A tribute to another fallen Iowan

'Above all, David is a hero'

Family, friends tell stories, honor soldier:

Although I never had the honor of meeting you,

from reading the stories, you are a hero.

It's because of you, I can do things like blogging....and for that I am truly thankful.

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Since they played "PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN"

at your service.....I will honor that as well:

GOD BLESS THE USA

THANKS, DAVID

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D C

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Dwight: Fans deserve well-behaved players

Veteran says commissioner right to clean up NFL's image:

Folks,

the former Iowa City High star has hit this right on the head. These guys who think they are above everybody and everything have to answer to somebody.

Despite what Charles Barkley would have you believe, they are role models....that is part of the job.

Okay....I'll give you maybe they don't have to be Mr. straight laced like Dwight says here.

Obviously the NFL is going to have strict enforcement on your off the field activities.

You know, there's some jobs you can't have if you have a DWI on your record....or a drug conviction...or even any type of felony.

The NFL is doing the same thing here as far as I see it. They have an image to protect, and they are going to protect it.

That's their call if they decide to make that a "job requirement"

If you want to work here, this is what we expect wether your at work or not.

These are the rules, you can either live or die by them, your choice.

I'd venture to say 90% of the NFL players wouldn't be making the money they're making had they not been born with size, speed and balance. Granted lots of them work very hard to maintain that......like the aforementioned Mr. Dwight.

But lets face it, although he is my favorite all time Hawkeye... had the Gods not reached down and turned his legs into lightning bolts when he was born, at 5'8, 185 lbs....he's not playing in the NFL.

Anyway, I'm glad to see Dwight come out and say this stuff......

What a great representative he still is for the University of Iowa, and Iowa City as a whole.

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Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend!!!

I'm off to Lake Ozarks tomorrow night until Monday! (yay)

Have a safe one, and support the troops!

D C

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Polar depths yield hundreds of weird species

WHAAAAATTTTT?!?!!?!?!?!!

How can this be?

I thought global warming was killing everything......this just isn't possible.

Somebody call ALGORE!!!

Holy hole in the ozone batman. (NOT)

So if we're just now finding all these creatures obviously they've been here for quite sometime....therefore the "warming of the oceans" isn't killing them at all....in fact it may be PRODUCING life if anything.

So maybe all this was supposed to happen. Maybe the Earth is supposed to warm up....who knows....well...one person knows....and pretty sure he isn't talking.

More evidence against the global warming myth.

All you alarmist, ultra left libs out there.....keep it up....you're really making yourselves look bad.

Hell, keep it up and we've already won the white house in '08.

I luv it!!!

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Well, we won our spring softball league.

We ended up 9-1.....we lost the very first game of the year....then went on a 9 game streak...in wich we averaged almost 18 runs a game...while giving up just under 7 runs per outing...wich is a difference of 11 runs a game...for our efforts we won championship T-shirts and probably qualified for some national tourney somewhere or something....but we probably won't go to that one.

SOFTBALL STATS

Anyway, have a good weekend!

Later,

D C

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Have a heart; send coordinates: Sprint tracks down boy for transplant

Neat story about Sprint (my company) and how they have most assuredly at the very least given a young boy a second chance at life:

