From a good and trusted friend:
Columbo to Obama:
Ah . Sorry to bother you Mr. Obama, Sir. .
Excuse me Mr. Obama, I mean President Obama, Sir. Um . . I know you're busy, and important and stuff. I mean running the county is very important and -- ah -- I hate to bother you Sir. I will only take a minute. Ok Sir?
See, I have these missing pieces that are holding me up, and I was wondering Sir, if you could take time out of your busy schedule and help me out. You know, no big deal, just some loose ends and things.
Hey, you have a nice place here! The wife sees houses like this on TV all the time and says boy she wishes she had digs like this you know? Is that painting real? Really? Wow. I saw something like that in a museum once!
Oh, sorry Sir. I didn't mean to get off the track. So if you could just help me out a minute and give me some details, I will get right out of your way. I want to close this case and maybe take the wife to Coney Island or something. Ever been to Coney Island Sir? No? I didn't think so...
Well, listen, anyway, I can't seem to get some information I need to wrap this up. These things seem to either be "Not released" or "Not available." I'm sure it's just an oversight or glitch or something, so if you could you tell me where these things are -- I -- I have them written down here somewhere -- oh wait. Sorry about the smears. It was raining out. I'll just read it to you.
Could you please help me find these things Sir?
1. Occidental College records -- Not released
2. Columbia College records -- Not released
3. Columbia Thesis paper -- "Not available"
4. Harvard College records -- Not released
5. Selective Service Registration -- Not released
6. Medical records -- Not released
7. Illinois State Senate schedule -- Not available
8. Your Illinois State Senate records -- Not available
9. Law practice client list -- Not released
10. Certified Copy of original Birth certificate -- Not released
11. Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth -- Not released
12. Record of your baptism -- Not available
Oh and one more thing Senator, I can't seem to find any articles you published as editor of the Harvard Law Review, or as a Professor at the University of Chicago. Can you explain that to me Sir?
Oh but, hey -- listen! I know you're busy! If this is too much for you right now -- I mean -- tell you what. I'll come back tomorrow. Give you some time to get these things together, You know? I mean, I know you're busy. I'll just let myself out. I'll be back tomorrow. And the day after. .
What's that Mr. President? Who wants to know these things?
We the People of the United States of America ! You know, the ones that vote.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Southern Women- Dr. Ralph Hovermale e-mail
Subject: Southern Women! Love it!
Southern women appreciate their natural assets:
Clean skin.
A winning smile.
That unforgettable Southern drawl.
Southern women know their manners:
"Yes, ma'am."
"Yes, sir."
"Why, no, Billy!"
Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions :
"Y'all come back!"
"Well, bless your heart."
"Drop by when you can.."
"How's your Momma?"
Southern women know their summer weather report:
Humidity
Humidity Humidity
Southern women know their vacation spots:
The beach
The rivuh
The crick
Southern women know the joys of June, July, and August:
Colorful hi-heel sandals
Strapless sun dresses
Iced sweet tea with mint
Straw hats and big sunglasses
Southern women know everybody's first name:
Honey
Darlin'
Shugah
Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Ste el Magnolias
Gone With The Wind
Southern women know their religions:
Baptist
Methodist
Football
Southern women know their country breakfasts:
Red-eye gravy
Grits
Eggs
Country ham
Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jelly
Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern
charm:
Chawl'stn
S'vanah
Foat Wuth
N'awlins
Addlanna
Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon
Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food
More Suth en-ism's:
Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption
fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.
___
Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas,
beans, etc., make up "a mess."
___
Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of
"yonder."
___
Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in: "Going to
town, be back directly."
___
Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the
white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the
middle of the table.
___
All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the
term, but they know the concept well.
___
Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a
neighbor whose got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl
of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also
know to add a large banana puddin!
___
Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a
right far piece. "They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or
20.
___
Only a Southerner both knows and understands the difference between a
redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.
___
No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn
signal is actually going to make a turn.
___
A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an
adverb.
___
Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ..... and when we're
"in line," we talk to everybody!
___
In the South, y'a ll is singular, all y'all is plural.
___
Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
___
Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are
perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that
fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.
___
When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are
in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
___
Only true Southerners say "sweet tea," "sweet milk," and "light bread"...
Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our
tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk. And "Light
bread" is white bread.
___
And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old
ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say,"Bless her heart" ...
and go your own way.
