I thank each person who hits on this site and, particularly those who return again and again.
I am so grateful to the friends who forward such great stuff which I include on the blog. The blog would be nothing without those contributors! I will show the last quaters contributors ala the index for the blog for the quirky Nov 10 thru Feb 11 quarter:
Contents
Assange is an Arrogant Ass! Dawood kahn 13
Ralph Harrison dies at 73 in Portsmouth OH 15
Greaty Message- Thanks Dave Miller! 16
Enough is Enough! Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 16
Quantitative Easing Thanks Sarah Rapp! 18
Stag Pool Hall and Cameo-Portsmouth Ohio 19
P'Town replies- Clay Vice & Sarah Rapp 19
Index- www.skegley.blogspot.com Sept-Nov 2010 20
More Portsmouth- Nerw Boston Hot dog stories 25
Christmas thanks for the rather large gift, God! 26
Careful with this info 28
Tuesday, December 07, 2010 29
Lay off letter Thanks Bob Looney! 35
Dec 7- 1941 and 9-11-2001 36
Sam is thinking seriously... in a dangerous time 36
One smart judge- Thyanks John & Yvette! 38
Australia blames US for leaks, not wikileaks 38
T'was the Month before Christmas-Thanks Pat whitehead! 40
Test 43
Mystery of obama... ThanksMarge-Purpose of this invention? 43
The Christmas Shopper Thanks Mr. Looney! 45
Three cheers for Arizona and for Missouri!!!!!!!! 46
Israel British House of Commons From Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld- 51
New credit card scam Thanks Deloris Salyers 54
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Monday, December 13, 2010 56
Dear Abby- Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 57
Glad you're back home, Jack!- Jack H Plymale 58
Comments concerning Harrelson's improvements and Rob Lock 60
Taxes- Mitch Album 70
CA High School Principle lays it down... 72
Keeper... Thanks Doug Brooke! 76
Tech NO! Thanks Judi Cole! 78
Mental Health... Thanks Marge Rusnak! 80
Cars in Venezuela- Thanks Marge Rusnak! 81
Clunker Math... Thanks Joe Troyan! 83
A+ for this 15 year old boy's paper from many friends 84
A little Jesus... Thanks Carol and Clay Vice! 85
Anti- "Progressives" Comments 86
Thanks Mr. Looney Great recycle! 90
Spreading or spending our wealth? little o 91
Christmas shopping at Sears! Thanks Dr. Ralph Hovermale! 91
FW: Untimely Death... Thanks Juanita elliott! 92
Great story Tom & Carolyn (Rowson) Lynch! 108
Deaf wife... thanks Tom & Carolyn! 113
My blog has been taken over today by the Lynch''s. 114
Country Christmas... Thanks Clay! 116
Christmas on the Ranch... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 119
Christmas is not a bad time for a recycle of a Christian act. 121
Portsmouth OH Plymalisms 123
Dawood Kahn's Silk roads and Siamese Smiles 123
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Dr. Hovermale is politically correct in his wishes 124
Thanks Ray Springer, Fellow Denison employee 125
Stag and Cameo- Portsmouth OH 126
Thanks Patricia Richards Whitehead! Funny! 126
Now, you made me cry Tom & Carolyn Lynch 127
From tear jerker to a laugher- Thanks Tom & Carolyn! 131
Jack Plymale and Vic Janowicz in Columbus 132
God still blesses the Jewish people 133
Coyote Thanks again, Terry! 135
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 136
MilitaryPay and a sad USA administration 137
Internet taxes and control by o's FCC 139
Best prayer in a long time- Thanks Carol and Clay Vice 140
Burma Shave Sighns- Thanks Sarah Rapp! 141
Humanist, not rascist. Waco TX post- Thanks Terry Krause! 143
Omuspres- Thanks Ramey! 144
Feb. 2, 2011 Thanks alma Holl! 145
How can you defend Israel? Thanks Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld 145
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 147
?? Learned in 2,065 years? Thanks Les! 148
Last request- Thanks Ralph Hovermale! 148
Health? tips from Clay Vice 149
Costa Rica from Old Trojan football warrior Jack Plymale 150
A Christmas story You'll love to share 151
Cardiologist's funeral 153
My Son... Thanks Bob Looney 153
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Wal-Mart vs. the Morons! He won't let me credit him 157
Taxes... Thanks John & Yvette Massey! 159
The cxColumbus Diuspatch gave front page Metro ^&* Statye
cover... 161
The Lord's Prayer.. Thanks Nita Elliott! 161
The Scrap Yard... Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 163
Re- Red Griffin PHS Trojan- Thanks Jack H Plymale! 164
paraprosdokian... Thanks Mimi! 165
The Scioto Voice... Thanks brother Jim Kegley (PHS 57) 168
More on Gus Thompson, Paul Walker... Jack H Plymale 169
Bad news for the Gore Global Warmer advocates... 170
Perhaps my friend, Clay, chides this UK grad a bit 172
Urgent Messager for Americans- Thanks Tom & Carolyn! 174
Interesting Perspective... Thanks luis Flores! 175
Re-Doug Everman-Thanks Jim Kegley and Jack Plymale! 175
Re- The proposed mosque at ground zero- thanks Laura Fisher! 176
