SIXTY TWO YEARS BETWEEN MEDALS!!!!

Steve "Night Train" Holcomb bring the Gold home to Lake Placid in a sport that can be best described as driving a 1,000 horsepower race car on wet bumpy pavement with bad ball joints and bald bias belted tires. Those of you who remember bias belted tires are required to comment.









We can thank this guy and I'm sure so is the American Bobsled team.

Geoff Bodine he some how came up here and rode a bobsled and when he saw what our Olympic and World Cup teams were using for a sled, he recognized that we as a country could build a better sled. And we did, "Night Train" is the result of years of work and much donated money as the U.S. Bobsled team get's little if any support from Washington. How do you like them apples?

SNL!!!!! Awesome Snark

Mocking at it's best.

Be scared Ah?Merica! Be scared.





just thought I would throw this one out to add some car salesman humor.
I've never done what he did but, I've come close.

TIGER WINS

look, he'll enter and win several golf tourny's and win, then win a major and life will go on. all the while those that have shunned him lately, cried over his daliances, speak how he has let them down and then next year when he is one down at the last hole on sunday needing one more birdie, will be rooting for him to get *&^% in one.

What Is Wrong With?

The United States Of America becoming just another country in the world?

CPAC I Can Scream Fire

I have never seen a contest amongst a group of elected officials as to who can yell "fire" in a crowded theatre lowder. You?

Stimulus & Republcan'ts

Republican'ts last year...




Now...

It now has another 100 HP and is lighter...

It was announced today the that the 2011 Mustang got a boost in horsepower. hat This is an earlier post that i have recycled, just trying to do my part to save the environment. Not that environment, Ford's. hahahahaha!


This really gets me going. Towards the end listen to the gears in the transmission sing...

This is one of the NHL's better players

What separates many athletes today is their ability to think and react to circumstances differently. They question authority and normality and many times change sport for the better in the process.

MyFord Technology

In and around all of the hub bub in Washington, [endless] I missed this. This is huge and I know that there can be an argument made that it will contribute to distracted driving and all but like anything else it is the old saw of, the more you use it, the easier it gets and for us old farts is is just another tech'y thing I have to learn about. I sell Fords and it seems like the buying public is getting younger every day. Although it is quite cool. Twitter is taking over the world.

Time for some spring cleaning....

I have thought for some time that Barack had little choice in his selection of many cabinet positions when he was elected. I have been watching this whole economic meltdown thing for 3 years now and we were very close to edge of economic collapse in September of 2008 and although Bush and his adviser's planned it pretty close, the missed by 5 months, to hand off to the next president an economy in such shambles as to assure whoever it was of only one term and they would have the opportunity to go right back to work lining their friends and associates pockets. That was then and this is now and I actually believe that the Fed chairman, sec of treasury and many others that were hired on at the outset of his administration and were pumped by Barack for what they knew will now be cast aside and replaced with people who have Paul Volker's mindset. The fire has been put out and it is time to investigate if the fire was arson, natural causes or criminal. It has been a year of giving Wall St all they need to get healthy and they might be out of intensive care and just resting and getting better by the day they are going to be held accountable for what they did. Barack is an economic expert and he knows what must be done. He is just biding his time because the situation was so bad when he arrived that he has allowed Goldman to front run trades, let the banks get money for nothing and lend at higher rates, let delay going mark to market on real estate all the while monitoring their real health. Trillion are involved here. There will come a time when things are better economically for, soon, to pull the trigger on reigning them in. He is not that stupid. Neither are we.

Ok, now I'm really, really pissed off

This President better start kicking ass and forget all of the can't we all get along bullshit right now. I am so disappointed by this whole HCR bullshit and the oh let's be nice to the Republicans and shit. Fuck em! Move on and get going with what our country needs now! If he doesn't get on the horse and ride then he is not the man I thought he was. Somebody send him a book about Lyndon Baines Johnson about how to get things done in Washington and tha namby pamby milquetoast from Arizona that wants to make nice with the other side, fuck him too and I hope he looses his reelection because Barack could have a carrier pigeon deliver notes to the senate as what to do and we would be better off. When are these democrats going to grow a pair. God Dam they are almost bending over backwards to let the republicans get in the way of anything progressive and good for the middle class. At this point Bolivia looks like a great place to live.

I would really enjoy doing something like this and the Camaro, or Camero as they say on Craigs List, is a good choice or maybe a old Mustang. The BMW, not so much....

Wanna' buy a sofa?

that low?

We gotta help Charley ski bum getting bum rap

Go read this article and if you do not feel offended and disappointed than you must have the ability to cut any part of your body with a dull knife and feel no pain. It is an affront to all of out freedoms that we believe we have, yet when the rubber meets the road we do not.

Thought you all would appreciate this...

I live in the largest park in the United States, the Adirondack Park. Six million acres. 5 and one half hours from New York City. Watch this and you learn the value of parks in out country.

CIA Headed To Bankruptcy Court

Let's hope that when they come out of bankruptcy they are lean and mean and instead of shedding debt, they have shed an over bloated bureaucracy.

Teabaggers upset with Glenn Beck over birther issue

The birthers are pissed

What comes to mind is that fox news has made a good living appealing to the birthers, tea baggers and any number of right wing radical mindset folks over the past few years and now they might reap what they have sowed. Like someone said o another blog comment page, they are like drug addicts who are always looking for a better and more powerful high, they will switch drug dealers in a heartbeat to attain the crazy michelle bachman, glenn beck, billo, hannity and the rest of the political drug dealers that have cooked up ever more drug induced lunacy.

