Finally, A &*#@!! hurricane. At least the Enviro Nazi's will be pleased.

Just back in town

Sorry for the absense. I have been cross training for a week preparing for my new territory. Hopefully I havent missed too many things this week. If there is anything someone would like for me to post, feel free to send it along. Stay tuned for further updates to the site.

Is this just the beginning?

Well there seems to be quite a bit of activity these days in the areas of global terrorism. The British thwart of the most recent attempt is both a blessing and should be a warning. The frequency and escalation of these attacks will soon increase, I feel. I have heard a few people mutter things about WW III, and until recently I didnt want to buy it. Well, if you include the past month in Lebanon, the British Airways incidence, and many things here locally that barely make the news(IE the largest mosque in the country calling the Bush Administration more of a terrorist threat then Hezbollah) it points to something larger. I really hope that the progress we as a country(and globally) have made since 9/11 continues to keep us all safe from these external/internal threats, but at some point, something has to sneak thru. And those muttering WW III are hedging their bets that once something larger does happen, it will only take a few seconds for those countries that oppose the US, Russia, N Korea,Venezuala, many Middle Eastern nations, hell China maybe, to get in line and target the US on many different fronts. Scary thought that I really would rather not think about. So I may just turn the news off for a few days and just forget that life exists except right outside my window. Keeps the sanity for just a little longer.

Glad to see know one missed my absense this past week. I have been out with work and havent had too much time. Looks like you have not either.

Hey Sports Fans, Check this out

www.jockreport.com
I heard about this from a local call- in sports show earlier. It looks pretty good. Any weird, normal, poignant or just plain sports story is hear for all. It bills itself as the "Drudge Report" for sports fans.

Sorry to let the good folks at our top news departments down but....

Once again the media is upset that the end of the world is not near. Siting a source from CBS news, a top media official was very upset that we have only had 2 named tropical storms this year in the US and no hurricanes. This person's sentiments was shared by quite a few in the media. The same "objective" journalists that just a few months ago ran countless stories of pending world ending hurricanes, provided the US and other countries did not stop destroying the world. Global warming, the greenhouse effect and several other reasons were given as to why we would all be wiped off the face of the planet. Now, 2 or 3 months later, there is nothing unusual to report. Obviously these media types wish for more pain and suffering to prove the validity(which usually they do not give 2 shits about) of their "chicken little" reporting. Oh well. I cant wait til we do get one storm of signicance and see where they run then.

Thought of the Day

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He who holds doggie treats, gets split second of obedience for picture.

Confucius

Going Postal?

I know that it is quite cliched about someone going postal. But jesus! Has anyone been in a post office line recently. I really do believe that one, if not all 3(rarely do you find 3 or more actually ready to assist customers), could take out someone at the drop of a dime. More noticeably, each other. They seem to be the most unhappy people you encounter as a consumer. Granted, individuals may surpass the USPS's finest in terms of sheer anger or discontent. But overall, I think they have cornered the market on vocational unrest. Just remember the next time you see that person in line with about 5 boxes and wants to send each one a different method, some with signature guarentees, some without. The look in the staff's eyes should say it all, "if tomorrow wasnt Saturday, you would be dead!"

NFL Season Fast Approaching

For those who feel that the Super Bowl was just completed, you are right. However, that does not stop the world of NFL from proceeding with its training camps and pre season hype. I cannot count how many daily sports call-in shows are talking non stop football, when the season is still some time away. Granted, being about 65% thru a 162 game baseball season is not the most exciting time to be talking sports, but come on. It is bad enough that we will be force fed NFL very soon, anyway. Must we endure the thoughts and speculations of mindless drones that need to know what the "Expert of the Day" thinks about that person's favorite team?? I can tell you how the Cincinatti Bengals will fare this year. They will win a few they are not supposed to, they will lose a few the same way. In the end, they may or may not go to the playoffs. Who cares in July anyway? How about not pondering the real deep Nitzche like questions until at least September? That way, you can use that penetrating mind for other things, like not burning your eyebrows off every time you light the grill this summer. Deal?? Good. In case it has not crept into this thought, I am not the biggesty NFL fan, but I do like the football season. Just not 2 months prior to that season starting. Skins anyone?

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Anyone want to chime in on the ONLY veto so far in President Bush's tenure?

I find it interesting that this is the first Veto that Pres Bush has issued since day one in office. I do not really care about the topic of the Veto, just that I think he should have probably vetoed other things in the last 6 years. Only now does he veto something that everyone knew he would veto, and he knew that the House and Senate could not override that veto. Not going out on that limb too far now, are we? For a president that has been balls out since day one, not caring at all about the opinion of his presidency, I find it hard to believe that this is veto # 1.

If you are that niave.....

