Thanksgiving Day is Everyday

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow. ~Edward Sandford Martin

Indeed. Be Blessed.

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The Great Waldo - "We’ll look back and see this as the week that McDonnell lost the race. On 3 September 2009"

Pundit my ass.

They fooled Virginia with macaca and Virginia remembers.....Hey Waldo and low-ell, lets talk global warming with Jerry!

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Where Ya At Kilo?

Heaven? Hell? Home?

My fave great aunt owned a chain of package stores in Md.......She retired and I got my picks. Gallons my friends...Ha!

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How Bad is Creigh Deeds? Even The Bristol Herald Endorses Bob McDonnell

Deeds and the dems have a problem when this happens.

Bristol Herald Courier endorses Bob McDonnell for Virginia governor

Virginia has two chief problems – higher than acceptable unemployment and transportation needs across the commonwealth. We believe Republican Robert F. McDonnell has outlined the most robust plans to address both as governor of Virginia.
McDonnell’s transportation plan includes 12 measures – from privatizing ABC stores to adding tolls to issuing bonds – with the money going directly to transportation. Democrat R. Creigh Deeds proposes a bipartisan commission to study the problems, if he is elected. It’s an inclusive step, but one that seems slow in a state with enormous and mounting transportation needs. Everything McDonnell is pitching might not work, but he has done more to offer specific solutions during this race.
We also like McDonnell’s jobs plan and his understanding that rural parts of Virginia need special attention to draw new business.......Read it All

Bill Bolling Releases TV Ad - "Lessons"

Great ad.

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The Result of Creigh Deeds' Caca - Thesis? Bob McDonnell Up by 12

The latest Survey USA poll has Bob crushing Deeds by 12 points. This after the ridiculous macaca style foolishness from the Deeds camp and the MSM.

"For Governor, Republican Bob McDonnell appears undamaged and today defeats Democrat Creigh Deeds. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released five weeks ago"

Are you anxious to read Waldo and Lowell's spin on this?

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The End of an Era in SWVA Baseball

Mack Shupe is hanging up his cleats. Shupe was coaching at JJ Kelly when I was in school. He took over a team that wore T-shirts in games and propelled them to heights that will never be matched.

Mack Shupe, after spending 40 years in the dugout, will tender his resignation Monday morning as J.I. Burton’s baseball coach.

Shupe, whose illustrious career includes eight VHSL championships, produced a 631-173 win-loss record at J.J. Kelly and Burton.

“It’s time to go here,’’ Shupe said Sunday. “I think I’ve accomplished everything you could at the high school level.

“I’d never rule out anything but I won’t be coaching again where there isn’t a total commitment to the baseball program. Of course, that would mean having a first-class facility. This is the 21st century.’’

Shupe spent 33 years at JJ Kelly. The stats:

He took over a program at Kelly when its players were wearing T-shirts instead of standard uniforms.

Shupe led a campaign to build a stadium that today bears his name. He took his teams to the state championship game in four different decades.

He guided Kelly to an unprecedented four straight state titles — in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, all unbeaten seasons. The Indians went 19-0, 21-0, 22-0 and 21-0.

Under his direction, Kelly also ruled Virginia’s Group A diamonds in 1988, 1989, 1991 and 1998.

His Indians won 22 Lonesome Pine District championships and 18 Region D titles and were state runners-up three times.

The VHSL Hall of Famer developed six professional players and had dozens of others go on to compete at the college level.

“I had 33 enjoyable years at Kelly,’’ Shupe said. “We had a good run there.’’

His Kelly teams won 546 games while losing only 173.

He will be missed. I want to thank Bill Lane for writing the article so eloquently. he finishes this must read for Va baseball fans with:

"Thus, an era in Southwest Virginia athletics that isn’t likely to be repeated closes as the scoreboard lights on Shupe’s remarkable career are turned off."

Indeed.

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