Dixie Biker on the Road

Salute to Veterans Bike Fest 1

2009-11-15T08:07:00.009-05:00

The weekend's Bike Fest isn't over and I gotta head out to for Sunday's Festivities at the White Eagle Lounge in Korona, Flagler County, but I wanted to get something posted on this awesome event.

After a two year hiatus, we're proud to once again to sponsor a "Salute to Veterans Bike Fest." We'll have full coverage of the event in December's issue of DBI and will also post a full article with plenty of pictures on our main website at DixieBiker.com later this month. After-all, the event is still running.

Friday night started off with a Friday, the 13th party at The White Eagle. The fine folks from Work Vessels for Vets, Inc., a non-profit that supports America's Veterans, was set up, geared up and ready-to-go.

Frank Scott, WHOG, 95.7 - Daytona's Classic Rock station rode in to do a remote to kick off the weekend. He was joined later by the other half of the morning show, Tracy Dillion.

Around about 10 pm or so, Frank presented Dawn, from Palm Coast, with a pair of tickets to next week's AC-DC Concert in Orlando. That's Jules from local kick ass band, Banditz, holding the raffle box.

The next morning, Saturday te 14th, things kicked off with a poker run with 154 folks registering for the ride through the country, along the ocean and back to the White Eagle via The Loop. Many more participated in an 'in-house' poker walk to raise money for Work Vessels for Vets. By mid afternoon, the White Eagle was wall-to-wall with motorcycles.

John, far right, let's the audience know how Work Vessels for Vets originated, and explained what it's all about. Following this, Ted, the executive director, 2nd from right, presented laptop computers to several American heros - all recently returned and recovered from injuries through their service to America in Irag or Afghanistan.

After the presentations, the thousands in attendance enjoyed a free concert with The Dave Mason Band. Dave is a founding member of Traffic, and the writer of several Rock-n-Roll standards such as All Along the Watch Tower, Feeling Alright and many others. He's also a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Following the Dave Mason Band, there were three more bands and we partied into the wee hours. But that story's gonna hafta wait for another day cuz Boots and I gotta head back out to the White Eagle for today's (Sunday, Nov. 15) festivities.

Veterans Day Tea Party

2009-11-12T11:53:00.017-05:00

On Wednesday, November 11, I attended a Veterans Day ceremony at Holly Hill, Florida City Hall. After those somber ceremonies, I wandered across the street to a 'last minute' Tea Party Express Rally in Holly Land Park. Wow. Ran into a couple of thousand patriotic Americans who, unlike President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, LOVE America and what she stands for.

Originally the Rally was scheduled for Jacksonville but some snafu screwed that up so the week before the location was changed to this little town between Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach. I got an e-mail from Kristina at the Volusia County FairTax group letting me know about the rally. Thanks for the info.

I've never attended a rally of this sort, nor have I been very active in politics other than editorial type cartoons on this blog or in Dixie Biker Illustrated, but the past 10 months have really got me an' Boots to worrying about the future of these United States and the legacy we're leaving for our kids and grandkids. If we don't speak up now and have our voices heard, will our kids and grandkids enjoy the same quality of life we've enjoyed?

Are we allowing our politicians saddle our kids and grand kids with massive amounts of debt?

Are we allowing America, the world's leader of freedom and liberty, to become just another socialist country?

We don't wanna see that happen, and I figured this was a good chance to see who's participating in these Tea Parties. Are they 'right wing fanatics' clinging to religion and guns? Are they Republican right wingers? That's what the all the newspapers and TV stations -- except Fox -- are telling us. But that's not what I saw. Pictures don't lie ...

... but this guy tells it like lotsa other folks see it.

I hadn't seen this one before.

I wondered the same thing - below - and is why I canceled my membership in AARP this past summer. They can keep all their silly ass discounts. I'll just use my AAA card instead.

How's that Hope and Changey thing working out for you?

I'm an Army Vet, but I gotta give this Navy Vet a shout out -- He's got it right.

You can click the pictures below to see larger sizes.

Dang! I can't believe all those "angry, white men clinging to their guns and religion" in the pictures. Can you?

