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Central Illinois lake with over 11,000 water acres and 172 miles of shoreline. Lake Shelbyville has 5 federal campgrounds, and 2 state campgrounds with over 1,000 campsites from tent camping up to full hookup. There are several recreational areas with picnic areas and pavilions and 2 wildlife management areas. Three public beaches are available for swimming on the lake. The lake also hosts many launching ramps that are available for boats, and 3 marinas on the lake. Many hiking trails also encompass the lake such as the General Dacey which also includes fitness stations, the Chief Illini trail and others.
Located in the heart of Illinois' Amish country, The Great Pumpkin Patch is a working farm that features beautiful gardens, including a spectacular collection of more than 5,000 mums, and offers its heirloom seeds for sale. Known for its more than 300 varieties of rare pumpkins, squash and gourds from around the globe that are grown right on the farm and displayed in its Great Pumpkin Patch from mid-September through October 31 every year. The on-site Homestead Bakery sells made-from-scratch goodies such as pies and angel food cake during spring, summer and fall.
This zoo overlooking Lake Decatur is home to animals from around the world, the Z.O.&O. Express train, the Endangered Species Carousel and the Zootique Gift Shop. Family events and activities are offered regularly.
The state's largest artificial body of water, Lake Decatur spans 2,800 acres, with 30 miles of shoreline offering recreational opportunities and wildlife vistas at lakeside parks and the city marina. Water sports include boating, fishing, sailing and jet skiing. While shoreline locations surrounding Nelson Park Marina offer miniature golf, dining, public gardens and picnic facilities.
The Inn overlooks a championship golf course with each room featuring a private balcony overlooking the course. Offers 37 rooms, indoor pool, and hot tub. This 3-story full service resort and day spa is a Chalet nestled in the woods overlooked Lake Beyers. With 2 fireplaces, 9 treatment rooms, nail salon, full service hair salon, hydrotherapy tubs. Oak Terrace has meeting and banquet facilities, bar and restaurant, 18-hole golf course, fitness center, Zumba classes, tennis, hiking, and boating, hotel and villa accommodations. Also houses Lakeview Spa with a full compliment of services and a Boutique. There is a 66 acre fishing lake and easy access to boat parking. Wi-Fi.
Scovill House & Oriental Gardens
Serenity envelopes this intimate area, where visitors are welcomed by a Chinese Fu dog and flowering dogwoods, star magnolia, Japanese lilac, and rhododendron -- foliage native to the Orient. Originally commissioned by Guy and Rose Scovill in the 1920's and reconstructed in the 1980's, the gardens' soothing nature encompasses a small reflective point, sod bridge, and oriental sculptures, and surrounds a small cottage, which is available for gatherings and retreats.
In operation since 1850, the farm features a blacksmith shop and Clydesdale horses. Chuck wagon cookouts are available.
This aquatic center has a frog slide, water slide, wet playground area, a sand playground, concessions, a shaded picnic area and a bath house.
Shady Crest Orchard and Farm Market
Come visit this working Amish farm and apple orchard. They have a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables for sale, plus fresh honey, apple butter and maple syrup. A Deli filled with 15 different Country-Cured Meats & 24 different Cheeses is also available Monday - Saturday. While you're there, enjoy a hand-dipped ice cream cone. You can also find Fresh Baked Goods every Thursday - Saturday. Open year round.
Anna Bethel Fisher Rock Garden
Created in 1927 from an old sand pit across the road from Lake Decatur, the city's oldest garden was extensively renovated in 1992. Its resurrected look features secluded paths leading through rocky terraces planted with unusual trees, and landscapes brimming with colorful perennials. Towering bald Cypress trees, planted in the 1920s, still reign over these delightful grounds.
Spanning six rolling acres on bluffs overlooking the Sangamon River Walk, Mari-Mann Herb Farm is a potpourri of herb beds, wildflower fields and formal gardens.
No trip to Scovill Zoo would be complete without a visit to Project Playground II, a community-built, ADA-accessible playground in Scovill Park. This exciting play place includes a rock wall with fossils, hands-on music station, lots of slides, and a smooth rubber surface so kids of all ability levels can swing, slide, climb and play.
Bursting with seasonal exhibits, our brightest newcomer nurtures flowering trees and scrubs such as weeping Japanese cherry, mock orange, forsythia, fragrant bulbs, and delightfully colored pansies. A perennial garden joins the array this summer, and the spring exhibit opens mid-March.
Open year-round and offering annual and perennial flowers, mums, fall decor, pumpkins, squash, and fall treats. Known also for the 7 acre corn maze, haunted maze and mind twisted maze. School tours and groups welcome. Christmas trees and wreaths offered in winter months.
Rock Springs Center for Environmental Discovery
Rock Springs Center is the largest park in the Macon County Conservation District properties with a total of 1,343 acres in the southwest area of Decatur, IL. The Sangamon River runs through Rock Springs and several small ponds dot the landscape. A wide range of terrain including forest, wetland, grassland, and restored Illinois prairie make Rock Springs a destination for nature lovers. Rock Springs is also home to a large nature center, a museum, a restored farmhouse, nearly nine miles of hiking trails, and a paved bike trail. Rock Springs is a favorite for families all year round. Rooms and pavilions are available for rent for meetings and events.
This trail is a multi-use recreational trail -- accessed mainly by walkers, runners, and bikers. As you move along the pathways of the Dacey Trail, you will find nature at its best with many scenic views of Lake Shelbyville. A fitness area is between the Dam West Recreational area and the Dam. The trail is being added to and improved each year. You can begin the trail at Forest Park or at the Dam West Recreational Area (9th St.).
Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial
This is the site of Abraham Lincoln's first Illinois home. Bisected by the Sangamon River, the site also features picnicking and hiking.
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Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area
A 6,400-acre wildlife area on the north end of Lake Shelbyville. Hunting for waterfowl, forest and upland game is popular. Boat access is provided to accommodate anglers and hunters.
This campground has 81 campsites, most of which are shaded.
In addition to 39 neighborhood and community parks, our green spaces boast bike trails, picnic and camping facilities, gardens, golf courses, playgrounds, tennis courts, baseball diamonds, and swimming pools.
This nine-hole course is par 36/38. Located 3 miles West of Mattoon, Il. on Route 16.
Located on a serene wooded hilltop, gently slopes into a full-service marina and restaurant situated on Lake Shelbyville.
