CBS GOES TOO FAR

CBS-TV "NEWS" IS CONTINUING ITS ILL FOUNDED ASSAULT ON AMERICA--HER PRESIDENT, HER VALUES, HER RELIGION , EVERYTHING.

Not content to forge documents in a traitorous attempt to impeach the President, they are now quoting some silly study that some useful idiots made that purports to prove that--get this--

Praying for people makes them sicker

I'll tell you who is sick-- the news writers at CBS and the goofy fucks who read that news on the air. They are real propaganda whores.

Ed Bradley is the one who hosted their Anti-American broadcast tonite with their breaking Anti-Christian, Anti-Jewish, anti anybody who believes in any supreme being "news" about the power of prayer.

Bradley is an aged mulatto man who looks like a circus clown with a 5-day beard and a big gold ring in his left ear; An over-the-hill hippie spewing his venum with reckless abandon. What a flaming ass-hole!

Put an Aunt Jemimah bandana on this guy's head and he could play in the next installment of Pirates of the Carribean. He already talks like a pirate...

He should be ashamed of himself. He is a disgrace to his race. He should be a shining example for all to see and a role model--looks what he's achieved-- but instead he's just a loathsome toady of the Ultra-Left. I like calling him names, because I'm furious at him for throwing away the opportunity he has in his position to do good. Instead he plays the traitor game. What did America ever do to him to make him hate us so? If this hypocrite had any scruples at all he wouldn't be a part of this outrageous network.

What a whore of Babylon he turned out to be!!

Good Night Col. Rosas Wherever you are.

--TRADER RICK

Oh, I almost forgot. The REAL reason I'm so pissed at CB-Al Kida-S tonite? They ran a silly puff piece about George Mason being Cinderella--couldn't stay off that bandwagon could they? What jerks!!

-TR-

ANOTHER HOUR TO DRINK

It's 5:16 a.m. and Patrick is downstairs with two people huddled under a quilt on a couch . I don't think Junior is one of them, 'cause his car is not outside, and I think one of them is Stephen, but I'm not sure...

Random thoughts

[one thought deleted]



"Marginalized?" What useful idiot thought up that one? What crap!

That bastard useful idiot out in California who raised the Mexican Flag at his school should be fired. We don't wan tanybody with that type of poor judgement anywhere around children.

Do you like my new term "useful idiot"? They are the sheep-robot-clone non-thinkers--tools of the demons trying to destroy western civilization. Like Cindy Sheehan.

I went off my vegen diet yesterday and ate hot chips and onion dip and snickers ice cream all day.

I'm not one to question Urban Meyer's techniques, he's the successful coach, not me, but should he be calling out his players in public? Just asking.

I think the Gator teams are made up of student athletes, but I'm not sure about some other schools.

Why am I not surprised that CSM reporterette was released unharmed....

Unfortunately, America will not be remembered in the one sentence timelines in history books a thousand years hence for Delivering Freedom to the World, but for the mass murder of millions upon millions of innocent children. The readers will say, why did the people allow that? What will your soul say YOU did?

Later.

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ANOTHER HOUR TO DRINK

It's 5:16 a.m. and Patrick is downstairs with two people huddled under a quilt on a couch . I don't think Junior is one of them, 'cause his car is not outside, and I think one of them is Stephen, but I'm not sure...

Random thoughts

[one thought deleted]



"Marginalized?" What useful idiot thought up that one? What crap!

That bastard useful idiot out in California who raised the Mexican Flag at his school should be fired. We don't wan tanybody with that type of poor judgement anywhere around children.

Do you like my new term "useful idiot"? They are the sheep-robot-clone non-thinkers--tools of the demons trying to destroy western civilization. Like Cindy Sheehan.

I went off my vegen diet yesterday and ate chips and ice cream all day.

I'm not one to question Urban Meyer's techniques, he's the successful coach, not me, but should he be calling out his players in public? Just asking.

I think the Gator teams are made up of student athletes, but I'm not sure about some other schools.

Why am I not surprised that CSM reporterette was released unharmed....

Unfortunately, when the one-sentence timelines are written in history books a thousand years hence, America will not be noted for bringing Freedom to the world, but for having murdered millions upon millions of innocent children. Readers will ask, why did the people allow that? Those souls who sacrificed their ticket to heaven by bombing Murder Clinics will silently stand up and look around at the rest of us. What will YOUR answer be?

Later.

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AP ON FIRST PRACTICE

THREE FLORIDA QB'S



Associated Press:

GAINESVILLE, Fla.

During Florida's first day of spring training practice on Wednesday the senior quarterback outperformed the freshman phenomenon. The star wide receiver made an impressive return from a horrible leg injury. In a wide open running back race, one candidate may already be out of the picture. And one starting defensive tackle from 2005 is not on the team at the moment.

The Gators, who have not won an SEC East title since 2000, hope to get back to their championship level of the previous decade, but they have a few issues to settle along the way."We've only had one day," said coach Urban Meyer. "After we've practiced 12 times, Ill let you know."

Chris Leak, who has started since the fifth game of his freshman year in 2003, looked sharp.

Heralded freshman Tim Tebow, who enrolled for the spring semester, was less accurate as his father, his two brothers and his high school coach watched."I'm just real excited to be in the same offense for two consecutive seasons," said Leak, who had three offensive coordinators in his first three seasons. "I feel comfortable.

"Leak and Tebow both were Parade All-America selections, but Tebow, who owns the Florida record for high school passing yards, created almost unprecedented buzz when he committed to the Gators last December."I thought he'd be a little more comfortable because he ran similar stuff in high school," Meyer said. "He's out here wanting to set the world on fire instead of just completing passes, but he's going to be terrific."