Somwhere around 11:15 Bikers for First Amendment Rights led the Tea Party Express buses into the park - below.

According the the map on the side of the bus, this was the last stop on the two month journey across America. Glad I got a chance to be a part of it - it was an eye-opener to see so many different 'classes' of Americans involved in something so important to the future or our Republic.

This guy's sign said everything that Boots and I are really concerned with. Though she's only four years-old, our granddaughter, based on the sour look on her face, seems to "get it."

I doubt it ... she's probably just mad that I made 'em stop playin' on the playground so I could get some pictures before taking off for their favorite fast-food joint for lunch.

That's okay. I don't mind her being upset with me for a few minutes -- it's not the first time, and certainly won't be the last. More importantly, we're probably gonna be gone in fifteen or twenty years. If we don't speak up now, what kind of legacy are we gonna leave our grandchildren? That's the trillion dollar question.

Hope and Change One Year Later

2009-11-08T07:56:00.001-05:00

Thank You Mr. Obama ...

2009-11-03T11:22:00.004-05:00

So how's that hope and change working for you?

Have you thought about what it's doin' for your kids and grand kids?

From Kim F.

Novemebr "Free Ridin'" Toon by Thunder

2009-11-01T09:39:00.004-05:00

For the rest of the 'toon, click here :

http://www.dixiebiker.com/thunder.html

Happy Halloween

2009-10-31T07:16:00.003-04:00

Priceless ...

2009-10-30T06:22:00.000-04:00

Quit Drinking?!

2009-10-27T10:02:00.002-04:00

From a reader -- Rita L.

If you were around in 1919 (just before prohibition started) and came upon the following poster ...

I mean seriously, Would you quit drinking?

Obama wins the Heisman Trophy after watching a college football game!

2009-10-19T20:09:00.003-04:00

Been busy with Biketoberfest, but couldn't pass this up ...

Although Mr. Obama never actually played college football, he's credited with bringing hope to many schools by advocating that the NCAA punish the winning teams. Under his new plan the NCAA would be ordered to take points away from the winners and award them to the losers. The President believes that by declaring all games a tie it will further his mission to make everything in American society equal and fair for all.

It is also expected that Mr. Obama will be awarded the Stanley Cup, the Triple Crown, the World Cup, the Americas Cup, five Oscars, a Tony, and the Miss Universe title some time in the near future!

'Nuff Said

2009-10-07T11:22:00.000-04:00

Got this from several readers over the past couple of days ...

Frickin' Elephant

2009-09-24T06:55:00.005-04:00

From the diary of a Pre-School Teacher:
My five-year old students are learning to read. Yesterday

one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said, "Look at this! It's a frickin'

elephant!"
I took a deep breath, then asked, "What did you call it?"
"It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!"
And so it does...

"A f r i c a n Elephant"

Hooked on phonics! Ain't it wonderful?

Economy is Bad!

2009-09-19T11:21:00.004-04:00

Man, times are so tough this poor girl can't even afford to buy a new pair of jeans or flip flops. Poor thing.

We hope things turn around soon. Especially considering Autumn is almost upon us.

So ... George W. Buah Was an Idiot?!

2009-09-15T07:55:00.002-04:00

Got this in from Willie at Tropical Tattoo. Good questions.

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a TelePrompTer installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how he inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVD's, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

If George W Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

If George W. Bush had misspelled the word advice would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potato as proof of what a dunce he is?

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?

If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?

If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?

Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 5 months -- so you'll have three years and seven months to come up with an answer.

Never Forget 9-11-2001

2009-09-11T09:09:00.001-04:00

Never Forget ...

God Bless Our First Responders.

New "Uncle Sam T-shirt from Tropical Tattoo

2009-09-06T12:11:00.002-04:00

While out delivering the September issue of Dixie Biker Illustrated, I stopped in at Tropical Tattoo in Ormond Beach. The crew was hard at work on their latest tee design. We like it.

"It Ain't America Any More."

2009-08-31T09:20:00.002-04:00

Be scared. Be very scared ...

