Happy Thanksgiving America

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is reading this. I hope that you and your family have a terrific day and take time to count your blessings. I for one consider myself fortunate just to be able to wake up every morning and put my feet on the floor and walk. I also am thankful for my family, my friends, my job, and for being able to live in the richest country in the world. I have done nothing to deserve this but have been richly blessed by God Almighty. Thank You!!

Now having said that I have something on my mind I need to address. It is time to get our troops out of Iraq and bring them home. I know this makes me unpatriotic according to our vice president Dick Cheney. All I can say is he is entitled to his opinion but he is wrong. It is time to stop sending innocent young men and women to slaughter because we made a mistake two and a half years ago in attacking Iraq. I voted for George Bush, Jr the first time around and thought he was the lesser of two evils at the time. But, last year I voted for a Democrat for president for the first time in my life. And I still think Mr. Kerry would have done a better job of running things. Mr. Bush and his advisors (yes, they are running this nation) just don't get it. Iraq is not the enemy. It's Al-Queada. So, why are we still in Iraq fighting a third world nation. Sure, we want their oil, but we could have that without fighting a war. The economics would win out over the bullets. So, why are we there. Because, the Bush administration had no exit strategy when it started this war. We should have all of our troops home by now. And the administration's statement that leaving would be a win for the terrorists is just a lie. It's pure and simple bull hockey. The administration tells us at the same time we are fighting the war on terrorism in Afghanistan and other middle east nations. So, President Bush here is the bottom line. Let's get Osama Bin-Laden and stop the terrorists. And at the same time, let's re-assign our resources to fighting that war on terrorism and not some third rate country that will be out of oil and worthless to us in another 50 years.

Finally, I am thankful for having the right to freely express myself without fear of reprisal as I just did in the paragraph above this one. Thanks for reading it and again Happy Thanksgiving!

Two steps forward...One step back

Missouri's football team just doesn't have that killer instinct. The Tigers were up by two touchdowns in the fourth quarter against Kansas State yesterday and they blew the game. The final was 36-28, but it was really much closer than that. And congratulations to Brad Smith, even though he made one of the dumbest plays you have ever seen late in the fourth quarter when the Tigers still had a chance to win. Brad becomes the first player in NCAA history to run for four thousand yards and pass for eight thousand yards in a career.

Mizzou ends the season at 6-5 and the final game loss hurts. But at least it will be heading to a bowl. Granted it will be a very small bowl, but still it's post season play and the seniors will get one more chance to prove themselves.

Quin must go

Quin Snyder has to go. The Tigers lost last night to Sam Houston State in the first round of the NIT. No one should lose to Sam Houston State when they have the resources that Missouri has! I don't mean to knock Sam Houston because they played a great game. But Mizzou on the other hand...they stunk.

Quin, who now wants the media to call him "Coach" Snyder, better be more concerned with winning ballgames. But, he is lame and weak. He doesn't recruit his needs and he is a week strategist and sideline coach while the games are being played.

So, here's the bottom line. It's time to tell Quin goodbye and get a new basketball coach who has some experience and who isn't interested in partying with the co-eds. The Tigers have gone from being one of the top programs in the country to a laughing stock. Wake up Mike Alden!

Bowl Bound and Winning...Get Used to It!

My beloved Missouri Tigers are now bowl eligible thanks to the Baylor Bears. The Tigers won the game easily yesterday and now can end up either 7-4 or 6-5 depending on how they do against Kansas State next weekend. The Tigers are the better team but I don't know if they have the killer instinct to win on the road yet.

...While I am thinking of it props to my man GP who got me tickts for the game yesterday and for that matter all of the games I saw this season. And to his wife PP who was very gracious after the game at their home. It's good to be able to count the P's as such generous and gracious friends!

...Finally, the funniest thing I heard at the stadium all day was when a co-ed came through selling bottled water while it was pouring down rain the first quarter. She "get your crystal clear bottled water here". Fan, " I dont need to pay for any bottled water. The water hitting me in the head is free". She..."yes, but it's acid rain".

I love fall golf

Happy Veterans Day to all of you guys who put up with the military. You're much tougher than I am.

Anyway, I took the day off to play in a four man scramble. We didn't win but we did OK. And it was a great time of the year to be outside whacking the ball around. The beer was good too. Life is good!