Several of Leaks passes went to Andre Caldwell, a junior who was redshirted last season after sustaining a broken right femur against Tennessee. That injury normally is associated with high-speed car accidents or falls from high places, and Caldwell is practicing with a long metal rod in his leg.After catching 43 passes for 689 yards in 2004, he was poised for another huge year when he got hurt on a kickoff return against Tennessee. Known for his speed, he was on crutches for six weeks and worried if he would play again.He was able to cut and run in a no-contact jersey on Wednesday, drawing Meyers praise for his progress."I had flashes (of his career being over), but my teammates, family and friends got me through everything," Caldwell said. "They always kept my head up."

Also, sophomore running back Kestahn Moore is out with a back injury that Meyer said might require surgery. Moore rushed for 277 yards as a true freshman and was on top of Florida's pre-spring depth chart.Without Moore, the three scholarship backs remaining are senior DeShawn Wynn, sophomore Markus Manson and freshman Chevon Walker.

Senior defensive tackle Steven Harris, who started every game last season and made 17 tackles, was not at practice. Meyer said Harris was taking care of personal issues and had "a little work to do before he's welcome back.

HOO-YAH!!!

It is 5:14 a.m. and Junior, Stephen and Earthdog Patrick are playing computer games--one with Warthog Warriors of some sort.

Well, next weekend, I think, we Hoosiers will have to set our clocks forward or something, because our Governator thinks we should, for the first time since never, be on Daylite Savings Time. Pity the poor dairy cows.

Just to keep this clear in our minds, once again, the two most important political issues facing Americans, if we are to take our place in history on the side of Right:

1. We must voluntarily end the Baby Killing spree.

2. We must ardently defend our second amendment rights, as they are our only protection for all the others.

To give you an idea how fanatic the State of Indiana is about a game called Basketball (Remember, they tolerated the morally banckrupt coach that threw chairs and strangled players as long as he was a winner, then finally ashcanned him when the United Nations threatened them and he was no longer winning?) , Indiana U. fired their coach in January and announced that they hired a new one several days ago. Well, the "school" held a press conference with the President, AD, and new coach, to annoint him officially, and would you believe two of the three major network TV stations broke into their regular braodcasts to carry the event LIVE as a breaking NEWS EVENT!!!! Eewwww!

IS THAT GUY in the picture A MANIAC OR WHAT?

--TRADER RICK

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IT'S SIMPLE

OK, I'm tired of hearing about this stupid immigration problem, and it IS a problem. Instead of opening up our borders to EVERYBODY without limits, as the communists want, here's what we should do:

Bring the Army back from Iraq and use it to seal the Mexican Border. Start rounding up all the 12 million illegals. Put the women and children on cattle cars and cattle trucks and dump them back over the border in Mexico, no matter WHERE they're from. Tell Mexico to keep their people home or we will Shock and Awe them, and then if they don't comply, give them a taste of it...

Take all the illegal men, put them in tent concentration camps, give them beans and oatmeal, and make them build a barrier of some sort all along the Mexican border.THE GREAT WALL OF TEXAS, or whatever. After a year's hard labor, brand them with a number, and throw them back across the river. If caught again in the States, take them back to their camp and publicly execute them. Bury them in the pit toilets.

Sieze all American Companies' assets who employ illegal aliens, to help pay for the program. In other words, get serious and enforce the laws already on the books. Quit this stupid shit about having everything in Spanish as well as English.

If there are no jobs for them, and they know they will be shot by Firing Squads, they'll quit coming in a hurry. Legal immigration can continue, with reasonable quotas. End of problem.

AMERICA FOR AMERICANS!

--TRADER RICK

SLEEPING BABY DETAIL

JUNIOR

SLEEPING BABIES

JEFF SAGARIN HAS GATOR HOOPS AT #3

Sagarin Computer rankings as of today, for NCAA Final Four Basket Ball teams:

3. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

7. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

8. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES

11. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

LACKLUSTER

It is 6:19 a.m. and Patrick has crawled under the covers with either Stephen or Junior, who are asleep in front of the TV on couches in the Living Room. Lackluster is the term I've chosen to describe last nite's American Idol Performances. Nobody stood out. If the show was like this each week, people would quit watching in a hurry. Nobody stood out for the judges, either. Our girls, Kat and little Honey-poo were GREAT as usual. Simon even said Kat sang a Christina Augilera (sic--too lazy to look it up--altho I DO know how to pronounce it, which is more than I can say for Simon) song almost as good as Christina did. I think he's got a crush? The little black Legacy girl did OK, also, but everybody else stunk the arena up pretty bad, even grey haired guy...

OH, LOOK : A WHITE GUY STARTING FOR THE GATORS! GO WHITE GUY! GO GATORS!!

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NUMBER 15 STARTS TOMMORROW

Before we let all this Indianapolis roundball hype cloud our senses, let's remember:

**SPRING PRACTICE STARTS TOMMORROW **

In Gainesville and Tim Tebow 's jersey will read "15"

GO GATORS!!

BEAT SPURRIER IN THE SWAMP!!

ICE-NINE

It's 6:11 a.m but what time will it be this time next week??? It's raining out; forecast for the next of the week is dry with temps in the 50's and 60's. Patrick is wandering around, Junior and Stephen are downstairs watching The Recruit, and Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle was just mentioned in the film by DeNiro re Ice Nine. I've read all his classic fiction, except for the later stuff . It's probably been 25 years?? Maybe it's time to re-read.,..Starting with Slaughterhouse Five...Maybe time to reread Ayn Rnd and Jack Kerouac, too. OK, now you know my favorite authors.

I read all of Ayn Rand as a freshman in college, couldn't put it down, read for hours at a time day and night. I met Kerouac in St. Petersburg shortly before he died, and Ginzberg too, later at a reading of Howl at Tampa U. , actually at the after party. . Charles Saunders and I drove Stella (Jack's widow) to it in my old Biscayne and Stella gave me a black kitten related to Jack's cats that was a good companion to me...That was a long time ago.

