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  I must agree with ya on the 'professional entertainer' part with Clemens.  That is what any sports figure is;an entertainer.  From the way you have approached the situation tho it sounds like you don't like Clemens anyway.  If so, then that is your opinion on how you feel.  I personally don't care enough about Mr. Clemens and what happens but I do care that we have individuals from Congress on this case that should be a court case.  This has nothing to do with what will happen to the U.S. if he is proven guilty or not guilty. 

If it is now against the law to do the steriod thing and he did it prior to the law then it should be kind of hard to convict him for something that was not against the law at the time. 

And who are the other 88 players that have been accused and why are they not being treated in the same manner.  If you are going to badger one this way then the 'court' system will need to do the same with all of them.  One is actually no better than the other. 

To compare Clemens and Tutu with each other is a little strong altho the political part might fit.  That is all Tutu was anyway - a politician.  But that is a different story. 

In the end to declare Clemens guilty or not guilty is not something that requires so much attention on one person.  If they are going to proceed with the farce then all 89 players should be in this proceeding and if they all did the steriod thing after it became a law then they all should serve the same amount of time.  If you took one shot or 100 shots, A is just as guilty as B.  Remove them from sports and whatever 'record' they set from the record books.  The 'record' was accomplished under false pretense.

Now we just need to figure out how to get the Congress away from all this and back to their real job - being a part time Congress person.  Once again, that is a different story I need to address.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it

Butch Conway

 Okay now let's think about that statement.  What you decide to eat is what is healthy or unhealthy.  That statement did not mention anything about the portion of chinese food you eat but rather the platter or the dish.  At least we need to look at the longevity of the chinese compared to the americans.  Chinese may be for the most part skinnier but they are not any more unhealthy than the americans.  Most americans eat out at fast food places.  Fast food places of any sort are extremely unhealthy for you.  The original chinese eat chinese food every day.  Americans that eat fast food every day are destroying their kidneys and liver and creating heart problems.  Unfortunately we americans tend to listen to what the media has to say whether they are correct in their statements or not.  I am not educated enough to know how to calculate the amount of calories/sodium are in foods outside of the home but I do use some common sense and eat portions appropriate for my nutritional needs and take the rest home for at least one more meal if not 2.  Whenever I go to a restaurant I eat foods other than american.  Why I am not sure but I tend to enjoy foreign food more and I think maybe it is because of the way I see many americans and their stomach size.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Butch

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 Who came up with the title?  A couple of the songs do not warrant being included in that list. 'Little Red Corvette' isn't even a car song.  If a song mentions something about a car once in passing does not make it a 'car song'.  A car song is a song that refers to the car thruout the entire song, hence G.T.O., 409, Little Deuce Coupe, etc.  What about 'Deadman's Curve' by Jan and Dean or maybe 'Low Rider'.  Seems if you're going to make a statement like that you should actually do some research into it. 

That's my story and I'm stickin to it.

Butch Conway

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Michael Hirsh of Newsweek: Bush Must Act on Mideast

July 13, 2006

My comments on his article

Good points Mr. Hirsh.  But not!  There are many things that 'President' Bush has jumped into and then the press has jumped him about not thinking.  He definitely has gotten weaker at his approach of things.  I consider myself a hardliner and President Bush a middle of the road style person.  I agreed with his going in and stopping Saddam but I don't agree with the sending of the National Guard to fight a police action; that is the job of the regular military.  The National Guard is to protect our shores.  We need to increase our military once again and until we do we will not be the 'superpower' that people believe we are.  The 'evil' countries will sit with us and explain to us this is how it is going to go and we have started backing off.  Why!!  We need to stand steady with the talks.  As far as the middle east talks go, we need to just leave that alone.  They have been fighting this battle of dominance for centuries and will continue no matter what we may say or do the example being what is going on right now.  The super powers removed the Palestinians from their own country after WWII so the Jewish people would have a country of their own.  Why did they do that?  I believe they would have gotten along to some extinct that is better than what it is now.  We always have to be meddling in other countries problems.  They are grown people and let them figure it out on their own.  We can help with disasters and disease but should not step in with the military unless they request help and only do that in a consulting type of way.  Be forceful but be polite about it.  And leave the National Guard at home where they belong.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Butch Conway

