Tornado and a Train

Ever seen a Tornado hit a train? This is looking back from the Locomotive towards the train/consist. We are instructed to keep the train moving but even if you saw the Tornado it would take over a mile to stop. At the 1:08 minute mark you will hear the "Swoosh" that is the train coming apart and the emergency application taking place. Watch for the trees sway as the train is rolling down the tracks.

Human Statue of Liberty 1918

It is 18,000 men preparing for war in a training camp at Camp Dodge in Iowa .
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MEN!!!!!

FACTS:
Base to Shoulder: 150 feet
Right Arm: 340 feet
Widest part of arm holding torch: 12 1/2 feet
Right thumb: 35 feet
Thickest part of body: 29 feet
Left hand length: 30 feet
Face: 60 feet
Nose: 21 feet
Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet
Torch and flame combined: 980 feet
Number of men in flame of torch: 12,000
Number of men in torch: 2,800
Number of men in right arm: 1,200 Number of men in body, head and balance of figure only: 2,000

Demolition in Vegas.

Great Video.

When this Casino was on strike I picketed with the workers. When the workers finally got a union contract I marched in the front doors with them and guess who was standing beside me? No other than Jessie Jackson.

Karma is a bitch.

I wonder how this turned out?

The GREATEST Thing A US POSTAL Worker EVER Did

I received this in an E Mail today and wanted to share it.

This is one of the kindest things you may ever see.

It is not known who replied, but there is a beautiful soul working in the US postal service.





Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after
she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how
much she missed Abbey.. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that
when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought
we could so she dictated these words:

Dear God,
Will you please take
care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very
much.. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got
sick.
I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to
swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her You will know that she
is my dog. I really miss her.
Love, Meredith

We put the letter in an
envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven.
We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the
front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the
letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter
box at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the
letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.

Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on
our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith' in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith
opened it. Inside was a book by Mr Rogers called, 'When a Pet Dies..' Taped
to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened
envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and
this note:


Dear
Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven.
Having the picture was a big
help. I recognized Abbey right away.
Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit
is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog.
Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep
your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to
keep and have something to remember Abbey by..
Thank you for the beautiful
letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me.
What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you.
I send
my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much.
By the way,
I'm easy to find, I am wherever there is
love.

Love,
God

Crime Report in Wise County

The United States Border Patrol is asking citizens to keep on the look out for a red 1951 Chevy that they suspect is being used to smuggle illegal immigrants across the border of Mexico and into points along the U.S. border. If you see the vehicle pictured below and
have reasons to believe that it is the suspect vehicle, you are urged to contact your local police department or federal government authorities.

Faces & Places in Columbia

Sometimes I can not tell if I am in Newark Texas or Bogota Columbia. These people remind me of my neighbors.

Bogota Columbia Flowers

At first I was a little hesitant to be in Bogota on business but it turned out to be one of the best countries I have ever visited. Only negative I could mention is that there are 12 million people living in an area the size of Arlington.

I have never seen so many different types of flowers. Even in the Hawaiian Islands nor the Caribbean.

Strip Tease Wise County Style

I think I have seen this person at Tater Junction in Boyd.

New Audi Quattro at Texas Motor Speedway

This is the new Audi Quattro that they are testing today at the Texas Motor Speedway.

There is something about a rear mounted engine with a 420 horse power engine that makes the heart beat harder. This six speed gets about 4000 miles on a set of tires.

I was going to ask how much ??? But then does it matter I /We together couldn't afford it. It still amazes me that Texas Motor Speedway pays me for this? Only in America !!

Barry Greens Halloween Costume

(Just Kidding)

My First Underwear Ad

Not sure if I will do this again.

All Dogs Go to Heaven ~ Or do they ?

This is literally a 'church signs' debate, being played out in a Southern US town, between Our Lady of Martyrs Catholic Church, and Cumberland Presbyterian, a fundamentalist church.

From top to bottom shows you the response and counter-response over time.


The Catholics are displaying a much better sense of humor!
You get the impression that the Presbyterians are actually taking this seriously and are getting a bit upset...

Insanity cant be all bad ?

To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice !

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They Want Fries with that.

4. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks . Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.

5. In the Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write ' For Marijuana.'

6. Skip down the hall Rather Than Walk and see how many looks you get.

7. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.

8. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go'.

9. Sing Along At The Opera.

10. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You have a headache.

11. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream 'I Won! I Won!'

12. When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, Yelling 'Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!'

13 . Tell Your Children Over Dinner, 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'

And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity

14. PICK UP A BOX OF CONDOMS AT THE PHARMACY, GO TO THE COUNTER AND ASK WERE THE FITTING ROOM IS.

Mans Best Friend saves another dog !

This is some incredible footage of a dog saving another dogs life. I have heard that people live longer if they have a pet. I know my dog Truman has made my life better !

Enjoy the footage.

Superbowl Condom Commercial you didn't see

This is an Adult theme commercial viewer discreetness advised.

Safe sex not optional but mandatory.

Why NFL Quarterbacks Need Short Last names...

Dang Steelers Ruin Everything !

Penguin Humor

This is a great Penguin clip from Comedy Central.

Worlds Largest Airplane

32 wheels! -- Cost more than some houses just to rotate the tires!

The World's Biggest Airplane!!!

Russian Antonov 225

Attached pics are of the Russian behemoth when it came into Medford , OR ,

to pick up two Sikorsky fire fighting helicopters to take overseas -- $1,000,000 to transport them!