Dicorce agreement 178
Things I learneds in Kentucky... Thanks Sonny! 179
The mystery man... Let us pray... Thanks Luis flores! 185
Florida Temps 187
Caveat Emptor on these recycles. Thanks Dave Miller 188
Brandon Knight and glory to God! 190
Splinters in her crotch... Thanks bob Looney! 191
obama Kagan lies by Snopes! Thanks Dr. J! 192
Jack H speaks about Joe Luchi ! 194
Grandpa's hands... Thanks Pat Richards Whitehead (PHS 50) 195
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Never choke in a resataurant in the south 197
Taking uninsured vehicles off the road- Dallas TX 198
Charity CEO Compensation Study results-Google 199
Southern Insurance Co. 202
UK's Brandon Knight and Jack H Plymale on 'bounceyball' 202
More Jack H Plymale-former Portsmouth Trojan 'pointyballer' 204
Pray for victims and against violent acts 204
You may now leave a response as you scroll down 204
Columbus Weather 20110110 for1-11-2011 205
Budweiser story about 911 Thanks Tom & Carolyn Lynch 205
German view of islam 209
Emergency Weather Ohio Valley 211
Onions... Thanks Tom & Carolyn Lynch! 214
Economic stimulus the o way... Thanks Doug Brooke! 217
Thanks for the weather warning Sam! Juanita Elliott 219
The new idiots list... Thanks Sarah DuPuy Rapp! 220
1984 didn't quite make it until 2025... thanks Jackie Brown! 222
FW-Thomas Jefferson Thanks Sarah DuPuy Rapp! 224
FW- Do you love your computer? Thanks Ronnie Walters! 227
FW- Bankruptcy 101 Thanks Alma Nash Holl ! 228
Walmart Interview Thanks Luis Flores! 233
Vicks' Vapo rub... Thanks Luis Flores! 235
Keith Booker a former Trojan bounceyballer-4 words 236
Two stories-Both True Thanks Tom & Carolyn! 237
Vitriolic comments from the left- o himself! 240
You say- God says Chart 240
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Another beautiful email from Patricia Whitehead 241
Wondering from, the old Trojan Warrior! 242
Kentucky History Lesson from Dr. Ralph Hovermale 245
FW-Black robbers Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 262
Australia says NO! Thanks good anonymous friend! 263
Tuscon service The Loft- PAC for Sarah Palin 266
Notes from classy Portsmouth's Elder statespeople 268
Re- Paul Walker and Jerry Lucas- Jack H Plymale 269
Jerry Lucas PHS memories of the Middies 270
More Portsmouth basketball and Cincinnati sports 274
Thanks Dr. Hovermale! More Bryanbty and James at UK 275
Miss America "I'm defined by God" OneNews.com 277
Current Severe Weather 278
http://www.emergencyemail.org/wx/us/OH/39049.asp 286
Franklin Graham denounces anti-Christ Tuscon service 287
Kentucky basketball - OSU football 289
Past 12,000 hits, Clay! 289
Student's list per the teacher 289
Old Testament and New Testament Difference 293
I also liked these, Luis flores! 293
The tiny cabin... thanks Sarah DuPuy Rapp! 295
Read the bar code... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 296
A Polite way to call someone a B-----d 299
Recall Notice! Thanks Dave Miller! 301
Ponderisms... Thanks John Bob! 304
1 is identity in muliplying and dividing, how 2011- 1's 308
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obamaphone- Thanks Jackie Brown! 308
Bears lose to Green Bay... From a good Retired Denison friend
in Da... 310
Bring it UP! Thanks Sarah DuPuy Rapp! 310
Tango Mike Mike - Roy P. Benavidez 313
Rush- o must release his birth certificate 314
Wisdom and exercise from an OLD friend... Thanks Patricia! 315
Dawood Kahn's blog... Illegal Immigration 316
Military quote- Thasnks Judi Cole! 318
Tell your wife... FW from Sarah Rapp 319
What if he had said... ? 319
Rules for clotheslines... Pat Richards Whitehead 320
Questoiopns that haunt me... Thanks Joann Hensley! 325
First Grader Insights Thanks Tom & Carolyn Lynch! 330
Paul Ryan Important airline inventor from P'Town 332
More on Portsmouth's Paul Ryan Thanks Dr. Bill Daehler! 333
Loyola of Chicago for Jill Rappis! 336
Fiction with fact and interesting... Thanks Patricia Whitehead! 341
A send-backer... Thanks Sharon Lundy, my sweet sister 343
AEP Ohio "What to do if the power fails 344
You're not going to like this... Thanks John Massey! 346
Only a man would attempt this... Thanks Clay Vice! 348
The Kiss... Uh Oh, Clay Vice! 351
Why muslims are the way they are... Thanks Les! 352
Food Stamps... Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 356
Places to retire... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 357
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Reagan understood America- o has no clue! Sam 360
Cpolumbus Dispatch front page 2011 02 05-Spartans 362
More on Portsmouth - Jack H Plymale 370
More Portsmouth Sports- Thanks Clay Vice! 371
Rod Kinskey- Ideal Milk- Thanks Jack H plymale! 372
To all my family and friends... Thanks Joann Hensley! 373
The lawyer and the senior... Thanks Lou Flores! 376
o and bush and two ladies on a train 379