ABC TV Destroys Obama Health Care Plan

2009-08-30T08:20:00.002-04:00

ABC's John Stossel Destroys/Pulverizes/Crushes Obama's anti-American 'Health Care' Plan

Dear Congress

2009-08-27T06:59:00.003-04:00

Dear 535 voting members of the Legislature:

It is now official: You are all morons.

The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You've had 234 years to get it right; it's broke.

Social Security was established in 1935. You've had 74 years to get it right; it's broke.

Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You've had 71 years to get it right; it's broke.

The War on Poverty started in 1964. You've had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor." It hasn't worked.

Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You've had 44 years to get it right. They're broke.

Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You've had 39 years to get it right; it's broke.

Almost $1,000,000,000,000 ($1 TRILLION!) in the massive political payoff called the TARP Bill of 2009. It's not working.

Now to set a new record:

"Cash for Clunkers": established in 2009 and went broke in 2009! This program took good, dependable cars -- that were the best some people could afford -- and replaced them with high-priced, mostly Japanese and Korean models. That means a good percentage of the profits, and our tax dollars, went out of the country. And who bought the cars? Mostly people who owned an older car free and clear, but couldn't afford a new car. So now they're stuck making car payments for 4, 5, 6 or 7 years! And American taxpayers are paying fanother $3,000,000,000 for a government experiment to make our wallets even thinner.

So, with a perfect 100% failure rate and an historical record that proves that government services and programs shoved down our throats are failing faster and faster, you want us to believe you can be trusted with a government-run health care system?? Over 15% of our economy??

Are you crazy?! Truly, the inmates are running the asylum!?

And what does this say about us -- the voters -- who put, and keep reelecting, these scum-bags in office?! Jeez.

Know what I think? Vote against EVERY incumbent. Throw every single one of them out of the House of Representatives in 2010. And then vote against EVERY incumbent Senator up for reelection in 2010, 2012 and 2014. Throw every one of them out.

Rookies and new blood certainly could NOT do any worse than what we've got now.

Sent in by JPA, a subscriber in NJ-NY.

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." Thomas Jefferson

Government Health Care Plan - Again

2009-08-24T15:59:00.002-04:00

From reader Bob B.:

Let me get this straight . . .

Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it, signed by a President who smokes cigarettes, funded by a treasury chief who did not pay his taxes, overseen by a Surgeon General who is fat and obese, and financed by a country that is nearly broke.

What possibly could go wrong?

You sure want Government to Run Your Health Care?

2009-08-23T18:25:00.000-04:00

Obama Makes Jimmy Carter Happy

2009-08-22T11:05:00.000-04:00

Our goverment will save us money!

2009-08-21T08:09:00.004-04:00

Obama's Health Care Saves Big Bucks

This from the same guy who, on August 20, 2009 said: "We are God's partners in matters of life and death ..."

So now the Federal Government is 'God's Partner?'

Jeez. I never knew. Who'da thunk it?!

Graphic from Wile E.

A Smart Car ...

2009-08-19T09:55:00.004-04:00

Might as well be riding a motorcycle ...

Below is a wreck in Jefferson Parish, LA between two trucks and a Smart Car.

Man-oh-man. I'll keep my big ol' pick up truck or SUV, thank you very much.

It's Come Full Circle - Moses to Obama

2009-08-16T10:08:00.002-04:00

Over five thousand years ago, Moses said to the children of Israel, "Pick up your shovel, mount your asses and camels, and I will lead you to the promised land!"

Nearly 75 years ago, Roosevelt said, "Lay down your shovels, sit on your asses, and light up a camel. This is the promised land!"

Now, in 2009, Obama and our Democrat Congress has stolen our shovel , taxed our asses, raised the price of camels, and mortgaged the promised land.

Tax System Explained In Beer

2009-08-14T09:08:00.008-04:00

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.

If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

So, that's what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the bar-owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20." Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes, so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men? The paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share?'

They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings)
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28% savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 ( 22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out of the $20,"declared the sixth man as he pointed to the tenth man,"But he got $10!"

"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too.It's unfair that he got ten times more than me!"

"That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"

"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how the tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat
friendlier.

David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Georgia

For those who understand, no explanation is needed.

For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible