Racin'
& Different Stuff:
By Tom
Avenengo
Volume # 162
11/14/2013
Please don’t forget:
Watching TV and news about the Affordable
Health Care stuff, I got to thinking, are all Democrats as dumb, stupid and
completely out to lunch, as those that are on TV supporting this ridiculous
“law”?
Greetings from
Today, Wednesday, here in
I’ve made three trips to one of the
Wal-Marts down here. Each time when I
left the store, and got on the highways, I got lost. Something so simple and I manage to screw it
up. All it takes is one wrong turn,
which I seem to take all the time. I
think I’ll be ok on future trips, though.
If not, my “Tom-Tom” will come to my aid.
While we were making the trip down here,
it was remarkable as to how many RV’s and campers were heading south to
Racin’ & short’ stuff:
One thing I missed, now that I’m down in
As it looks now, my columns will be every
other week. I’m not sure just how many
races I’ll get to see, in person. If it
was up to grandson, it would be something every week. He’s kinda involved with a Nissan race team
down here, and they have quite a lot of racing stuff at Sebring, which is about
an hour and a half from
The racing season, to an extent, is
basically over for 2013, so news will be rather minimal for a while. Just bare with me, ok?
Only two drivers from OCFS were at the
World Finals at
From: http://www.coastal181.com/weekday_photos.htm
#909 -
Please listen up on this one. On Saturday night last August 10, one of
those random situations went down that was completely out of the blue and
unspeakably horrible. Popular, mild-mannered, 69-year-old Dave Buanno went down
to Fonda Speedway to see some of his old buddies. He has a bunch of them. Back
in the seventies, he was a journeyman modified runner there at “The Track of
Champions” with three feature wins. While chatting it up in the pit area, a
wheel and tire flew off a race car, over the fences. David never saw it coming,
and it hit him squarely and ferociously. He was med-flighted to
David Buanno - Floor A-2 - VA
From DTD's forum:
We are having a benefit for
Dave Buanno who was injured in August at Fonda Speedway while watching the
races. We want to help his family with the many expenses they are facing during
this time.
Spaghetti Dinner @ Checkers Out
There will be racing raffles and more. If anyone would like to donate anything for
the raffle please contact us.
Hope to see everyone there !!!!!
Fran Ivancic, Ted Luft &
Jann Ivancic-McGaffin
Donations can be sent to
me. Jann Ivancic-McGaffin 44 McNeir Ave.
Cards can be sent to Dave
Buanno P.O. Box 155 Tribes Hill , NY 12177
Note: As you can see, there are two different
addresses. I sent an email to Lew Boyd
at Coastal 181, and he got back to me with this:
“Hi Tom:
This is such a nice thing for
you to do. It is one very sad situation.
I think I would use the
All best to you.
Lew”
A new website for those that
are buying or selling racing stuff:
https://www.dirttracktrader.com/
An interesting statistic found on the DTD
Forum:
“The Joisey Jet has won ESW
200's in 5 different decades. Even though that's 34 years and not 50, it's
still an incredibly impressive record.”
http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/DTD/index.php?/topic/49557-interesting-statistic/
Congrats to Drew Fornoro who
was just inducted into the New England Antique Racing Hall of Fame. If I’m not mistaken, drew, along with his
father, Nick, are the only father and son so honored, so far.
Some "Gobbler" news
posted by Brett Deyo on the DTD Forum on 11/12/13:
“This show is shaping up to
be very lucrative for Modified teams. It is now $7,117.11 to win. Every heat
race is sponsored for $100. There is a Cash Dash paying $300 to win. Laps are
sponsored (including $250 for halfway) and there is a long list of cash and
product awards in the thousands. The winner will likely be close to or over
$8,000 for 50 laps when it is all said and done.
Like most of my races, the
difference between entering early and the day of the race is only $5, so most
teams enter on race day and don't send in their entries in advance. So I rely
on verbal commitments, etc. Committed so
far as far as invaders are Stewart Friesen, Mike Mahaney, Bob Henry Jr., Bobby
Varin, Brian Weaver, Pat Ward, Elmo Reckner, Justin Holland, Nick Rochinski and
more. Car owner Mike Payne has expressed interest, along with Duane Howard,
Brett Hearn, Jimmy Phelps, Danny Johnson and some others. I'm sure I will have
more names confirmed as the race gets closer.