___
To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take
two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning.
Bless your heart!
___
And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this
Southern stuff, .... bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have
classes on Southernness as a second language!
___ ;
And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long
time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I
ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."
Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah!
Now... Shugah, s end this to someone who was raised in the South or wish
they had been!
If you're a Northern transplant, Bless your little heart, fake it.
We know you got here as fast as you could.
Southern women appreciate their natural assets:
Clean skin.
A winning smile.
That unforgettable Southern drawl.
Southern women know their manners:
"Yes, ma'am."
"Yes, sir."
"Why, no, Billy!"
Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions :
"Y'all come back!"
"Well, bless your heart."
"Drop by when you can.."
"How's your Momma?"
Southern women know their summer weather report:
Humidity
Humidity Humidity
Southern women know their vacation spots:
The beach
The rivuh
The crick
Southern women know the joys of June, July, and August:
Colorful hi-heel sandals
Strapless sun dresses
Iced sweet tea with mint
Straw hats and big sunglasses
Southern women know everybody's first name:
Honey
Darlin'
Shugah
Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Ste el Magnolias
Gone With The Wind
Southern women know their religions:
Baptist
Methodist
Football
Southern women know their country breakfasts:
Red-eye gravy
Grits
Eggs
Country ham
Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jelly
Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern
charm:
Chawl'stn
S'vanah
Foat Wuth
N'awlins
Addlanna
Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon
Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food
More Suth en-ism's:
Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption
fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.
___
Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas,
beans, etc., make up "a mess."
___
Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of
"yonder."
___
Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in: "Going to
town, be back directly."
___
Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the
white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the
middle of the table.
___
All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the
term, but they know the concept well.
___
Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a
neighbor whose got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl
of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also
know to add a large banana puddin!
___
Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a
right far piece. "They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or
20.
___
Only a Southerner both knows and understands the difference between a
redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.
___
No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn
signal is actually going to make a turn.
___
A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an
adverb.
___
Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ..... and when we're
"in line," we talk to everybody!
___
In the South, y'a ll is singular, all y'all is plural.
___
Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
___
Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are
perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that
fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.
___
When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are
in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
___
Only true Southerners say "sweet tea," "sweet milk," and "light bread"...
Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our
tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk. And "Light
bread" is white bread.
___
And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old
ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say,"Bless her heart" ...
and go your own way.
___
To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take
two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning.
Bless your heart!
___
And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this
Southern stuff, .... bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have
classes on Southernness as a second language!
___ ;
And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long
time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I
ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."
Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah!
Now... Shugah, s end this to someone who was raised in the South or wish
they had been!
If you're a Northern transplant, Bless your little heart, fake it.
We know you got here as fast as you could.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Niceness Pat Richards Whitehead PHS 1950
Ever have one of those days, when something seems a bit 'off' but you just can't put your finger on it...
Or it seemed like all the people around you just wanted to butt heads...
Or just get into some kind of weird tug of war?
Sometimes you just need to take a fresh new look and get a different perspective on things.
Remember to try your best to show kindness to others...
(sometimes looking at things from their perspective might help.....)
So, when life gets you down...
Remember to just keep going, and keep your head above water...
And you'll get by with a little help from your friends!
To all of my friends and relatives, have a nice day.
Together We Can Make Someone Smile
Or it seemed like all the people around you just wanted to butt heads...
Or just get into some kind of weird tug of war?
Sometimes you just need to take a fresh new look and get a different perspective on things.
Remember to try your best to show kindness to others...
(sometimes looking at things from their perspective might help.....)
So, when life gets you down...
Remember to just keep going, and keep your head above water...
And you'll get by with a little help from your friends!
To all of my friends and relatives, have a nice day.
Together We Can Make Someone Smile
Thursday, May 7, 2009
New political party?
Is it time to form a real new political party.
The third parties have hardley mattered in previous USA voting history, but it is now time to form a new party in America. The incumbents who sit and sit and sit and repeat the errors of the past have served more than their time. Too much of our time.
The USA is not a holy nation, but it has been formed on Christian principles and should remAin in that vein.
Christians have been sitting on their haunches long enough. Let us form and regain the nation we have always been so proud of and that so many have been maimed or killed in battles to preserve.
I don't like the current trend and believe that there are suffficient patriots in our country to win back the country we love before it disintegrates before this generations' eyes.