 Mr. Reynolds and group along with most politicians and the like claim the price increase is caused by demand being up.  I will beg to be different on that.  Demand is not much different than last year give or take a couple percentage points.  And the same goes for the previous years.  Greed is what is on the increase.  Greed by the executives that control how the oil is used and how much is used.  If oil companies are having record profit years than why would the prices still go up 10 percent each year.  Our cost of living allowances only increase by a percentage or two each year.  That is a major duh.  Doing the 'let's boycott the gas companies for a day' is a load of stupidity.  You are not going to hurt anyone but yourself doing that.  They will only increase the price to make up any difference there would be in a loss.  But most will buy before they do that so they have enough to do that boycott and then buy directly after the boycott.  Defeats the purpose of the boycott don't you think.

As far as the hybrid and electrical cars go, we will have to look into the future for that to happen anytime soon.  Our world is controlled too much by the auto industry and the oil companies to allow that to happen.  Our lives are controlled by others that enjoy taking advantage of us and our monies.

In order to make anything happen we will need to gain control 'politically'.  To gain control 'politically' we will need to have the correct individuals in politcal power.  In reality that will never happen.   There are way too many uneducated Americans for that to happen.  We may think we are educated but we really aren't.  Whoever we do put in office that will start making a difference will be eliminated anyway.  That is how power works.  Then they feed you a line that they know you will accept.  Now that doesn't mean everyone will accept but it does mean that a very large group will. 

We Americans will blame the President for what is happening.  That shows our limited intelligence and that we always have to blame someone other than ourselves for what goes on in this world.  Our President has lost a lot of influence(and it is not because it is George Bush nor Bill Clinton).  The President is a somewhat figure head similiar to the Queen of England.  Everything is controlled by other parts of the political parties.  At one time our country had a lot of pull in the world but the other countries are starting to get smarter and realizing that we are a very dependent country.  We 'need' the other countries to survive.  Gas and oil are our main needs for now.  Yes we need the gas to go back and forther to work and our pleasures but we need to realize that we do not need the gas to that extent.  There are other means to provide us with what we need.  We just need to move faster to obtain the needs.

 Isn't the Supreme Court a public court?  If it is a public court then there should be nothing wrong with having a camera in there.  The camera would give people from other parts of the U.S. a chance to see what goes on at our highest justice system.  We are America and we should not have to hide what our courts do.  If the courts have something to hide then we need to re evalute our Justice system.  Of course I am a little on the prejudice side concerning our court system.  I don't believe we have a very good one.  Too many people get away with things they should not get away with.  I have a hard time dealing with having to provide luxuries to people on death row.  They are there for a reason and it isn't for watching television or weightlifting or being able to get a free college education that I have to pay for.  That just means that not only am I paying for my education but also that persons education.  hmmm Something just isn't right about that picture.

Anyway back to the subject at hand.  Providing Americans who do not have the ability to go to Washington to watch the trial with a television is the answer to educating people what is going on in their court system.  Since I have never been to the Supreme Court, I think that would be an educational value.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Butch

 Come on Ms. Newman get a clue on that statement about '16 Blocks' with Bruce Willis.  He is an action star.  It is an action film.  I do believe the action titles have pretty much ran their course over history.  So now we watch for the good guy to win as always or maybe the special effects.  Acting nor the storyline have anything to do with the movies anymore.  Some of the worse movies out there have made it to number 1 in sales over a weekend.  It wasn't because of the acting nor the storyline.

Willis does comedy nicely, not great but nice, as he can be funny.  He does drama somewhat nicely and he does action great.  One of the best probably. 

For storylines we need to ignore that they are a repeat of a different story with the same results. 

