Al's
Most Recent
Quote
of the day:
“Men
are superior to women. For one thing, men can successfully urinate
from a speeding car.”
Will Durst
When
I travel alone on long road trips I carry an empty milk jug. I will
let your imagination take over from here.
Clemson
won but didn't cover...you gamblers out there know what I am talking
about.
I
made my life a lot more simplified this weekend. I eliminated Donald
Trump as a possible presidential candidate. I like what he says but
he just doesn't have any class. His strategy appears to be
attempting to destroy his competition's pride and self esteem and
obviously he does not understand the team concept...in other words he
is a blowhard bully. What else bothers me is when he is waiting at a
debate he has the character, the facial expressions and demeanor of
Benito Mussolini...some say he is a narcissist...me included and that
ridiculous comb over confirms it. What I am worried about is he has
the resources to buy the presidency. It has happened before. All
someone has to do is pay people to vote for a particular person in
those districts with the most votes in the electoral college. In
spite of what you believe, it is not the popular vote that elects the
President of the United States.
I
read about a man that called the cops because he saw someone pull up
in his yard, jump out and grab one of his prize Albany
Brood Cocks . He claimed that the
rooster was worth $1,000. The thief jumped back in his car and sped
away. The owner chased for a while but the thief escaped. I could
not help but research what a Albany
Brood Cock was. It is a fighting
cock, y’all. A Gamecock, if you will. It seems that this
particular breed along with the McAnally
breed are the fiercest fighters out there. They are among a group
known affectionately in the cockfighting arena as “roundheads”.
It is obvious that the owner of this rooster is not in the
cockfighting business or he would have not called the cops, but that
does not stop him from raising these athletes and selling them to
those who do. When you think about how much this rooster is worth
and what care is involved, it sounds like a lucrative business to me.
Nah, If I did that my daughters would never speak to me again even
though their inheritance would increase dramatically…or would they?
A
while back a Somali Muslim that was a naturalized American citizen
conspired to build and plant a bomb in a large crowd gathering around
for a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Oregon. The only
problem was that this jackass was getting the bomb parts from an FBI
operative and the parts were fake. He was arrested and is looking at
a long time in the joint. I have been fishing in Rogue River in the
Medford, Oregon area in the past. Let me tell you, those Oregonians
in that area are as close to real cowboys as you will find in America
today. They are rough and ready and are prepared to fight at the
drop of a hat, and you don’t even need the hat. After this episode
in Portland, the Muslim communities in Oregon are terrified that
these “rough boys” will come after them and I would not be
surprised if they did. It was a great pleasure to associate with
people that just take you for what you are and expect the same from
you…just don’t lie to them or betray them. If you do, the hat
with drop.
This
Date in History November 30
1776
On this date one of the greatest screw-ups in history occurs.
British Admiral Richard Howe and his bother British General William
Howe offer amnesty to any colonist that would swear an oath to cease
and desist from “Treasonable acting and doings” within 60 days.
Earlier in September Admiral Howe had brought his fleet into Long
Island Sound and disembarked his brother General William Howe and his
well trained and polished infantry. After landing Howe engaged in
two battles with Patriot General George Washington and his rag tag
army and on one occasion Howe had the entire Patriot army flanked and
could have cut off Washington’s retreat and captured and hanged him
and his entire staff for treason and the rebellion would have ended.
But the Howe brothers saw themselves as peace makers and allowed
Washington and company to escape by boat over to Manhattan. A little
while later the Patriots sent over a committee headed by Ben Franklin
to negotiate with the Howe brothers. After two days of talks the
negotiations broke down when the Howe brothers would not even
consider American Independence as being necessary for peace. After
this both sides ramped up for the all out war they knew was coming.
Seven years later after an ocean of tears and blood was shed by our
ancestors, victory was ours.
1835
On this date Samuel Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri. At the
age of 13 he was apprenticed out to a printer but then went to work
for an older brother who was an editor with the
Hannibal Journal in Hannibal,
Missouri. He was commissioned to write a humorous travel column for
the Keokuk
Daily Post in
Keokuk, Iowa. But Samuel saw himself as a riverboat captain on the
mighty Mississippi and became an apprentice. At the age of 23 he
received his license as a riverboat captain. He piloted until the
outbreak of the Civil War and then nearly all riverboat traffic was
discontinued. It was during his time as a captain that he received
the nickname of “Mark Twain” which was a call out signifying the
depth of two fathoms which was the minimum safe depth on the river.
He moved out west and began writing for the Virginia
City Territorial Enterprise,
in Virginia City, Nevada. He eventually moved to San Francisco and
began writing in earnest and delivered one of his best renderings in
“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”. In addition
to this he gave us “Huckleberry Finn”, “Tom Sawyer”,
“Roughin’ it” and many other gems. It is unlikely that the
world will ever be graced with another such a talented wit as he. He
eventually moved to Hartford, Connecticut where he died in 1910.
What a great legacy he left us.
1989
On this date the so called “America’s first female serial
killer” struck. A trucker named Richard Mallory was last seen in
the company of Aileen Wournos. They had left a truck stop near Palm
Bay, Florida and Richard was never seen alive again. They found his
truck three days later near Ormond Beach with his wallet, a few
condoms and pocket change on the front seat, but no Richard. Finally
Richard’s body turned up in a Daytona Beach junkyard with three
bullet holes in his chest. Over a period of two years seven men were
found dead killed in a similar manner. The Florida Bureau of
Investigation finally tracked Wournous down to a seedy biker bar near
Tampa. She went on trial and was convicted of seven counts of
murder. After the jury rendered their verdict, Aileen screamed “I
am innocent. It was self defense. I was raped. I hope all of you
scum sucking maggots get raped.” This was not a smooth move for
Aileen because it would be the same jury that would convene two weeks
later and determine her punishment. They gave her the death penalty.
After Aileen figured out that the state of Florida was not kidding
and they were going to kill her, she became a born again Christian.
Sure enough, the state of Florida did indeed mean business and in
October of 2002 she went meet her maker via “Old Sparky” and her
corpse was cremated. The ashes sent to her birthplace in Michigan
where a former friend spread her ashes under a tree where they used
to play. It seems sad, but think of the families of her victims
first and then think of Aileen.
Thanks
for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
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