Coach Roy's Other Random Thoughts 2008-11-22T04:21:11Z http://coachroy.org/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast Can you say Freudian Slip Mr. Kerry? tag:coachroy.org,2006-10-31:42208d4a-45d5-4a49-8c6e-ff2098f937e7 Coach Roy 2006-10-31T21:54:54Z 2006-10-31T21:32:00Z
OK, he doesn't want those who didn't serve in the military commenting so this 29 year veteran of both the Navy and Naval Reserve, who counts the Viet Nam medal among his decorations, who retired as a Senior Chief, and who graduated from Northwestern University and Nassau Community College [cum laude]  takes exception to those comments.

I volunteered originally in 1964, to become both an Electrical Engineer and a Navy Officer. Silly me, I thought I could handle Calculus and wound up in the electronic intel biz in the Navy.

I actually was plopped down in An Thoi in 1969, just one mile down river from where then Lt. John Kerry earned all those purple hearts and other "gongs." As a Cryptologist, I was worth over 10 grand in gold to any Viet Cong who could get me north, but the area was so secure that we were left on the runway to fend for ourselves.

And Kerry earned what operating out of the An Thoi "free fire zone" in 1969?

Now something else I know a lot about - when I left the active Navy in Octdober 1970, I joined the Naval Reserve. When I retired I was the Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Unit at NOSIC in Suitland Maryland, part of the ONI.

I'd spent my 3 years 8 1/2 months on active duty and was actually free to just go home. But I had advanced to CTR1 - an E-6, and figured that the reserve would be a good place to pick up a few extra bucks while back in college. I agreed to drill, and completed a total of 29 years back in 1993.

Here's what I don't understand about Mr. War Hero Kerry.

Why is his Honorable Discharge dated more than 6 years after he left active duty?

Was it because this "90 day wonder" junior officer didn't bother to completely fulfill his legal 6 year obligation when he jumped ship in Staten Island back in 1970?  Work the time line - OCS officers usually served 4 years active. Kerry was barely on active duty for 3, at least that's what I remember from the 2004 campaign.

Maybe Mr. Kerry's impressions of those in the military are colored by his experience, or maybe by the reactions of the Swift Boat guys when he tried to become president, touting his "war record."

But maybe Mr. Kerry's comments were what he actually feels about his fellow sailors.

There are people who think he should be part of the Senatorial Majority?
]]> So that Great American War Hero, John "I put myself in for the medals" Kerry thinks that only losers join the American Military and that if you don't study hard, you'll wind up just another loser in Iraq. OK, he doesn't want those who didn't serve in the military commenting so this 29 year veteran of both the Navy and Naval Reserve, who retired as a Senior Chief, and who graduated from Northwestern University and Nassau Community College [cum laude] takes exception to those comments.I volunteered originally in 1964, to become both an Electrical Engineer and a Navy Officer. Silly ... So Bill Clinton is Angry about Bin Laden tag:coachroy.org,2006-09-23:0dd800a5-d318-4771-9fe6-20ba4d8a3fb9 Coach Roy 2006-09-23T19:30:12Z 2006-09-23T19:26:00Z
Get a Life Mr. C - hang out with your wife, or whomever you live with these days.

legacies are tricky things - Jimmy Carter will always be remembered for screwing up Iran, Reagan for his "failed" tax cuts, Bush 41 for Desert Storm and Clinton for that stained dress.

GW will be remembered for stopping Al Quaeda, and its driving the Clinton's nuts!
]]> You know he could have captured him - remember back when he was the Pres?Get a Life Mr. C - hang out with your wife, or whomever you live with these days. ... The Democrat-American Nomenclatura tag:coachroy.org,2006-08-16:88fe37cf-bf35-407d-9995-1ba210ea3e5f Coach Roy 2006-08-16T14:52:00Z 2006-08-16T14:52:00Z nomenclatura. I forget what the term actually translates into - something about being listed as a top official, but the point was to both get on the list for the perks it provided and for the status it gave your children.

Well, the politicians of all our parties seem to have a little nomenclatura running though their veins, but the worse are the "smarter than you are, just let us run everything," Democrats.

Today a report on Drudge that Sen Obama of Illinois made an impassioned plea for all of us to drive more fuel efficient vehicles [Drudge had a picture of him standing along with Superman] right before he jumped into his standard GMC SUV and tooled off in a cloud of unleaded gas fumes. I also remember the big Democrat Party press conference in front of the gas station a few weeks ago in DC - all of the whiney Democrats pulled up in their sub 20 mpg SUVs [or Suburbans] to decry the nations uncontrolled use of gas in our cars.

Back in the old days of the Soviet Union the nomenclatura were the only ones who could buy the big soviet made cars that resembled our Cadillacs. They had special lanes on Moscow streets where only they could drive. They had special schools where only their kids could go.

