WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! that was the repititive sound of people losing their jobs coming from halas hall on monday as the mccaskey family decided that they had enough of being the laughing stock of the NFL and terminated gm phil emery, head coach marc tressman and offensive coordinator/part-time snitch aaron kromer.
i was amazed that they ate the last three years of emery's contract as well as tressman's but good for them. when the oldest franchise in the league is worth a billion dollars (that's with a B) they shouldn't haggle over a few million dollars when it comes to restoring the image.
first step in rebuilding was hiring ERNIE ACCORSI as a senior advisor who will assist the mccaskeys in hiring their new gm. the presence of accorsi, who has spent his life in the nfl and was the gm for three different teams, will keep ted phillips and other bean counters away from football decisions.
the reaction of long time bears fans was overwhelmingly positive although most were hoping for jay cutler to get traded to complete the trifecta. nobody i spoke with feels that cutler can do the job and has rightfully earned his reputation as a coach killer.
so where to now? they may not be able to hire a gm until after the playoffs which would make it february at the earliest but hiring one as quickly as possible can only help and hopefully, the bears will follow proper protocol and hire the gm first and then the gm hires the coach and the coach hires his assistants which eliminates finger pointing and makes every hire accountable, as it should be.
my wish is for the bears to pay the piper and hire people who have done it before at the highest level. we don't need a head coach or a gm who neeeds training wheels but rather people who have been riding the bicycle SUCCESSFULLY for a while now. keep your fingers crossed.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Sunday, December 28, 2014
BLACK MONDAY LOOMS
As we prepare to say good-bye to MARC TRESSMAN & his assistants, one has to wonder....who's next? fans are screaming for a trifecta of head chopping but i'm afraid we're stuck with GM PHIL EMERY and JAY CUTLER for a while longer. the bears don't mind paying tressman the final year of his contract for doing nothing but cutler and emery both have multiple years left on their deals so you'll have to be satisfied with a body count of one. WHO'S NEXT?
REX RYAN?........... still young at 52 but a 45-50 record with the jets and no playoff appearances since 2010 makes one pause. maybe too bombastic for the maccaskey family.
JIM HARBAUGH?........51 years of age but his ship is sailing towards michigan and it will take about eight million dollars to make it change course.
DAVE TOUB?............ also 52, he was the bears special teams coach and highly successful during his tenure in chicago. passed over last time when lovie was fired so he left for kansas city where he still runs special teams. never a head coach.
MIKE SHANAHAN?.........62 and a local boy with two super bowl rings in his pocket from his days in denver but bellied up in washington with a 24-40 record. is 62 too old to be a head coach when it involves a total overhaul of the program?
DERRELL BEVELL....only 44 but coaches the lethal seattle offense and was a quarterback in college. never a head coach.
TODD BOWLES?.......51 and recently signed a three year extension as defensive coordinator with the arizona cardinals but all assistant's contracts have escape clause for a head coaching job. however, bowles appears to be very content working for bruce arians, who, as we all know, was passed over for marc tressman.
feel free to enter your own choice because i'm confused. the best candidates seem to be defensive coaches but don't you need an offensive guy for cutler?
or do you trade cutler after you hire the defensive guy? and there are teams who would love cutler as their quarterback, namely the jets, rams, titans and maybe even the browns. i'd be very happy with a couple of draft choices and let's start over.
the CHICAGO BULLS are starting to fire on all cylinders as they continue to get healthy and run down all the teams that were ahead of them in the east. three weeks ago they were the seventh seed in the eastern conference but after winning 10 of 12 and currently six in a row, they're now fourth and just two games from the top seed.
in their division, they lead cleveland by three and have double digit leads on two others after only two months of play. STAY HEALTHY and we're going to have some fun in may & june.