While they were loading the helicopters, the Russian pilots (two crews), went into town to buy cigarettes by the case and Levis jeans.

It is amazing something this huge can stay in the air.

The Wright brothers would never have dreamed it.

Speed Control in Denmark

This is a great clip from Denmark on how they are controlling speeders. It would be my guess that maybe we should try something like this in America. I say lets volunteer Wise County and see where it goes from there ?

WARNING: Some Nudity PG 13

Mothering should be Instinct

If animals can figure this out why cant humans.

Reading another blog (Big things small county) there was a story about a little girl who was made to stand outside in only a T-shirt and sweatpants in 40-degree temperatures for several hours. Punishment for something she did wrong.

They wanted her to see what it was like to be Homeless.

How can people do this to any child is beyond me? Is there something they missed when they were young? If anyone has a clue please let me know.

Machine Gun Party here in Wise County

Great Video of a good ole fashion machine gun shoot off.
I could see some of the locals enjoying this ...

What every 9 year old Wise County kid needs. A Big Ole Mountain Dew & a Machine Gun !

757 Lands Safely at LAX after 1 engine dies

2009-02-16

Officials say an American Airlines flight on its way to Chicago from John
Wayne Airport in California's Orange County was diverted after one of its
engines went out.

American Airlines spokesman Billy Sanez says the engine on Flight 1236 died
just minutes after takeoff at 3:21 p.m. Sunday. The 757, carrying 149
passengers and a crew of six, was diverted to Los Angeles International
Airport, where it landed safely about 10 minutes later.

Nobody on board was injured.

The incident is under investigation.

Ft.Worth Train Mishape

This looks to be a case were an Emergency Stop sequeince was initiated. I would guess by the pictures that when the cars separated the box car was sent up and was shaved off by the bridge I beam.

Court to hear strip-search challenge

STRIPED SEARCHED AT WORK !!!

It just creeps me out for another person to look at me under this circumstance. What do you think?

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia previously issued a delay in implementing the rule, which will remain on hold pending the appellate review.

The rule, as written by the Bush administration DOT last year, would require strip searches of rail and transit workers during certain mandatory drug testing.

The UTU and the other rail unions maintain it violates the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches.

Under current and still effective rules, a rail carrier has the discretion to require direct observation during an individual return-to-duty or follow-up test, but is not required to do so.

The Bush administration DOT sought to replace this discretion with the mandatory-observation rule.

Specifically, the currently delayed DOT rule would require that a same-sex observer employed by the railroad "request the employee to raise his or her shirt, blouse, or dress/skirt, as appropriate, above the waist; and lower clothing and underpants to show, by turning around, that they do not have a prosthetic device [that could be used to deliver a substituted urine specimen.

After the observer has "determined that the employee does not have such a device, [it] may permit the employee to return clothing to its proper position for observed urination," according to the challenged rule.

Union Toilet

I was sent this photo by one of my Union Brothers this week in response to a grievance I had to file on behalf of the Rank & File.

For the last few months we have had to constantly argue with the company for the very basic of needs. This week it came to a head when I filed a grievance for toilet paper.

When they designed Terminal D there was no thought put into restroom facilities. They have one urinal and one toilet in a work area for over 50 to 100 men to use. We have complained for months to have it cleaned and restocked to handle this kind of traffic. And one time there was blood on the floor were the building cleaners just waxed over and the stench was overwhelming.

We had enough this week when I had to use the SPORTS section to wipe myself !

Maybe I am expecting to much ?

Sniper Picture from Iraq

Right Between The eyes At 1500 yards, that's damn near a mile away.

This is a highly trained American sniper with his 50 caliber rifle which is his best friend. His assignment is to protect the 'Green Zone' in Baghdad , Iraq (basically his job is prevent the terrorists from sneaking into the compound).

Below, we see Achmed.

One day Achmed tried to breach the perimeter and got tagged

From 1500 yards out. Note the vest laden with explosives!

Achmed won't be doing this shit anymore

Thomas Jefferson Quotations

Some very interesting quotations of Thomas Jefferson who has seemingly foretold the future......OUR future!

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we
shall become as corrupt as Europe.
Thomas Jefferson

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who
are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it
goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of
the world.
Thomas Jefferson

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense
of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results
from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and
bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against
tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the
blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas
which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Thomas Jefferson

Very Interesting Quote in light of the present financial crisis, it's interesting to read
what Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:

'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our
liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever
allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first
by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that
will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all
property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent
their fathers conquered.

Steelers BRING HOME the Trophy ~ Parade Pictures~

I just got these photos from my family who was able to attend the parade. They said it was like 10 degrees and a absolute zoo. Good Times !!!

Photos from Home

As I get ready for today's Superbowl my memories bring me back to Pittsburgh Pa in the late 1970's. I worked at Three River Stadium from 1977 to 1979 and had the pleasure to watch the true "Steel Curtain" and the birth of the "Terrible Towel". To be a teenager and feel the Thunder as Terry Bradshaw took the field in the stadium was ELECTRIFIED I carry that feeling with me still to this day. Back then athletes were real heroes and played the game of men. We were taught then that you could be anything you wanted all you had to do was believe and work. Just get up every day no matter what and try again.

As I look back ... I now realize how much I had when I had so little. A friend sent me some pictures taken this fall and some from yesterday. Hope somebody enjoys them as much as me.