As for the locals/track
regulars, Andy Bachetti plans to be there along with Jackie Brown Jr., Danny
Tyler, Tommy Meier, Anthony Perrego, Tyler Dippel, Danny Creeden and the Friday
Accord field of drivers.
Looking like it will be a
great show.”
Some additional 'Gobbler'
news...
Those attending the 'Gobbler'
event at Accord Speedway on Saturday, November 30 will receive free hot coffee
throughout the day with any concession stand purchase. Also, a toy drive will
be held on race day to benefit the local
The 'Gobbler' is headlined by
a 50-lap Modified main event, now paying $7,117.11 to win. Sportsman (25 laps,
$1,000 to win) and the Ron Wright Memorial 20-lap Street Stock/Pure Stock event
complete the program.
Welcome to the newest special
award/contingency sponsor Gary Shiley of Shiley Fabrication in
JaMike Sowle and
To learn more, visit
www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com.
http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/DTD/index.php?/topic/49558-gobbler/
Are you interested in some
Open Wheel racing history? If so, check
out these two websites:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236178
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=337192
Travis Pastrana leaving
NASCAR after season finale
Pastrana announced his
decision on his Facebook page. He cited a lack of sponsorship, a desire to
spend time with his wife and new daughter and frustration over his struggles in
NASCAR as his reasons for leaving the sport.
''It's tough to step back now
and prove the critics were right, but unfortunately my results were not good
enough to get the sponsors I needed to appropriately fund next season,''
Pastrana wrote. ''My wife Lyn-z has been more than supportive of my foray into
NASCAR, often times being my biggest source of encouragement and support. But
as my wife had to take a step back from being a professional skater to let me
chase my goals in racing, I too need to take a step back and look at my
situation as a father and husband.
''The NASCAR schedule is
grueling and takes enormous sacrifices from those you love to make work,'' he
added. ''With a lack of funding next year, now is my opportunity to sit back
and offer support as she chases her goals.''
The Pastrana's welcomed
daughter, Addy, in early September.
One of the most popular
action sports stars in the world and a 17-time medal winner at the X Games,
Pastrana first tried NASCAR in 2011. He was scheduled to make his Nationwide
debut that July, but broke his leg in an X Games accident two days before the
race. It delayed his debut until last season, when Pastrana ran nine races.
He joined Roush-Fenway Racing
this season and has four top-10s heading into Saturday's finale. He's 14th in
the Nationwide standings and has a 21.4 average finish.
''I hate to quit and I hate
to fail, but sometimes things work out as they should,'' Pastrana wrote. ''I've
never been able to figure out the finesse required in pavement racing and that
is disappointing, but I'm looking forward to driving more rally and racing more
off-road trucks and there will be some announcements on those fronts shortly!
My wife is excited to get back to skating on the Nitro Circus Live Tour and I'm
excited to spend some quality time with my girls.''
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/travis-pastrana-leaving-nascar-season-225907662--nascar.html
Car counts for the last NASCAR race this
coming weekend:
Cup:
43
Nationwide: 42
Trucks:
40
NASCAR’s 2013 Sprint Cup
Homestead goodbyes
Several drivers will be
changing teams or facing an uncertain future in the sport after Sunday’s Ford
Ecoboost 400, the season finale for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
Here’s a brief look at what
they’ve accomplished in their runs with their current squads:
Kevin Harvick, Richard
Childress Racing (2001-2013)
Harvick leaves the only Cup
team he’s ever known. He’ll start his 466th and last race with RCR on Sunday
third in the points, and seeking back-to-back wins to close out his 13-year
run. He has 23 career wins and one on Sunday would tie the most he’s achieved
with the team in a single season (5 in 2006). Harvick has twice finished third
in the points (2010, 2011) with RCR.
Kurt Busch, Furniture Row
Racing (2012-2013)
No Cinderella story in the
Chase, but the fact Busch has taken the Denver-based operation to another level
and raised its stature in the garage is no small accomplishment. A best finish
of second in 41 starts and in 2013, his only full season with the team, has 11
top-fives and 16 top-10 finishes. He has recovered from his career wilderness.
