4:41AM----Cat Fights/Football Fun and Grave Yards

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So says my digital clock on my computer desk...what the Hell? Here I sit, Anissa is awake. Our daughter is an early riser due partly to the meds she takes for her various disabilities. She usually gets up at the 4 O'Clock hour, give or take 30 minutes. This morning it was me up early...actually since about an hour ago when 2 neighborhood "Tom Cats" were across the street doing a prolonged battle. After listening to these sonsofbitches go at it for 15 minutes, I donned the PJs, grabbed the baseball bat and walked across the street. Now these 2 didn't give a crap about this old man until I reached them, bat in hand, and took a swing....they hauled ass into the back yard of another neighbor, and continued their go around....should have grabbed the .22 and dispatched both of the miserable creatures....but why bring panic to the neighborhood, or the cops?


Well anyway, that woke up the dog, Anissa, and me.... Getting to bed at 12:15, rounds out to just a little over 3 hours sleep....once up, this old dog can't get back to bed, so it's a pot of coffee, and listening to the friendly nutjobs on George Norrey's "Coast to Coast" on XM Channel 165. Time Travel is this morning's show...."Beam me up Scotty"!


Without a doubt, the past few days have been pretty boring in this "Day in the Life"....but yesterday got more interesting.
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THE GAME FROM HELL!


Or at least the final 3 minutes from Hell....I traveled north about 35 miles yesterday, filling in at a junior high football game for another official. Since this takes me up to the area of my early youth, I go up there on occasion during baseball season. It gets me back to my roots so to speak. Anyway working a 3 man officiating crew with 2 veterans seemed harmless enough....and it was for the first 3 quarters and the first 5(8 minute quarters in junior high ball) of the final period. Then it got interesting:


{so as not to insult most of the fans who didn't act like rabid assholes, the names of both teams will remain ___________}


Game tied at 6 with 3 minutes left, when the visitors gained control of the ball on a fumble at their own 15 yard line...as the home team fumbled, and the ball was scooped up by the defense, I heard a whistle behind me. Knowing from my view, which was the clearest, I let the play go....the defensive player takes the ball back about 35 yards...which would have set them up in good field position. However, with the inadvertent whistle, the play was killed....I informed the Referee that the whistle I heard(blown by him) was post-possession(after the fumble and recovery). Now, this situation was not going to make either team happy, but it was the only "fair" and correct thing to do. We take the ball back to the A____________'s 15 and give them the ball.


A________ runs 2 plays and the clock continues to move, score of 6-6, I think to myself, well we are in for a tie game, no overtime in junior high, unless the coaches and officials agree beforehand...we hadn't. It only gets better!


On 3rd down, A_________,s quarterback tosses a floater down the middle. Intercepted by W________T________, run by to the A__________ 25...I look at the clock, 1 minute 11 seconds remain. So the home team, with no time outs left, and the score knotted at 6, has the ball deep in enemy territory. Long Story longer....the clock runs down to 19 seconds the home team QB launches one over the middle, one of the wide receivers grabs it....falls forward and is down at the 1 yard line. No time outs left, I set the ball, being the Head Lineman, I set the chain crew's marker in place and the Ref winds the clock....all Hell was breaking loose on the sidelines....in a 3 man crew, you can't see all, and who knows whether we may have missed a W_______T________ player run off late. Was there 12 men in the huddle( a 5 yard penalty)? I don't think so, but the visitor's fans were raising Hell in a big way....the home team sets the ball, a quick snap and a push forward....the line judge on the other side signals "Touchdown"....I glance at the clock...it shows 0.1{as in zero point one/one tenth of a second} left in the game. The extra point failed. Time for one more quick play(no kickoffs in JH ball in Ohio)...the game ends with the home team on top 12-6.


We head off the field to the parking lot past the visitors side of the grand stand. To this schools credit they travel well, and actually had more than the home team in number of fans. Many were not happy with this aging crew...I have to say at 59 1/2 I was the youngest member of the men in stripes....Hell we caught, F-Bombs, threats, and other entertaining comments were thrown our way. We walked to our vehicles.


As I went to pull out, a pick-up truck, gunned up next to my Intrepid..the driver, some hayseed about my age, began swearing and waving his hand at me like some idiot....I pulled behind him as we left the parking lot. He was turning right, then would go south on US 127....so just on a whim, I decided to pull up next to him and go left towards the back roads....his driver side window was down and as I pulled up beside, he continued his tirade....cussing, pointing, and telling me about our officiating crew and his thoughts on our ability. I smiled, waved, and mouthed a polite F____ Off in his direction. End of discussion, he "saluted" me one last time and pulled away...I turned left towards the back roads of Blue Creek Township.