Of course I do realize that you have your opinion and I have mine but I do need to blog something and your story just happen to catch my eye.  There is nothing really wrong with your story but was it needed.  Not likely.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Butch

 Surveillance within the U.S. has been going on for many, many years.  When the 'Black Vault' first was initiated is when it all mainly started.  NSA is here to protect not to destroy U.S. citizens.  If you don't want the 'company' spying on you then be American and not of another country or for another country.  You're an American citizen so act like one.  NSA only spies on those they feel threaten the well being of the U.S.  They do not 'go' after the normal citizen, but the problem makers.  And they rightly should do that.  So should the FBI and the CIA for that matter.  If you have nothing to hide then nothing will happen and you will not be spied on by them.  NSA spies on just about anyone in the world one way or another, whether it be by satellite, cameras or phone bugs if there is just cause.  Those that are whining about what NSA does, need to get off their high horse and just shut up.  If they are raising this much stink about it then they must have something to hide and don't want the nation to know.

Whether what NSA does is legal or not is a good question.  Of course by law it isn't 'legal' but I am glad that we have someone covering our backs.  Their style of spying is in a grey area.  All countries spy on other countries but you don't see the U.S. citizen whining about the fact that the Russians or the Japanese or the English are spying on them.  Just the fact that we are spying on our fellow Americans.  If you're going to whine about one country doing it then you need to whine about all the countries doing it.  If the U.S. is spying on you, more than likely other countries are also spying on you.  They also want to know what you're doing in case it is something against them.

Wake up America and help the country, not whine about what it is doing to you.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

Butch

 

On many occasions thru history Americans have expected perfection from our athletes.  Perfection just isn't going to happen.  Close sometimes but on 99 per cent of the time not.  If you win something one week, we expect you to win something the next week.  That is what we have become.  Too bad but that is the truth.

I have absolutely no pity for Bode Miller on his performance on and off the slopes but then I didn't expect him to win a medal in all 'five' events.  I do expect him to do his very best though.  That looks like it didn't happen.  He was not our savior at the Olympics.  Fact is no one fell into that category.  Some of us did our very best and it turned into our favor.  We did receive 25 medals which is better than all other nations except Germany.  There is nothing wrong with second place although first would have been nice. 

There were numerous efforts of achievement made that made us all feel good.  Nearly everyone had good spirits about wanting to win.  Sometimes you can have that spirit to win and still not even place.  We as Americans must remember that we are not the only good team out there.  Instead of looking toward the bad we need to look toward the good of the Olympics.  There were great smiles and some very unfortunate sad moments but overall it was quite enjoyable. 

I thought I would never like 'ice dancing' but my wife talked me into watching it and I just marveled at how precise two skater can be and needed to be.  There were numerous accidents but we all came out of it learning that we are human and can fall.  We even got to hear conceit but we smiled and went our way happy to have seen a great performance.

There are way too many beautiful stories to tell and I wish I could take that much time to tell them but somewhere along the line we will get to hear about them thanks to the media.  Our ever best friends telling us their side of what happened.

I hope we all are very proud of our athletes and we need to make sure we let them know that as America's best we still think of them as our best.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Butch

Whiners!  I have been doing rebates for quite a few year and have only had a couple not show up.  One being my own fault for failure to fill the form out correctly and provide all the necessary proof.  If they say it will take 6-8 weeks it usually does.  Be patient.  You are not the only one wanting the rebate.  Always make a copy and when the time period is up and nothing shows make sure you call and explain to them that you did not get the rebate and you would like to talk to a supervisor.  If that supervisor cannot provide you with the proper answer that is satisfactory to you then ask to speak to their supervisor.  Always remember that everyone has someone they have to report to about problems they cannot handle.  Of course I only had to do this once and was completely satisfied and my check came just a few days later.  The point is that if you speak to someone who just answers the phone, you will probably get the runaround.  So request to speak to a supervisor and more than likely you will get the answer you need because they know if you go over their head then they will be reprimanded for poor customer satisfaction.  I do that whenever I feel I am getting the runaround.   

When it comes to money you must be bold to get your satisfaction. 

