PHSVOICE

As long as I can watch college football on TV or afford a ticket to go in person, I'm happy. For me, I'll just wait for all the dust to settle...and when it does...MY options will be the same...watch on TV or go to game.

Saturday, July 16, Palestine Civic Center. Basic Wii Sports Package: Baseball, Bowling, Boxing, Golf, Tennis. $5.00 for 1 event, $2.00 each add'l event, or $10 for all 5 events if you early register by 5pm July 13. Get more info and the registration form at www.palestinetexas.net. $8.00 1 event and $2 each add'l event at the door. Sign-in at 9am, event starts at 10am. 54" flat screens courtesy of Wal-Mart. Prelims in multi-purpose room, finals on projection screen on main stage in the auditorium! Proceeds benefit Palestine Legacy in the Park. $100 cash prize to champion in each event. $200 to the Wii Grand Master! Lots of door prizes! Each contestant gets free entry and 4 drink coupons for the Wii Party On with Professor Porkchop and the Dirty Dishes starting at 8pm. Beer and wine coolers courtesy of Ben E. Keith Distributors. $12 fee for non-contestants includes 4 drink coupons. Sorry PHSVOICE hasn't been on here in awhile, but being mayor takes up a lot of time. I DO remember the good ol' days! A lot of great folks on this site! Take care my friends!

I'd take my chances on a home-cooked meal over leftovers from a garbage can any day of the week.

Dave Schultz Watermelon: With a dash of salt or without

Ran across this by accident and it made me mad, but then I realized this is pure ignorance and hatred: http://electionink.com/content.php/156-The...t-American-Flag However, a growing number of folks seem to believe this. So, we've got work to do. As the colors of the flag remind us, hardiness and valor, purity and innocence, vigilance, perseverance and justice are the hallmarks of American society. These ideals cross all racial lines so have a happy 4th of July and remember what we have today is because of the sacrifices that came before us so it's up to us to leave things better than we found them. God bless America!

I followed the link and read the remarks from Buchanan and can only offer this info, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Dec 2005 there is no "wall of separation" in our Constitution. Because government may acknowledge the existence of religion does not mean government has established religion. Accuracy of information is the most important issue facing our country. Why would anyone want to purposely deceive others? Dr. Wayne Dyer says it best, we all suffer from mind viruses...things we believe to be true even when the evidence overwhelmingly says otherwise. I remember taking a history test in 8th grade. (Way back in the early 70s) I missed one question and asked the teacher about it. It was a true or false question which said, "Small farms outnumbered large plantations in the South". I answered true, but was incorrect according to the teacher. I pointed to the bold printed paragraph heading in our textbook which stated, "Small farms outnumbered large plantations in the South" to which her reply was, "that's not what that means".

It's been awhile since I posted, but I guess that's because I got tired of typing and decided to put my money where my mouth is. I ran for Mayor in the City of Palestine in 2009 and got elected. It was the 50 year anniversary of my father first running for mayor and being elected. An opportunity like that only comes around once in a lifetime. Unfortunately, he died in 2007 and I wasn't able to share my accomplishment with him. Anyway, after being elected, it occurred to me that I do represent everyone....Democrats, Republicans, rich, poor, etc. I take this very seriously. I listen to all ideas and try to make the best decision possible based on the input from a wide variety of people. We've had our issues in Palestine but there is nothing better than to hear someone say we are finally headed in the right direction. So, I'm just curious how many folks on this website actually serve their community on city council or on some other board or commission? If you haven't signed up, you might consider doing so. After all, this is government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Being mayor is absolutely the best thing I've ever done. Being in a postion to help people....to let them see someone really cares....it just doesn't get any better than that! I'm proud of Palestine, but I'm also proud of East Texas. This is a great place to live. God bless each of you for being who you are. --Bob Herrington, otherwise known as phsvoice.

Another Festivus miracle!

Got a big surprise yesterday. A 6ft aluminum Festivus pole with floor base arrived at my office courtesy of my brother in California. He also shipped the book "Festivus, The Holiday For the Rest of Us". I wonder if anyone else in East Texas is the proud owner of an "official" Festivus pole? We're going out to a friend's farm in Oakwood for New Year's Eve and the pole will be prominently displayed. If nothing else, I figure it will make a great fireworks launching device!

