Motivational Poster of the week 11/6/10

Admiral Akbar is everywhere!

Have a great Weekend

-Doc

Randy Quaid Has gone Crazy

Have any of you all been following the recent news stories about Randy Quaid and his wife Evi? If you haven't been then let me give you a quick recap.

-Last year Randy and his wife were sought on fugitive warrants claiming that he defrauded an innkeeper of more than $10,000 and they fled justice.

-After being caught and sent back to Texas they cleared up the charges but not before Randy brought his Golden Globe award to court to try and show as collateral.

-This year Randy and his wife were arrested for illegally squatting in a home owned by others and accused of serious vandalism of the property.

-Evi had a restraining order taken out on her for threatening and menacing the owner of the home they were squatting in.

-Once again they fled justice and went to Canada, claiming refugee status and trying to become Canadian citizens because, (get this) they are on the run from the "Hollywood star-whackers" who they say may have contributed to the deaths of stars such as David Carradine, Michael Jackson, and Heath Ledger.

OK did you get that? Hollywood star whackers... Yes there are some crazy things out there but thinking that someone wants to knock off cousin Eddie and his wife is ludicrous. First of all if there were star whackers wouldn't they have already done in Lindsay Lohan and Heidi Montag? Yet we are still being harassed by them every day. Even if there are Hollywood star whackers what makes Randy Quaid a target? Are they planning on making another Vacation movie that I am not aware of?

My next thought is that Randy is starting to look crazy too. I almost didn't recognize him in the picture to the right when he got sprung from Canadian jail the other day. When I saw it it made me immediately think of Gene Hackman's paranoid crazy character in Enemy of the state instead of Cousin Eddie. What do you think?

I am thinking that instead of political asylum this pair needs to be locked away in a different kind of asylum.

-Doc

Thursday Random Thoughts 11/4/10

Stuff I have been thinking about:

-My mother in law keeps telling me that I look like I am losing weight. Since My scale doesn't seem to agree with her I wonder what she is up to telling me that?

-Speaking of my in laws. We had a great visit from them last weekend that included a trip to the NC Zoo and other great stuff. They also gave me a new grill for my birthday which is AWESOME!

-I saw this picture to the right last week and thought to myself that the target demographic for drinkers of Olde English 800 sure has changed since the days I was in college.

-Since we are on the subject of drinking here is one for you. My wife's uncle and his new wife are a little bit odd. Here is an example. They recently told the family that apparently drinking wasn't good for them so they have come to a decision. They are going to give up drinking. From now on they are only going to drink wine. WHAT??

-Last week I tailgated (ie. ate food out of the back of a vehicle in a parking lot) three days in a row! Thursday at NC State, Friday at the AL Brown Wonders game, and Saturday at the zoo. Yes folks we tailgated at the zoo! #WIN

-I forgot to tell you all last week that my son got the entire crew of waitstaff at Red Lobster to sing to me for my birthday. He was very upset that I didn't want to be sung to and told the waiter, "NO, you HAVE to sing Happy Birthday to my Daddy" Very sweet, even though I didn't want them too.

-One last thing about my son then I will go. He really got into the trick or treating this year as most 3 and a half year olds will. The cool thing was after his time to be out was over he really also got excited about giving out treats to all the "visitors" that came to our house telling them things like, "Hey weve got candy for you!" and "You are scary, have some candy!" Such a sweet kid.

Until next time...

-Doc

Election finally OVER!

A few thoughts about this election and then we will drop the political stuff and get back to normal.

-There seems to be a good trend showing in this recent election and that is that more people seem to be getting involved in the process. This is a good thing in my opinion. More people in the process may actually get Washington to listen. Eventually.

-The main candidates I was supporting Larry Kissell and Cabarrus county Sheriff Brad Riley were both re-elected. This is a bonus (I actually got to meet the Sheriff at my polling place) because both will work hard for the people they represent regardless of their party affiliation.

-The coverage last night on MSNBC was classic as usual. Cris Matthews tried to get Republicans to answer questions that they ducked all night and Keith Olbermann lobbed softballs at the Democrats. Nothing new to report here.

-Rand Paul, newly elected Senator from Kentucky scares me to death.

-Republicans take back the House of Representatives but the Democrats keep the Senate. Should make for interesting politics in the next few years. Hey Republicans, you got your wish "No more Nancy Pelosi." Be careful what you wish for. Hello John Boehner. #justsayin

-To wrap up my thoughts last night I will say that the best comment of the night came on Twitter from my buddy Jayman. It genius is in the simplicity. After projecting that the Republicans would take back the House I remarked that nothing would get done in the next two years. Jay's comment - "We might be better off with nothing getting done" Truer words never spoken.

What did you all think of the elections?

-Doc

Took my Son to vote!

And he got to help me vote... If you haven't done so yet PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE, your country needs you!

-Doc

Make Your Voice Be Heard

Today is Election Day across the United States. As US Citizens we have a right to make our voices be heard. I’m urging everyone one of you to get out and vote. Polls are open today from 7 AM to 7 PM. I don’t care if you are voting Democrat, Green, Independent, Libertarian, Republican, or Tea – make your vote count!

Many people don’t think the Presidential Mid-term elections mean that much. They mean just as much if not more than the Presidential Elections. Why? Statistically less people get out and vote. This makes your vote/voice even louder. Another way to look at elections is very similar to emergency management: all disasters are local. I’m not calling your local politicians a disaster, but local elections are where your voice is the most powerful. Do you know the names and stances of your following office holders: school board, city council member, mayor, county commissioner, district attorney, county treasurer, state representative, state senator, judges, governor, state school board, state treasurer, attorney general, secretary of state, us representative, us senators that are representing you?

Voting really should be proactive and not reactive. Kansas is a good example of a reactive state. Kansas is the state that has a couple of times that has banned the teaching of the theory of evolution. However, each time the we ban the teaching of evolution the next election cycle we change it back to allowing the theory of evolution to be taught. I’ve seen this bumper sticker: Kansas -- Where Evolution Is Outlawed And The Monkeys Are In Charge.

Please don’t be a one issue voter – take a look at the campaign literature – and if you have already thrown that out do a search on the candidates whose signs you see in your neighborhood. Whose overall viewpoint best matches what you believe?

Many times we often hear people say Congress is messed up – we just need to start from scratch. Yet, how many of us say, “well, my representative does a good job – it is the rest of Congress”? I have a good friend that never votes for an incumbent. I often tell him, you really need to look what the person stands for and do their political views match yours?

Have you ever noticed that you get to determine if a judge gets to retain their position? This is a time to see if they are soft or hard on criminals. Do you agree with their stance? Are they part of the problem for the back-up of the court system? I’ve heard of several judges that are paid full time yet only working part time – how is this helping out our criminal justice system?

Evolve -don’t let the monkeys be in charge of your government.

-Disaster Chick, guest blogger

Happy Monday

I hope that Halloween weekend was good to everyone. Ours was full of stuff like going to the zoo, trick or treating, and all sorts of Halloweeny type stuff.

I saw this pumpkin and had to post it...

Enjoy and I promise I will have more later in the week...

-Doc

Motivational Poster of the Week 10/30/10

Have a great weekend!

-Doc