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Honor President Reagan

Saturday would have been Ronald Reagan’s 99th birthday. His influence and the legacy have moved so many of us, including myself, to get in involved in politics.

This weekend we are opening up the Huck PAC blog to our Team Huck Volunteers and asking them to post their thoughts/memories of President Reagan. We are also adding a blog titled “I Miss President Reagan” to our website for Huck PAC supporters and Reagan fans from across the nation to leave a message/memory of President Reagan. Throughout the day we will also post some video, excerpts of speeches and news stories about President Reagan that we have collected for tomorrow.

Our plan is to share the responses with the Reagan Library and Mrs. Reagan. Use the link below leave your messge.

I hope you will participate in this worthy project.

Mike Huckabee

I would like to send a heart felt thank you to all vets present and past. I would like to share with you reading this that with the way vets are being treated whether it’s avoidance, neglect or just plain disrespect a story that I watched and it has brought me to a complete understanding that these men and women have put there lives for the betterment of this country and all they got in return was grief. Please, watch this video and get yourself involved to help the many in need.

I know many items that are presented during any inaugural event they end up to be collector items. While reading the CNN article that mentioned the ever so large hat that Ms. Franklin wore that special day I realized that pretty much anything can be added to the Smithsonian. Heck you can even throw in the microphone or better yet the names of the audio and video crew that made that day possible. I have to admit, when I saw her I did focus more on the hat instead of her pure singing talent. It was mostly bow then hat. Either way - congrats to Aretha for contributing that very unique piece of history.

January 21st 2009 - Day one has started for many of you in the same manner that it has for quite some time now but for President Obama his next four years will be different each and every morning. Reading a pretty lengthy article on CNN this morning it looks like Obama’s day is just about full and it was only 9:00am. I have not denied to mention in the past that I am a Conservative and then a Republican. I heard the numerous debates, questions and answers from the many candidates that ran for the highest office in the land where my outcome was a strong support for Mike Huckabee.

He had a strong standing but many Americans did not want to let go of McCain and his heroic past and the maverick persona. Huckabee did not make it too far but he did put up a good long fight and for that I was proud to support him then and I continue to do so still today.

With the Obama administration in the White House now, I will be looking to them all and see if what the campaign was promoting will actually hold water. Everyone is looking to focus on President Obama’s first 100 days, I plan on focusing on his entire term. Waiting to see what changes are coming - good or bad.

Even with my disagreements with Mr. Obama and his staff I still respect the man for he is the 44th president of the United States of America and I am proud of this country including its successes and failures.

The link below will take you to my daughter’s choir group singing “Willow”. She can easily be seen in the crowd - how you ask? First of all she’s the cutest and most prettiest, that and she’s wearing a bright pink bow on her head. Check the link out and let me know what you think of the performance.

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As you can see from the photo to the left the crew/team that was in charge of loading that vessel probably got canned almost immediately. I am not writing this post to say that my day was that bad - if anything I’m writing to say that today was an awesome day. My wife and I (mainly my wife) put together a great Thanksgiving day dinner for the kids and ourselves. I would like to take a moment to send my wife Lisa a great big Thank You for pulling everything together and make it all flow smoothly. I’ve had days close to today but not like today, working with my wife on the dinner of all dinners was an experience that I will hold true to my heart forever.
I love you Lisa

This past weekend I had the pleasure of going to a Michigan game with a good friend of mine. Michigan was scheduled to meet Miami (Ohio) at high noon on Saturday. Well before I get going on the day’s event I want to first say thank you to Joe for bringing me along to experience a good game in The Big House.

I can honestly tell you that being with that many Michigan fans you can’t help but cheer along with them. It was so crazy that while walking up to the stadium a bunch of grown men began singing the fight song very loudly which of course I joined in but not at the same range as they were. Well I heard that the Big House was going to be under construction but I didn’t think they were going to be that deep in construction.

It looks like they’re adding more suites to the stadium, which of couirse will bring in more money for the university. The game started out to be quite exciting especially after Michigan went on a 10 to 0 lead by the second quarter. Now the second and third quarter belong to Miami because it wasn’t until the fourth quarter that Michigan scored another touchdown.

I hope to experience more games in the future but with the cost of the tickets being in the $50 dollar and up range I don’t think I’ll being going up any time soon on my own dime. Yes people that’s right I’m saying that I’m seriously broke especially if you read the post on me losing my car to a black bear. Once again I would like to thank Joe for a good time and a great experience.

Well boys and girls I’m here to tell you that I have removed on black bear from this world’s inventory. I gladly welcome all the bear jokes you might have in mind. While on my way home yesterday from visiting my uncle in Connecticut I had the unusual pleasure of discovering that black bears not only live in Pennsylvania but they wander the highway as well. While cruising along I-80 West towards my lovely home a black bear managed to dodge vehicles from the east bound side, cross the median and then try to cross the west bound side all in one try - well I saw that and was completely upset and was not going to allow that to happen on my watch.

So I proceeded to change lanes and direct my Tough Chevy Cobalt right at the bear and stop him from achieving such a task. Okay maybe it didn’t really go that way, what happened was a young black bear tried to cross the west bound side where I was traveling on and the two us met very unscheduled like. The bear was hit at a high speed of 65 mph where it then rolled back into the grassy median.

I got out of the car to make sure that no one else was involved in the accident and then proceeded to be amazed that a black bear is what ran in front of me. It tried to get back up but it was terribly injured from the impact, I then took a look at the damage to my car. The Cobalt took a good hit and managed to keep running (the engine I mean) but the front driver side wheel was completely pushed back into the wheel well so I was unable to drive home.