Ryan Newman, Stewart-Haas
Racing (2009-2013)
Newman will start his 180th
race for SHR before both Harvick and Busch join the team in 2014. The
Martin Truex Jr., Michael
Waltrip Racing (2010-2013)
It’s been four methodical
seasons for Truex and MWR; never great, but progressive improvements over the
last two years in particular. His 144th and last start with MWR comes after one
prior win (
Jeff Burton, Richard
Childress Racing (2004-2013)
One of NASCAR’s all-time
class acts and great quotes, Burton signs off his 10-year run at RCR with his
338th start for the team this weekend to make way for Newman’s arrival. His
four wins were achieved from 2006 through 2008, the latter year of which he was
a bona fide title contender before fading to sixth at year’s end.
Juan Pablo Montoya, Earnhardt
Ganassi Racing (2006-2013)
He’ll start his 253rd and
final, for now, NASCAR Sprint Cup race with EGR and the word “unfulfilled”
probably the best descriptor of his NASCAR career. The open-wheel ace has never
truly starred in NASCAR except for a handful of races; two road course wins and
one Chase appearance all he has to show in his seven full seasons.
Mark Martin, Stewart-Haas
Racing (2013)
Martin’s possible final act
in Sprint Cup – it’s hard to say for sure as Martin is NASCAR’s equivalent of
Brett Favre – has been a good one. Martin served as a mentor and team developer
at Michael Waltrip Racing before moving to SHR to fill in for the injured Tony
Stewart. He’s run partial seasons since 2005, save for three Hendrick years
from 2009 through 2011. Is this finally the end?
Bobby Labonte, too, has
already signed off at
Kyle Larson starts new sprint
car team with Justin Marks
When former President Bill Clinton spoke
up the other day about the Obamacare debacle, he sure looked like hell, didn’t
he? Of course the reason he’s running
his mouth now is to get the Witch – Hillary, away from Obama & Obamacare so
she might get votes in 2016. Hey, don’t
forget that big list of former people associated with the
From Jayski:
Daytona 500 Winner Trevor
Bayne Diagnosed with MS: Daytona 500 winner and Roush Fenway Racing (RFR)
driver Trevor Bayne has announced that he has been diagnosed with multiple
sclerosis (explanation of MS). Bayne - 22 years old - has undergone extensive
testing at the Mayo Clinic and has been cleared by doctors and NASCAR to
compete behind the wheel. "I've never been more driven to compete,"
said Bayne. "My goals are the same as they've been since I started racing.
I want to compete at the highest level and I want to win races and
championships. I am in the best shape I've ever been in and I feel good,"
added Bayne. "There are currently no symptoms and I'm committed to
continuing to take the best care of my body as possible. I will continue to
trust God daily and know that His plan for me is what is best. As for now, I
want to close out the season strong this weekend at
"We are 100% supportive
of Trevor and his ability to compete in a race car," said Roush Fenway
team owner Jack Roush. "I have full confidence in Trevor and his partners
have all expressed that same confidence and support. As with all of our
drivers, we look forward to standing behind Trevor and providing him with all
of the tools he needs as he continues to develop in his young career."(see
full press release at Roush Fenway Racing's website)(11-12-2013)
Latest on
Q) A FEW WEEKS AGO YOU SAID
THAT YOU WERE PRETTY CONFIDENT IN YOUR 2014 PLANS. SHOULD WE TAKE THE SILENCE
TO MEAN THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED?
Q) IS PART OF THAT PLAN
DRIVING?
Martin's racing career may be
over after
Latest on some possible 2014
rules changes: NASCAR has been looking at new technical rules to tweak the cars
for 2014. A mid-December test at Charlotte Motor Speedway, yet another NASCAR
test there, should help set things. NASCAR is now expected to bring the
'tapered spacer' to the Cup series, to try to take 90 horsepower out of these
900 horsepower engines. NASCAR has tested a roof 'wicker,' running
left-to-right, designed to disturb the air; that design was used some 10 years
ago, briefly, but it appears the sanctioning body is rejecting that change.
