife did the angelic mission to one of our family who has fallen on hard times recently. Charity begins at home and I am not sure that is biblical, but we feel good about it anyway. Christ's gift to the world through His Father is the very best gift ever given anyone.

Letter from Jesus about Christmas --

It has come to my attention that many of you are upset that folks are taking My name out of the season.


How I personally feel about this celebration can probably be most easily understood by those of you who have been blessed with children of your own. I don't care what you call the day. If you want to celebrate My birth, just GET ALONG AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

Now, having said that let Me go on. If it bothers you that the town in which you live doesn't allow a scene depicting My birth, then just get rid of a couple of Santas and snowmen and put in a small Nativity scene on your own front lawn If all My followers did that there wouldn't be any need for such a scene on the town square because there would be many of them all around town.

Stop worrying about the fact that people are calling the tree a holiday tree, instead of a Christmas tree. It was I who made all trees. You can remember Me anytime you see any tree. Decorate a grape vine if you wish: I actually spoke of that one in a teaching, explaining who I am in relation to you and what each of our tasks were. If you have forgotten that one, look up John 15: 1 - 8.

If you want to give Me a present in remembrance of My birth here is my wish list. Choose something from it:

1. Instead of writing protest letters objecting to the way My birthday is being celebrated, write letters of love and hope to soldiers away from home. They are terribly afraid and lonely this time of year. I know, they tell Me all the time.

2. Visit someone in a nursing home. You don't have to know them personally. They just need to know that someone cares about them.

3. Instead of writing the President complaining about the wording on the cards his staff sent out this year, why don't you write and tell him that you'll be praying for him and his family this year. Then follow up... It will be nice hearing from you again.

4. Instead of giving your children a lot of gifts you can't afford and they don't need, spend time with them. Tell them the story of My birth, and why I came to live with you down here. Hold them in your arms and remind them that I love them.

5 Pick someone that has hurt you in the past and forgive him or her.

6. Did you know that someone in your town will attempt to take their own life this season because they feel so alone and hopeless? Since you don't know who that person is, try giving everyone you meet a warm smile; it could make the difference.

7.. Instead of nit picking about what the retailer in your town calls the holiday, be patient with the people who work there. Give them a warm smile and a kind word. Even if they aren't allowed to wish you a "Merry Christmas" that doesn't keep you from wishing them one. Then stop shopping there on Sunday. If the store didn't make so much money on that day they'd close and let their employees spend the day at home with their families

8. If you really want to make a difference, support a missionary-- especially one who takes My love and Good News to those who have never heard My name.

9. Here's a good one. There are individuals and whole families in your town who not only will have no "Christmas" tree, but neither will they have any presents to give or receive. If you don't know them, buy some food and a few gifts and give them to the Salvation Army or some other charity which believes in Me and they will make the delivery for you.

10. Finally, if you want to make a statement about your belief in and loyalty to Me, then behave like a Christian. Don't do things in secret that you wouldn't do in My presence. Let people know by your actions that you are one of mine.

Don't forget; I am God and can take care of Myself. Just love Me and do what I have told you to do. I'll take care of all the rest. Check out the list above and get to work; time is short. I'll help you, but the ball is now in your court. And do have a most blessed Christmas with all those whom you love and remember :


I LOVE YOU,

JESUS

Thanks Ralph. And this is all before the present dire situation.

Welfare Just ain't what it used to be!





Sharon in her Section 8 home!

Sharon Jasper has spent 57 of her 58 years dedicated to one cause and one

cause only, and has nothing to show for her dedicated servitude..... She
has lived

in Section 8 housing all but 1 of her 58 years. It was a legacy passed down
from

her parents who moved into Section 8 housing in 1949 when she was six months

old. She has passed the legacy down to her children, but fears they may
have to

get jobs to pay for the utilities and deposits.

She laments about her one year hiatus from the comfort of her Section 8
nirvana,

'I tried it for a year -- you know, working and all. It's not anything I
would want to go

through again, or wish on anyone in my family, but I am damn proud of that
year.'



Sharon was moved out of her St. Bernard housing project after hurricane
Katrina and

into a new, yet albeit, substandard quarterage. As can be noted from the
above photo

of her new Section 8 home, it is repugnant and not suitable for someone of
Sharon

Jasper's seniority status in the system. 'Don't be fooled by them hardwood
floors,' says

Sharon . 'They told me they were putting in scraped wood floors cause
it was more

expensive and elegant, but I am not a fool -- that was just a way to make me
take

scratched up wood because I am black. The 60 inch HD TV? It may look nice
but it is not a plasma. It's not a plasma because I'm black. Now they want
me to pay a deposit and utilities on this dump.' 'Do you know why?'



She has held her tongue in silence through the years of abuse by the system,
but it came to a head at the New Orleans city council meeting where
discussions were under way about the tearing down of the St. Bernard
projects. When a near riotous exchange between groups opposing the tearing
down of St. Bernard and groups wanting the dilapidated buildings torn

down and newer ones built, Sharon unleashed verbal hell with her once
silenced tongue. The object of her oratory prowess was an acquiescent poor
white boy in attendance. The context of her scathing rebuke was, 'Just
because you pay for my house, my car, my big screen and my food, I will not
be treated like a slave!' and 'Back up and Shut up! Shut up, white boy!
Shut

up, white boy!'