In my years of officiating baseball and football, this was as ugly as I've seen...coming at the junior high level, these "fans" put another whole meaning to the word fanatics. The home crowd was well behaved and to be fair, so was the large majority of the visiting fans, except a few, who acted the part of fools...making this writing possible.


The Road Back Home
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Taking the back roads the 40 miles(5 miles longer this way) to Celina, I head deep into Blue Creek Township...Blue Creek was the home of family members from 1870 until my aunt died in 1998. My Great Grandfather, Nelson Houseworth, had moved his family from Waldo, Ohio, after the Civil War...see story at my genealogy blog:


http://israelhouseworth.blogspot.com/


After the intense ending of the game, I decided to pay the graves of Nelson, and my dad a visit.....Graveyards are a place you must visit if you are doing serious genealogy work, and I've visited many of them...reading stones, to gather bits of information of family members past. Now don't get me wrong, I don't talk to the stones as if those dead folks are still there...they aren't. Those souls are either in Heaven, Hell, or somewhere in between....there is however a surreal feel to cemeteries, especially those like Blue Creek, which are located in desolate spots in rural America.


Nelson S. Houseworth is buried in the old section of Blue Creek Cemetery, and as you can see by the photos, his stoned, marked with his Civil War unit, is pretty much at the southwest corner, by itself, near a dry creek bed. Blue Creek is dry this summer, due to the lack of rain the past couple of months.


After taking some photos, I headed south 4 miles, to just inside the Van Wert-Paulding County line...the cemetery is the Town of Scott Cemetery, which is the resting place of the bones of many other Houseworth family members, including my dad, his mom, both sisters, and the oldest brother...plenty of cousins "reside" there as well. The Old Man's stone is located in a non crowded spot at the southeast edge of the cemetery.....snapped a shot of his WW2/Veteran plate, and the stone itself, with my shadow towering above and over it. Kind of like that shot. The stone has mom's name on it as well, she is alive and well, Dad has been gone for 36 years this Christmas Eve.


On the Road Home
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The visit got me in the proper mood to head on home....the game a distant memory, and the outcome{not who won or lost) actually brought a smile to my face....I knew it would give me a chance to bounce the decisions and outcome off my fellow refs at our meeting in Van Wert tonight.




Now I know, few people read posts when they are this long, and I see I've been at it for over an hour. The clock just changed to 5:45AM......now I can have my 3rd cup of "joe", take a shower and face the day.




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photos-Cat Fight/Football Scoreboard/Nelson S Houseworth at Blue Creek Cemetery and Stan Houseworth at Scott Cemetery

A Final Look At Mersmans

About a year ago, they started the final dismantle of the old Mersman Table Factory across the street, and I documented the tear down earlier on this blog. For the most part the destruction is complete and the current owners, with the willing help of Celina City Officials, and looking for new opportunities. Those opportunities appear to be building "moderate income" housing or senior citizen housing. Code words for LOW RENT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDISED HOUSING.

Not a good thing for the area surrounding the Mersman property, but we will see how it goes down the road. While they have cleaned out the lot, they have piled up the brick, concrete, junk, etc, on the south side, where my house faces, claiming the concrete will go as "Rip-Rap" for the shores of Grand Lake....meanwhile the brick will stay in place for at least 2 years, where the kids heading for the city swimming pool can play in the debris. Good Move!(NOT).

Anyway, at this time, it does look better than before, when the 100 year old building sat growing with weeds, junk, and rats. We will see how I feel in a couple of years.

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Not doing much except officiating football of late. Last night I did the Celina vs St. Marys JV game....Celina gaining a small amount of revenge winning 28-6. On Friday at St Marys in the varsity contest, St Marys won on a last minute fake Field Goal 25-20...their 10th straight win over Celina...the across the Lake series has been decidedly one sided of late.

Tonight I'm at Wayne Trace(near the old family home area) 35 miles north at Haviland...a Junior High game. Then off until Saturday.

Finally got some rain overnight, not much, but with as dry as it's been, every bit helps. The weather is beginning to feel like fall, and the leaves are now starting to change.

