Taking Off For a Few Days....

Now that the election is over, and the Obama Brown Shirts, Racists, Union Thugs, and Poverty Pimps, are safely in control for another four years, I can kick back and relax...knowing full well that I have something to bitch and complain about for the foreseeable future...Life Is Good! 

As I wrote yesterday, it's almost good that Romney lost, the challenge we face is too much for one man with a divided Congress to overcome...so 'Let the Kenyan Bastard Have at it"....you know that simple half witted SOB will fail, and when he does, hopefully the 50% of the American public who don't have their heads stuck squarely up Obama's ebony backside, will realize, we have a major crisis. 

So with this settled, I can get ready for basketball season, sore heel and all....I moved up my schedule by 11 days, instead of waiting for my first regular season game at Ottawa-Glandorf on November 24th, I decided to pick up some Scrimmages, and will work at least three Junior High gigs, starting next week upon our return from Wisconsin....might as well see how the heel, and the still healing left foot and ankle, will react, I can always push the timeline back.

This weekend, Sam will be in charge at home, as Patricia, Anissa, and I, leave for Wisconsin to spend the weekend{our Thanksgiving} with her folks in Oconomowoc....we will return Monday.  Hopefully by that time Sam will know more on the job front.  With three on the line, it is his hope{and ours} that he will decide whether it will be him remaining in Columbus, or heading to Houston or Chicago, to work in his chosen Actuarial Science field.  With Obama Care about to descend on and screw the Republic and it's  Population, the insurance field appears to be wide open, especially with someone with the Math and Actuary skills he possesses.

So, a few days off, and I will likely be back at the keyboard, both here and on facebook, sometime early next week.....

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Post Election Rehash....

I stayed up until after Midnight and when Fox(who honestly, provided piss poor election night coverage} called the state of Ohio, my state, for the Kenyan King of America, I knew it was time to hit the sack...Ohio, in which my country, Mercer, went 77% for Romney, the highest percentage in the state, doesn't get all the blame this year....Virginia and even Colorado went for the Kenyan, it also appears that Florida may go that way as well, not that it matters.  Obama wins with over 300 Electoral Votes and by nearly 2 and one half million votes...toss out the Peoples Republic of Mexifornia and each candidate gets about 49% of the votes, the Senate remains solid Democrat, but with no filibuster-proof majority, while the House remains solidly in GOP hands, and my former Congressman, John Boehner{whose district moved a couple miles south of my home, I now have Conservative Bob Latta} will remain as Speaker.

I have to admit that when I woke up after five hours sleep, I was tired, but not upset when I logged on the computer.  This defeat moves the end game forward, a Mitt Romney win would not have solved our Republic's problems, it would have just kicked the can down the road.  Mitt, while I believe he is a good man, is not, and never was, a true Conservative.  So this puts it on Obama and his slave like supporters shoulders....and just who are "his people"?

Well over 70% of white voters, who make up over 70% of the population voted for Romney, while 80% of minorities{except Asians, the intelligent minority population, who went for Romney} voted for the Kenyan Grifter...these folks are the REAL RACISTS, looking out for "Free Stuff", and wanting "Whitey" to pay for their "stuff"...meanwhile the ignorant white trash of the nation, along with their fellow travelers in the Minority population are the ones producing the majority of the kids.  And you can see them in your neighborhood...food stamps, welfare checks, and all other kinds of "free stuff", thanks to the American Taxpayer and the Nanny State...this, my readers, are the future of America, is there any doubt we are in deep dung?

Where do we go from here?

Frankly I am not sure....we have been heading down a God hating/rejecting society for some time, the lazy, the ignorant, and the evil, would rather watch silly TV programs, and promote the queer lifestyle, than think for themselves.  They would rather abort their unborn than take precautions, they would rather have YOU pay for their lives, that work or think for themselves.  Mitt Romney's 47% is actually the 50%, and they have the White House, Senate, and Courts, stacked in their corner.  We "real" Americans have the GOP controlled House, the majority of the state houses, and Governor Mansions.  And most of the guns!