Recapping from the mental log of the city council minutes in her head,
Sharon repines, 'Our families have been displaced all over the United
States . They are being forced to commit crimes in cities they are
unfamiliar with.. It is a very uncomfortable situation for them.. Bring
them back, then let's talk about redevelopment. ' Sharon directs the
reporter's attention across the street

to Duncan Plaza , where homeless people are living in tents and states
that, 'I might do better out there with one of these tents.' She further
lamented her sentiments about her situation, 'I might be poor, but I don't
have to live poor.'
============ ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
=======

Any wonder why this country is in the shape it is? Maybe we should all just
chip in and get her the plasma TV she so richly deserves!


Remember to pay your taxes-- Sharon needs your help..

Old Barns and Old People Thanks Pat Richards Whitehead

Subject: Fw: Old Barns and Old People













Old Barns and Old People...............




Old barns and old people


A stranger came by the other day with an offer that set me to thinking.

He wanted to buy the old barn that sits out by the highway.
I told him right off he was crazy.

He was a city type, you could tell by his clothes, his car,
His hands, and the way he talked.

He said he was driving by and saw that beautiful barn
Sitting out in the tall grass and wanted to know if it was for sale.

I told him he had a funny idea of beauty.



Sure, it was a handsome building in its day. But then, there's
Been a lot of winters pass with their snow and ice and howling wind.
The summer sun's beat down on that old barn till all the paint's
Gone, and the wood has turned silver gray.

Now the old building leans a good deal, looking kind of tired.
Yet, that fellow called it beautiful..



That set me to thinking. I walked out to the field and just stood there,
Gazing at that old barn.

The stranger said he planned to use the lumber to line the walls
Of his den in a new country home he's building down the road.

He said you couldn't get paint that beautiful.
Only years of standing in the weather, bearing the storms and
Scorching sun, only that can produce beautiful barn wood.



It came to me then.. We're a lot like that, you and I.
Only it's on the inside that the beauty grows with us.

Sure we turn silver gray too... And lean a bit more than
We did when we were young and full of sap.

But the Good Lord knows what He's doing.
And as the years pass He's busy using the hard weather of our lives,

The dry spells and the stormy seasons to do a job of beautifying
Our souls that nothing else can produce.

And to think how often folks holler because they want life easy!



They took the old barn down today and hauled it away
To beautify a rich man's house.

And I reckon someday you and I'll be hauled off
To Heaven to take on whatever chores the Good Lord
Has for us on the Great Sky Ranch.



And I suspect we'll be more beautiful
Then for the seasons we've been through here...
And just maybe even add a bit of beauty to our Father's house.



May there be peace within you today.
May you trust God that you are
Exactly where you are meant to be.



And I do sincerely Thank God for my wonderful friends and
Family who care about me even though I show signs of weathering!


Have a GREAT DAY

Subject: Christmas on the ranch


'Twas the night before Christmas & out on the ranch
The pond was froze over & so was the branch.
The snow was piled up belly-deep to a mule.
The kids were all home on vacation from school,
And happier young folks you never did see-
Just all sprawled around a-watchin' TV.
Then suddenly, some time around 8 o'clock,
There came a surprise that gave them a shock!
The power went off, the TV went dead!
When Grandpa came in from out in the shed
With an armload of wood, the house was all dark.
"Just what I expected," they heard him remark.
"Them power line wires must be down from the snow..
Seems sorter like times on the ranch long ago."
"I'll hunt up some candles," said Mom. "With their light,
And the fireplace, I reckon we'll make out all right."
The teen-agers all seemed enveloped in gloom.
Then Grandpa came back from a trip to his room,
Uncased his old fiddle & started to play
That old Christmas song about bells on a sleigh.
Mom started to sing, & 1st thing they knew
Both Pop & the kids were all singing it, too.
They sang Christmas carols, they sang "Holy Night,"
Their eyes all a-shine in the ruddy firelight.
They played some charades Mom recalled from her youth,
And Pop read a passage from God's Book of Truth.
They stayed up till midnight-and, would you believe,
The youngsters agreed 'twas a fine Christmas Eve.
Grandpa rose early, some time before dawn;
And when the kids wakened, the power was back on.
"The power company sure got the line repaired quick,"
Said Grandpa - & no one suspected his trick.
Last night, for the sake of some old-fashioned fun,
He had pulled the main switch - the old Son-of-a-Gun!

Thanks Sonny Hoskins! A 95 year old American Hero to the current PUSA

Can't find verification or denial. One Google article says "undetermined." Snopes is silent! Makes me think it may be true.

WW II Battleship sailor tells Obama to shape up or ship out !

This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii

for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and

causes

all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his

body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now. He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the
president.



Dear President Obama,

My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this
year. People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.
I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor, allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.

One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my
mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.

So here goes.

I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I
do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.
I can't figure out what country you are the president of.
You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like:

" We're no longer a Christian nation"

" America is arrogant" - (Your wife even announced to the world,"America is mean- spirited. " Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our war dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and
hopelessness.)

I'd say shame on the both of you, but I don't think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.

After 9/11 you said," America hasn't lived up to her ideals."
Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that
11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the
British? Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War? I hope you didn't mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom.

I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than
discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people
understood when they helped to get you elected.

Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man.
Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don't, I'll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue. You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves.

And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don't want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black
college professor in Massachusetts, who was putting up a fight? You don't mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don't want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists.

One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you're the Commander-in-Chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you're not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you're thinking of.

You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president.
You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our
bloated economy. That's not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now.

And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle.



Sincerely,

Harold B. Estes



When a 95 year old hero of the "the Greatest Generation"
stands up and speaks out like this, I think we owe it
to him to send his words to as many Americans as
we can. Please pass it on.

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Thanks Dr. Hovermale What is it you don't believe?

Subject: FW: What is it about this that you don't believe?