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About it for today....will rack the brain(what's left of it) for something new later in the week.

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Photos-Mersman at it looked in November 2007, and as it looked this morning, the cleared acres, and the "pile" east and north of my view.

Sunday Morning

After finishing my JV game as Waynesfield yesterday I spent the rest of the day out back...we(Patricia) de-flea ed the dog and cat...and I drank too much been while listening to the Buckeyes barley defeat Ohio University 26-14....it was on TV, but way too nice to sit inside and watch the tube, so it was outside with beer and cigars in hand.

While we were outside, Sam told me a small squirrel had walked down the fence into the yard....not too smart with Reagan the Airedale outside. A short time later he, the squirrel, decided to make another appearance. It was indeed a baby(and yes a male)...he got close, but eventually headed back into the garden area.

Then this morning I looked out and see him hanging onto the fence....now with the area hawk still lurking around, this guy won't be long for the world if he stays this open. Anyway took out some ginger bread and small bits of bird feed, put my jersey gloves on and the little bugger actually let me hold him....before crawling up my arm and then in a panic, jumping into the bird bath...back up the fence into the tree.

I got the photos before feeding and handling him.

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Let the Games(Political) Begin

Got home from Crestview last night and ended up watching a combination of NFL(not much), the US Tennis Open(a little more), College Football(the last 10 minutes), and the GOP Convention(McCain's Speech only). The Open Tennis was the most interesting, Andy Roddick losing in a close 4 setter to some Euro Yayhoo from some half assed broken off Russian Republic...good tennis none-the-less.

As for McCain's speech? Not as good as Sarah Palin's...it started out slow, but he finished with a good review of his record...a sharp contrast to Half Breed Barry, the "Community Organizer"....You all know what a community organizer is, don't you? He or she is somebody that gets a group or groups of hate filled left wing radicals together to piss and moan about their lot in life...then these radicals march, loot, and burn, until the government or business leaders, feel blackmailed enough to hand out money to their leaders(can you say Jesse Jackass?), while the so-called "victims" go back to living their miserable lives. Then Jesse, Al, Barack, or whomever, lives the good life on the corporation or taxpayers check book. So there you have Barry Soetoro's "experience" in politics. It will be interesting to see Bill O'Reilly's full interview next week(Monday through Wednesday nights) with Half Breed Barry....Billy O' tends to softball celebrity politicians when he gets them one-on-one.....we will see if he plays hardball with Obama(or whatever the Hell is real name is)?

So the race is on...8 weeks to the finish, and we will see where America and the world is headed. As I've said before, no fan of McCain am I...and I was leaning towards voting 3rd party or leaving the ballot for President __________!~But with the selection of Sarah Palin, I now lean towards the GOP ticket...and being from Ohio, my vote will actually count. Being of large population and a "Battleground State", the Buckeye state will, as usual, be up for grabs.

Now, it's time to turn away from the political BS....I've received quite a few e-mails and messages from vile liberals, who are so scared of the Alaska Governor, they are actually sending me Daily Kos and other far left wing talking points....those folks, friend or foe, can go straight to Hell...I've told them much the same....politics is a rotten game, the libs are playing hardball, the only way to destroy them, is play their game....and play it well.

This blog was never meant to be political, and I've gotten away from that the past few days.....hopefully back to "normal" this weekend and next week

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Palin Hits a Home Run

By bashing the knee jerk left wing media and it's Messiah, Sarah Palin wowed the GOP Convention in St. Paul last night:

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=sara+palin+convention+speech&hl=en&emb=0#

You will find several 10 minute bits out of her rousing half hour speech....she was preceded by Rudy Giuliani...who bashed the Marxist Party(Democrats) with glee:

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=rudy+giuliani+convention+speech&hl=en&emb=0#

Just click on the above and there are several 10 minutes cuts of both speeches.

The Marxist Main Stream Media is in full combat mode...the left wing of the American Elite, is complaining about who wrote her speech(did they ask that about Half Breed Barry and his wife when they spewed their socialist vomit?), they don't like her hair, don't like her husband, blah, blah, blah....trust me folks, the dirt digging will get worse, because the powers-that-be among the American media and their puppets in the Democrat Party are running scared.

Being parents of a Anissa, a "special needs"(new PC term I guess) adult, I was happy to see her address her son and his needs.....she "gets it". Unlike the press including NPR Radio as Hermit mentions in the comment, who with our taxpayer money spew their vile. Just why the Hell are we funding NPR?

