Thursday, April 30, 2009

Hey Charleston, if You Don't Want Al-Qaeda Detainees, This Town Will Gladly Take Them..

Gee Honey, It Looks Perfect For Waterboarding !!

Here's an interesting story i ran across today that was in TIME Magazine. Now that Gitmo is closed, the question of where they will put the Al-Qaeda detainees keeps getting asked. While the Charleston Base seems to be a leading candidate - and everyone is SO EXCITED about it - there is actually a town that wants them. But, like things in politics usually go, it won't be happening anytime soon....

It's the story of the Two Rivers Detention facility in Hardin, Montana. A brand new, $27 million facility that has NEVER been opened. It looks like a pretty state of the art facility, but I'm no expert. Kenney Boone, if you're reading this, check out the place, and tell us if it's Al-Qaeda proof. Hey, he might read the blog........... you never know.

http://www.hardinmt.com/pages/Untitled_2.html

The town petitioned it's Congressional leadership for help and a little selling, but they said 'No Thanks'...... No Al-Qaeda in Big Sky Country. Who knows, maybe the mountain air and wide open fields would cheer them up, and allow them to drop their fervent hatred for America... Maybe not. Here's the article for your perusal...

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1894373,00.html

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Laugh If You Want, But Those Baton Twirlers Are Badasses !!



Yep, time again for one of THOSE stories... I was never a band geek - being a geek in everything else was enough for me. A lot of people pick on the kids in the Marching Band, but there are two guys in California who know otherwise.....

In Quartz Hill, Ca., a pair of would-be muggers decided that a 17 year old girl on her way to school was a perfect target: she was young, alone and seemingly not paying much attention. They came from behind, grabbed he by her coat, and demanded money - then the plan went sour..

It seems that the girl was a Baton Twirler in the Marching Band. If you think that's funny, watch one of those girls fling that big piece of metal around a stadium sometime - they're like Ninja's dressed in gaudy, sparkly outfits !! She took the baton she was carrying , and proceeded to beat the hell out of BOTH of them - in addition to punching one of them in the nose, and kicking the other one in the jewels...... A True Badass !

While deputies didn't catch the muggers, a spokesman for Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office put it best..... "Marching Band - 2, Thugs- 0".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKbBVP2k8ho

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Always the Low Price... Including Junk.

It's a Nintendo DS... Don't Ask Me What It Does...

A friend's son used to call Wal-Mart 'The World's Greatest Rental Store'. Yeah, their return policy is pretty liberal. For honest people like you and me, it works out okay for them. But, not everyone is as honest as we are. Jodi Wykle of Florida found that out....

Recently, Wykle bought a Nintendo DS Box for her son, and he was very excited when he unwrapped the box. But, when he opened it, there was a surprise inside... No, there wasn't Anthrax or a snake inside - just a small pile of rocks and a Chinese newspaper....

Wykle brought it back for an exchange, but the local Wally World declined to refund it, and they referred her to Nintendo. Nintendo did the same, which left Wykle in lurch , carrying around a $138 box of rocks.... But, thanks to Wykle's perserverance, she eventually did convince Wal-Mart to come to their senses, and ralize that they got screwed by their return policy, and their own employee's ineptitude. Refund granted...

In the meantime, if you're in Florida, and you see a Chinese kid with a Nintendo DS walking around with an empty bag of rocks......

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Arlen Spector: A Man Without a Party...

If He Thinks He's Just Saved His Job, He's Kidding Himself....

Big news in the GOP today, as 29 year Senator Arlen Spector (R-Pa.) announced that he is leaving the Republican Party, and will run in 2010 as a Democrat. A long time moderate, Spector's leaving the GOP is being viewed as a sign that the GOP is too far right. Personally, I think this has very little to do with the GOP being far right. This is political opportunism.....

Not everyone agrees that I'm a moderate Republican, but I am... There is a certain knack to being a moderate. Often, it's wrongly accused as a sign of weakness - that you don't believe in anything. Wrong. Moderates do believe in compromise in tough situations, but they do have their limitations, and they stick to them when ether side goes too far. Lindsey Graham is a fine example. He tries to find middle ground solutions to the country's problems, but when things like the Economic Stimulus come around, they say enough, and stand firm. That is not Spector....

Spector saw the winds shifting left, he saw that he would either be bloodied or lose in his own primary, so he switched sides. If he would have become an independent, I would have respected him leaving more. Spector has no moderate spine......... he has a spine of Jell-O, and his spine snapped....