This isn't about politics and buying votes, it's simply about the fiscal
management of our tax dollars. At this point in time, neither party has
impressed me as being fiscally responsible. I just wonder how many will be
around after the 2010 mid-term elections!












What is it about this that you don't believe?







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This should be read and understood by all Americans Democrats, Republicans,
EVERYONE!!




To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature,




It is now official you are ALL corrupt morons:

* The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 234
years to get it right and it is broke.
* Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to
get it right and it is broke.
* Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it
right and it is broke.
* War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it
right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to
"the poor" and they are still poor.
* Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44
years to get it right and they are broke.
* Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get
it right and it is broke.
* The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our
dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a
budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You
had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.




You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our
throats while overspending our tax dollars AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE
YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM??




Folks, keep this circulating. It is very well stated. Maybe it will end up
in the e-mails of some of our "duly elected officials" in Washington !!

Thanks Dave Kaelin alias Dawood Kahn silkroadsandsiamesesmiles.com

Curious Incident of the Teacher in the Classroom
Struggles of a First-Year Teacher

Student Intereset Survey + Goal Setting Lesson PlanAugust 5, 2007
So, Monday (tomorrow) marks the first day of the 2007-2008 school year in most counties that I’ve heard of in Georgia. Monday is also the official start of my first year as a teacher. I’ve been told horror stories, but I’ve also been given lots of reassurances. I’m hopeful that if I remain consistent and fair in my discipline plan, I will be able to gain student’s respect. I’m already looking forward to the days when I have students that will spread the word and allow me to have a reputation that precedes their coming into my class.

I’ve been trying to do a lot of preparation, but it has been difficult. So far, I can confidently say that I am as prepared as I can be for the first day of school. I have my syllabi all printed out and I have my Student Information Sheet and Interest Survey ready to go. My number one goal is to establish myself as a strict authority figure, immediately. My number two goal is to get to know my students as well as I can, on an individual level, as early as possible. I created this fairly open-ended interest survey in order to do that.

In addition to going over the syllabus/code of conduct/expectations and all that good stuff, on the first day. I have my digital camera ready to take pictures of each and every student (although, I will be taking them in groups of 3-4). I want to be able to have pictures to fill up the bulletin boards. I figure that it will help me remember their names and make them feel more comfortable in my classroom. I hope to create a really close-knit community in my classroom, so I’ve been brainstorming ways of doing that. I think the best way that I have come up with is trying to make students feel, as much as possible, that this classroom is theirs, just as much as it is mine, and to ask for their opinions as much as possible.

On Day 2 I plan on using a Goal Setting Lesson that will enable students to better understand how I formulate goals for their class and help them set goals for themselves, both short and long term. A lot of the students that I will be teaching are considered at-risk. Meaning, I suppose, that they are at-risk of not graduating from high school and continuing in the cycle of generational poverty, which is a big problem in this city. Many of them have no models for goal setting and many of their parents don’t talk about what what they will do five years from now. So, I am going to try to make this a big part of my classroom and find ways for students to continue to monitor their progress and set new goals.

In Carol Ann Tomlinson’s How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms, she offers an activity that is perfect for extending the ideas taught in the Goal Setting Lesson. One of her ideas for differentiating is allowing students a day within a unit to set their own goals and come up with a plan, or set of activities, that they are going to engage in to meet their goals for the day. She calls it Design-A-Day, and many members from my college cohort have had many good things to say about it.

I’m trying not to bring textbooks in until the second or third week of the school year, so what I start students out with is a diagnostic test so that I know where they stand in terms of ability in all the criteria that they will be tested on. On that same day, I plan on guiding them again through Georgia’s college preparation website GeorgiaCollege411 and the CollegeBoard website. We’ll probably have discussions about learning interests, scholarships, tuition, college majors, and post-college opportunities, as well as a short Q&A session about what to expect in and from college life.

On Thursday and Friday I’m going to do a mini-unit based on names. We will read a vignette from House on Mango Street called “My Name,” in which the main character, Esperanza, gives a very lyrical explanation and description of her name. Students will discuss the vignette and names and general. They will end the week by writing their own short vignettes about their name.

Now down to “real” planning . . . .

I don’t know about all of you teachers out there, but I’m ALREADY exhausted . . .


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Tim Fredrick Says:

August 7, 2007 at 10:51 am
I just found your blog and wanted to wish you well on your first year. It will be very tough. One thing in this post got my attention: ‘Many of them have no models for goal setting and many of their parents don’t talk about what what they will do five years from now.’ From working with ‘at-risk’ students for all of my career, I can tell you that you are making a BIG assumption here about their home lives. In another part of the post, you acknowledge the ‘cycle of generational poverty’ but then go on to say that there is a lack of goal setting. Think a bit about this assumption. It’s important that you do, because this assumption about your students and their families is going to come across to the students and is going to put them off.

I was also amazed by the amount of thought that you put into your ‘discipline plan’. It seems to me that you are prepared. But, don’t forget to just be yourself. Teens want their teachers to be ‘real’ (whatever that means). I did the whole plan thing when I first started and had various methods to get their compliance. But, if you just come across as genuine and caring to them, treat them politely and like they are humans, and create lessons and units that are meaningful to their lives right now, you don’t need a ‘discipline plan.’

Good luck. You sound like you really care about teaching and strive to do well. This will be a rocky year, I’m sure, but the one thing that will get your through it is your desire to help your students.

mzpoon Says:

August 17, 2007 at 12:25 am
Thank you for such a great blog. I don’t know how you can find the time to write it when you are so obviously involved in your planning. I, too, wish you well this year. One of your exhausted colleagues….
t. poon

Sam Kegley Says:

December 26, 2009 at 7:17 am
Great find, Dave Kaelin. I am a retired engineer, but I am also an adjunct teacher and more recently a tutor, due to my poor hearing, at Columbus State Community College.