John McCain gives his speech tonight, can he live up to Sarah Palin?

Stay Tuned!

The News Media Trashes Sarah Palin

WOW! I am really shocked that the NY Times, CNN, MSNBC, US Ragazine, etc, have went after John McCain's VP Choice, Sarah Palin of Alaska. This country, by allowing the main stream press, to be a one sided Marxist haven, is heading down the slippery slope to disaster.

Of course, Barry Soetoro, AKA Barack Obama, stays above the fray, allowing his slaves in the media and the blogsphere, to go after McCain via, Palin. As you know, I am no McCain fan, and for certain no Obama fan. We will see how the Palin pick plays out...the media, with the exception of talk radio and Fox are in bed with the Marxist Party(Democrats) of America. They want McCain to fail, and see trashing Sarah Palin is the way to do it.

I don't need to report or sight the vile stench coming out of the far left...it's all over TV and the Internet. As for myself, I'm not sure Sarah Palin is ready to be Vice-President of the United State, but I know for a fact, Barack Obama and his fellow Marxists, will destroy this country as we know it...I will be watching Sarah Palin speak tonight from St. Paul, if she comes off like I think she will, I will be less apprehensive about voting for John McCain.

Officiated a 8th grade football game last night, cross Grand Lake rival St. Marys defeated Celina 12-6 in come from behind fashion...nothing going on tonight, at Crestview for a JV game tomorrow.

Meanwhile summer hangs on with a vengeance, the heat index at yesterday's game was at 102...actual temps were in the mid 90s, more of the same for today.

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Living In Fly-Over Country

September has arrived, dry and hot, but no so humid in western Ohio. The folks in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast have been hit by "Gustav", but not nearly with the force of "Katrina" in 2005, and with better preparedness, both by the various Governments and the people themselves. And the poor liberals and Democrats, keeping their fingers crossed and praying to whatever God they pray to(certainly not the same one as most of us) that "Gustav" would do major death and destruction, and disrupt the GOP Convention as a sidebar, so they could "Blame Bush"...Sorry about your luck lefties, looks like you'll have to continue to make up dirt on Sarah Palin, because the polls show your man Barry Soetoro Obama and his "Greek God Convention" bounce from Denver is gone.

Never have I seen a more vile hateful people than liberals, especially those in blogsville and the main street media...not that I mind, just gives me more reason to fire away...you have to wonder why these clowns are so bitter? Watching them spew their hate for the next 2 months will be a sight to see.

Living here in fly-over country has many benefits, not least among them is the fact you don't have to live near the major media outlets, and the stench from most large cities. You can sit in your back yard, snap a photo, watch the birds and squirrels eat in your back yard, while sitting in your pajamas, and not give a rat's behind what people think of you. In reflection of my past few posts, I just want to confirm that fact: It's nice to be thought of well by folks, but it's not necessary....I've went through life pissing more than a few people off with my observations, whether they be political, social, or religious. I looked in the mirror this morning, and says to myself..."Your not gonna change, are you"?

Approaching 60, (next March) I figure it's not my in my makeup to make major changes....You can't please everybody, unless you shut your mouth and nod your head in agreement with all of them. That won't happen, at least not in this life time, so press on I will.

Those that don't like what I have to say, can stop reading the e-mails and blog posts if they choose, after all, life moves too fast to stand by and watch, and I will not do that.

The final fling of Summer weekend went without a hitch, it was just me, Patricia, and Anissa. Sam was off to Kentucky doing whatever, and Hal stayed in Dayton this past week, settling in at student teaching...he begins his final classes this week(?) at Wright State, and if all goes well he will have his Masters come next spring....his college days will be done, and he'll hopefully be on his own(although he has been for much of the past 3 years in Dayton).

With September comes fall, and this is my favorite weather time....September and October in Ohio are usually, but not always, the best months in my opinion...I plan on making a genealogy run to the towns of Waldo, and Millwood, when the season changes....photo taking is on the agenda. Waldo, Ohio, is where much of the Houseworth family is buried, and the tiny hamlet of Millwood, a unincorported spot on the map near Mount Vernon, is where my GGG-Grandfather set up his log cabin back in 1825.

Football, a 8th grade game here in Celina this afternoon is on my agenda.....have a great week.