The third parties have hardley mattered in previous USA voting history, but it is now time to form a new party in America. The incumbents who sit and sit and sit and repeat the errors of the past have served more than their time. Too much of our time.
The USA is not a holy nation, but it has been formed on Christian principles and should remAin in that vein.
Christians have been sitting on their haunches long enough. Let us form and regain the nation we have always been so proud of and that so many have been maimed or killed in battles to preserve.
I don't like the current trend and believe that there are suffficient patriots in our country to win back the country we love before it disintegrates before this generations' eyes.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Judi Cole- Tea Party Inspirational speech
Hi....I can't say that the author is wrong!
At THE TEA PARTY, a black man, Dr. Donald May delivered this message from
the courthouse steps in Lubbock. He electrified the audience like I haven't
seen in a long time. His delivery was masterful. I am sorry you could not
see him in action. Anyway, I thought you might enjoy his words. The news
media was there, but not one word of this man’s appearance ever appeared on
TV or in print, even though he completely dominated the scene.
This is A Time For Courage
April 15, 2009 – 11:49 pm
Ladies and gentlemen, This is a Time For Courage. We are gathered here
today on the Plains of West Texas in common purpose. We are here to remind
our government that this is our country, We the People are still in charge,
and our government is still our servant and not our master. Our Nation’s
founding document is The Declaration of Independence. It tells us that our
rights come from God and not fro m a small group of Elite men and women.
Our Constitution starts with the words “We the People.” Our Constitution
was written for ordinary Americans like you and me. Our Constitution
protects us from our government and from the politicians. Our President has
complained that our Constitution gives ordinary people too much protection.
He has ridiculed us for the high value we place on our Bibles, our guns,
our personal property, and our Liberty. He tells us we do not deserve to
keep the money we have earned. We are told freedom has not worked.
Personal responsibility, free enterprise, and Liberty have not been
effective. Our government will now make more of our decisions for us.
Other than our military, I can think of not one government agency I have
ever found to be helpful. And speaking of our military, how about those
Navy Seals blowing the heads off those three terrorist pirates? Don’t you
just wish our entire government would function with such efficiency,
professionalism, and courage?
We watch in disbelief as our beloved United States is weakened economically,
militarily, and morally by a Radical President and his eager accomplices.
What has taken generations to build is systematically destroyed and
replaced with the same Socialist Evil that brought poverty, destruction, and
d espair to untold hundreds of millions.
The problems we face today have occurred because we have not defended our
Nation from Socialism. For too long we have allowed the wrong people to
make the worst possible decisions. The Bible warns us of class hatred. The
Radical leadership of our government daily fans the evil flames of class
envy.
Our European and Canadian friends beg us to not make the same Socialist
mistakes they did. The President of the European Union warned our President
that his Socialist economic plans are taking the World down the “road to
Hell.” The path to power for Socialists includes taking God and guns from
the citizens. Without spiritual and physical protection, people cannot
defend themselves and their Liberty. They soon become slaves.
We are angered that our President apologizes for the exceptionalism and
heroism of the United States of America. We are deeply troubled he told
others the United States is not a Christian nation.
We are angered that we have been called cowards and racists because we
oppose Socialism. Socialism is not racial. Socialism is an equal
opportunity destroyer.
We are angered that a recent Department of Homeland Security report has
singled out our military men and women who are returning home as being
radical threats. The report also characterizes you and me as right-wing
extremists and radicals because we favor smaller government and lower taxes.
You and I are average citizens who believe just like most of our fellow
Americans. We want our government to leave us alone and to keep its hands
off our money, our religion, or guns, our private property, and our lives.
We demand that our government stop spending money it does not have.
Stop confiscating our money and private property.
Stop printing money.
Stop subsidizing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the other failed financial
institutions and companies.
Mr. President, stop appointing tax cheats to positions of power and
influence.
Mr. President, secure our borders.
Mr. President, do not divert money from our missile defense, F-22 Raptors,
and other vital military equipment. This gives encouragement, aid, and
comfort to our enemies. Protecting us is your number one job.
Mr. President, do not give voting rights to millions of illegal aliens and
felons. You have no more right to create new voters for your benefit than
you do to use our money to buy the 2010 and 2012 Elections.
We gather peacefully here today because there is a growing concern20for what
our government is doing to us and to our future. We fear for the very
survival of our Republic.