the BLACKHAWKS are also running wild and are mirroring the success of the bulls. seventh in the conference standings at the start of the month, they're now second and only two points behind anaheim for the top seed in the west............and home ice advantage throughout the playoffs. the hawks have shrugged off lenghty injuries to PATRICK SHARP and the drunken COREY CRAWFORD with incredible depth and a great goaltending situation.
in their division, which is the toughest in hockey, they finally passed the teams that were red hot coming out of the gate and now the cream continues to rise to the top. again, STAY HEALTHY and we'll have some fun in may & june.
the cubs banged the drum when they signed a manager and a pitcher but the WHITE SOX brought the full symphony orchestra with their signings. baseball in chicago might be interesting enough to where people actually watch a game or two in april & may. maybe.
finally, will notre dame embarrass themselves again in a bowl game? we'll all find out on tuesday afternoon when they take on LSU in the music city bowl.
REX RYAN?........... still young at 52 but a 45-50 record with the jets and no playoff appearances since 2010 makes one pause. maybe too bombastic for the maccaskey family.
JIM HARBAUGH?........51 years of age but his ship is sailing towards michigan and it will take about eight million dollars to make it change course.
DAVE TOUB?............ also 52, he was the bears special teams coach and highly successful during his tenure in chicago. passed over last time when lovie was fired so he left for kansas city where he still runs special teams. never a head coach.
MIKE SHANAHAN?.........62 and a local boy with two super bowl rings in his pocket from his days in denver but bellied up in washington with a 24-40 record. is 62 too old to be a head coach when it involves a total overhaul of the program?
DERRELL BEVELL....only 44 but coaches the lethal seattle offense and was a quarterback in college. never a head coach.
TODD BOWLES?.......51 and recently signed a three year extension as defensive coordinator with the arizona cardinals but all assistant's contracts have escape clause for a head coaching job. however, bowles appears to be very content working for bruce arians, who, as we all know, was passed over for marc tressman.
feel free to enter your own choice because i'm confused. the best candidates seem to be defensive coaches but don't you need an offensive guy for cutler?
or do you trade cutler after you hire the defensive guy? and there are teams who would love cutler as their quarterback, namely the jets, rams, titans and maybe even the browns. i'd be very happy with a couple of draft choices and let's start over.
the CHICAGO BULLS are starting to fire on all cylinders as they continue to get healthy and run down all the teams that were ahead of them in the east. three weeks ago they were the seventh seed in the eastern conference but after winning 10 of 12 and currently six in a row, they're now fourth and just two games from the top seed.
in their division, they lead cleveland by three and have double digit leads on two others after only two months of play. STAY HEALTHY and we're going to have some fun in may & june.
the BLACKHAWKS are also running wild and are mirroring the success of the bulls. seventh in the conference standings at the start of the month, they're now second and only two points behind anaheim for the top seed in the west............and home ice advantage throughout the playoffs. the hawks have shrugged off lenghty injuries to PATRICK SHARP and the drunken COREY CRAWFORD with incredible depth and a great goaltending situation.
in their division, which is the toughest in hockey, they finally passed the teams that were red hot coming out of the gate and now the cream continues to rise to the top. again, STAY HEALTHY and we'll have some fun in may & june.
the cubs banged the drum when they signed a manager and a pitcher but the WHITE SOX brought the full symphony orchestra with their signings. baseball in chicago might be interesting enough to where people actually watch a game or two in april & may. maybe.
finally, will notre dame embarrass themselves again in a bowl game? we'll all find out on tuesday afternoon when they take on LSU in the music city bowl.
THAT'S IT FOR NOW. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Monday, December 15, 2014
IF I WERE KING......
Throughout the year, i constantly say "if i were king....." and then add what i would do in a certain situation. so here's some of the ones i jotted down, in no particular order. enjoy.
