The Colts Fiasco

lets cut right to the chase.....the Colts owe their fans a refund and they owe ALL fans and the rest of the NFL an apology, as the great linguist Herm Edwards said, "You Play to Win the Game".......the message the Colts sent on Sunday is "Oh no you don't" , not if their are bigger fish to fry....the Colts made a mockery of the NFL , it's not who you play , but when you play them on your schedule , if the Jets get in because of a tie-breaker I hope it is at the expense of a team that had the bad luck of Playing the colts and loosing earlier in the year when the games still counted.....never mind the fact that the Colts threw away an opportunity to make history , as if Peyton Manning will benefit in the playoffs because he got an early shower on Sunday, 3 full weeks before their first playoff game....it would serve them right to get bounced in their playoff opener..

the ironic part , not that any jackass in today's society bothers to learn from history , but 2 years ago, under similar circumstances , with only history on the line, the Jints and Pats battled it out with their starters for 4 quarters on the LAST weekend of the season.....no rest for the weary....those two teams obviously met a month later for all the marbles.

bottom line....the colts owe their ticket holders at least a partial refund for last Sunday.....don't hold your breath.

Fare Thee Well El Gigantes~

and just like that the wind went out of another gem from our childhood, GIANT STADIUM stands no more, weep no more my lady, we're all eventually waiting, waiting here for everyman

Christmas in May

i had kind of given up on Christmas a while back, not in a grinchy way, but just an honest revelation that the excitement you used to feel as a kid was gone for good, not a big deal , i wasn't down or depressed, i would still go through the motions , but that was it.

that all changed this morning, I received the Greatest and most thoughtful gift I could ever imagine, my Wife is taking me to the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby ....she bought he tickets, scheduled my vacation with my boss, got a dog sitter, booked the hotels and mapped it all out....I am floored, goose bumps , beyond excited....after all these years, and parties, and daydreams.....I AM GOING TO THE DERBY !

Yes Lookin At Lucky.....there is a Santa Claus.

ALL Hands on Deck....ALL Hands on Deck

We need a Working Party to assemble on the fan tail at 0800 hours to begin digging out the bar , only 5 hours to kickoff of the first game ......the problem is the shovel is in the shed........also graves needs a path to a patch of grass....and quick..

on the ridge of the bay

splendid time last night in Yellow Hook...Chadwicks...and Cappers in Club O' .....although Honorable Eggroll ate more than half of our T-Bone for 2 , it was nice to see his cousin larry so close to the hollidays...full of holiday cheer....nice turnout , even in a recession, a party of 9 ....

back where it all began

On this Nite of Nites, we raise triumphant chalices of splendor to the Gods, for we know not whence we shall return.....William Stark


The palace of mirrors
Where dog soldiers are reflected,
The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
The empty rooms where her memory is protected,
Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times....Bob Dylan

Time Honored Tradition

Today we tackle our finest foe, the Great Men from The United Staes Military Academy at West Point.....if Army wins they become bowl eligible......once the game starts the juices will flow and of course I will drinking to the Navy Foam....but offline, I must admit, it would be great for everyone if the Cadets joined the Flyboys and Squids in the Bowl Party.

Stand Navy down the field, sails set to the sky.
We'll never change our course, so Army you steer shy-y-y-y.
Roll up the score, Navy, Anchors Aweigh.
Sail Navy down the field and sink the Army, sink the Army Grey.

Get underway, Navy, Decks cleared for the fray,
We'll hoist true Navy Blue So Army down your Grey-y-y-y.
Full speed ahead, Navy; Army heave to,
Furl Black and Grey and Gold and hoist the Navy, hoist the Navy Blue

Blue of the Seven Seas; Gold of God's great sun
Let these our colors be till all of time be done-n-n-ne,
By Severn's shore we learn Navy's stern call:
Faith, courage, service true with honor over, honor over all.

tiger tiger tiger

taking an indefinite leave of action to save his marriage ? ?

lets say i am skeptical to say the least, maybe they are lawyering out the finer points on their new marriage agreement, you know things like Elin can't make sweedish meatballs more than twice a week and Tiger can't sleep with Porn Stars...minutia.

but even if any of that is true, knowing what we now seem to know about the worlds greatest golfer, I am certain that a part of him is saying.