How does the Republican Party gets it's game back?  Well it sure the Hell is not going to win by being Democrat Lite....if that is the way we win, why bother.....?   Mr Leg on this link pretty much tells you my feelings, with a bit better language than I would use:

http://www.redstate.com/joshleguern/2012/11/07/the-gop-has-got-to-change/

Romney, the nice guy Moderate, blew his chance....after winning the first debate, he decided to go soft on Obama for his mistakes, that cost lives, in Libya, and elsewhere.  Romney played safe, and it cost him.  Obama is an abject failure, and frankly I'm not sure if he's plain evil or just plain stupid....my guess is more of the second, but there is enough evil from him and his supporters, to bring that into play.

So where exactly do we go?

The GOP needs to fight for what we believe....freedom for all, freeloading for only those truly in need, our own energy, and we are not talking silly sun and wind, "Green Energy" BS...we need to bring our troops home from Europe and elsewhere, and cut the Middle East loose, protect Israel as we must, but cut the Muslim shitholes of the world loose, once and for all...let those smelly bastards continue to fornicate with Goats and Camels, murder their women and children, and kill each other off, Eventually they will cease to be a problem for our country...and for God's sake, don't continue to let them immigrate to this nation, they are not needed or welcome.   This garbage needs cut loose.

We as a party need to stand up against "Illegal" Immigration....mainly, stop letting uneducated trash in the country, there are no jobs to go around for the simple minded....only allow self sufficient, college educated immigrants in, ones that can actually find and do a job!

The big disappointments in last night's results, at least to me, was Alan West losing his re-districted seat in Florida, and the several close losses by GOP Senate Candidates...especially losing in RED States like Missouri, Montana, Indiana, and maybe even North Dakota, which at this point is "to close to call"...

So there you have it, a disappointing, but hardly tragic loss...the game goes on, stock up on Gold, if you can afford it, and Ammo if you can find it....this game is not going to go well, at least not in the foreseeable future.

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Election Day 2012....The Wait is {Almost} Over?

OK....I, and the rest of the family have already voted, Sam, me, Patricia, and Anissa, here in Celina, and Hal down at his home in the Centerville/Dayton area...our five votes for Mitt and Paul are in the books, and a good percentage of Ohio voters cast their ballots early.  However, many more still had not voted early, and as I drove towards the polling place across town on Celina's east side that became perfectly clear....the polling place at the old shopping mall, which now houses the Galleria and several small stores, a Snap Fitness Center, is now the home for all the precincts in the city to cast their ballots on election day.  The place at 10:30, or at least the parking lot, was packed....it appears, at least in our little corner of Ohio, that the turnout will be "heavy" for lack of a better word. 

I suspect the Romney/Ryan ticket will command at least 80% of the votes in Celina , Mercer County, and the surrounding counties as well.  After all, we are mostly white, mostly Christian, mostly Pro-Life, and mostly we still have the naive idea that America is still a pretty good place to live....and if we can toss the Marxist son of a bitch, who currently sits in the White House, out, we will be a better place for us, our kids, and futture generations.

So Tuesday Election Day has come...we may or may not know the results by Midnight...if it's as close as most predict, we could be in for a long round of recounts and  lines of lawyers...let's hope not.  So I'm not going to leave you with the tired old..."I don't care who you vote for, just get out and vote"....my thoughts run this way:

"If you love this Republic and want to help save it, get out and vote, if you think that Kenyan Skunk is a nice guy, stay the Hell home"!

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Election 2012 {one day out}

The advertisements, the lame commercials, the Robo Calls, the lies from those running for office, and especially the cover ups and one sided, in the tank for Obammy, Media coverage, is about over...Maybe!

By all accounts, the Presidential Race is a Dead Heat....I suspect that Romney leads, but frankly even with the bias in most polls, Rasmussen, usually the most accurate has it a close, even with the enthusiasm gap in favor of Mitt Romney, Scott Rasmussen has it 49-48% for Mitt:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

My prediction?   Romney wins 51% of the vote and 293 Electoral Votes, with 270 needed to win.....however, don't bet the farm on it.  This is likely going to be close and Obammy and Company, along with their Chicago Cronies, will do anything and everything to steal this election.