IF I WERE KING.......the 'cool' people who insist on taking photos with their cell phones at a concert or a play AFTER everyone has been warned? security would rip it out of their hands, smash it on the floor with the heel of their boot and then immediately eject the violating party from the theatre.
there would be a sacred list of a dozen or so christmas carol classics like 'silent night' or 'silver bells' and no one would be allowed to prostitute the originals with a jazzed up version of the song. i almost gagged when MICHAEL MACDONALD jazzed up the second half of 'white christmas' at a recent 'evening with' at the genesee. and while you're at it, also leave the star spangled banner alone.
sex crimes against children would result in chemical castration for the guilty party.
some chicago sports team would have to win a championship once every three or four years.
people who wait to get to the register before they start LOOKING for their money would be required to go to the back of the line just for being stupid.
IF I WERE KING, it would snow two inches the night of december 23rd which would give the plow guys time to clear the roads for holiday travel and still be home with their families for the holiday. not to mention we'd all have a white christmas. there would be no snow for new year's eve.
banks would start giving out full sized wall calendars like they did for years. every month a new photo of the corresponding season and room to write appointments on the individual days. i have zero need for a 2"x 4" magnetic
calendar that i can't read anyhow.
people who smoke would NOT be able to sue the tobacco companies when they get sick. they know the dangers when they start. that's like an alcoholic suing seagrams when he gets cirrhosis of the liver. no surprise. deal with it. it was your choice.
there would be an EIGHT TEAM college football playoff. four is just not enough.
semi-trailer trucks would not be allowed on the expressway or tollways between 7-9 in the morning and 4-6 in the afternoon.
there would be no more thursday night football in the NFL.
gift cards would not be allowed as christmas presents. can you get any lazier than that? and while we're at it, only half of your christmas presents could be bought on-line. the other half? get off your dead butt and go to a store and actually see a potential gift before buying it.
athletes who use ANY illegal drugs would be banned for life. first time. no warnings. no second chances. they know exactly what they're doing when they use them.
people under 18 and over 65 would receive free medical services. no deductibles. free. including medicine.
christians would all have some type of lighted christmas decoration on their house or in the yard.
stores would be closed on holidays. all of them.
that's just some of them but i'm tired of typing.
IF I WERE KING.......the 'cool' people who insist on taking photos with their cell phones at a concert or a play AFTER everyone has been warned? security would rip it out of their hands, smash it on the floor with the heel of their boot and then immediately eject the violating party from the theatre.
there would be a sacred list of a dozen or so christmas carol classics like 'silent night' or 'silver bells' and no one would be allowed to prostitute the originals with a jazzed up version of the song. i almost gagged when MICHAEL MACDONALD jazzed up the second half of 'white christmas' at a recent 'evening with' at the genesee. and while you're at it, also leave the star spangled banner alone.
sex crimes against children would result in chemical castration for the guilty party.
some chicago sports team would have to win a championship once every three or four years.
people who wait to get to the register before they start LOOKING for their money would be required to go to the back of the line just for being stupid.
IF I WERE KING, it would snow two inches the night of december 23rd which would give the plow guys time to clear the roads for holiday travel and still be home with their families for the holiday. not to mention we'd all have a white christmas. there would be no snow for new year's eve.
banks would start giving out full sized wall calendars like they did for years. every month a new photo of the corresponding season and room to write appointments on the individual days. i have zero need for a 2"x 4" magnetic
calendar that i can't read anyhow.
people who smoke would NOT be able to sue the tobacco companies when they get sick. they know the dangers when they start. that's like an alcoholic suing seagrams when he gets cirrhosis of the liver. no surprise. deal with it. it was your choice.
there would be an EIGHT TEAM college football playoff. four is just not enough.
semi-trailer trucks would not be allowed on the expressway or tollways between 7-9 in the morning and 4-6 in the afternoon.
there would be no more thursday night football in the NFL.
gift cards would not be allowed as christmas presents. can you get any lazier than that? and while we're at it, only half of your christmas presents could be bought on-line. the other half? get off your dead butt and go to a store and actually see a potential gift before buying it.
athletes who use ANY illegal drugs would be banned for life. first time. no warnings. no second chances. they know exactly what they're doing when they use them.
people under 18 and over 65 would receive free medical services. no deductibles. free. including medicine.
christians would all have some type of lighted christmas decoration on their house or in the yard.
stores would be closed on holidays. all of them.
that's just some of them but i'm tired of typing.
HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON!
Friday, December 12, 2014
Don't read this if you're overly sensitive to differing opinions.
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One of the most difficult cases to investigate as a police officer is sexual assault, a crime which constitutes a total violation of the victim and leaves long lasting pyschological scars and a total change in how the victim looks at the world.
it's not a crime of passion or lust but rather a crime of anger & disrespect for the woman.
which leads me to this........how in the hell is BILL COSBY still walking the streets? TWENTY SIX allegations of rape have popped up over the last month but there's one huge problem with all of the accusers. they've all waited TWENTY FIVE YEARS or more to point the finger of guilt at cosby and he won't even address the allegations, stating thru his lawyer that "we won't dignify these allegations with a response."
and why would they?? the statute of limitations has long since expired which poses the question: why did ALL of the victims not report it in a timely manner? any delay in reporting a sexual assault with "immediate outcry" seriously hurts the prosecution of the predator..........and yes, they will strike again & again if no one reports them.
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and now the other side of the coin: is this a case of dominos where everyone jumps on board with their own allegation after the first complaint goes public, looking to cash in on the cosby fortune? i understand some victims just wanting to forget about it but all FIFTEEN? that absolutely defies the law of averages in reporting a rape by about 60%.
if you're dealing with three decades of time, all you have to do is coordinate the alleged attack with an old ticket stub or newspaper article that has cosby appearing in a particular city and then you're ready to cry rape as loud as you can......and cash in with the others. then the next question: what percentage of sexual assalt reports are false?
most rape statistics will put the false reports at just 2% and based on experience, i can tell you one thing for certain: the 2% do more damage to the true victims and affect prosecutions for years to come. prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, police officers and other officers of the court have long memories when they waste a lot of their resources investigating a bogus claim and the next time a real victim walks thru the door, they're greeted with a raised eyebrow.........and by the way, the liars who affect so many lives are rarely prosecuted for filing a false police report.
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so which is it? did cosby drug & sexually assault all of those women? probably not.
are there some false allegations against him? almost definitely.
did he drug and sexually assault some of them? maybe.
but prove it after 25 years. ZERO physical evidence and cosby ain't talking.
can the victims get any satisfaction after waiting so long to go public with their complaints? MAYBE cosby might be forced to retire a little earlier than he had planned BUT he's 77 years old and richer than fort knox and i guarantee you that he will have more than his share of supporters.
lessons learned for everyone, i hope.
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One of the most difficult cases to investigate as a police officer is sexual assault, a crime which constitutes a total violation of the victim and leaves long lasting pyschological scars and a total change in how the victim looks at the world.
it's not a crime of passion or lust but rather a crime of anger & disrespect for the woman.
which leads me to this........how in the hell is BILL COSBY still walking the streets? TWENTY SIX allegations of rape have popped up over the last month but there's one huge problem with all of the accusers. they've all waited TWENTY FIVE YEARS or more to point the finger of guilt at cosby and he won't even address the allegations, stating thru his lawyer that "we won't dignify these allegations with a response."
and why would they?? the statute of limitations has long since expired which poses the question: why did ALL of the victims not report it in a timely manner? any delay in reporting a sexual assault with "immediate outcry" seriously hurts the prosecution of the predator..........and yes, they will strike again & again if no one reports them.
