After lying about the stimulus for the last 3 years and causing millions of Americans to suffer needlessly by refusing to help the American people in any way, how nice that the republican party has Paul Ryan, stimulus lover, on the ticket as VP. Let me tell you a little something about Paul Ryan. He got his sizable wealth the old fashioned way - he inherited it. No wonder he wants to cut taxes for himself and other wealthy people while sticking it to the average American, who like Romney, he can't relate to. Paul Ryan is also an absolute hypocrite and liar. Here's Ryan in 2002 advocating forcefully and completely for government stimulus spending, including unemployment benefits, to create jobs, help the economy, and reduce the deficit. I guess that only works when a republican is in the White House. (try to ignore the Mitt ad at the beginning, I couldn't get rid of it. Mitt has way more money than integrity or sense. He's the nothing man.)
Some basic economics - Any spending is someone else's income. We need to keep the money flowing. So wake up if you think Paul Ryan (or Mitt ) has any integrity or gives a damn about you.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Hatteras Wave Jam 2012
Hell yeah buddy, gettin' ready for Hatteras Wave Jam, September 12-15, 2012!
(click the gear icon and select 720HD for best quality)
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Boat Session
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| Brother Joe barefootin' |
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| Joe demonstrating the lost art of slalom |
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| BR58 with a backside lip slide |
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| BR58 Frontside lip slide |
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| Joe easily jumping both wakes |
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| Brother Tom |
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| Brother Tom with a nice frontside layback lip slide |
My brother Joe (aka Billy Bob) got himself a ski boat. This is from our first brothers day out expression session. "Call my brother Billy Bob, he's got the fastest boat on the whole damn river." Sheriff J.W. Pepper, Live and Let Die, 1973. "Everybody on the river wants this boat."
Monday, August 13, 2012
The Audacity of Dopes
And what about Paul Ryan?
"It's the audacity of dopes. Mr. Ryan isn't offering fresh food for thought; he’s serving up leftovers from the 1990s, drenched in flimflam sauce."
– Paul Krugman in a New York Times column, August 5, 2010
"He is, in fact, a big fraud, who doesn’t care at all about fiscal responsibility, and whose policy proposals are sloppy as well as dishonest. Of course, this means that he’ll fit in to the Romney campaign just fine."
– Paul Krugman in a New York Times blog post, August 11, 2012
"Is his budget really the most fraudulent in American history? Yes, it is."
– Paul Krugman in a New York Times column, April 1, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Hatteras Last Friday
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| Had my smallest gear out. 85L Board and 4.2 Sail |
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| Abby giving me a wind read. Looks like 25mph plus. She loves it. |
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Wave Sailing Ramp 30
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| I had the pleasure of wave sailing with the local big dogs at Ramp 30 on Thursday. Winds were 25-30mph side off. Sailed my 104L with a 4.2. Keith, Andy, Bill, Ralph, Ken and others made the challenging conditions look easy. That's me headed out and Ken surfing in. Photo courtesy of Ralph. |
Kickin the Summertime Blues on Hatteras Island
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| A nice Bermuda High sent us 5 days of strong SW winds. 4.2 on the 85L ExoWave. |
Crash and Burn at Canadian Hole July 2012
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| This is what happens when a 30 mph gust and a piece of chop hit you in the middle of a jibe. Hey, if you're not falling, you're not having fun and not progressing. |
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| Forward dismount with a half twist. |
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
There Ain't No Cure for the Summertime Blues
Unless of course it's some summer swell or a Bermuda High sending some strong Southwest winds over Hatteras Island.
This song is ranked number 73 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Songs of All Time. Written by the great rock pioneer Eddie Cochran in 1958 and covered by many artists including The Who above.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Monday, June 4, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Strong Winds at Ebenezer - A 5.8 Day
We had a great session with 10 sailors. I jibed around a pair of bald eagles hovering and fishing near the 5 mile marker. Awesome.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
A Little Air Time
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| Okay this was the biggest ramp I could find inland. Time to go coastal for some massive air. |
Nice Way to Begin March
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