Lake Shelbyville - Bo Wood Recreation Area
Most of the campsites in this 82 site campground are shaded. Located on Lake Shelbyville, beach nearby.
A favorite of walkers and hikers, this park offers year-round camping and scenic hiking trails, many of them hugging Lake Shelbyville, Eagle Creek has 163 vehicular campsites, with 148 of those being Class A sites with electricity, picnic tables, and showers. There are 56 sites available by reservations made at least 2 weeks in advance by mail.
This 18-hole, par 72 course features moderate to gently rolling terrain, manicured greens, a full-service pro shop and a food court.
18-hole golf course set in the countryside of Windsor. The Fox offers a golf experience for everyone from the casual golfer to those looking for a real challenge. The course was built on 160 acres of rolling farmland and woods in 1998. Located close to Lake Shelbyville. GPS ADDRESS: 1300 N 3050 E
This 25-acre wildlife park, featuring remnants of the original tallgrass Illinois prairie, features a butterfly house.
32 bowling lanes, automatic scoring, free parking, lounge and food.
Macon County Conservation District
Our green spaces boast bike and walking trails, picnic and camping facilities, and gardens.
This paved hiking and biking trail follows a historic rail bed for 15 miles across the Illinois prairie.
Check out the store and bakery, where you can buy apples, peaches, cider, jams, jellies and apple butter. A playground and picnic area is available. An apple festival is held over Columbus Day weekend.
Home to a large visitor center, a museum, a restored farmhouse, nearly nine miles of hiking trails, and a paved bike trail.
Spitler Woods State Natural Area
Two-thirds of the area is a dedicated nature preserve containing one of the few remaining stands of old-growth timber in Illinois. Two trails wind through the nature preserve, allowing the hiker to enjoy the unspoiled beauty of the forest.
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40 lanes, automatic scoring, ABC approved fluorescent lighting, seating for 200, free parking, restaurant and lounge.
Explore 70 acres of prairie, wetlands and forest habitat.The Visitor Center features interpretive exhibits, sensory displays and live critters, including a bird observation area.
Cross Country Skiing at Rock Spring Center
Trails open whenever there is at least three inches of snow on the ground. Equipment rental available from 9am-2pm.
14 tables, ample parking, arcades, dart games, restaurant, lounge, pro shop.
The National At Eagle Creek Golf Course
Situated in Eagle Creek State Parkm the Golf Course is located in Findlay, Il on Eagle Creek State Park. The Course is nestled in the heart of 34,000 acres of woods and prairies on the banks of Lake Shelbyville. This Par 72 course was built in 1989 and is fun for all ages, and we offer five different sets of tee boxes. We look forward to seeing you out on the course!
This 15-mile-long lake has 250 miles of shoreline, offering camping, fishing, boating, marinas and more.
Kitchell Park and Chautauqua Auditorium
This 40-acre park, donated to the City of Pana by Civil War Captain Kitchell, features the round Chautauqua Auditorium, Schuyler Bridge, a playground and picnic area.
Designed by legendary hall of fame player, Raymond Floyd, this signature course features large, undulating greens, wide rolling fairways and native grasses. Located on Decatur's south side, the Park District's newest course is designed for players of all skill levels. From five tee locations and multiple angels, this signature Floyd course is truly designed for the championship to the novice golfer. Red Tail provides multiple tee locations from Championship to Junior, driving range with double tees, golf academy programming, and first tee learning center.
The origins and growth of the Decatur Gun Club parallel that of the clay target itself, and the games created to hone and test shotgun shooting skill. Shotgun sport shooting with live pigeons and later, glass balls existed in the U.S. from the early 1800's. But the first "clay pigeon" and "trap" to throw it were not developed until about 1880 by George Ligowsky. William Brett From Decatur was the second manufacturer of clay targets in the U.S., which he called the "Decatur Red Bird". Considered the oldest shotgun shooting sports club in Illinois, the Decatur Gun Club was founded soon after clay targets were invented. Chan Powers and Bert Hildebrandt were two of the mentors of the club, first located near East William Street Road and 22nd Street. In the early years, the club occupied sites in the Hess Park area, the Wyckles Corner area, the Macon County Fairgrounds, and an area west of the Fairgrounds before finding it's home of the past 61 years at the north end of Faries Park.
36 sites with pads, 20 extended-stay sites, 22 regular sites, electrical hook-ups, modern restrooms and showers. Reservations required.
Ice skating available during fall/winter months. Call ahead for exact dates. Admission to the ice arena is $6 and skate rentals are $2. During the spring/summer months, the arena is used as venue for shows and fairs.
Started in 1932, the sunken gardens were developed inside Forest Park. The lush garden and its scenic surroundings are open to the public and is available for weddings, reunions, and more.
Swimming and a wide variety of exercise opportunities.
Sometimes called the "shot-maker's" course, Scovill Golf Club is hilly and tree-lined. Golfers will enjoy the manicured fairways surrounded by natural plantings on Decatur's only Audubon sanctioned course. Scovill was designed by Tom Bendelow and redesigned by Dick Nugent. Scovill was named on one of the top 100 women-friendly course in the United States by Golf for Women. It is also the course most frequented by out-of-town golfers.
Sand Creek is a 755-acre open space site located just south of Decatur off South Franklin Street. Hike the trails to the bluff overlooking Sand Creek for panoramic view of the countryside. Over 7.5 total miles with varying difficulty. Open to hikers & horseback riders.
Timberlake Golf Course in Sullivan, IL is a public golf course that opened in 1960. Designed by Robert B. Harris, Timberlake Golf Course measures 3045 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 105 and a 34.7 USGA rating. The course features 3 sets of tees for different skill levels.
Home of the Shotmaker's Mile, Oak Terrace is a championship 18-hole course complete with a driving range, putting and chipping green, and a fully stocked pro shop.
Eight miles northwest of Windsor, Wolf Creek State Park encompass 11,100 acres of water, 250 miles of shoreline and large tracts of carefully maintained indigenous woodlands ideal for camping, horseback riding, snowmobiling, boat fishing, water skiing, pontoon boating, windsurfing or just plain bobbing and drifting on the glittering expanse of the lake itself. In addition to visiting the small, friendly wooded campgrounds or taking part in the action on the lake, swimming is available from the beach. You can also take a leisurely stroll through nearby forests. An abundance of deer, pheasant, rabbits, wild turkey and songbirds are almost always visible.
Located 14 miles southwest of Decatur off Route 48 near Blue Mound. Hike the trail up the glacial kame to the observation deck for sweeping view of the prairie. Picnic facilities and playground.