Gee, sounds a bit like today's Washington, DC.

The license plates in the heavily Liberal Democratic District of Columbia have "Taxation without Representation" on them.

Gee, just like the old Moscow - their residents weren't given any say in the operations of that capital either.
]]> Back in the days of the old Communist Party run Soviet Union, party members tried to become one of the inner circle - the nomenclatura. I forget what the term actually translates into - something about being listed as a top official, but the point was to both get on the list for the perks it provided and for the status it gave your children... They Can Do What Better? tag:coachroy.org,2006-08-16:60c5adff-798f-4072-933d-ca9f4f3d5571 Coach Roy 2006-09-23T19:30:36Z 2006-08-16T12:05:00Z
Not only am I amazed that they condemn George Bush for planning and plotting such a cleverly devised polical event, but they still consider him the dumbest person on earth! Does that confuse you too?

Anyway, her lawyership, that junior senator from New York says she'd handle all this better.

Probably treat them like the lawbreakers they are in the typical Democrat Liberal mind. Exactly the way her husband, the lawyer, and Jamie G. tried to deal with Osama back in the 90's.

And all we got for that screw up was the Khobar Towers and 9-11.

Man I can hardly wait for 2009.
]]> Immediately after the British [with the help of the NSA and CIA] totally thwarted the bomb plot last week, our democrat elites swarmed the microphones talking about how they could have done the same job, only better. Over among the lefty blogs, they were accusing the Prez of orchestrating this event because of the elections this Fall. Not only am I amazed that they condemn George Bush for planning and plotting such a cleverly devised polical event, but they still consider him the dumbest person on earth! Does that confuse you too? When Did Global Warming Become a Fact? tag:coachroy.org,2006-08-16:1a34a587-be36-4cdd-99a5-15debc735fda Coach Roy 2006-08-16T11:52:00Z 2006-08-16T11:52:00Z Global Warming was a theory, just like Global Cooling was back in the 1960's.

In fact the reasons for predicting Global Cooling are the same as those used to predict Global Warming. Hmmmm

Or is it just that Global Warming is the eco-socialist's latest cause to try to take over the entire world so their geniuses can run everythingin a command economy the way Marx and Engels said they should?

The last two "global cooling" events have been caused by two major volcanic eruptions, something I doubt the UN, the U.S. Congress, or even Greenpeace have control over. Mother Nature doesn't give a hoot about the EPA and their regulations after all.

Meanwhile, National Geographic has a glowing article this month about how China, that State Socialist power that is exempt from the Kyoto Accords, is revitalizing their heavy industry. They're already one of the great poluters of the atmosphere, right after Mt. St. Helens, and have had a significant role in the rise of world oil prices, but....

You see, the closet Marxists of our media's editorial rooms have to support anyone professing to be Marxist and who see the U.S. and its open, capitalist society as some form of evil.

Unfortunately, until someone starts teaching true economics and the law of Supply and Demand to those who desire to be in government or the media, we'll have to suffer this sort of crap.

I just wish more people paid attention to what their kids are learning - it sure would mean more conservatives in our society, but then conservatives vote on issues, not about who will take care of everything for them.
]]> Seriously, I thought Global Warming was a theory, just like Global Cooling was back in the 1960's. Just finished Ann Coulter's Godless tag:coachroy.org,2006-08-14:3515c877-9782-4d15-8c83-6e2e113c1fbc Coach Roy 2006-08-14T11:19:47Z 2006-08-14T11:05:00Z
Ann Coulter has grabbed headlines lately by taking on an evolution of Ethical Humanism, the Church of Darwin, and their hold on public education and exposing it for what it truly is, a form of fascism that does not allow any sort of dissent from those who fail to believe in a theory connecting humans with all kinds of animals.

Those who took the New York Regent's exams in the 60's will remember "Oncology recapitulates phylogeny."

That was the early Darwinist statement that since human birth began with the splitting of a single cell [like the Amoeba] and developed into a human after many months of working through the various animals. The problem is that human babies, as they develop, don't resemble fish, or bivalves, or canines, or even great apes. The work a logical progression towards the human baby and are very human-like at 6 months. So much for ORP.

While I believe there is a creator God who started it all - there's even a theory that mirrors creation, the Big Bang, I also agree with the Notre Dame religion prof who said that evolution was how God created everything. I'm not sure if it all still fits, I'll have to think on all that a bit more, but I digress....

There is lot for the liberal mind to dislike about Godless but I think the last chapter, with its explanation of the Darwinists link with the German Fascists of the 30's and 40's really shows who wants truly free expression and belief.

It certainly isn't today's ranting pack of liberal bloggers, or the educators who think they are smarter than the rest of us.

