Saturday, July 04, 2009

I thought this was very well said!
M~


Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist http://www.urbancure.org/subs.asp?b=1



Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation. I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.

I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.

I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.

A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.

A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"

Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.

The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.

Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.

I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.

I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.

But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.

Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.

Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."

Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.

There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.

Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.

In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.

"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."

Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."

Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the Synfuels Corporation, and the Department of Education.

Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty.."

Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.

It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.

Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?

"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
Nancy "We do not stop playing because we grow old;
We grow old because we stop playing.

M~
Wanted to let you know that this girl is right on the money but remember that May was the fifth anniversary of Bill Cosby's speech before the NAACP & that IMPORTANT 21ST CENTURY anniversary was not mentioned by ANYONE!
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/billcosbypoundcakespeech.htm

The neck six month gonna be HELL!

BEST,
RR


Hi guys.....come see the mighty COOCOOCACHOO at Skippers http://www.skipperssmokehouse.com/
on July 17th


Looking West At the Intersection of Greensboro Avenue and University Boulevard


Solomon's at 1001 University Blvd
Another Roadside Attraction 1009 University Blvd. (their first location)
The Dickery was at 1207 University Blvd.
Beggar's Banquet was at 1302 University Blvd.
The Dobb's House was at 1400 University Blvd.



The Tuscaloosa Cinema was at 2408 Univ. Blvd.
Johnny's Restaurant was at 2400 University Blvd. (now a parking lot)
The Deep South Lounge was at 2402 University Blvd.
Roy's Place (pool room) was at 2404 University Blvd
Barnwell Hall which housed Down Under in the basement 800 10th Street (Bryant Drive).
Jackie's Lounge was once called Pat's Cafe 2111 10th (Bryant Drive)

image courtesy of Michael Palmer
Frank's/Bahn Hoff/Brother's Motorcycle Club

Vandalized mural by Bob Weston
image by Michael Palmer


image by Michael Palmer

Frank's (later the Bahn Hof) was at the end of 11th Street beside the railroad tracks
Special Edition (hip hugger bellbottom jeans and t-shirts) 7th Avenue (now right half of Yazoo Courtyard Grill)
Joe Namath's Restaurant was at 607 15th Street

image courtesy of Bruce Hopper
CHUKKER MENU
The Chukker was at 2121 6th Street
Chuck Wagon Cafe was at 2309 7th Street
The Silver Dollar Bar was at 2311 7th Street
Hanly's Pawn Shop was at 2313 7th Street.
Lee's Tomb (John F Mason, manager) was at 2209 4th Street
The Tide was at 614 25th Avenue



Recently Discovered Tuscaloosa Cinema poster from February of '73.
At the time, John Allen Cassady worked as the projectionist.

Fictional characters based on John Allen were created by Jack Kerouac.


Suddenly, boom, the door of the cabin is flung open with a loud crash and a burst of sunlight illuminates the room and I see an Angel standing arm outstretched in the door! -- It's Cody! all dressed in his Sunday best in a suit! beside him are ranged several graduating golden angels from Evelyn golden beautiful wife down to the most dazzling angel of them all little Timmy with the sun striking off his hair in beams!

from BIG SUR by Jack Kerouac


image courtesy of ZANE KESEY @ http://key-z.com

Aliases created by Jack Kerouac in his fiction to name members of the Neal Cassady family:

Neal Cassady

Big Sur - Cody Pomeray
Book of Dreams - Cody Pomeray
Desolation Angels - Cody Pomeray
The Dharma Bums - Cody Pomeray
On the Road - Dean Moriarty
Visions of Cody - Cody Pomeray

Carolyn Cassady

On the Road - Camille
Visions of Cody - Evelyn

Cathy Cassady

On the Road - Amy Moriarty
Visions of Cody - Emily Pomeray

Jamie Cassady

On the Road - Joanie Moriarty
Visions of Cody - Gaby Pomeray

John Allen Cassady

Big Sur - Timmy John Pomeray
Visions of Cody - Timmy Pomeray


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JOHN ALLEN CASSADY

My father, Neal, was a writer in the '40s, '50s and '60s. He passed away in February, 1968. My mother is an artist and writer and currenly lives in England. Her book "Off the Road" was published in 1991, and a new revision of it will be published by Black Springs Press in July, 2007. I worked as a computer engineer in Silicon Valley for 20 years and am currently writing a book about my father. I also join Jerry Cimino on speaking tours to colleges and universities about the Beat generation. See Kerouac.com. Visit my website at http://johnallencassady.com for more information.