A teenager's view... Thanks Patricia Richards Whitehead! 380
The Shredder... Also Pat whitehead 383
Citizen doing her part... Thanks Alma Holl! 384
Older wonmen are so reasonable... Thanks John-Bob L. 385
@005-2009 study results of college students 386
Senior shopping entertainment... Funny! Thanks Marge Rusnak! 390
Friday, February 11, 2011 393
The Real G.W. Bush... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 395
Portsmouth, cursing and love..., Thanks Mr. Plymale! 399
www.blogspot.com Fairly recent SamKat blog comments 399
The ads, the diets, the lives we live... Thanks Bob Looney! 404
Confidants- John Bob Looney and Sam Kegley 407
Thirteen things your burglar won't tell you... Thanks Tom &
Car... 407
Most recent comments- www.skegley.blogspot.com 410
Kentucky basketball 2011 02 13 Matt Jones on CBS 413
Portsmouth poet- Bert Leach incarnate Jack H on KY fans 416
Football 421
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Some thoughts... Thanks Sarah DuPuy Rapp! 426
Changes are coming... Thanks Dr. Hovermale... I think? 427
FW- Snopes exposed once again! 432
A cowboy's prayer... Thanks Ramey Sonny Hoskins! 435
Solstice and Equinox- Google 439
Moving to KY Thanks Sarah Rapp! 440
FW- TSA Thanks Tom & Carolyn! 441
Mother's milk on Biology exam... Thanks Clay Vice! 442
Why hate?... SamKat 443
Husband down art the Walmart... Thanks Clay! 444
Politics and religion... Dawood Kahn's answer 444
Sunday, February 20, 2011 448
Be careful what you wish for... Thanks Vices! 452
Blond... Thanks T & C! 457
the joys (NOT) of Muslim Women... Thanks Pat W! 461
FW- Sure does... Thanks John Bob Looney! 465
The Columbus Dispatch Forum page- 2011 02 22 AM 465
Is sex work or pleasure? Thanks T & C! 466
Southern Medical Dictionary... Thanks Pat R. W.! 467
Jesus and the democrat 468
AH- Thanks Lou Flores! 469
An uprising coming... Thanks Luis! 471
Kentuckty basketball- SamKat 474
o's bipartison debt-reduction rec's ignored 476
FW- Baptist dinner... Thanks Tom & Carolyn! 478
FW- Here is something to think about... Thanks Judi Cole! 480
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Do you ever wonder? Thanks Sarah Rapp! 484
Humor for the day... Thanks Joann Hensley! 486
FW- Buy American... Thanks Clay! 488
A bucket list... Thanks Clay vice! 492
Muslim belief 495
Charlie Reese Orlando Sentinel last article 497
Sunday, February 27, 2011 502
FW- Don't buy gas at Exxon or Mobil 510
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Star Spangled Banner... Thanks Terry Krause!
I agree. It would help to practice the lyrics before going before the crowds. It isn't just about you or the event. It is about our National Anthem.
National Anthem at the Super Bowl - an editorial
“So, with all the kindness I can muster, I give this one piece of advice to the next pop star who is asked to sing the national anthem at a sporting event: save the vocal gymnastics and the physical gyrations for your concerts. Just sing this song the way you were taught to sing it in kindergarten — straight up, no styling. Sing it with the constant awareness that there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines watching you from bases and outposts all over the world. Don’t make them cringe with your self-centered ego gratification. Sing it as if you are standing before a row of 86-year-old WWII vets wearing their Purple Hearts, Silver Stars and flag pins on their cardigans and you want them to be proud of you for honoring them and the country they love — not because you want them to think you are a superstar musician. They could see that from the costumes, the makeup and the entourages. Sing “The Star Spangled Banner” with the courtesy and humility that tells the audience that it is about America , not you.”
National Anthem at the Super Bowl - an editorial
“So, with all the kindness I can muster, I give this one piece of advice to the next pop star who is asked to sing the national anthem at a sporting event: save the vocal gymnastics and the physical gyrations for your concerts. Just sing this song the way you were taught to sing it in kindergarten — straight up, no styling. Sing it with the constant awareness that there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines watching you from bases and outposts all over the world. Don’t make them cringe with your self-centered ego gratification. Sing it as if you are standing before a row of 86-year-old WWII vets wearing their Purple Hearts, Silver Stars and flag pins on their cardigans and you want them to be proud of you for honoring them and the country they love — not because you want them to think you are a superstar musician. They could see that from the costumes, the makeup and the entourages. Sing “The Star Spangled Banner” with the courtesy and humility that tells the audience that it is about America , not you.”
