Welcome to the Playoffs Boston...

Boston finally has something to cheer about...Really? After 10 years of mediocrity the Celtics now have put together a team that will make a run deep into the Eastern Conference Playoffs...Congratulations you just kissed your sister...Being good in the East is like winning a pie eating contest, yeah you won, but hate to tell you are still fat and eventually they are going to have to cut a hole in your house to get you out...Boston just downed 18 banana cream pies in 60 secs you are the big winners today, you dump alot of talent that doesn't fit your new direction (minus Al Jefferson, thanks for him). Boston take your state fair first place ribbon all the way to the Eastern Conference finals for all I care...Now thanks to this trade I have to partially cheer for Boston, the only good thing of all this is that Jim likes the Knicks.

Open letter to Minnesota Timber Wolves:

To whom it may concern:

Why? Why? I mean could you please send me the directions to where this team is going I tried to type them into map quest and all I got was NOWHERE. Thanks for taking a team with at least one superstar and turning into a team full of mid-level talent. I know you (T-Wolves) are superb in developing mid level players (see Wally Szczerbiak, Mark Blunt, Ricky Davis, Mike James, Marko Jaric, Troy Hudson, Mark Madsen) into superstars but this is a little much for me to handle.

Welcome to Minnesota Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Mr. Telfair, and our draft pick...The only thing worse than your first Winter in Minnesota is gonna be their record...I guess Minnesota is where people go to die. See above listed names.

I think its time for McHale to go. He is a part-time GM with a retired attitude. He works half days at best during the season, he has a rough eye for talent and is obviously still on the Boston pay-roll. You have not given me anything to cheer for in the last 5 years. Thanks for nothing I will check back with you in 3 years and cheer for Corey Brewer, till then I might as well cheer for the Celtics, 'cause McHale obviously is.

Thanks for making the T-Wolves the best NBDL team in the Western Conference.

Hey at least I have the Twins and the Vikings...Is it time for college basketball yet?

Boston your welcome...You put a guys number in the rafters and that is something you can't ever repay even with a top 50 player. Welcome back to the conversation Boston or should I say Takeru Kobayashi

America's Grand Pappy

The following was an open letter that Charlie Daniels Wrote...To me after reading this it makes me feel that Charlie Daniel's is America's Grand Pappy...he may not always be right and may not always have all the facts but he speaks with the voice of reason and common sense, things are black and white in his eyes, right and wrong, there is no grey area...I enjoyed this read and will comment on it later but please enjoy the following.


Charlie Daniels on Immigration Issues

4:55pm Thursday, Jul 19
I don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally, made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations..

I don't blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the United States of America, as it is a truly wonderful place.

But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil is illegal, it is flat out wrong and I don't care how many lala land left heads come out of the woodwork and start trying to give me sensitivity lessons.

I don't need sensitivity lessons, in fact I don't have anything against Mexicans! I just have something against criminals and anybody who comes into this country illegally is a criminal and if you don't believe it try coming into America from any other foreign country without a passport and see how far you get. What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it's tantamount to saying, "I am going to come into your country even if it means breaking your laws and there's nothing you can do about it."

It's an "in your face" action and speaking just for me, I don't like it one little bit and if there were a half dozen pairs of gonads in Washington bigger than English peas it wouldn't be happening.

Where are you, you bunch of lily livered, pantywaist, forked tongued, sorry excuses for defenders of The Constitution? Have you been drinking the water out of the Potomac again? And even if you pass a bill on immigration it will probably be so pork laden and watered down that it won't mean anything anyway. Besides, what good is another law going to do when you won't enforce the ones on the books now?

And what ever happened to the polls, guys? I thought you folks were the quintessential finger wetters. Well you sure ain't paying any attention to the polls this time because somewhere around eighty percent of Americans want something done about this mess, and mess it is and getting bigger everyday.
This is no longer a problem, it is a dilemma and headed for being a tragedy. Do you honestly think that what happened in France with the Muslims can't happen here when the businesses who hire these people finally run out of jobs and a few million disillusioned Hispanics take to the streets?

If you, Mr. President, Congressmen and Senators, knuckle under on this and refuse to do something meaningful, it means that you care nothing for the kind of country your children and grand-children will inherit. But I guess that doesn't matter as long as you get re-elected. Shame on you.

One of the big problems in America today is that if you have the nerve to say anything derogatory about any group of people (except Christians) you are going to be screamed at by the media and called a racist, a bigot and anything else they can think of to call you.

Well I've been pounded by the media before and I'm still rockin' and rollin' and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not. And the truth is that the gutless, gonadless, milksop politicians are just about to sell out the United States of America because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to face reality.

And reality is that we would never allow any other group of people to have 12 million illegals in this country and turn around and say, "Oh it's ok, ya'll can stay here if you'll just allow us to slap your wrist."