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and now the other side of the coin: is this a case of dominos where everyone jumps on board with their own allegation after the first complaint goes public, looking to cash in on the cosby fortune? i understand some victims just wanting to forget about it but all FIFTEEN? that absolutely defies the law of averages in reporting a rape by about 60%.
if you're dealing with three decades of time, all you have to do is coordinate the alleged attack with an old ticket stub or newspaper article that has cosby appearing in a particular city and then you're ready to cry rape as loud as you can......and cash in with the others. then the next question: what percentage of sexual assalt reports are false?
most rape statistics will put the false reports at just 2% and based on experience, i can tell you one thing for certain: the 2% do more damage to the true victims and affect prosecutions for years to come. prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, police officers and other officers of the court have long memories when they waste a lot of their resources investigating a bogus claim and the next time a real victim walks thru the door, they're greeted with a raised eyebrow.........and by the way, the liars who affect so many lives are rarely prosecuted for filing a false police report.
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so which is it? did cosby drug & sexually assault all of those women? probably not.
are there some false allegations against him? almost definitely.
did he drug and sexually assault some of them? maybe.
but prove it after 25 years. ZERO physical evidence and cosby ain't talking.
can the victims get any satisfaction after waiting so long to go public with their complaints? MAYBE cosby might be forced to retire a little earlier than he had planned BUT he's 77 years old and richer than fort knox and i guarantee you that he will have more than his share of supporters.
lessons learned for everyone, i hope.
Saturday, December 6, 2014
HOLIDAY FEEL GOOD STORIES
As we start the holidays, sometimes we're reminded of just how nice humans can be to one another and that the world is totally rotten. three quick stories that happened this thanksgiving season. enjoy.
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Lady in iowa is outside the local walmart on a frigid day holding a sign that says "will work 4 food 4 my kids." local farmer stops and finds out the lady has five children and her husband is hospitalized after being hit by a drunk driver and suffering from numerous broken bones. farmer gets her name & address plus the names of the kids who age from 3-14 and promises to be in touch. two days before thanksgiving, farmer arrives in a pick-up truck with the back full of frozen beef & pork plus assorted food including turkey & all the trimmings for the holiday. oh yeah...and a freezer to hold the meat.
farmer then invites the entire family to his house for saturday night dinner followed by xmas decorating and lighting of his family tree. family arrives at 5 p.m. and leaves at 10. upon arrival back at their house, it appears that santa has delivered & decorated an eight foot tree and left SIXTY wrapped presents under the tree, all with 'do not open til christmas' stickers on them. when the woman called the farmer and asked what work she could do for him, he responded, "you'll have to ask santa. as far as i'm concerned, just keep smiling and enjoy the holiday."
finally, when she went to visit her husband on sunday at the hospital, HIS ROOM had been totally decorated along with a half dozen presents, also with "do not open" stickers that looked mysteriously familiar. her husband told his wife "i went down for my one hour rehab session and when i got back to the room an hour later, all this was here." the farmer denies any involvement. happy holidays.
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A dog shelter in oklahoma sat on three donated acres but the 50 cage building was seriously overcrowded and more than 40 dogs were facing euthanasia on the monday following thanksgiving weekend. a hand painted sign outside the shelter read "don't let our puppies die...please help" drew the attention of two high schoolers who had both previously adopted dogs and they entered the shelter to find out what was happening and ended up volunteering. the boys were told the sad story. "we've run on donations for a long time and one guy even poured a concrete slab so we could expand but the economy dried up the donations and we couldn't build the new building so these 40 dogs will pay the ultimate price on that monday."
the three full time volunteers were all from the same family but one always had to stay for the holidays and they could never get together at one time to celebrate with their elderly mother who lived eighty miles away. after two weeks of excellent volunteer work, the two guys let the owners know that they had no school that week and offered to handle the entire thanksgiving week so the regulars could all have time with their mother. the family members jumped at the chance and all left sunday night for mom's house. both boys immediately put their plan in motion, one they had been concocting since they volunteered.