Makes you wonder why we turn so much of our tax dollars over to these religious zealots while banning any trace of Christianity, Judaism, or any other formal religion from our public places.
]]> I can remember an attempt by some Christian groups to have "Ethical Humanism" banned from the public schools because it was turning into a form of religious belief. Ann Coulter has grabbed headlines lately by taking on the Church of Darwin's hold on public education and exposing it for what it truly is, a form of fascism that does not allow any sort of dissent from those who fail to believe in a theory connecting humans with all kinds of animals... Two things that really tick me off... tag:coachroy.org,2006-08-01:c47b1c5c-6c49-4e0a-af83-cdb54c8815f4 Coach Roy 2006-08-01T09:31:46Z 2006-08-01T09:24:00Z
These days when you are watching TV, the network idiots seem hell bent on blocking the bottom third of the screen with their logos, and little animated crap that both covers a part of the screen where things vital to the story can happen, and distracts from the story line, etc.

When I'm watching Crossing Jordan or CSI: Miami, I dont' want Dog the Bounty Hunter, or that stupid psycho show character wandering around the bottom of the screen. We like Monk, but he doesn't belong in the corner of somebody else's program, OK?

I really blame Soccer for all this.

Soccer broadcasts don't have time outs for commercials during the game, so the TV guys had to figure out how to sell advertising in a show that doesn't stop. They used to crawl the info across the bottom, but most of us ignore that once its run once.

Anyway, I just can't wait until the Tampon commercial runs at the bottom of some Lifetime show.

Its enough to make you gag
]]> I am really starting to get mad at the folks who have made those pop-ups almost universal on both websites [where I can usually block them] and my television [where I can't] Islamic Militants are out to change YOUR life tag:coachroy.org,2006-07-24:56b8cedb-b0c8-460b-8489-172424b6c7e7 Coach Roy 2006-07-24T08:50:00Z 2006-07-24T08:50:00Z
The nice thing about Christianity is that Christ said to "go into the world and preach the gospel to all nations," and the belief in Christ is sufficient to achieve salvation.

Christ didn't say go and forceably convert the world, he didn't say fight a holy war against unbelievers and kill them if they didn't accept him, he said to preach the gospel - spread the good news and let God's grace flow to believers and unbelievers alike.

Unfortunately, there are those Christians who would add a political component, the "liberation theology" crowd who seem to be really marxists under their religious robes. The fire and brimstone types who call for the U.S. to blast the world into their form of christianity also could fall into that category.

The problem with both theologies is that they are so hung up on "free will" that they forget that God is the one who calls people to repentence and the free will is man's ability to ignore Him.

I live in a state where over half of the people claim no religion although many will profess a belief in God. This state is where the Methodism got its start in America. You can hear God Bless America sung in churches, and ball games.

In many towns there are 2 or 3 Methodist churches, but somewhere the Methodist on the street lost his connection to non-believers. Originally a Lutheran style reform of the Church of England, Methodism, as a religion has already undergone its own "reformation" as there are now churches that claim to preach a purer form of John Wesley's doctrines - Paul's Justification by Faith.

As I read them, Christ's words were to "Preach the Gospel" to the world, and that includes Justification by Faith. There's a special place in my heart for all Christian missionaries who go out to the unsaved and unchurched peoples around the nation and the world and tell them that there a loving God who wants you to be saved.

Many in our military get it - they're professing Christians and they spread the american style of Gospel whenever and however they can.

You wonder if most of the unreligious anti-war crowd does believe in anything higher than what they can get on Friday and Saturday night?
]]> Don't kid yourself, they're trying to take control of the world at the point of a sword, because their religion demands it. Something about converting at the point of a sword? - The nice thing about Christianity is that Christ said to "go into the world and preach the gospel to all nations," and the belief in Christ is sufficient to achieve salvation.Christ didn't say go and forceably convert the world, he didn't say fight a holy war against unbelievers and kill them if they didn't accept him, he said to preach the gospel - spread the good news and ... Both Middies Have to Go tag:coachroy.org,2006-07-20:351dfaea-0e76-4c5e-ac7d-7041391e3690 Coach Roy 2006-07-20T23:31:39Z 2006-07-20T23:12:00Z
His accuser did get him convicted on Conduct Unbecoming an Officer charges and violation of a lawful order.

The problem to me is that the Conduct Unbecoming charge was based on a rule at the Naval Academy that says Midshipmen may not engage in any sexual activity on the academy grounds. Its a good thing I wasn't on the Court Marshal because I would have convicted them both for what is alleged at Bancroft Hall.

On top of that, both were accussed of hanging out in bars all night. Both knew about the rules concerning drinking, sex and partying, yet they were out on the town most of the night, then whatever happened, it led to a trial that has smeared the Navy, the Academy, and the Military with a sex and alcohol scandal that will be dragged out every time a Middie does anything wrong for the next 20 years.