Play ball! Softball and baseball diamonds appeal to the slugger in everyone.
Rock Springs/ Fairview Bikeway
The bikeway connects three area parks with a 3.2-mile, 10-foot wide, handicapped accessible trail for enjoyment by hikers and bikers alike. Tote along your favorite fixings to enjoy on the trail or designated picnic areas.
Forest Park is a municipal park with the Chautauqua Auditorium, Vietnam Memorial, Family Aquatic Center, picnic areas, pavilions, baseball & softball diamonds, fishing lagoon (Crystal Lake), skateboard park, soccer fields, a youth athletic center, and more. There is an entrance to the General Dacey trail at the back of the park and the Memorial Sunken Gardens have been revitalized. The park is also home to the Festival of Lights.
Fun skating for kids and adults alike! Great chance to get some healthy exercise with your friends and family, and even plan birthday parties for even greater fun!
2.5 acre fenced off leash park in Fairview Park. Register at the DISC, 1295 W. Wood St. or call 217-422-5911.
Forrest W. "Bo" Wood Recreation Area
This recreational area has 47 sites available for camping and more are being added. To make reservations, see the information. For general information, you can go to www.lakeshelbyville.com.
Moweaqua Golf Course is located one mile west of Moweaqua, Illinois. It is a public 18 hole golf course for golfers of all abilities, as it offers four sets of tees and a maximum yardage of 6,300 yards. The course is a popular site for golf outings and features a driving range, pro shop, and snack bar. Moweaqua golf course opened in 1993. The course started out as a simple, but challenging, nine hole course. In 2000 the the Village of Moweaqua purchased land that bordered the course to the west and in 2003 the back nine was built. Golfers now have an 18 hole layout.
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The Green River Medical Center recently celebrated its remodel and expansion on Sept, 23-27. There was an open house and a ribbon cutting with refreshments. Many local people came by to see the newly completed work.
At the ribbon cutting ceremony, Green River mayor Pat Brady and councilmembers joined with the medical center staff and board members to cut the ribbon and tell of the origin of the project. Brady said, "Thank you all for coming today. Green River City which owns this building and the Green River Medical Center are proud to showcase this much needed expansion. An improved facility allows us to improve services for our citizens as well as travelers in our area.
"Green River Medical Center is one of the smallest community health centers in our nation. It has been a federally qualified health clinic since 1985. The center was founded in 1959 and has been the sole provider of health care in this community for 51 years. Green River Medical Center was one of 11 health care centers in Utah selected to receive stimulus funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The medical center was awarded $303,445 to expand and remodel the current building.
"The project's completion is the result of months of collaboration and coordination between the Health Resources and Service Administration, Green River City, the clinic, the designer and the builders. Special thanks to the HRSA for funding. Thank you to the Association for Utah Community Health and Health Choice Network of Utah for their assistance. Thank you to the members of the Green River City Council and members of the Emery County Commission for their continued support. The Rocky Mountain Power foundation supplied an additional grant which will be used for a new dental chair. Our dentists, Dr. G.O. Miller and Dr. Clyde Larsen are especially appreciative.
"Green River Medical Center board members and Medical Director Kim McFarlane were instrumental in this accomplishment. Dr. Glori Allen is our overseeing physician. The center contracts with Four Corners Behavioral Health for the services of Ron Day, Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Thanks to the Executive Director Mary Winters who acquired the grant and administered it. Thanks to Glenn Baxter for assisting with the task of overseeing design and construction. The project was completed on budget and on time.
"JT Dressler, architect did the design and Guy Johnston with Moab Construction was the general contractor. JT, Guy and all the subcontractors were very accommodating to our needs during the build.
"I want to praise the clinic's staff for doing a super job of providing their usual exemplary care while working under less than ideal conditions.
"The most important thank you goes to the citizens of Green River who as the patrons put up with months of inconvenience due to the actual construction. You were real troopers and yes, you can once again use the front entrance," said Brady.
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But did you? I'd be booking a room for the boy at the boarding kennel if I were looking for a sure fire thing... Some of us dont' have both sexes here for a good reason. I sure don't want to deal with it personally. The girls, they just "do the train" out front, normally at the most embarassing moment (like when a client shows up), but other than that, no harm done. The Fedex man brings me my boys when *I* want. :D
Heheehehee! I feel your pain. Was trying to video tape my group at dog daycare to show a client how well her dog was doing - had a bunch of neutered males that kept doing the train. Had to yell, then cut the taping about 100 times. Looked like a cabaret club on a saturday night.
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So if one girl in season is so bad, what do you call this? By the way, I'm expecting *4* in season on the next go around. What pantywaists we have here......
Great idea, if not as sexy as the thongs. LOL! When my girl recently was in heat we sent our male off to a friends house, a training partner of mine who is also a breeder. Our girl was safe at home, but our poor male ended up enduring a series of hot girls arriving for breeding while he was there. At least he got to hang out with the other bachelors and do the conga.
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Not exactly a diaper, but the same absorbent function. It's for toddlers learning to use the toilet and has a stretchy waistline.


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Lancers forward Salles earns MISL honor; Hoxie headed back to Rochester as a foe for the first time
Rochester Lancers forward Mauricio Salles, who nailed the game-winning goal from 3-point range with 11 seconds left in Friday's 13-11 win at Chicago, has been named to the MISL Team of the Week. Missouri Comets top-scorer Byron Alvarez was named Player of the Week. You can see the full team by clicking here.
Rochester (4-4) returns to action at 1 p.m. on Saturday when it hosts the Wichita Wings (2-5), who have gotten off to a slow start even though ex-Lancers forward Andrew Hoxie, a popular Rhino the past few seasons, is off to a good start. He has a team-high nine goals and 21 points. Both of the Wings' wins have been over Syracuse (3-6), including a 12-10 overtime victory last weekend. The Lancers, by the way, hold a 1.5-game lead over Syracuse for the fourth and final playoff spot behind Baltimore (8-0), Missouri (5-3) and Milwaukee (3-2), which rode an 11-2 first-half lead to a 13-6 win on Saturday in Wisconsin. A pair of 3-point goals late in the second period really was Rochester's undoing at U.S. Cellular Arena. It's a 26-game season, so we're still not even close to the halfway point.
