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Until Tori is married. Any studs that wish to steal her from Q-Tip needs to move in soon!

IN MY DEFENSE, I WAS LEFT ALONE AND UNSUPERVISED AND THE GUN SHOP WAS OPEN!

If you don’t want to read about me and my Harley, move on. I’ve put on over 10,000 miles since May 1st. Two trips helped me along on that figure, the first to visit Mom in Michigan and the second was a short 1000 mile trip to Silver City and Pinetop Arizona and back. Add to all that, I’ve been using the bike to run errands that don’t require a truck to handle.

Yesterday I hosted a breakfast for chapter members and I buy for one lucky member. These have proven popular and generally lead to a ride afterwards. Yesterday’s ride led to a gun shop and then to lunch for Jim G. and myself. While I really don’t need a new gun, I still like to check out the inventory and fondle any new models. I did fondle the new Glock 10mm, a very big piece of firepower. Not a concealed carry item for sure. I also inquired about the S&W 686-7, a revolver with a surprise extra shot.

Leaving RIBS, we headed through Madrid and Jim and I caught several tourists taking pictures of us, something that’s pretty normal in Madrid. The movie Wild Hogs was filmed there and it turned out to do more for tourism there than any chamber of commerce could.

Today is another Harley day. I’m heading to the dealership as soon as I finish this piece and helping out with an open house event there. It should be fun and I get points for being there.

Life is good and Harley helps make it so. Peace!

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A Priest was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish.

A leading local figure and member of the congregation was chosen to make the presentation and to give a little speech at the dinner.
However, he was delayed, so the Priest decided to say his own few words while they waited

Thank Goodness we Catholics have a wonderful sense of humor! I got my first impression of the parish from the first confession I heard here. I thought I had been assigned to a terrible place. The very first person who entered my confessional told me he had stolen a television set and, when questioned by the police, was able to lie his way out of it. He had stolen money from his parents; embezzled from his employer; had an affair with his boss’s wife; had sex with his boss’s 17 year old daughter on numerous occasions, taken illegal drugs; had several homosexual affairs; was arrested several times for public nudity and gave VD to his sister-in-law. I was appalled that one person could do so many awful things. But as the days went on, I learned that my people were not all like that and I had, indeed, come to a fine parish full of good and loving people.

Just as the Priest finished his talk, the politician arrived full of apologies at being late. He immediately began to make the presentation and gave his talk.

I’ll never forget the first day our parish Priest arrived, said the politician. In fact, I had the honor of being the first person to go to him for confession.

When a president dies, the country pays for their burial In the case of a president like JFK, who was a war hero and assassinated in the middle of a term, something extravagant is in order. His burial at Arlington with the memorial paid for by the people cost almost $4 million in today’s money, adjusted for inflation. The Kennedy family paid for the casket, vault and the eternal flame.

Ronald Reagan, one of the most influential men in history, is buried in California at his Presidential Library, paid for by donations from the people and the Reagan family. In fact, other than Kennedy, which we can all agree was warranted, no president has ever cost the taxpayers more than $100K in today’s money to bury.

The clause in the Presidential Contract enacted by congress in 1819 states that the president shall receive the burial service deemed fit for his stature and that the cost of the funeral and burial plot will be paid for by the people of a grateful nation. While every president who has died in modern history, except Reagan, took advantage of that perk of the presidency, none have gone so far that anyone would ever have noticed. Until now that is.

Barack Obama has just submitted his plans for burial in a plot that will house his entire family, citing the Kennedys, the Tafts and the Roosevelts as precedent, inside a monument he had designed to celebrate the nation’s first black president. The monument, will cost the taxpayers roughly $120 million and will be listed as a national historical place with 24 hour protection from the 3rd US Infantry Regiment, just like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The memorial would be built immediately upon approval and occupy the Northeast quadrant of the lawn near the Washington Monument with a view of the White House.

The monument itself would include quotes from his years as president along with a giant bronze statue and burial crypts for him and his family under a large arch.

You heard that right. Obama will be guarded around the clock in a monument among those of our founding fathers and greatest heroes, paid for by the taxpayer. It’s not too late to call your congressman and object to this act of stupidity.