So all we can do now is wait, and hope that this doesn't end up in the courts...frankly I want a clean election, even if Obammy wins it....in 2008 there was no doubt the Kenyan bastards child won, and despite me despising him as much as I did Clinton or Carter, I would rather have it over and done come Wednesday morning....with the GOP sure to maintain the House and at least 47 or 48 Senate seats, there will be gridlock, and that is a good thing, especially if Obama remains in office.  Let's hope for the best however, and a easy or at least a solid Romney victory.

Make no mistake Mitt Romney is no Ronald Reagan....more like a George Bush one...but the alternative is so evil and corrupt, that Mitt, for all his liberal ways, is a must win for America, at least for the Republic to be maintained....a second Obama Administration{which he will likely try to turn into a third and forth} will see the end of America as we know it.....if that happens, load up you guns and ammo and head to the hills...all Hell will break loose, and they will be coming after our freedoms and guns.

Other things in this  Mundane Life.....

I was up early this morning, checked my Blood Pressure, and it was up, of course it was, I had a doctor's appointment, and it always goes up 30 or 40 points on the high end.  Just before heading out to the Nitro and off to Minster the reading was 159/82 with a pulse rate of 60....yesterday afternoon it was 116/72 with a pulse of 55, which is closer to "normal"...over the last 10 days I have been averaging 115-125 over 65-74, which by all accounts is pretty good, especially for someone my age....I think I convinced the doc, only my second visit with him, that the dreaded "White Coat Syndrome" does indeed affect me, and he agreed, keeping me on the same med dose, that in itself was enough to take down the BP.

My post football foot injury is now just past 4 weeks down with less than 3 weeks to go before basketball season...right now it appears on schedule to return, although it is not 100% by any means.  Lucky my schedule is pretty light the first couple of weeks, so if I don't do anything to risky or stupid, I may survive until the Christmas break and re-evaluate my status...the bottom line is, I want to be ready for Baseball season, basketball, frankly, is the least of my three officiating sports and the one I will likely give up first.

The weekend was cool, and damp .... in between watching some boring football, The Buckeyes won easily, the Bengals choked late to lose their 4th straight, and the high school playoffs began, with all of the local teams involved winning, except for WBL Elida, the MAC and WBL went 7-1 overall and the seven are likely to continue the winning next week in round two.

Otherwise my agenda discovered finding a new brew, actually a Steiner Holiday Ale brewed at that middle sized brewery in Texas...."Holiday Cheer" is the name and with a moderate alcohol content, at 5.4%, it is a fruity/nutty brew that goes down easy.

Tonight back to Dartball, when we play our first home games....we stand at 2 wins 1 loss after last weeks opening games, and personally I am hitting .429 with 3 RBIs, leading the team in both....tonight we take on Rockford, who has been tough on us the past few years.

Back Later>>>>>go out and vote, unless you are support Obama and the Left, then do the world a favor, and stay the Hell home!

Photos-Romney or the Kenyan, hopefully by early in the evening Tuesday the trend will be for Mitt, otherwise the Kenyan Narcissistic SOB will more "Forward" in his plans to destroy the Republic.  Some of the entertainment this weekend included the back yard Squirrels feeding off the sparse supply of Monmouth Sunflowers that I managed to grow....not sure why they need to eat upside down, but what the Hell? It works for them....and Shiner Cheer{Holiday Ale} is in stock for the season...not bad.

Election 2012:{part 1} 4 Days Out!

I got up early this morning, well before sunrise, saw Patricia off to work, and headed out to Grand Lake...that gave me sometime to shoot a few pre sunrise photos, and think about what lies ahead just four days out from the Presidential Election.  Looking at the latest polls, I don't believe any of the pollsters have a freaking clue as to what will happen come Tuesday, most, excpet for those in the tank for Obammy the Kenyan Klown, have things dead even.....including the one I most rely on Rasmussen:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_scott_rasmussen/an_unpredictable_end_to_a_very_predictable_election

So here we go....3 and one half days to decision day, the most important election in American History?  I don't think so....