WALLY WORLD

About 15 years ago, they built a Wal* Mart off the four-lane on the outskirts of our sleepy little village on some farmland. Eventually, actually quite quickly, It became the anchor of a huge complex with eateries, multiplexes, apartments, hotels, gas stations, grocery stores, banks-- a whole new town grew up around it! Lots of other stores you name it, and still growing.. Brought this little burg into the 20th Century. Downtown didn't die either. The K-Mart, about a mile away, died. But it's still there, open every day. You walk into the K-Mart--it's like a graveyard-there's nobody there. You're lucky if you see another customer.There's hardly any cars in the park. You go into Walmart--It's a bustle of activity- the car park is full. I honestly don't know how this K-Mart is surviving.

We gave the K-Mart a chance.

Every time we wanted to buy a unique item, we checked out K-Mart. They might have one model, if they had it at all. Wal*Mart generally had a variety of models at different feature levels and price levels to choose from.

Price wise, K-Mart was 15-25% higher on staples we buy every week, Dogfood, Juice, water, peanut butter, DVD's etc.

Now Wal*Mart is building s SUPERCENTER right next to the "old" store--about a hundred yards away. Don't ask me why they are not just adding on, I don't know. The plan is to tear the old store ( which is beautiful) down to expand the parking lot.. It's not a question of space--there's plenty of that..Seems like an economic mistake--but I'm not going to second guess this very sucessful retailers' business decisions...

Who the heck was George Mason? (Just kidding) Uh, He's dead , right?

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COACHES" POLL

Funny how things work out. Who's in the Final Four?

8. UCLA
10. FLORIDA
18. LSU
NR GEORGE MASON

GO GATORS!

TYPEWRITERS DROPPING FROM THE SKY

Last night, after the Gators, in their Lucky Blue Uniforms, with 21 points from Joakim Noah, crushed Villanova to become the Minneapolis Regional Champions in the NCAA Tournament, I checked out USA Today's basketball page on the internet. They already had the story of the Gator Triumph, the most decisive win of the Elite Eight games, within ten minutes of the final buzzer, FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE.

Communications really have changed in the computer age. Thanks to Algore's invention of the World Wide Web , Vast quantities of knowledge are literally at our fingertips.

It reminds me of my days as a Freshman at UF.

I covered the Gator Football games from the pressbox high aboave Florida Field for the Clearwater Sun. I was seventeen years old, and it was heady stuff watching Steve Spurrier play quarterback from what seemed like Mount Olympus.

We wrote our stories on our personal portable manual typewriters, during the game. Reporters from various State newpapaers and newspapers from the visiting team's staterubbed shoulders with yours truly...The typewriters sat on a ledge, open to the world. One nudge and a typewriter could go hurling onto the hapless fans in the seats below us. I always worried about that, but as far as I know, it never happened.

We were provided with Stats at the half and the end of the game, mineographed, as well as play-by-play descriptions. We had our stories written by the time the game ended with the exception of the opening 'graph. Then we turned them in to a kindly old colored gentleman, who saw to it that Western Union got them. The home games usually started at 2:00 p.m and were over by five or so, so there was plenty of time to meet a 10:00 p..m. deadline for Sunday's morning addition, so fans could read all about it twelve hours later.

For my mid week column, I would walk from campus to the Western Union Office and send a nite letter...

Quite a difference today, eh?

GO GATORS!!

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OH, MY!! GATORS REACH FINAL FOUR!!

The University of Florida Gators, ranked 10th in the nation and seeded third in the Minneapolis Region, last night became regional champs and moved into the coveted Final Four in the NCAA Tournament by defeating No. 4 ranked and top seeded Villanova by a score of 75-62!

WHAT A DAY FOR THE GATOR NATION!!

Villanova, the fourth Number One seed to be sent packing, experiences just their fifth loss for the season.

Gators shot 41% from the field, Wildcats just 25%. 'Nova's vaulted three-point game was shut down (4of 23). Gators were 87% from the charity stripe, Nova 81%. Wildcats held a deficit of 13 in the rebound category. The Gator Bigs were just too much for them.

The last time the final four lacked a top seed was 1980.

In our opinion the turning point in the game was a Technical Foul committed by a Wildcat.

Villanova led early in the first quarter, with no less than nine lead changes in the first few minutes. With the Gators leading 15-14, a wildcat started talking trash to Walter Hodge, then gently but derisively , bounced the ball off Hodge's head. The Gators promptly went on a 7-0 run and never looked back, leading the entire game, by as much as 12 in the first half which ended 35-30 with a +198 Lead Advantage for the Rowdy Reptiles. Would the Gators have won anyway? I think so. But I also think this little incident, forgotten by all media members sealed the Wildcat's fate.

The Gators ended up with a 13 point win and a whopping LA of +623. GAtors are 4-0 against the Big East.

BYE BYE HUSKIES--Cinderella Lives!!

It's 5:53 a.m. , 22 degrees out, and Patrick got up and crawled under the covers with Junior who crashed on the couch downstairs.

There will be no number one seeds in the Final Four of the 2006 NCAA Tourney. Upstart 11 seeded George Mason crushed No. One Seed Connecticut last night 86-84, in OVERTIME.

With under three minutes to go in the first half, GM takes their first lead, by one point, only to have UCONN go on a 12-2 rampage, to end the first half with a nine point lead.

George battled back to tie it up at 49-49 with 12 minutes to go in the second half, and took the lead 52-51 at 11:04.

The lead changed, back and forth, until at 4:40 GM had a four point advantage.

Then, sweet victory is in their grasp, as the clock shows 17 seconds left and the Mason boys have a commanding four point lead.

So what happens? They blow it and Huskies tie it up at the final buzzer! Oh My!

George Mason tries their damnedest to blow it again in OT, when with 41 seconds left and a five point lead, they allow a Huskie acome back, but hang on to win by two, by just the barest broken fingernail.

But does the shoe fit in Indy? We'll see! Welcome to the Final Four, Regional Champs George Mason!. That trophy will look great in your case. You deserve it!

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HAIL TO LSU!!!

It's 9:12 a.m., there was a light dusting of snow on the ground from last nite, Junior is out chipping and shredding somewhere for money, and Patrick is at my feet--real clingy this morning. Now he's prancing around like I'm getting ready to go somewhere, but I haven't given away any tells, like putting on boots or putting my glassss eye in.

