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If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. 
--Margaret Fuller, Feminist and poet

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. 
William Butler Yates
 

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destination and go.
 
 Old riders pick a direction and go

"O.J. Simpson was released on $125,000 bail - or as he calls it, three jerseys, a signed pair of cleats... and I think a Super Bowl ring." 
 Jay Leno 

"Not such a great day for that student who was Tasered at the John Kerry speech in Florida. If you've ever heard John Kerry speak, being Tasered is a bit less painful." 
- Craig Ferguson .

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"Beware the man of one book."  
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Some of you are already aware that I have been operated on for skin cancer. Therefore I have not had much time or energy for updating this site. My apologies. I am recovering currently and will be back up to speed shortly.
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This link will take you directly to the cancer pictures. 
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From ZDNet.com

WASHINGTON--Under grilling from congressional Democrats on Tuesday, the nation's intelligence chief said he doesn't know how many Americans' phone and e-mail conversations have been inadvertently overheard in the process of foreign-oriented snooping. 
Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell has previously said only about 100 Americans have been "targeted" for electronic surveillance, and he emphasized at a hearing here Tuesday that none of that eavesdropping has occurred without a court order. Doing so would be illegal, he added. 

But when pressed by House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) and other Democrats to estimate how many Americans who weren't necessarily "targets" have had their communications scooped up through the government's surveillance efforts, McConnell couldn't say. 

"I don't have the exact number," McConnell replied, adding, "It is a very small number considering that there are billions of transactions everyday." He said he would look into getting that number and brief the committee in a non-public session. 

The sworn testimony from McConnell came as the Bush administration kicked off a new push in Congress for permanent expansion of warrantless-wiretapping powers, drawing skepticism from Democrats and more vocal sympathy from Republicans. McConnell is also scheduled to appear before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday and the Senate Judiciary Committee next week. And President Bush plans to visit the National Security Agency's Maryland headquarters on Wednesday to get an update on how they have been using the temporary law, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

REHOVOT, Israel, -- Israeli medical scientists have identi- fied the mechanisms that help colorectal cancer metastasize. 
Colorectal cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers in the Western world, the scientists said, noting that beginn- ing as a polyp, it turns into an invasive and violent cancer that often spreads to the liver. In a majority of cases, colorectal cancer is initiated by changes in a protein -- beta-catenin -- that over-accumulates and inappropriately activates genes, leading to cancer.
Prevent your candles from dripping by soaking them in salted water for a half hour. Use about two tablespoons of salt for each candle and just enough water to cover the candle. 

Increase the lifespan of your candles by freezing them a few hours before you start burning them. 

Here's one I hope not to need for much longer.
Here's a great tip for the winter, which is soon approaching. Lubricate your shovel with vegetable shortening to prevent snow from sticking before you start shoveling. 

   
Bikers plead guilty in Manville killing 
by Nyier Abdou 
Wednesday September 19, 2007, 2:58 PM 
A reputed member of the Pagans motorcycle gang pleaded guilty today in the shooting death of a 40-year-old man who allegedly drew his ire by wearing a Hells Angels T-shirt to a Manville sports bar.

The Star-Ledger William "Rodent" Martin The Star-Ledger Peter CiarlettaWilliam "Rodent" Martin, 35, of North Plainfield pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and weapons offenses and will be sentenced to 28 years in prison. 

Martin's co-defendant, Peter Ciarletta, 30, of Warren, pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a gun, but murder and conspiracy charges were dropped by the state. Investigators found the .22-caliber handgun in his car during his arrest. It was not used in the crime. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

Their guilty pleas came on the second day of testimony in the Somerset County trial stemming from the death of John Grover, of Hillsborough, who was not a member of the Hells Angels and did not even own a motorcycle. A friend had given him the Hells Angles T-shirt as a gift.

He wore it to Gatto's Sports Cafe in Manville on April 17, 2005, where he drew glares from Martin and Ciarletta, police said.

The men then left the bar, cursing the Hells Angels as they passed Grover, prosecutors said. Grover followed and Martin opened fire with a 9mm handgun, striking him in the groin and stomach, police said. He died shortly after.
   
On a trip to Great Britain while he was President of the United States , Bill Clinton had a meeting with Queen Elizabeth. During that meeting he asked her, "How does one manage to run a country so smoothly?"

"That's easy," the Queen replied, "You surround yourself with intelligent ministers and advisors."

"But how can I tell whether they are intelligent or not?", asked Bill.

You ask them a riddle," she replied, and with that she pressed a button and said, "Would you please send Tony Blair in." When Blair arrived, the Queen said, "I have a riddle for you to answer for me. Your parents had a child and it was not your sister and it was not your brother. Who was this child?"

Blair replied, "That's easy. The child was me."

"Very good," said the Queen. "You may go now."

Sizing up his wife's chances in her presidential bid, and thinking back on that meeting, Bill Clinton spoke to Hillary. 
He said to her, "I have a riddle for you, and the answer is very important. Your parents had a child and it was not your sister and it was not your brother. Who was that child ?"

Hillary replied, "Yes, it is clearly very important that we determine the answer. Can I deliberate on this for awhile?"

"Yes," said Bill, "I'll give you four hours to come up with the answer." 

So Hillary called a meeting of her campaign team, from top to bottom, and asked them the riddle. But after much discussion and many suggestions, none of them had a satisfactory answer. She was quite upset, not knowing what she would tell her husband, the former President. As Hillary was leaving her meeting she ran into her most formable challenger to her presidential nomination, Barack Obama.

So she said, "Mr. Obama, can you answer this riddle for me? Your parents had a child and it was not your sister and it was not your brother. Who was the child?"

"That's seems pretty easy," said Obama, "I think the child would be me."

"Oh thank you," said Hillary. "You may just have ensured my nomination for the democratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States !" So Hillary went back to Bill and said, "I think I know the answer to your riddle. 
The child was Barack Obama.!"

"No, you Dumb ass !" shouted Bill. "The child was Tony Blair"

The bottom line... guess where we're headed if the two of them are again running the Country! 
Thank you Billy
O.J. and the devil 

One day in the future, OJ Simpson has a heart attack and dies.

He immediately goes to hell, where the devil is waiting for him.

"I don't know what to do here," says the devil. "You are on my list, but I have no room for you. You definitely have to stay here, so I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I've got a few folks here who weren't quite as bad as you. I'll let one of them go, but you have to take their place. I'll even let YOU decide who leaves." OJ thought that sounded pretty good, so the devil opened the door to the first room.

In it was Ted Kennedy and a large pool of water. Ted kept diving in, and surfacing, empty handed. Over, and over, and over he dove in and surfaced with nothing. Such was his fate in hell.

"No," OJ said. "I don't think so. I'm not a good swimmer, and I don't think I could do that all day long."

The devil led him to the door of the next room.

In it was Al Gore with a sledgehammer and a room full of rocks. All he did was swing that hammer, time after time after time. "No, this is no good; I've got this problem with my shoulder. I would be in constant agony if all I could do was break rocks all day," commented OJ.

The devil opened a third door.

Through it, OJ saw Bill Clinton, lying on the bed, his arms tied over his head, and his legs restrained in a spread-eagle pose. Bent over him was Monica Lewinsky, doing what she does best. OJ looked at this in shocked disbelief, and finally said, "Yeah man, I can handle this."

The devil smiled and said . . . . . .



(This is priceless)

"OK, Monica, you're free to go."
Thank you Santa