Important Elections?

As I got up and headed out as usual, on the few days I get up early, I am amazed how how quiet and peaceful things are in this little corner of the world....no not as quiet as those mornings of a few years ago, after my retirement, when I would be driving a 40 foot RV across the New Mexico desert in the pre-dawn hours, now that was quiet and peaceful!  But certainly not like the noise, confusion, and lunacy of New York City and New Jersey, both pre and post Hurricane Sandy.  I look at the fools, like that Hot Air Hebrew named Bloomberg, who rules NY City like some kind of mini dictator, or that fat toad Chris Christie, who is all into kissing Obama's ebony ass, just to get some "free stuff" from the Federal Government...aka The Working Taxpayers of America...F**k those guys and those that think like and support them.

Yes, the election comes up Tuesday, I have already voted....and I hope Romney wins, but don't think for a minute things are going to change....we have a divided Republic, and divided we will remain.  You can blame 24/7 news, you can blame the right wing....but make no mistake the blame for this division rests squarely on the shoulders of the left and their lap dog media.  The game changed in 2000, when Fat Al Gore and his lawyers tried to steal the close fought election of that year, the Supreme Court finally stopped that attempt and the left has never forgiven the nation...they never will.

Most liberals, progressives, Democrats, are clueless, they are frankly, for the most part, too stupid to think beyond their next paycheck or next Government handout...sure there are the intelligent evil ones, and the naive ones like the youth and college kids, but the core are STUPID.  They love "free stuff" and they love the Nanny State and cradle to grave handouts.  So, is this election the most important in our history?  No, that came back in 2000, and election that divided the country for the foreseeable future, an election the left tried to steal, when they couldn't, George Soros and the left wing media, gave us Barack Obama.  A half black nitwit, origins unknown, likely born in Kenyan, but produced and put forth by a radical Anti-American Nazi, named Soros....and that is how we got to 2012.

The liberal media and academia love to talk about how uniformed and unintelligent Conservatives are....let's make it perfectly clear, I sat behind a News Desk for years, then I spent 20 years working in the Environmental/Public Health Field, both were loaded with far left "thinkers", who frankly did little thinking at all.  Most got their "walking orders" from the radicals in far left academia, and trust me, those people aren't the brightest bulbs in the proverbial box.

Divided we stand, at least for now....the question is not if we fall, but when we will fall.   Yes Mitt Romney is better than Barack Obama, but make no mistake things will continue into the abyss we face, regardless of which is elected, because frankly nobody is willing to make the hard choices....of course it's easy for me to rant, Hell I'm nearing 64 next years old, I'm retired or at least semi so, but that doesn't stop me from worrying about the future for my kids, especially my handicapped 33 year old daughter, or my soon to be 1 year old grandson...sure the boys are college graduates and have good futures likely ahead of them, the wife will have a secure retirement, but those will all go out the window, if this train wreck of an out of control government isn't stopped.....and stopped soon.

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Photos-A collection taken in the pre-dawn hours this morning.....along the west side of Grand Lake St. Marys, The Celina Side.

After the Storm....

The sun is shining, finally, after a bout of "Sandy" over the past few days, which brought rain, colder temperatures, wind, and a bit of snow....looking ahead the extended forecast doesn't look all that good, nothing major as far as storms, but the temperatures will be cool for the next 10 days or so, and below normal for the early November period.

Nearly 4 weeks out from my foot injury on that rainy night on a Paulding football field, my ankle and left foot are still somewhat swollen and not anywhere near back to normal...but now just over three weeks away from my first basketball game, I believe it's coming along well enough to make my opening game at Ottawa on November 24th...but the next couple of weeks will decide that for sure, one way or the other.


