Look. I understand your bitterness. If I lived in Michigan I'd be
****ed too. But you really have to learn to shut up unless you have
something to contribute.

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 10:49:20 -0500, dxAce wrote:

"David" wrote in message
news
December 5, 2004

FRANK RICH

The Nascar Nightly News: Anchorman Get Your Gun


F Democrats want to run around like fools trying to persuade voters in
red America that they are kissing cousins to Billy Graham, Minnie
Pearl and Li'l Abner, that's their problem. Pandering, after all, is
what politicians do, especially politicians as desperate as the
Democrats. But when TV news organizations start repositioning
themselves to pander to Nascar dads and "moral values" voters, it's a
problem for everyone.

You got that one right bunkie!

Here's a posting from another NG which explains it in a REAL LIFE
EXAMPLE......

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"Ed" wrote in message
...
Anybody hear the latest about a guy who won the lottery and drove drunk,
smashing his Hummer into a brick wall. When the cops came they found a
gun on
him and threw him in jail. What the hell does he need a gun for? He was
doing a
good job running into that wall. He should have drove a cheap Datsun,not
a
****ing tank. Hummer drivers are just plain idiots.

You know......there's an old saying in law enforcement circles:

"Stupid is as stupid does, (and) the apple never falls very far from the
tree."
The news account below confirms this timeless pearl-o-wisdom.

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from: http://washingtontimes.com/metro/200...4757-8767r.htm

Luck proves no lady after Powerball win
By S.A. Miller
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Trouble seems to follow the luckiest man in America. (how sad)

Since winning the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history
($314.9 million) on Christmas Day 2002, Jack Whittaker
has been robbed and sued. His West Virginia residence
and vehicles have been burgled and a dead teenager was
found in his house.

This week Mr. Whittaker's misadventures continued with his
arrest on charges of driving while under the influence of
alcohol and carrying a concealed handgun without a license.

Mr. Whittaker, 57, racked up his third DUI charge Tuesday
night after his Hummer struck a concrete median on the
West Virginia Turnpike near Beckley, about 80 miles from
his home in Scott Depot, W.Va.

The multimillionaire also had a small pistol stuffed in his
left boot and $117,000 in cash on him. Mr. Whittaker,
already a wealthy businessman when he opted for
the $170 million lump-sum cash payment from the
Powerball lottery, easily paid $1,700 bail to get out
of jail Wednesday morning. His fortune, however, has
done little to end a two-year streak of bad luck.

In addition to the drunken-driving arrests, he has been
charged with threatening to kill a bartender, sued for
groping waitresses at a dog-racing track, and has
been repeatedly robbed and burglarized.

Some of Mr. Whittaker's neighbors in rural West Virginia
say he is more a victim of his notoriety than a hillbilly millionaire run
amok.
(Baaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

"Whenever I have dealt with Mr. Whittaker, he has been a
fine man," said Sgt. Lisa Arthur of the Putnam County Sheriff's
Department. "He is very kind. He is very generous.
Perhaps, since he has had so much press coverage since he
won the money, people have made him a target."
Mr. Whittaker could not be reached for comment.
A phone call to his attorney was not returned.

Everything started out well enough after Mr. Whittaker hit
the jackpot on Christmas 2002. He donated millions to
churches and charities. (BUZZZZZ !!! first BIG mistake)

His luck began to turn in August 2003, when he was drugged
and robbed while watching a show at the Pink Pony strip
club in Cross Lanes, W.Va., not far from his home.

Police said the club's 23-year-old manager and
a 24-year-old ex-stripper drugged Mr. Whittaker's
Hawaiian Punch. When the freewheeling millionaire
nodded off, the duo broke into his Lincoln Navigator a
and stole a briefcase filled with $545,000 in cash and
cashier's checks that Mr. Whittaker liked to keep on hand.

(THERE IS THE PROOF ABOVE FOLKS! *STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES*.

Tell me now ---- HOW MANY ****ING IDIOTS DO YOU KNOW WHO, IF THEY
HAD IT THAT MUCH $$, WOULD THEY BE STUPID ENOUGH TO
*LEAVE A CASE WITH $545G's INSIDE THEIR VEHICLE* WHILE IT'S PARKED
OUTSIDE OF SOME CHEEZY REDNECK DIVE OF A TiTTiE-BAR IN
GLUB-DAMMED *WEST-****ING-VIRGINIA* ??????
THIS GUY SHOULD BE A HAM OPERATOR!! )

Mr. Whittaker woke up and called the police, and the robbery plot
quickly unraveled. Police found the loot hidden in a garbage can
outside the club. ----(Note: the apples never roll very far from the tree
folks!)