FW- IF... Thanks Sonny!
IN GOD WE TRUST
SOME OF YOU WILL APPRECIATE THIS AND SOME OF YOU WILL NOT.
I DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR SENDING THIS BECAUSE ALL OF
IT IS TRUE.
If any other of our presidents had doubled the
National debt, which had taken more
than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would
you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had then proposed to
double the debt again within 10
years, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had criticized a state law
that he admitted he never even read, would you think that he is just an ignorant hot head?
If any other of our presidents joined the country of Mexico and sued
a state in the United States to force that state to continue to allow illegal
immigration, would you question his patriotism and wonder who's side he was on?
If any other of our presidents had pronounced the Marine Corps like
Marine Corpse, would you think him an idiot?
If any other of our presidents had put 87,000 workers out of work by
arbitrarily placing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling on companies
that have one of the best safety records of any industry because one foreign
company had an accident, would you have agreed?
If any other of our presidents had used a forged document as the
basis of the moratorium that would render 87000 American workers
unemployed would you support him?
If any other of our presidents had been the first President to need
a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference,
would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
If any other of our presidents had spent hundreds of thousands of
dollars to take his First Lady to a play in NYC, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had reduced your retirement plan holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had made a joke at the expense of the
Special Olympics, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had given Gordon Brown a set of
Inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had given the Queen of England an
IPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought it a proud
moment for America ?
If any other of our presidents had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had visited Austria and made reference to the nonexistent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?
If any other of our presidents had filled his cabinet and circle of
advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income
taxes, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had stated that there were 57 states
In the United States , wouldn't you have had second thoughts about his
capabilities?
If any other of our presidents would have flown all the way to Denmark to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit
him walking out his front door in his home town, would you not have
thought he was a self important, conceited, egotistical jerk.
If any other of our presidents had been so Spanish illiterate as to
refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was
the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried
again, wouldn't you have winced in embarrassment?
If any other of our presidents had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel
to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a
hypocrite?
If any other of our presidents' administrations had okayed Air Force
One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in
Downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?
If any other of our presidents had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?
If any other of our presidents had created the position of 32 Czars
who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America , would you have ever approved.
If any other of our presidents had ordered the firing of the CEO of
a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do
so, would you have approved?
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so
brilliant and impressive?
Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 24
months -- so you have that much time to come up with an answer.
Every statement and action in this email is factual and directly
attributable to Barrack Hussein Obama. Every bumble is a matter of record
and completely verifiable.
I WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU WILL FORWARD THIS ?
"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
SOME OF YOU WILL APPRECIATE THIS AND SOME OF YOU WILL NOT.
I DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR SENDING THIS BECAUSE ALL OF
IT IS TRUE.
If any other of our presidents had doubled the
National debt, which had taken more
than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would
you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had then proposed to
double the debt again within 10
years, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had criticized a state law
that he admitted he never even read, would you think that he is just an ignorant hot head?
If any other of our presidents joined the country of Mexico and sued
a state in the United States to force that state to continue to allow illegal
immigration, would you question his patriotism and wonder who's side he was on?
If any other of our presidents had pronounced the Marine Corps like
Marine Corpse, would you think him an idiot?
If any other of our presidents had put 87,000 workers out of work by
arbitrarily placing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling on companies
that have one of the best safety records of any industry because one foreign
company had an accident, would you have agreed?
If any other of our presidents had used a forged document as the
basis of the moratorium that would render 87000 American workers
unemployed would you support him?
If any other of our presidents had been the first President to need
a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference,
would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
If any other of our presidents had spent hundreds of thousands of
dollars to take his First Lady to a play in NYC, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had reduced your retirement plan holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had made a joke at the expense of the
Special Olympics, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had given Gordon Brown a set of
Inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had given the Queen of England an
IPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought it a proud
moment for America ?
If any other of our presidents had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had visited Austria and made reference to the nonexistent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?
If any other of our presidents had filled his cabinet and circle of
advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income
taxes, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had stated that there were 57 states
In the United States , wouldn't you have had second thoughts about his
capabilities?
If any other of our presidents would have flown all the way to Denmark to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit
him walking out his front door in his home town, would you not have
thought he was a self important, conceited, egotistical jerk.
If any other of our presidents had been so Spanish illiterate as to
refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was
the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried
again, wouldn't you have winced in embarrassment?
If any other of our presidents had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel
to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a
hypocrite?
If any other of our presidents' administrations had okayed Air Force
One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in
Downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?
If any other of our presidents had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?
If any other of our presidents had created the position of 32 Czars
who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America , would you have ever approved.
