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Jeane Kirkpatrick … a woman for all seasons

Jeane KirkpatrickIt is always sad to see someone pass along that you admired.

Jeane Kirkpatrick was certainly admired by many… and we are among them.

Laura and I had a chance to meet her and her husband over dinner in 1986… she was gracious enough to be present at a fundraiser…. and we were lucky enough to sit next to her and her husband.

Although the conversation was very enjoyable… I did find myself ‘stepping in it’ at one point. I asked her if she ever considered being the running mate with Jack Kemp — who I also admired. She looked at me, smiled… and said something to the effect…’ oh, I think we would have trouble with who gets top billing.’    Ooops.

America wasn’t ready to give her top billing… but we would have been in good hands had it happened.  Wikipedia reminds us: “she called on the Congress to issue a formal declaration of war against the ‘entire fundamentalist Islamic terrorist network’ the day after the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center”. She was ahead of her time.

Hay Adams... a wonderful experience ni Washington, D.C.

Our dinner was at the Hay Adams Hotel… quite an experience.

This was my first visit to our nation’s capital… and certainly one of the most memorable.

I’ll leave it to others to talk about her many accomplishments, experiences, the foundations of her beliefs and her transformation from a young socialist to a democrat… and finally President Reagan’s choice for our U.N. ambassador.

My memory of her is of a strong, determined, and principled individual… and as they say… someone of whom we could use more of today.

Roger Freberg

 

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Jenny Craig …. “extending your snacking experience”

here's a very common weight for me... but it's time to take it off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmmm…. I don’t know if it was watching my daughter Karen shrink before my eyes, or watching my wife Laura lookin’…. good! …. but I was impressed… impressed enough to want to jump on their band wagon and sign a year’s contract with Jenny Craig!

Now, I did find a diet that helped me lose weight from 427 down to 240.. but it was high on the cauliflower and low on… anything that tasted good. Don’t get me wrong… my diet works… but after watching them devour chocolate brownies, frajitas and stuff that I haven’t seen in years… well, it just seemed that it was time to change. This morning, I ate a banana nut muffin, glass of milk, & cottage cheese as part of my 2300 calorie diet…. it was delicious! I don’t have to wait until lunch , as I get a yogurt mid-morning! Jenny has something for you about 6 times a day…

I started yesterday at noon… so this completes my first day on “Jenny Craig”.

My goal weight is 229… which I set just to test my limits. The last time I weighed this was in 1978 and my mother sent me $20 thinking I was a victim of wifely abuse and needed some food money.

Starting a diet for me is a social activity… Laura and Karen have been at it for a month now and , frankly, I wanted to be sure that they would stay on it before I joined them. Too many times I join an activity only to find myself ‘alone’… this is called ‘loneliness.’ However, they have been strong… so the future looks promising.

Now, I know what you guys are all thinking… “Jenny Craig” is for women…. well, not really. Besides, do you think I really want to be in a weight loss program with a bunch of sweaty guys… or hang with gals who are really concerned about their appearance? Hmmm… let me think about that for a moment.

Weigh ins are once a week so I let you know how it goes… so far it has been fun… eating with no dishes to clean ( it all comes in portion controled microwavable packages!).

Roger Freberg

 

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BCS Football Bowl Matchups! Florida & Ohio State

Ohio StateWell, it looks like Urban will finally get what he has been wanting… let’s see if he can handle it.

Florida will meet Ohio State for the National Championships….


 

Here come the Trojans!other Bowl Games are as follows:

Rose: USC vs. Michigan.


Sugar: Notre Dame vs. LSU.
Orange: Louisville vs. Wake Forest.


Fiesta: Oklahoma vs. Boise State.
  This information came out a couple of hours ago in the Los Angeles Times…     

  Here comes Michigan... welcome to California! 

… ps. on the bright side, this will give Michigan fans a better look at the Trojans .

Welcome to California!

 

 

 

 

Fight On!

Roger Freberg

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Just say NO!… to Urban Meyer

... and YOU thought he only wore PNIK?Well, I wish Urban Meyer was my son… yes, I really do.

Because I’d take the young man back of the wood shed for a whooping to get his thinking right.

I’d tell him, “boy, you don’t talk to the nice BCS people like that. They’re doing a tough and unpopular job and you don’t have the smarts to be complaining.

So while he’s pulling his britches up over his smoked back side, I’d say. “let me say one more thing about the kid’s lives you’re playing with…”

What were you thinking when you said:

 

“ When I was at Bowling Green and 36 years old,
I was screaming and yelling . . . that we needed
a playoff system.”

 “Well, boy? speak up”  “Son, I gotta tell ya that a lot of folks are getting injured in the new 12 game system that might not have otherwise and YOUR solution is good for coaches but kinda tough on the players. So you’d add three more games or what?  “ “I have also seen you pass the buck, fail to praise or recognize your players or coaches and I don’t think you fool anyone when you say:” 

“It’s been there, a little bit of selfishness and other issues
we have had to deal with during the course
                        of the year. (Urban Meyer quote)” 

“Urbie, I think we don’t need no more chair throwing Bobby Knights around here and if I see it again… we’ll… we’re gonna be right back here working on your other cheek”.  ” Remember, throwing a bunch of guys against a wall to see which one sticks is no way to run a football program. By the way, boy, that jump suit makes you look like a eunuch?” Roger Freberg 

 

 

 

 

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Urban Myer… the “his Weenie Award is legend”

HEY, look! ... I can pat my head and rub my tummy at the same time!Urban Myer is a ‘legend’ in his own mind. How he ever landed a $ 14 million dollar contract to coach the University of Florida Gator football team is the real story.

However, I need to give the man some respect and credit… after all, I said he couldn’t pat his head and rub his tummy at the same time… and he proved me wrong!

No, in my humble opinion, Urban’s ‘legend’ will be how he took a great team that someone else recruited and squandered it. It won’t take too long for folks to realize that the ‘Utah miracle’ was really fancy ‘double AA’ ball.

….. But let’s talk about some of Urban ‘the legend’ Myers most recent comments on the BCS this past Sunday. In making his case for Florida, aka “the Urbanettes”, he disses just about everyone.

the coveted Big Weenie... the 1/2 incher“He said Arkansas is likely out of the national hunt since the Hogs already lost at home to Southern Cal. He pointed out Southern Cal’s one loss was to a non-ranked team (Oregon State) and said Michigan, which lost 42-39 to Ohio State on Saturday, doesn’t deserve another shot at the Buckeyes for the national championship.”

Hey, I think he still has to play Arkansas.. or did I miss something? Maybe he should wait to see what happens there before he makes his case. If I were Arkansas I would post his disrespect all over the locker room…. but maybe they have!

Arkansas is a pretty good football team and deserves a lot of respect. And Florida may have won smoe games but many by only by one play… so is this Urban’s skill or ‘luck?’ Besides, didn’t the Gators play a ‘double A football’ program! How cheesey is that?

Let’s see how you do with Arkansas…

There is soooo many reasons that Urban Myer deserves the Big Weenie Award… the least of all was running my daughter off the sidewalk while she was at Florida… not much of a man… just a weenie.

Here’s what a couple of others are saying:

Urban Open Mouth Insert Foot

Uban Myer Weiner

FIRE URBAN Myer dot COM

Roger Freberg