Well! LSU, the SEC regular season champ at a remarkable 14-2 , defeats Texas 70-60 in OVERTIME to become the first team to reach the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament.

WOULDN'T IT BE A HOOT TO SEE THE GATORS VS LSU TIGERS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME?

Gators beat LSU the only time they met in the regular season 71-62 and 81-65 in the SEC Championsip Tournament, which they went on to win.

Another number one seed fell as Uck-la beat Memphis to secure their spot in the Final Four versus LSU.

Gators face Number One seed Villanova tonite and Connecticut faces George Mason is their bids for a trip to the dance.

March Madness!!!

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IMAGE TEST

GATORS VS .LSU

UF IN ELITE EIGHT

It's 10:29 a.m. and Junior and Patrick are downstairs asleep on a couch.

Well, the Gators beat the Hoyas of Georgetown late last nite in a nail-biter 57-54 with -34 Lead Advantage. The Hoyas lead at the half 30-28 with an LA of +92. The Gators biggest lead in the first half was 2 and Georgetown 9. Gators move to 30-6, a school record for most victories in a season.

So it's Sunday against Number One seed Villanova (28-4) to reach the Final Four. 'Nova was a one point winner over Boston College, 60-59, in OVERTIME. The only time 'Nova lead in the game was during the final two minutes of regulation. I hate it when a team leads the whole game then blows it in the end.

In the Huskies vs. Huskies battle number one UCONN squeezed out a 98-92 victory over Washington in OVERTIME--- Washington had four players sitting on the bench who fouled out...

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LSU ROCKS!!! BYE-BYE BLUE DEVILS...

IT'S 9:02 A.M. Got up a tad late this morning and lo and behold no wee doggy. Now I was worried--did I let him out last nite, and now he's a doggy popsickle on the front porch, being licked by the cats? But no, he was downstairs with Junior and Stephen watching DVD's. I think he must have smelled Hot WINGS.

Saw LSU annihilate TOP SEED Duke last nite. WOW!! Close game right up to the end (altho LSU had a definite Lead Advantage), relative lopsided score due to Duke's purposeful fouls at the end. "Baby" , the Tigers eight-foot-tall, 500 pound gorilla was the hero. This is great, to see the SEC seasonal champs doing so well. (We KNOW the Gators can beat these guys, eh?).

Had occasion this morning to route myself thru one of those never-ending looops of recorded maize (sic) telephone things this morning. The VERY FIRST OPTION? "For English, Press One". That's not right. Why do these liberal idiots ENABLE foreigners to NOT learn English? This is not a border area. This is not an immigrant staging area. This is the heartland--flyover territory. There is dead corn right out my window. This offends me.

ENGLISH SPOKEN HERE, ONLY!!!

No Habla Espinol!

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GOODBYE CHICKEN LITTLE!

It's 8:20 a.m. and Patrick and Junior are asleep on a couch downstairs.

Went caching with Patrick yesterday and it got up to 45 degrees. That was pleasant.

Really have missed basketball this week--it starts up again this evening. What if the Gators lose? Should I pick another team to root for, so I can keep following the tournamaent? Maybe UCONN because they're the Huskies? (and I've got their ball cap). But they've been so lackluster...Wait, what am I talking about. Gators can take it all the way!

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GO GATORS!

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PICK PICKLER

It is 7:40 a.m. and Patrick and Junior are downstairs watching movies on TV.

AMERICAN IDOL UPDATE:

Our two favorites, Kat and Kellie did great last nite.

Kat McFever hit a home run with "I'm Gonna Love You Come Rain Or Come Shine". Simon said "Tonite you turned into a star!"

Kellie sang "I'm Walkin' After Midnight" by Patsy Cline. If Kat hit a home run, Kellie won the World Series with this rendition. Purrrrfect, Kitten!!

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On a more serious note we remain OUTRAGED by those who would continue elective murder of babies, and those who shore up our enemies, and those who try to defeat the 2nd Amendment, and those who try to denegrate Christianity and Judaism, while upholding the hate religion of Extremist Islam.

--TRADER RICK

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WE SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT

We are listening to President Bush's press conference on TV as I write this.

Helen Thomas, who decades ago outlived her usefulness and ought to give up her seat to someone who deserves it, challenged the President with a question on WHY we are in Iraq, with the premise that the President WANTED to go to war from the first day he stepped in the office. Bush did a brilliant job of denying her premise, stating NO president WANTS to go to war, and answering the question, while repeatedly having to stop her from interrupting him. At the end, he disarmed the situation, by cracking a joke that had Helen laughing. I don't know how he can do this. The man is a Saint. I would have wanted to puncher her in the face. He is a man of great charm and wit.


Although we think it is time to figure out how to accomplish our goals and get the hell out of the middle east, we support the President and his decisions one hundred per cent.

Who does that old bag think she is?? She needs to retire.

These Washington press corp types think they are so smart, but they can't hold a candle to the president. And that's the way it is.

--TRADER RICK

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THE WATCH

It's 6:29 a.m. Junior is out somewhere and Patrick's still in bed. I think he must be exhausted as he didn't get his customery 20 hours of slumber yesterday.

A friend of my Father's gave him a Rolex watch. The watch was valued at about 6-8,000 dollars. Then the friend died (perhaps he knew the end was near and was leaving his stuff to people as gifts? I don't know). Several years later, my Father passed away.

When I enquired of his wife about the watch, she said she gave it to the widow of the friend. I don't know if this is true or not. I do know she stole sixty thousand dollars in cash from me, tho, among other things. I was his heir, but she kept his organ, his camera, his golf cart, his car, and even gave her adult children first pick of his oil paintings... (The ones she didn't want --they had sentimental value, no commerical value of note) .

What made me think of this? Well I bought a fake Rolex from a friend at work for thirty dollars. It's a perfect copy, not like some of those that alter the name on the dial. A real counterfeit. I really like it. I only wear it on special occasions, like going to court when being sued, or shoveling snow. I had a friend years ago that had one, and he used it to pose, with his wrist on the bar, to attract females.)