If any other of our presidents had ordered the firing of the CEO of
a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do
so, would you have approved?
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so
brilliant and impressive?
Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 24
months -- so you have that much time to come up with an answer.
Every statement and action in this email is factual and directly
attributable to Barrack Hussein Obama. Every bumble is a matter of record
and completely verifiable.
I WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU WILL FORWARD THIS ?
"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
Bud Day Medal of Honor winner... Thanks Nita!
Everyone should see this!
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THIS ONE-- NO ADDED COMMENTARY IS NEEDED........
I got shot down over N Vietnam in 1967, a Sqdn. Commander.
After I returned in 1973...I published 2 books that dealt a lot
With "real torture" in Hanoi . Our make-believe president is
Branding our country as a bunch of torturers when he has
No idea what torture is.
As for me, I was put thru a mock execution because I would not respond...
Pistol whipped on the head....same event.. Couple of days later...
Hung by my feet all day. I escaped and a couple of weeks later, I got
Shot and recaptured. Shot was OK...what happened afterwards was not.
They marched me to Vinh...put me in the rope trick, trick...almost
Pulled my arms out of the sockets. Beat me on the head with a
Little wooden rod until my eyes were swelled shut, and my unshot,
Unbroken hand a pulp.
Next day hung me by the arms...rebroke my right wrist...wiped
Out the nerves in my arms that control the hands....rolled my fingers
Up into a ball. Only left the slightest movement of my L forefinger.
So I started answering with some incredible lies.
Sent me to Hanoi strapped to a barrel of gas in the back of a truck.
Hanoi ..on my knees....rope trick again. Beaten by a big fool.
Into leg irons on a bed in Heartbreak Hotel.
Much kneeling--hands up at Zoo.
Really bad beating for refusing to condemn Lyndon Johnson.
Several more kneeling events. I could see my knee bone thru
Kneeling holes.
There was an escape from the annex to the Zoo. I was the Senior
Officer of a large building because of escape...they started a mass
Torture of all commanders.
I think it was July 7, 1969...they started beating me with a car fanbelt.
In first 2 days I took over 300 strokes...then stopped counting
Because I never thought I would live thru it.
They continued day-night torture to get me to confess to a non-existent
Part in the escape. This went on for at least 3 days. On my knees...
Fan belting...cut open my scrotum with fan belt stroke. Opened up
Both knee holes again. My fanny looked like hamburger...I could not
Lie on my back.
They tortured me into admitting that I was in on the escape...and
That my 2 room-mates knew about it.
The next day I denied the lie.
They commenced torturing me again with 3- 6- or 9 strokes of
The fan belt every day from about July 11 or 12th..to 14 October
1969. I continued to refuse to lie about my roommates again.
Now, the point of this is that our make-believe
President has declared to the world that we (U.S..) are a bunch of
Torturers...Thus it will be OK to torture us next time when they
Catch us...because that is what the U.S. Does.
Our make-believe president is a know nothing fool who thinks
That pouring a little water on some one's face, or hanging a pair of
women's pants over an Arabs head is TORTURE.. He is a meathead.
I just talked to MOH holder Leo Thorsness, who was also in my squadron,
In jail...as was John McCain...and we agree that McCain does
Not speak for the POW group when he claims that Al Gharib was
Torture...or that "water boarding" is torture.
Our president and those fools around him who keep bad mouthing
Our great country are a disgrace to the United States . Please pass
This info on to Sean Hannity. He is free to use it to point out the
Stupidity of the claims that water boarding...which has no after
Effect...is torture.
If it got the Arab to cough up the story about how he planned the attack on the twin towers in NYC ...
Hurrah for the guy who poured the water.
____________________________________________________________________
"Bud" Day, Medal Of Honor Recipient
George Everett "Bud" Day(born February 24, 1925) is a retired
U.S. Air Force Colonel and Command Pilot who served during the
Vietnam War. He is often cited as being the most decorated U.S.
Service member since General Douglas MacArthur, having
Received some seventy decorations, a majority for actions
In combat. Day is a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Calling Obama a meathead is extremely mild.
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THIS ONE-- NO ADDED COMMENTARY IS NEEDED........
I got shot down over N Vietnam in 1967, a Sqdn. Commander.
After I returned in 1973...I published 2 books that dealt a lot
With "real torture" in Hanoi . Our make-believe president is
Branding our country as a bunch of torturers when he has
No idea what torture is.
As for me, I was put thru a mock execution because I would not respond...
Pistol whipped on the head....same event.. Couple of days later...
Hung by my feet all day. I escaped and a couple of weeks later, I got
Shot and recaptured. Shot was OK...what happened afterwards was not.
They marched me to Vinh...put me in the rope trick, trick...almost
Pulled my arms out of the sockets. Beat me on the head with a
Little wooden rod until my eyes were swelled shut, and my unshot,
Unbroken hand a pulp.