With the election just five days away the results come next Tuesday evening are still very much up in the air...although Mitt Romney has taken a small lead anything can happen, and with the main stream media totally in the tank for Barack Obama, they will do anything they can to get their Kenyan Messiah re-elected...the son of a bitch might be a Marxist, with no college records and no live Birth Certificate, but he is their Marxist, and like the media and academia, out to destroy this Republic...sadly nearly have the voting public is as stupid or gullible enough to buy what the Kenyan Snake Oil Salesman is peddling. 

I've said on many occasions that politics is a filthy rotten game, and one that splits up families and friends....this election of 2012 is the worst I've seen and Democrats in general and Liberals in particular are the ones driving the nation apart....all led by a half witted gay bath house queen from Chicago{or Kenya}by the name of Barry Soetoro, aka: Barack Obama.  Hopefully Tuesday will bring the end to his reign, but whether Mitt Romney is elected or Obama remains in office, this nation will remain divided and on the verge of Civil War...thanks to the left and their lap dogs in the main stream media.

It's now going on five months since oldest son Sam graduated from The Ohio State University, and even with a Bachelor of Science degree in Actuarial Science, a highly prized degree, he has struggled on the job front, despite working his way though OSU and finishing up in four years with a better than 3.0 average...the Obama job market remains tight, but Sam has maintained his job with OSU.Com and the Big Ten Network and continues to officiate three high school sports. 

However it now appears things might be breaking Sam's way..........

He is currently in Texas, interviewing for a major Actuarial job with one of the nation's largest insurance companies....meanwhile while he interviews with them, he received an offer from another company in Columbus for an underwriting position.  Underwriting isn't being an Actuary, and the pay isn't as great, but it does give him a fall back if needed...it appears however than Texas might well be in his future....either way it seems that things are looking up for him, and we are thankful for that.  He also has several other opportunities in the future, but right now the Texas job looks best for what he would like to do in the near future.

So that is the way November begins....hopefully in the next week, Obama will be defeated and Sam will have his new job lined up.....

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Photos-top Grandson Kasyn and me, with the "K-man" decked out in his Halloween Monster outfit, and Sam and me back in June at his OSU Graduation, hopefully the years spent at Ohio State are about to pay off with a job with a major insurance company.

"Sandy". Early Voting, Dartball,and a Day With Kasyn....

Windy, wet, with early Snow in Ohio overnight and this morning...the snow appears done for now and has melted, but the rain continues to drip from the sky.....this all compliments of "Sandy" the once in 100 year storm, where Hurricane meets Canadian Cold Front....no sense in me hashing it out on the blog however, so Fox is the place to go for the latest with 7+ million out of power and a couple of dozen dead as a result:

http://www.foxnews.com/#


Early Voting.....

I'm not a big fan of the massive amount of early voting going on....mainly because the Democrats, especially the criminal elements in the large cities and union trash tend to use it as a chance to steal elections, the unions have been doing it for years..."Get out the Vote, early and often" is their motto....early voting in Ohio have favored the Kenyan CSer currently in the White House, while most Republicans and Conservatives wait until election day....however, with Sam likely out of state, and youngest son Hal maybe as well, on business, that left Patricia, Anissa, and me to vote....while I was watching the grandson, Kasyn yesterday in Centerville, Patricia picked up Anissa, who needs help with her votes, and they voted...leaving only me in the immediate family yet to cast a ballot.

Well Hell, with the lousy weather, I figured the polling place for early voting, at the Mercer County Courthouse would be an easy in/easy out today, so I decided to take the plunge.  The last time I voted early was 1976, while a student at Hocking Technical College in Nelsonville I voted early in the Carter/Ford race....since then, whether in be in Ohio, Wisconsin, Dodge City, or Kokomo, I have voted on the regular Tuesday election day....today was different, and the crowds were good...many people doing this "early voting" thing.  But even with a full house, I got into the last "booth" and was in and out in quick fashion....I may do this more often, provided God keeps me around for awhile, and Obammy and his "Word Police" don't find a reason to stick me and the like minded away in jail or some other institution.

Day with the "K-Man"....

