IF SHE'S FOR FRED...

She likes Fred...

It is 6:46 a.m. e.d.t. and 60.1 degrees out and clear. Patrick is downstairs under the covers with Junior.

ANOTHER REASON TO VOTE FOR FRED THOMPSON:

Lorrie Morgan likes him!!!

Oh, yeah!

From the Patriot Post:

Demand grows for Thompson announcement

When WSMV-TV of Nashville reported this week that Fred Thompson would be making Nashville the home of his presidential campaign headquarters, there was an assumption that he would be formally announcing his candidacy for the White House. No such luck yet, but the buzz around this simple announcement is as sure a sign as any that his entry is both imminent and highly anticipated.

When Thompson does announce, the dynamics of the race for the Republican nomination will completely change. To this point, none of the frontrunners has captured the hearts of American conservatives. In particular, John McCain may have suffered irreparable damage due to his attachment to the failed immigration-reform bill. Thompson already ranks at or near the top of several nationwide polls without having made a formal announcement of his candidacy.

Even his ex-wife and some of his old flames in politics and entertainment have pledged to campaign for him. Country singer and former girlfriend Lorrie Morgan gushed, “I couldn’t think of a bad word to say about Fred if somebody put a gun to my head. Fred is a perfect example of chivalry. He’s the kind of man little girls dream about marrying...” It’ll be interesting to see whether Monica Lewinsky exhibits an equal measure of enthusiasm for Hillary’s candidacy.

Today's Open The New Testament to a Random Page and Point your Finger to a Verse:

"We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, how shall we escape if we ignore such great salvation?"

Oops, I closed the Book, before getting the verse citation. Anyway, maybe this is a good message for RINOs...

Speaking of Bible verses, Larry King asked Paris what her favorite one was, and she was all like a doe in the headlights, until she finally blurted, "I don't have a favorite". That was mean, Larry. Remember, she's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Junior thinks she could have come up with SOMETHING, like John 3:16, or the Noah verse from the movie. But, hey is that movie out yet? Oh, well.

GO GATORS!!

PATRICK'S BULLY BUSHWACK SERIES

Here are some photos taken by Team Wolverine while they were doing one of Patrick's Wabash River Geocache series. They were so good, I had to share. This is professional grade photography. Hope they show up as well here on blogger as they did on GC.com...

GO GATORS

Oh, before I forget:

NEWSFLASH:

NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE:

THREE PLAYERS FROM THE SAME COLLEGE DRAFTED INTO THE NBA IN TOP TEN PICKS IN ONE YEAR:

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GATORS!!

Yea for Horford, Brewer and Noah!!!!

gg

GOOD MORNING, INDIANA

JUNIOR SITTING IN HIS NEW LS1 RIDE

FRONT END

LEAD DOG AND EARTHDOG PATRICK RESTING AFTER FOUR MILE HIKE

FLOWER

LITTLE DOG, LITTLE WOMAN, BIG SYCAMORES

REAR END

It is 6:44 a.m. and 66.1 degrees and Patrick and Junior are sleeping downstairs.

I think three GATORS went in the first round of the NBA draft last night. Couln't watch it because Junior and I were at Wally World on a beer run, stocking up for his big 4th of July bash.

DIE, AMNESTY BILL, DIE!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! From the Patriot Post:

“There was a time when American military leaders worried about whether wobbly allies would rally to us when it came time to stand up to the Soviets. Now it’s our allies who worry about us. After a month in the Western Pacific—most of it spent in Korea and the Philippines...—it appears that some of our closest allies are increasingly anxious about American resolve. While in Manila, an old comrade in arms—we both served in Vietnam—put it succinctly: ‘To your best friends in this part of the world, it looks as though you are tearing yourselves to pieces, repeating what we watched you do over Vietnam. It hurt all of us for 30 years.’ Echoes of this concern were heard repeatedly in off-the-record conversations with active and retired military officers and senior government officials... Here in the Philippines, where U.S. Special Operations troops have been quietly helping the government wage a successful campaign against the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist organizations, there should be no doubt about U.S. resolve. However, as so often happens with sophisticated allies, leaders here are looking beyond the immediate situation—and hedging their bets... [The] concerns of steadfast allies in the global war on terror need to be heeded at home. Since Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. aid, both civil and military, has helped the Filipinos prevent Islamic radicals from turning the southern islands of their archipelago into another Afghanistan. Yet, despite the successes here, many in Asia are worried about waning U.S. resolve.” —Oliver North


go gators!!

AMEN!

FROM THE INBOX, COURTESY OF KAY:

The Buzzard
If you put a Buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.

