Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Deaf Italian bookkeeper... Jack P,Sonny H. and SamK.
See, I told you that joke was worth while. Look at the mileage we are
both getting from it, Jack P.
Jack,
I thought Chris was commissioned by the spanish Queen Did he bring a Mafia family member over on one of his three ships?
I thought you might know old Torjan warrior I truly do respect.
SamKat
They don't have to be new to be funny, old man. You may know Sonny Hoskins of Portsmouth East. He is nearly your age.
Sam
Sam, Christopher Columbus kicked hell out of an indian for telling this joke. Jack P
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both getting from it, Jack P.
Jack,
I thought Chris was commissioned by the spanish Queen Did he bring a Mafia family member over on one of his three ships?
I thought you might know old Torjan warrior I truly do respect.
SamKat
They don't have to be new to be funny, old man. You may know Sonny Hoskins of Portsmouth East. He is nearly your age.
Sam
Sam, Christopher Columbus kicked hell out of an indian for telling this joke. Jack P
On 4/12/11, Sam Kegley
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Marge likes this doctor's dietary advice
FW: Wise old Chinese doctor
I like this doctor!
Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart only good for so many beats, and that it... Don't waste on exercise. Everything wear out eventually. Speeding up heart not make you live longer; it like saying you extend life of car by driving faster. Want to live longer? Take nap.
Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that mean they take water out of fruity bit so you get even more of goodness that way. Beer also made of grain. Bottom up!
Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have body and you have fat, your ratio one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio two to one, etc.
Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No pain...good!
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU NOT LISTENING! Food are fried these day in vegetable oil. In fact, they permeated by it. How could getting more vegetable be bad for you?!?
Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise muscle, it get bigger. You should only be doing sit-up if you want bigger stomach.
Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy?!? HEL-LO-O!! Cocoa bean! Another vegetable! It best feel-good food around!
Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming good for your figure, explain whale to me..
Q: Is getting in shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is shape!
Well... I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.
And remember:
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Red wine in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!! "
AND.....
For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans..
5. The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
CONCLUSION:
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
I like this doctor!
Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart only good for so many beats, and that it... Don't waste on exercise. Everything wear out eventually. Speeding up heart not make you live longer; it like saying you extend life of car by driving faster. Want to live longer? Take nap.
Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that mean they take water out of fruity bit so you get even more of goodness that way. Beer also made of grain. Bottom up!
Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have body and you have fat, your ratio one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio two to one, etc.
Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No pain...good!
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU NOT LISTENING! Food are fried these day in vegetable oil. In fact, they permeated by it. How could getting more vegetable be bad for you?!?
Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise muscle, it get bigger. You should only be doing sit-up if you want bigger stomach.
Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy?!? HEL-LO-O!! Cocoa bean! Another vegetable! It best feel-good food around!
Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming good for your figure, explain whale to me..
Q: Is getting in shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is shape!
Well... I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.
And remember:
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Red wine in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!! "
AND.....
For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans..
5. The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
CONCLUSION:
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
Cloward & Piven wikipedia- o's strategy for America
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The Cloward–Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined by Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, then both sociologists and political activists at the Columbia University School of Social Work, in a 1966 article in The Nation entitled "The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty".[1] The two were critical of the public welfare system, and their strategy called for overloading that system to force a different set of policies to address poverty. They stated that many Americans who were eligible for welfare were not receiving benefits, and that a welfare enrollment drive would strain local budgets, precipitating a crisis at the state and local levels that would be a wake-up call for the federal government, particularly the Democratic Party, thus forcing it to implement a national solution to poverty. Cloward and Piven wrote that “the ultimate objective of this strategy [would be] to wipe out poverty by establishing a guaranteed annual income...”[2] There would also be side consequences of this strategy, according to Cloward and Piven. These would include: easing the plight of the poor in the short-term (through their participation in the welfare system); shoring up support for the national Democratic Party then-splintered by pluralist interests (through its cultivation of poor and minority constituencies by implementing a national solution to poverty); relieving local governments of the financially and politically onerous burdens of public welfare (through a national solution to poverty).