NASCAR will be using larger rear spoilers next season. And NASCAR is expected
to add some holes in the rear bumpers, to vent under-car air
flow.(MikeMulhern.net)(11-7-2013)
Hendrick thinks Martin may
race again: Mark Martin says he doesn’t plan to race in the Sprint Cup Series
next year. But one of his bigger fans and former car owners isn’t so sure. He’s
still super-competitive, and I wouldn’t bet that he doesnt show up again, Rick
Hendrick said before Sunday’s AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Martin won five races for Hendrick from 2009-11. Everywhere he goes, he’s made
a difference, said Hendrick, whose current stable includes Jimmie Johnson, Jeff
Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne. At his age (54), he deserves to
take a break if he wants to, but he’s still an awesome driver.I’m just telling
you, I wouldn’t be surprised, as good as he is, if someone (team) gets in a jam
and needs a driver, they’ll be calling him. And I bet he comes back. Asked
about that possibility by azcentral sports Friday, Martin admitted, I can’t imagine
not getting called. I’m prepared to deal with that on a one-on-one basis. ... I
won’t be in the Daytona 500 under any circumstances.(
Four 2012 race winners have
ONE race left to continue streaks: four drivers that won a Sprint Cup Series
race in 2012 have not won a race in 2013 with only one race left in the 2013
season. #11-Denny Hamlin has won at least one race in seven straight seasons,
the list of drivers looking to extend their streaks:
seasons with at least a win,
driver, track/date that continued streak, time period of streak
7, Denny Hamlin,
3, Clint Bowyer,
2, Marcos Ambrose, Watkins
Glen, August 2012 [2011-2012]
1, Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
MWR to run three cars in
2014: Despite NAPA’s decision not to return to MWR in 2014, and driver Martin
Truex Jr. and crew chief Chad Johnston opting to move on, team owner Rob
Kauffman told FOXSports.com that three teams will operate out of the shop next
year. "We’ll have two full-time cars and a third car that will run
part-time, Kauffman said. It’s really kind of as simple as that. It’s not going
to run for the championship so it will have the flexibility to try stuff but
the same as everybody else has to pass tech each week and make sure everything’s
correct. But it is a third car. It will help us keep the core of the team a
little bit more substantial by keeping the engineering staff full, the pit
crews are still able to keep in practice and keep going through the motions, so
if in 15 we can scale back up to a third car, the infrastructure would still be
in place. It’s kind of a little bit of a diet, then maybe you can get back to a
playing weight by 15. When asked who the driver would be for the third car,
Kauffman said coyly, There is one. Pressed whether that driver was Jeff Burton,
he replied, There is a list.(FoxSports)(11-10-2013)
Spotter Calinoff Not
Returning to Roush Fenway in 2014: Mike Calinoff, a fixture atop the spotter’s
stand for Roush Fenway Racing since 2000, will not return as spotter for
#17-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, or Trevor Bayne in
the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2014. Jack Roush, Robbie Reiser and Matt
Kenseth took a chance on me in 2000 and afforded me the opportunity to build a
career in NASCAR that has far exceeded my expectations, said Calinoff. I’ve
worked with a number of amazing drivers and crew chiefs who will continue to be
great friends.
"I've enjoyed working
with Mike," said Stenhouse, "and I appreciate his help over the past
four years."
Calinoff's resume at Roush
Fenway Racing includes 47 victories in NASCAR’s three National Touring Series
with Kenseth, Stenhouse and Ricky Craven. He won the 2003 Sprint Cup title and two
Daytona 500s (2009 & 2012) with Kenseth, in addition to back-to-back
Nationwide crowns with Stenhouse in 2011 and 2012. Even though I will not
return to RFR in 2014, I remain focused on trying to win a Sprint Cup race with
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., said Calinoff. That would be an awesome way to end the
season.(Godfather Motorsports)(11-5-2013)
Note: Quite a few years ago, Mike set up a website
for his father – Lenny Calinoff. More or
less it was to keep Lenny out of trouble, if I remember correctly. What was it called? openwheelracing.com or openwheelracers.com? Anyway, Lenny Calinoff, along with John
LeVan, are really those that got me into this writing stuff. On our first trip down to
From Track Forum:
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/forum.php
Changes coming to Indy 500
qualifying format
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?181561-Changes-coming-to-Indy-500-qualifying-format
IndyCar made no attempt to
add
From the AARN:
Special items in this weeks
edition:
This Week
In AARN:
Pittman Wins World Of Outlaws
Sprint Championship Over
Schatz
In
Todd Szegedy Out Of Smeriglio
Deuce
On Whelen Modified Tour For
2014
Billy Pauch, Jr. Goes
Four-For-Four
In
Two Day Sweep
Matt Hirschman Captures
North South Shootout
Utica-Rome Shocker:
Historic Track Now NASCAR
Sanctioned
Lanagan, Richards
Best WoO Late Model Fields
in
Battle On The Beach
To Stay At Daytona
International
Hearn, Friesen Share
DIRTcar World Finals Laurels;
Hearn Takes Title
Mahaney Is Five Mile Point's
Southern Tier 100 Mod Master
Black Rock Sportsman
200-Lapper Falls By Ray Bliss
Note:
According to a small article
in this weeks AARN by Steve Barrick, it looks like the “Battle of the Beach”
race that they had at Daytona, last year, on that sh*t track, will return to
that same track. I, personally, am quite
surprised that that is the case for the 2014 event. If so, scratch me off the list of those that
will be watching. Didn’t they remove
that huge grandstand that was on the backstretch, at Daytona? I knew that was a planned demolition.