The Bat
The ordinary Bat that flies around at night, a remarkably nimble creature in the air, can not take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.

The Bumble Bee

A Bumble Bee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.

People

In many ways, we are like the Buzzard, the Bat, and the Bumble Bee. We struggle about with all our problems and frustrations, never realizing that all we have to do is look up.

AMEN!

THE DAY AFTER ONCE MORE

It is 7:32 a.m. and cloudy at 71.3 degrees F. Junior has gone to work and Patrick the Earthdog is curled up at my feet on his afghan.

Patrick and I hiked four miles, two of it bushwacking, and another mile all bushwacking on several caches yesterday in 90 degree heat. Good thing we had a Jungle Guide for our treks!

Big Brother is about to start up again. The promos state that the participants will be locked in the House and there will be a mystery guest on the show--"The last person you'd want to see walk thru the door."

Who would that be for you?

Your mother-in-law? Adolph Hitler? Charlie Manson? Jimmah Cotta? Hillary? John F. Skarry? Hmmmm.....

From the Patriot Post:

Ultimate Bush hating: “You could argue that even the world’s worst fascist dictators at least meant well. They honestly thought were doing good things for their countries by suppressing blacks/eliminating Jews/eradicating free enterprise/repressing individual thought/killing off rivals/invading neighbors, etc... Bush set a new precedent. He came into office with the attitude of ‘I’m so tired of the public good. What about my good? What about my rich friends’ good?”’ —Washington Post sports reporter Peter Mehlman

Guess the media hates GW for being Pro-America as much as we hate the media for being Anti-American... But this sports writer is a real moroon!

GO GATORS!!!

THE PERFECT COUNTRY WESTERN SONG

Well, I was drunk the day my Mom got outta prison.
And I went to pick her up in the rain.
But, before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got runned over by a damned old train.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

It is 5:40 am, and dark out at 71.5 degrees. Patrick is outside and Junor is down the road.

No time to blog.

GONE GEOCACHING

GO GATORS!

2002 PONTIAC FIREBIRD TRANS AM!

JUNIOR JUST BROUGHT HOME HIS NEW RIDE TODAY. WE CRUISED FOR AWHILE AND HE TOOK IT UP TO 125 MPH ON ROCK SPRINGS PIKE ROAD--POPPED MY EARS!! OH, YEAH!!

GO GATORS!!

ANOTHER LIST

It is 7:17 am and predicted to be another 90 degree plus scorcher today. It is already 72.7 F. Patrick got up, went out, came back in, and in now snoozing with Junior downstairs.

Our favorite Country Western Songs:

1. Grammaw got run over by Santa's Reindeer
2. Ring of Fire 3. If my Nose was Runnin' Money, I'd Blow it All Over You
4. Crazy
5. How can I miss you if you won't go Away?
6. If the Phone don't Ring, It's Me.
7. If I'd killed you when I wanted, I'd be out by now.
8. The Worlds Greatest CW Song
9. Inagaddah davita
10. I'm so Lonesome I could cry.

Heh, heh!

Here we go, some LOGIC for a change:

By Pete Hegseth
The Washington Post
Monday, June 25, 2007

As an Iraq war veteran who participated in combat operations and political reconciliation efforts, I take issue with some of the arguments repeatedly being made on Capitol Hill. Most recently I was bothered by statements from Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who cited three common antiwar arguments in his June 21 op-ed, " Lincoln's Example for Iraq," all of which run counter to realities on the ground in Iraq.

A deadline for withdrawal is an incentive for Iraqi political compromise. Levin thinks we ought to pressure Iraq's government with a warning tantamount to saying: "You better fix the situation before we leave and your country descends into chaos." He should consider the more likely result: an American exit date crushing any incentive for Iraqi leaders to cooperate and instead prompting rival factions to position themselves to capitalize on the looming power void.

My experience in Iraq bore this out. Only after my unit established a meaningful relationship with the president of the Samarra city council -- built on tangible security improvements and a commitment to cooperation -- did political progress occur. Our relationship fostered unforeseen political opportunities and encouraged leaders, even ones from rival tribes, to side with American and Iraqi forces against local insurgents and foreign fighters.

We can bring the war to a "responsible end" but still conduct counterterrorism operations. The problem with this argument is what a "responsible end" would mean. What is "responsible" about the large-scale bloodshed that would surely occur if we left the Iraqis behind with insufficient security forces? What is "responsible" about proving al-Qaeda's thesis that America can be defeated anywhere with enough suicide bombings?

The senator also seems to believe that America will have success fighting terrorists in Iraq with a minimal troop presence, despite the fact that 150,000 troops have their hands full right now doing precisely that.