Add the fact that Owens was the former QB of the Navy Football team. As my NU folks know, Div I athletes are suppossed to hold themselves to a higher standard. Owens didn't.

A retired Navy CPO, I was a big critic of some of the shenanigans perpetrated by members of the Air Force Academy on a field in Chicago a few years ago. I thought that those cadets should have to play by a higher set of rules than the rest of the Div I players, and the attempt by the AF Academy to blame the man they attacked on the field was just wrong.

In this case, I question Owen's ability to lead a division on a ship AND the ability of the woman who brought the charges to also serve as an Officer in the greatest Navy in the world.

Its one thing to go out and party, its another thing to blatantly violate the rules and expect that you'll never get caught, regardless of whether you're an star athlete, or just a simple seaman recruit.

Even after all the "sexual harasment training," and honor code sessions, I wonder if anyone still remembers common decency.  Owens has given Navy Football a black eye, his accuser has raised a big question about how the Navy chooses their Middies.

I guess Ms. Coulter is right - the feds are now a bastion of a new religion and away with all the old traditions.



]]> OK, former Navy QB and still Midshipman Owens was aquitted of rape charges today.His accuser did get him convicted on Conduct Unbecoming an Officer charges and violation of a lawful order.The problem to me is that the Conduct Unbecoming charge was based on a rule at the Naval Academy that says Midshipmen may not engage in any sexual activity on the academy grounds. Its a good thing I wasn't on the Court Marshal because I would have convicted them both for what is alleged at Bancroft Hall... Make Them Sitting Ducks.... tag:coachroy.org,2006-06-21:da67b3fe-98b0-449c-b6fd-a6fc9b1d4186 Coach Roy 2006-06-21T10:18:00Z 2006-06-21T10:18:00Z
Back in the Navy, there used to be a joke about the LST, that landing craft ship with the doors in the front. They are used to transport supplies to the beach in amphibious assaults. The Sub guys used to call them Large Slow Targets.

Now the opposition party leaders want to turn our forces in Iraq into the land based version of an LST.

Gone would be the 3 Humvee task forces that strike at terrorist strong points, taking out the bad guys, then pulling back. Gone would be the ability to mount rescue operations in force. Gone would be the knife edge training that soldiers require to be effective.

Instead there will be big trucks driven by folks who's training is good, but targetted towards delivering supplies, not fighting off attacks. They'll be guarded by MP's - who are usually more lightly armed than combat troops. On the evening news we'll be treated to pictures of burned out transport vehicles, blown up barracks and beheaded supply soldiers instead of combat pictures of successful attacks on the bad guys.

Just like we used to see every night from Viet Nam.

And of course, those opposition party guys want to set a final withdrawal date for "Operation Cut and Run."

The terrorist opposition in Iraq would then have a date so they could plan their final assault on the government. They would be able to husband their quickly depleting resources for the final pullout, waiting for there to be no force on the ground to repel the attacks. No combatants, just large slow targets.

The Iraqi security forces are starting to take a larger and larger role in building their country, but for a third party to establish a deadline makes the goal of a free Iraq, with an corresponding effective Iraqi defense force awfully hard to achieve.

What the Senators forget is that when we started the United States, it would have been awfully easy for that other George W - George Washington - to cut and run out to western Virginia and let the British have the colonies back.

That first George W had the courage to see that war through to the end. Maybe the anti-war, anti military crowd in the Senate should remember that.
]]> So the out of power party wants the US Military in Iraq to assume more of a support role. You know providing only training, and logistics. Pull back into fixed bases and become targets. Murtha 2006 = Kerry 1986? tag:coachroy.org,2006-06-14:d7ff5301-fc87-4738-82c7-05540500b789 Coach Roy 2006-06-14T12:21:05Z 2006-06-14T11:18:00Z
Having also spent some time in An Thoi in the late 60s, where the biggest concern was getting cold beer to the beach in drinkable form, I was amazed, during the last presidential campaign, that a Naval officer could get 3 Purple Hearts in what 3 months?

Well, I wasn't up river so, what do I know, but I don't understand the logic that takes a man from personally fighting an enemy determined to control the free will of millions [they were finally called the Viet Cong] to attempting to undermine the efforts of a group of fellow Marines trying to defeat a similar enemy [Islamo-fascisim under the guise of a religious war].

You would think that Murtha, who fought on in Viet Nam, while politicians daily undermined his efforts, would understand that the American military canl actually go out and win a war if given the chance. I guess he's spent too much time with the extreme left of his party.