" i will sit out the Masters and watch your ratings drop through the floor board , I will keep out of sight on that final Sunday when that Mick Harrington and Spaniard Garcia battle it out with NOBODY watching or CARING , and when NIKE and BUICK decide to scale back on their advertising, when tickets on stub hub go unsold, when the galleries dwindle and hotel rooms in Augusta are vacant because my following of 20 somethin knuckleheads no longer feel the need to attend the Masters in person and follow me around, when every last scoundrel at the PGA finally admits that I ..TIGER WOODS am bigger than the game itself.....that's when I will return to play Pebble Beach and save the world , with my loving Elin and our adorable children ( How many times did Jim Nantz call them adorable? it better have been double digits).......and I may never win another tournament , but the world of Golf will live in fear of my retirement"

MJ

you and i must make a pact,
we must drink a case in fact,
where there is beeeeeeeer.
I'll be there.


that mike jackson sure could write great songs.

Pearl Harbor Revisited

don't drink my beer Argentina,
the truth is I'm always thirsty,
I'll drink a case box, and then another.
I'll DRNK A CASE BOX,
and then another....

D-Reef took a beatin

wow....here is what remains of the jewel of seabright.....the battered Donnavans Reef...a sad day in beer drinking history, let's hope the next tiki bar is bigger and somehow better than her predecessor.....assuming their is a next one.

Tiger

it's rarely the act itself that leads to the fall of the once mighty, but Rather; the cover up that premeditates their undoing.

Tiger will not be going to jail, we all know that, there is not enough there, but he may get divorced or amicably separated or whatever.

And there will not be an immediate backlash from his throngs of fans, whenever he decides to play again the Yahoos in the Gallery will shout "get in the hole" whenever he strikes the ball, and his sponsors ? nobody is dropping him that's for sure.

i do however think the inevitable demise has been set in motion, when a guy who allows his face to be splattered everywhere, commands and demands the spotlight ALWAYS ( even when tied for 8th place in a major) is willingly the center of the universe and always the focus of every story he is involved with.....When that guy suddenly finds himself in turmoil and NOW insists on Privacy......well the worm has begun to turn..............get yer mind off the golf course...i am talking about Barry Hussein.....

the hokie pokie of death

you put your right foot in , you take your right foot out......


President supports a limited surge in Afghanistan ?
We'll send most of the troops you asked for , BUT , put limits on how long they stay and how much we'll spend.....

where do I start?

Now the enemy knows exactly what our plans are , not smart, they will engage us when they are up to it, and hideaway when the odds are against or their supplies are low, they live there ya know, they can wait us out for generations, there is ALWAYS light at the end of the tunnel.

Financially we are in dire straits, BUT , you don't play budget games when lives are on the line, you don't try to appease your detractors by limiting spending on the military, if you are making the decision to send the military into hostile environments, halfway around the globe, taking these men and women away from their families at at such a fragile time in our nations psyche......the LEAST you can do is fully support their mission.

How demoralized would you or I feel if we were deployed next month to Afghanistan under these conditions, can you imagine a 20 something year old Marine having to explain to his wife and kids that he is going to Afghanistan under these circumstances........the success of our military has always rested on the inexplicable desire of young men to volunteer to serve and risk their lives, how long before that spirit turns to despair ? ......where in Gods name do these guys get that spirit ? if that magic well of new recruits ever runs dry it's OVER...but with the antichrist in washington......maybe that is what it's all about Grimmy!

a Boy and his Dog !

Good Ol Snoopy , friendliest Dog on 76th street in the 1970's.....

skytell pages fm 9/11

skytell pages from September 11th are posted on the internet, spooky, scary, sad, addicting.....started browsing a few hours ago, can't stop.....chilling......should not have started reading them today, but they are very interesting if you have time at a leter date.....foxnews has a link.....a lady I was with was trying to get messages out from the battery park waterfront, will be curious to see if I can find one of hers.