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Photos-Sitting on my back steps having my first 2 cups of coffee this morning, I caught the top two.....the back yard fence and flower garden, getting in the fall mode from lack of rain(very little in the past 6 weeks) and the changing season. The morning sun trying to pop up through the high top clouds...and yesterday I snapped a few shots of the Monarch on our Sunflowers....never could get him to open his wings when I was snapping the shutter however.

Labor Day, Gustav, and other Ramblings

Up at 5AM, Anissa is an early riser, usually Patricia gets up with her, but this being a off day for school, I crawled out of bed, to keep an eye on Anissa, and get updates on Hurricane "Gus". Gustav is about 1 hour south of the Gulf shore as I type, and looking to hit just west of New Orleans.....the surge and heavy rain appears to be the main danger, but 115 MPH winds will cause damage as well...remember, with "Katrina" the surge and main damage to NO came later, the wind damage was worse in Mississippi...it appears this will be farther west and may save the Mississippi River Delta region...stay tuned.

With the danger to the Gulf Coast, the Republicans are playing "Politically Correct" and suspending programs at the RNC in the Twin Cities....why would you play PC for a group of folks(the majority of New Orleans residents) that aren't going to vote for you anyway? My guess is, most don't vote period...they are playing to the main stream media, another group who is going to give them Hell anyway....so why bother?

Speaking of Politics and Religion, I see where America's bloated pig, Michael Moore, says God must be a Democrat...because of the timing of Gustav...meanwhile MSNBC hag, Andrea Mitchell, who has had more face lifts than Joan Rivers, says the only women who would support Sarah Palin's nomination, are the uneducated...guess my wife, with 3 degrees, and a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Wright State University, must be "uneducated".....Liberals are, without a doubt, the dumbest sonsofbitches on the planet......

Today is Labor Day....once an important holiday for working Americans, now just an excuse for government workers to get an extended final fling at summer....I sure used it that way back in my government working days. Anyway, I plan on getting a morning walk in, before the temps, in this final fling of summer, hit 90+.

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photo-the first morning light comes up over the cloudless skies of Celina.

Life's A Beach/Gustav Bears Down

I see where the nimrods in New Orleans have been given evacuation orders to get out of "Dodge" ahead of Hurricane Gustav....you gotta wonder if the majority will take heed? 3 years after Katrina, New Orleans, still has it's "This is Bush's Fault" blinders on....I'm sure the press and the nutjob liberals will be blaming this one on GW as well, after all, in their jaundiced eyes, George Bush is Hitler.

I've gotta tell you, I hope they all get out safe, I also have to say, if New Orleans is hit and hit hard, bulldoze the dump once and for all. The port of New Orleans is worth rebuilding, the city is not! The city is below sea level, run by a totally corrupt and inept government, and the American Taxpayer is still footing the bill for the citizens, elected officials, and bureaucratic mistakes of Labor Day 2005. We should not be spending Billions of Dollars to rebuilt a city that is basically a crime ridden den of perversion. If that makes some mad, so be it, I will continue to call them like I see them. The country is Trillions in debt, we should not be spending Billions on a place that will get hit again and again, if we are to believe the Global Warming alarmists.

The above may seem cold hearted, but not so, it's just an honest, to the point, reflection of my opinion of rebuilding a place that American taxpayers should not be involved in.

Move the people out, set them up elsewhere, and tell them....New Orleans is done, don't go back unless you are working at the Port of New Orleans....we are not bailing you out again.

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Growing up on the Gulf Coast in Venice, Florida, I have a love for the Gulf of Mexico, and I also respect the dangers involved in choosing to live next to it, or any large body of water. As a kid, Venice was only threatened once during my years there....that being 1960 when Hurricane "Donna" made the west coast of Florida it's target. Back then there were only 4 million residents(today 20 million and growing by the minute), and no interstate system....Dad packed up the family and we joined our cousins, the Polings, in heading north. Eventually we joined other evacuees at a 4-H Camp outside Valdosta, Georgia, and stayed there for the duration....Donna hit Venice, knocked over some trees, did some damage at the airport, but all-in-all, I remember no damage, except a door blew open causing some water to stand in our laundry room, at our place.....we survived fine and dandy.

The Gulf Coast from Key West to the south border of Texas is a far cry in 2008 from what it was in 1960...the crowds, and traffic, have grown to excess. The fishing, freedom of movement, and wild life have been pushed to the edge of never land. Sad to say, there is no turning back....I like the Gulf, but as I mentioned in my look back at Growing up in Venice, Florida, a few months ago, it is not the same as before, and will never be again, we are all the poorer for it.