When the staff returned a week later, they were handed the keys to a brand new heated pole barn with a hundred new cages and $19,000.00 in cash donations to help feed the canines and a stack of OVER ONE HUNDRED APPLICATIONS FOR ADOPTION!! (the shelter wanted everyone to know that all applicants are given a thorough background check before being allowed to adopt)
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
on monday morning, 14 seniors from the football team who had been recruited by the two boys showed up to construct a new pole barn on the previously poured concrete slab under the direction of the man who donated the materials for the barn. most of the boys lived on ranches or farms and had all done this type of work before so the project moved along rapidly. once the pole barn was in place, adult volunteers then installed electricity, running water and heat and it was all done by saturday.
turns out one of the boys had a father who worked at the local newspaper in tulsa which agreed to give them one full page to advertise the plight of the shelter. a full page color ad with photos of every dog appeared in the 'black friday' edition of the paper (which came out wednesday) which explained the pending doom and readers were asked to either consider adoption or make a cash donation to the local bank. happy thanksgiving to the puppies!
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finally, an elderly woman was the caretaker of the local church in a small town outside of detroit. she lived frugally in an eight hundred square foot ranch and her house needed major repairs but she wouldn't 'take charity' because others needed it more. each thanksgiving morning, annie would leave her house at 6 a.m. and spend the day at morning church services and then serving food to the homeless before returning home exhausted later that night and this thanksgiving was no different.
the next morning, she was taking the garbage out when her neighbor commented on how nice her new roof & siding looked and the woman didn't know what she was talking about until she turned around and saw that her house had been transformed overnight into a thing of beauty. she was speechless and couldn't figure out what had happened.
turns out the local men's club all knew annie from various functions and decided to surprise her when they knew she'd be gone so 45 volunteers arrived at daybreak on thanksgiving and nine hours later, annie had a nice warm house that looked brand new. the volunteers had given up their holiday to help one person. anytime annie asks about the rehab, '"obody knows nuttin." the true spirit of the holidays.
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Lady in iowa is outside the local walmart on a frigid day holding a sign that says "will work 4 food 4 my kids." local farmer stops and finds out the lady has five children and her husband is hospitalized after being hit by a drunk driver and suffering from numerous broken bones. farmer gets her name & address plus the names of the kids who age from 3-14 and promises to be in touch. two days before thanksgiving, farmer arrives in a pick-up truck with the back full of frozen beef & pork plus assorted food including turkey & all the trimmings for the holiday. oh yeah...and a freezer to hold the meat.
farmer then invites the entire family to his house for saturday night dinner followed by xmas decorating and lighting of his family tree. family arrives at 5 p.m. and leaves at 10. upon arrival back at their house, it appears that santa has delivered & decorated an eight foot tree and left SIXTY wrapped presents under the tree, all with 'do not open til christmas' stickers on them. when the woman called the farmer and asked what work she could do for him, he responded, "you'll have to ask santa. as far as i'm concerned, just keep smiling and enjoy the holiday."
finally, when she went to visit her husband on sunday at the hospital, HIS ROOM had been totally decorated along with a half dozen presents, also with "do not open" stickers that looked mysteriously familiar. her husband told his wife "i went down for my one hour rehab session and when i got back to the room an hour later, all this was here." the farmer denies any involvement. happy holidays.
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A dog shelter in oklahoma sat on three donated acres but the 50 cage building was seriously overcrowded and more than 40 dogs were facing euthanasia on the monday following thanksgiving weekend. a hand painted sign outside the shelter read "don't let our puppies die...please help" drew the attention of two high schoolers who had both previously adopted dogs and they entered the shelter to find out what was happening and ended up volunteering. the boys were told the sad story. "we've run on donations for a long time and one guy even poured a concrete slab so we could expand but the economy dried up the donations and we couldn't build the new building so these 40 dogs will pay the ultimate price on that monday."
the three full time volunteers were all from the same family but one always had to stay for the holidays and they could never get together at one time to celebrate with their elderly mother who lived eighty miles away. after two weeks of excellent volunteer work, the two guys let the owners know that they had no school that week and offered to handle the entire thanksgiving week so the regulars could all have time with their mother. the family members jumped at the chance and all left sunday night for mom's house. both boys immediately put their plan in motion, one they had been concocting since they volunteered.