I imagine that the pressure to conform brought to bear by the present Democratic hierarchy is pretty intense. I'm sure he's been told that if he didn't suddenly oppose the war after he originally supported it [opps, wrong politician], there would be a more "liberal" anti-war Democrat in the race for his party's seat.

But then that's the stuff of "black helicopters" and other kook fringe types who look for conspiracy under every rock.

Unlike then President Johnson, and later Nixon, we now have a President who served in the military during Viet Nam and saw how the constant sniping, picking and demands for timetables by the "liberal" Democrats of the time resulted in thousands of innocent people being slaughtered in the name of a "people's revolution."

What we see now in the middle east is another presumed "popular" revolt, led by a few fascist style leaders who claim to see things in a religious light. The present group of isolationist inteligensia has almost the same love for these guys as the pseudo communists in the 60's had for the North Vietamese. Those people were proved wrong, and a few years down the road, the present crop of isolationists will be proved wrong again.

Back in my Navy days, I used to joke that Marines were handy to have around when the shooting started.

They still are [rest in peace Corey and Rick] but some, who wave their Eagle, Globe and Anchor from the safety of DC, while undermining their Marine "brothers" actions, should take a long hard look back at when they wore the uniform proudly. Doesn't Rep. Murtha remember how tough it was to fight an enemy who believed they could beat him outside the battlefield?

Thank goodness the attitude of most of those who live outside the beltway can see the parallels between 2006 and 1986. And thank God that we still have young men and women who will go and fight to keep fascism overseas.
]]> Not to level a shot at a Marine war hero, but Rep Murtha's actions, attempting to inject politics into the conduct of a war calls to mind another "War Hero" who returned from another conflict and proceeded to try to undermine a war effort for personal political gain. "Civilian" Casualties tag:coachroy.org,2006-06-14:7e20bb2a-b1bf-4a4f-a2a0-a1dbb68c8420 Coach Roy 2006-06-14T11:17:42Z 2006-06-14T11:12:00Z
I'll ignore the possible references to the facist tactics back in the 1930s and 40s, remember that the Bathist party was organized along the lines of the National Socialists, but...

Those who were involved in the Viet Nam war will remember that day when a "civilian" rode up to the Annapolis Hotel, the Navy transient barracks in Saigon, and detonated a bicycle bomb that blew the front off the building.

Some civilian.
]]> I notice that our local newspaper has a running section on their web page about "civilian casualties." I'll ignore the possible references to the facist tactics back in the 1930s and 40s, remember that the Bathist party was organized along the lines of the National Socialists, but... Corruption? Who's Corruption! tag:coachroy.org,2006-05-31:0753d79d-3676-4ec8-9196-31ab7964aa59 Coach Roy 2006-05-31T08:11:16Z 2006-05-31T07:45:00Z His comments are recorded in the Student Paper, The NU Daily.

In it he claims to have seen the evils of big money and how it controls government, etc. etc. etc.

Sounds a bit like John McCain when he rammed his attack on the First Amendment thru, but I digress.

Sirota, a Poly Sci and Journalism major was in an unique position to see all the corruption that money brings to politics; he was a staffer on various Democratic Party campaign committees, and even was the spokesman for the Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee. Yup, he's seen just how much money corrupts because he was smack dab in the middle of the process.

Don't forget that almost all of the "big money" in American Politics flows to the Democrat side of the ledger. A couple of left leaning big money guys, some not even born here, spend millions trying to advance their socialist agenda in the U.S.

They always talk about how we live in a Democracy. Uhhh, guys The United States of America is a
Representative Republic.

They conveniently forget that our present President was elected with thousands of small donations to his campaign, not the millions bled from the taxpayers, or spent by the outside groups in the attempt to foist Algore and Kerry on us.

I keep hearing the "climate of corruption" charge waved about. But what about that congressman from New Orleans, Jefferson? Wasn't that corruption when he took all that money?

The Democrats right in Northwestern's back yard, Chicago are legendary for corruption, so was Tamany Hall, the regular Democrat organization in New York.

So Sirota's solution?

Publicly finance campaigns - the old Democrat Party mantra. Give the Democratic Pols the key to the public purse and let Socialism reign.

Sirota's quoted as saying, "Big money interests use campaign cash to get what they want," he said. "If you want to restore democracy, you have got to attack that problem."

I'd rather restore the First Amendment to the Constitution, and let anyone give as much as they want.

Just report  where the money came from openly, by name and organization. Then our electorate, who maybe will be able to read by then, would know that the really big bucks flow from a few misguided socialist rich to the folks who want to overturn the Republic that is the U.S. of A.

What did Franklin say? "You have a republic madam, if you can keep it."