Yet there is much to make us hopeful and to fill our hearts with optimism
and courage. This is still our country!
The Constitution of the Unites States belongs to We the People. Our
Constitution still protects us from our government.
Call every possible elected official, including our President, Vice
President, and the Speaker of the House. Demand that they stop stealing our
money and giving it to ACORN and their other political supporters in order
to buy votes.
Call Senators Cornyn and Hutchison, and Representative Neugebauer. Thank
them. Urge them to do much more. Remind them now is a time for action and
not for campaigning.
Volunteer to work on our 2010 Census. Confront ACORN. Keep our Census
honest. We must not allow our President to take control of our Census for
his political advantage.
We must replace as much of our Far Left Congress as possible in 2010. Get
involved. Do not let the ACORN control our 2010 Election.
Talk with someone every day who does not understand our nation’s history and
our great heritage. Tell them why the United States is a good and
prosperous nation. It still remains that brightly l it city on the hill. It
still is the best hope for all mankind.
Talk with all of the young people you can find. They are our future. Many
do not understand what they have and that their future is being destroyed.
Encourage your elected State officials to pass legislation that will protect
us from our Federal government. Governor Rick Perry and others are doing
that right now for Texas. Thank them and pray for them.
This is a time for strong peaceful action. Let us pray that We the People
can quickly return our government to its Constitutional responsibilities.
Our President and Congress were elected to be our servants and not our
masters.
May God help our President and Congress to quickly realize the error of
their ways and stop their reckless and unwarranted spending, cut our taxes,
and reduce the size of our Federal bureaucracy.
If they do not, may God grant us the courage and determination to vote them
out of power next year.
May God richly bless and protect each of you, and our Constitution, as
together we pursue Liberty!
Delivered at the Lubbock, Texas, TEA Party
by Dr. Donald May
At THE TEA PARTY, a black man, Dr. Donald May delivered this message from
the courthouse steps in Lubbock. He electrified the audience like I haven't
seen in a long time. His delivery was masterful. I am sorry you could not
see him in action. Anyway, I thought you might enjoy his words. The news
media was there, but not one word of this man’s appearance ever appeared on
TV or in print, even though he completely dominated the scene.
This is A Time For Courage
April 15, 2009 – 11:49 pm
Ladies and gentlemen, This is a Time For Courage. We are gathered here
today on the Plains of West Texas in common purpose. We are here to remind
our government that this is our country, We the People are still in charge,
and our government is still our servant and not our master. Our Nation’s
founding document is The Declaration of Independence. It tells us that our
rights come from God and not fro m a small group of Elite men and women.
Our Constitution starts with the words “We the People.” Our Constitution
was written for ordinary Americans like you and me. Our Constitution
protects us from our government and from the politicians. Our President has
complained that our Constitution gives ordinary people too much protection.
He has ridiculed us for the high value we place on our Bibles, our guns,
our personal property, and our Liberty. He tells us we do not deserve to
keep the money we have earned. We are told freedom has not worked.
Personal responsibility, free enterprise, and Liberty have not been
effective. Our government will now make more of our decisions for us.
Other than our military, I can think of not one government agency I have
ever found to be helpful. And speaking of our military, how about those
Navy Seals blowing the heads off those three terrorist pirates? Don’t you
just wish our entire government would function with such efficiency,
professionalism, and courage?
We watch in disbelief as our beloved United States is weakened economically,
militarily, and morally by a Radical President and his eager accomplices.
What has taken generations to build is systematically destroyed and
replaced with the same Socialist Evil that brought poverty, destruction, and
d espair to untold hundreds of millions.
The problems we face today have occurred because we have not defended our
Nation from Socialism. For too long we have allowed the wrong people to
make the worst possible decisions. The Bible warns us of class hatred. The
Radical leadership of our government daily fans the evil flames of class
envy.
Our European and Canadian friends beg us to not make the same Socialist
mistakes they did. The President of the European Union warned our President
that his Socialist economic plans are taking the World down the “road to
Hell.” The path to power for Socialists includes taking God and guns from
the citizens. Without spiritual and physical protection, people cannot
defend themselves and their Liberty. They soon become slaves.
We are angered that our President apologizes for the exceptionalism and
heroism of the United States of America. We are deeply troubled he told
others the United States is not a Christian nation.