When the staff returned a week later, they were handed the keys to a brand new heated pole barn with a hundred new cages and $19,000.00 in cash donations to help feed the canines and a stack of OVER ONE HUNDRED APPLICATIONS FOR ADOPTION!! (the shelter wanted everyone to know that all applicants are given a thorough background check before being allowed to adopt)
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
on monday morning, 14 seniors from the football team who had been recruited by the two boys showed up to construct a new pole barn on the previously poured concrete slab under the direction of the man who donated the materials for the barn. most of the boys lived on ranches or farms and had all done this type of work before so the project moved along rapidly. once the pole barn was in place, adult volunteers then installed electricity, running water and heat and it was all done by saturday.
turns out one of the boys had a father who worked at the local newspaper in tulsa which agreed to give them one full page to advertise the plight of the shelter. a full page color ad with photos of every dog appeared in the 'black friday' edition of the paper (which came out wednesday) which explained the pending doom and readers were asked to either consider adoption or make a cash donation to the local bank. happy thanksgiving to the puppies!
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finally, an elderly woman was the caretaker of the local church in a small town outside of detroit. she lived frugally in an eight hundred square foot ranch and her house needed major repairs but she wouldn't 'take charity' because others needed it more. each thanksgiving morning, annie would leave her house at 6 a.m. and spend the day at morning church services and then serving food to the homeless before returning home exhausted later that night and this thanksgiving was no different.
the next morning, she was taking the garbage out when her neighbor commented on how nice her new roof & siding looked and the woman didn't know what she was talking about until she turned around and saw that her house had been transformed overnight into a thing of beauty. she was speechless and couldn't figure out what had happened.
turns out the local men's club all knew annie from various functions and decided to surprise her when they knew she'd be gone so 45 volunteers arrived at daybreak on thanksgiving and nine hours later, annie had a nice warm house that looked brand new. the volunteers had given up their holiday to help one person. anytime annie asks about the rehab, '"obody knows nuttin." the true spirit of the holidays.
Friday, December 5, 2014
wow. the CHICAGO BEARS are in the worst shape i've ever seen. they've had worse teams but none with the amount of personnel bile associated with this bunch. you talk about going teams through the motions and picking up a paycheck? this bears team is at the head of that class.
Attendance is becoming very interesting at soldier field. six thousand no-shows at the past two home games in a town where tickets are normally treated like gold bullion but no, it only hurts the owners in the area of concessions & parking because every year all of the games are sold out during the summer and there's STILL a ten year waiting list for season tickets. the ticket money, approximately ten MILLION per game, puts eighty million dollars into mccaskey pockets even if they never sell a bag of popcorn. eighty freaking million dollars........GUARANTEED.
ok, i'll bite at the question sent to me by one of the blog followers. WHAT WOULD I DO? my list is simple & swift. A) the entire front office is gone. emery, ted phillips and anyone else associated with FOOTBALL operations get a pink slip. B) coach tressman and all of his assistants are out of town by the end of the year. C) you remove the bile from the locker room by eating the money for the mediocre jay cutler plus that loud mouthed, obnoxious, injury prone, underachieving BRANDON MARSHALL. bye. gone.
D) finally, you hire an EXPERIENCED GENERAL MANAGER. not somebody's assistant. EXPERIENCED. and let him hire the rest of the football staff. then shut your mouth and let the man do his job so HE'S ACCOUNTABLE for his decisions and there's no finger pointing when if things go bad. clear out the trash and REBUILD. yes, the 'R' word. takes a couple of years to right the ship but it's sinking right now anyway.
would the owners eat the money? probably not. will tressman be back? probably. will anyone be fired other than MEL TUCKER? probably not. will the bears suck again next year with cutler guiding them? absolutely. sheeeeeeeeesh.