NASCAR, supposedly is
“looking at the fine points”, including configuration of the track.
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News from Accord Speedway’s
‘Gobbler’
Media Contact: Brett Deyo –
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For Immediate
Release/November 12, 2013
Weekend Winners Stewart
Friesen & Mike Mahaney Set Sights On Accord Speedway ‘Gobbler’ Saturday,
November 30; Concessions To Serve FREE Hot Coffee; Town Of Rochester Youth
Commission Toy Drive Announced; Modified Payout Now $7,117.11 To Win!
ACCORD, NY – A pair of last
weekend’s big winners will look to add to their late-season success at the
‘Gobbler’ Saturday, November 30 at Accord Speedway.
Stewart Friesen and Mike
Mahaney, two of Modified racing’s brightest stars, have set plans to do battle
in the 2013 dirt-track finale. Friesen won the prestigious World Finals Super
DIRTcar Series finale at the Dirt Track at Charlotte (N.C.) last Saturday,
while Mahaney drove to victory in the Southern Tier 100 held at Five Mile Point
(N.Y.)
Friesen, 30, a native of
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., who now resides in Sprakers, N.Y., will contend at
the ‘Gobbler’ driving Tadd Parks’ No. 1 small-block Teo-Pro car, while the
24-year-old Mahaney, of King Ferry, N.Y., plans to strap into the Charlie
Davis-owned No. 21 Troyer. Friesen was the champion at Fonda and Utica-Rome
speedways in upstate
The ‘Gobbler’ event, a
co-promotion involving BD Motorsports Media LLC and Accord owner/promoter Gary
Palmer, will bring down the curtain on outdoor dirt-track racing in ’13.
Neither Friesen nor Mahaney has visited
The afternoon program at the
Sportsman (Open & Crate
602) race 25 laps for $1,000 to the winner (plus $500 in Crate 602 bonuses and
other awards) and a special Pure Stock/Street Stock Ron Wright Memorial 20-lap
event, with a rapidly growing purse, completes the event. More than $1,000 has
been raised to boost the payout for the Ron Wright Memorial Event. Wright was a
lifelong race fan, “racing Dad” to son Kyle and crew member before his untimely
passing last year.
Competitors in the “Mashed
Potato Modifieds,” Sportsman “
Among the recent additions is
a $250 cash Sportsman Halfway Bonus posted by Bulldog Concrete of Poughquag,
N.Y. The cash goes to the leader of the 13th lap of the Sportsman 25-lap main
event. Additionally, Behrent’s Performance Warehouse of Florida, N.Y., will
reward the two Modified drivers turning the quickest feature event laps with
$100 gift cards.
As a gesture of thanks for
the outstanding support of the ‘
Additionally, to benefit
local families in need, a Holiday Toy Drive will be held at the ‘Gobbler’
event. The speedway will collect new, unwrapped toys to donate to the Town of
Friesen and Mahaney join an
expected Modified cast that includes Brian Weaver of Windsor, N.Y., recent
Black Rock (N.Y.) Speedway winner Bob Henry Jr. of Clay, N.Y., Glen Ridge
(N.Y.) Motorsports Park champion Bobby Varin of Sharon Springs, N.Y., (driving
the Brian Sisson No. 710), Elmo Reckner of Ballston Lake, N.Y., teenage
sensation Tyler Dippel of Wallkill, N.Y., Pat Ward of Genoa, N.Y., and more.