In January, he picked up his second DUI citation. He also was
charged with assaulting and threatening to kill the manager of
a Putnam County bar, from which he previously had been banned.

Two months later, Mr. Whittaker was slapped with a lawsuit
by three waitresses at Tri-State Race Track and Gaming
Center in Cross Lanes accusing him of making inappropriate
sexual advances, such as pinching them and pushing their f
aces into his lap.

(What a ****ing moron! This guy could have hopped or
charted a freakin airplane to Las Vegas or Reno, rented
a car and paid a visit to one of the many Nevada "Chicken
Ranches" LEGALLY to relieve his tensions and left a bit
later and returned to his suite at the Grande or the Luxor.
What a ****ing redneck fool from the hills...!!)

Two other lawsuits came from two men who claimed
they were injured when Mr. Whittaker had bouncers
toss them out of a nightclub in Charleston, W.Va.
The club also was named as a defendant.

The multiple burglaries included $100,000 stolen
from his Lincoln Navigator and $2,000 from his business.

In September, three burglars broke into Mr. Whittaker's
home and found the body of Jesse Joe Tribble, 18.
One thief, who knew the dead teenager, tipped off police
about the corpse. Authorities soon had all the suspected
burglars behind bars and recovered $15,000 worth of
goods stolen from the Whittaker home.

Mr. Whittaker had been out of town at the time, and police
did not suspect foul play in the death. Police said
Mr. Tribble, a friend of Mr. Whittaker's granddaughter
Brandi, likely died of a drug overdose.

Still, the headlines only seemed to confirm Mr. Whittaker's
Powerball jinx. Even his generosity backfired.

After the win, Mr. Whittaker bought a $123,000 house in
the upscale Moss Creek subdivision for the convenience
store clerk who sold him the winning ticket.
But neighbors were up in arms when she moved in with
her boyfriend - a convicted sex offender and child molester.

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Oh well....that's West Virginia for ya.

Home of coal mine tailings tainted water, huge uncircumcised
multi-generational families with great grandparents
what ain't even out of their 50's yet, more federal
pet pork projects that any other State of the Union
and a gold mine to any and every dentist. (I have yet
to see a girl from that State over age 35 what has a
decent set of teeth in her mouth that ain't got to
be put in a glass at night)

And of course, W. Va. gave us PFC Liddie England.
Our own C&W S&M Whipmaster Dominatrix.

Know what the sad part of all this is however?
I lay odds that this guy "finds Jesus" in jail sometime
in the next couple of months, and some smooth
talking preacher cons him into signing all his money
away to either or both Benny Hinn at TBN or
The First Primitive Blaptist Church of the Snakehandler
of East Bumfrigg.

Don't y'all just love this ****ing Country......? Yeeeeehaaaaa!

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ObTPowerball2004: Wouldn't it be JUST ****ING
LOVELY if the next XMAS Powerball winner is some
guy named Habib or Saddam in NYC or NJ who is in
love with Hamas and/or Bin Laden? That should round
out things quite nicely I should think !

"Michael Lawson" wrote in message
...
You DO realize that New York and LA are the two
biggest NASCAR markets, don't you??

--Mike L.

What have you been smoking Mike...?

I WANT SOME !!!

He makes about $80MM a year, including endorsements. The highest paid
sports geek in the world.

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 09:39:58 -0500, beerbarrel
wrote:

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 14:07:48 GMT, David wrote:

Not on the TV. NASCAR has terrible ratings. The race track that the
backers like to tout as being in L. A. is actually 60 miles East, in
Fontucky.

So what?



Michael Schumacher makes more money than all the NASCAR drivers
combined.


Not true....Jeff Gordon makes about 6 mil a year and thats just one
driver. While schumacher may make a reported 30 mil a year, he won't
come near making more than all nascar drivers combined. Check your
facts.

My, but you easily get hung up. Are ya krankin'?

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:23:26 -0500, beerbarrel
wrote:

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 23:51:42 GMT, David wrote:

He makes about $80MM a year, including endorsements. The highest paid
sports geek in the world.

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 09:39:58 -0500, beerbarrel
wrote:

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 14:07:48 GMT, David wrote:

Not on the TV. NASCAR has terrible ratings. The race track that the
backers like to tout as being in L. A. is actually 60 miles East, in
Fontucky.

So what?



Michael Schumacher makes more money than all the NASCAR drivers
combined.


Not true....Jeff Gordon makes about 6 mil a year and thats just one
driver. While schumacher may make a reported 30 mil a year, he won't
come near making more than all nascar drivers combined. Check your
facts.


Let's add up all nascars drivers winnings and endorsements and see
what we have. You said he makes more than all of the nascar drivers
combined. Care to put your money where you mouth is?