Any way, last night I had a dream that I had another watch, a jeweled one that I thought was a fake and found out it was worth a hundred grand. To me, a hundred grand is a fortune, a life-altering sum. Hmmm......

You knew Joakim Noah's father was an international Tennis Star. Did you know his Mother was a Miss Sweden and second runner up at a Miss Universe pageant? Did you know beavers are rodents? Did you know Robert E. Lee was one of Americas Greatest Heroes?

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PICTURE UPLOAD TEST

TESTING-- OK, this proves it was Blogger that was screwing up, not us.

IT'S SPRING!!

And it is 5:38 a.m. and Patrick and Junior have fallen asleep on a couch in front of videos downstairs. Temperature is 29 degrees.

Random thoughts:

Do you think our scientists will figure out away to get manned space vehicles thru the Van Allen Belt?

Do you think the new Supreme Court will overrule Roe vs. Wade and put and end to the Holocaust?


Ohio State lost big time in the second round of the NCAA, having barely survived the first round. That's really curious. However, I'm REALLY glad the Gators don't have to play them. It's scary that the Hoyas could beat them by 18, tho. Interesting how UCONN is not looking so great, either...

Gee, a picture posted! That's great!

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TESTING IV

ie SOULDN'T EVEN PUBLISH AND HAD TO DELETE TWO LOGS TO GET BACK. wWAe Down.

TESTING

iT'S 6:01 A.M. AND jUNORS'S OUT AND pATRICK'S STILL IN BED.

Let's see if that image will upload now.

No. Let's try another image.

nope. mayabe we'll try it in IE

BLOGGER ERRORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ADD /EDITING POSTS HAS BECOME QUITE PROBLEMATICAL HERE, SO iILL JUST DO MY ADDITIONS IN A NEW ENTRY. Continued from previous blog:

Oh and even if the SEC is not doing so good in the tournament, I think you should know:

OF THE 12 DIVISION 1A BASKETBALL PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ONLY ONE IS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.

PHOTOS WON'T UPLOAD

WE ARE THE BOYS FROM OLD FLORIDA....

It's 7:57 p.m., Junior's at work and Patrick's doing what he does best in my recliner in my bedroom.

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OH MY!!!! SWEET SIXTEEN!!!

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Gotors fried the 11th seeded Panthers of UW-Milwaukee this afternoon, 82- 60, not the biggest win of the second round but close. (They owned the biggest win in the first round,+26) . Gators owned only an 8 point advantage at the half but their Lead Advantage was +122...

It's really great to watch the game on TV, while listening to Mick Hubert's radio broadcast on the internet. Mick's on about a seven second delay, so it's a little dizzying, but the 'Ol Voice of the Gators sticks to calling the game, not chit-chatting like the dumb TV announcers... Anyway, the Rascally Reptiles have done us proud for the first two rounds. Now they travel to Minnehaha to play Ohio State (Shudder) or Georgetown. If the Gators keep focused, this is definitely DOABLE, dogs!!! So Gators are 29-6 ( tied with 2000 team for most wins) and 2nd seed Tennessee goes home, losing to 11 seed Witchita by seven in a close game.

Gators shot 53%, Milwaukee 36%

Grabbed a few caches in Auburn today before the NeoGeo lunch...

LSU is still playing now, I think Ark is out...

LSU just won by ONE point over a 12 (I think) Texas aggies team to enter S16!

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HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

RETIRE THIS OLD BASTARD!!

We've about had it with that senile old bastard Bob Shieffer or whatever the hell his name is. Give this guy a silver drool cup and send him to the home. He hates Bush more than traitor Dan Rather did. I thought he was supposed to just be an interim anchor for CBS until they could find some new pretty boy. The commies upstairs must like what they see, cause he sure is hanging around for a long time now. He's turned the network broadcast from anti-Bush to just plain anti-American, in my opinion. What a doofus!!! He's a whore for the network. Shame!!!

--TRADER RICK

GO GATORS!!!

It's 9:16 A.M. AND JUNIOR AND PATRICK ARE ASLEEP ON A COUCH DOWNSTAIRS. There is about a half inch of snow on the ground. (HUH?)

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Got to see part of the Gator game yesterday on TV, They finally acted like the team they REALLY are. Third seeded Gators pasted 14th seeded South Alabama to win by 26 (76-50). The tornadoes or whatever the hell they are kept it close in the first period, and were down by only six at the half. Reptiles led by as much as 11 in the first half but really took off in the second. Gators built up a +147 Lead Advantage by the first half. (The Jaguars won the Sun Belt Conference tourney by beating the other number one seed by 25 points)

Other SEC games:

Tennesee didn't fair as well. The East Division champs beat Winthrop (I know, I never heard of them either) by two points with a basket with four tenths of a second left, in a gamdethat was close for forty minutes.. I think Winthrop was a 15 divisional seed. The network never playead up, that I saw, the angle of the two coaches in this game and their relationship as Lesbian Lovers. ..

Tenth seeded Alabama upset 7th seeded Marquette 90-85.

I'n not sure about LSU.

NOBODY REMEMBERS THE SCORE. WHETHER YOU WON BY ONE POINT IN THE FINAL SECOND OF 4OT, OR WON BY 40 POINTS WITH YOUR WALK-ONS, IT'S EITHER A WIN OR A LOSS--THEY'RE ALL EQUAL.

The Orange and Blue next meet 11 seed Wisconsin-Milwaukee who upset #6 Oklahoma.

that game will be Saturday at 3:20 p.m.

Blogger ate this post, but luckily I had it saved to word, let's see if it will publish.

BLOGGER DOWN

It's 10:50 a.m and Patrick is here with me and Stephen and Junior are asleep downstairs.

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Patrick and I went caching early this morning and scored an FTF.

Blogger is down for some links.