Friday, July 03, 2009

COURTESY OF http://www.nndb.com/people/902/000022836
Johnny Depp
ALUMNUS OF MIRAMAR HIGH

Johnny DeppAKA John Christopher Depp, Jr.

Born: 9-Jun-1963
Birthplace: Owensboro, KY

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White [1]
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Captain Jack Sparrow

Johnny Depp started smoking at 12, and played guitar in a rock band called The Flame. He lost his virginity to a groupie at 13, in the band's van. His parents divorced when Depp was in high school, and Depp soon dropped out to pursue music full-time. Rechristened The Kids and later Six Gun Method, the band moved to Los Angeles, and had their biggest moment as an opening act for Iggy Pop. Depp struggled to get by, but eventually met Nicolas Cage, who suggested he try auditioning for film and TV work. His first major role was in A Nightmare on Elm Street, as a young boy plagued by bad dreams. Depp sprang to fame in the lead role on the upstart Fox network's first show, 21 Jump Street, playing a baby-faced cop recruited to infiltrate high schools and young criminals' gangs. At the time, 21 Jump Street was Fox's biggest (and only) hit, but Depp abhorred being a "teen heartthrob" and left after three seasons.

Depp often takes roles in darker films, appearing as a robotic topiarist in Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood in Ed Wood (1994), and Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Other roles tend to play more on his looks, such as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).

He had "Winona forever" tattooed on his arm while engaged to Winona Ryder. After they broke up he had the tattoo reworked to read "Wino forever". Depp owned the nightclub where River Phoenix overdosed in 1993. He now lives in France.


[1] Slightly more than 1/8th Cherokee mostly via his maternal great-grandmother, Minnie, the remainder being various European ethnicities. In a 25 August 2002 interview on France5 TV, he described himself as "Pu-pu platter... combination of weird things. Indian, Irish, German and god knows what. Just a mutt, really."

Father: John Christopher Depp, Sr. (public engineer)
Mother: Betty Sue Wells (waitress)
Brother: Daniel P. Depp
Sister: Christie Dembrowski (b. 1961, Depp's personal manager)
Sister: Debbie
Wife: Lori Anne Allison (makeup artist, m. 1983, div. 1985)
Girlfriend:
Sherilyn Fenn (together late 980s, broken engagement)
Girlfriend: Winona Ryder (together 1990-93, broken engagement)
Girlfriend: Jennifer Grey (together mid-1990s, broken engagement)
Girlfriend: Kate Moss (together 1995-97, broken engagement)
Girlfriend: Vanessa Paradis (singer, b. 22-Dec-1972, cohabited since 1998, two children)
Daughter: Lily-Rose Melody Depp (b. 27-May-1999)
Son: John Christopher "Jack" Depp III (b. 9-Apr-2002)

High School: Miramar High School, Miramar, FL

Hollywood Walk of Fame 16-Nov-1999 at 7020 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures)
Kentucky Colonel 1996
Criminal Mischief New York City 1994
Funeral: Hunter S. Thompson (2005)
Risk Factors: Smoking

TELEVISION
21 Jump Street Officer Tom Hanson (#2, 1987-90)

FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
The Brave (10-May-1997)

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (21-Dec-2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (19-May-2007)
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (20-Jan-2007) Himself
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (25-Jun-2006)
Corpse Bride (8-Sep-2005) [VOICE]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (13-Jul-2005)
The Libertine (16-Sep-2004)
Finding Neverland (4-Sep-2004)
And They Lived Happily Ever After (14-May-2004)
Secret Window (12-Mar-2004)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (27-Aug-2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (28-Jun-2003)
Lost in La Mancha (11-Feb-2002) Himself
From Hell (8-Sep-2001)
Blow (29-Mar-2001)
Chocolat (15-Dec-2000)
Before Night Falls (3-Sep-2000)
The Man Who Cried (2-Sep-2000)
Sleepy Hollow (17-Nov-1999)
The Astronaut's Wife (27-Aug-1999)
The Ninth Gate (25-Aug-1999)
The Source (23-Jan-1999)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (22-May-1998)
The Brave (10-May-1997)
Donnie Brasco (28-Feb-1997)
Cannes Man (1996) Himself
Nick of Time (22-Nov-1995)
Dead Man (26-May-1995)
Don Juan DeMarco (7-Apr-1995)
Ed Wood (28-Sep-1994)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (17-Dec-1993)
Benny & Joon (16-Apr-1993)
Arizona Dream (6-Jan-1993)
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (5-Sep-1991)
Edward Scissorhands (7-Dec-1990)
Cry-Baby (6-Apr-1990)
Platoon (19-Dec-1986)
Private Resort (1985)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (9-Nov-1984)