2001-09-11 09:22:05 Skytel [002864936] C ALPHA
To FBRS rmt and Crit personnel: 200 Liberty is being evacutated. Those in the area should meet at the Winter Garden. Our plan is to meet there and 6-8 people accompany NFS to Comdisc

Thanksgiving Day Memories

nothing stranger for me than Thanksgiving Day 1985 , soy turkey for dinner in the mess hall on the isle of Diego Garcia, drank 3/4 of a bottle of Tankeray and way before the days of CD's or DVD's , I listened to a homegrown TDK casette tape of the Last Waltz....OVER AND OVER......and tried not to think about the fact that it was Thanksgiving back in the states or that I had approx 325 more days to spend on the ROCK before I could go home again........of course i listened to Van Morrisons " Listen to the Lion" in honour of the Detroit Lions ........click on the subject link above .

and the beat (down) goes on

this is the real reason the blak haus is at war with Fox News, you won't read this story in the times or hear it on the cbs evening news , yet it is out there for all media outlets to report. in case you fomrgot just who this skmbag is , he was behind the murder of 4 U.S. Civilians in iRAQ, had their bodies dragged through the streets and hung from a bridge over the Euphrates River and 4 Navy Seals will be court martialed for alleggedly giving him a bloddy lip........it's over my friends, it is so over.


By Rowan Scarborough


Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing criminal charges, sources told FoxNews.com.

The three, all members of the Navy's elite commando unit, have refused non-judicial punishment — called an admiral's mast — and have requested a trial by court-martial.

Ahmed Hashim Abed, whom the military code-named "Objective Amber," told investigators he was punched by his captors — and he had the bloody lip to prove it.

Now, instead of being lauded for bringing to justice a high-value target, three of the SEAL commandos, all enlisted, face assault charges and have retained lawyers.

Matthew McCabe, a Special Operations Petty Officer Second Class (SO-2), is facing three charges: dereliction of performance of duty for willfully failing to safeguard a detainee, making a false official statement, and assault.

Petty Officer Jonathan Keefe, SO-2, is facing charges of dereliction of performance of duty and making a false official statement.

Petty Officer Julio Huertas, SO-1, faces those same charges and an additional charge of impediment of an investigation.

The three SEALs will be arraigned separately on Dec. 7. Another three SEALs — two officers and an enlisted sailor — have been identified by investigators as witnesses but have not been charged.

FoxNews.com obtained the official handwritten statement from one of the three witnesses given on Sept. 3, hours after Abed was captured and still being held at the SEAL base at Camp Baharia. He was later taken to a cell in the U.S.-operated Green Zone in Baghdad.

The SEAL told investigators he had showered after the mission, gone to the kitchen and then decided to look in on the detainee.

"I gave the detainee a glance over and then left," the SEAL wrote. "I did not notice anything wrong with the detainee and he appeared in good health."

Lt. Col. Holly Silkman, spokeswoman for the special operations component of U.S. Central Command, confirmed Tuesday to FoxNews.com that three SEALs have been charged in connection with the capture of a detainee. She said their court martial is scheduled for January.

United States Central Command declined to discuss the detainee, but a legal source told FoxNews.com that the detainee was turned over to Iraqi authorities, to whom he made the abuse complaints. He was then returned to American custody. The SEAL leader reported the charge up the chain of command, and an investigation ensued.

The source said intelligence briefings provided to the SEALs stated that "Objective Amber" planned the 2004 Fallujah ambush, and "they had been tracking this guy for some time."

The Fallujah atrocity came to symbolize the brutality of the enemy in Iraq and the degree to which a homegrown insurgency was extending its grip over Iraq.

The four Blackwater agents were transporting supplies for a catering company when they were ambushed and killed by gunfire and grenades. Insurgents burned the bodies and dragged them through the city. They hanged two of the bodies on a bridge over the Euphrates River for the world press to photograph.

Intelligence sources identified Abed as the ringleader, but he had evaded capture until September.

The military is sensitive to charges of detainee abuse highlighted in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. The Navy charged four SEALs with abuse in 2004 in connection with detainee treatment.

just a song for Gomorrah

I wonder what they did there...must of been a bad, bad thing, to get shot down for.

because she
looked be
hind her.

J Kahn Garcia.

Big Race

Meet of Champions Today at Holmdel Park ....you feel the tension in the cool november air, butterflies flutter in bellies, anxiety rules the day.