Contents [hide]
1 The strategy
1.1 Focus on Democrats
2 Reception and criticism
3 Recent conservative mentions and response
4 References
[edit] The strategyCloward and Piven’s article is focused on forcing the Democratic Party, which in 1966 controlled the presidency and both houses of the United States Congress, to take federal action to help the poor. They stated that full enrollment of those eligible for welfare “would produce bureaucratic disruption in welfare agencies and fiscal disruption in local and state governments” that would “deepen existing divisions among elements in the big-city Democratic coalition: the remaining white middle class, the working-class ethnic groups and the growing minority poor. To avoid a further weakening of that historic coalition, a national Democratic administration would be constrained to advance a federal solution to poverty that would override local welfare failures, local class and racial conflicts and local revenue dilemmas.”[3] They wrote:
The ultimate objective of this strategy—to wipe out poverty by establishing a guaranteed annual income—will be questioned by some. Because the ideal of individual social and economic mobility has deep roots, even activists seem reluctant to call for national programs to eliminate poverty by the outright redistribution of income.[3]
Michael Reisch and Janice Andrews wrote that Cloward and Piven "proposed to create a crisis in the current welfare system – by exploiting the gap between welfare law and practice – that would ultimately bring about its collapse and replace it with a system of guaranteed annual income. They hoped to accomplish this end by informing the poor of their rights to welfare assistance, encouraging them to apply for benefits and, in effect, overloading an already overburdened bureaucracy."[4]
[edit] Focus on DemocratsThe authors pinned their hopes on creating disruption within the Democratic Party. "Conservative Republicans are always ready to declaim the evils of public welfare, and they would probably be the first to raise a hue and cry. But deeper and politically more telling conflicts would take place within the Democratic coalition," they wrote. "Whites – both working class ethnic groups and many in the middle class – would be aroused against the ghetto poor, while liberal groups, which until recently have been comforted by the notion that the poor are few... would probably support the movement. Group conflict, spelling political crisis for the local party apparatus, would thus become acute as welfare rolls mounted and the strains on local budgets became more severe.”[5]
[edit] Reception and criticismAccording to historian Robert E. Weir, the original goal of the strategy was to bring about a crisis in the welfare system that would require radical reforms. "Although the strategy helped to boost recipient numbers between 1966 and 1975, the revolution its proponents envisioned never transpired."[6]
Robert Albritton found that the data did not support the Cloward-Piven thesis, and offered an alternative explanation for the rise in welfare caseloads.[7]
Howard Phillips, chairman of the Conservative Caucus, was quoted in 1982 as saying that the strategy could be effective because "Great Society programs 'had created a vast army of full-time liberal activists whose salaries are paid from the taxes of conservative working people."[8]
John McWhorter states that Cloward-Piven "created generations of black people for whom working for a living is an abstraction."[9]
[edit] Recent conservative mentions and responseConservative Fox News commentator Glenn Beck has referred to the "Cloward-Piven Strategy" on his broadcast since 2009. On February 18, 2010, he said, "you’ve got total destruction of wealth coming....It’s the final phase of the Cloward Piven strategy, which is collapse the system." [10]
Other commentators have blamed Cloward-Piven for the bankruptcy of New York City in 1975, [11], for an attack on the electoral vote system leading to the Florida recount crisis[12] and, like Glenn Beck, have suggested that President Obama's economic strategy was inspired by Cloward Piven.[13]
Liberal weekly The Nation, in which the original essay appeared in 1966, calls such assertions "a reactionary paranoid fantasy..." but says that "the left's gut reaction upon hearing of it--to laugh it off as a Scooby-Doo comic mystery--does nothing to blunt its appeal or limit its impact."[14] The Nation later noted that Beck blames the "Cloward-Piven Strategy" for "the financial crisis of 2008, healthcare reform, Obama's election and massive voter fraud" and has resulted in the posting of much violent and threatening rhetoric by users on Beck's website, including death threats against Frances Fox Piven.[15] For her part, Piven vigorously continues to defend the original idea, calling its conservative interpretation "lunatic".[16]
[edit] References1.^ Cloward, Richard; Piven, Frances (May 2, 1966). "The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty". (Originally published in The Nation). http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/03/24-4.
2.^ Cloward, Richard; Piven, Frances (May 2, 1966). "The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty". New York: The Nation. p. 512.
3.^ a b Cloward and Piven, p. 510
4.^ Reisch, Michael; Janice Andrews (2001). The Road Not Taken. Brunner Routledge. pp. 144–146. ISBN 1-58391-025-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=f0iC56biZOgC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=cloward+piven+crisis+strategy&source=web&ots=FS1gpmnk4K&sig=6u84VMirF97Qjb0x4lb6PYZNxgo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result.
5.^ Cloward and Piven, p. 516
6.^ Weir, Robert (2007). Class in America. Greenwood Press. pp. 616. ISBN 978-0-313-33719-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=YS69fMlIUX0C&pg=PA616&dq=%22cloward-piven+strategy%22&client=firefox-a.