For now, the GOP has suddenly hit the 60-40 / no veto override possibility - once Al Franken is named Minnesota's Senator. Yes, Franken will eventually be the Land O'Lakes Senator. The patient (aka Norm Coleman) is dead... But, next year, things will change dramatically... The GOP will surely abandon Spector, but give the Democrats some credit here too. They're not stupid. They will find a real Democrat, and they will kick the crap out of Spector in the primary - and Arlen Spector will be all done.

On the local level, we have all seen what November did to much of the GOP leadership. Spector sees it as well, and he's attempting to triangulate his position to save his job - nothing more. He believes in the Democratic platform about as much as Fidel Castro. For some of us in the GOP, the axe came pretty quick. For Spector, it will take longer. He may have a 'D' next to his name, but he is a man without a party from now on....

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Monday, April 27, 2009

America's Automakers Finally See The Light..


Will The Big Three Still Be Around ?
High Noon is almost here, and GM, Ford and Chrysler are at last taking all the threats of the Obama Administration seriously... After decades of hoping, wishing and waiting like a Jack Johnson song, they are getting bitchslapped like a Jack Johnson right cross to the chin. Two different Jack Johnson's there, folks..
No, the Big Three will never be the same, and we say good for them. Detroit has been like crack addict that doesn't think they're addicted to stupidity. Worse yet, the endless begging of Detroit and Michigan's elected leaders trying to talk the rest of us into paying for a fat, bloated Detroit was tiresome. The American people are pretty smart, and can tell when a politican is just trying to save his/her job. No thanks...
So what are the changes? Here's a quick rundown of each, and what we think.....
Chrysler
Yes, they got the merger with Italian superpower Fiat. However, Chrysler is far from out of the woods. This is the carmaker that MERCEDES-BENZ couldn't save. They have the 300, and the rest of their lineup look like trucks. They have an identity crisis, and they are small enough that the economies of scale (i.e. the inherent costs of making cars) could kill them . They got their sugar daddy - now they need to look within...
Ford
The Blue Oval - which wishes that it's financial ledger looked sort of like a zero - hasn't asked for any cash from DC yet. They're close, but they know what comes along with taking money from them. The only problem is that thery're down to about 9 nine months of cash, and they don't expect to make any money until 2011. Of course, two years ago, they saw 2009 as another rosy year. Things change. They don't have quite the obesity issues that GM has, and the lineup could use a little revamping - like whittling down all the big, square trucks - but they should be okay if they tighten up, and stay away from DC...
GM
Say goodbye to the old GM. Pontiac? Gone. Saturn? Gone. Hummer? Gone? Twenty one thousand jobs? Gone. Hundreds and hundreds of dealerships? Gone. Locally, say goodbye to Mullins Motors, Big Country, Longstreet and probably Auddie Brown Chevrolet. All of the small town dealers that you're used to having will be gone. They are sucking GM's money dry in overhead - and the money is gone.
As good as a 20% payroll cut might be, it might not be enough. Car sales are down about 33%, so they're still falling a bit short - but it's a step in the right direction. Try as they might, they still are not making cars that compete with Toyota and Honda. Don't believe me? Get in a Pontiac G6, then get in an Accord. Get in a Chevy Cobalt, then get in a Toyota Corolla . Same with an Equinox and a CRV. They are plastic-y, poorly made, and they fall apart in two years. The long-term, 250,000 mile GM needs to be developed. Yeah, quality IS important...
Lastly, GM is asking for debt forgiveness from it's stockholders and Washington to the tune of $27 billion !! It would essentially turn that debt into equity, which sounds alot like the mess the financial markets were doing for lately. Another solution needs to be found with that....
Yes, the old Detroit is gone - and that's a very good thing. Have the union problems ben fixed? Probably not. But, some of that 500 pound duffel bag strapped to Detroit's back has been lopped off. They all might just make it........ but we'll see.
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'Mr. Irrelevant' Goes To A Gamecock !!!

Ryan Succop Was The Last NFL Draft Pick Yesterday .....

We always try to find a South Carolina related story whenever we can. Things like "I watched 'The Notebook' on Oxygen Network yesterday"..... Don't lie, you saw it too. Rachel McAdams is HOT, so bite me... That was about to be my only SC Story, until the end of the NFL draft....

While no Gamecock or Tiger player made a big splash this past weekend, they did perhaps get an even bigger honor than being a First Round draft pick. South Carolina kicker Ryan Succop was the very last pick of the NFL Draft, thus earning him the title of 'Mr. Irrelevant'...

Yep, Succop was chosen by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 258th and final pick, and with it, come all the perks. What perks? How about a trip to Newport Beach, California, where he will be given Immortal Status during Irrelevant Week? Yes, there IS an Irrelevant Week... We here at SC6 have our own way to honor Ryan. Here you go, Chief !