With Hal and Lisa's sitter out because of the death of the sitter's mother, I headed down to Centerville to watch the grandson....it is amazing how quickly he is growing....already walking like an old pro...or at least as good as me with my bum ankle.  Kasyn turns one in November, having been born on Thanksgiving evening last, and walking is coming along much quicker than I ever did....I think I was just a bit over a year old, the boys both got started before their first, Anissa was just past her first birthday when she started....

Kasyn is one happy kid, and the 7 hours I spent flew by, with his taking a couple of one hour naps, while the rest of the time we watched the fat grey Squirrel build a nest for the approaching winter, which after today looks to be here already.  When we were not being entertained by the Squirrel, I fed him a bit, and we played "Angry Birds" on his dad's IPad....I headed home about 4:15, and after a bite to eat, Sam and I headed for the opening night of Dartball.

Dartball Begins.....

The Dartball Season, which lasts until early Spring, kicked off last night at Mt. Tabor Church of God, and despite our depleted crew{many of the older guys have taken time off for now}, after a poor first game, which saw us score in the 9th to avoid a shutout, losing 3-1, we bounced back, with 9-3 and 3-2 wins, to open the season 2 wins and 1 loss....I started zero for four in the first game, but bounced back with 6 hits in my final 10 at bats, with a couple of triples and three RBIs....batting .429 for the night.  Not bad for opening night, I ended up leading the team in both average and runs batted in.....next week our home season kicks off against Rockford Methodist.

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New Photos don't seem to want to load.....will add more later:  The enclosed photos are of an older nature.....hopefully Blogger will fix it's upload of new photos in short order and will add them at that time.

Romney and Ryan Stop in Celina...part #2

I'm not sure when and if a major Presidential Contender stopped in our little berg of Celina {with a population approaching 11,000}...but today, with "Sandy" getting ready to hit the eastern seaboard, Mitt Romney cancelled in Virginia, and decided to join his running mate Paul Ryan here in Western Ohio....first at the Celina Fieldhouse, the they moved on to Finlay, to the north....

I had opted out, Hell, I've have interviewed Ronald Reagan, George Bush 1, and Ted Kennedy, while in Dodge City, Kansas, during the 1980 campaign...and more sports and political players than I can count during my days in radio and cable TV....so standing outside and waiting, then inside and waiting more was not going to be in my cards....however, wife Patricia, sister Marty, and oldest son Sam took it all in....they got inside the 2000 seat Celina Fieldhouse, built back in 1936 as part of the WPA Project, under FDR, and still used as the Varsity Basketball Arena these days....while others, were sent to the Celina Football Stadium...just a few hundred feet away, where they had big screens set up....the city probably had not seen this type of excitement in many a moon....

The doors opened up at 11:30, although many had been waiting in line since 9am....Mitt, Paul, and Company were finished up by 3 and on their way north....the schedule that these guys, and Obammy and Joe Biden are keeping is itself amazing, to say the least....

And finally CBS National News{who watches that bias crap?} did lead off it's election coverage with Romney speaking in Celina....

Tomorrow, off to Centerville to watch Grandson Kasyn, rapidly approaching his first Birthday{November 24th} for the day, with the opening games of the Dartball season beginning on the raod at Mt. Tabor tomorrow night....

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Photos-All Taken by Patricia, Romney and Ryan at the historic Celina Fieldhouse 10/28/12

Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan in Celina Today

On Friday afternoon last, the phone rang, and it was a "robo-call" for the RNC{Republican National Committee} telling me that VP nominee Paul Ryan of Wisconsin was coming to Celina this very day, Sunday, October 28, 2012....with the GOP surge in the polls, Ohio once again has become the "must win" state, and the future Vice President was going to be just about everywhere in the Buckeye State over the next days.  Meanwhile President to be, Mitt was going to be in Florida followed by Virginia, before coming to Ohio...he is to appear in Elida{just a stones throw of 30 miles}, a berg of Lima on Tuesday....

Stop the Presses....."Sandy" steps in!