We are angered that we have been called cowards and racists because we
oppose Socialism. Socialism is not racial. Socialism is an equal
opportunity destroyer.
We are angered that a recent Department of Homeland Security report has
singled out our military men and women who are returning home as being
radical threats. The report also characterizes you and me as right-wing
extremists and radicals because we favor smaller government and lower taxes.
You and I are average citizens who believe just like most of our fellow
Americans. We want our government to leave us alone and to keep its hands
off our money, our religion, or guns, our private property, and our lives.
We demand that our government stop spending money it does not have.
Stop confiscating our money and private property.
Stop printing money.
Stop subsidizing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the other failed financial
institutions and companies.
Mr. President, stop appointing tax cheats to positions of power and
influence.
Mr. President, secure our borders.
Mr. President, do not divert money from our missile defense, F-22 Raptors,
and other vital military equipment. This gives encouragement, aid, and
comfort to our enemies. Protecting us is your number one job.
Mr. President, do not give voting rights to millions of illegal aliens and
felons. You have no more right to create new voters for your benefit than
you do to use our money to buy the 2010 and 2012 Elections.
We gather peacefully here today because there is a growing concern20for what
our government is doing to us and to our future. We fear for the very
survival of our Republic.
Yet there is much to make us hopeful and to fill our hearts with optimism
and courage. This is still our country!
The Constitution of the Unites States belongs to We the People. Our
Constitution still protects us from our government.
Call every possible elected official, including our President, Vice
President, and the Speaker of the House. Demand that they stop stealing our
money and giving it to ACORN and their other political supporters in order
to buy votes.
Call Senators Cornyn and Hutchison, and Representative Neugebauer. Thank
them. Urge them to do much more. Remind them now is a time for action and
not for campaigning.
Volunteer to work on our 2010 Census. Confront ACORN. Keep our Census
honest. We must not allow our President to take control of our Census for
his political advantage.
We must replace as much of our Far Left Congress as possible in 2010. Get
involved. Do not let the ACORN control our 2010 Election.
Talk with someone every day who does not understand our nation’s history and
our great heritage. Tell them why the United States is a good and
prosperous nation. It still remains that brightly l it city on the hill. It
still is the best hope for all mankind.
Talk with all of the young people you can find. They are our future. Many
do not understand what they have and that their future is being destroyed.
Encourage your elected State officials to pass legislation that will protect
us from our Federal government. Governor Rick Perry and others are doing
that right now for Texas. Thank them and pray for them.
This is a time for strong peaceful action. Let us pray that We the People
can quickly return our government to its Constitutional responsibilities.
Our President and Congress were elected to be our servants and not our
masters.
May God help our President and Congress to quickly realize the error of
their ways and stop their reckless and unwarranted spending, cut our taxes,
and reduce the size of our Federal bureaucracy.
If they do not, may God grant us the courage and determination to vote them
out of power next year.
May God richly bless and protect each of you, and our Constitution, as
together we pursue Liberty!
Delivered at the Lubbock, Texas, TEA Party
by Dr. Donald May
Calipari to Kentucky 4-1-09 Dave Kaelin's Asian Blog
Dave Kaelin is a free spirited friend of mine who has worked in the Middle East- mainly Afghanistan and Iraq over the last few turbulent years. His Blog- "www.silkroadsandsiamesesmiles " has interesting tidbits on his life and travels there. Dave likes to party and he has many Kentucky fan friends in Louisville. He and WildcatRick are close buddies and I am proud that they are friends of mine.
Sam
Calipari at Kentucky by Gregg Doyel
Posted April 1, 2009 by alphaheretic
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: GO BIG BLUE, John Calipari, Kentucky Basketball, UK, UK Basketball
At UMass, a nothing school on the college basketball landscape, John Calipari won like he was at Kentucky. At Memphis, a bigger basketball school than UMass but still nothing much to look at when he got there in 2000, Calipari won again like he was at Kentucky.
So what happens now that John Calipari is coaching Kentucky?
John Calipari will prove himself worthy of Kentucky fans’ applause. (Getty Images)
I’ll tell you what happens. Kentucky will win like it’s the Boston Celtics. John Calipari will prove himself worthy of Kentucky fans’ applause. John Calipari will prove himself worthy of Kentucky fans’ applause.