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/adam-sandler-the-lonesome-kicker/2804832233

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Saturday, April 25, 2009

SC6 Takes You to the Striped Bass Festival !

Greetings From Manning, Y'all !!!




I just got back, and it's right to the laptop I go to be the first to bring you the action from the 30th Striped Bass Festival - even before it's over ! The bad news was that I had to drive the truck, so I didn't get a ton of great shots, but we made up for it with quantity. I got a couple good ones, but the focus was to make you feel like you were there, so here we go ....






The Mayor of Manning, driving in a cop car. The Democrats - Making You Less Safe Whenever They Can !!







While this officer dazzles the crowd with his Segway spinout skills....







No Festival is complete without the kids fighting each other for free candy... or leftover Reino for Congress Pens !






..... Or a float full of pretty girls....







.... Or about 20 chicks riding motorcycles !!!







...and something that kinda looks like a motorcycle.








The smallest dog I've ever seen....








And the Biggest Tow Truck I've been around !!










Speaking of horsepower, here's Tommy Grimes having his picture taken with Secretariat .....







And wherever there are horses, there is Horse Poop.





Yes, it was HOT !!! As usual, everyone evades the heat under the shade trees at the Court House...








Don't ask me - I don't know what it is, I didn't try it, and I had no desire to do so.....





What is this? Are Tommy and Bill Bowers recruiting Democrat Rep. Cathy Harvin to switch sides??!! .... Nah, I doubt it.






2012 ? Hey, it's never too early to run for President....
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Time to Get Yo' Ass Out Da' House, And Go to the Striped Bass Festival !!


I'll Be Kickin' It In Manning For The 4th Time This Saturday .....
Yep, it's time to reintroduce our old installment that we used to call "Get Yo Ass Out Da' House", where we give yuo suggestions to do something - ANYTHING - to get outside for once..
Saturday is our old favorite, the Striped Bass Festival in Manning ! This will be my 4th time in the parade on Saturday morning. Once again, I get to throw candy - or Reino for Congress Pens - to kids literally killing each other for free crap. It's classic....
The other part I'm wonderign about is what the weather will be like. It's always either freezing , or about 100 degrees. In 2005, it was so hot that there were thousands of people huddling in the shade by the Court House, trying to escape the heat. It was an experience.....
Of course, there's a lot more than just the parade. There are plenty of chotzky and food vendors to curb your thirst, hunger or need for stuff. Afterwards, they have a truck pull, beauty pageant, and live music. lastly, on Sunday, they have a regatta on the lake . As far as festivals go, the Striped Bass Festival is one of the better ones that I've been to. Here's the link from the Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce. Hope to see you there - you can buy me a soda!
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God Works In Mysterious Ways....




Now, even though I am technically a Baptist, I don't really believe that God is a vengeful person. I don't really believe in the hellfire and brimstone sermons that some preachers speak about.. But, I do believe in that karma-like theory that he might cause you to reap what you sow...

What exactly do I mean? Let's take the Myrtle Beach fire that is happening as I write this. Here is my theory... The city of Myrtle Beach has a long relationship with it's tourists of all types and incomes. Then, they decide to curb the visits from some of them. First, they make the bikers feel like outlaws, then they ban thong bikinis, and the Spring Break crowds are a distant memory...

Now, just a month from when they would normally have all those people visit, in what will already be a tough year, a fire breaks out. A fire that will undoubtedly strap the city with expenses...

So, am I saying that God is exacting his revenge on Myrtle Beach for their lack of Christian understanding with the bikers? I don't know, but the karma sure seems to be working that way...

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

If This Story Doesn't Touch Your Heart, Then You Don't Have One.....



See the Story of Mackintyre Garton and His Church....






I'm going to pass you onto a clip I saw on CBS Evening News tonight. It's the story of nine-year old Mackintyre Garton. The boy, who didn't come from a particularly religious family, had a dream to build a church on his family's plot of land in Missouri.




It's a very poignant , tragic, and yet uplifting story. I can't add much to it, but just to pass the clip onto to you, and ask that you take a couple minutes to watch it.....



http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/22/eveningnews/main4962437.shtml?tag=cbsBroadcasts;cbsBroadcastsContent



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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Change of Leadership, Change of Schedule ...

The Florence GOP Changes It's Meeting Date....