Next day hung me by the arms...rebroke my right wrist...wiped
Out the nerves in my arms that control the hands....rolled my fingers
Up into a ball. Only left the slightest movement of my L forefinger.
So I started answering with some incredible lies.
Sent me to Hanoi strapped to a barrel of gas in the back of a truck.
Hanoi ..on my knees....rope trick again. Beaten by a big fool.
Into leg irons on a bed in Heartbreak Hotel.
Much kneeling--hands up at Zoo.
Really bad beating for refusing to condemn Lyndon Johnson.
Several more kneeling events. I could see my knee bone thru
Kneeling holes.
There was an escape from the annex to the Zoo. I was the Senior
Officer of a large building because of escape...they started a mass
Torture of all commanders.
I think it was July 7, 1969...they started beating me with a car fanbelt.
In first 2 days I took over 300 strokes...then stopped counting
Because I never thought I would live thru it.
They continued day-night torture to get me to confess to a non-existent
Part in the escape. This went on for at least 3 days. On my knees...
Fan belting...cut open my scrotum with fan belt stroke. Opened up
Both knee holes again. My fanny looked like hamburger...I could not
Lie on my back.
They tortured me into admitting that I was in on the escape...and
That my 2 room-mates knew about it.
The next day I denied the lie.
They commenced torturing me again with 3- 6- or 9 strokes of
The fan belt every day from about July 11 or 12th..to 14 October
1969. I continued to refuse to lie about my roommates again.
Now, the point of this is that our make-believe
President has declared to the world that we (U.S..) are a bunch of
Torturers...Thus it will be OK to torture us next time when they
Catch us...because that is what the U.S. Does.
Our make-believe president is a know nothing fool who thinks
That pouring a little water on some one's face, or hanging a pair of
women's pants over an Arabs head is TORTURE.. He is a meathead.
I just talked to MOH holder Leo Thorsness, who was also in my squadron,
In jail...as was John McCain...and we agree that McCain does
Not speak for the POW group when he claims that Al Gharib was
Torture...or that "water boarding" is torture.
Our president and those fools around him who keep bad mouthing
Our great country are a disgrace to the United States . Please pass
This info on to Sean Hannity. He is free to use it to point out the
Stupidity of the claims that water boarding...which has no after
Effect...is torture.
If it got the Arab to cough up the story about how he planned the attack on the twin towers in NYC ...
Hurrah for the guy who poured the water.
____________________________________________________________________
"Bud" Day, Medal Of Honor Recipient
George Everett "Bud" Day(born February 24, 1925) is a retired
U.S. Air Force Colonel and Command Pilot who served during the
Vietnam War. He is often cited as being the most decorated U.S.
Service member since General Douglas MacArthur, having
Received some seventy decorations, a majority for actions
In combat. Day is a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Calling Obama a meathead is extremely mild.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Colleghe basketball coaches Salaries
Loading …Calipari, Izzo are top-paid men’s hoops coaches
By Tom Van Riper, Forbes.com
Mar 4, 5:33 pm EST
tweet13EmailPrintJohn Calipari’s job isn’t easy. As head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, he’s on the go constantly – glad-handing sponsors, mingling with alumni and dealing with the press. There’s also the grueling offseason recruiting circuit, all in addition to 30 or so games and countless practices during the year.
The upside: For his efforts, Calipari, who owns a .768 winning percentage and 11 NCAA tournament appearances at three schools, pulls in a cool $4 million a year, making him college basketball’s highest-paid coach. And that doesn’t include perks like a country club membership or that $3 million retention bonus waiting for him in 2016 if he’s still on the Kentucky sideline by the end of that season.
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At least 32 Division I basketball coaches earn more than a million dollars annually, according to USA Today, and that number can go higher as potential bonuses kick in. Following Calipari on the elite pay list: Michigan State’s Tom Izzo ($3.4 million a year), Florida’s Billy Donovan ($3.3 million) and Kansas’ Bill Self ($3 million).
Do they deserve it? It’s really all in how you look at it. A major basketball school will typically generate anywhere from $15 million to $40 million a year for its university. Handing over 5 percent to 10 percent of that to the guy running the program seems reasonable enough, until you consider that no other business pays a CEO so generously. Apple doesn’t pay Steve Jobs over a billion dollars a year. NBA coaches don’t take such big chunks of their teams’ cash flows either: The league’s highest-paid coach, Phil Jackson, rakes in less than 2 percent of the Los Angeles Lakers’ $600 million in annual revenue. And he works more than twice as many games as a college coach does.
Then again, maybe they simply “deserve” what the market bears. The market for top-notch college basketball coaches is hyper-competitive. Not only do big-time schools have to compete with the NBA, where Calipari and Rick Pitino (No. 5) have coached and where Izzo, Donovan and Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski (No. 6) have been wooed. But each offseason yields a very limited market of available coaches, driving up costs. Calipari had been doing quite well for himself at the University of Memphis, running a perennial power and making more than $2 million a year. To lure him away, Kentucky officials had little choice but to sweeten the pot.