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Butch

Surveillance within the U.S. has been going on for many, many years.  When the 'Black Vault' first was initiated is when it all mainly started.  NSA is here to protect not to destroy U.S. citizens.  If you don't want the 'company' spying on you then be American and not of another country or for another country.  You're an American citizen so act like one.  NSA only spies on those they feel threaten the well being of the U.S.  They do not 'go' after the normal citizen, but the problem makers.  And they rightly should do that.  So should the FBI and the CIA for that matter.  If you have nothing to hide then nothing will happen and you will not be spied on by them.  NSA spies on just about anyone in the world one way or another, whether it be by satellite, cameras or phone bugs if there is just cause.  Those that are whining about what NSA does, need to get off their high horse and just shut up.  If they are raising this much stink about it then they must have something to hide and don't want the nation to know.

Whether what NSA does is legal or not is a good question.  Of course by law it isn't 'legal' but I am glad that we have someone covering our backs.  Their style of spying is in a grey area.  All countries spy on other countries but you don't see the U.S. citizen whining about the fact that the Russians or the Japanese or the English are spying on them.  Just the fact that we are spying on our fellow Americans.  If you're going to whine about one country doing it then you need to whine about all the countries doing it.  If the U.S. is spying on you, more than likely other countries are also spying on you.  They also want to know what you're doing in case it is something against them.

Wake up America and help the country, not whine about what it is doing to you.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Butch

 It sounds like you're on a high horse Ron.  Dress code for the players on the court is their uniform.  Dress code away from the arena attending functions, leaving and departing the arena, or even on plane flights should represent the type of human they are.  Wearing of shorts or pants with the pockets down to their knees and the belt line in the middle of their butt is not something that the kids need to learn.  If they start seeing the players they look up too wearing nice looking attire (and that of course is in the eye of the beholder) then maybe their attitudes will change.  I work around young people day in and day out and way too many think they own the world and can do whatever they want.  I constantly see them not hold the door open for others or even say 'excuse me' when needed.  It is like they lost respect for others.  If the sports figures start projecting how the kids should be and not act like they have been projected in the news then maybe we will see a positive change in the kids.   It all deals with respect in the end.

I don't agree with the jewelry bit though.  That is taking it a little to far.  Jewelry when worn appropriately can look extremely nice.  Of course I don't refer to the goudy looking huge name on the gold chain.  That is stepping over the boundary of looking good.  Too much jewelry can also look goudy.

Butch Conway

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 I don't know if I would call it 'racist' but maybe thoughtless.  The NBA should have a dress code that indicates they are professionals and that they are trying to set a standard among sports figures.  A very large group of kids, as well as adults, look up to the players and if they see the neatness the players project then maybe, just maybe, they also will start looking more appropriate.  Maybe pull the pants up to where we don't have to look at their underwear or their butt.  That part is rather foul looking and projects a disrespect for proper attire.  The wearing of jewelry should not be banned as long as it doesn't become obnoxious.  On occasion I have seen players wear enough jewelry that it takes away the classy look they portray.  I'm all for the dress code but give back the jewelry.

Butch Conway

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Come on, give us a break!  The music industry is making a killing with the prices as it is and now they want to make more, which could very easily cause other businesses to fold.  Steve Jobs is correct in saying that they are a very greedy group.  I quit buying music and just listen to my older music because I refuse to pay the outrageous amounts that the industry is wanting for each cd.  Because they are produced in large quantities, CD's cost less than ONE penny to make.  You can add the price of the design and still not reach the ONE penny mark.  If the singer/songwriter gets only 7 per cent of the sell and the rest goes to taxes and the music industry then why are they complaining about a lose.  It is not a lose but the greed to want more that has caused the price increases.  It is not the cost of living either!  American big business has become greedy savages preying on the little people knowing full well that the little people can ill afford the CD but thru advertisement they have psychologically either misled and 'suckered' them into buying the product.  The singers/songwriters need to form a more perfect union to stop the greed.  They are the ones who have made the song and worked on it and had to pay for all the backups/instrument use, studio use and the original recording not the label company.