Tim Fredrick has some excellent advice for this young and energetic teacher. I am sure that they6 will be as good as they desire and that desire is quite evident.

God has blessed good teachers all over this world and their very fortunate students.

SamKat

Thanks Ray Springer, Abex Denison associate of mine

Okay Ray Springer,

Now you've done it. Now, you've made me cry.

I have had so many excellent Christmas e-mail greetings, but this is absolutely the best!

I must admit that I believe in a Santa Claus who prays to our God.

Thanks Denison friend!


Sam Kegley



Ray Springer
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----- Original Message -----
From: koni
To: undisclosed recipients
Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 12:32 AM
Subject: A Christmas Story, You will be blessed by reading it!








This is a very awsome story, whether you believe in Santa or not : )





Three years ago, a little boy and his grandmother came to see Santa at Mayfair Mall in Wisconsin . The child climbed up on his lap, holding a picture of a little girl.



"Who is this?" asked Santa, smiling, "Your friend? Your sister?"

"Yes, Santa," he replied. "My sister, Sarah, who is very sick," he said sadly.

Santa glanced over at the grandmother who was waiting nearby, and saw her dabbing her eyes with a tissue.

"She wanted to come with me to see you, oh, so very much, Santa!" the child exclaimed. "She misses you," he added softly.

Santa tried to be cheerful and encouraged a smile to the boy's face, asking him what he wanted Santa to bring him for Christmas. When they finished their visit, the Grandmother came over to help the child off his lap, and started to say something to Santa, but halted.

"What is it?" Santa asked warmly.

"Well, I know it's really too much to ask you, Santa, but ." the old

woman began, shooing her grandson over to one of Santa's elves to collect the little gift which Santa gave all his young visitors. "The girl in the photograph... my granddaughter well, you see ... she has leukemia and isn't expected to make it even through the holidays," she said through tear-filled eyes. "Is there any way, Santa . any possible way that you could come see Sarah? That's all she's asked for, for Christmas, is to see Santa."

Santa blinked and swallowed hard and told the woman to leave information with his elves as to where Sarah was, and he would see what he could do.

Santa thought of little else the rest of that afternoon. He knew what he had to do. "What if it were MY child lying in that hospital bed, dying," he thought with a sinking heart, "this is the least I can do."

When Santa finished visiting with all the boys and girls that evening, he retrieved from his helper the name of the hospital where Sarah was staying.

He asked the assistant location manager how to get to Children's Hospital.

"Why?" Rick asked, with a puzzled look on his face.

Santa relayed to him the conversation with Sarah's grandmother earlier that day. "C'mon.... I'll take you there," Rick said softly.

Rick drove them to the hospital and came inside with Santa. They found out which room Sarah was in. A pale Rick said he would wait out in the hall.

Santa quietly peeked into the room through the half-closed door and saw little Sarah on the bed. The room was full of what appeared to be her family; there was the Grandmother and the girl's brother he had met earlier that day. A woman whom he guessed was Sarah's mother stood by the bed, gently pushing Sarah's thin hair off her forehead. And another woman who he discovered later was Sarah's aunt, sat in a chair near the bed with a weary, sad look on her face. They were talking quietly, and Santa could sense the warmth and closeness of the family, and their love and concern for Sarah.

Taking a deep breath, and forcing a smile on his face, Santa entered the room, bellowing a hearty, "Ho, ho, ho!"

"Santa!" shrieked little Sarah weakly, as she tried to escape her bed to run to him, IV tubes intact. Santa rushed to her side and gave her a warm hug.

A child the tender age of his own son -- 4 years old -- gazed up at him with wonder and excitement. Her skin was pale and her short tresses bore telltale bald patches from the effects of chemotherapy. But all he saw when he looked at her was a pair of huge, blue eyes. His heart melted, and he had to force himself to choke back tears. Though his eyes were riveted upon Sarah's face, he could hear the gasps and quiet sobbing of the women in the room.

As he and Sarah began talking, the family crept quietly to the bedside one by one, squeezing Santa's shoulder or his hand gratefully, whispering "thank you" as they gazed sincerely at him with shining eyes. Santa and Sarah talked and talked, and she told him excitedly all the toys she wanted for Christmas, assuring him she'd been a very good girl that year. As their time together dwindled, Santa felt led in his spirit to pray for Sarah, and asked for permission from the girl's mother. She nodded in agreement, and the entire family circled around Sarah's bed, holding hands. Santa looked intensely at Sarah and asked her if she believed in angels.

"Oh, yes, Santa... I do!" she exclaimed.

"Well, I'm going to ask that angels watch over you, "he said. Laying one hand on the child's head, Santa closed his eyes and prayed. He asked that God touch little Sarah, and heal her body from this disease. He asked that angels minister to her, watch and keep her. And when he finished praying, still with eyes closed, he started singing softly, "Silent Night, Holy Night.... all is calm, all is bright." The family joined in, still holding hands, smiling at Sarah, and crying tears of hope, tears of joy for this moment, as Sarah beamed at them all. When the song ended, Santa sat on the side of the bed again and held Sarah's frail, small hands in his own.

"Now, Sarah, "he said authoritatively, "you have a job to do, and that is to concentrate on getting well. I want you to have fun playing with your friends this summer, and I expect to see you at my house at Mayfair Mall this time next year!" He knew it was risky proclaiming that, to this little girl who had terminal cancer, but he "had" to. He had to give her the greatest gift he could -- not dolls or games or toys -- but the gift of HOPE.