Accord regulars looking to
defend their home turf include track champion and ‘King of the Catskills’
winner Jackie Brown Jr. of Hurley, N.Y., ‘Battle of the Bullring’ winner Danny
Creeden of Middletown, N.Y., Andy Bachetti of Sheffield, Mass., rising young
star Anthony Perrego of Montgomery, N.Y., Tommy Meier of Waldwick, N.J., Danny
Tyler of Cottekill, N.Y., and others.
Gates open at 11 a.m. with a
Driver’s Meeting set for 12:30 p.m. Hot laps begin at 1 p.m. and the first
green is flag planned for 1:30 p.m.
Grandstand admission is $20
for Adults, $18 for Seniors (ages 65 and over) and $5 for Kids 11 and under.
Limited indoor seating is available at $30 each. Contact the speedway office at
845.626.3478 to reserve an indoor seat. Pit admission is $35 with no license
required.
Camping is encouraged on the
speedway grounds Friday and Saturday nights and is free of charge (no hook-ups).
Campfires are permitted so long as they are contained.
Thanksgiving weekend racing
returns to Accord this November for the first time in 11 years. The speedway
previously hosted a ‘Turkey Chase’ event on Nov. 30, 2002 won by Robbie Green.
Some 94 total race cars participated in the ’02 event, which was well attended.
Lap sponsorships for the
‘Gobbler’ are on sale now by contacting Brett Deyo at 845.728.2781, via e-mail
at Deyo99H@aol.com or on the web at www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com. Contact the BD Motorsports Media office for
further ‘Gobbler’ information. Like “BD
Motorsports Media” on Facebook or follow @BrettDeyo on Twitter for
up-to-the-minute updates.
A spic-and-span oval nestled
in the Catskill Mountains, Accord Speedway is located at
The ‘Gobbler’ is presented by
Sowle Trailer Repair, Glen Ridge Motorsports Park, United Pump & Tank, Rock
Fantasy, Elmo’s Auto Body, Behrent’s Performance Warehouse, Bulldog Concrete,
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Premier Auto Body, 710 Motorsports, D&D NAPA Auto Supply, ASI Fuel &
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Going back, in time to
November 14th in:
1893
Tommy Milton ... Born .
1944
Joe Saldana... Born (Father of Joey)
1954
Jimmy Bryan won the AAA
sanctioned Silver State Century on the 1
1999
Tony Stewart won the NASCAR
Winston Cup Pennzoil 400 over Bobby Labonte at the Homestead-Miami Speedway,
2004
Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup Mountain Dew Southern 500 over Mark Martin at the Darlington
Raceway,
Also, close to that 14th
date in November:
On a November 13th,
many years ago, the late Nick Fornoro married the love of his life – Bette.
On November 17th
in 1938, singer Gordon Lightfoot was born.
A video of him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgGnddEesAg&feature=related
On Facebook:
Found on 11/6:
Corey James wrote "Quit
trashing Obama's accomplishments. He has done more than any other President
before him. He has an impressive list of accomplishments: First President to
apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner. First
President to have a social security number belonging to another man, from a
state he has never lived in. First President to preside over a cut to the
credit-rating of the
Found on 11/7:
Pretty Amazing! A blogger
added up the deer license sales in just a handful of states and arrived at a
striking conclusion: There were over 600,000 hunters this season in the state
of
I get emails:
This one is really
something!! It’s a link to a video that
shows what a certain doctor has done
with his cell phone. Amazing, for sure!
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=r13uYs7jglg
-Why ObamaCare is a Fantastic
Success
By Wayne Allyn Root
Published October 21, 2013
There are two major political
parties in
How stupid is the GOP? They
still don’t get it.
I told them 5 years ago, 2
books ago, a national bestseller ago ("The Ultimate Obama Survival
Guide"), and in hundreds of articles and commentaries, that ObamaCare was
never meant to help America, or heal the sick, or lower healthcare costs, or
lower the debt, or expand the economy.
The GOP needs to stop calling
ObamaCare a “trainwreck.” That means it’s a mistake, or accident. That means
it’s a gigantic flop, or failure. It’s NOT.
This is a brilliant, cynical,
and purposeful attempt to damage the
It’s not a failure, it’s
Obama’s grand success.
It’s not a “trainwreck,”
ObamaCare is a suicide attack. He wants to hurt us, to bring us to our knees,
to capitulate- so we agree under duress to accept big government.