And I know that some of you who read this column are saying "Well what's wrong with that?" I'll tell you what's wrong with it. These people could be from Mars as far as we know. We don't know who they are, where they are or what they're up to and the way the Congress is going we're not going to.

Does this make sense? Labor force you say? We already subsidize corporate agriculture as it is, must we subsidize their labor as well?

If these people were from Haiti would we be so fast to turn a blind eye to them or if they were from Somalia or Afghanistan ? I think not.

All the media shows us are pictures of hard working Hispanics who have crossed the border just to try to better their life. They don't show you pictures of the Feds rounding up members of MS 13, the violent gang who came across the same way the decent folks did. They don't tell you about the living conditions of the Mexican illegals some fat cat hired to pick his crop.

I want to make two predictions.

No. 1: This situation is going to grow and fester until it erupts in violence on our streets while the wimps in Washington drag their toes in the dirt and try to figure how many tons of political hay they can make to the acre.

No 2: Somebody is going to cross that border with some kind of weapon of mass destruction and set it off in a major American city after which there will be a backlash such as this country has never experienced and the Capitol building in Washington will probably tilt as Congressmen and Senators rush to the other side of the issue.

I don't know about you but I would love to see just one major politician stand up and say, "I don't care who I make mad and I don't care how many votes I lose, this is a desperate situation and I'm going to lead the fight to get it straightened out."

I don't blame anybody for wanting to come to America , but if you don't respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others?

And by the way, this is America and our flag has stars and stripes. Please get that other one out of my face.



God Bless America

Charlie Daniels

I mean are you serious "this is America and our flag has stars and stripes. Please get that other one our of my face."

I read this at work and I almost had to contain myself from standing on top of my desk and saying god damn right Charlie. He hit the Immigration issue right on the head for me, now I know there are those of you out there that will not agree with or let alone like what I say or believe and that's fine. This IS America and we are allowed to do that. But hear me out and please don't get defensive this is not personal its politics.

As someone who has been fortunate enough to travel the world and even live overseas for a short amount of time, all this talk about how the boarder is just to big or we don't have the man power to protect it, Makes no sense. When I left Minneapolis Mn heading for Germany via Amsterdam I couldn't sneeze without customs agents or officials checking to see if I was spewing hazardous materials. I was searched so thoroughly that I went through a brief moment of almost feeling guilty like at any moment I was going to be taken into a back room and good cop bad cop was going to do a number on me...I was searched when I entered the airport, I had to reclaim my bags in Minneapolis to have the checked again, then I had to go through the international flight security check point in MN, once in Amsterdam I had to again claim my bags and have them rechecked for a domestic flight to Germany...once in Germany I had to clear through customs, searched again...Now in no way shape or form am I complaining about all this...I want this to be done to every person, flying on commercial jets is a privilege not a right, no where in the Constitution does it say "we the people will provide you with cross continental travel with out hassle"...I encountered a few Americans who seemed to think they were entitled to that (different post different day)...So after all that forgive me if I don't blindly say yeah the boarder is too big, or the resources are too limited to manage...I know a direct boarder poses whole different set of obstacles but there is a way and the American people are demanding a solution.

This is America my flag has stars and stripes, please get that other one out of my face...

(I am too tired and my thoughts are somewhat scattered on this topic so forgive me as I could write on this topic all day but at the moment I have neither the energy or the clarity to finish my thought process...I may continue later but for the time being enjoy Charlie "Grand Pappy" Daniels and post your thoughts...)

Chuck Larry...and a Few Randoms

Where to start this weekend was to put it mildly uneventful...I went to another movie on a Sunday night with 2 other dudes...I may need to take a step back and figure out what I am doing with my life as the last 3 movies I have seen have been in the company of men...Let alone the last one was about 2 friends faking a gay marriage to reap the bene's from it...Piss poor Jon...(I know 3rd person, but hey Rickey Henderson made it cool)...

Chuck and Larry was a good movie good enough to rent but not good enough to attend in a theatre...My suggestion wait until it comes out on video and pregame to it. I also saw the movie Bobby this weekend, good flick, check it out if you are a history buff...

I will now do the here's the people from my link side post as it seems to become popular and it has helped me get to know a few people that I did not already know...ie the infamous "le french"...

Little Slice of Hammen: His name is Jim or as I call him Jum, knew of him through high-school became much better friends over flippy cup...that game brings people together...He was able to match wits with my sarcasm and enjoys arguing over meaningless topics...I enjoy him and his witty banter it makes me laugh and his posts are enjoyable to read.

Enjoy These Words: His name is Ben and I have been great friends with Ben since the days of high school...highlighted by two wonderful incidents one involving Ben, Lawn Darts, Kelly, the "Lynx", and an old yellow truck...The second involves lunch, pizza, a very well preheated pizza rack, crispy crust, and an older man's disregard for pain and his severely calloused hands...Shared alot of memories with him...