"Yes, Santa! "Sarah exclaimed, her eyes bright.

He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead and left the room. Out in the hall, the minute Santa's eyes met Rick's, a look passed between them and they wept unashamed. Sarah's mother and grandmother slipped out of the room quickly and rushed to Santa's side to thank him.

"My only child is the same age as Sarah," he explained quietly. "This is the least I could do." They nodded with understanding and hugged him.

One year later, Santa was again back on the set in Milwaukee for his six-week, seasonal job which he so loves to do. Several weeks went by and then one day a child came up to sit on his lap. "Hi, Santa! Remember me?!"

"Of course, I do," Santa proclaimed (as he always does), smiling down at her.

After all, the secret to being a "good" Santa is to always make each child feel as if they are the "only" child in the world at that moment.

"You came to see me in the hospital last year!" Santa's jaw gaped.

Tears immediately sprang in his eyes, and he grabbed this little miracle and held her to his chest. "Sarah!" he exclaimed. He scarcely recognized her, for her hair was long and silky and her cheeks were rosy -- much different from the little girl he had visited just a year before. He looked over and saw Sarah's mother and grandmother in the sidelines smiling and waving and wiping their eyes.

That was the best Christmas ever for Santa Claus. He had witnessed --and been blessed to be instrumental in bringing about -- this miracle of hope.

This precious little child was healed. Cancer-free. Alive and well.

He silently looked up to Heaven and humbly whispered, "Thank you, Father. 'Tis a very, Merry Christmas!





If you believe in miracles you will pass this on...I did!

The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience, and truth over popularity... These are the choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing..

God Bless You and Have A Blessed Day

Thanks Sonny! I don't know if this makes me smarter or just scratch my head.

Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.....

On this particular day a rich tourist from back East is driving through town. He stops at the motel and lays a $100 bill on the desk saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.

As soon as the man walks upstairs, the owner grabs the bill and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.

The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to the pig farmer.

The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel.

The guy at the Farmer's Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer her "services" on credit.

The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel owner.

The hotel proprietor then places the $100 back on the counter so the rich traveler will not suspect anything.

At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, picks up the $100 bill, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town.

No one produced anything. No one earned anything.

However, the whole town is now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is conducting business today.

Kegley family question from my brother, Jim

Jim,

We did it and it was not fun. I don't remember the gunny sack thing, but
Dad, Bud and I used a wheelbarrow and wooden ramps up out of the (maybe 9
foot cirulcar wine cellar and the six foot square coal cellar northwest of
the wine cellar. That was the basement found in the house when we moved in
after the 1937 flood.

The '37' flood water had stopped about Mrs. Shonkwiler's house and covered
the Scott's retaining wall in front of their house. We were at the foot of
Portsmouth's 'hilltop' and thought to be safe from another flood. I began
second grade at Highland School so it was probably 1940 when we moved into
the 1227 McConnell Ave. house that most of us grew up in.

In those early twentieth century times, most men like dad had no privilege
of using, or even having, spare time for much but work. They felt guilty if
they weren't working. Any male offspring were considered as available help
(slaves if you will) to their work ethics. Dad was a working supervisor,
but he was often on the road (N&W) and left instructions for us to go on
with.

I don't want to sound like a hero. I was just a lackey in this, but perhaps
the experience justifies my runninhg out of the house and three blocks up
the alley to Mound Park when I discovered Dad might be coming up McConnell's
first block hill from work. Believe me, I would rather play ball in the
park much above working with Dad. When I did assist him, he would often
send me to his unorganized garage (much like my unorganized office with my
computer) to get a left-handed monkey wrench or even real tools I didn't
know the nomenclature of. He would mutter something about my being some
kind of idiot when I took too long hunting for something I wasn't even sure
what it was I was looking for. Dad, as you probably know, could fix anything
with chewing gum and rubber bands. Actually he was a good back yard
mechanic.


The fully finished basement must have been 25' by 40' or one thousand square
feet vs the original 120 square feet (more than eight times the previous
size. We had a few wonderful Thanksgiving feasts down there with the Kegley
clan. The home movie which we watched at this 2009 Thanksgiving showed Dad
slicing the turkey, Bud and Norma (Newman Kegley pregnant then with Philip
who is now 55), and most of our siblings as youngsters. I am sorry that
upset you, our great Portsmouth nostalgist, but I enjoy mom and dad and
family on home movies. We all loved Forest Earl and Mary (Clark) kegley so
deeply.

Good question.

Sam





----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Kegley"
To:
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 11:47 PM
Subject: Family question


> Sam,
> I seem to remember you, or somebody, talking about helping Dad dig out
> the basement under 1227 McConnell? Am I dreaming, or did you and Bud,
> help Dad, by filling gunny sacks with dirt to be hauled away? I think I
> was too young when it happened.
> Jim
>>
>
>

Thanks Judi! The sick eklitists need much fixing!

*A serious proposal...........
*


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Subject: Let's Fix Congress
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:06:42 -0500


*THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!*
*Co**ngress has the lowest approval of any entity in Government, now is the
time when Americans **can** join together to reform Congress - the entity
that represents us.

We need to get a Senator to introduce this bill in the US Senate and a
Representative to introduce a similar bill in the US House. These people
will become American heroes.

**
Congressional Reform Act of 2010
**
1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.

A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms
* Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to
work.


*
2. No Tenure / No Pension:

A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when
they are out of office.*

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to
work.


*
3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social
Security system immediately.. All future funds flow into the Social
Security system, Congress participates with the American people.*

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
envisioned citizen legislators, server your term(s), then go home and back
to work.