We have new leadership here in Flotown, and when big change comes, even the smaller things change. Like the meetings, for starters. After meeting at Horne's Restaurant on the second Monday every month, the Florence GOP announced today that they will be meeting on the second Thursday every month. Whether on not it will still be at Horne's remains to be seen, but hopefully, there will be enough attendees to have it at the Civic Center...

Granted, not many people ate at Horne's, although I liked the meatloaf. But, it is a very limited venue that will not suit the party's growth. I have a bigger problem, however. The second Monday was good for me as District Vice-Chair. The only county that had meetings was Charleston County, which essentially doesn't admit that they have the 6th District in their county. Now, I share the same night as Orangeburg and Clarendon Counties - two of my favorites. The risk of being at other counties the same night as my home county, and Florence thinking I'm never around is possible. Guess Tom and I will have to rotate trips...

Obviously, this isn't all about me, so if it allows more people to attend monthly meetings, then it is best. When I know where it is , you'll be the first to know - and the first invited.

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Vanna, I'd Like to Buy a 'G' .....


Can You Believe They Mispelled The Name ??
Time for one of THOSE stories again.... Welcome to Lake Chargoggagao..... Aw heck, forget it. It's a lake in Massachusetts, but the locals just call it Lake Webster. Yes, it's an Indian name, and as usual, there were different variations of how it was spelled. Well, they got it corrected, and it turns out that the 20th and 38th letters are incorrect. So now, they need to fix all the signs....
Exactly how do you pronounce this? I have no idea.... In fact, they don't even know what it means. The old story used to be that it stood for "You fish on your side, I'll fish on my side, and nobody fishes in the middle." However, that theory was debunked. But, such is the legend of a lake with a 45 letter name. Personally, I had a hard enough time pronouncing Camp Wakpominee .....
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Do I Smell Sausage, Or Is The House On Fire ??


Yes, I'm a bad person... I'm a very mean spirited person. I must be.. Why? Because I heard that Jimmy Dean's house caught on fire last night, and my first thought was "Did it Sizzle" - 'Was it Maple Flavor?".
Either I AM a very bad person, or my sense of humor is very eschewed.. No, Jimmy Dean and his wife were not hurt during the blaze, and if they were, I'm sure I wouldn't see any humor in this at all... But they're fine, so I suppose I can be mean for just one post...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Obama Asks His Cabinet to Do.... Nothing.


$100 Million Budget Cut? C'mon Guys ......
The news came out that Barack Obama has gone to his Cabinet, and asked them to stop chopping the budget of each of their agencies, in order to cut a whopping $100 million from the budget deficit. I had been so used to seeing 'B's when they talk about the budget, so I thought I misread it. But he's serious, and in that, we see just how unserious Washington is about cutting the budget deficit....
The numbers of just HOW LITTLE Obama was talking about are stunning. $100 Million is nothing in DC... It is 2/1000th of 1% of the $3.9 Trillion Federal Budget. You want it in real, everyday terms that you can relate to? Here it is.... If you made $75,000 a year that would be the equivalent of you cutting $1.50 from your annual budget. Obama is asking his cabinet to cut out a can of soda once a year. It's pathetic....
As usual, it's not REAL CHANGE, it's what it all looks like - an act to give off the appearance of fiscal responsibility. Wow, Homeland Security is going to buy all their paper in bulk, instead of at Office Max.... How about cutting those BS earmarks in half? There's a start. Here's my advice: the time for window dressing is over - do something REAL......
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Go Pirates !! An ECU Girl Becomes Miss USA..


Like a Good ECU Girl, Kristen's Wearing Her Purple ....
Congrats to Kristen Dalton of Wilmington, NC and my old school , East Carolina University. This past weekend, she won the Miss USA Pageant. Why? Because she is smokin' .... It's pretty cool that a girl who went to the same school as me is now Miss USA.
Actually, the part of this story that mae me think about it was that she isn't the first Miss North Carolina USA that I know. I went to High School in Trinity with Tess Elliott, who became Miss North Carolina USA in 1992, I think. The thing I remmeber about Tess was that I was new to Trinity, and I didn't get my license yet. I would've rather been dead than be caught taking the bus, so I started walking the three miles from school back to my house.....
Tess pulls up next to me in her flat black Toyota, and she offers to ride me home. Pretty cool. I never really talked to her much after that, but little niceties like that stick with you, especially when you're the new guy.. Tragically, Tess died later on that year while still Miss North Carolina in a skydiving accident. Yeah, not a real pick me up ending here, but it's funny what things bring back memories of people..
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Mommy, Can I Keep Him.. PLEASE ????!!!!!!