Another price driver: There are only a handful of college jobs – Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke and a few others – viewed by the coaching fraternity as final destinations. With some notable exceptions – like the relatively underpaid Jim Calhoun of Connecticut ($1.6 million a year) and Jim Boeheim of Syracuse ($1.3 million) – coaches will jump from most jobs for the right price. “Schools will do what they can to entice their coaches to stay,” says Patrick Rishe, a professor of sports management at Webster University in St. Louis.
Unlike their pro counterparts, college coaches “are the stewards for these large cash cow programs,” says Rishe. Indeed, for long-term branding purposes, the face of a college basketball team is its coach. Not so in the pro ranks – as accomplished as Phil Jackson may be, Kobe Bryant is the face of the Lakers.
Those coaches getting top dollar have certainly earned their places among college basketball’s elite. Cumulatively the 10 highest-paid coaches have won 73.5 percent of their games and made 139 appearances in the NCAA tournament. Each of those appearances yields an average of $450,000 in additional alumni giving, according to Mark Yost, author of the book “Varsity Green,” which chronicles the business side of college sports. The group also has 11 national championships to its credit, led by Krzyzewski’s four. Seven figures for a basketball coach? Call it the cost of doing business.
The top five:
1. John Calipari, University of Kentucky: Slideshow
2. Tom Izzo, Michigan State University: Slideshow
3. Billy Donovan, University of Florida: Slideshow
4. Bill Self, University of Kansas: Slideshow
5. Thad Matta, Ohio State University: Slideshow
• See more coaches
In Pictures: The highest-paid college basketball coaches
Both conference tournaments could provide some intrigue early in March, according to Greg Anthony and Jason King.
By Tom Van Riper, Forbes.com
Mar 4, 5:33 pm EST
tweet13EmailPrintJohn Calipari’s job isn’t easy. As head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, he’s on the go constantly – glad-handing sponsors, mingling with alumni and dealing with the press. There’s also the grueling offseason recruiting circuit, all in addition to 30 or so games and countless practices during the year.
The upside: For his efforts, Calipari, who owns a .768 winning percentage and 11 NCAA tournament appearances at three schools, pulls in a cool $4 million a year, making him college basketball’s highest-paid coach. And that doesn’t include perks like a country club membership or that $3 million retention bonus waiting for him in 2016 if he’s still on the Kentucky sideline by the end of that season.
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In Pictures: The highest-paid college basketball coaches
At least 32 Division I basketball coaches earn more than a million dollars annually, according to USA Today, and that number can go higher as potential bonuses kick in. Following Calipari on the elite pay list: Michigan State’s Tom Izzo ($3.4 million a year), Florida’s Billy Donovan ($3.3 million) and Kansas’ Bill Self ($3 million).
Do they deserve it? It’s really all in how you look at it. A major basketball school will typically generate anywhere from $15 million to $40 million a year for its university. Handing over 5 percent to 10 percent of that to the guy running the program seems reasonable enough, until you consider that no other business pays a CEO so generously. Apple doesn’t pay Steve Jobs over a billion dollars a year. NBA coaches don’t take such big chunks of their teams’ cash flows either: The league’s highest-paid coach, Phil Jackson, rakes in less than 2 percent of the Los Angeles Lakers’ $600 million in annual revenue. And he works more than twice as many games as a college coach does.
Then again, maybe they simply “deserve” what the market bears. The market for top-notch college basketball coaches is hyper-competitive. Not only do big-time schools have to compete with the NBA, where Calipari and Rick Pitino (No. 5) have coached and where Izzo, Donovan and Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski (No. 6) have been wooed. But each offseason yields a very limited market of available coaches, driving up costs. Calipari had been doing quite well for himself at the University of Memphis, running a perennial power and making more than $2 million a year. To lure him away, Kentucky officials had little choice but to sweeten the pot.
Another price driver: There are only a handful of college jobs – Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke and a few others – viewed by the coaching fraternity as final destinations. With some notable exceptions – like the relatively underpaid Jim Calhoun of Connecticut ($1.6 million a year) and Jim Boeheim of Syracuse ($1.3 million) – coaches will jump from most jobs for the right price. “Schools will do what they can to entice their coaches to stay,” says Patrick Rishe, a professor of sports management at Webster University in St. Louis.
Unlike their pro counterparts, college coaches “are the stewards for these large cash cow programs,” says Rishe. Indeed, for long-term branding purposes, the face of a college basketball team is its coach. Not so in the pro ranks – as accomplished as Phil Jackson may be, Kobe Bryant is the face of the Lakers.
Those coaches getting top dollar have certainly earned their places among college basketball’s elite. Cumulatively the 10 highest-paid coaches have won 73.5 percent of their games and made 139 appearances in the NCAA tournament. Each of those appearances yields an average of $450,000 in additional alumni giving, according to Mark Yost, author of the book “Varsity Green,” which chronicles the business side of college sports. The group also has 11 national championships to its credit, led by Krzyzewski’s four. Seven figures for a basketball coach? Call it the cost of doing business.