We are "supporting the troops" by demanding an immediate withdrawal from Iraq. Levin says that "our troops should hear an unequivocal message from Congress that we support them." He explains his vote to fund and "support" the troops while simultaneously trying to legislate the war's end. But what kind of "support" and "unequivocal message" do the troops hear from leaders in Congress who call their commanders "incompetent" or declare the war "lost"?

Such statements provide nearly instant enemy propaganda to every mud hut with a satellite dish in Iraq and throughout the Arab world. These messages do not spell support, no matter how you spin them. And they could inspire insurgents, making the situation more dangerous for our soldiers and Marines.

Veterans know firsthand that numerous mistakes have been made in the war. But that does not change the unfortunate reality: Iraq today is the front line of a global jihad being waged against America and its allies. Both Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri have said so.

We face an important choice in the coming months: provide Gen. David Petraeus the time and troops he needs to execute his counterinsurgency campaign, or declare defeat and withdraw from Iraq. It seems that Democrats in Congress have already made their decision.

In his op-ed, Sen. Levin invoked the example of Abraham Lincoln, who endured years of challenges before finding the right generals and strategy to win the Civil War. After four years of uncertainty in Iraq, America finally has both the general and the strategy to turn the tide. The question is whether 2007 will unfold like 1865 or 1969.

President Lincoln chose to fight a bloody and unpopular war because he believed the enemy had to be defeated. He was right. And to me, that sounds more than a bit like the situation our country faces today. What path will we choose?

The writer, a first lieutenant in the Army National Guard, is executive director of Vets for Freedom. He served in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division from September 2005 to July 2006.

GO GATORS!!! SKIN 'EM ALIVE!!!

THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IS IN GAINESVILLE.

THE GATOR NATION IS EVERYWHERE!!

ANOTHER NATIONAL TITLE FOR FLORIDA!!

from Sports Illustrated:

By Cory McCartney

	1 Albert (Florida) The Gators basketball and football teams have dominated to the tune of an unprecedented three consecutive national titles, so there's no denying the mascot who presided over said championships, is there? Just ask Billy Donovan, who ultimately shunned the Orlando Magic to return to the side of the only green swamp inhabitant that can rival Shrek's popularity. Sorry, Kermit.
	2 UGA (Georgia) Yale, you may have done it first (the first Handsome Dan appeared in 1889) but Georgia does the bulldog at its decadent best. UGA VI has an official student identification card and travels in an air-conditioned dog house (seriously). The afterlife is also high living for this dog: the previous five UGAs are interred in a mausoleum outside Sanford Stadium. If not for the Gators' on-field dominance, the top spot would be rival UGA's.
	3 Bevo (Texas) No mascot quite embodies its state like Bevo. From the team's nickname to the Hook 'em 'Horns hand gesture, this steer is absolute Texas. He may also be the only mascot to be eaten by his team: the first Bevo (they're on the 14th now) was served at a Texas football banquet in 1920. He's on the top-selling merchandise in the college game but he may not be the most popular sideline character in Austin these days behind Matthew McConaughey and this guy.
	4 Ralphie (Colorado) We're talking 1,300 pounds, horns and a full speed of 25 mph. Ralphie is the only female on this list but she's not dainty. This is college's most intimidating mascot and the only one with 11 handlers (who look like they drove right in from the rodeo) who basically hold on for dear life and try to keep her contained. There's not a lot to cheer about at Folsom Field these days, but Ralphie's twice-a-game run trumps that.
	5 Brutus Buckeye (Ohio State) He may not have the history of some of the other costumed characters on this list (Brutus was introduced in 1965) but who doesn't love a walking poisonous nut that can do one-handed pushups and is known for picking fights with opposing mascots? Brutus also appeared in the football and basketball national title games, even if it was in losses.
	6 Leprechaun (Notre Dame) The green hat. The knickers. Where else can you really expect to run into one of these green-clad elves aside from a St. Patrick's Day party, Lucky Charms' commercial or the upteenth Leprechaun movie? The embodiment of the Fighting Irish, from his pushups to border-line annoying antics, is a God send compared to the school's original mascot: Irish terriers. His surly reputation was only beefed up after hitting a cheerleader with his ND flag last football season.
	7 War Eagle (Auburn) The legend of the first bird may sound like Saturday Night Live's The Falconer (an Alabama soldier found the bird, nursed him back to health and was spotted around the Auburn campus with his feathery friend when he returned as a faculty member) but watching this Golden Eagle flying through Jordan-Hare Stadium is pretty sweet. Now technically, Aubie the Tiger may be the "official" mascot but the embodiment of the school's "War Eagle" battle cry is hard to top.
	8 Chief Osceola (Florida St.) Say what you want about Native American images in sport but this one is backed by the Seminoles of Florida and watching Chief Osceola ride in on Renegade and plant the spear is one of college sports' great traditions, even if they've only been doing it since 1978. If you're looking for a real blow to Native Americans, try Pierce Brosnan in Grey Owl.
	9 Sparty (Michigan St.) Sparty may have been left behind when the butt- kicking Spartans from 300 went to do battle with the Persians but this jacked-up mascot could surely hold his own. If they ever do decide to use Sparty in a movie, how about casting Jay Leno to fill his boots ... and chin.
	10 Tree (Stanford) So incredibly bizarre that it's entered into the realm of cool. There's really no other way to describe a tree that stole its eyes and mouth from a Mr. Potato Head. The Tree gained some notoriety in '06 when the student inside the costume was fired for public intoxication after blowing a .157 during a hoops game against Cal. If you're wondering how one gets to don the leafy couture, here's how to do it.