*
4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans*.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to
work.


*
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay
will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
* Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back
to work.



*
6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the
same health care system as the American people.
* Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to
work.


*
7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American
people.
* Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to
work.

*
The American people did not make this contract with congressmen,
congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.
* Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back
to work.



*If you agree with the above, pass it on to all in your address list. If
not, just delete.*












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Here are two web articles....both written in 2006.....three years ago....which detail the storied and troubled history and track record of one Bob Knight:


This one uses satire to get the point across as to what Knight has gotten away with during his tenure as head coach of a college basketball program:


The Couch Slouch: Not all of Bob Knight's transgressions get reported


And here is one that simply lists the factual "incidents" which Knight has been involved with:


Bob Knight's outburst timeline - USA Today



Needless to say....this is one man who should NOT be an analyst, or in a position to be trying to use persuasive tactics to influence other's opinions, when he himself is a lightning rod and the poster boy for controversy and bad behavior.


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Bobby Knight needs to take along look in the mirror at himself...would not like what he sees.....he is arrogant as they come


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#3 Today, 12:17 AM
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Here's his ESPN top 10 gaffs over the years:


YouTube- Bob Knight Sportscenter Top 10 Soundbites






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#4 Today, 01:21 AM
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here's a good one...

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i put in the --- to keep it from posting directly to the site. yes it is that bad! don't even click it if you're offended by bad language...

this man has no semblance of class or ethics.


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#5 Today, 01:31 AM
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Great post, Soldier. Thanks for the effort. Believe it or not, I actually remember most of those and at the time I thought they were really funny. Actually, I think they are still funny, I just don't like it when he goes off half cocked and misrepresents the facts to suit his own warped sense of fair play.


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Great thread, Blue_N_White!


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Tongue in cheek- foot in mouth Bob knight- Seattle

Monday, November 20, 2006

The Couch Slouch: Not all of Bob Knight's transgressions get reported

By NORMAN CHAD
SPECIAL TO THE P-I

They say that Bob Knight is an angry man. I say that Bob Knight is an anguished man who, on several hundred occasions, has shown anger. Either way, Knight, 66, is about to surpass Dean Smith's 879 victories to become the winningest college basketball coach in history.

Here is a partial list of Knight's reported and unreported transgressions:

1962: Trips guidance counselor in hallway while coaching Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio) High School. County school board declines action; Knight praises "good no-call."

1974: Pulls gun on Kentucky coach Joe B. Hall with 6:28 left in game. Hall, initially outraged, apologizes afterward when Knight shows him gun had only one bullet in chamber.

1974: Meets with 17-year-old Larry Bird on Indiana campus at 4:16 p.m. CT. Bird sprints off-campus and arrives at Indiana State on foot at 4:19 p.m. CT.

1975: Breaks top scorer Scott May's right arm at halftime vs. Purdue, then convinces him to play second half to display "toughness." May is largely ineffective but Indiana wins 72-69.

1978: Attacks and knocks out Indiana's sports information director during an otherwise non-physical disagreement over sports information.

1979: Arrested for assaulting police officer at Pan American Games in Puerto Rico. "If hitting a cop in a third-rate island nation is an issue," Knight famously says, "then I'm visiting the wrong country."

1981: Stuffs LSU fan into garbage can at hotel. Knight says he would've thrown him into parking lot but did not want to violate stringent municipal anti-littering laws.

1982: Yells maniacally at ESPN's Dick Vitale, but, as luck would have it, at that very moment Vitale is also yelling maniacally and does not hear a word that Knight says.

1985: Kicks megaphone during Illinois game. Megaphone is removed from arena immediately.

1985: Tosses chair across court during Purdue game because he's tired of sitting in it. Suspended one game.

1993: Kicks at his son Pat during victory over Notre Dame and responds to booing fans with a Redd Foxx impersonation. Suspended one game.

1993: Disgusted by team's 22 turnovers in road loss to Illinois, robs a string of convenience marts in tri-state area. Suspended one game.

1994: Bangs fist on scorer's table vs. Ohio State after rereading Chapter 17 of "A Season on the Brink."

1994: While viewing "Hoosiers" in Bloomington, Ind., theater, stomps on patron two rows behind him who is talking during crucial town hall meeting to decide coach Dale's fate.

1994: Accidentally head-butts Sherron Wilkerson while screaming at him on bench; says he only meant to scratch his eyes out.

1997: Accidentally chokes Neil Reed in practice while demonstrating proper defensive footwork.

1999: Accidentally throws assistant Ron Felling out of a chair, then -- after allowing Felling back onto the chair -- fires him.

1999: Throws a vase at a university secretary; says he was aiming for the university president.

1999: Allegedly chokes man at restaurant who beats Knight to the kitchen's last order of cheddar 'n' chives potato skins.

2000: Accidentally grabs, curses and lectures student who had addressed the coach, "Hey, what's up Knight?"

2000: Heaves ESPN's Jeremy Schaap into Hudson River after Schaap asks about alleged 1947 dodge-ball incident.

2004: Has loud spat with Texas Tech chancellor David Smith at Lubbock grocery store, near the frozen-food aisle. Smith leaves with no groceries.

2005: During "Knight School" taping, cold cocks ESPN makeup artist who tries to apply blush to his left cheek. He then knees ESPN audio engineer who asks for a second take of profanity-laced tirade.

2005: Cracks open the head of a mannequin with a baseball bat while shopping at Sports Authority. Charges dismissed after he explains he mistook the mannequin for a former Big Ten referee.

2006: Improves Michael Prince's chin posture.