Thank You from DVJS: His name is Dan. I know Dan but not as well as I would like to...I enjoy reading his posts and his insights. He shows a strong passion for the well being of others and that in itself is enough to earn a spot on my link list.

Johnny Tremain's Lessons: His name is Lane. He is on here out of pure fear of Johnny Tremain hand. Favorite memory of Lane is his outlandish cheering during basketball games, so much so he made a player from the other team walk off the court and quit in the middle of a play...That has to be a record and will never be forgotten.

Its all French to me: He goes by French...I am assuming he is, I do not know him I have read his posts and find them very entertaining. Plus I have always had a thing for Boston...I would not be upset if I settled there, although I would have a hard time becoming a Sox's fan solely do to the fact that I would then have to cheer for the same team Jim does...That would be tough for me to handle as some of our best tirades have come due to the fact that whatever Jim likes I like the exact opposite out of pure spite.

Aces Corner: Newbie to the circle his name is Andrew...I work with Andrew or Drew as he goes by at times. We use company emails at times like it is instant messenger his knowledge of useless information keeps me entertained...I hope he takes to the blogging world, it often takes time to get into the routine but I hope he takes to it.

That is all on this topic I will be posting another heated debate soon stay tuned...

More Than Meets the Eye

Just left the movie Transformers...A little back story on this I was a transformer kid I had the action figures watched the show and even watched the movie (cartoon version (thanks Ben)) when I was a little too old to be watching cartoon movies, but I enjoyed it none the less...For whatever reason I was not excited about this movie as I was sure it was going to disappoint me because a child's imagination has yet to be captured on the big screen. I am happy to say that this movie did not disappoint. Looking at the big picture of things this movie was made very well it was and should have been directed at an older generation (the one that grew up playing with Optimus Prime) and not at the today's kids who to be honest have a million other things to play with...At the same it might breathe new life into the Transformer Enterprise...

On to the movie the special effects were excellent and for me it tugged at all the right strings, I found myself getting pumped during the right parts and I was completely drawn into this movie....I am a pretty skeptical person and for a movie to that it has to be good (see back to the future)...The story line was exciting and it was wrapped up but left you with a little teaser and open door at the possibility of a second flick...
Now if you are like me you are sitting there saying I have seen all the comic book movies as of late (spider man, x-man, what have you) and they are entertaining but not great I was not willing to pay $9 to see a movie that I could just as well rent...I agree and had it not been for a few friends telling me how good this movie is and offering to attend the showing with me I would have done the same...

This movie is full of action and is very entertaining...Now its not a thinker or a tough plot line to follow so go into to it with the that mind set...Nothing makes me more mad than when someone sees a movie (ie Dumb and Dumber) and says man that movie was so stupid, what did you expect its called Dumb and Dumber...Same applies here its called transformers for a reason...

This movie had me wishing my '96 Honda with 160,000 miles was secretly a transformer and I was going to be shocked when I came out of the theater that I was now the proud owner of a '96 huge freaking alien robot...I was sadly disappointed as I am still the owner of a '96 Honda with rust colored racing strips due to the barbwire fence "incident"....

This movie is worth the 2.5 hrs and the $9...Its more than meets the eye...

WWW in all its glory

I was tooling around the Internet and found a great tool that I thought I would share with all of you. Now I know most of you out there are much more Internet savvy than I but this is a helpful tool and I was proud of myself that I found it. First watch this video...



Second get a Google reader account at www.google.com/reader, Third add worlds tallest blog to you list then you can see when I have updated or posted some new thoughts on my world...Its a great tool, Give it a try and thank me later for simplifying you world.

More to come.....

the internet......nice to see you again....

I am dusting off my new computer and putting it to good use....I finally have Internet again after 6 months of 1) using my parents (used only for email and purchasing of things I felt I had to have) or 2) work Internet...neither of which are ideal for blogging....

My life in a nutshell for the last 6 months.....Healing of a broken arm, fun process if you have not broken a bone of great importance I suggest doing so its amazing....Getting into a couple of Law Schools.....Choosing UND for my next step of studies.....Moving, I hate moving....and continuing to live the Dream as a Lead Personal Banker/Customer Service Supervisor (titles are for people who need an ego stroke, you can just call me Jon the Banker if you want)...

I have made one big purchase in the last 6 months its a new laptop....Purchased at best buy.....I bought a model with a 17.5" screen how big is that you ask too big....When I looked at them in the store it was not overwhelming and looked like a good size, I am a big guy I need a big screen..Well I got this purchase home only to realize that its more screen than I anticipated...Oh another great point is that best buy had one bag that was big enough to hold my big screen laptop awesome, I am not complaining but I just don't want to be the guy with the HUGE laptop, too late I am that guy....

I have not done anything of consequence this summer which is disappointing but I still have a few months to make up for that....More to come...

don't panic my corner of the web is dusted off and ready to go.......