Month: November 2003

Billy The Kid rides again

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An interesting article caught my eye tonight:

Billy the Kid gets a lawyer – 122 years after shootout, attorney to gather information for a pardon

Well, like any good Generation X’er, of COURSE I saw Young Guns I & II. They rocked! What was unknown to me, until this article, that there’s been this heated debate down in New Mexico since the summer to exhume his remains (as well as his mother’s) for DNA testing to determine if he was indeed William H. Bonney and gunned down by Pat Garrett as legend claims.

Among the many people vehemently opposed to this is the Billy The Kid Historic Preservation Society.

We all love a good “anti-hero”. We love it even more when they get away and thumb their nose at society and go to that la-la land where we sent Elvis, Bruce Lee, Jim Morrison and every other legend when we can’t accept their deaths.
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The vast center wing conspiracy

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One thing I really pride myself on, in the fact that I’ve gotten smacked down by both sides of the political spectrum.

Bleeding Heart Liberals make me puke.
Brownshirt Neo Conservatives make me laugh.

To me, they’re both the same. They’re unrealistically extreme. Detatched FROM any form of reality that I know of. They want to hang a label on you if you disagree with them. They hang on their party’s core beliefs even when it’s clear as day that they’re wrong in a particular issue.

They try to silence you rather than address the issue you brought up.

I’ve heard arguments that the President is not to blame for the current economic conditions, yet we all can look on the Carter years with disgust for the same reasons.

Can’t we all just agree that some people just sucked as Presidents?

I liked Reagan *AND* I liked Clinton. I believe a large portion of their success was the fact that they had a legistlative branch which was dominated by a different party to answer to.

Balance, people.
Do you see the point I’m driving at?
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Happy Thanksgiving!

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While it’s largely a American holiday filled with pecan pie, turkey, stuffing, pecan pie, MACY*S parade, ushering in Santa Claus and of course… pecan pie.

I still want to wish all of my good friends around the world a great day, with good food, friends and family. Take the time out to appreciate and give thanks for what you have, rather than what focus on what you don’t have.

You’re more blessed than you realize.
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Reasons for Christmas Project CD on sale now

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trfcp468x60.gifPosting will be few and far between for a while. I’m going to skip sending out a WHUZZUPDATE! this month and shoot for an all-out holiday spectacular in December: Featuring strippers, booze and Bible study…. YEAH!

Quick reminder: Sales of the CD goes to help PATH (Pocono Area Transitional Housing), a non-profit organization which helps homeless families with children find a place to live, provides temporary shelter, and gets them back on their feet again.

The Reasons for Christmas Project - Various Artists $14.00

If you’re going to do one good deed for the holidays, please consider them. You can also donate a dollar or two at their site via PayPal, and every little bit helps. THANKS!
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Boyz night out

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Kicking off our night of testosterone-driven ditties…

  • Craig has found a new toy to amuse ourselves with. See what your site looks like as a mirror image. (Their server seems to be a tad overloaded at the moment, but come back and CHECK it out. Trust me.)
  • Dr. D has returned FROM his conference in Aruba, and he comes bearing eye-candy.
    (good-lookin’, single AND a doctor… what’s wrong with you women?)
  • Mad Bull *ALWAYS* has something nice to look at
  • … so does BSTI at Chapel-Perilous. (bonus points to him for being a “leg man” too!)
  • If you’re INTO some seriously deep thinking, Rev. Mykeru has probably written his best work yet: “Regarding Your Deeply Held Religious Beliefs”. Really. Read that with an open mind, and you’ll walk away looking deep inside yourself.

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    CD Contest winner

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    Wow it was tough… (and it only took a week) but the winner is…

    A THREE WAY TIE!!!

    (Wow. Like, who didn’t see THAT ONE coming?)

    I was waiting to hear FROM my good pal, Jon… who came through for me and got three more copies of The Reasons for Christmas Project.

    The Reasons for Christmas Project - Various Artists $14.00

    Congratz to Jack, Toxiclabrat, and CrazyTracy… WOOHOO!!!!

    There’s a page up with all sorts of buttons and stuff to link to the Reasons for Christmas Project.

    It’s for a worthy charity called PATH which help homeless families get back on their feet…(You know, those down-on-their-luck types we don’t like to think about during the holidays?)
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    Murdering cranky neighbors now legal in Galveston

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    Durst not guilty in neighbor’s murder

    I knew something was up when the jurors were taking too long to deliberate.

    Sure he admitted to killing Morris Black, and chopping up his body in a blind panic…

    Obviously this was a case of a very cocky prosecutor’s office, who was sure they were getting him on 1st degree murder and didn’t bother charging him with anything else.

    Johnny Cochran, Robert Shapiro and O.J. Simpson were unavailable for comment at the time of this post.

    However, with the strange disappearance of his wife in 1982, and being a suspect of two murders in California… I somehow don’t think we’ll be hearing the last of Robert Durst.

    God, I hope he doesn’t move to the Poconos.
    I sleep with one eye open as it is.

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