7.^ Albritton, Robert publisher=American Political Science Review (December 1979). Social Amelioration through Mass Insurgency? A Reexamination of the Piven and Cloward Thesis. http://www.jstor.org/pss/1953984. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
8.^ Robert Pear (1984-04-15). "Drive to Sign Up Poor for Voting Meets Resistance". New York Times.
9.^ McWhorter, John, "John McWhorter: How Welfare Went Wrong", NPR, August 9, 2006.
10.^ Glenn Beck, "Study Says We're Toast", http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/36505/ Accessed February 1, 2011
11.^ Chandler, Richard, "The Cloward–Piven strategy", The Washington Times, October 15, 2008
12.^ Richard Poe "The Cloward Piven Strategy" 2005 http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/Articles/theclowardpivenstrategypoe.html Accessed February 1, 2011
13.^ Kurt Nimmo "Obama, the Cloward-Piven Strategy, and the New World Order", March 10, 2009 http://www.infowars.com/obama-the-cloward-piven-strategy-and-the-new-world-order/ Accessed February 11, 2011
14.^ Richard Kim, "The Mad Tea Party", The Nation April 12, 2010 http://www.thenation.com/article/mad-tea-party Accessed February 1, 2011
15.^ "Glenn Beck Targets Frances Fox Piven" in February 7, 2011 issue of "the Nation" http://www.thenation.com/article/157900/glenn-beck-targets-frances-fox-piven Accessed February 1, 2011
16.^ Piven, F.F. (2011) Crazy Talk and American Politics: or, My Glenn Beck Story, The Chronicle of Higher Education (The Chronicle Review) 57(25), B4-B5.
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The Cloward–Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined by Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, then both sociologists and political activists at the Columbia University School of Social Work, in a 1966 article in The Nation entitled "The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty".[1] The two were critical of the public welfare system, and their strategy called for overloading that system to force a different set of policies to address poverty. They stated that many Americans who were eligible for welfare were not receiving benefits, and that a welfare enrollment drive would strain local budgets, precipitating a crisis at the state and local levels that would be a wake-up call for the federal government, particularly the Democratic Party, thus forcing it to implement a national solution to poverty. Cloward and Piven wrote that “the ultimate objective of this strategy [would be] to wipe out poverty by establishing a guaranteed annual income...”[2] There would also be side consequences of this strategy, according to Cloward and Piven. These would include: easing the plight of the poor in the short-term (through their participation in the welfare system); shoring up support for the national Democratic Party then-splintered by pluralist interests (through its cultivation of poor and minority constituencies by implementing a national solution to poverty); relieving local governments of the financially and politically onerous burdens of public welfare (through a national solution to poverty).
Contents [hide]
1 The strategy
1.1 Focus on Democrats
2 Reception and criticism
3 Recent conservative mentions and response
4 References
[edit] The strategyCloward and Piven’s article is focused on forcing the Democratic Party, which in 1966 controlled the presidency and both houses of the United States Congress, to take federal action to help the poor. They stated that full enrollment of those eligible for welfare “would produce bureaucratic disruption in welfare agencies and fiscal disruption in local and state governments” that would “deepen existing divisions among elements in the big-city Democratic coalition: the remaining white middle class, the working-class ethnic groups and the growing minority poor. To avoid a further weakening of that historic coalition, a national Democratic administration would be constrained to advance a federal solution to poverty that would override local welfare failures, local class and racial conflicts and local revenue dilemmas.”[3] They wrote:
The ultimate objective of this strategy—to wipe out poverty by establishing a guaranteed annual income—will be questioned by some. Because the ideal of individual social and economic mobility has deep roots, even activists seem reluctant to call for national programs to eliminate poverty by the outright redistribution of income.[3]
Michael Reisch and Janice Andrews wrote that Cloward and Piven "proposed to create a crisis in the current welfare system – by exploiting the gap between welfare law and practice – that would ultimately bring about its collapse and replace it with a system of guaranteed annual income. They hoped to accomplish this end by informing the poor of their rights to welfare assistance, encouraging them to apply for benefits and, in effect, overloading an already overburdened bureaucracy."[4]