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A. Perhaps. Frankly, I thought the NHL's first big Internet deal was going to be with eBay.

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Thanks Bob! My liberal friends will hate this wonderful re-cycle, but you know I love it. Send in the Marines!

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God is Busy



If you don't know GOD, don't make stupid remarks!!!!!!

A United States Marine was attending some college

courses between assignments. He had completed missions

in Iraq and Afghanistan . One of the courses had a professor

who was an avowed atheist, and a member of the ACLU.



One day the professor shocked the class when he came in.

He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, GOD if you are real

then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly

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Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, 'Here I am

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Thanks Bob Looney!

I find this hitting me right on the head!

Sam, TIO ( I like to kid that means The Innocent One). Actually it might be the inner and outer as a Christian. I hope to surprise my good friends in Heaven.

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BEST POEM IN THE WORLD

I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven's door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.

But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp--
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics and the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice.
Next to him was my old neighbor
Who never said anything nice.

Herb, who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.

I nudged Jesus, 'What's the deal?
I would love to hear Your take.
How'd all these sinners get up here?
God must've made a mistake.

'And why is everyone so quiet,
So somber - give me a clue.'
'Hush, child,' He said, 'they're all in shock.
No one thought they'd be seeing you.'

JUDGE NOT!!

Remember...Just going to church doesn't make you a
Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.

Every saint has a PAST...
Every sinner has a FUTURE!











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Observation: I don't understand this "sports hatred" for UK
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#1 Yesterday, 05:14 PM
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Observation: I don't understand this "sports hatred" for UK

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I really don't. I've been a fan of the program since birth, and while I've come to expect it, and I understand it's just the nature of sports and all that, I still scratch my head over it sometimes at the depth of the contempt some (and I did say some, not all) fans of other programs have for UK basketball. (I was going to include the media in that group, too, but you never know with those guys whether they truly have issues with UK or if they're just using that angle to write a column, when in truth they really don't care one way or another. Except for one sportswriter in Lexington we all know about, that is.)

In terms of college sports, I don't care for Louisville, Duke, North Carolina, Tennessee, and a bunch of other programs I could name, but except for how they relate to UK as opponents, I really don't give them much thought, to be honest, and I sure as heck don't waste my time obsessing over ways I can find to "hate" them. Maybe at age 52 I'm mellowing out a bit, but there it is.

These days we as fans have so many ways we can get sports information and access what's going on with other programs. I read the message boards of other schools and some of the fans' blogs and honest to gosh, I wonder if these people have a life. You would think their whole purpose in life is to single handedly try to bring down the UK basketball program. Now, in fairness to them, I'm sure Wildcat Nation has it's share of folks like that. Every fanbase has it's share of crazies who push the envelope and take things too far, but I've yet to run into UK fans who think that way.

With the success the team has had so far, and with the likelihood of an undefeated season not out of the realm of possibility, I'm seeing a lot more of the "hate" coming out in columns and blogs than there has been. Maybe it's because of what the program went through the last two years, and for fans of other schools to see the program resurrected this quickly is puttin' the fear of god into 'em. I don't know.

College sports. Ya gotta love it.


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#2 Yesterday, 05:21 PM
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We're an easy target.

We get bent out of shape about a lot of things. We write letters to the editor, we get on Facebook, we call in to national talk shows. We're incredibly defensive about our program.

Some of the time this reaction is deserved. Some of the time we go over the top. But you can guarantee that any time Kentucky is brought up, there will be a response from the Big Blue Nation.

And so we're brought up. A lot.


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#3 Yesterday, 05:27 PM
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Every successful program has haters who are fans of the teams they are beating. Jealousy, pure jealousy! I don't worry about it.....in fact I love it!


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#4 Yesterday, 05:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBlue75
I'm seeing a lot more of the "hate" coming out in columns and blogs than there has been. Maybe it's because of what the program went through the last two years, and for fans of other schools to see the program resurrected this quickly is puttin' the fear of god into 'em. I don't know.

College sports. Ya gotta love it.

It's not what happened the last two years, it's what's going on right now. We are climbing back on top. It's not just UK, anyone that is on top has a target on their back. It's the nature of the beast.


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#5 Yesterday, 05:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Will Lavender
We're an easy target.

We get bent out of shape about a lot of things. We write letters to the editor, we get on Facebook, we call in to national talk shows. We're incredibly defensive about our program.

Some of the time this reaction is deserved. Some of the time we go over the top. But you can guarantee that any time Kentucky is brought up, there will be a response from the Big Blue Nation.

And so we're brought up. A lot.

Very good point. UK has a fan base like no other.


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#6 Yesterday, 05:38 PM
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Quote:
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It's not what happened the last two years, it's what's going on right now. We are climbing back on top. It's not just UK, anyone that is on top has a target on their back. It's the nature of the beast.

True. My point was that under the previous regime, a lot of players were coming out and saying that playing UK was no big deal anymore, but as you say, NOW they can't say that. Those days are over.


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#7 Yesterday, 05:49 PM
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When a sports program or franchise is on top for a long time they usually become hated by anyone who is not a fan of them. Look at the Yankees,Cowboys and Notre Dame. Duke is someone who has become like that in the last 20 years. Before Coach K got there most people couldn't give two hoots about them. But after he started putting them into one Final Four after another the big split happened. You either loved them or hated them. UK fans should take it as a compliment that many dislike them. It shows they have been at or near the top for a long time and others are envious.