Gators face South Alabama this afternoon , they better take them seriously, they've got one of the hottest young coaches in the country, whose coaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaach played under and coached under Billy and whose daughter's middle name is "Donovan." You better win this one Billy.

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FULL MOON ON THE IDES OF MARCH

It's 6:10 a.m. and Patrick and Junior are downstairs watching videos.

The FULL MOON was so bright last night it almost hurt the eyes to look at it. When the sun hits our glass globes on our lightening rods on the roof, they project star-shaped light shadows which bounce back onto the back wall of the garage. Last night the moonrays were doing the same thing.

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AMERICAN IDOL was dissapointing last night. Most of the contestants struggled with Stevie Wonder songs, a bad idea on Idol's part. Kellie Pinkler gave the worst performance in the judges opinion, but it was more dissapointment in their expectations than bad. Kevin Covais, the little-boy-geek stunk. Kat Mcphee spasrkled as the best performer in our eyes. Taylor Hicks, the grey haired guy, gave her a run for the money. Paris Bennet was just so-so. Simon said Baldy Chris Daughtry was the best of the night, but we didn't see that at all.

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One more day until the Gators are beaten by 30 points by South Alabama, the prep school for handicapped girls team, that plays in wheelchairs Rumour has it they are spotting the Gators 15 points... Billy has connections there, so when he loses he will be acacused of something...But, gee fans, this is a GATOR team-- fully capable of losing to ANYBODY on any given day.

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AM I still pissed at the Gators performance or lack of it in their "championship" game in the SEC tourney? you bet.

GO GATORS!

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TIME TO GET REAL

It's 6:25 a.m., and Junior and Stephen are downstairs mixing drinks in their new fangled dispensing swizzler blender they got at Wal*Mart after a drunken binge of playing crane and getting about two dozen plush toys--collegiate mascots, No Gator. Patrick is here with me, in a high state of excitement after having been banned from the kitchen for barking at the blender.

Gators, seeded third,if by some miracal (sic) they get past South Alabama, will eventually face Ohio State, Villanova and Uconn, quite a row to hoe.

Mitch and the legislature are furiously trying to sell our roads to Australia. I'm not making this up--This is no drill, not an episode of Twilight Zone. Speaking of Twilight Zone. I remember the firt network promos for it befroe it debued. I thought: Neat, a program about outer space! (the twilight zone is that part of the moon in between the dark side and the light side..perpetual Twilight.

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SECOND ATTEMPT TO BLOG

BLOGGER FROZE AND FAILED TO UPLOAD A BRILLIANT AND LONG CAUSTIC RANT ABOUT GATORS "CHAMPIONSHIP"

Later: Gators led entire game, until with 42 seconds to go Gamecocks tied it up. With 11 seconds to go Noah scored giving gators a two point lead, then blocked a shot at the other end. Gaotrs end up with a Lead Advantagae of +296.

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ESCAPE?

It's 7:22 a.m. and Patriack is here at my feet and Junior is out somewhere.

And now an estended rant about the SEC Tournament Final Four:

USA Today's headline for yesterday's SEC Tournamaent quarterfinal game between UF and LSU read "Florida Escapes LSU." Escapes? are they kidding? Who edits this drivel? The Gators won by SIXTEEN POINTS , 81-65, over the SEC Season Champion and 15th ranked team in the nation. Sixteen points is not an "escape" fellows, it's a rout, in this case. This will be the third year in a row in the finals for the defending champs.

The game was close , tho, until the last 8 minutes. The Tigers led 41-38 at the break with only a +33 Lead Advantage--that's how close the first half was. And at eight minutes to go, the game was all tied up, 56-56. Then the Gators took off. LSu's highest LA was +56; the Gators ended up with a +133 at the final buzzer.

The Gators are 26-6 now. They had a slight edge in rebounds, and outscored the Tigers 42-36 in the paint. The Gators, with the best shooting percentage IN THE NATION, shot at 54% to the Tigers 44%. THE TIGERS HAD 5 MORE TURNOVERS THAT THE GATORS, BUT POINTS OFF TURNOVERS MAY HAVE PROVED TO BE LSU'S DEATH KNELL. Quiet down , boy. Gators held a 23-11 advantage in that category.

So the finals today against South Carolina who defeated Kentucky (big deal) for their finals berth. All props to USC, they swept their series with us this year, and lost a lot of close games. But come on: they could become Champs tomorrow, with a 6-10 regular season record, 8th out of 12 in the League. That's stupid. I think the tourney should be invitation only, by some set of standards, like the NCAA, not open to every team in the conference. But that's just my opinion.

If the Gamecocks win tommorrow, having beaten nobody of note in the conference except us, We will consider LSU to be the Conference Champs. We would say the same thing of any team that lucked their way to the finals...

The Gators will have their hands full today, hope they can get the job done...

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GATORS DIDN'T BLOW IT THIS TIME...THEY TRIED, THO.

It's 7:36 a.m., Patrick is downstairs cruising for crumbs, Junior is sacked out on a couch and Stephen is sacked out, but watching/listening to a DVD on another couch. (He is concious).

Welll Gators hung on in the second round to barely defeat Arkansas 74-71. The Gators led the entire game, with the exception of two very brief one point leads early in the game by the hogs.The Gators did better than the score imlies, until they started to unravel at the end. The lead by as much as 12 in the first half, which ended 33-29, with UF at a +154 L.A. They led the entire second half, by as much as 13 with three minutes to go. Then they fell apart. The buzzer that ended the game was the only thing that saved them from becoming losers for a second time to the pigs. Points off turnovers kept Arkansas in the game. Gator's 10 3 pointers saved them.

Lead Advantage at the end of the game went to Gators at +499.

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SEC TOURNAMENT: Gators face LSU, the best team in the SEC this afternoon. It's do-able, but a stretch. We'll see. If the Reptiles can get past the Tigers today they'll face the winner of the Kentucky-South Carolina game in the finals on TV Sunday. (Tennessee is out of it) We've beaten Kentucky twice in the regular season. USC has beaten us twice--who do we want to play? S.C. Gamecocks!!!!