Hopefully "Gustav" will die out, the oil rigs will be safe, and folks can move back in.....but if the worst happens....I stand by my opinions above.

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photos-Top, a couple of Fisherman in Old Venice, Florida back in 1928....showing off the "Devil Ray" they had boated....I remember seeing one this size or larger swimming between the North and South Jetties in Venice around 1960-you won't see any like this today, fishing pressure has moved the big ones out to sea, or killed them off.

(2) Gustav takes aim at the North Gulf Coast

(3) The sail boats in the morning gloaming on Dona Bay during one of my July morning walks in Venice, Florida, my childhood home.

(4) A summer sunset at Venice Beach.

The Nutter Center/Sarah Palin

I said yesterday I would steer away from politics in my next post....I lied! With Harry Hussain being crowned the Greek God last night in Denver, it appears Juan McCain is about to take the wind from his sails(see hot Marxist air bag).

Several months ago, my wife and family sat in the Nutter Center at Wright State University near Dayton, to watch our youngest son graduate from WSU. This morning, as I type this, McCain is about to name Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running mate....McCain just got my vote!

Sarah Palin is the first term Governor of Alaska, a solid pro-life conservative, pro drilling in Alaska for oil, mother of 5, one of who has down syndrome, while the oldest heads for Iraq next month, wife of a Oil worker(not Oil Big Shot), she is also a hunter, and a strong pro 2nd amendment advocate.....and as I mentioned yesterday, he needed to pick someone younger and more conservative....McCain did, and just got my vote.

The Nutter Center at Wright State University....where my wife has 2 of her 3 degrees, where Hal is working on his Masters, after getting his BA there last spring. Wright State was also my first stop in college, as it was older son Sam's.

The bottom line...I'm still no fan of McCain, but from what I read and have seen of Sarah Palin, I like her...like me she is a former Sportscaster, fisherman, has a child with mental retardation, not to mention all the other qualities...she's a former Hockey Player, Pro Life, and wants to drill in Alaska. She was the point guard on her high school's state championship team, and she won in Alaska by going after the corrupt Governor, also a Republican....unless she has some skeleton's in the closet, I'm now in the McCain/Palin camp. Barry Soetoro(Barack Hussain Obama) be dammed! I am sure Obama/Biden and their henchman will be digging up the dirt at a frantic pace...the ball is in their court.

Let the 2 month journey begin

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photos-Sarah Palin Gov of Alaska/VP Candidate and the Nutter Center at Wright State in Dayton(Fariborn) as it looked last June when I took this shot at youngest son, Hal's, Graduation from WSU.

Barry Soetoro to be Crowned Tonight in Denver

Who would have thunk it? Barack Obama(real name Barry Soetoro) will be put on the pedestal tonight, with the theme of Greek Idolatry in the background. The likes of idiots Chris Matthews, Keith Olberman, and other so called journalists will be cheering from the seats. This guy is as phony as a $3 bill, and 10 times more dangerous than a Rattlesnake, as are his slave-like followers.

Meanwhile Juan McCain will be at the college campus where much of this families' money has gone over the past 35 years. Wright State University in Dayton(Fairborn), Ohio, tomorrow at 11AM, to name his VP wannabee. Not sure if youngest son, Hal, now in Grad School at WSU, is all worked up, that McCain will be in the house, The Nutter Center(where he received his sheepskin earlier this year)....I know Hal supports McCain at this point, but I will withhold my support until I see a VP pick....McCain must pick someone younger, and more Conservative...(Mitt Romney?), or I will do some long hard thinking before I pull the lever(of course the Marxist Obama has no chance of getting my vote).

Either way, I believe this country is in for a long rough road over the next decade or so....If Obama is elected in November, look for Israel to bomb the crap out of Iran before "The Messiah" takes office. If McCain wins, they may hold off.....regardless of who gets the nod, the borders will stay open, taxes for the imaginary crisis Global Warming will sky rocket, and we will make no effort to make this country energy independent from Middle Eastern oil.

I hate politics....nothing good comes from arguing about it, but it must be done at times...just to get it off your chest. The best news is, I have managed to avoid, having to watch the collection of trash gathering in Denver this week....and won't be tuning in for the GOP bash in the Twin Cities next week either.

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