DON'T PASS GO, DON'T COLLECT $200.00

JUNIOR HAS A LITMUS-TEST QUESTION HE ASKS EVERYBODY HE MEETS WHO CLAIMS TO BE A GATOR FAN--"WHO IS FLORIDA'S BIGGEST RIVAL?" THE HANGERS ON DON'T KNOW IT'S THE GIRLS FROM TALLAHASSEE--ALWAYS HAS BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE!

PUPPY PHOTOS BLURRY-HE WON'T SIT STILL!! (EXCEPT WHEN EATING)

It is 6:34 a.m. and foggy out at 66.8 degrees. Patrick is asleep downstairs with Junior, only rising briefly to growl at me in warning...

Beat Junior and three of his friends last night in a cut-throat late-night game of Monopoly, with the help of an alliance... Just learned via Junior that the only engine mod on the late model WS6's is the ram air intake--kind of a joke, actually--the rest is badges, tuned exhaust, high perf tires, beefed up suspension. Now I'm no longer impressed... Today's Quote:

“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid. That’s why the Marxist vision of man without God must eventually be seen as an empty and a false faith—the second oldest in the world—first proclaimed in the Garden of Eden with whispered words of temptation: ‘Ye shall be as gods.’ The crisis of the Western world, Whittaker Chambers reminded us, exists to the degree in which it is indifferent to God... This is the real task before us: to reassert our commitment as a nation to a law higher than our own, to renew our spiritual strength. Only by building a wall of such spiritual resolve can we, as a free people, hope to protect our own heritage and make it someday the birthright of all men.” —Ronald Reagan

GO GATORS!!

HOW CONSERVATIVE ARE YOU?

Your Political Profile:

Overall: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Social Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Personal Responsibility: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Ethics: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?

ARE YOU A SHOPPING KART ASSHOLE?

EYE TEST

It is 6:47 a.m. and 63.9 degrees F. Patrick is downstairs guarding Junior's sleep, by snuggling him.

> In the Wal Star Mart parking lot yesterday I saw a fat bitch put her shopping Kart right up against the metal railing of the Kart Korral, not more than ten feet from me. I wished she would have gotten Eye Contact with me, I would have burned daggers thru her thick caveman skull. I'm sure the only reason she pushed the Kart to the Korral was she was parked next to it. She's one of these slobs, I bet, that just leave the Kart where they parked their SUV (They need a truck to haul their weight around).

It's nasty smelly bitches like this that drive the costs of merchandize up for the rest of us. Our super-walmart employs guys with little tractors to round up these wayward, as well as properly Koralled, Karts.

So why can't people place the Karts in the Korral properly? You just jam them in any old way, and soon the Koral is filled, even tho only one fifth of it's capacity is utilized. Now, to keep the karts from spilling out into the aisles, here comes the Kart Koral guy.

EVERY time I return my kart to the Koral, I have to straighten up the Karts, which I do, just to make it easier on the guys. I even saw one lazy slob queen give her kart a shove from about 15 feet to get it into the Korral!! And she could have used the exercize to get some pounds off her huge lard butt, too!

Aldi has solved the problem with a unique quarter lock on their Karts, and of course their food is thirty to fifty percent cheaper than supermarkets'.

These people, and mostly they are morbidly obese lazy welfare asshole bitches with no soul, should be arrested and put in jail!! Or on a diet!!! (Rant ends)

From the Patriot Post:

Profiles of valor: Air Force Staff Sgt. Covel

In an undisclosed region of Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Earl I. Covel of Oregon was assigned to work with a small group of Army Special Forces soldiers and indigenous Kurdish fighters, when the safe house that Covel and his men were staying in came under a vicious attack.