U.S. WOMEN PLAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT: The Americans, who beat China 2-0 on Saturday, face China again tonight at 8:30 ET in Houston. The match can be seen on Fox Soccer. Saturday's calendar-year finale in Boca Raton against China is at 7 p.m. and is on the NBC Sports Network. Here's where Pittsford Abby Wambach ranks all-time in U.S. women's soccer history in:
* Games played: 8th place at 196 (five spots from 7th).
* Games started: 7th at 172 (15 spots from 6th).
* Goals: 2nd at 148 (10 shy of Mia Hamm).
* Hat tricks: 4th with six (one shy of Michelle Akers; Hamm is first with 10).
* Assists: 4th with 59 (two shy of Tiffeny Millbrett).
* Points: 3rd with 356 (nine shy of Kristine Lilly; Hamm is 1st with 460).
CHICAGO CHANGES COACHES: With a 2- 7 record in its inaugural season, the Chicago Soul got rid of its head coach this week, replacing Manny Rojas with Novi Marojević, who has ties to Rochester. He played briefly for the Rhinos, brought here by former GM Chris Economides, who had been part of the front office for the indoor K.C. Attack when Marojevic played nine seasons there.
MENDES IS FIRST COSMO: Another former Rhino, Carlos Mendes, also is in the news this week. The native of Mineola was signed as the first player for the new New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. Mendes, who played for the Rhinos in 2003 and '04, played seven seasons for the hometown MetroStars/Red Bulls before spending last year with the Columbus Crew. He turns 32 on Christmas Day. His 166 games and 146 starts are the third most for a player for New York's MLS franchise – quite a nice run for a player who had a tough time cracking Pat Ercoli's lineup in Rochester.
SINCLAIR EARNS HIGH HONOR: Former Western New York Flash forward Christine Sinclair, who I think was snubbed by not being a finalist for FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, was named the Canadian Soccer Association's Player of the Year this week. Good for her. She had 23 goals, factored in on 66 percent of her squads goals overall, and led Canada to the Olympic bronze after nearly knocking off the Americans in the 4-3 semifinal thriller. She won the Golden Boot at the Olympics with six goals, including all three in that loss to the U.S.


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It's time for another review of some of the items of interest from around the Nation and the league, as teams move into the middle third of the season. In this week's overview, the Oilers hit a sour patch, the Canucks carry on without a couple of useful pieces, and the Leafs' ownership changes hands.
Edmonton hits the ice tonight against an equally scuffling crew from Denver, hoping to turn around the current poor run of results. I don't think the Oilers are quite as terrible as they've seemed in the last week or so, but as is often the case, regression to some reasonable sort of mean isn't always gentle. It should be noted, though, that using the "I" formation is likely an idea best saved for football.
One matter that should concern the Oiler brass is the form Ryan Whitney is exhibiting. He was a lost cause Wednesday night, and the disconcerting thing might be that the fluid skating that underpins his game seems absent. There's every chance he's still suffering from conditioning woes, but if he's dropped off permanently, that has to be cause for alarm.
The Oilers, for all the young depth that their organization appears to have, really don't have enough legitimate NHL defenders even under ideal circumstances, and Whitney has to be a major presence at EV and on the PP for the club to get out of the last few places in the West. If he can't return to form, Edmonton's left with Ladislav Smid and Tom Gilbert as their only reliable defencemen. I don't think I'm overstating the case to note that a team interested in post-season play might need an upgrade or two from that on the backend.
Most of the serious news surrounding the team in the last day has occurred in the boardroom, as two of Canada's telecom giants have joined forces to purchase the Teachers' 80% share in MLSE. Data Plan Puppets, indeed. At any rate, Michael Forbes's review of the sale is worth a read, and I'm largely in concurrence. The test for the new consortium in terms of on-ice affairs will be how willing they are to write cheques without meddling in personnel matters. For all of his flaws, Brian Burke's been fairly effective in his GM postings over the years, and the Leafs are mostly headed in the proper direction at the moment.
On-ice, the Buds are getting healthy, as Colby Armstrong and Clarke MacArthur return to action this evening, and although he's rarely discussed, Armstrong is a fairly handy guy if he can stay in the lineup. Hot starts from Lupul and Kessel aside, the Leafs' biggest legitimate improvement in the last couple of years is their overall depth, and Armstrong has a fair bit of history as a player that can manage against good comp. You can't really have too many of those gents.
The Leafs should get a good test tonight, as they travel to DC for a date with Ovi and company. The Caps did manage to slow their slide, beating Ottawa Wednesday night, but they still seemed really off. High standards are a bugger to meet year after year, of course, and their D is a bit banged up, but I'll maintain until proven otherwise that Mike Green's absence has held Washington back more than any other single item. In other words, there's a good chance Dale Hunter will get much smarter in a few weeks.
In River City, all is well, at least at the moment, as Winnipeg concludes their first extended home stand against the Kaberle-free Hurricanes this evening. The Jets have enjoyed a couple fo days basking in the win over the champs, and the mood at yesterday's practice seemed fairly jovial, judging by what I could see from the stands at the Iceplex.
Winnipeg really could use a win this evening, as a road trip to Detroit is on tomorrow evening's docket, so the return of Nik Antropov is good news. The lanky Kazakh has been solid this year, and a team shy of depth up front can always use another useful body. I'm not quite so sure dressing Randy Jones qualifies as same, though, since Kulda and Flood have been acceptable in their roles, and Jones is a replacement level D under ideal circumstances. Ron Hainsey and Eric Fehr continued to be hors de combat as of yesterday morning, and Tobias Enstrom was still sporting a no-contact jersey, so worthwhile help from the infirmary beyond Antro might need another week or two to materialize.
Vancouver's comeback win in Montreal apparently drove Pierre Gauthier to lunacy this morning, which I suppose could be considered to be a hell of a talent for a team to possess. Kidding aside, the Canucks will have to make do without 2/3 of their second unit for the time being, as Chris Higgins fights off his second staph infection in as many years and David Booth's knee requires a 4-6 week rehab period. Booth's injury did result in Kevin Porter getting a bit of free time, although given the effective manner in which Higgins, Kesler and Booth were functioning, that's likely cold comfort.
Away from the arena, the legal issues surrounding the riot on June 15 drag on, with the latest hearing concerning the ability of the police to have unfettered access to media footage, including images that were taken several hours before the festivities commenced. Absent some corroborating evidence that rioters were openly conspiring in plain view of the press at 4 in the afternoon, the order feels like a bit of an overreach, but events like this do seem to bring out the police-statist instincts in people. Your mileage may vary, of course.
