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Ί Issue IV - June, 1993                                     by D.P. McIntire Ί
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ΙΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ»
Ί THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE BITES THE DUST.                                   Ί
ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ
Last month I let you know about my candidacy to become a member of the board of
Supervisors here in my home district of White Township, Indiana County, nestled
in the heart of Western Central Pennsylvania.

However, despite spending thousands of dollars, and taking up the time of many
of my friends in doing so, we fell short of our goal.  The final tally of the
election showed that I gained over 500 votes for the post, but fell about 100
short of what was needed to succeed.  I did well in the six-candidate race,
and despite losing I feel quite good about the outcome.

To those of you RT readers who dropped me lines of encouragement and support,
I thank you one and all.  I read many letters to my "staffers", which kept 
up morale even in the dimmest of times.  Again, my thanks.

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Ί WHAT DOES MEMORIAL DAY MEAN TO YOU?                                        Ί
ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ
As I write this on Sunday, May 30th, members of my family are gathering in a
place we like to refer to simply as "the farm" to "celebrate" Memorial Day.
I am not participating - I'll explain later.  However, this annual event in my
family leads me to the question:  "What does Memorial Day mean to you?"

In my opinion, Memorial Day ranks right up there with Flag Day, Independence
Day, and Labor Day in my mind.  Why?  Because people in America think of it as
a day off from work, rather than the real reason behind the day itself.

For instance, I'm sure my family isn't the only one who took Memorial Day to
get together with friends and family members.  However, how many of you took
time to visit the gravesites of anyone, friend or relative?  How many of you
even bothered to remember loved ones now passed?  I didn't think so.

Memorial Day is a day for rememberance of those loved ones now gone.  It is a
day for reflection and thought.  It is a day to remember those who did so much
for us, be it as a parent, a guardian, a sister or brother, or even as a
member of the armed forces, who have helped keep us all free.

This is what Memorial Day means to me.  Tomorrow I'll be laying a wreath for
my close family and friends which have passed on.  What will you be doing?

ΙΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ»
Ί WHY I SIMPLY CANNOT WATCH THE INDIANAPOLIS 500                             Ί
ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ
Another great Memorial Day tradition is the running of the Indianapolis 500
automobile race.  This tradition began in 1909, and has continued 77 times,
stopping only briefly during World War II.

Personally, I like the Indianapolis 500.  I like the time trials, I like most
of the personalities behind the sport of auto racing.  I even like to check
out whose driving what color car this year.  It's the race itself I can't
stand.  Don't get me wrong, my family comes from an auto racing background of
sorts - my father did a little racing, and my brother-in-law is a former drag
racing champion, so my feeling isn't due to lack of exposure to the sport.

My inability to watch motor sports events comes from boredom.  Sheer, cold,
unadulterated boredom.  Think about it.  In other sports:  Baseball, Football,
Basketball, Hockey, even Golf or Soccer, there is an element of surprise in
the game - the chance that you'll see something that doesn't normally occur.
Auto racing (excepting, I'll grant you, crashes in auto racing) doesn't ever
have that.

Even with Formula One cars, auto racing is still the same old, same old.  In
the Indy 500's case, it's 33 guys going around a 2 1/2-mile oval track...
then going around a a 2 1/2-mile oval track...  then going around a a 2 1/2
mile oval track... then going around a a 2 1/2-mile oval track...  Do you
get the picture here?  The last 5, maybe ten laps of the Indianapolis 500
will be enough for me to last all of 1993.  

I attended two Michigan 500's (back when it actually was the Michigan 500,
I think it's now called something like the Domino's Pizza-Pepsi-Hertz Rent-A-
Car-Goody's 500) as a kid.  My father would drag us in the family camper to
this track, where we'd sit on the roof and watch the cars zip by.  I'm sorry,
but the cars that I could see were going so damned fast I couldn't tell who
they were, and the cars that went by slow enough so that you could see them
weren't exactly the most competitive in the field.  It was boring as hell.
I slept through most of the second one.  The time trials, however, interested
me greatly - the race itself though makes me snooze.

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Ί THE MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM?  PLEASE, GIMME A BREAK...                     Ί
ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ
As a big hockey fan, I was pleased to see that the Disney Company is getting 
an expansion franchise in the NHL, to play in Anaheim later this year.  I was
glad to see that a family-oriented business such as Disney would take a great
interest in the sport - I thought it would greatly improve hockey's image.

I was wrong.  The biggest sign of this misguidance came at a press conference
where Michael Eisner, Disney's Chairman, and several others, including new
NHL Commish Gary Bettman, were wearing uniforms that looked as if they should
be on a pee-wee league team.

Then, the grandiose name:  "The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim."  Jesus.  I was
crushed as a fan - I figured the people from Disney were going to go, "Well,
that's enough of the joke.  Now the real name..."  It didn't happen.  If I
were an NHL player, subject to the expansion draft between the Florida
Panthers (the other NHL expansion franchise), and "The Mighty Ducks of 
Anaheim," I'd literally beg Wayne Huizenga to draft me.  I think I'd honestly
retire before I'd play one game for a team calling itself "The Mighty Ducks."
No offense to the movie, which I liked for the most part, but naming an NHL
franchise "The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim" is an idea that is really Quackers.

ΙΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ»
Ί THE IFFL SPRINGS TO ADD NEW FRANCHISES                                     Ί
ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ
Last month I mentioned the franchise football league I participate in, called
the Interstate Franchise Football League.  For those who don't know, this game
is very similar to Rotisserie League Baseball - a group of sports nuts get
together and try to outduel each other using actual NFL stars scoring as
scoring for their games.

I mentioned the trials, and the tribulations of the league's attempt to expand
beyond the borders of its roots in Western Pennsylvania.  So far, it seems as
though these mentions have not fallen on deaf ears.  The "league office" tells
me that we've so far received notes from two people asking for information on
how to join the league for 1993.  These people, from Mishawaka, Indiana and
Brooklyn, New York, will be receiving their information packets soon.  The
league seems as though it's headed for 12 teams in 1993 - providing of course,
that we don't get more applications in the meantime.

However, there is still another month and a half to go before time runs out
for those who might want to get a franchise in our league.  I take the liberty
of mentioning this in hopes that a few football fanatics out there who might
be interested in signing up.

So, if you're interested, just drop me a line telling me so.  I'll have our
Deputy Commissioner mail you a full packet of stuff so that you can look it
over and decide for yourself if you wish to join.

Drop your note to me at:
Random Thoughts
AmeriBoard Enterprises
P.O. Box 445
Penn Run PA  15765

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Ί PARTING THOUGHT:  DENIS LEARY'S DRUG PROBLEM SOLUTION                      Ί
ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ
Recently some friends and I were sitting on a porch on a warm evening,
listening to the rantings and ravings of Denis Leary's CD "No Cure for Cancer."

In the CD, which is quickly becoming at the very least a cult classic, Leary
claims to have the solution for the drug problem in America:  "Not less drugs,
more drugs", says Leary, "and give 'em to the right...people."  Basically he
goes on to say that if you give an addict enough drugs he'll kill himself
off, and if you did that with everyone, we'd eliminate the drug problem in
the United States.

Although I'm not saying I condone Mr. Leary's intimations here, he does make 
a rather interesting scenario, wouldn't you say?  Something worth thinking
about, perhaps?  I thought so.  Until next time...

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