College basketball as you know it? It’s over. That sport doesn’t exist anymore, because that sport had a semblance of parity. One year North Carolina is the dominant program. One year it’s UConn. One year it’s Duke or UCLA or Florida. Maybe those teams don’t win the national title the year they’re dominant, or maybe they do. Either way, every year there is a team that, on paper, is the dominant program in college basketball. And every year it’s a different team.
Until now. Until John Calipari merges with Kentucky.
Once Calipari gets Kentucky rolling — and it won’t take him long — Kentucky will be that team. That dominant team. Every year?
Yes. Every year.
Things can go wrong, of course. Players can get hurt or ineligible. A scandal can come along out of nowhere, like the one rocking UConn at the moment. Kentucky itself has been laid low by NCAA violations, back when Eddie Sutton was running amok in Lexington. So things can happen.
But if none of those things happen … it’s over. College basketball will belong to Kentucky. Turn back the clock 50 or 60 years, because it’ll be like that all over again. Kentucky won three national championships in the four seasons between 1948-51. The Wildcats added another in 1958. What happened between 1951 and ‘58? Three trips to the Elite Eight happened. Not even a point-shaving scandal could slow Kentucky down. The Wildcats didn’t field a team in 1953 because of that scandal, then went 25-0 in 1954, but were held out of the NCAA tournament.
The coach then was Adolph Rupp. When he retired in 1972, he had won 876 games, more than anyone in college basketball history. His record stood for 25 years. Rupp was that good at Kentucky.
John Calipari would be that good at Kentucky, too. How could he not? He has been Kentucky-good at places that couldn’t hold Kentucky’s jock.
In 1988, Calipari went to Massachusetts, which hadn’t been to the NCAA tournament in more than 25 years, and soon he was making it look easy. UMass averaged 29 wins per season from 1992-96, and reached the 1996 Final Four. There was the Marcus Camby scandal, with Camby’s relationship to an agent costing him his eligibility and UMass its spot in the Final Four, and heads will roll if that happens at Kentucky.
But if that doesn’t happen, Calipari will win huge. He’ll win like he won at Memphis, where he won at least 33 games in each of the past four seasons and reached the 2008 NCAA title game.
Calipari will win like that at Kentucky, and maybe as soon as Year 1. Kentucky has two future pros, forward Patrick Patterson and guard Jodie Meeks, but neither is quite ready for the NBA. If they come back, and if Calipari brings just two of the incoming freshman studs he has lined up at Memphis — say, Xavier Henry and DeMarcus Cousins — Kentucky would enter next season among the preseason favorites to win the national title. One year after going to the NIT.
Calipari is that good, because he attracts that kind of talent. You can question how he attracts that talent, and you can question the character of some of the talent he attracts, and those are legitimate issues for someone to tackle. But those are issues for another day.
Today, the issue is the merger of John Calipari and Kentucky basketball. He’s going to get that school rolling again, because that’s what he does. UMass had been stalled for 25 years, but he got that program up and rolling. Memphis had been stuck in neutral until he got that place rolling.
He’ll get Kentucky rolling, too. Heaven help anyone who gets in the way.
Sam
Calipari at Kentucky by Gregg Doyel
Posted April 1, 2009 by alphaheretic
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: GO BIG BLUE, John Calipari, Kentucky Basketball, UK, UK Basketball
At UMass, a nothing school on the college basketball landscape, John Calipari won like he was at Kentucky. At Memphis, a bigger basketball school than UMass but still nothing much to look at when he got there in 2000, Calipari won again like he was at Kentucky.
So what happens now that John Calipari is coaching Kentucky?
John Calipari will prove himself worthy of Kentucky fans’ applause. (Getty Images)
I’ll tell you what happens. Kentucky will win like it’s the Boston Celtics. John Calipari will prove himself worthy of Kentucky fans’ applause. John Calipari will prove himself worthy of Kentucky fans’ applause.
College basketball as you know it? It’s over. That sport doesn’t exist anymore, because that sport had a semblance of parity. One year North Carolina is the dominant program. One year it’s UConn. One year it’s Duke or UCLA or Florida. Maybe those teams don’t win the national title the year they’re dominant, or maybe they do. Either way, every year there is a team that, on paper, is the dominant program in college basketball. And every year it’s a different team.
Until now. Until John Calipari merges with Kentucky.
Once Calipari gets Kentucky rolling — and it won’t take him long — Kentucky will be that team. That dominant team. Every year?
Yes. Every year.
Things can go wrong, of course. Players can get hurt or ineligible. A scandal can come along out of nowhere, like the one rocking UConn at the moment. Kentucky itself has been laid low by NCAA violations, back when Eddie Sutton was running amok in Lexington. So things can happen.
But if none of those things happen … it’s over. College basketball will belong to Kentucky. Turn back the clock 50 or 60 years, because it’ll be like that all over again. Kentucky won three national championships in the four seasons between 1948-51. The Wildcats added another in 1958. What happened between 1951 and ‘58? Three trips to the Elite Eight happened. Not even a point-shaving scandal could slow Kentucky down. The Wildcats didn’t field a team in 1953 because of that scandal, then went 25-0 in 1954, but were held out of the NCAA tournament.
The coach then was Adolph Rupp. When he retired in 1972, he had won 876 games, more than anyone in college basketball history. His record stood for 25 years. Rupp was that good at Kentucky.
John Calipari would be that good at Kentucky, too. How could he not? He has been Kentucky-good at places that couldn’t hold Kentucky’s jock.
In 1988, Calipari went to Massachusetts, which hadn’t been to the NCAA tournament in more than 25 years, and soon he was making it look easy. UMass averaged 29 wins per season from 1992-96, and reached the 1996 Final Four. There was the Marcus Camby scandal, with Camby’s relationship to an agent costing him his eligibility and UMass its spot in the Final Four, and heads will roll if that happens at Kentucky.
But if that doesn’t happen, Calipari will win huge. He’ll win like he won at Memphis, where he won at least 33 games in each of the past four seasons and reached the 2008 NCAA title game.
Calipari will win like that at Kentucky, and maybe as soon as Year 1. Kentucky has two future pros, forward Patrick Patterson and guard Jodie Meeks, but neither is quite ready for the NBA. If they come back, and if Calipari brings just two of the incoming freshman studs he has lined up at Memphis — say, Xavier Henry and DeMarcus Cousins — Kentucky would enter next season among the preseason favorites to win the national title. One year after going to the NIT.
Calipari is that good, because he attracts that kind of talent. You can question how he attracts that talent, and you can question the character of some of the talent he attracts, and those are legitimate issues for someone to tackle. But those are issues for another day.
Today, the issue is the merger of John Calipari and Kentucky basketball. He’s going to get that school rolling again, because that’s what he does. UMass had been stalled for 25 years, but he got that program up and rolling. Memphis had been stuck in neutral until he got that place rolling.
He’ll get Kentucky rolling, too. Heaven help anyone who gets in the way.
Prayer for Sam and his family- Personal
The fifth of May is an important Mexican holiday. I didn't sleep a lot last night, but not for that memory of the fifth of May. Today, I am to be evaluated and I hope to be declared eligible for a cochlear implant.
I have not been conducting interviews recently for new books because of my poor hearing. I could write a truly funny book if I could remember all of my interpretations of the spoken word versus what was actually said.
Like a kid on Christmas morning, I anticipate the test results. I have prayed to our wonderful Advocator, Jesus and his Father, God, that my hearing can be technologically restored. Certainly I believe Christ could perform another miracle, but I do not honestly pray for that. The complexities of this world are far more important than Sam Kegley's hearing problems.
I earnestly seek for those of you who know me and are of a mind to, to offer a prayer for the possibility that an operation may be scheduled for the implant.
Thanks friends and family. I believe those around me would enjoy it, perhaps even more than me.
Sam
I have not been conducting interviews recently for new books because of my poor hearing. I could write a truly funny book if I could remember all of my interpretations of the spoken word versus what was actually said.
Like a kid on Christmas morning, I anticipate the test results. I have prayed to our wonderful Advocator, Jesus and his Father, God, that my hearing can be technologically restored. Certainly I believe Christ could perform another miracle, but I do not honestly pray for that. The complexities of this world are far more important than Sam Kegley's hearing problems.
I earnestly seek for those of you who know me and are of a mind to, to offer a prayer for the possibility that an operation may be scheduled for the implant.
Thanks friends and family. I believe those around me would enjoy it, perhaps even more than me.
Sam
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