Calgary beat a poor Avalanche team last night, as the PP awoke from a lengthy slumber to pot two goals in short order early in the third. The Flames really didn't give up very much in their own end, either, and with Gio likely done until next year, that sort of tidy play has to continue to be the norm.
One player that no one is really talking about right now is Jay Bouwmeester, and that isn't quite right. SInce Giordano's injury, he's been pushing 30 minutes per game, and Kent's EV scoring chance count has him at +35/-16 during that time period, which is pretty fair work for a guy playing the other team's better players. He's not exactly paired with the 1998 version of Nik Lidstrom, either, so the fact that the Flames have managed to keep their heads above water over the last couple of weeks is due in large measure to his efforts.
As for this morning's demotion, I'm actually on board with the Horak move in the very short term, because 20 year olds need to play, but if the team actually thinks he's a real NHLer, they should clear a roster spot for him, either via trade or demoting someone else.
Unless Tomas Kaberle absolutely kills it on the PP for the next couple of seasons, his acquisition by Montreal is a poor bet. His underlying numbers hint strongly that he's incapable of being much more than a 5th or 6th D at EV, and 4.25M for another two years is a pile of dough for a player that might finish his contract as a lesser version of Marc-Andre Bergeron. Carolina did well to discard a bad ticket, and one only hopes Jay Feaster was taking notes this morning.
In Philadelphia, the news ian't very rosy on the injury front. Chris Pronger has "concussion-like symptoms", which translated to English means he has a concussion. Pronger is a terrific player, obviously, but he's increasing fragile as he ages, like all of us, so it's a good thing he has a 35+ contract running for another five years. Of course, Paul Holmgren has done so many odd things over the years that signing a guy until he's 42 to a deal that doesn't have a retirement escape hatch built in seems roughly normal.
Philly's management might be a bit off, but their bloggers are first-rate. Eric at Broad Street Hockey has an excellent post today about the effect individual team mates appear to have on shooting percentages. Spoiler alert: not that much, in the big scheme of things. Gabe Desjardins and David Johnson have also examined this topic today, and all three pieces are worth a look.
The Coyotes and Realignment:
One of the most striking things to come out of this week's restructuring of the league is the de facto admission that the conferences were structured in a manner that would allow for the possibility that the 'Yotes might have to move after this year. The Commisioner is normally pretty careful in tamping down any sort of speculation reagrding the fate of Phoenix's franchise, but a third year of league ownership has begun, and if anyone has any sort of evidence that a team can make a go of things in Arizona absent a gigantic public subsidy, they've done a stellar job of hiding it.
With that in mind, maybe it's not so surprising that the league's public posture has begun to shift ever so slightly, even accepting that Glendale's council might be willing to fire another couple of hundred million down the well when matters get serious again this winter. Still, the NHL's desire to own a team just to preserve an utterly indifferent market appears to be finally reaching an end, and as sad as it might be for the 5-6,000 legit Coyote fans, that's probably as it should be.
That's all for this time.
December 09 2011, 01:53PM
Apparently the Habs like trading for bad contracts. I still can't believe they took the Gomez contract and now Kaberle....wow.
"Spoiler alert: not that much, in the big scheme of things."
Not quite true. Well actually, the opposite is true. Both Eric's (see my post update summarizing his numbers) and my post show players can influence their linemates shooting percentage a lot. Gabe, well he uses a flawed process because he is not actually using Lemieux "with" data when Lemieux is on the ice, but rather when he played in a game. Plus the game could be quite a bit different from ~20 years ago.
I am suggesting his conclusion is wrong/uncertain. A significant problem with his analysis is small sample size issues. For example, he has Dan Hamhuis in there with 37 shots (4 goals) with and 56 shots (0 goals) without. You can't reliably draw any conclusions with that size sample. You need to somehow get beyond the sample size issue if you are going to get any analysis worth considering. To do that you need to aggregate the results somehow.
"even a guy like Crosby mostly drives on-ice shooting % with his own ability as a shooter, not as a passer."
If Crosby can make his wingers 20% better shooters, I wouldn't consider that insignificant.
December 09 2011, 06:19PM
I thought Edmonton was the River City. Maybe Winnipeg can be "Lake City" or "Tundra City," or "Mosquito City."
That Kaberle acquisition by the Habs is an absolute headscratcher. Gotta feel bad for Le Nation des Habs, I don't think their team is trending upwards longterm.
Just finished a long day at work, only to find that we missed out on the Kaberle sweepstakes? WTH?
Kidding, I'm kidding...
One more tidbit to add to the Flames news. I spent all day in le Dome du Saddle, and from what I heard in there today, they're working on a new goal horn. It sounded like a train horn - MUCH better than the chorusy, cheesy synth sound that they've used for a few years now.
What amazes me is the Maple Leaf koolaid that McCabe was GREAT and Kaberle was GREAT while they are there... I always said "what are people seeing? McCabe is awful! Kaberle is very average. "
And, after traded, the truth comes out. Although, I always thought Kaberle was a decent player, he was never a superstar. Nice to see he has two points tonight.


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What do you do with your bf/gf/SO for dates/fun?
Thank goodness we are getting to Spring because I can't take anymore TV watching inside! What do you guys do for fun? We go see movies, get totally absorbed in shows like Dexter and Weeds, play video games, go out to eat with friends.....we are not too creative here.
Ahhh that sounds like our lives, though we rarely even go out to movies and usually go out to eat by ourselves since we don't have a lot of friends. We watch way too much tv together. We're currently rewatching Breaking Bad. We also sit side by side, on the internet on our respective computers. It's kind of sad. OH! But we take a swing dancing class together! We're not as boring as we used to be! And we've done a couple of board game nights together with some guys at his work. Though I left early at the last one because I couldn't get into the game.
I really want to go on an exciting date like zip-lining or something. We need to get out more.
My favorite datenight with hubby in going to the lake with a picnic basket and just watching the tide. Even if it's raining it's fun because we just get into the truck, watch the raindrops on the water and the black clouds move in & out. The best part is turning the world OFF and just being together with romantic music playing softly in the background :)>>>
we watch movies/tv far too much, as well.
go on bike rides
go to the farmer's market
go to the beach
sometimes random things like going out to a show or movie or hanging out with friends.
..unfortunately during the biking season he won't be physical except biking (for recovery), but when he's not in the season, hike, walk, ice skated once...