Hey guys, I need some help. I just found this little guy at the base of my front porch. He's not real happy that I put him in the bowl here, but I'm trying to help. I checked online, and all it says to feed him is lettuce, tomatoes, crickets, and ......... Turtle Food.

Hey, at least he doesn't shed fur, right? My plan is to take him to work, and let the customers name him. Maybe we'll give away a free oil change or something... Any suggestions?

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Why There Were No Posts This Weekend...

I Couldn't Have Done a Better Job If My Name Were Pedro ....

I know, I know... I did write two blog posts this wekeend, but for me, that is nothing. I usually do at least four a day on the weekends. However, i was pretty preoccupied. I went by the Millridge House (like it's a Bed & Breakfast) on Saturday, and the backyard was a freakin' jungle.....

Sunday wasn't fun - it was a mission. Eleven hours of raking, edging, pulling and whacking weeds, and laying an unfathomable 27 bags of red bark mulch nuggets - and it's not quite done. But , it's hasn't looked this good in three years. That's how I measure my quality of life. Not by my bank account, because there's never anything in there. Rather, I judge it by the smaller things - a properly manicured yard, paying back my friends, and returning the favor by helping friends in need.... I'm pretty rich right now..

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Why Your Paycheck Hasn't Gone Up Like Obama Promised It Would...


Your Paycheck Didn't Go Up $13 April 1st? You're Not Alone...
I got a call from Bobby a day or two ago. He asked if our paychecks were supposed to go up on April 1st from the Obama Tax Cut. The answer was yes, they are collecting less tax on workers salaries for I think six months - it was so insignificant that I have kind of forgotten. But , if your check is like mine, it's not any different. Why? Probably because most things that Washington does, they make up a rule - and leave America to do all the legwork to enable it.
According to the estimates, each American worker was supposed to get about $13 more in their check. How does that happen? Well, the government is collecting less, but who has to make all the adjustments to affect that change? Every HR, comptroller or business owner of every.. single... business...... in America. And then when it's over, they have to go back on every employee and reverse everything back to where it was. So, what is the easier thing to do? Nothing.
Does this mean that all those employees will not get their money? No, they will - when they file their taxes in 2010. But, the plan of the Obama Administration was to get the money NOW, because they need it NOW. That plan has gone down the drain, so the only portion of the Economic Stimulus that directly affected each American worker is not working as planned. Don't worry, there will be other disappointments as this package hits the streets - if it does.
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Even In My Dreams, I'm Still Pretty Funny ..





First Obama and Conrbread, Now a Dream About 'The Big Clyburn' ...... What Is It With Me Dreaming About Black Politicians and Food ??

I had another one of those political dreams last night - sort of. Not as long and detailed as the Barack Obama - Cornbread Dream. This was a politics in the middle of life kinda dream.....

I was going out to grab lunch with Rick, which is impossible because we have to take lunches separately to cover the drive. Anyway, we're going past a Hardee's, or something like that, and there's a sign that says "The Big Clyburn" ... Rick says 'What the hell is a Big Clyburn?' . I shoot back immediately, 'It's a Bun with a Big Asshole in Between It'...... Ba Dum, Dum !! That was it. Back to the regular part of the dream...

Don't ask - I have no idea why I dream like this. At least I didn't fall out of a plane again.....

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Who Let The Riff-Raff Into the Convention ?

SC6 Hits The Road In Williamsburg County ....







It's been a busy couple of days.. Band practice til midnight on Wednesday, and tonight, the Williamsburg County Convention.. Now I know why I stay home during the week - social engagements wipe me out !









I know it doesn't look like a great crowd in Kingstree, but hey, this is how is starts. They had only six precincts represented here two years ago, and now they've tripled it to 18 .... That's how it's done - locally, precinct by precinct. If you want to change the world, start with your own backyard....









The other interesting note tonight was that the Four Horsemen of the Political Apocalypse - Moye Graham, Tommy Grimes, Earl Capps and myself - were all gathered in the same place at the same time. Brown's BBQ will NEVER be the same again ...Here's some pics:












Tommy congratulating County Chair Barbara Mishoe on her re-election...


















The District Chair and the County Chair, deciding on who lives and who dies....




Earl's downloading Asian Porn, while I smoke crack from behind the camera. Good Times !!








Earl may have seen things differently... For his take, check out The Blogland.

http://earlcapps.blogspot.com/

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

SC6 Gets Hit By the SPAM Police ..

All Together.... WTF ???

I'm not sure exactly what is going on here, but I just got an e-mail from Blogger, telling me that SC6 has been identified as a possible SPAM Blog. After 1955 posts, I might be getting temporarily shut down... Who knows?

