Great Milestones in Women’s History! (nominations being taken)

Catie CouricWhile I was transfixed in the manly art of shopping for vegetables ( for men: that’s the green stuff that sometimes lurks by your steak and not to be confused with the green beer of St. Pat’s Day), I looked up to see a t.v. ad for the new anchor of CBS News… you know who I mean. How can you escape? It’s like girl’s soccer…. all that puff and no spectators.

Oh, I think Catie will find a few lookers.

After all, the CBS marketing folks are working overtime thinking about such great ways to promote ‘Catie’… as with a T.V. above the produce section? What’s with that? Why not by the beer? Well, I don’t think she has a real following among men… that’s my guess… she reminds me of the line in “Failure to Launch”, “just because you have found a guy who will date/sleep with you more than once….” Like Will Ferrell, Catie is born just to be a ‘bitter side kick.’ 

I am not saying she’s dumber than the folks she covers, but can she ‘blog’? If you are really lonely, you can sign up for her newsletter… but she may not write it. Former CBS guy Leroy Sievers wrote his… but he is unusually articulate… and Leroy has a very attractive and intelligent sister in California…. erowl!

I guess I always disliked CBS News… especially when they tried to ambush me in 1989 and then proceeded to not replay the interview in the rest of the country (east coast was live) when it didn’t go they way they’d hoped. I guess I just didn’t sound as ‘wacky’ as they had hoped. Fortunately, the Today Show segment was played in some parts of the country and we got the tape.

(As background, they were trying to show the two sides of the ‘marijuana debate’… I said it wasn’t a good thing for kids to do… they appeared to not like my position… so, what side do you think they took?) I’m no Thanksgiving turkey… so I got my head off the chopping block as fast as I could!

 Like the New York Times, I believe that CBS has an ax to grind and it always shows.  I am sure when Castro bites the big one, they’ll cry giant crocodile tears… but I will be singing  a different tune … ‘Cuba Libre!’

Is this Men's soccer?Back to short stuff, if Catie’s assension doesn’t float your boat, then who can forget ( we can try) the shirt ripping, eye popping ( nope, not Arnold) athletic achievement in women’s soccer??

I really don’t know what she was saying by taking off his/her shirt? Was she/he saying,” hey, I fooled you all… I am really a man!!”

So, where do we look for real ‘milestones’ in women’s history? All you have to do is look around you and it is happening every day. Women who are showing individual courage in their everyday lives… I do not need to parade the courage I see in the women I know…. it is there.

Women have always made history and whether or not it was ever written down is less important and an entirely different issue. I suspect, expect and hope that the recognition of the real achievements of women will continue…. unless … you know… the burka (or Burqa) thing comes about.

Roger Freberg

USC Football… New Quarterback… New Backs… same ol’ SC!

USC over Arkansas ... againOne of the fun things about watching football happens when YOUR team WINS! AAAh, scientific evidence has clearly demonstrated that when a male watches HIS team win… then HIS testosterone goes up!

Of course, the opposite happens if you are cheering for a team that loses… so it’s good to pick the right team in the very beginning!

Watching this years Trojans was a leap of ‘faith’… sooo many changes and sooo many new folks that one wondered… can ‘SC REALLY do it again? Add to this all the cheap talk from the folks in Arkansas… and our team having to travel to the wild hog pit of Arkansas. Well, those who weren’t believers… are NOW!

A lot of smack from Arkansas… here’s some of it:

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jack says:

posted on June 21, 2006 11:48 PM —

The razorbacks will kill usc. We have mithc who willthre for around 500 and darren and felic both getting a buck 50. USC lost all their players and we got some. Have fun lossing usc

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Well… that didn’t happen! One of the assistant coaches last year thought that USC took away their ‘manhood’ and ‘pride’… how would you phrase what happened this year? The Hogs had 30% more ‘manhood’ than last year?Here are a few more fun links:
USC FOOTBALL

CSTV.com

Whole Hog Sports

10 Reasons Hogs Have a Chance… heh heh

Someone just asked me IF I had season tickets…. I said ‘NO’ ( heh heh, I lied)… it is amazing how many NEW friends you have when folks find out you have ‘SC season Tickets! Nebraska, Notre Dame and UCLA… it’s all good!

FIGHT ON!!!…

Roger Freberg

 

Art and Music in School…. is it gone forever?

Karla taknig a rideOne of the things that left our schools virtually without protest in California is art and music. And those schools that have programs are constantly threatening to cut them back or eliminate them entirely.