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GO GATORS!

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Junior and I were shown a house yesterday in Manchester , an overpiced fixer upper bank repo. Pass.

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YIKES!!

It's 6:15 a.m., 50 degrees out, Patrick is outside, Junior's off somewhere.

Arkansas beat Geogria good, as expected, so second round SEC game late tonite will be UF vs. Ark. This will be a tough one for the Gators, ranked 14th still.

Kellie and Catharine made the Final 12 in Idol, so that's good.

More later?

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EIGHT BELOW

It's 5:53 a.m. and it looks like the weather will be getting warmer for the next week. Patrick and Junior are asleep downstairs.

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Junior and I went to the movies to see Disney's "Eight Below" yesterday. It's a film loosely based on a true story about sled dogs abandoned in Antarctica, and their subssequent rescue. I give the film a 4.8 out of 5, but then, we're biased. I think it's a great film. Junior thinks it's better than "Snow Dogs", but that film still remains a favorite with me, even tho Cuba Gooding Junior's seemingly blind indifference to all his double-hot girlfriends's throwing herself at him strains credibility. And Derick Flint is one of our all time favorite actors.

As for Eight, the part Asian chick wasn't nearly as hot as the one in Snow Dogs, but as a film, it's hard to compare light drama to comedy.

I think some of the dogs were Greenland Huskies--they were big and stout with thick winter coats, unlike the sleek Siberians they showed in Oregon scenes. Max was a Siberian, tho.

When we got home and I fed and watered and depooped our nine huskies, each got a special nose kiss today...

We found it interesting that the Paul Walker character changed to an Eskimo fan hitch for the sled. If we did that, the first time we stopped there would be a tangle of the lines so severe only a chainswaw would untangle it! But then our dogs don't have to pull all day either, and just drop in their tracks when they stop...

Eight has grossed sixty million bucks so far in 19 days of release--making it one of the top grossers for the year.

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Just noticed this while looking up Eight's gross:

Before 1977, just three film were the top gross dollar movies of the year that fall into the SC-FI/FANTASY catergory: 1916's 20,000 Leagues, 1933's KIng Kong, and 1964's Mary Poppins. Since the release of STAR WARS in 1977, no less than 14 films have held the title for their year of release. So, really, you could say Star Wars changed the landscape of Hoolywood.Look at the results for this century: Harry Potter, Spider Man, Return of the King, Revenge of the Sith--every year except '04!

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SPURRIER MUST BE STOPPED

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Veteran local newscaster Sally BBBrain just said Georgetown beat Notre Dame 66 to 63 and added "it was a close one" Gee, Sally ya think? Can you explain to us poor drooling idiots what is not "close" so we can share in your vast knowledge of sports and math, since we're so clueless about anything? Geeessh!

Wouldn't it be great if Dee Dee Jonrowe could win the Iditarod? She's our favorite gal musher. Well, she's number two behind Doug Swingley at the halfway point. Our main man, 5 time champ Rick Swenson is way baack in the pack...

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KELLIE NAILED IT

It's 7:00 a.m. and Junior is asleep on a couch downstairs and Patrick is outside.

OK, the standouts for us on American idol last night Were Mellissa McGhee, the white girl with the rockin' body and Ksatherine MacPhee, the white girl who has arguably the most perfect female body in all Hollywood, bar none, and she should be a movie star based on that alone. She belted out "Freedom and in our opinion did as good a job as Aretha would have. All three judges liked her, and she may be the most beautuful girl and best singer of the competition. She was so good, we then and there, knocked KEllie out of first place anad Gave her the top spot--Until we saw Kellie again, tho, and she nailaed her number and we fell in love alll over again. Simon wants to adopt her, I think. He said:

"I kinda' prefer you to last year's winner." Last year was Carrie Underwood. KEllie, you're on your way, and you heard it here first.

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On another TV note, the new action adventure program " the UNIT" premiered last night and it was great, it should be a hit. It's about an elite Army undercover anti-terrorist unit that operates outside of normal channels. Last night they directed fire on a taraget in Afghanistan and killed aall the hijackers on an airliner. The only problem is that they toyed with the idea that the Military should take charge in certain circumstances over the objections of civilian authority. If they deal with this subject, they may get controversial....

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REBECCA GAYHEART

REBECCA GAYHEART HAD A BIT PART ON "MEDIUM" LAST NIGHT.

SHE HAD A FEW LINES, A CLOSE UP, AND GOT TO CRY. ALTOGETHER ABOUT A MINUTE ON CAMERA, SEVERAL SCENES!!!!!

HOO-YAAA!!!!!!

We talkin' Emmy heah, oh yeah!

SECOND ATTEMPT TO BLOG

TESTING

100% CHICKENSHIT

It's 7:48 a.m. , there's two inches of unpredicted snow on the ground (They will never acknowledge they got it wrong, it will be life as usual in the weather room) and Patrick and Junior are sleeping to DVD's downstairs.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS

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Did somebody out Arbies? What's going on here? Their new TV ad says "now made with 100% chicken"--Are they insane? What they hell were they made of before? 80% chicken and 20% rat turds? And if they didn't tell us about that, what the hell are the Roast Beef sandwiches made of? Or did they never have chicken before and they're just trying to be funny? Either way, we've eaten at Arbies for the last time... If we want chicken, we'll go to the Colonel's....

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On the Oscar's broadcast last night, some homo award recipient thanked his "life Partner". How come queers get life partners and we straight guys just get seven years and an adios, I'll take the house and weekly payments, thank you.

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Speaking of the Academy Awards, Salma Hayak looked DELICIOSO!!!

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Why was that no-talent ugly broad, Jennifer Anniston a presenter?

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What a joke that the rap-crap song "It's hard out here for a pimp" won an award...

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Really glad Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress--she deserved it. I'm worried about her chin, tho. The damn thing seems to be GROWING (plot for a horror film? The incredible growing pointed chin eats Nashville?)