We play tennis or ping pong, go to forests/beaches/rivers, go to karaoke bars, play video games, go on walks especially at night, watch movies or TV shows (rarely go to movie theatres, we usually rent), sometimes go out to eat.
We also sit side by side, on the internet on our respective computers. It's kind of sad.
ha! We're guilty of this too!!
Aside from internet.....during the week we go to the gym together, do gardening, watch TV (too much).
Weekends varies, depending on weather and if we're feeling lazy or not. If we're not lazy - maybe go out for coffee, go out to dinner, camping (during the spring / summer we went 1 or 2 times per month, and hopefully once more before winter kicks in), gym, running, gardening. We've been bowling once and to the cinema once in the last year. If we're feeling lazy we'll stay in and watch movies or play the wii.
Weekends we also like to cook more 'fancy' or more involved meals. We have friends round for dinner once a month or so and go to theirs for dinner also.
We play pool. Hhmm, we need some other hobbies. We've been meaning to pick up tennis.
we used to play pool a lot! a house we lived in had a pool table. i miss that.
We watch food network shows and I laugh at how bad they are mostly. We go to whole foods or the normal grocery store and get snacks and we cook together or I cook for her or she cooks for me. We ride scooters, we hang out outside and talk about things and look at the moon. We nap together while spooning (spooning is fun of its own!) and play with the dog and have long awesome pointless chats about anything.
Take our clothes off. ^-^
what's a date?
no, really, we don't do any of those things.
Take our clothes off. ^-^
Take our clothes off. ^-^
That's always a winner in my book ;)
Take our clothes off. ^-^
That's always a winner in my book ;)
James and I spend a good bit of time together just cuddling (often nekkid) and talking... usually at least hour of that every day, often in bed before We go to sleep. It's nice.
We take walks and go on adventures in the woods... sometimes We'll take a camera along to snap photos of one another and/or mushrooms, bugs, interesting foliage, etc.
Bike rides on the blacktop country roads are great when the weather's nice... We go on night rides during the warm months--sometimes by the light of the full/nearly-full moon, and sometimes when it's super dark (new to first quarter moon), to see the stars better.
Movies are always good fun, since We're both movie nerds with very similar tastes. Sometimes We'll watch movies We've both seen before, get intoxicated beforehand, and just laugh and talk about the movie while it's playing.
Occasionally We play one of Our few board games--sometimes Scrabble, but usually it's this old-ass Ravensburger game called "The a-MAZE-ing Labyrinth," which We never get tired of playing.
And sometimes We'll pass a sketchbook back and forth and draw stuff.... like, one of Us will suggest a theme or title and then draw out an interpretation of that, then the other person draws his/her interpretation (without looking at the first drawing), and then We compare drawings when both of Us have finished. THAT is frickin' fun. :)
I suppose a more common drawing game would be pictionary, or something..... it's great because You don't really need to be an excellent artist to have fun with it.
^^ I imagined you doing all of those things naked.
With a new baby at home who has time for any alone time? So we entertain ourselves playing with the baby and seeing who can make up the best words to old songs and making the baby laugh
Also, tv, Tv, TV.
^^ I imagined you doing all of those things naked.
haha, Yeh-hess!
(although bike rides and woods-venturing is best done with clothing on, We've found... :D )
Oh, another fun thing (which is totally do-able without clothes): Spontaneous Dance Party!
James and I have a super-long playlist of upbeat and positive/creative/fun music that We play down at the barn.... Sometimes a really groovy song will come on, and one of Us will start dancing wildly, interrupting whatever else We might have been doing. The other joins in, and boom--Spontaneous Dance Party.
Other times, We'll put on a particular genre or artist and just dance 'til We're exhausted. Just tonight, We got down with Our funky selves while playing an hour-long mix of sweet-ass underground disco. Damn, that was fun.
your life is amazing, cw.
your life is amazing, cw.
That's pretty accurate. ;D Thanks!
We definitely do a lot of snuggling.
Go out to eat at our favorite spots. I also love to cook him a special meal, often veganizing some of his favorite things in the world.
We go out for drinks a lot. Sometimes just the 2 of us, other times we'll go out with friends.
Weather permitting we go for a walk/hike/jog/stroll somewhere.
We love to go swimming in his pool when it's nice, often leading to naked snuggles in the pool.
Since he's a road musician, he gets antsy when he's in town too long so we love going on a long drive or take random weekday road trips or adventures.


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Posted on 10/19/2006 7:11:53 PM PDT by kellynla
It appears that political correctness has infected many of our military brass, indeed even instructors in our military academies. It is one thing when politicians and cultural elites force it into our lives; it's quite dangerous, however, when those selected to protect us elevate political correctness over the necessity of vanquishing enemies intent on destroying us.
Many of us now believe that a much ballyhooed "higher morality" in the conduct of war is a major cause for America and the West not achieving its goal of destroying jihadist terrorisim. A new "counter-insurgency manual" provides evidence of a military guided not by the age-old assumption of an army's purpose being military victory over its enemy but, instead, attempts at sociology and "understanding" the enemy's culture, and the need to persuade the enemy of our goodness and noble intentions.
In the name of "compassion," our soldiers are at times asked to risk their lives, placing themselves in lethal fighting conditions, so as to spare the "innocents" among the enemy. Where bombing from above could easily destroy a terrorist hideout, young Americans are forced to fight treacherous hand-to-hand combat so that "innocents" mingled among the jihadists will not be harmed.
Because of this rule, more soldiers die than need be, creating, also, demoralization and hesitancy. Some, out of fear of later military reprimand, are reluctant to shoot at terrorist targets where civilians may also be. This, too, renders our war less effective than it could be. Beyond question, this new ethos stands in the way of victory. The Iraq war should have been won long ago. If soft political correctness remains a guiding military motif, the most powerful nation in the world will have defeated itself, given victory to a rag-tag al Qaeda band unworthy of being called fighting men.
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Barely a dime's bit of difference between liberals pathetic cut and run policy and Republcans pathetic tendency to fight a politically correct war againt terrorists.
They both add up to a longer war, and more U.S. casualties.
I proposed,long ago the B-52 saturation bombing of fallujah, Al Anbar province, and the sunni triangle, along with the shiite militia stongholds of Moktar Al Sadr.
You would see the white flags of unconditional surrender flying all over Iraq, after such an air campaign.