Some schools have replaced REAL languages with ‘sign language’. This I cannot understand. Certainly the priorities of many schools are off center and do little if anything to help our children become economically or culturally literate.

The fun thnig about art is that it is the universal communicator… and ANYONE can learn it! One of the things we would do is buy a case of copy paper for our children to practice their drawing….

You don’t need ‘art paper’ to start…. just a lot of ‘scratch paper’. One case of scratch paper costs less than a trip or two for the family to a fast food place and it’s a lot less fattening.

 

Kristin on a ride

 

Another very cool thing about learning to draw is that it is something everyone can do as a family. Part of the fun is that there is so much to draw in the world… and then there are the cartoons that children always ask Mom and Dad to draw… with a little practice, you can be a hero to your kid.

Karen takng a rideWe wanted our daughters to: learn a musical instrument, participate in a team (not soccer) and an individual sport, find an academic interest they enjoyed and develope it, and discover the world of arts and crafts. There are many thnigs to help one become exposed to our world… but this was a start.

On this page I have placed some of Karla’s work — although all of my daughters have talent — and if the horses look a bit familiar… it’s probably because these are the kind you ride at fairs… Merry-go-rounds and Carousels.

If your schools do not offer these opportunities to your children… buy some colors and a box of copy paper and have sme fun!

 

Roger Freberg

Iranian Islamic Fundamentalists & US…. there is a difference!

The is a Difference between us

It’s kinda hard to negotiate with folks who believe they will get their eternal reward in the hereafter. After all, why protect and preserve what one has in this world  if your reward comes after death?

It seems strange that an Islamic youth would wear a ‘earthly’ plastic key around their neck for admittance into the land of 52 virgins in each of 52 mansions! ( you thought it was ONLY 52 virgins… nah… the reward is much bigger).

Even though the reward for dark deeds is great it is darkly amusing that Osama didn’t let any of the ‘muscle’ of the suicide planes know what was in store for them… they may just think that this world isn’t all that bad after all.

The drawing above I actually ‘borrowed’ and motified… but it speaks to the challenges that lay before us in dealing with adversaries that believe that state sponsored terrorism is just another way to do business. We better learn how to play this new game before time runs out.

If the concepts of Islam and the fundamentalists seems strange to your western eyes, Herb Cohen has written an insightful look and some definition to the issue.

The challenge for the West and America is to see Iran (and those who are with her) for who they are and not what we want them to be.

Strong challenging times calls for resolve.

 

Roger Freberg

 

 

Sgt. Timothy Boggs — American Soldier & Hero*

Sgt. Timothy Bogss is and American Soldier and Hero in IraqSgt. Timothy Boggs is an American soldier in Iraq. He was already a hero to many when he first volunteered and joined up with those brave men and women already serving in our armed forces.

What brings special mention to Sgt. Boggs is his letter to the editor to the New York Times… a letter they never had the courage to print. Funny how some liberals can be so brave with their pens… until someone calls them on their crap.

Tim Boggs was also a former columnist in Ohio… so it was great to see someone who could take the Times on at their own level. If you haven’t seen or had a chance to read his insightful letter to the New York Times… here it is on FOX NEWS.COM. Sgt. Boggs distilled the problem with the New York Times most eloquently.

Timothy Boggs was on leave in London when Fox News finally caught up and interviewed him LIVE. Frankly, he did a wonderful job representing himself. I was so impressed that i got off my butt and actually wrote him a congratulatory email! If that isn’t impressive enough… he actually wrote me back. good man…. here’s what he said:

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Roger, Thanks for the email and please forgive my late
response. As you know when I did the interview for FOX
I was on leave and I didn’t have much access to the
internet while I was gone.
I appreciate you taking the time to write to me though
because I love hearing from people who have seen me on
TV or read my blog. It is always nice to “meet” new
people through email so thanks for writing.

I wrote the letter to the NYT at the end of June so it
has been a couple months since then and is funny now
to be making it onto FOX News. We tried to do it
earlier but to no avail since it was harder to make
happen here in Iraq.

I hope you keep reading my blog at
www.boredsoldier.blogspot.com and feel free to write
anytime.

Sincerely,
  Tim Boggs

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— Roger Freberg <roger@frebergsports.com> wrote:Congratulations Sgt. Boggs! You are a fine American Soldier.

Good luck in the road ahead,
 
Roger Freberg
San Luis Obispo, California 93405
http://www.frebergsports.com

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________________________________________________God Bless you Timothy Boggs, God Bless all of you serving America
Roger Freberg

*God Bless You, Kristin… our ‘hero’