When you’re on the waiting list for a heart transplant, you never know when the call will come. For a 10-year-old Pennsylvania boy named John, that call came on Saturday, May 5, but it went unheard. That’s because John and his mother Sue were enjoying a jazz concert at Slippery Rock University. The clock was ticking, but Sue heard only the music. Officials at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh called state police because they couldn’t reach the boy’s parents to let them know a donor heart had been found. As the minutes passed, the boy was in danger of missing his opportunity for a transplant. Then Sprint’s electronic surveillance team in corporate security stepped into the picture, immediately providing the GSP coordinates of Sue’s wireless phone. “The only time you can use it is life or death, or to track someone wanted in a homicide,” said state police Cpl. James Green. Otherwise, police must get a warrant from the judge. Using the GPS coordinates Sprint provided, police tracked Sue’s phone to a Slippery Rock University building. Police stopped the concert and took the stage, explaining why they were looking for the boy and his mother. The crowd of approximately 500 jumped to their feet and applauded the boy as he left, according to Steve Hawk, a music professor who conducted the concert. “I’ve been in the entertainment business for 30 years and never had such an emotional, shocking event happen at something live,” Hawk told the local Butler Eagle newspaper. At last report after the transplant, John is in critical but stable condition. As a Sprint employee, you can feel proud our company was able to Be the Reason a child received a second chance at a healthy life. The story was carried on various news outlets, and bloggers weighed in positively. Here are some excerpts from several blog sites:
OK, Something Good Finally Came of All This Big-Brotherism … I know that this story will end up being used as fuel by those who want to track every citizen of the US, everywhere. But, in a rare instance, the normally-excessive Big Brotherism has actually done some good for once. Seems a kid needed a heart transplant, and the police’s ability to get Sprint Nextel to fork up the coordinates of his mother’s cell phone proved key to getting him into the hospital for it in time. The audience at the jazz concert the boy and his mother were at, jumped up to give them a standing ovation after police interrupted the concert to announce the available heart and find the two. Police can only use the tracking without a warrant in cases of life or death, or when looking for a homicide suspect. The operation was successful ..."
“This would directly fall into the "To Serve and protect" category. I cannot think of a better use for cop time and technology. I read enough about bad cops, and bad people it's nice to hear about something working out well.”
“Props for a Cell phone company doing something GOOD for the commonwealth.”
“Cell phone company working FOR the people? That's refreshing.”
“I just read this out aloud to my GF and she loved it. We don't get enough good news stories like this.”
“For a change, I have to say something was not only handled well but extraordinary. I mean the kid got a heart the technology made it possible to find him and get him and the heart together exactly what technology of this sort was designed for.”

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D C

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HI!

Whew!

I know it's been awhile.....we have been moving our warehouse to the other end of the building...(we're a warehouse within a warehouse...and it's just been busy busy busy)

So, without any further ado...lets get to it shall we?

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Dutch Police Open Woman's Leg Cast, Find 3.3 Pounds of Cocaine:

Talk about a pain killer...wow! heh heh

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Austrian Police Arrest 40 Suspects, Seize Computers in Child Porn Sweep:

Hey... you sick sons o' bitches, what the hell is the matter with you people?

I hope they throw you in the pokey....and you all get "the pokey"

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'Shoot the Iraqi' Art Show Causing Stir in Chicago:

I'm sorry.....why is this bad?

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Junk Science: Climate-Controlled Classroom?

Thank God "cooler" heads prevailed. (get it...global warming ...cooler heads...hee hee)

You sometimes wonder how a man like Hughes gets to be a Dean of a college. (albeit asst. Dean)

Aren't they supposed to be more "open minded" Right, they're open minded as long as you think like them.

They're open for that!

Dean Hughes, dude.....there is no absolute proof global warming is happening, or that we're causing it.

Remeber in the 70's they told us there was an ice age coming.....uh....right....so now you idiots thing we're all going to fry....well wich is it there "Dean Hughes"

You don't get to have it both ways.

Yeah, I would take anything Al Gore says as the absolute truth....this from a guy who says he invented the internet.

And this from a guy who is worried about "global warming" who flys around the country in a private leer jet....instead of taking a commercial flight.

What a damn joke.

Hypocrite, typical ultra left wing whack job.

Don't buy into this stuff folks, the only way they can stay in power is by scare tactics.

They can't win a debate with facts, because they twist 'em around.

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HAVE A HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

AND SUPPORT THE TROOPS!

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"He who strikes first, strikes last" -

Michael Savage, from his radio show,

"The Savage Nation" on how to deal with the Middle Eastern terrorists.

D C

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