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Entries from June 2008

My Horse Ran in the Breeders Cup

October 30th, 2006 · No Comments

Sometimes dreams do, indeed, come true, but only if you give yourself a chance

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Tags: Horse Racing · Keeneland · Sports

U of L and West Virginia Have Done This Before…

October 29th, 2006 · No Comments

except it was in basketball, in the Final Four at Freedom Hall in 1959.

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Tags: Basketball · Sports · University of Louisville

A Wakeup Call for Thoroughbred Racing

October 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Most of the national media covering the football game will leave town instead of staying over to cover racing’s biggest day.

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Tags: Football · Horse Racing · Politics · Sports · University of Kentucky · University of Louisville

The truth about the dropping of the drawers

October 24th, 2006 · No Comments

All of us were concerned, since Paul had made it clear long ago that, ah, he does not wear underwear. Something to do with the playboy image that began at Notre Dame and was enhanced during his glory years with Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s

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Tags: Entertainment · Football · Miscellaneous

We Deserve Better from Northup

October 24th, 2006 · 1 Comment

The Anne Northup I know would never approve of the weapons of mass distraction, to borrow a term from the current Robin Williams movie, that are being used in her name.

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Tags: History · Miscellaneous · Politics

Whatever Happened to Idealism?

October 18th, 2006 · No Comments

When we don’t vote, how can we expect our children to respect our history and our freedoms and, most importantly, the power of ideas?

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Tags: Miscellaneous

Why Are They Waiting on Ben?

October 16th, 2006 · No Comments

The Republicans may be inept and incompetent, but so far the Democrats don’t look any better.

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Tags: Politics

Top to Bottom, UK Football Needs an Overhaul

October 9th, 2006 · No Comments

Personally, I see no reason whatsoever why the right coach can’t turn UK linto a consistent Top 25 program.

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Tags: Football · Sports · University of Kentucky

What Will It Take to Stop the Madness?

October 2nd, 2006 · 1 Comment

The seven deadly sins — pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth — have become virtually prerequisites for anybody aspiring to be a professional athlete, music star, corporate CEO, or member of Congress.

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Tags: History · Miscellaneous · Politics