OK, I have just about had it with the "cry me a river because the US Government took too long to rescue me from my vacation in downtown Beirut" morons. I am sorry but if you willingly went to Lebanon for a vacation during heightened tensions between Israel and Lebanon(when arent there heightened tensions?), then get over it. Please do not start playing the victim and blaming the US for all your troubles. You feel the US Government is not looking out for its citizens in these situations do you?? Well let's take a closer look, shall we? The US State Department(that little office that is in charge of situations like these) has issued no less than 4 warnings to all US citizens living/traveling in that area since November of 2005. So excuse the fuck out of me while you get your 15 minutes on the evening news condemning your country, yet again, for not responding fast enough to your call. Well obviously you did not respond to the government when they happened to tell you to get the fuck out while you can. Then you have to odasity to complain about the food, beveridges, etc on your Marine escort, like you on some fucking Carnival Cruise?!? Stop playing the victim. Why you think the US is responsible for adults making their own travel/living arrangements, in light of warnings by that same government, is beyond me. I suppose if you lived in a hurricane potential city, you would ignore that same warning to get out when one was headed your way. We would then find you on the news, without a home, with your hand out looking for some of Uncle Sam's disaster fund, because you were too stupid to just get the fuck out. Sorry, Katrina flashbacks. But that is another story.

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The Atlanta Braves Making A Charge. About TIme.

If the suck ass bullpen of the Atlanta Braves would have shown up in just 50% of their losses, Atlanta once again, would be in 1st place in the National League East. To date, the bullpen has blown 20, yes 20 fucking saves this season. For those that are not baseball knowledged, that means that going into the last inning, they were ahead. Then the bullpen fucked it up and the braves either lost or had to win in extra innings. Having followe the braves, it is usually the loss. So take about the 16 losses resulted from the blown saves, add wins instead, and you have the national league west winners despite the mets 180 million payroll.

Israel...starting their own World War?

Does anyone else get the impression that left alone, Israel may take care of syria, Lebanon and Iran all by itself? They do not need incentive or permission to eradicate that area or Jewish hating Muslims. They have been practiced at this for over a thousand years and I feel they are more than prepared to do what is necessary to take down those who oppose it.

New Years Eve Richmond Slayings

This following is a post request from Hit Man since he cannot post topics. I welcome anyone else who wishes to have a topic discussed to let me know as well. Here is his imput on those tragic deaths that we all know much about at this point in time.