It appears that political correctness has infected many of our military brass, indeed even instructors in our military academies. It is one thing when politicians and cultural elites force it into our lives; it's quite dangerous, however, when those selected to protect us elevate political correctness over the necessity of vanquishing enemies intent on destroying us.
The author has an uncanny ability to completely miss the point. This is a counterinsurgency manual, not an all-encompassing manual on warfighting doctrine. The military's job is to execute within the limitations placed upon it by the civilian leadership. In the case of counterinsurgency, the manual states doctrine that is developing based upon lessons learned from fighting against insurgencies within those likely limitations. If the author has a problem with that then his beef should be with the civilian leadership, not the military. Just because the military lays out doctrine for how to fight certain kinds of wars in a certain way, that does not mean that the military prefers all wars to be executed in that manner or believes in the prudence of the limitations placed upon it by the civilian leadership.
Those military brass who twist our soldiers from being fighting men to social workers should be fired.... If they don't have the stomach for real war and the criticism from the left, they should find another vocation. They have become a collateral damage to our security.
You actually think that the military is attempting to turn Soldiers into social workers? And you think that this Rabbi knows what "real war" is more so than our military leaders?
The "Greatest Generation" would agree I am sure. WW2 was not faught with Kit gloves and we won. If we don't stop micromanaging this war we will surely lose in the long run.
All I can tell you is from my personal combat experience in Nam 69 & 70. I walked point and on more than one occasion I had a VC teenager or woman come up on me and my patrol and if you think I waited around to ask them how their day was going, you have another thought coming.
We have Marines locked up in the brig at Camp Pendleton for months without being charged of a crime simply because the enemy says they "murdered" others.
Now when the Marine Corps starts taking the word of the enemy over the word of Marines; it is time to bring the Marine Corps home and send the Peace Corps.
Yes, I KNOW a PC war is trying to be waged because I KNOW those who are fighting it.
We are trained to kill the enemy, not hold their hand.
Semper Fi,
I second that!!
well said...
YES, go**amnit. My oldest son is a Stryker platoon leader over in that s**thole Mosul right now, and I can tell you for a fact.....that's an accurate statement.
Cease your lectures. You're out of touch with reality on the ground over there.
And there is nothing in the new manual that states we should do any such thing. It is doctrine, with some recommendations for TTP, and nothing of the likes that the author has misrepresented it to be.
Respectfully, you're wrong. Any civil-military operations conducted are for the purpose of driving a wedge between insurgent factions, co-opting them, or building rapport with the people to gain intelligence and their cooperation. That's not social work.
The "progressives" and their ilk are good at hiding behind faux news reports and pointing fingers but no one wants to help bake the pie.
The problem all along is that our arrogant left think the Iraqis are not worth the effort.
Have you ever been in combat?
if so when and where?
Fine. Tell that to the grunts on the ground who are trained to fight and kill bad guys and break their stuff.......most of whom are little more than kids.
Sell it elsewhere.
As an Italian WW2 vet over my way sez, (and demonstrates with lovetaps), "Balls, nose, t'roat! And then he down."
Ralph Peters
October 18, 2006 -- HAVE we lost the will to win wars? Not just in Iraq, but anywhere? Do we really believe that being nice is more important than victory?
It's hard enough to bear the timidity of our civilian leaders - anxious to start wars but without the guts to finish them - but now military leaders have fallen prey to political correctness. Unwilling to accept that war is, by its nature, a savage act and that defeat is immoral, influential officers are arguing for a kinder, gentler approach to our enemies.
They're going to lead us into failure, sacrificing our soldiers and Marines for nothing: Political correctness kills.
Obsessed with low-level "tactical" morality - war's inevitable mistakes - the officers in question have lost sight of the strategic morality of winning. Our Army and Marine Corps are about to suffer the imposition of a new counterinsurgency doctrine designed for fairy-tale conflicts and utterly inappropriate for the religion-fueled, ethnicity-driven hyper-violence of our time.
We're back to struggling to win hearts and minds that can't be won.
The good news is that the Army and Marine Corps worked together on the new counterinsurgency doctrine laid out in Field Manual 3-24 (the Army version). The bad news is that the doctrine writers and their superiors came up with fatally wrong prescriptions for combating today's insurgencies.
Astonishingly, the doctrine ignores faith-inspired terrorism and skirts ethnic issues in favor of analyzing yesteryear's political insurgencies. It would be a terri- fic manual if we returned to Vietnam circa 1963, but its recommendations are profoundly misguided when it comes to fighting terrorists intoxicated with religious visions and the smell of blood.
Why did the officers in question avoid the decisive question of religion? Because the answers would have been ugly.
Wars of faith and tribe are immeasurably crueler and tougher to resolve than ideological revolts. A Maoist in Malaya could be converted. But Islamist terrorists who regard death as a promotion are not going to reject their faith any more than an ethnic warrior can - or would wish to - change his blood identity.
So the doctrine writers ignored today's reality.
Al Qaeda and other terror organizations have stated explicitly and repeatedly that they're waging a global jihad to re-establish the caliphate. Yet the new manual ignores religious belief as a motivation.
The politically correct atmosphere in Washington deems any discussion of religion as a strategic factor indelicate: Let our troops die, just don't hurt anyone's feelings.
So the doctrine writers faked it, treating all insurgencies as political. As a result, they prescribed an excellent head-cold treatment - for a cancer patient. The text is a mush of pop-zen mantras such as "Sometimes doing nothing is the best reaction," "The best weapons do not shoot," or "The more force used, the less effective it is."
That's just nutty. Should we have done nothing in the wake of 9/11? Would everything have been OK if we'd just been nicer? What non-lethal "best weapons" might have snagged Osama bin Laden at Tora Bora, where the problem was too little military force, not too much violence?
Should we have sent fewer troops to Iraq, where inadequate numbers crippled everything we attempted? Will polite chats with tribal chiefs stop the sectarian violence drenching Iraq in blood?
On the surface, the doctrine appears sober and serious. But it's morally frivolous and intellectually inert, a pathetic rehashing of yesteryear's discredited "wisdom" on counterinsurgencies and, worst of all, driven by a stalker-quality infatuation with T.E. Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia," who not only was a huckster of the first order, but whose "revolt in the desert" was a near-meaningless sideshow of a sideshow.
Lawrence is quoted repeatedly, with reverence. We might as well cite the British generals of the Great War who sent men over the top in waves to face German machine guns.
You can trust two kinds of officers: Those who read a great deal and those who don't read at all. But beware the officer who reads just a little and falls in love with one book. A little education really is a dangerous thing.