Folks like Sirota represent the guys who want to take the Republic away.
]]> There's a young man, David Sirota who has written a book, "Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government - and How We Take It Back." In it he claims to have seen the evils of big money and how it controls government, etc. etc. etc. Sounds a bit like John McCain when he rammed his attack on the First Amendment thru, but I digress. Sirota, a Poly Sci and Journalism major was in an unique position to see all the corruption that money brings to politics; ... On Decoration Day tag:coachroy.org,2006-05-30:831ad678-3d83-47e8-82ec-a2f469eecc98 Coach Roy 2006-05-30T10:25:00Z 2006-05-30T10:25:00Z
At one point, after I got back from Viet Nam, I even got to be the organizer of the parade, coordinating the actions of the American Legion Post, the Fire Department, Little League teams, Scouts and 4 Bands! Not bad for a town of about 10,000 souls.

The highlight of the event was when my Uncle Herbie played taps [he usually was the echo] at the Veteran's Memorial. There were usually 2 or 3,000 people in that park - the police had to shut down the main street, and it took quite a while for the traffic to clear up - it was a holiday after all.

Of course, this was all back when Memorial Day was celebrated on May 30th, the traditional "Decoration Day" from the Civil War.

Yesterday there was another Memorial Day ceremony in our little town. Not sure how many people showed up, I'd guess less than a thousand. Maybe its that last weekend was the start of the "beach season," maybe its the number of organizations who feel they have to put their stamp on the ceremony, maybe there are still a lot of folks who feel guilty about their lack of support back during Viet Nam - I don't know, and frankly I don't care now.

I'll probably walk over to the local memorial later today and see whos names are up on the monument. Tonight, we'll honor the memory of those men at the first practice of the American Legion Baseball team, last year's Delaware State Champs. I think the Legion team here does much to honor those who fought and died so we can still play our American game.

What did Whitman say? Baseball will be our salvation?

I know that High School and Legion games are the only events in town where the Star Spangled Banner is played regularly once Football is over. That's a shame too.



]]> Yesterday there was a ceremony in our little town, where I live now. Not sure how many people showed up, I'd guess less than a thousand. No Show "baptists" tag:coachroy.org,2006-05-24:c070a78d-10be-4748-901e-96b4bad49328 Coach Roy 2006-05-24T11:32:15Z 2006-05-24T11:12:00Z
Well folks, here they are, can you see them?

You know that Topeka baptist church that runs around the country, picketing military funerals and suing towns?

The City of Seaford built this specially designed "zoo" [my term] for these animals, called in the mounted police team, flew the helicopter, brought in the command post, and they didn't have the nerve to show up.

Maybe they've already got enough now to sue Seaford for whatever, but I hope that the last couple of cities stand up to this group that hides behind religion to create a nice little cash cow.

Yup, they go out to a community, stage a "protest," get very hostile, incite attack and then file a lawsuit to collect "damages."

I wish somebody had the guts to stand up to these "baptists." Tape the protests, make them go to trial, have a couple of continuances, and while we're at it, counter sue them for all of the security arrangements required to hold a military funeral when they plan to show up.

As I said yesterday, where are the veteran's organizations? The state attorney generals? The Southern Baptist [or any other Baptist] Convention?

C'mon Delaware - we're supposed to have the best legal system...why don't we use it?
]]> I wish somebody had the guts to stand up to these "baptists." Tape the protests, make them go to trial, have a couple of continuances, and while we're at it, counter sue them for all of the security arrangements required to hold a military funeral when they plan to show up. The "baptists" are Back.... tag:coachroy.org,2006-05-23:84f3de75-eb56-403a-8dc2-67c395b8bbc5 Coach Roy 2006-05-24T06:30:50Z 2006-05-23T17:18:00Z
I don't know the James family but Rick went to High School at the Seaford Christian Academy, run by one of the Baptist churches here in town. According to press reports, he loved being a Marine, joined right after graduation, and died in action protecting his fellow squad members.

Maybe I'll take some pictures of the picketers tomorrow and post them on the web before they slink out of town. As a practicing "journalist" I have my constitutional right to report here on whatever they do.

Meanwhile, why isn't the American Legion suing these jerks for the pain and suffering they're causing to the families and military members. Heck you get pain and suffering for stubbing your toe in DC.

Oh Yes they do have a "first amendment right" to be stupid, but my little town is out a bunch of money in extra police protection, and a concrete jersey wall in the park to protect them from Rick's friends even though the family has asked the town to ignore the picketing. Where are all the "liberal" lawyers lining up to put out a class action suit on this group who actively tries to elicit attack?

The sad thing is that they finance thier idiot actions by suing those cities who's residents do attack them, after those cities allow them to picket. Personally, I wish our town had the B***s to deny the permit or let them picket out in a field somewhere, maybe near the cropdusters?

Anyway, watch for pictures here.