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#8 Yesterday, 06:19 PM
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not much to it

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There is really not much to it other than we are the most successful basketball team ever in the history of college sports. People are jealous of our success. They get tired of how good we have been throughout the years and are afraid of how good we may become once again. We are on our way back up to elite status and most people either love us or hate us.
Imagine if you kept hearing about how good Duke is. Imagine it was back a decade or so ago and you had to hear Dick Vitale screamming about it all day every day. Most of us could tune it out and try to ignore it. But let's say you are a fan of another University that is supposed to be better than how they were currently playing. I believe I would be one of the people that would start to hate Duke and everything about their stupid program.
We have kicked everyone's butt for many years now. There are a lot of sore losers out there that would love to see our program fail.

Just my 2 Cents.

Sorry Cumberlandredskin. I just read your post and realized that a lot of what I said is what you said.

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#9 Yesterday, 06:37 PM
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Sorry Cumberlandredskin. I just read your post and realized that a lot of what I said is what you said.


Great minds think alike!


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#10 Yesterday, 07:01 PM
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simple math

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#11 Yesterday, 07:07 PM
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We win a lot, which leads to people disliking us just like every other successsful program. We also have a ton of fans and like Will said, we tend to over react to things and can be pretty annoying. Due to our large fans base we also have a lot of bad fans who go to other teams sites, etc. and behave poorly. Every team has them but due to our large fan base, we have more of them. If there is a post on another teams website that speaks ill of UK, there will be hundreds of posts calling the guy an idiot or defending UK in one way or another. I am sure writers appreciate the traffic, but I imagine it gets old.

I dislike Ohio St despite no team I root for ever playing them and I barely know anyone that went to nor roots for Ohio St. Something about them just bugs me. I think you also get that with UK due to them being in the news alot.


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#12 Yesterday, 07:15 PM
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Sports writers get paid by people wanting to read. UK fans are as oversensitive to their teams as any, and more so than most. We reserve the right to criticize our team while denying those failings if others point them out.

In short.....if you point a finger at UK, it's like throwing a rock at a hornet's nest.....and other folks loooooooooove to see us get in an uproar.


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#13 Yesterday, 07:36 PM
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we will always be talked about

whether we are losing are winning

we are Kentucky..that is why


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#14 Yesterday, 07:48 PM
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If you don't understand why people dislike Kentucky, then you don't read. You don't know the history of Kentucky or you gloss over the parts that don't jive with your sense of honor or right and wrong.

I completely understand why people would dislike UK.

Take off the blue tinted glasses and enter reality.

My problem is not with our history or the fact that it's out there. It's the fact that other programs did the exact same thing and are somehow excused from their misbehavior.

John Wooden's scum ridden history is a prime example.

They worship that old turd and want to burn Rupp at the stake.

Hypocrisy.

Anyone who doesn't understand the "sports hate" directed against UK is naive or willfully blind to the history of College Basketball/Football.


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#15 Today, 12:05 AM
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Coach Cal needs to take this nonesense in the press and use it as a motivational tool for when the team needs a little extra.


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#16 Today, 05:11 AM
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My neighbor for the last twenty years hates Kentucky (he's from Ohio/Michigan) and we sometimes see each other at happy hour. Once he brought an article into happy hour that declared none of our 1998 NCAA championship players graduated. I was back the next day with proof otherwise...he dissed it because it came from The University of Kentucky.
I'm happy and he is not...Go Big Blue.


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#17 Today, 06:00 AM
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In the sports context, hate doesn't come from careful, intelligent reflection. Instead it usually comes from a dislike of one person or coach (or even the geographic area) that gets generalized to the entire school.

Right now, some people dislike us because we're successful. Some others dislike us because Calipari is our coach. Some have always disliked us for whatever random there is.

As much as we think we're unique in being hated, I don't think that's the case. Time spent outside the state has shown me mostly a general apathy toward our basketball program. I think it's easy to perceive hate when we live in the UK bubble.


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In the sports context, hate doesn't come from careful, intelligent reflection. Instead it usually comes from a dislike of one person or coach (or even the geographic area) that gets generalized to the entire school.

Right now, some people dislike us because we're successful. Some others dislike us because Calipari is our coach. Some have always disliked us for whatever random there is.

As much as we think we're unique in being hated, I don't think that's the case. Time spent outside the state has shown me mostly a general apathy toward our basketball program. I think it's easy to perceive hate when we live in the UK bubble.



Apathy toward the UK basketball program? I don't think so DCWildcat. I know there is a lot of false generalizations about our program but apathy is an incorrect word and I too have lived outside of the "UK bubble." People are going to accuse our program of one thing or another just because we are Kentucky basketball. I have seen the false generalizations on too many other college sports boards on the internet to believe others are apathetic toward UK or its fans.


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#19 Today, 11:14 AM
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Coach Cal understands it and repeatedly mentions IT. IT is the Kentucky basketball mystique.

Hey, UK basketball was everything successful about the great entertainment of school basketball back in the late forties and early fifties and for each decade since. I loved them in my schoolyard playing days, as I only dreamed of being good enough to make my high school Portsmouth Trojans or even the KENTUCKY WILDCATS.

I was truly amazed by all of the roadside signs and bumper stickers (more popular back in 1958) showing worship for the Commonwealth's school- the University of Kentucky. Jeanie and I drove from Portsmoputh to UK after their 1958 NCAA Championship to see where I might finish college. Then, walking through Memorial Hall and seeing all of the trophy cases and memorabelia the Wildcat teams and coaches Rupp and Hamilton had amassed just sealed the deal that I must go there. I have had a lifetime of winter entertanment provided by the Kentucky Wildcats.

Those who hate our teams or our fans just will never get IT. The Ohio bully, whom the Army brass detested and the IU fans still worship didn't want any part of IT. That makes IT even more lovely!


SamKat