Per their request, I have already taken the steps necessary to rectify this mistake, so hopefully, this will be fixed by tomorrow night, when I regularly would post again. Until then, i don't think I can blog. This just in......... Blogger has sent me another e-mail, stating that I am not allowed to eat or breathe either....

I BLOG, THEREFORE, I AM !!!!!!!!

-Nietzche.

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Hear Ye, Hear Ye !!!! Come to the Florence Tax Day Tea Party !!

April 15th At the Florence City-County Complex... You Don't Have to Dress Like an Indian ...

I will be unable to attend, due to work duties, but just because I won't be there doesn't mean you shouldn't attend a good event. Tomorrow at 5:00 PM, Republicans from across the Pee Dee will gather to protest the crazy direction that America has taken with regards to spending and taxes. Like other cities across South Carolina, the Tax Day Tea Party comes to Flotown !!

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Has Anyone Seen My TV Stuffed With Pot ?



The Florence County Sheriffs Office had quite a find this week. With it we once again find out that people can be quite inventive when it comes to trying to evade the cops - but they're essentially stupid anyway....

A suspicious package was found at a local shipping company,and the Sheriffs were called in to check it out. Harley, a drug sniffing dog, found a TV set in it's original box, with all of it's components in it - and a little something else.... 21 pounds of Mary Jane , worth an estimated $50,000 !! Harley must have a good nose, because she was able to smell the pot ,despite being wrapped in cellophane and Tabasco Sauce. Luckily, Harley can tell Weed from Barbecue....

It's a testament to the Cat & Mouse game between the drug dealers and law enforcement. One tries every way possible to evade being caught, and the other comes up with new ways to catch them. But really, how dumb do yuo have to be to mail drugs at all, much less inside a TV set. People don't ship TV's - they buy new ones from Goodwill... These guys were asking to get pinched - and they probably will soon. Meanwhile, alot of people in town will have trouble finding some doobage.....

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Forget Waldo, Time to Play Where's Reino..

It's 1974, And Lil Mikey's Dressed Very Badly....

Maybe Facebook isn't so cool after all.... I was going to post this later, but this was too funny to sit on til tomorrow.. I ran across the facebook page of some of my best friends from elementary school, and there it was - my first grade class picture!

Yep, we had some pretty nasty fashion senses back at Hemlock Elementary School back in '74... This pic did confirm one thing for me. I thought Ms. Eisenberg was pretty hot when i was six, and I see I was dead on balls accurate. She was smokin !!!!

So, we're going to play a little game today. Find me in the picture. It shouldn't be too tough, but with the length of hair back then, who knows. Besides, I could have been a blonde as a kid, right? I'll give you a clue...... Will somebody please FEED ME !!!!!!!!! Enjoy, and leave your guess in comments.

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SC6 Remembers Harry Kalas.....




It's a sad day for baseball fans today, as we learned of the passing of famed Philadelphia Phillies announcer Harry Kalas. Harry was the Phillies announcer since 1971, and he teamed with Richie Ashburn for an amazing 27 years until Ashburn , a Phillie legend, died in 1997. Kalas died probably where he would have most wanted to..... in the booth before today's game with Washington. He was 73.





Kalas was probably the most recognizable voice in all of baseball, if not sports altogether. He also did commercials for the NFL, and other sports related ads. I spent two summers in Suburban Philly, working at my Cousin Mike's printing store. After getting home, we'd turn on KYW Radio, and listen to Kalas and Ashburn's minimalistic, yet still descriptive playcalling. To this day, I still would imitate Kalas' "Up to the plate steps Michael Jack Schmidt".....






It's part of life. You get older, and the things that were around when you were a kid - the things you took for granted as always being there - slowly go away. That, and your High School Prom Queen becomes a grandmother at 38.... It's a cruel cycle, but it happens. New legends will be made and all we can do is appreciate them while they're here.... Or at least say thanks when they're gone. Thanks, Harry.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7X-vzP3pA4



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I Guess I Have a Few Friends Left in Politics ...