[edit] Focus on DemocratsThe authors pinned their hopes on creating disruption within the Democratic Party. "Conservative Republicans are always ready to declaim the evils of public welfare, and they would probably be the first to raise a hue and cry. But deeper and politically more telling conflicts would take place within the Democratic coalition," they wrote. "Whites – both working class ethnic groups and many in the middle class – would be aroused against the ghetto poor, while liberal groups, which until recently have been comforted by the notion that the poor are few... would probably support the movement. Group conflict, spelling political crisis for the local party apparatus, would thus become acute as welfare rolls mounted and the strains on local budgets became more severe.”[5]
[edit] Reception and criticismAccording to historian Robert E. Weir, the original goal of the strategy was to bring about a crisis in the welfare system that would require radical reforms. "Although the strategy helped to boost recipient numbers between 1966 and 1975, the revolution its proponents envisioned never transpired."[6]
Robert Albritton found that the data did not support the Cloward-Piven thesis, and offered an alternative explanation for the rise in welfare caseloads.[7]
Howard Phillips, chairman of the Conservative Caucus, was quoted in 1982 as saying that the strategy could be effective because "Great Society programs 'had created a vast army of full-time liberal activists whose salaries are paid from the taxes of conservative working people."[8]
John McWhorter states that Cloward-Piven "created generations of black people for whom working for a living is an abstraction."[9]
[edit] Recent conservative mentions and responseConservative Fox News commentator Glenn Beck has referred to the "Cloward-Piven Strategy" on his broadcast since 2009. On February 18, 2010, he said, "you’ve got total destruction of wealth coming....It’s the final phase of the Cloward Piven strategy, which is collapse the system." [10]
Other commentators have blamed Cloward-Piven for the bankruptcy of New York City in 1975, [11], for an attack on the electoral vote system leading to the Florida recount crisis[12] and, like Glenn Beck, have suggested that President Obama's economic strategy was inspired by Cloward Piven.[13]
Liberal weekly The Nation, in which the original essay appeared in 1966, calls such assertions "a reactionary paranoid fantasy..." but says that "the left's gut reaction upon hearing of it--to laugh it off as a Scooby-Doo comic mystery--does nothing to blunt its appeal or limit its impact."[14] The Nation later noted that Beck blames the "Cloward-Piven Strategy" for "the financial crisis of 2008, healthcare reform, Obama's election and massive voter fraud" and has resulted in the posting of much violent and threatening rhetoric by users on Beck's website, including death threats against Frances Fox Piven.[15] For her part, Piven vigorously continues to defend the original idea, calling its conservative interpretation "lunatic".[16]
[edit] References1.^ Cloward, Richard; Piven, Frances (May 2, 1966). "The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty". (Originally published in The Nation). http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/03/24-4.
2.^ Cloward, Richard; Piven, Frances (May 2, 1966). "The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty". New York: The Nation. p. 512.
3.^ a b Cloward and Piven, p. 510
4.^ Reisch, Michael; Janice Andrews (2001). The Road Not Taken. Brunner Routledge. pp. 144–146. ISBN 1-58391-025-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=f0iC56biZOgC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=cloward+piven+crisis+strategy&source=web&ots=FS1gpmnk4K&sig=6u84VMirF97Qjb0x4lb6PYZNxgo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result.
5.^ Cloward and Piven, p. 516
6.^ Weir, Robert (2007). Class in America. Greenwood Press. pp. 616. ISBN 978-0-313-33719-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=YS69fMlIUX0C&pg=PA616&dq=%22cloward-piven+strategy%22&client=firefox-a.
7.^ Albritton, Robert publisher=American Political Science Review (December 1979). Social Amelioration through Mass Insurgency? A Reexamination of the Piven and Cloward Thesis. http://www.jstor.org/pss/1953984. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
8.^ Robert Pear (1984-04-15). "Drive to Sign Up Poor for Voting Meets Resistance". New York Times.
9.^ McWhorter, John, "John McWhorter: How Welfare Went Wrong", NPR, August 9, 2006.
10.^ Glenn Beck, "Study Says We're Toast", http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/36505/ Accessed February 1, 2011
11.^ Chandler, Richard, "The Cloward–Piven strategy", The Washington Times, October 15, 2008
12.^ Richard Poe "The Cloward Piven Strategy" 2005 http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/Articles/theclowardpivenstrategypoe.html Accessed February 1, 2011
13.^ Kurt Nimmo "Obama, the Cloward-Piven Strategy, and the New World Order", March 10, 2009 http://www.infowars.com/obama-the-cloward-piven-strategy-and-the-new-world-order/ Accessed February 11, 2011
14.^ Richard Kim, "The Mad Tea Party", The Nation April 12, 2010 http://www.thenation.com/article/mad-tea-party Accessed February 1, 2011
15.^ "Glenn Beck Targets Frances Fox Piven" in February 7, 2011 issue of "the Nation" http://www.thenation.com/article/157900/glenn-beck-targets-frances-fox-piven Accessed February 1, 2011
16.^ Piven, F.F. (2011) Crazy Talk and American Politics: or, My Glenn Beck Story, The Chronicle of Higher Education (The Chronicle Review) 57(25), B4-B5.