Appears on the cover of:
People, 1-Dec-2003, DETAILS: Sexiest Man Alive

Robertoreg recommends this MOVIE!
Not fo' Dillinger but FO' DEPP from MIRAMAR!
http://www.publicenemies.net/

ROBERTOREG~
Was over in Athens this week and saw this played last weekend. Have you heard about it?

http://www.pleasecallhomethemovie.com/

Looks great. Now to find it!!!

--
Jay

Jay~

I saw some stuff about it in HITTIN' THE NOTE
http://www.hittinthenote.com/email_feb08b.html

image courtesy of http://www.thebighousemuseum.org/

best,
rr












Thursday, July 02, 2009













Wednesday, July 01, 2009


Geeerate…shots Roberto…
love the area’s look….my kind of laid back…have a great 4th….H


Yellow Bamboo @ an Alabama Tea Plantation

Furtrader, The photos shown has you standing in front of some “yellow bamboo”. Never missing an opportunity to pat yoself on the back, the yellow bamboo is Phyllostachys Viridis, also known as ROBERT YOUNG!!

Bud

B~

Had a suspicion uv dat.

That name "Robert Young" kinda hurt 'cause before Beck wuz born, that yell wuz dah KISS OF DEATH fo' dis little four yr. old.

When I heard the yell called "ROBERT YOUNG", I knew my a$$ wuz 'bout to git toe up!


Leslie Wright & Robert Register

Leslie Wright Mulcahy So, I go to your blog thinking maybe you wrote something interesting about your trip and I see you've STOLEN my photos. I took 55 but only posted the best. Do you want the rest? The Auburn fan took a really crappy photo. Go figure. Good to see you again, let's keep in touch and stay young and excited about what tomorrow may bring!


Robert Register
It beeze dat way sometime.

I was so whipped last night
I was lucky TO BE freakin' ABLE
to steal your pictures!

I'll write the details of our little adventure soon.
Thanks for the offer of the other photos but 16 is enough.
I'm looking forward to working with those two books I borrowed from you.
I also have Summersell's History for Schools that Brough illustrated so with MeMe's book,
I should be able to steal some terrific drawings by Brough.


Attacked By The Mall Cop @ Lu Lu's

Okay.
You know how to have a good time.
But...I could have done without the snake.

Sharman


image courtesy of Christopher Register http://www.myspace.com/178172075
Tangiers Snake Charmer w/ Spitting Cobra

Sharman~
My son, Christopher, took that picture of the spitting cobra.
It is scary.
The old man who handled the snake yelled at the snake and slapped it but allowed it to crawl all over him.

Pure death.


What a show!


from
The Rocker~

Sorry to hear about Sam Jones.
I think he's been sick a long time.
As I think you know, I was in the alcoholic beverage business for 29 years.
I met Sam about 25 years ago and suspected the accent was an Alabama accent.He was working for the Almaden winery, and came by our office for a meeting. I introduced myself, and asked where he was from. When he said in that distinguishable voice "A small town in Alabama called Dothan" I was going to rattle off some of the names I knew to see if we had any friends in common.
I knew he was younger than me, so the first name I mentioned was the former Laura Scott.

"She lived right behind me on ?????? street (Osceola?)"

When I heard that, we spent the next hour or so talking about some common friends, before we even got around to our eventual meeting.
I wish that I'd stayed in touch with him. But, I did hear about the great things that were happening in his career, as well as stories about his health.
Sam was a good, and well respected guy in a pretty tough business.
Peace, Sam...........