What Do Forrest Gump And I Have In Common ??
Well, it's 900PM, and I finally got back from the Credentials Committee meeting, where we counted the votes for the delgates to the State GOP Convention. 116 county delegates voting on over 200 eligible candidates for the 46 state spots. That's a lot of votes to count. One thing that surprised me was just how many people didn't pick 46 people, or anywhere near 46. That is sorry and sad.
Contrary to what I thought, I made the cut to be one of the 46 county half-delegates for Columbia next month....... Just Barely!!!
Yep, I garnered 23 votes, which was enough to lock up the Number 40 spot on Saturday. I feel like Forrest Gump with his grade school teacher - hovering around minimally adequate.. Luckily, Momma didn't have to visit anyone to help me out....
Clearly, I have work to do in the future. There are a lot of new faces who don't know Jack Shit about what I was doing in 2004-2006, and they don't care. And that's the way it is. Like what often happens at work, the store is under new management, and what I did in the past is irrelevant. I'm just the flamethrowing blogger.....
I'm pretty sure I got in thanks to the Republicans that I've worked with in the past, and know what I worth. And I think the new leadership sees value in me as well. But, for many of them, I'm Mike Who? ...... But for today, i'm glad I made it to Columbia for the third time. Officially now, i've been a GOP insider longer than I was married. Yes, I AM proud of myself....
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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Another Reason Why You Shouldn't Put Ketchup On Your Hot Dog...


I'm a pretty tolerant person, but there is one thing that I think is disgusting - putting ketchup on a Hot Dog. Gross. Anyone who puts ketchup on any pork product should be sent to Food Re-Education Camp, if you know what I mean. Why? It's bad enough to eat food that looks like a penis, but to eat something that looks like a bloody penis ??? C'mon. I'm pretty sure Bobby does it, and Ben puts ketchup and mustard on bologna. That tells me one thing - people from Pennsylvania have uncultured pallets....Except for Scrapple , of course..
I'm not the only one who must think this, although not for the same reason. Christopher Kindle was a driver for Crosby Trucking in Sidney, Ohio. Kindle was not a happy camper recently, as he had been fined by his company for various reasons. So, when he got his most recent shipment to deliver, instead of delivering it, he left the truck in Tennessee, without telling anyone.
Well, it turns out that the delivery was a $43,000 of ketchup to be sent to Boston - Fenway Park , Boston to be specific - for Opening Day. There was NO KETCHUP for Red Sox fans to put on their hot dogs. It couldn't have happened to a nicer team.... Luckily for Fenway Park, it snowed on Opening Day, the game was canceled, and the ketchup showed up in time the next day. Kindle was later arrested....
Today's lesson. Put mustard and ONLY MUSTARD on your hot dog, and you'll never be let down....
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Breaking News: Secret Service Code Yellow On the East Room Carpet.... Swarm, SWARM !!!!!

The Obama's FINALLY Get Their New Dog....

This just in... The White House Dog has finally arrived. He is a Portuguese Water Dog. His name is Bo. he's black and wearing a lei ... The only other thing we know is that he was a gift from Ted Kennedy, so the dog's used to dealing with idiots....

So, after three months of a clean White House, the staff can look forward to spraying the carpets with No-Pee and Febreze on an hourly basis. I can hear a young Secret Service guy whispering to himself, "All the years of training, studying, exercising to be the best agent I can be..... and I end up cleaning up dog crap." It's a dog-eat-dog world, fella !! We now return to laundry and yardwork....

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You're Good, Mike - But Not THAT Good !

SC6 Doesn't Make the Washington Post's Best Political Blogs Cut....

We'd like to think that SC6 is the best blog that it could be, but sometimes things come along that tell us otherwise. Like Robert DeNiro said, 'It is what It is.' Basically what he is cryptically saying is that the readers are the ultimate deciders. And a recent post by Washington Post columnist and blog expert Chris Cilizza confirmed it. SC6 ain't the Cat's Meow of SC Political Blogging....

Cilizza made up a list of the top political blogs for every state in the US - and we didn't make it....The winners were Will Folks' FITS News, Adam Fogle's Palmetto Scoop, SCHotline, Palmetto Net News, Indigo Journal, and Wes Wolfe Reports. To crack that list would have been close to impossible.. Will and Adam are fulltime bloggers and political insiders. Wolfe is a journalist. Indigo Journal has at least two people writing for them. SC Hotline and Palmetto Net News are mostly hubs where posts from blogs are collected, including mine. Of course, without SC Hotline and PNN, my posts probably wouldn't have half the readers it did. I might not agree with all of these guys, but I respect them for a job well done...

Yeah, i'm just a putz who works fulltime and blogs part-time. But, I may be the only blogger who actually holds positions within the GOP...It was a tough field. To give you an idea of how strong blogging in SC is, no other state had six winners. Not that there couldn't be others. We always recommend Earl Capps' blog for well thought out political commentary..

http://earlcapps.blogspot.com/

Or, if you prefer local issues from the polar opposite viewpoint, but with the same smart-aleck attitude, check out P-Luv's Behind the Pine Curtain...

http://behindthepine.blogspot.com/

Meanwhile, we're going back to the drawing board to make the list next year.... I think I need I need more posts on Love Calculators, Pork BBQ and Strippers. We'll work on it.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJN3PGqDRNg

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Happy Easter !

