tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87894292009-02-21T00:41:28.168-05:00Just an old man--usually pissed off at the world and what goes on in it. THE OPTIMISTIC PESSIMIST Born on 10/19/04 CAUTION: SOME POSTS MAY CONTAIN STRONG LANGUAGE DEPENDING ON MY MOODInkslinger336http://www.blogger.com/profile/05693883164162575013noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789429.post-56798336913241908982008-10-08T11:44:00.006-05:002008-10-08T12:10:55.763-05:00

Simply amazing!Wonder why the majority of the American taxpayers were against the $700 billion bailout.Seems like were getting tired of having our noses rubbed in shit all of the time. At least I am.However, I did get some satisfaction when I read about this.

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Dick Ellis, a spokesman for the state Administrative Office of the Courts, said Nifong will still be eligible for his full retirement benefits — a pension and health care — that he accrued while working a state employee for nearly 30 years. But because he served fewer than five years as district attorney, he is not vested in a more lucrative retirement system for judges, prosecutors and the

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A story about the tragic loss of four lives on Alamance Church Road Friday night and I guess they just had to get a shot in with this:"Waddell said there was nothing to make him believe either party was coming from the Chris Daughtry concert."Why question one event?Why not cover all the bases like......Waddell said there was nothing to make him believe either party was coming from.......their

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Well its been a hard year.The one year anniversary of your leaving us and it is still not any easier.You've had a grandson get married and expecting a child, you had a grandaughter go off to college, a son getting ready to graduate college with his second degree, another grandson soon to graduate with a degree, and Jessica. What can you say about Jessica except she's still kicking ass in those

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Tim Bellamy named new police chief in Greensboro.Really not a surprise as Ben has been saying for months that he would be the new chief.Maybe now Mitch has someone he can play in the sandbox with.

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Hip, Hip, Hooray!Was really nice to see all the orange bags on the side of the road on my way to school this afternoon.The criminals, convicts, prisoners, inmates, or whatever is politically correct to call them these days, have done a superb job of cleaning the Business-85 corridor from Vickery Chapel Road to the I-85 interchange.For a while there I thought High Point and Greensboro (since the

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Whoop de fuc***g doo!A federal judge has ruled that a doctor must monitor the condemned for signs of PAIN during an execution."Death penalty foes and others worry that if the three-drug combination is administered improperly, the condemned could suffer excruciating pain while immobilized and unable to cry out. Some suspect that is what happened during a botched execution in Florida in December."I

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Bank of America doing this just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Cards for lawbreakers. 28 million eligible.Sure, that 21.24% interest is gonna make 'em a lotta cash.I'm no banker, but I think this will come back and bite us in the a**. In the end whose interest and costs are going to go up when they start defaulting? It sure ain't gonna be the bank.I hope their net is big enough to

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Received this from a friend today. Made a lot of sense to me. ObituaryToday we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the

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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi still alive and mumbling after American airstrikes on his hideout--------I think a more fitting demise would have been to behead him a la Nick Berg style

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Been waiting for this day.Albert Cummings is coming to the Blue Bayou in Hillsborough tonight.Missed him in Greensboro when he opened for Buddy Guy but will definitely be there tonight.

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Bob Burchette has a very nice article in this mornings N&R on my Grandmother who recently passed away at 92.To me it would take a whole edition to sum up all the good in that frail womans little body and all that she did for her friends, neighbors, church and family. If I could do 1/4 of what she did in her lifetime, I would consider it a life well lived.Yes, the chess pies were good, but my

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Final day at the Greensboro Chrysler Classic.Great crowd, beautiful women, awesome weather, and cold beer.What more could you ask for?Followed Sergio Garcia on the front nine and decided to cop a seat at the 18th green and watch everybody come in.Sitting in the bleachers and I look up to see someone who I thought was Jinni moving into the row in front of me. Thoughts confirmed when David moved in

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The Political Agitator:"All real NAACP members ought to be pissed with the arrogance of Melvin "Skip" Alston as he is doing what many racist whites does and that is to mislead black folks when it comes to real black leadership."He also talks about Skips' "behind the scenes fights."Nail on the head??

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Last weekends Blues Challenge was a huge success.Mighty Lester of Raleigh were the winners and will represent the PBPS in Memphis at the International Blues Challenge in February 2006. They will also be on stage at next years Carolina Blues Festival and the Bull Durham Blues Festival.Although not my choice for top band, the judges saw differently.This Sunday, October 2, welcomes the Hurricane

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The 19th Annual Piedmont Blues Preservation Society Blues Challenge (whew!) is scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday at the Lions Lair in High Point.19 bands over 2 days competing for a chance to represent the PBPS in Memphis.Always a good crowd and lots of fun.Silent auction with 2 pairs of 4th row tickets to see Buddy Guy in Greensboro on Oct. 16, plus many other great items.Click here for

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tonight to see Bernard Allison.Singer, songwriter, and son of Luther Allison, Bernard will be playing at the Double Door Inn in Charlotte.Bernards' first recording, at age 12 1/2 was playing guitar with his father on a live album called "Gonna Be a Live One in Here Tonight" in 1979.Four days out of high school he joined Koko Taylors' band the Blues Machine. He has also played with Johnny Winter

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Go visit The Big Link.

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This little guy was hard at work in the garden yesterday afternoon. He had what looked to be a wasp in his clutches, spinning his web around it before..............moving on to big and better things. It's really amazing to sit and watch these creatures do their handiwork.Left all dressed up with no place to go.

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My grandmother passed away yesterday afternoon.Nine days shy of her 93rd birthday, she had a long and fruitful life, but it’s still hard to let go of someone you cared so much for and who has had a great impact on who you are as a person.Grandma was a great cook, caregiver, disiciplinarian, and friend. She was an avid churchgoer who often went out of her way to help other people.I can remember a

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Chief Justice William Rehnquist dead at 80.

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This weeks Big Link

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Via CNN the Houston Astrodome now has it's own zipcode.77230

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It looks to me like a total clusterf**k on the part of FEMA and the federal government to aid victims of hurricane Katrina.No food, water, medical supplies. People dying, looting, getting beaten and raped.Hell, our response to the Asian tsunami was faster and more organized than this. Why can we get aid to people overseas faster than we can to our own citizens?In Washington, President Bush

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It's heartbreaking to see the videos of the destruction left behind on the gulf coast by hurricane Katrina. It will undoubtedly be a long time before things get back to normal down there, if they ever do.It's nice to see the american corporations stepping up to the plate with food, water, and cash donations to help their fellow citizens, and I have done my part by donating to the Red Cross

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