Hitman said...
Hey ... since I cannot post a "topic" on my own here, I'd like you to jump or "up" this topic to it's own thread...I am actually losing sleep. Yepper, true believers, the great and powerful HITMAN is having a hard time getting to sleep because of something he read about. PLease, allow me to give you some background to clue you in...I am THE Hitman. I got that namesake because I can hit a softball- baseball actually- WAY back when. A great man once said that "hitting was the art of thinking about absolutely NOTHING when it was absolutely necessary." That is something I pride myself on. I am a 2nd degree black belt in Shotokan Karate-do. I have spent a little more than 20 years dedicated to the martial arts in general. And, yes- I can kick your ass in about the same time it takes you to blink...even if I don't let on about it in everyday life. I have used my knowledge and skills when my life was on the line and I do have the scars to prove it. I have never stared down the barrel of a gun, but I have had a knife thrust at my stomach and lived to talk to you now- it's not something I am particularly proud of, but it's also not something I'm scared of either. Long story short- I have actually BEEN THERE and DONE THAT. Yet here I am at 1:24 AM and not sleeping because I cannot get a horror out of my head.I can't even remember the names- the family name of the people that died here in Richmod Virginia. All I can remember is the faces that my imagination gave to them. A family of 4... father and mother- husband and wife- and their 2 children...a girl of 9 and a girl of 5. DEAR GOD WHY CAN"T I REMEMBER THE NAME??Maybe because I have chosen to forget- self defense mechanism of my mind. I've never heard exactly what happened with the investigation of the killings- does it really matter anyway? They're dead! And even that ain't the half of it...If it were a family killed in a car accident, it wouldn't even hit my consciousness- accidents happen. A fire?? DAMN, bad luck...But this...this just keeps running through my head like an all-too-vivid nightmare. This family was found killed execution style. All 4 of them with tape around their wrists and mouths...throats cut. Do you get that....remember this wasn't just some man and some woman here. This was a 9 AND A 5 YEAR OLD GIRL TOO!!!Can you even comprehend this? The basement of some unknow house...a killer or 2...for some unknown and frankly, who gives a shit WHY reason...snatch this family up out if bed (I am merely imagining here....else how could this have happened?)...even if the father owed you 10 ba-zillion dollars....HOW CAN SOMEONE CUT THE THROAT OF A TIED UP 5 YEAR OLD GIRL!!Please bear with me here, I know it's now 1:36 AM and I'm a bit loopy. I just cannot get this out of my head right now, even though this happen some months ago...How does someone- cold blooded bastard though they may be- take a trembling, terrified, 5 year old girl in their hands....pull back their head, and visciously draw a knife across their throat...Sweet Jesus...I don't know at this point whether I will actually post this. I'm not entirely sure I want people I know personally knowing that this kinda stuff is going through my mind....But how can it not?? I'm a step-father of 2 girls...1 8 years old and 1 who is 6. I'm not even their "real" father- I can't have kids myself, so just being a part of their lives is a blessing the likes of which I could never have dreamed of. Maybe that's it....maybe since I cannot actually father a child, all life seems that much more precious to me. Maybe I'm just making way more out of this than anyone should have a right to...NO DAMMIT!!! Someone killed these kids in a way that even adults should cringe at. I wanna know- did these murdering bastards slit their throats in front of their parents?? Or did they make the kids watch their parents getting killed first?? Dear God...tonight I pray to you for one thing...If there is a thing called justice grant this ONE prayer...Let ME find these cold-blooded sons-a-bitches. Give me just 10 minutes alone with them in a locked cell. I won't kill them- I swear by all that is Holy, they will NOT die. Matter of fact, I volunteer to help HEAL them...so that every OTHER father gets their OWN 10 minutes alone with them. So, that every OTHER mother who has ever cared for a child gets their pound of flesh...every single civilized being on the planet who has ever thought "enough is enough" gets to ask that one burning, glaring question...."WHY!!!!????"Writing has always been a sort of release for me. But I could write something about this every night, for the rest of my life and never get that horrible picture out of my head. What were those KIDS thinking...what thoughts could a 5 and a 9 year old kid possibly conjure up that could even begin to comprehend what was going on there that night? Did they realize what was happening to them in those few moments it took for them to bleed to death? Or was the pain so overwhelming that they couldn't think at all???But I can't think about that- can you? How could those MONSTERS who did this NOT think about that?? And this is not some made up story...this happened. Not so long ago...and not so long FROM NOW. Yeah, this shit happens...Maybe this'll hit you like it hit me...sort of out of the blue one day when your biggest worry was making your rent payment on time. Maybe when you ignore the yelling coming from the apartment next door. Or maybe just when you are trying to get to sleep one night...This shit happens...this is OUR world...and I don't even know what to tell you we should do about it...I just know it keeps me awake at night...

As a suggestion from Robert Dix Jr, I would like to say that Doug Wilder is a complete idiot when it comes to the Richmond Braves.

They will leave the city in 2 years when their contract is up. Wilder does not care about making Richmond a city capable of being nationally known. When the Braves leave, so will any real chance of taking this town to the next step where sports teams are concerned. Putting the Braves in the bottom would work on so many levels, but Wilder refuses to see things thru. God forbid that the city actually pay a small percentage of what needs to be done to reap the fortunes down the road. The added revenue from food, beveridge, retail, and housing would pay the city back in a few years. Plus, it would clean up an area that once thrived and now is a shell of its former self.

Does anyone care what happened during the final moments of al-Zarqawi?!?

If you happened to listen to just a few minutes of the worthless press corp as they hounded the spokesperson concerning al-Zarqawi's final moments, then you heard. Most questions were around performing an autopsy, the condition he was in when found, if the US tried to perform medical support to him etc. Does anyone really care what happened to this piece of shit in his dying moments? If the US troops beat the ever loving shit out of him and put electrodes on his balls to get some answers from him...the fine. So be it. Ask the families of the poor souls that were beheaded with a dull machete on live TV for all to see at the hands of al-Zarqawi. He has killed and tortured hundreds or thousands of people, and out lovely liberal media is worried about his civil rights and what the EVIL United States did in the end. Is it any wonder why it seems the sky is falling? When our own media cannot attempt to believe, much less write, that anything that we do as a nation is good or beneficial to anyone. I guess only doom and gloom sell these days, and that is all you are seeing and hearing. Personally, things look pretty good to me, as long as I dont watch the evening news.

Emergency Room Story of the Day

Real story coming out of the E. R. in Wake Forest, NC. Police bring in a man that was acting a tad delusional, very lethargic and covered with maggots. That isn't the story. When questioning this gentleman, it seems that he got in that condition by fucking a dead deer carcus on the side of the rode. When the police asked the appropriate question...Why?, he said and I quote, "well I usually prefer the live deer, but the dead ones are more accomodating. Aint it nice to have a choice. And to think many of us stay with one person for a length of time when all that rode kill is out there just waiting for us.

If Barry Bonds were to drop while running the bases on his next Jack, well that would be too damn bad. He is a waste of space.