Covel, the tactical air controller, made his way to the rooftop of a nearby building where he set up communications with air support while pointing out targets to his team. The soldier who was providing Covel cover fire as he coordinated the attack was shot and evacuated, with Covel left in a “little corner of hell” as he later described it. Covel continued to coordinate air and ground strikes for the next 36 hours, all the time returning enemy fire. Through it all, not one of Covel’s men was killed, though more than 100 insurgents were taken down. Later, it was found that approximately 200 insurgents were part of the large-scale assault.

At the recommendation of the Army soldiers with whom he served, Covel was recently awarded the Silver Star. “This honor speaks for itself,” Brigadier General Benjamin Bartlett said at the award ceremony. “Its importance cannot be overstated. I’ve been in the service for 31 years, and I’ve never seen a Silver Star presentation. What he did over there was beyond heroic. Heroes are those people who are put into a position where their true inner character comes out when it is needed most.”

GO GATORS!!

FRED THOMPSON FOR POTUS!!

NONE DARE CALL IT MURDER

OLD GLORY'S GETTING A BIT TATTERED AS THE SUMMER WEARS ON. WE GO THRU AT LEAST ONE FLAG A YEAR. OUR PRAIRIE HIGH WINDS PLAY HAVOC WITH THEM. REMEMBER ALL THE FLAGS THAT SHOWED UP RIGHT AFTER 9/11? NOT SO MANY ANYMORE, EH? WE FLY OURS 24/7-365--

OUR LILYS ARE IN BLOOM--THIS IS THE ROADSIDE VARIETY THAT IS SO COMMON IN THESE PARTS.

TALL FLOWERS--THEY COME UP YEAR AFTER YEAR, WITHOUT FAIL-CONSTANT AND TRUE, JUST LIKE OUR LEADERS IN WASHINGTON--NOT!!!

CAMP SERENITY, ALL SPRUCED UP BY JUNIOR AFER A WEEK LONG DEBACHERY. THE CIRCLE OF MYSTERIES...

It is 5:44 a.m. and all is quiet, except for the birdies, who are putting up quite a morning racket. It is 67.3 degrees F. with a cool breeze out. Patrick is asleep downstairs with Junior.

FROM THE PATRIOT POST:

Faith and Family: Abortion on the political backburner?

In a reversal the Vatican is calling a betrayal of faith, Amnesty International (AI) recently changed its traditionally non-aligned position on abortion, announcing it now supports abortion in cases of rape, incest and the elusive “saving a woman’s life.” Defending its move against the Vatican’s call for Catholics to withdraw all support, AI claimed that it “remains silent on the rights and wrongs of abortion.” A louder silence was never heard.

Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s 2005-06 annual report showed a record $902.8 million in income and a net profit of $55.8 million, even as income from clinics and donations fell by $1.5 million and $3.6 million, respectively. What rose were taxpayer-funded government subsidies, which reached $305.3 million, a 12-percent increase over the previous year. The most disturbing number of all, however, is the record 264,943 abortions Planned Parenthood performed during this same period—the equivalent of 5,095 per week, 725 per day, 30 per hour. Meanwhile, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins notes that during the same period, Planned Parenthood “did not record a single adoption referral.” So, with national elections looming, should abortion still be a backburner issue?

MURDER, MOST FOUL!

GO GATORS!

PARDON SCOOTER!

THOMPSON/HUNTER '08!

YIKES!!

FROM GOOGLE EARTH:

Angelina Jolie’s Geocache Tattoo

Everything “geo” is so trendy right now that you can’t turn around twice with someone geocoding this or placemarking that.

In fact it’s so trendy that even Hollywood actresses are getting in on the act with Angelina Jolie’s latest tattoo featuring 4 latitude and longitude cordinates¹.

Plugging the coordinates into Google Earth, the first leads us to Cambodia. This is supposedly where her first son, Maddox, was born.

Specifically, the lat/long leads us to a pond just outside the airport but I guess she was just aiming for the general area.

Following the next coordinate we are led to Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Abeba, where the eldest daughter Zahara was born.

For her third coordinate Angelina has gone a bit more specific, pointing to the Namibian beach resort of Swakopmund. This is where she gave birth to Brad Pitt’s baby Shiloh.

And lastly on our tour Angelina takes us to Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam, where latest addition Pax Thien was born.

Of course, if she wanted to be really up-to-the-minute she should have had a KML file tattooed down her arm instead

Thanks: AndrewAnorak

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