Obama’s hero and mentor was
Saul Alinsky -- a radical Marxist intent on destroying capitalism. Alinksky’s
stated advice was to call the other guy “a terrorist” to hide your own
intentions.
To scream that the other guy
is “ruining
To claim again and again…in
every sentence of every speech…that you are “saving the middle class,” while
you are busy wiping out the middle class.
The GOP is so stupid they
can’t see it. There are no mistakes here. This is a planned purposeful attack.
The tell-tale sign isn’t the
disastrous start to ObamaCare. Or the devastating effect the new taxes are
having on the economy. Or the death of full-time jobs. Or the overwhelming
debt. Or the dramatic increases in health insurance rates. Or the 70% of
doctors now thinking of retiring- brining on a healthcare crisis of
unimaginable proportions. Forget all that.
The real sign that this is a
purposeful attack upon capitalism is how many Obama administration members and
Democratic Congressmen are openly calling Tea Party Republicans and anyone who
wants to stop ObamaCare “terrorists.”
There’s the clue. Even the
clueless GOP should be able to see that.
They are calling the
reasonable people…the patriots…the people who believe in the Constitution ... the
people who believe exactly what the Founding Fathers believed…the people who
want to take power away from corrupt politicians who have put
That’s because they are Saul
Alinsky-ing the GOP. The people trying to purposely hurt
ObamaCare is a raving,
rollicking, fantastic success. Stop calling it a failure. Here is what it was
created to do. It is succeeding on all counts:
1. ObamaCare was intended to
bring about the Marxist dream -- redistribution of wealth.
Rich people, small business
owners, and the middle class are being robbed, so that the money can be
redistributed to poor people (who vote for Democrats).
Think about it. If you’re
rich or middle class, you now have to pay for your own health care costs (at
much higher rates) AND 40 million other people’s costs too (through massive tax
increases).
So you’re stuck paying for
both bills. You are left broke. Brilliant.......................
2. ObamaCare was intended to
wipe out the middle class and make them dependent on government.
Think about it. Even Obama’s
IRS predicts that health insurance for a typical American family by 2016 will
be $20,000 per year. But how would middle class Americans pay that bill and
have anything left for food or housing or living? People that make $40K, or
$50K, or $60K can’t possibly hope to spend $20K on health insurance without
becoming homeless.
Bingo.............. That’s
how you make middle class people dependent on government. That’s how you make
everyone addicted to government checks. Brilliant.
3. As a bonus, ObamaCare is
intended to kill every decent paying job in the economy, creating only crummy,
crappy part-time jobs.
Why? Just to make sure the
middle class is trapped, with no way out. Just to make sure no one has the
$20,000 per year to pay for health insurance, thereby guaranteeing they become
wards of the state. Brilliant .
4. ObamaCare is intended to
bankrupt small business, and therefore starve donations to the GOP.
Think about it. Do you know a
small business owner? I know hundreds of them. Their rates are being doubled,
tripled and quadrupled by ObamaCare.
Guess who writes 75% of the
checks to Republican candidates and conservative causes? The GOP.
Even if a small business
owner manages to survive, he or she certainly can’t write a big check to the
GOP anymore. Money is the “mother’s milk” of politics. Without donations, a political
party ceases to exist.
Bingo......That’s the point
of ObamaCare. Obama is bankrupting his political opposition and drying up
donations to the GOP. Brilliant.
5. ObamaCare is intended to
make the IRS all-powerful.
It adds thousands of new IRS
agents. It puts the IRS in charge of overseeing 15% of the
By law your doctor has to ask
your sexual history. That information is now in the hands of Obama and the IRS
to blackmail GOP candidates into either not running, or supporting bigger
government, or leaking the info and ruining your campaign.
Or have you forgotten the IRS
harassed, intimidated and persecuted critics of Obama and conservative groups?
Now Obama hands the IRS even
more power. Big Brother rules our lives. Brilliant.
6. ObamaCare is intended to
unionize 15 million healthcare workers .
That produces $15 billion in
new union dues. That money goes to fund Democratic candidates and socialist
causes -- thereby guaranteeing Obama’s friends never lose another election, and
Obama’s policies keep ruining capitalism and bankrupting business owners long
after he’s out of office.