The new manual is thick - length is supposed to substitute for insight. It should be 75 percent shorter and 100 percent more honest. If issued to our troops in its present form, it will lead to expensive failures. Various generals have already tried its prescriptions in Iraq - with discouraging results, to put it mildly.
We've reached a fateful point when senior officers seek to evade war's brute reality. Our leaders, in and out of uniform, must regain their moral courage. We can't fight wars of any kind if the entire chain of command runs for cover every time an ambitious journalist cries, "War crime!" And sorry: Soccer balls are no substitute for bullets when you face fanatics willing to kill every child on the playing field.
In war, you don't get points for good manners. It's about winning. Victory forgives.
The new counterinsurgency doctrine recommends forbearance, patience, understanding, non-violent solutions and even outright passivity. Unfortunately, our enemies won't sign up for a replay of the Summer of Love in San Francisco. We can't treat hardcore terrorists like Halloween pranksters on mid-term break from prep school.
Where is the spirit of FDR and George C. Marshall, who recognized that the one unbearable possibility was for the free world to lose?
We discount the value of ferocity - as a practical tool and as a deterrent. But war's immutable law - proven yet again in Iraq - is that those unwilling to pay the butcher's bill up front will pay it with compound interest in the end.
The new counterinsurgency doctrine is dishonest and cowardly.
We don't face half-hearted Marxists tired of living in the jungle, but religious zealots who behead prisoners to please their god and who torture captives by probing their skulls with electric drills. We're confronted by hatreds born of blood and belief and madmen whose appetite for blood is insatiable.
And we're afraid to fight.
Ralph Peters is a retired Army officer.
Good article, right on the money!
"We don't face half-hearted Marxists tired of living in the jungle, but religious zealots who behead prisoners to please their god and who torture captives by probing their skulls with electric drills. We're confronted by hatreds born of blood and belief and madmen whose appetite for blood is insatiable."
Arc-Light Arc-Brite !
Don't Need No Smart Bombs.
Game Over.
Seems the nature of war has changed. Seems like it started with Korea and the Iran hostage crisis seems like it was a major turning point.
It sure seems like a conventional war can no longer be won. It can only be used to gain turf.
Maybe it would be better to mothball all the carriers and tanks and just contract out with big bucks to insane "show no quarter" mercenary assasins who no one controls and no one knows where they came from or where to retaliate in the aftermath......(kind of like how Iran does it.)
It's not the enemy's culture we need to understand, but rather that of our major allies in the war on the terrorists. All we need to know about the terrorists is how to kill them. That's also what our allies need to know about them. Why to kill them, we both already know, all too well.
Actually you get more bang for the buck with guided weapons. A smaller lighter bomb, that hits or comes very close to it's target is a lot more effective than many larger bombs, only a few of which get close enough to targets of interest. And you can carry more of the smaller weapons per sortie.
Imagine an Arc-Light type strike, only with more bombs, each with it's individual target (although more than one might be devoted to larger/harder targets).
Rodger that. Says it all.
Winning saves lives, yours and usually your enemies as well.
Be sure and tell your son for me,
"Thank you for your service"
Semper Fi,
1/5, 1st Mar. Div.
I agree completely (see tagline) that the B-52's should have been unleashed on the cities. Now Al-Sadr has taken over a city in southern Iraq. If it is not cordoned off and levelled, then we need to cut our losses and bring the troops home.
Silence. Guess someone had to cut and run.
This might be a short thread, but it's one of the best I've ever seen.
Thank you all-this heavy dose of reality is greatly appreciated.
Instead, why not explain why Im wrong? Or did you post this thread just to fish for an excuse to point out that you are a Marine and a Vietnam Veteran? Right is right and wrong is wrong, whether youre Audie Murphy or Jane Fonda. Nobodys experience has anything to do with whether the author has a grasp of two simple points:
1) this manual is but one manual among many in the Army and Marine Corps doctrinal library and it does not speak to conventional warfighting
2) neither this manual nor any other Army or USMC manual advocates the need to persuade the enemy of our goodness and noble intentions. That is something completely different from drawing fence-sitters to our side and acknowledging that our enemies must be coerced or killed.
In regard to your cited experience from Vietnam, that is somewhat analogous to patrols in Iraq. If a patrol thinks that a suicide bomber is approaching them, then they avoid it or shoot it, though it is usually in the form of a vehicle. There is nothing wrong with that, it continues, and this manual wont change that.
Back to the point, I see no evidence that the author of the article so much as skimmed the manual that he criticizes. If you want to peruse it, the June 2006 draft is available online here.
Note the two guys who signed off on it: LTG David Petraeus (USA) and LTG James Mattis (USMC). But I suppose that LTG James "It's fun to shoot some people" Mattis is too touchy-feely for you. If you want to play the game of comparing experiences in order to determine who is right or wrong then send an email to those guys. I'm sure that they will be heavily swayed by your argument of: I disagree, I was in Vietnam, therefore you're wrong.
before I continue dealing with you
answer my previous question
you've had TWO DAYS to come up with an answer
Have you had any combat experience.
If so, where and when?
Imagine a response to a terrorist attack where we swiftly and quietly go to the country which did the most to sponsor the terrorists. And where the private homes of each of the 100 most influencial citizens gets hit by a GBU-39.
And then the world gets told that from now on, the homes of anybody financially contributing to Jihad groups is on the target list
I'll just call it quits here. I don't care about whatever point you're attempting to make and you either don't care about or don't seem to understand mine.
just as I thought.
no combat experience.
next time you want to belittle others' combat experience I suggest you refrain.
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The benefit held for Kayden Gale, son of Tammy and Josh Gale, and grandson of Lori and Garth Labrum, was held at Cottonwood Elementary on Dec. 2. Thanks to the generous community members, they raised more than $13,000 to help pay the medical expenses of Kayden who underwent kidney transplant surgery on Nov. 14.
Kayden was born Oct. 13, 2004 and was a normal sized baby. During his first week of life, he lost more than 10 percent of his body weight. The search for the reasons that he could not gain weight led to the discovery that his kidneys were only a fraction of the size they should have been. At two weeks of age, he was labeled, "failure to thrive."
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"Our heartfelt thanks goes out to all the businesses and the community for the overwhelming support at the benefit," said grandparents Lori and Garth Labrum. "Josh and Tammy, who are in Salt Lake with Kayden also send their thanks." The family appreciates the efforts of the fundraising committee also.
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