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All Walk-On Teams at KY... Thanks Ms. Tyler Thompson, KSR !
Blog readers, please forgive my rather Inside story on my beloved Kentucky Wildcats. Parity is all over the spectrum of college basketball and so many of these people could have played key basketball roles outside of the big time division 1 schools. The practice players who don't receive a lot of playing time contribute mightily anyway! Thanks for recognizing them Ms. Tyler Thompson!
Junior Braddy's "Chance of a Lifetime" has become a Kentucky Classic of a statement.
Three cheers for the Kentucky basketball All-Time Walk-On Team
by Ms. Tyler Thompson @ 9:30 pm. Filed under Blue Blooded Opinions, Going Hunting
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about the characteristics of a good walk-on player. At Kentucky, we’ve seen the spectrum: cocky chest puffers (Steve Masiello), hard-nosed hustlers (Mark “Clappin’” Krebs), and baby-faced Backstreet lookalikes (Jarrod Polson). While we love to scream “SHOOOOOOOOT” at each of them equally, some stand out a little more for their passion and pride in the Blue and White.
Since the first walk-on I can remember in earnest is Masiello (no wonder I hate hair gel on men), I had to dip into the dusty history books to attempt a fair assessment of Kentucky’s unsung heroes. And man, what a delightful research topic (thank you bigbluehistory.net, for your wonderful resources, by the way).
Here’s where I would rank the walk-ons, in terms of a) Big Blue pride b) on-court performance and c) legacy:
FIRST TEAM
Cameron Mills
Years: 1994-1998
Career Points: 365
Mills is one of the most memorable walk-ons in Kentucky history due to his super sweet three-point shot and tendency to step up in big games. Case and point: the three to give the Cats the lead against Duke in the 1998 Elite Eight. That clip still gives me chills. Fewer players have had more passion for the blue and white than Mills, who turned down a scholarship at Georgia to play for the Cats. Mills is now an evangelist who travels the state, speaking to churches, youth groups, and schools.
Ravi Moss
Years: 2002-2006
Career points: 376
Many people forget that Moss was a walk-on, which is understandable considering he was a starter for a while. Ravi was one of Tubby Smith’s best athletes and quickly became a fan favorite because of his unselfish, gutsy play. Unfortunately, Ravi ran into some trouble with the law after college, but his hustle and flat out effort should endear him to Cat fans for life.
Nehemiah “Junior” Braddy
Years: 1989-1993
Career Points: 327
I’ll admit, I’m too young to remember Junior Braddy, but the more I read about him, the more I like him. Braddy, also a member of the baseball team, brought a spark off the bench and helped the program emerge from its darkest hours. What did being a walk-on mean to Braddy? In his own words, from the 1991-1992 season:
Chance of a Lifetime by Junior Braddy
Every child in America dreams of becoming someone famous or just doing something special that sets you apart from the rest of the world. It is impossible not to dream. Every time we go to sleep at night or just daydream in class, we enter another world where no goal or achievement is impossible. Most of us wake up, but a select few dream on, until one day they realize that their dream has come true.
Fifteen people share the same dream, with each person striving to make that dream come true, but knowing that with one mishap or twist of fate you can be rudely awakened never to dream that dream again. But with determination and hard work we can dream on, until truly we become one of the select few on this earth. We have the chance of a lifetime, and I believe that we can do it. Not by might or by power, but by faith. And I do believe.
Preston LeMaster
Years: 2002-2006
Career Points: 30
Why include LeMaster? Sure, his stats aren’t as flashy as some on the list, but Preston LeMaster was the quintessential Kentucky boy that fans could connect with through shared childhood dreams of playing for the Cats. That’s why we all went wild when LeMaster, son of former Cat Jim LeMaster, scored a career-high 12 points on 4-5 shooing from behind the arc in an 80-40 victory over Ole Miss.