The impact to the bear was so great that I actually have some black bear hair on the fender as well as on the plastic wheel cover. Some nice folks stopped to make sure I was okay as well as take pictures of the bear that truely had many of them as well as the passer bys completely confused as to seeing a bear on the highway. The black bear did not die instantly or five minutes later - it suffered for another 10 to 15 minutes before the officer showed up and decided to put it down.

So, I currently do not have a vehicle and hopefully the insurance folks will see whether or not the car can be saved or I have to start from the beginning, which of course will be interesting because not only do I not have any cash for the deductible if it’s fixable but I don’t any cash set aside to buy another vehicle - so the final scenario is going top be quite interesting. The moral of the story is - black bears can be dangerous in and out of the wilderness.

In case some of you are wondering, the bear was about 250 lbs and it looked a lot like the picture I have posted.

Irresponsibility comes around but for many it creeps up on them and it catches them off guard. Watching the story linked below brought a rush of anger at first but by the end of the video I found myself sad for the family especially the mom. It’s mentioned that she might not of known that the kid was in the back seat hiding. At first I thought that there is no way for that to happen because the family would of been calling her to find out where the kid was but if the family knew the kid was going to be with the mom by either assuming or maybe the kid mentioned that he was going with her I saw that something like this could happen to anybody. My heart goes out to the family and to the mom even more.

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I got this from a good friend of mine today please read it if you time. The following lines were written by Andy Rooney, a man who has the gift of saying so much with so few words.

Enjoy…….

I’ve learned…. That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

I’ve learned…. That when you’re in love, it shows.

I’ve learned…. That just one person saying to me, ‘You’ve made my day!’ makes my day.

I’ve learned…. That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

I’ve learned…. That being kind is more important than being right.

I’ve learned…. That yo u shou ld never say no to a gift from a child.

I’ve learned…. That I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in some other way.

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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there enjoying the day off. I wanted to post this up earlier but I had quite the busy day so I was unable to. I received many phone calls from my kids even one that traveled over 2,000 miles to reach me. Not many people believe that today should be recognized because moms usually do all the work at home and stuff but I do have to hand it to some of the dads out there that put in the extra time to make sure that things run smoothly. Congrats on all the fathers that stood by their duties and did not quit when times got rough.
Happy Father’s Day fellas.

My heart sank all the way down past my feet when I saw the video link below. When I first heard of the incident I thought my friend was going a bit too far. Well not only did my friend not go too far but I think I’m going to join him and go a little further.

Ten freaking cars go by - that’s at least ten people that saw the man on the ground and instead of calling 911 they instead decided to continue on with their lives as if he was just a piece of carpet that fell off the back of truck. Then of course in this high tech world we live in you would think that those walking by would of called 911 and reported the accident - but no.

None of them called, it took a patrol car responding to another call to notice the man and then dispatched help. I watched the video again and it looks like the first car that drove by him either couldn’t wait for the SUV to drive faster so he/she decides to go around the vehicle but then I saw the second car hit the man and instead of stopping they not only kept on going but they were right behind the first and even turned down the same road.

I’m assuming the cars were stolen and they had to get away quickly or we actually have impatient drivers out there that are willing to do the unthinkable just to get to where their going a few seconds earlier.

Those people really suck and I hope that those folks that decided to stare instead of help keep this day in their mind fresh from now until the day they pass on. Unbelieveable.
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Day one is almost done and I’m missing the two of them very much. Well my wife more of course, for those of you who don’t know - my daughter graduated from UT and has landed a job with intel out in California.

My wife and her friend accompanied my daughter on the long journey through the many states to reach Cali. Well they’re actually taking the scenic route which includes Amarillo, TX, Roswell, NM and The Grand Canyon in Arizona. They’ll be flying back next week while my daughter starts her career in the west coast.

I hope to see her again this year so the Mrs. and I figured we can kill two birds with one stone by visiting the “Garden of the Gods” on our way to see her. Good night ladies and I love you all (my wife a little more).

BOSTON (UPI) — Left-hander Jon Lester pitched the 18th no-hitter in Red Sox history Monday when Boston defeated the Kansas City Royals, 7-0.

Lester (3-2), who was diagnosed with a form of cancer two years ago, struck out nine and issued only two walks — the first in the second inning to Billy Butler and the other in the ninth to Esteban German.

After Lester, 24, walked German to start the ninth, Tony Pena ground out to third base, David DeJesus grounded out to first, and Alberto Callaspo struck out swinging at a high fastball.

Lester threw 130 pitches, 86 for strikes.

The Red Sox have had the last two no-hitters in the majors. Clay Buchholz had the other Sept. 1, 2007, against Baltimore.

Lester is the first Red Sox left-hander to pitch a no-hitter since Mel Parnell did it against the Chicago White Sox July 14, 1956.

Lester’s 2006 rookie season was cut short due to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but he returned in July 2007 and went 4-0 with a 4.57 earned run average in 12 games, 11 of which were starts. He was the winning pitcher in Game 4 of the World Series against Colorado.

This was Lester’s first career complete game.

It is just the second time the Royals have been no-hit. The LA Angels’ Nolan Ryan did it May 15, 1973.

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I was unable to watch the game last night or catch it on Sports Center this morning but regardless to me missing it I did hear it from the morning radio show as well as from my friend.

My hats off to Lester for producing such a great game. I am looking forward to seeing some more excitement on future games. Congrats Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox.

This shot was taken just after the gorilla section. This little guy would follow just about anyone that had possible edible contents in their hands. Although he wasn’t loud and demanding he did have that walk that made it very clear to those watching that he was willing and able to walk the distance for a little bit of something.