The problem I see is that Fox News has been pimpin' these drug dealers and if this plays out as I think it will Fox is left with nothing. Having pissed off the addicts and spent their credibility with the rest of America Rupert might have to reap what he has sowed. A smaller group of viewers who are just to lazy to switch channels or to stupid to notice. In the end Fox should have considered adopting a business model more sustainable as so might the Republican party. Honest Injun'

Another toy I won't be getting and if I did?

Want to go for a ride? You know if I did get one of these, I know a guy in Colorado who could make use of it. So awesome it reeks of? Awesomeness.

Well the video is unavailable so follow the...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_F7QrR4Ur8

Socialism dam it, TSA is socialism

Why are we using government money to pay for security screening at airports? Let the airlines pay for that. If I invite you into my car for a ride and something horrible happens, I am responsible. Give me money to transport you and the culpability for any deaths increases. Just sayin'.

It is not how long you live, but how broad

Many years ago, 1975 to be correct I met a man who lived across the alley from me in Taos, NM and spent many a day talking with him and discussing life's trivial's and just today I walk into a Mexican restaurant in Williston,Vt. and I see a poster or print, I am not sure, of his hanging over the fryolator and ask the owner why they would subject a piece of art to such cruel duty and be just a point of interest and he tells me that he bought it at a local frame shop and just hung it up because it looked good. It reveals to me how quick someone's specter in society fades. Here is a man who drew some beautiful prints and it ends up as a point of interest over a fryolator in an abscure Mexican food joint in a state 1600 miles from his home. Did not know him well, but knew him back then in the day and spent many an afternoon drinking brandy and beer at his casa just across the alley in Taos from Mike O'Conner's house, another friend of mine.

Homeless Shelters Always Need These 2 Things

Trust me, I know from personal experience. I just dropped off 2 jugs of coffee and 2 bags of sugar. Costs me $24.00 and gave me a bazzzillion dollars worth of happiness.

Priorities are messed up and so is our thinking...

Just thought...


$45.4 Billion Spent on Pets: Where’s The Money Going?


Pet loving consumers have ensured that the pet industry’s projected sales of $45.4 Billion in 2009 have not been slashed by the Bear market. According to the American Pet Product Association, there is hardly a scratch to be seen in spending on pets as all 5 categories have increased over 2008 numbers. While high-end specialty stores will see profits decline, there are gains in spending on quality foods, beds, and leashes. Value for money is what the public will be looking for in 2009/2010.







TORRINGTON — City programs that serve the city’s homeless population will be the beneficiary of nearly $400,000 in grant money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Torrington Housing Authority will receive two grants totaling $229,680, while the Torrington Community Housing Corporation will receive $95,735. The state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services will also direct $73,080 toward fighting homelessness in the city.

HUD allocated a total of $28.8 million in grants to Connecticut, which will be spread to 129 homeless assistance programs across the state. A total of $1.4 billion in grants will be distributed nationwide

53 Weeks and my first commenter

I really want to thank this guy for setting the hook that still resides in my throat and keeps my interest in doing this. I do not know how he found me and I feel lucky he did because I had no idea how big the blogisphere was when I wrote those first words and damn some guy from Colorado took the time to hit some keystrokes to give my words credence. Thanks One Fly, Have a Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and thanks for finding me that day 53 weeks ago.

Russ


1 comments:

One Fly said...

There was time when all this stuff was done by dealers as part of the process of selling used cars at least where I grew up. I drive well taken care of used cars with records. The past four have been Subys. It's a long story but I drive these things very cheaply- the last was .03 per mile.

Someone Has Decided We Can't Handle The Truth

Oh please MR. whoever in owned our corporate owned media world for sheltering the truth of what actually happens when you drink and drive. It's all about the PSA's with some policeman puffing out their chest on the teevee and "telling" us what they will do to Americans who drink and drive. Look at how we are protecting you is their message.

How about approaching it from a different angle and show the truth of what happens and let "us" decide. Oh No can't let that happen because then we loose some of our power over you asshat drivers who without our ability to "tell" you how fast to drive, not drive drunk, with bald tires etc. would kill yourselves at rates associated with nuclear bombing sites. We would also loose some of our power over you and go back to the days when policemen and policewomen were about protect and serve and that is so boring. They enjoy the power angle, only human nature.

Now look at these 2 ads and tell which one does better job of convincing you to not drink and drive.





Guess which one is not on American teevee?

Do U Have Driver's License? Watch This!!!

The TAC in Australia put this together and it is compiled from all of their ads over the years. Seeing as the holiday season is upon us and you know how it is with the libations. If this saves one life I'll be happy.

I Own My Vote Do You?

Just wathced the president's speech and went to Fox, MSNBC, and a few others and they were all picking apart the speech and pointing out this and that they disagreed with and I am one who is sick and fucking tired of everyone picking and choosing their values on a daily basis so that they can feel better about themselves.

I voted for Barack and I own my vote. He is presented with a set of facts with which he makes decisions every day and most of the facts are unknown to you and I. I trusted him to do what he believes is right. He does not have the luxury of twisting in the wind and governing based on public opinion swayed by the media's penchant for ad dollars.

Christ almighty, grow up and own your vote.

I don't like alot of what he has been doing but I believe that there is reason he is doing what he is doing.

I always like to say to naysayer's...

I like the plan you put forth better.

STFU and read a good book!

All of this bloviating and hand wringing and posting this and that does nothing but assuage your own inability to accept your vote and own it.

I knew that when I pulled that lever and voted, I was giving him 4 years to decide what is best for our country and until his time is up and I need to decide on who is next, I am going to believe.

I have made my decision and I am sticking to it.