No, It's Not About a Rabbit and Candy....

No, I'm not the most religious person on Earth. I can't quote the Bible from memory, and I don't go to church nearly as often as I should. I do talk to God evry night before I go to bed to thank him for all my blessings, and to pray for my friends and family for help and protection. But, I do always remember why we celebrate holidays like Easter.

Yeah, even Easter gets commercialized. Easter eggs, chocolate rabbits, and buying a pastel colored suit or dress. That's not Easter, that's retail. That's the part that you tell the kids to make the day interesting for them. But , every kid needs to know what Easter is about......

Maybe it sounds depressing, but it's not. On Good Friday, God gave sacrificed his only son to pay for all the world's sins. Yes , that is unhappy. But on Easter Sunday, he brought Jesus back to Heaven, telling us all that we all have the same fate if we believe in Him. That's pretty positive when you really think about it.

I was watching Fox News Sunday this morning, and they had a segment on Washington DC Archbishop Donal Wuerl , who happened to be their 'Power Player of the Week'. He gave a great message for people in today's tough times. He said that a lot of people are stressed, unhappy, and discouraged. But the message to be taken from Easter is that there is always reason to be hopeful. I have some friends who feel down right now, and that is what I've tried to tell them. Things will get better, and a person with friends is never alone. I had them when I was down, and I got back. We all can......

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Saturday, April 11, 2009

The Changing of the Guard...

Say Hello to the New Florence County GOP Leadership .....





Words sometimes are hard to come by to describe certain things. Like today's Florence GOP Convention: Onslaught. Juggernaut. Drubbing . Thrashing. Maybe when I used Smackdown earlier this week, I was more prescient than I knew. Yeah, I use words like prescient on ocassion.... But like a hot knife through butter - or more like a chainsaw through Jell-O - the Pee Dee Republicans obliterated the current GOP leadership, and swept the entire slate of open positions. Delegate results will be counted on Monday.







Using superior technological, marketing and organizational skills - along with a lot of hard work, PDR came with superior numbers and firepower. I won't give the vote total to avoid being disrespectful to Tommy and Shelby, but i had an idea that it would be a bad day for them when I was asked to second Tommy's nomination. It wasn't a problem, but it put me in a more public show of support than I intended. Observing and reporting kinda ended right there.







The numbers aside, it was probably the best day that I had experienced as a Florence County Republican. Everyone worked together to do the work necessary, amends were made between both sides, and class reigned throughout. Tommy and Shelby were gracious in defeat, and the Pee Dee Republicans made an honorary donation to the local Meals on Wheels in Shelby's name. Very nice....






I learned a lot about the process today as well. I got to register the delegates, and I was picked to serve on the Credentials Committee. I was in pretty esteemed company there: Mark Buyck III, Glynn Willis, Celia Urquhart, Dean Fowler, Julian Young, John McInnes and Ron McGill. Registration was a great way to associate faces with the names of all the new members as well... Here's a few pics...




Nothing says Politics like Krispy Kremes and Coffee !!












Joshua Gross: As usual, a pretty lady on his side, and in the middle of it all.....





Like all good Republicans do, after the work was done, it was time to party !! Courtesy of the Young Republicans...




Yummy BBQ - made from the carcasses of freshly killed Democrats !!!!!

















There will be plenty of good coming from the changing of leadership - better communication, more fundraising, and hopefully a total team atmosphere where everyone's talent and opinion - even from troublemakers like me - are taken into consideration. I don't know what the reason was, but just about all of the major statewide candidates came to Flotown today to meet and greet. Gubernatorial candidates Gresham Barrett, Henry McMaster and Andre Bauer attended, along with Lt. Gov. candidates Bill Connor and Ralph Norman, and soon to be SCGOP Chair Karen Floyd. SCGOP Third Vice Chair Adam Piper was the only lower tier state candidate to attend today....













For those of you who might have been expecting me to describe the hell and carnage of a WWF Battle Royal, I apologize. It just didn't happen. The Pee Dee Republican did their work, and the outcome was a foregone conclusion. Now, we all join together as Republicans, and prepare for the heavy load that will be there for us in 2010..... Congrats to Chairman Ken Ard, Vice-Chair Joe Griffin, 2nd Vice Chair Kevin Smith, Third Vice Chair Jamie Rogers and Executive Committeeperson Stephanie Rawlinson... Yeah, the clip is a bit cliche, but it's appropriate.....







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi0s19M2mN4




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