Message to the GOP : This
isn’t a game. This isn’t tiddly-winks. This is a serious, purposeful attempt to
highjack
This isn’t a trainwreck. It's
purposeful suicide.
It's not failing, it's
working exactly according to plan. Obama knows what he’s doing.
Stop apologizing and start
fighting.
Oh and one more
thing…Conservatives aren’t “terrorists.” We are patriots and saviors. We
represent the Constitution and the Founding Fathers.
We are the heroes and good
guys.
Unless you get all this
through your thick skulls,
Then, there’s this:
Obamacare a single-payer
ploy, says ex-GOP Senator
These are the Senators who
shoved Obamacare down our throats, after the majority said "NO".
These Democrat senators that
met with Obama and are up for reelection in 2014. They are worried that their
political careers are on the line due to the Obamacare disaster! Vote every one
of them OUT!!!
Michael Bennet –
Mark Begich -
Mark Pryor –
Mark Udall –
Chris Coans –
Brian Schatz –
Richard Durbin – Illinois
(Gang of Eight member that championed giving millions of illegals citizenship
and opening the flood gates to job stealing foreigners!)
Mary Landrieu –
Ed Markey –
Al Franken –
Jeanne Shaheen -
Cory Booker -
Tom Udall -
Kay Hagan -
Jeff Merkley -
Jack Reed -
Mark Warner –
This weeks photo:
Here’s a photo taken by
Richard Golardi – back in 2006, on December 13th, when we attended
the PRA race at USA International Speedway, in
Racing video:
Not exactly racing, in a
sense, but Ken Block with a
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WUO-lPubXeI
From
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onWNnFA3yqU
Music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gcds0xLgXA
Talk about not breathing –
check out from 107-126, 137 -220 and 235-326.
Does he sneak any breathing in?
Non racing stuff:
Found this on Facebook:
Politics: 3 random
20-year-old dudes build fully functional ObamaCare web site in a few days
http://www.caintv.com/3-random-20-year-old-dudes-bui
TPNN EXCLUSIVE: OLIVER NORTH
ON AMERICAN HEROES,
http://teapartyheadlines.streamshare.com/posts/8365#/8365
Doctor choice in Obamacare?
Not so much
http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/14/news/economy/obamacare-doctors/index.html
New 3-D Printer Makes Ladies
Panties by the Millions
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/dimensional-printer-makes-disposable-panties/story?id=20856873
Joke of the week:
> A handful of
> 7-year-old children were
> asked, 'What they
thought of beer?'
> Some interesting
> responses, but the last
> one is especially
touching.
>
>
> 'I think beer must
> be good. My dad says the
> more beer he drinks the
> prettier my mom
> gets.'
> --Tim, 7 years old
>
>
>
> 'Beer makes my dad
> sleepy and we get to
watch
> what we want on
television
> when he is asleep, so
> beer is nice.'
> --Melanie, 7 years
> old
>
>
> 'My Mom and Dad both
> like beer. My Mom gets
> funny when she drinks it
and
> takes her top off at
> parties, but Dad doesn't
> think this is very
funny.'
> --Grady, 7 years
> old
>
>
> 'My Mom and Dad talk
> funny when they drink
> beer and the more they
drink the
> more they give kisses to
> each other, which is
> a good thing.'
> --Toby, 7 year old
>
>
> 'My Dad gets funny
> on beer. He is funny. He
> also wets his pants
sometimes,
> so he shouldn't have
> too much.'
> --Sarah, 7 years
> old
>
>
> 'My Dad loves beer.
> The more he drinks, the
> better he dances.
> One time he danced right
> into the pool.'
> --Lilly, 7 years
> old
>
>
> 'I don't like
> beer very much. Every
time Dad
> drinks it, he burns the
> sausages on the barbecue
> and they taste
> disgusting.'
> --Ethan, 7 years
> old
>
>
> 'I give Dad's
> beer to the dog and he
goes to
> sleep.'
> --Shirley, 7 years
> old
>
>
> AND THE BEST RESPONSE:
>
>
>
> 'My Mom drinks beer
> and she says silly
things
> and picks on my father.
> Whenever she drinks beer
> she yells at Dad and
> tells him to go bury his
bone
> down the street again,
> but that doesn't make
> any sense.'
> --Jack, 7 years
> old
Until the next column – in two weeks!
I can be reached, via e-mail, at: ygordad@yahoo.com