Big business in America is an embarassment to our nation and what it orginally stands for.  Make money but do not destroy the buyer in the process.  No wonder bankruptcy is so high in America.

 

That is all I have to say for now.

 

peyton94

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Life in prison for killing another human.  hmmmm  Sounds like the South African justice system is no different than that of the United States.  He blatantly had the man killed.  Eye for an eye and that means he should also be thrown into the same area so the same lions can feed on him.  Except we need to chase the lions away every few minutes so he can suffer as much if not more than the human he killed.  Why do we humans always have to condone lesser penalties for murder than are needed.  If you kill someone then you also must die.  If you rape someone then you should be castrated so you can no longer do that.  I realize there are circumstances to everything but to blatantly do something like that and only get life just isn't right.  In America my tax dollar has to pay to keep that individual alive.  More or less it states that I condone what the individual did.  What a justice system!!

 

peyton

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Why have General Motors, Ford and Chrysler failed to do anything about the hybrids?  Because they will not make the overall profit from them as they will from gas/diesel powered vehicles.  That is why.  This all falls into the power of big business wanting to dominate our society.  They already control 95 per cent of it.  Someone  needs to give this increasing the gas prices a break.  Big business wants to blame the little man.  The little man wants to blame big business.  I want to blame the political system.  Contrary to popular belief the politcal system can regulate what prices are for what items thru legislature.  At one time President Bush(not Mr. Bush as the press likes to refer to him) made a statement when the price of gas started jumping higher that he would stop anyone who tried to take advantage of the situation.  Obviously once again the President is not able to back up what he says.  And he wonders why his popularity is dropping. 

My wife and I do drive bigger vehicles but we have conserved to drive one and share.  It is not that we cannot afford the price of gas but we do try to watch what we spend and what we buy.  Contrary to the belief that americans cannot afford to live with gas prices shooting up so high and causing the price of everything else to go increase is a falsehood.  Yes, I know that there are some who can't but there are solutions to everything.  We need to quit buying useless things.  Look at what we have and use that.  Quit going to the fast food places so often(a lot of our money is spent on that).  Do you really need what you don't need.  Do you really need a pair of 150 dollar tennis shoes when a 30-40 dollar pair will do the same thing.  The answer is simple.  We want to fit into society so we try to 'look' good.  This makes us feel good.  I actually good go on and on about what I feel we do or don't need.  It is my opinion of which others will does not count.  Maybe not but we as americans need to start thinking about what is better for us.  No wonder the foreign countries think we are rich when most of us are not.  Show some dignity america and let the world know that we are not superior but equal to the rest of the world.  Conceit will be the downfall of the human race.

 

This is my story

I love my country

 

Everett (Butch) Conway

 

 

No matter how you want to view it, if there are people who want to see sex in a movie, they will see it from home or the movie theater.  If the movie attracts only one person, that could be one too many.  That one person could be a sex offender.  Sex, in whatever form you see it i.e. Playboy, Penthouse, the movies or even in plays is not what it use to be.  It was always left up to your imagination what happened or what that person looked like without his/her clothes on.  When Playboy made its first appearance you really saw nothing.  You imagined it only.  Don't get me wrong but it did show enough to make you think wrong but it was there.  The movies have changed drastically.  We rarely saw the bedroom but we did get to hear or see them refer to going to bed.  It was an unwritten rule that whenever a bedroom scene was shown that there would be twin beds there no a full size or super king.  But you knew in your mind what they were going to do. 

Now we get to see just about everything on the body.  Some movies actually do show everything and the act of sex. 

What happened to our minds?  We lost our imagination is what!!

We need to re-evaluate what needs to be thought or seen and force the studios to quit making and selling it.  That would also go with the music industry.  They feel they are so high and almighty that no one can touch them.  They have failed to realize they are in America and we will only tolerate just so much before we have it removed.  The entertainment industry need to straighten up and get their act(no pun intended) together.

That's my thought and I'm sticking to it.

peyton