The top five:
1. John Calipari, University of Kentucky: Slideshow
2. Tom Izzo, Michigan State University: Slideshow
3. Billy Donovan, University of Florida: Slideshow
4. Bill Self, University of Kansas: Slideshow
5. Thad Matta, Ohio State University: Slideshow
• See more coaches
In Pictures: The highest-paid college basketball coaches
Both conference tournaments could provide some intrigue early in March, according to Greg Anthony and Jason King.
Tipton- our inside squealer- on Cal's SEC comment
This is probably another bait for UK fans ire from Jerry, the master-baiter!
UK fans nearly universally ignore him, but the Lexington Herald Leader apparently enjoys him. I received this through Aaron's UK Wildcat blogs, not through the Herald Leader which I seldom go to anymore for UK news.
SamKat
Jerry Tipton on UK basketball
Courtside with the Kentucky Wildcats
Cal downplays importance of first-round bye in SEC
March 4th, 2011
After Kentucky beat Vanderbilt on Tuesday, forward Terrence Jones said he put a priority on gaining the No. 2 seed in next week’s SEC Tournament. Teams with the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds in each division get a first-round bye.
Jones suggested a non-bye team having to win four games in four days might be too much to ask of a Kentucky team with essentially a six-man rotation.
UK Coach John Calipari downplayed the necessity of a bye or its motivational properties.
“My whole thing is the seed,” he said Friday, meaning seed in the NCAA
#1 SamKat on 03.06.11 at 8:54 am
I love Coach Cal, but I wonder if he truly gets IT when he intimates that the SEC tournament doesn’t matter. In my late seventies , and with God only knows how much time I and my wife have to enjoy the Wildcats, he might ruin our vacation in Catlanta. Cat fans travel well, but we travel expecting wins! Many of our friends gather for the SEC tourneys. Cal is such an excellent fit, but he must humor us crazy fans just this one more step.
Please, Cal!
About Jerry
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
Jerry Tipton on UK basketball
UK basketball news
Fan's take: Armchair Quarterback
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UK fans nearly universally ignore him, but the Lexington Herald Leader apparently enjoys him. I received this through Aaron's UK Wildcat blogs, not through the Herald Leader which I seldom go to anymore for UK news.
SamKat
Jerry Tipton on UK basketball
Courtside with the Kentucky Wildcats
Cal downplays importance of first-round bye in SEC
March 4th, 2011
After Kentucky beat Vanderbilt on Tuesday, forward Terrence Jones said he put a priority on gaining the No. 2 seed in next week’s SEC Tournament. Teams with the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds in each division get a first-round bye.
Jones suggested a non-bye team having to win four games in four days might be too much to ask of a Kentucky team with essentially a six-man rotation.
UK Coach John Calipari downplayed the necessity of a bye or its motivational properties.
“My whole thing is the seed,” he said Friday, meaning seed in the NCAA
#1 SamKat on 03.06.11 at 8:54 am
I love Coach Cal, but I wonder if he truly gets IT when he intimates that the SEC tournament doesn’t matter. In my late seventies , and with God only knows how much time I and my wife have to enjoy the Wildcats, he might ruin our vacation in Catlanta. Cat fans travel well, but we travel expecting wins! Many of our friends gather for the SEC tourneys. Cal is such an excellent fit, but he must humor us crazy fans just this one more step.
Please, Cal!
About Jerry
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
Jerry Tipton on UK basketball
UK basketball news
Fan's take: Armchair Quarterback
© Jerry Tipton on UK basketball — Copyblogger theme design by Chris Pearson. WPMU Theme pack by WPMU-DEV.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Surgeons talking... Thanks Marge!
Subject: FW: SURGEONS TALKING > Sad but true ......
Five surgeons from big cities are discussing who makes the best patients to operate on.
The first surgeon, from New York , says, "I like to see accountants on my operating table because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered."
The second, from Chicago , responds, "Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded."
The third surgeon, from Dallas , says, "No, I really think librarians are the best, everything inside them is in alphabetical order."
The fourth surgeon, from Los Angeles chimes in: "You know, I like construction workers. Those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over."
But the fifth surgeon, from Washington , DC shut them all up when he observed: "You're all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There's no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains and no spine, and the head and the ass are interchangeable. "
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Five surgeons from big cities are discussing who makes the best patients to operate on.
The first surgeon, from New York , says, "I like to see accountants on my operating table because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered."
The second, from Chicago , responds, "Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded."
The third surgeon, from Dallas , says, "No, I really think librarians are the best, everything inside them is in alphabetical order."
The fourth surgeon, from Los Angeles chimes in: "You know, I like construction workers. Those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over."
But the fifth surgeon, from Washington , DC shut them all up when he observed: "You're all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There's no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains and no spine, and the head and the ass are interchangeable. "
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