Why did the chicken cross the road? I found the answers at the following website: http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/200...ens_and_us.html (start) Chickens and US politics Johnathan Pearce (London) Humour I could not resist this: BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change! JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road. HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure - right from Day One! - that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me. GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road.. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. T he chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here. DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun? COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road. BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of chicken? AL GORE: I invented the chicken. JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it. AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens. DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems. OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road. PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American. MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information. DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told. ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone. JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay, too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side.' That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as simple as that. BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting ? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of moulting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road. ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road. JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace. BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra.#@&&^(C%..........reboot. ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken? COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one? And someone added SARAH PALIN: I'm not really qualified to answer that question [wink], but I can assure Joe six-pack [wink] and all the hockey moms [wink] out there that I know what really matters to them [wink]. Incidentally [wink], I can see a road from my house, so I must be qualified to cross it...(end)

These are the sources I noted while watching the video: Consumeraffairs.com Wikipedia PolicyLink.org City-journal.com CSRwire Consumer Federation OFHEO.gov (Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight) - source of some of the charts Washington Post Fannie Mae MarketWatch Bloomberg.com CNNMoney.com Guardian.co.uk New York Times The Minority Report Tracks.us Slate MinnPost.com Los Angeles Times Salon.com opensecrets.com HSH Associates BBC News Chicago Sun-Times The Plank Knowledge@Wharton Kansas City Star The Hill The Trail

This was in my email this morning: In case you were wondering... If you had purchased $1,000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49.00 left. With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1,000.00 With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left. But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214.00 cash. Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. It's called the 401-Keg. A recent study found the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found Americans drink, on the average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon. Makes You Proud To Be An American, doesn't it?

9-4, McCain

This is a big rivalry. First game played way back in 1913. A total of 75 games through the years. Wildcats lead the series 39 to 32 with 4 ties, however, J'ville has owned the Wildcats since 1989 with a 13-2 record for that period. Thanks to Sandman for all the background info. I'll try to remember to give you credit tomorrow night! I wonder what the transportation to the game was back in 1913. Covered wagon? lol I'll be in the pressbox again, finally, it's our first home game of the year. A lot of good folks in J'ville. Looking forward to a big crowd on the visitor's side and lots of excitement. As always, I wish for a hard fought, but injury free ballgame. Good luck to J'ville, but the 'Cats are on the prowl and I'm smelling a victory. I hope both teams eliminate mistakes and play to the best of their abilities. THAT makes for a great spectator event. For all the folks from J'ville, have a safe trip to P-town but don't park your teepees in a fire lane when you get here. The fire marshall is cracking down and the fine is $300. Watch out for those red lines!!!!!

Background info: The march on Selma, Al occurred March 7, 1965. Barack Obama's DOB is listed as 08/04/1961. Excerpt from Obama's Selma speech March 4, 2007: ".....What happened in Selma, Alabama and Birmingham also stirred the conscience of the nation. It worried folks in the White House who said, “You know, we're battling Communism. How are we going to win hearts and minds all across the world? If right here in our own country, John, we're not observing the ideals set fort in our Constitution, we might be accused of being hypocrites.” So the Kennedy’s decided we're going to do an air lift. We're going to go to Africa and start bringing young Africans over to this country and give them scholarships to study so they can learn what a wonderful country America is. This young man named Barack Obama got one of those tickets and came over to this country. He met this woman whose great great-great-great-grandfather had owned slaves; but she had a good idea there was some craziness going on because they looked at each other and they decided that we know that the world as it has been it might not be possible for us to get together and have a child. There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I’m not coming home to Selma, Alabama. I’m here because somebody marched. I’m here because you all sacrificed for me. I stand on the shoulders of giants. I thank the Moses generation; but we've got to remember, now, that Joshua still had a job to do. As great as Moses was, despite all that he did, leading a people out of bondage, he didn't cross over the river to see the Promised Land. God told him your job is done. You'll see it. You'll be at the mountain top and you can see what I’ve promised. What I’ve promised to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. You will see that I’ve fulfilled that promise but you won't go there....."