Todd Svoboda
Years: 1992-1993
Career points: 24
“But, Tyler,” you say, “This guy only played ONE YEAR. Why does he deserve a place amongst the fan favorites?” His three-pointer to send Kentucky to the Final Four over Florida State, that’s why. Svbododa took a big risk by transferring to UK from Northern Kentucky his senior season, especially considering Rick Pitino told him he wouldn’t get a single minute of playing time. That’s not that unusual for a walk-on to hear from his coach, but Svoboda took the chance anyways, and it paid off. Svoboda reignited the hopes of a team and fan base recovering from probation and the dreams of young Cat fans across the Bluegrass.
SECOND TEAM
Chris Gettelfinger
Years: 1977-1981
Career Points: 28
Perhaps more infamous for his bright red curly hair and last name than the points he scored, Gettelfinger will always be a fan favorite. Unselfish and almost proud of the role he played for the team, he chose to play for Kentucky over his hometown Tennessee Volunteers, which should make you love him no matter what.
Mark Krebs
Years: 2007-2010
Career Points: 12
Future walk-ons could learn a thing or two from Mr. Krebs (and I’m not just saying that because he’s part of the KSR family). Like Gettelfinger and others before him, Krebs embraced the role of walk-on, working hard to help the team in practice and supporting from the sidelines (although Stacey Poole is giving him a run for his money for best cheerleader).
Mark Coury
Years: 2006-2008
Career Points: 65
Ah, the Coury Flurry. Exactly as awkward as he looks, Mark Coury is lovable for many reasons. First and most obvious, his freakin’ sweet good looks. Who can forget the rec specs picture (obviously not me, since it’s the one I chose to use)? Even more bizarre was his brief stint as a starter under Billy Gillispie and his career at Cornell after he transferred. Godspeed, Mark Coury.
Matt Heissenbuttel
Years: 2000-2004
Career Points: 21
Another homegrown Kentucky boy, Heissenbuttel naturally grew up loving the Cats. He was even a ball boy for Rick Pitino back in the day. He may not hold any scoring records at Kentucky, but he does hold a record for the longest last name of any current or former player. Take that, Matt Scherbenske!
Steve Masiello
Years: 1996-2000
Career Points: 42
I really didn’t want to put Masiello on this list because he’s such a you-know-what, but like it or not, he’s one of Kentucky’s more memorable walk-ons. After doing a little bit of reading about Mr. Masiello, it turns out that my alma mater, Davidson, rejected him (see, we ARE smart), which led Rick Pitino, a close family friend, to give him the chance to be a walk-on at Kentucky. So there you go. The admissions office at Davidson was the catalyst for Steve Masiello’s journey from Knicks ballboy to Kentucky walk-on/victory cigar to assistant coach/Molly’s regular to Manhattan College head basketball coach. You’re welcome?
I know I’ve left several favorites off the list, but it’s a start. Who did I miss? SHOOOOT!
Junior Braddy's "Chance of a Lifetime" has become a Kentucky Classic of a statement.
Three cheers for the Kentucky basketball All-Time Walk-On Team
by Ms. Tyler Thompson @ 9:30 pm. Filed under Blue Blooded Opinions, Going Hunting
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about the characteristics of a good walk-on player. At Kentucky, we’ve seen the spectrum: cocky chest puffers (Steve Masiello), hard-nosed hustlers (Mark “Clappin’” Krebs), and baby-faced Backstreet lookalikes (Jarrod Polson). While we love to scream “SHOOOOOOOOT” at each of them equally, some stand out a little more for their passion and pride in the Blue and White.
Since the first walk-on I can remember in earnest is Masiello (no wonder I hate hair gel on men), I had to dip into the dusty history books to attempt a fair assessment of Kentucky’s unsung heroes. And man, what a delightful research topic (thank you bigbluehistory.net, for your wonderful resources, by the way).
Here’s where I would rank the walk-ons, in terms of a) Big Blue pride b) on-court performance and c) legacy:
FIRST TEAM
Cameron Mills
Years: 1994-1998
Career Points: 365
Mills is one of the most memorable walk-ons in Kentucky history due to his super sweet three-point shot and tendency to step up in big games. Case and point: the three to give the Cats the lead against Duke in the 1998 Elite Eight. That clip still gives me chills. Fewer players have had more passion for the blue and white than Mills, who turned down a scholarship at Georgia to play for the Cats. Mills is now an evangelist who travels the state, speaking to churches, youth groups, and schools.
Ravi Moss
Years: 2002-2006
Career points: 376
Many people forget that Moss was a walk-on, which is understandable considering he was a starter for a while. Ravi was one of Tubby Smith’s best athletes and quickly became a fan favorite because of his unselfish, gutsy play. Unfortunately, Ravi ran into some trouble with the law after college, but his hustle and flat out effort should endear him to Cat fans for life.
Nehemiah “Junior” Braddy
Years: 1989-1993
Career Points: 327
I’ll admit, I’m too young to remember Junior Braddy, but the more I read about him, the more I like him. Braddy, also a member of the baseball team, brought a spark off the bench and helped the program emerge from its darkest hours. What did being a walk-on mean to Braddy? In his own words, from the 1991-1992 season:
Chance of a Lifetime by Junior Braddy
Every child in America dreams of becoming someone famous or just doing something special that sets you apart from the rest of the world. It is impossible not to dream. Every time we go to sleep at night or just daydream in class, we enter another world where no goal or achievement is impossible. Most of us wake up, but a select few dream on, until one day they realize that their dream has come true.
Fifteen people share the same dream, with each person striving to make that dream come true, but knowing that with one mishap or twist of fate you can be rudely awakened never to dream that dream again. But with determination and hard work we can dream on, until truly we become one of the select few on this earth. We have the chance of a lifetime, and I believe that we can do it. Not by might or by power, but by faith. And I do believe.
Preston LeMaster
Years: 2002-2006
Career Points: 30
Why include LeMaster? Sure, his stats aren’t as flashy as some on the list, but Preston LeMaster was the quintessential Kentucky boy that fans could connect with through shared childhood dreams of playing for the Cats. That’s why we all went wild when LeMaster, son of former Cat Jim LeMaster, scored a career-high 12 points on 4-5 shooing from behind the arc in an 80-40 victory over Ole Miss.
Todd Svoboda
Years: 1992-1993
Career points: 24
“But, Tyler,” you say, “This guy only played ONE YEAR. Why does he deserve a place amongst the fan favorites?” His three-pointer to send Kentucky to the Final Four over Florida State, that’s why. Svbododa took a big risk by transferring to UK from Northern Kentucky his senior season, especially considering Rick Pitino told him he wouldn’t get a single minute of playing time. That’s not that unusual for a walk-on to hear from his coach, but Svoboda took the chance anyways, and it paid off. Svoboda reignited the hopes of a team and fan base recovering from probation and the dreams of young Cat fans across the Bluegrass.
SECOND TEAM
Chris Gettelfinger
Years: 1977-1981
Career Points: 28
Perhaps more infamous for his bright red curly hair and last name than the points he scored, Gettelfinger will always be a fan favorite. Unselfish and almost proud of the role he played for the team, he chose to play for Kentucky over his hometown Tennessee Volunteers, which should make you love him no matter what.
Mark Krebs
Years: 2007-2010
Career Points: 12
Future walk-ons could learn a thing or two from Mr. Krebs (and I’m not just saying that because he’s part of the KSR family). Like Gettelfinger and others before him, Krebs embraced the role of walk-on, working hard to help the team in practice and supporting from the sidelines (although Stacey Poole is giving him a run for his money for best cheerleader).
Mark Coury
Years: 2006-2008
Career Points: 65
Ah, the Coury Flurry. Exactly as awkward as he looks, Mark Coury is lovable for many reasons. First and most obvious, his freakin’ sweet good looks. Who can forget the rec specs picture (obviously not me, since it’s the one I chose to use)? Even more bizarre was his brief stint as a starter under Billy Gillispie and his career at Cornell after he transferred. Godspeed, Mark Coury.
Matt Heissenbuttel
Years: 2000-2004
Career Points: 21
Another homegrown Kentucky boy, Heissenbuttel naturally grew up loving the Cats. He was even a ball boy for Rick Pitino back in the day. He may not hold any scoring records at Kentucky, but he does hold a record for the longest last name of any current or former player. Take that, Matt Scherbenske!
Steve Masiello
Years: 1996-2000
Career Points: 42
I really didn’t want to put Masiello on this list because he’s such a you-know-what, but like it or not, he’s one of Kentucky’s more memorable walk-ons. After doing a little bit of reading about Mr. Masiello, it turns out that my alma mater, Davidson, rejected him (see, we ARE smart), which led Rick Pitino, a close family friend, to give him the chance to be a walk-on at Kentucky. So there you go. The admissions office at Davidson was the catalyst for Steve Masiello’s journey from Knicks ballboy to Kentucky walk-on/victory cigar to assistant coach/Molly’s regular to Manhattan College head basketball coach. You’re welcome?
I know I’ve left several favorites off the list, but it’s a start. Who did I miss? SHOOOOT!
Deaf Italian bookkeeper... Thanks Ramey!
This seems familiar, but it shows human frailty in the incidence of tyrannical mafia power:
A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper, Guido, has cheated him out
of $10,000,000.00
His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first
place.
It was assumed that Guido would hear nothing so he would not have to testify
in court.
When the Godfather goes to confront Guido about his missing $10 million, he
takes along his lawyer who knows sign language.
The Godfather tells the lawyer, "Ask him where the money is!”
The lawyer, using sign language, asks Guido, “Where's the money?”
Guido signs back, "I don't know what you are talking about." The lawyer
tells the Godfather, "He says he doesn't know what you are talking about"
The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to Guido's head and says, "Ask him
again or I’ll kill him!"
The lawyer signs to Guido, "He'll kill you if you don't tell him."
Guido trembles and signs back, "OK! You win! The money is in a brown
briefcase, buried behind the shed at my cousin Bruno's house.”
The Godfather asks the lawyer, "What did he say?" The lawyer replies, "He
says you don't have the balls to pull the trigger."
Don't you just love Italian lawyers?
A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper, Guido, has cheated him out
of $10,000,000.00
His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first
place.
It was assumed that Guido would hear nothing so he would not have to testify
in court.
When the Godfather goes to confront Guido about his missing $10 million, he
takes along his lawyer who knows sign language.
The Godfather tells the lawyer, "Ask him where the money is!”
The lawyer, using sign language, asks Guido, “Where's the money?”
Guido signs back, "I don't know what you are talking about." The lawyer
tells the Godfather, "He says he doesn't know what you are talking about"
The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to Guido's head and says, "Ask him
again or I’ll kill him!"
The lawyer signs to Guido, "He'll kill you if you don't tell him."
Guido trembles and signs back, "OK! You win! The money is in a brown
briefcase, buried behind the shed at my cousin Bruno's house.”
The Godfather asks the lawyer, "What did he say?" The lawyer replies, "He
says you don't have the balls to pull the trigger."
Don't you just love Italian lawyers?
Woman and Wine... Thanks once more, Judi cole!
Re- Woman and wine... Thanks Judi Cole!
Thanks for posting on your blog, Sam - glad to contribute!
Thank you, Judi!
I am so lucky to have such good and caring people who send me interesting, funny, and timely emails that make the blog more interesting than just my own meager input.
"How lucky you can be, Sam Kegley such a pretty woman!" my good Army friend Noburo Yamamoto, a Nesei Sergeant, would say in looking at Jeanie's picture beside my bunk in Tokyo back in the early 1950's. With our family and friends now, I know how lucky I am.
I am so happy that the real power of the Universe lies not in the hands of fickle human "leaders", but with our almighty Lord whose plan was to take human living and suffering upon Himself through Jesus Christ as man.
We each remain small but so buffeted by the greatest thing available to each. That, my friend, is Christianity. May we embrace it with all humility and with true peace and love for all humanity.
How wonderful a human plan that formed the USA. Human, but guided by the principles freely available to all and proclaimed in the Capitol of this nation and its individual states. Even our leaders have shown much frailty; however, where they have sought wisdom from above it has been poured down:
New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure-- pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."
God must and has forgiven our shortcomings through Jesus Christ and His death and resurrection soon to be celebrated world-wide by Christians.
"How lucky indeed", Sam Kegley and all of your delightful correspondents!
SamKat
Thanks for posting on your blog, Sam - glad to contribute!
Thank you, Judi!
I am so lucky to have such good and caring people who send me interesting, funny, and timely emails that make the blog more interesting than just my own meager input.
"How lucky you can be, Sam Kegley such a pretty woman!" my good Army friend Noburo Yamamoto, a Nesei Sergeant, would say in looking at Jeanie's picture beside my bunk in Tokyo back in the early 1950's. With our family and friends now, I know how lucky I am.
I am so happy that the real power of the Universe lies not in the hands of fickle human "leaders", but with our almighty Lord whose plan was to take human living and suffering upon Himself through Jesus Christ as man.
We each remain small but so buffeted by the greatest thing available to each. That, my friend, is Christianity. May we embrace it with all humility and with true peace and love for all humanity.
How wonderful a human plan that formed the USA. Human, but guided by the principles freely available to all and proclaimed in the Capitol of this nation and its individual states. Even our leaders have shown much frailty; however, where they have sought wisdom from above it has been poured down:
New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure-- pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."
God must and has forgiven our shortcomings through Jesus Christ and His death and resurrection soon to be celebrated world-wide by Christians.
"How lucky indeed", Sam Kegley and all of your delightful correspondents!
SamKat
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