Happier stuff. the BULLS & BLACKHAWKS are on fire! we should have a lot of fun thru the winter and late spring with both teams if they stay healthy. and if the hawks can keep COREY CRAWFORD sober.
the bulls still have to rely on MR. SOFTEE to get to the finals so they could be an issue when the playoffs start and you play 28 games in two months. exactly what game does mr. softee sit out? game 1 of a series? any game where the bulls have a series lead? we'll see.
trade MR SOFTEE for a lottery pick in the draft? where do i sign up? plenty of healthy players in college who have the right attitude and don't need a shrink to play the game.
AND THE CUBS HAVE BIG SIGNING NEWS! oh, what's that? nothing yet you say? JOHN LESTER is talking with who???? don't the dodgers have more money than God??? uh-oh. WAIT, WHAT'S THAT???
CARLOS MARMOL is a free agent?? what are the cubs waiting for?????
just to make you feel old......WALTER PAYTON died 15 years ago, the 'SUPER BOWL SHUFFLE' was released 29 years ago and the cubs haven't won a championship for 106 years but if you were around for that last one, you are REALLY old!
enjoy the weekend.
Attendance is becoming very interesting at soldier field. six thousand no-shows at the past two home games in a town where tickets are normally treated like gold bullion but no, it only hurts the owners in the area of concessions & parking because every year all of the games are sold out during the summer and there's STILL a ten year waiting list for season tickets. the ticket money, approximately ten MILLION per game, puts eighty million dollars into mccaskey pockets even if they never sell a bag of popcorn. eighty freaking million dollars........GUARANTEED.
ok, i'll bite at the question sent to me by one of the blog followers. WHAT WOULD I DO? my list is simple & swift. A) the entire front office is gone. emery, ted phillips and anyone else associated with FOOTBALL operations get a pink slip. B) coach tressman and all of his assistants are out of town by the end of the year. C) you remove the bile from the locker room by eating the money for the mediocre jay cutler plus that loud mouthed, obnoxious, injury prone, underachieving BRANDON MARSHALL. bye. gone.
D) finally, you hire an EXPERIENCED GENERAL MANAGER. not somebody's assistant. EXPERIENCED. and let him hire the rest of the football staff. then shut your mouth and let the man do his job so HE'S ACCOUNTABLE for his decisions and there's no finger pointing when if things go bad. clear out the trash and REBUILD. yes, the 'R' word. takes a couple of years to right the ship but it's sinking right now anyway.
would the owners eat the money? probably not. will tressman be back? probably. will anyone be fired other than MEL TUCKER? probably not. will the bears suck again next year with cutler guiding them? absolutely. sheeeeeeeeesh.
Happier stuff. the BULLS & BLACKHAWKS are on fire! we should have a lot of fun thru the winter and late spring with both teams if they stay healthy. and if the hawks can keep COREY CRAWFORD sober.
the bulls still have to rely on MR. SOFTEE to get to the finals so they could be an issue when the playoffs start and you play 28 games in two months. exactly what game does mr. softee sit out? game 1 of a series? any game where the bulls have a series lead? we'll see.
trade MR SOFTEE for a lottery pick in the draft? where do i sign up? plenty of healthy players in college who have the right attitude and don't need a shrink to play the game.
AND THE CUBS HAVE BIG SIGNING NEWS! oh, what's that? nothing yet you say? JOHN LESTER is talking with who???? don't the dodgers have more money than God??? uh-oh. WAIT, WHAT'S THAT???
CARLOS MARMOL is a free agent?? what are the cubs waiting for?????
just to make you feel old......WALTER PAYTON died 15 years ago, the 'SUPER BOWL SHUFFLE' was released 29 years ago and the cubs haven't won a championship for 106 years but if you were around for that last one, you are REALLY old!
enjoy the weekend.
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