Yesterday Sam's classmate from High School, George Moore, also the Republican City Law of Celina, let us know that Mitt would be joining Ryan in Celina!  The reason, I am sure, is because the Romney Campaign had to cancel events in Virginia today, due to Hurricane Sandy, getting ready to explode across the eastern seaboard....Virginia's loss is Ohio and Celina's gain. 

The 1800 seat Celina Fieldhouse, ironically built back in 1936 as part of FDR's works projects during the last Great Depression, will be the setting....while I am going to "stand down" and not go, oldest son Sam, wife Patricia, and my sister Marty will be taking it in....4 hours or so of sitting is just a bit more resting the butt than I want to do...I had season tickets and was a student 45 years ago and more sitting on those bench seats, that damn old wood is hard!  Anyway I am sending along the camera with them, and hopefully they can get a few photos for me to share, both here on the blog, and on facebook!

The doors open at 11:30 and the show begins 2 hours later...

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Indian Summer's Last Stand? Election Minus 12 Days

Today they are calling for plenty of sunshine with a high of 78...tomorrow and for the 10 days that follow{at least} temperatures won't rise out of the 50s....this despite the Weather Channel calling for warmer temperatures for the coming winter as a whole.  I will take that prediction, like the forecast for the coming election, with a large grain of salt.

I did roll out towards the lake earlier this morning to see if anything was photo worthy...I snapped a few, but really nothing spectacular, I have posted some on today's blog. 

Yesterday, with temperatures nearing the mid 70s, I decided to test my ailing ankle and foot, and managed to mow the yard one last time, start up the snow blowers{one worked, the other didn't} and clean and clear out the garage...some success on that front, but with the Buick still sitting in one stall, I have a ways to go. 

As Sam and I prepared for a Basketball Rules meeting in Van Wert, one of the "kids" I used to coach in Little League and Pony League Baseball dropped by...these days he has his law degree and is the City of Celina Law Director.  George was a high school classmate of Sam's and stopped by to discuss how the world was working....we had a good 45 minute talk, the three of us.  George won the Law Director race last year, and as a Conservative Republican, he has his head on straight....meanwhile Sam, who has an interview in Houston, Texas next week for an Actuarial position, is getting "antsy".  He has had some good interviews, but this one, looks to be the best of the lot...although I'm not sure Houston was on his original radar.

Politics be Damn!

Frankly the election can't come and go soon enough....

Another left wing "Bogey Man"/"Straw Dog" was tossed out by the left last night....Richard Mourdock, the Tea Party/Republican Candidate for the Senate made a statement about rape and abortion{never a good topic when the left, moderates, and media are around}:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/23/god-at-work-when-rape-leads-to-pregnancy-indiana-republican-senate-candidate/?test=latestnews

Mourdock, who defeated long time RINO Senator Richard Lugar in the primary has a big target on his back by the left, and the entrenched GOP establishment....and what he said, regarding the abortion of the unborn just because they were conceived through rape{or incest for that matter} is right on.  Since when is a human being less of one because they were conceived through other than marriage?  Give me a freaking break!  Life is life, and if you are wishy washy on it like Romney and GOP moderates, go to Hell...because, you will be soon enough.  This is one area I don't compromise on....there are very few reasons for a child to be aborted, and these two are not among them.  Bottom Line!

Having said the above, it really isn't going to matter in the long run...mere laws of man, will not change the carnage that is going on in this country....we will all pay for it eventually..."God Bless America" indeed....for all the wrong reasons, that racist, bigoted, moron Rev Wright, may have had the phrase correct.

The End of an Era?

Sam and I attended our first basketball rules meeting of the season....for Sam it may be his last, depending on what happens on the job front.  As for me?  I will trudge through the season, if...if, my left ankle and foot ligaments heal in time.  While walking this morning, and of late in general, I have begin to reassess my future as an aging basketball, and football official.

Basketball I had already decided to cut back following next year....and that may happen sooner.  As far as football?  Well that may come to an end sooner than I had planned.  Depending on my health, especially on my legs and feet, and how they hold up.  There is little doubt on the football front, I will most likely give up my Friday night Varsity gigs...nothing is certain however.  Basketball I will give up any thoughts of Varsity games, and stick to Junior High and girls JV games...the boys JV contests are just a bit too up tempo for me to handle, although I do have a dozen or so this season on my schedule, and will take them one at at time...but the end is near regarding those.....

Baseball on the other hand, I have no plans for cutting back, at least in the Spring....Summer Legion and ACME however, I plan on cutting back on.....

Enough rambling for now....time to get my ass outside and enjoy this final day{for now} of  Indian Summer 2012.

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Photos-Indian Summer around Grand Lake..(1) Walking down the West Bank Bike Bath....(2) Looking towards the rising sun and the Islands..(3) The Beaver Creek as it begins west end Spillway and heads towards the Wabash River...and (4) Some Shad, Bass, and Other Fish that didn't make it as they rode the Spillway down to the Beaver.

Insulation, New Car, and the Debate Winner Is.....

Lots of action has come and gone since Friday's last post....

Nick and I completed the replacing of the insulation under the kitchen floor....I should give credit to Nick, as he did probably 75% of the work...5 hours on Saturday and another 3 on Sunday afternoon.  Once done with that, we sat outside in the Indian Summer weather and downed a 12 pack and polished off a couple of hand rolled cigars...

So the two types of insulation, the board type for the inside crawl space walls, and the fiber glass for the under floor area, should make the kitchen floor warmer for the winter months ahead...because it appears the remainder of the floor replacement is going to drag through the cold weather.

Nissan Altima SE...2012//

As I wrote last week, Patricia was looking at a couple of vehicles, and had settled in on one of two Nissan Altima SEs that were at R&D Auto in Celina.  R&D is where we purchased the Dodge Nitro in April 2011, and we more than satisfied with the follow-up service.  The two Altima's she was looking at were the same exact vehicles, one had 6000 miles, the other 14,000...the difference, aside of the miles, was about $2500, no brainier to me...take the one for less money, 8000 miles less, was not worth a couple of grand extra on the price...besides, even at 14000 miles, the Nissan was not even close to being broken in.

So yesterday, I dropped off a check, and picked up Patricia's new ride....trading in the old Pontiac Montana, which we had for over 10 years....even though it was still running well, with 188,000 miles on it, time was not on it's side.   With the Montana gone, I take over the Nitro, which will end my plans on buying a full size pickup, and Patricia will drive the Nissan.  These two vehicles, one with 51,000 and the newer one, with the 14000, should end our car buying for at least the next five years.  The 1977 Buick is the only other vehicle in the garage...and frankly, despite my desire to get it back on the road, I probably won't see that happen, and likely will sell it to free up some garage space....in the meantime we are set for now.

And the Winner Is......?   The Losers are "The American People"

Watching the final Presidential Debate last night, in between peaks at the Monday Night Football Game and the final game of the National League playoffs, one thing become clear...The American Presidential Race and the Candidates are in denial when it comes to Radical Islam and the dangers it brings to America.

Obama lied with a straight face about is role in destroying the United States by appeasing Islam trash, and Mitt Romney, looked much like his old man....without the balls to call the Kenyan out, or to call Islam exactly what it is....that being the Cult that is out to destroy us.  One candidate embraces Islamic Terrorists, and the other is turning a blind eye.  It is clear that neither will stand up to Iran or radicals in the Middle East, and we are screwed as a nation regardless of which man gets elected President...it's enough to make one puke!

The only good news from last night was, the hated Cardinals went down in flames as San Francisco continued it's amazing come-from-behind story....now Go Tigers!

Bend Over America, your leaders have lost their will and their balls....

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Photos-Patricia's new ride, just a shade below new, with 14,000 miles the 2012 Nissan Altima came in at about $12,000 less than it would have costs straight off the dealer floor.....and after last night's "non debate", it is clear, that there is no Ronald Reagan running, neither Obammy or Romney can live up to his legacy....Romney, frankly, was a huge disappointment, Obama performed as expected...like the lying Kenyan Striped Skunk he is.