As always, I take no responsibility for what happens afterwards.
]]> I doubt that any of the comments made by this reputedly baptist minister about Cpl James [and Cpl Palmer for that matter] are taken seriously by anyone except the misguided idiots that show up to picket. I have never read such Crap in my life! tag:coachroy.org,2006-05-19:96e8e3c5-4b39-4f39-b8e3-ec7844a09387 Coach Roy 2006-05-19T10:42:00Z 2006-05-19T10:42:00Z
First off, Christ said that nobody knows who is to be saved and who isn't - because nobody can look into someone else's heart and see their true beliefs. I do know that hate is not something that God endorses, except we are to hate sin, not the sinner.

Second, you can hold the belief that God is punishing the U.S. for whatever sins you can imagine, but you have to remember that we Christians operate under the New Testament and specifically, John 3:16 and Romans. Christ said that nobody knows when the end will come, maybe you Topeka "baptists" should re-read the new testament, and skip Revelation for now.

Third, I'm offended that you claim that certain people that many admire and who personally professed their faith in Christ are still damned. Go back and check Christ's teachings - Its pretty basic; You call on the name of the Lord and you will be saved. Reagan and White certainly did that in public, many, many times.

Finally, I'm offended by the implication that since I served in the Navy that my shipmates and I are  "fags" -- a rather dumb term for a homosexual. You can ask my wife.
The first amendment allows you idiots to try to turn Corey Palmer's funeral into a circus. Thank God that the Patriot Patrol bikers, and our local citizens plan to turn out to drown out your idiot ravings. I suggest that instead of picketing, you retire to one of the other many churches in Seaford, and pray for your own souls.

Dante reserved one of the lowest circles in Hell for church leaders who strayed.

Of course I don't know it for sure, but look at your own web site - I hope you Topeka "baptists" enjoy your accomodations for eternity.
]]> Dante reserved one of the lowest circles in Hell for church leaders who strayed. No Rush to Impeachment? Yeah, Right... tag:coachroy.org,2006-05-18:5008ee49-9d45-4b51-9830-155e9d37201d Coach Roy 2006-05-18T08:31:00Z 2006-05-18T08:31:00Z Washington Post Good ole John [who wants to babysit my kids tonight] Conyers talking about how the Democrats won't make the impeachment of George Bush their top priority when they take control of the house [they hope...]

Naw, they want to spend the next 2 years, with timed leaks of negative information, subjecting the President to the typical, political "death by a thousand cuts."  After all, its all designed to let Hillary [Jimmy Carter II] have a clear run into the White House, providing another totally Democrat operation to spend more money on their Pork projects.

Conyers whines about how the present government isn't taking charge of the war on terror, because they're not handing out millions of dollars to let local police buy machine guns, and even tanks so they can "protect" us. Remember what the Maryland State cops did with the night vision goggles - tried to use them to enforce the seat belt laws....

Everyone knows that terrorists drive the highways without seatbelts - it enable them to get away from all their car bombs...oh, there haven't been any car bombs in Maryland? Oh Well...

Quite frankly, I'd prefer that he start investigating which congressional office leaked all the info about NSA trying to track terrorist and their organizations.

In case he's forgotten, that's already a federal crime...

[but coach, that's a good violation of the law - don't you know that only Republicans can do bad law violations?]




]]> They want to spend 2 years, with timed leaks of negative information, subjecting the President to the typical, political "death by a thousand cuts." After all, its all designed to let Hillary [Jimmy Carter II] have a clear run into the White House, providing another totally Democrat operation to spend more money on their Pork projects. Tough Month in Seaford, Delaware tag:coachroy.org,2006-05-17:ea66299e-da70-434c-aaf7-e87a75fae85a Coach Roy 2006-05-17T09:03:14Z 2006-05-17T08:43:00Z
First came news that Marine Cpl Corey Palmer, the brother of two of my boy's close friend, had died in Iraq. I later found out that he had actually died on the plane bringing him back to San Antonio to the Army burn center a week after he actually was injured. Corey was a sharpshooter, and had survived Faluja but was badly burned by a roadside bomb.

Flags are at half staff all over town to honor Corey, but then came news that another Marine, Cpl Rick James, a mchine gunner, had also been killed. James' mother told the local media that he really enjoyed being a Marine.

Monday, a third Seaford resident, Brandon Givens, suffered a compound fracture of his leg while driving a trotting horse at Harrington, one of the local tracks.

I know there are those who might question my inclusion of a civilian in the same post as the two  Marines. Its never pleasant to have two "Gold Star Mothers" created in one week, but all three of these young men were doing something they truly enjoyed, something that I'm told they were very good at, and planned to continue. Brandon is the only one of the three who will now get that chance.
There is something else to consider when the anti-war brigade gets going about the two Seaford Marines killed though.
Three other Seaford area kids, who played ball with my guys, have been killed in auto accidents since they graduated from High School - two in single car crashes that were never truly explained.