Rocker~

In the summer of '83, I stayed with Scott Gellerstedt at his place at La Playa in Reddington Shores.
Scott worked as a salesman for Tampa Crown & we visited Sam at his house. Sam had cases of wine in storage he had bought from his own company so that he could win sales contests. He'd do anything to win. When he lost his health he was living in a luxury apartment in Hong Kong working as Guinness' sales manager for all of Asia. Gellerstedt flew to Hong Kong to hang out with him and live "the good life."

Great finally meeting you at the mural thing.

Always great to publish your reminiscences.

best,
rr






Ha, my brother designed that Bonnie Raitt/Jackson Browne poster and still has the original match print, framed, no less. Very cool — the Crimson White stuff I remember very well
DAVE MUSCARI















http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-amodeo-tax-fraud-plea-062509,0,1452063.story


Hello ARS fans,

"The Days of Love & Blood", a text written by Robert Nix and published in a French version in Bands of Dixie #64 is online in english at http://www.sweethom emusic.fr/ Interviews/ DaysOfLoveAndBlo odUS.php

and the english version interview of Robert Nix (Bands Of Dixie #65) is at http://www.sweethom emusic.fr/ Interviews/ NixUS.php

Have a great day.

Luc

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Monday, June 29, 2009


I spend $2.50 to ride the ferry to Ft. Morgan in order to see Leslie Wright again for the first time in over 30 years.


Leslie Wright & Robert Register


@ Lu Lu's on the Intracoastal Waterway~ GREAT FISH TACOS!!!!


Attacked By The Mall Cop @ Lu Lu's


ROOOOOOOOOLL ONE!
@ Bon Secour


Bon Secour & Robertoreg Gettin' Ready Fo' Dah RAPTURE!


@ an old boathouse built at the widest place on the Magnolia River~
the only place in America where the mail is still delivered by boat!


Preparing my personal floatation device so my drunk fat ass can float


Dodging Motor Boats on the Magnolia River


MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!


EXHAUSTED!


Tempted By A Perverted Pink Flamingo


In Hot Pursuit of THE DIRTY BIRDZZZZZZZZZZ...


The largest water oak on Leslie's property near Week's Bay


Yellow Bamboo @ an Alabama Tea Plantation


robertoreg inspecting the tea


Hobie Cat Memories~ Those were the days!


image courtesy of Christopher Register
A Rock of Gibraltar Monkey W/ both Spain & Africa In The Background


image courtesy of Christopher Register
Tangiers Snake Charmer w/ Spitting Cobra


image courtesy of Bruce Hopper
The first pic is of Stach @1976. Squatting is Scott Wetterau, Standing left to right is Bill Brown, Susie Bright, Bruce Hopper and Travis Rozzell.

image courtesy of Bruce Hopper
TRAVIS



The third pic is a later version of Stache @ 1977, sitting is _(having a senior moment)___ Pate, Standing r-l is Travis Rozzelle, Kevin Peterson, Donnie Walker and Bruce Hopper.

Mr. Robert,

I was googleing my name and found your blog site. I noticed you mentioned cooper creek and that it ran through the Rube Lewis property. That land actually belongs to my father Ray Lewis of Lewis Family Dairy. His father was George Elbert Lewis (Rube Lewis). I was wondering where you got "Rube Lewis property" from. Did you know my grandfather?

I also noticed you mentioned Creels pond. Creels pond shows up on google earth when when places of intrest is clicked. However, Creels pond doesn't exist anymore it was removed in order to install an irrigation system. so i guess you knew the Creels then.

RUBE

Rube~
Glad you found my blog.

I left Dothan in '68 but I remember your grandfather because he was one of my Daddy's customers.

My father was Earl Register and he was a partner in Jack Wise Tire Co.

A.C. Creel was another one of Daddy's best customers. I knew Jerry and Dwight too.
I grew up on the Creel property. My brother-in-law, Buddy Henry, has two farms near you: one is on Fowler Road and the other is on Lucy Grade & Cowarts Creek.

best,
rr

Buddy also sent us images of two beavers he & Wildman rescued out of the mud from the Creel Pond which has now dried up. Some of y'all may recollect the story I told about two of my Daddy's speed freak friends, Radio & Rabbit Man, helping us seine this pond.





Wildman & the beavers at the Creel Pond
Buddy & Wildman released the beavers unharmed into the big spring at Bud & Bec's
Farm.