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A lot of great films weren't nominated for anything: War of the Worlds, Star Wars, Mr. & Mrs. Smith...Speaking of Smiths, the Awards program just didn't make it without Brad and Angelina...

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Really happy that Pokebutt Mountain LOST for best picture, Ha,ha!

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Goofy Clooney took the opportunity to deny Hollyweird is out of step with Mainstream America, instead contending that they are on the cutting edge of Social Innovation, blah blah blah, what a nebish!

The fact that the list of movies nominated for Best Picture, with just one exception were poorly received at the box office relatively speaking proves the point. Now I know box office receipts are not what the awards are about, otherwise, we'd just let the accountants tally up the bucks received. But PEOPLE do vote with their ticket purchases as to what THEY think is a good film, and it ain't Pokebutt Mountain!

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Case in point, here is a list of 2005 movies ALREADY in the TOP 100 of ALL-TIME WORLD WIDE BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS-- (NONE of which received a nomination for Best Picture, and most NOTHING for ANYTHING):

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12. Revenge of the Sith

22. Chronicles of Narnia

29. War of the Worlds

34. King Kong

47. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

60. Mr. & Mrs. Smith

74. Madagascar (was this considered last year?)

85. Hitch

99. Batman Begins

Take a close look at the TYPE of movies on that list...As a matter of fact, with the exception of "Titanic", EVERY OTHER MOVIE on the Top 20 Blockbusters of all time is a SCI FI/FANTASY film.

'nuff said.

--Trader Rick

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GATORS WIN IN RUPP!

It is 4:48 p.m. and Patrick is here with me and Junior has gone to work.

It's sad how so many ignorant, mean spirited ,self righteous ass holes there are on this planet, who live their lives as if they were still in high school and raise their kids to be idiots...Nuff said on that.

The Oscars are tonight--I hope Angelina is there! It looks like that film about the queer sheepherders might win for best picture. Homosexuality is a sin against nature, an abomination to God Almighty, and a perversion. It is NOT an alternative lifestyle embraced by enlightened and sensative cowboys. Hollywierd and the Jews and Jerks in control of it continue to portray bad behavior as normal or even meritorious...

On a more happy note, Gators beat Wildcats ( 79-64) in Rupp Arena, for the first time since they beat the '98 Championship team there. Gators led by one at the half, when their LA was +109. They ended up with LA of +595. Their margin of victory was the same 15 points they achieved in the first game. So now Gators own sole 2nd place in SEC East and earn a bye until Friday in the SEC tournament.

Toward the end of the game, Voice of the Gators Mick Hubert stataed that in 17 years, he had never seen fans heading for the aisles before the final whistle at Rupp... Gators shot at 52%, Kentucky 38% Job Well Done Rascally Reptiles!!!

--TRADER RICK

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CAN THE GATORS BEAT KENTUCKY?

It's 7:46 a.m. and Junior is asleep on a couch downstairs and Mr. Mudbelly has joined him.

Ones of the things that really gets me is this: With all the techological advances that have occured in this country in the last fifty years, walking on the moon(if you believe that), computers, television, blah blah blah, why do we still rely on power and phone service brought to us by poles stuck in the dirt with wires strung between them?

A 150 YEAR OLD SYSTEM!!!!

When the phone line strung between the highway pole and our pole dipped low enuff for us to touch it, we called the phone company and they came out and pulled out 2 poles and removed the wire. The line had been buried years ago....The one pole still lies there, those things are heavy, but some day I'll find a use for it and move it. The other one I did move, and use as a tire stop for cars.

More later.

CARTHAGE MUST BE DESTROYED

GET THE US OUT OF THE UN AND THE UN OUT OF THE US

OVERTURN ROE

BEAT SPURRIER IN THE SWAMP IN '06

--TRADER RICK

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FELONY

It's 6:14 a.m., about 22 degrees out and Patrick has crawled under the covers with Junior who is asleep on a couch downstairs.

Apparently the Anti-Christ weirdos demonstrated at another Indiana funeral of a soldier, again. We purposely didn't investigate the details of the funeral or where it was, because we no longer will go in order to confront these jerks, as we've learned that soon it will be a felony in this state to disrupt a funeral service (as well it should be) and we don't need to get involved in that....

I wonder what Jesus would say to the idiot in the picture above. Does he purport to be a Christian?, the religion of LOVE? That church is sick.

UPDATE: THE LEGISLATURE WORKED FAST ON THE LAW PROHIBITING DISRUPTION OF FUNERALS--IT WAS PASSED YESTERDAY, MITCH SIGNED IT AND IT TAKES EFFECT IMMEDIATELY--THESE ASSHOLES BELONG IN JAIL FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND NOW THEY'LL EITHER QUIT OR BE LOCKED UP LIKE THE ANIMALS THAT THEY ARE!

-Trader Rick

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GO KELLIE!

It's 8:19 and Junior is on his computer and Stephen is asleep on a couch downstairs with Mudbelly Patrick.

Random thoughts

Patrick got a bloody paw yesterday on our hike in the woods at Salamonie. He never favored it, and I couldn't find a cut, but he got a bath and we disenfected his paw. He's a pretty tuff little booger, considering the amount of stickers we travel through.

Kellie Pickler, our favorite, blew 'em away at American Idol the other night. But Mellissa McGhee is the strongest competitor right now other than their favored little black Legacy girl.

LOST is starting to get interesting again, with the knowledge now that the Dharma group is still active...???

Gators move to 23-6 (9-6) with a less than thrilling defeat of Georgia at the O Dome last night 77-66. (Defeated Ga. 90-72 first time around). Lead Differential was +108 at halftime and grew to +404 by game's end. Noah got 19 free throws, I think a UF record. He also set a personal best record in points scored; he won the game for us. SEC tournament doesn't look so good for Gators right now...

CARTHAGE MUST BE DESTROYED

SPURRIER MUST LOSE IN THE SWAMP

ROE VS. WADE NEEDS TO BE OVERTURNED

--Trader Rick

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