I guess my point is that young people die, some in freak auto crashes, some defending their country.

Brandon is recovering nicely, altho he won't be driving trotters for a while.

Corey is going to have a full military funeral this Sunday. He deserves it. Plans for Rick's funeral are still in the works.
I wish I could fit in my Dress Whites - I'd put them on for both young men. I joke about Marines - its a Sailor thing - but when the going gets tough, every Navy guy wants a couple of Marines around. We sailors are just going to have to live without any help from Cpl Corey Palmer and Cpl Rick James.

Fair Winds and Following Seas - Thanks Corey & Rick.



]]> Its never pleasant to have two "Gold Star Mothers" created in one week, but all of these young men were doing something they truly enjoyed, something that I'm told they were very good at, and planned to continue On Initiations and other Rites of Passage tag:coachroy.org,2006-05-16:4614ffd6-9673-49a7-8ed1-3a0d6f6fdeaa Coach Roy 2006-05-16T11:46:00Z 2006-05-16T11:46:00Z [From Purple Reign - purplewildcats.com]

I'm sure we're all disturbed
by the reports that the Northwestern Women's Soccer team conducted what appears to be Hazing prior to the start of the season last Summer. Pictures posted on the internet last summer appear to show young women in various stages of undress, performing well, you know.

Given all the controversy surrounding the Duke Men's Lacrosse team and their "party," NU AD Mark Murphy reacted swiftly and decisively in suspending the team. Assistant AD for Media Services, Mike Wolf was quoted in USA Today's story, that "The Duke (incident) just reinforced the sensitivity."

The Women's soccer team, under head coach Jenny Haigh, had been been rebounding a bit - they finished 9-9-1 last year, and I'm sure the coaches, while not condoning hazing, probably did encourage the players  [especially the team's captains] to help develop a sense of team to play, study and party together.
As a survivor
of both fraternity and Navy Chief Petty Officer initiations, I can assure you that one man's hazing can be another's "rite of passage" into a select group. As part of that rite, people are put into varied, stressful situations to demonstrate to the rest of the group their ability to adapt. Who knows, they may be working some day in a life or death situation. The CPO initiation ends with a ceremony that explains why the events of the previous months were so important to the success of the group. Most Chiefs would vote to never eliminate this part of Navy tradition.

Its also interesting that under NU's hazing policy [based on Illinois law], military boot camp, survival training, infantry school, Army parachute jump school and various Special Forces training evolutions would be prohibited.

But its easy for kids who don't understand the difference between creating a "rite of passage," and hazing, torun afoul of the authorities.

Most fraternity initiations are held with alumni present, and Senior Enslisted closely monitor events at their "initiations." They provide a tempering force and the rule at most of these events is "what happens here, stays here." [Almost all Navy CPOs will only talk about their initiation with other CPOs.]

I wasn't at the Soccer party, don't know anyone who was there and I doubt we'll ever know who crossed the line, and when they crossed it, if they actually did commit "hazing."

Of course I'm sure there will be those who will point to some "evil atmosphere" in all college athletics, with the "porn curriculum," supposedly taught at NU, as one source of inspiration for the events.
But then I have another problem about all this.
The web site that "broke the story," Badjocks.com, is one of those sites that claims to find humor in the various legal infractions by college and pro athletes - their motto is "Where COPS meets SportsCenter."

Right now, they're advertising their "Dirty Dozen," 12 more colleges that will have their "initiation pictures" posted. The site also features links to online gambling, including a sports betting service, and DUI lawyer referral services.

They have a Blood Alcohol Ranking - listing the 10 highest BAC readings by athletes, and even a "Badjocks Scoreboard" showing counts of various athletes infractions. I'm sure they all watch sports on TV, they just don't like the so-called elitist attitude, or is it they don't like some people they consider inferior to succeed, Hmmmm

I call the time between College Football Spring Games and the start of summer camp, Police Blotter time -- its when every infraction by any college athlete gets "top of the sports page" billing because there's no other team news.

Some of these infractions are serious and point up issues of personal responsibility, others, would not be reported if the kid hadn't been an athlete. Look at the "police blotter" section of your local newspaper - how many of those calls make the front page?

You see, I really don't see any good reason to drag any public person's reputation through the mud.

To condem the entire college athletic process because some party pictures got on the internet is just plain wrong!

I hope the NU investigation of all this, leads to a better understanding of the issue, and not just the finding of a scapegoat.
]]> So the Northwestern University Women's Soccer Team got "busted" for what appears to be hazing. Coach Roy takes a look at what's known about the alleged event, the use of initiations in building teamwork, and has a additional observations of his own to boot...