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Hello Ron,
5 14 18 88
Thanks and GLTA!
Nothing to post about Neal until we see what happens with Sandy and BKMP. Maybe after that Sandy's alter ego Samia Singjan will come out of hiding to let shareholders know whether to fold the tents and go home or hold on for a few more dangled carrots.
Someone took possesion of 50 bil. restricted shares before this went down with Sandy and at some point in time that individual or individuals will become majority shareholders in BKMP. Will that turn into a new business venture? Who knows, we will just have to wait and see.
I had 20 family members at the house today that I invited and had to start cooking yesterday and finished today in order to have enough food. Not because I am the one that prepared everything, but it was all excellent.
Hello Ron, let me have the 5 18 48 88.
GLTA
LOL!! DD.
(liberals are our enemies)
I like this part better!! LOL!
You mean they did not pay you your back pay for the wage increase? If they did'nt you should go see R.C. at the MDHA procurement office because every sub-contractor had a form for each employee to sign showing you recieved your back pay after the wage rate increase. I know MB got his 12k and you remember Ronnie? He got a little over 10k and stayed drunk until it was all gone and then wondered why he could'nt have his job back. LOL!
Thats the way it works with Federal Money. I remodel Hud Housing and we have to use the federal wage rates listed for each craft, then we have to do federal certified payroll reports for each employee weekly showing we are paying that amount or more to each employee depending on what classification they are. Its a headache, but as long as they keep sending millions my way to insure a job for me and everyone else I employee on the job-sites, it well worth it plus people get to move into a nice place when I'm done with it.
I believe Health Care for millions would be affordable if Obamanation would sign into law a cap on malpractice lawsuits. That would make malpractice insurance rates drop which in turn would cause hospital and Drs fees to drop, and then insurance rates would drop for John Q public saving billions of dollars a year for Health Care. But that will never happen because of all the money the Dems. would loose from the Bar Assoc. for campaign contributions and lobbyist.
I had thought about using it for a border in my bathroom because of the nice colors it has.
Harbach Blog...The 2009 SEC Preview
Love him or hate him, he's back By Brian Harbach
Collegefootballnews.com
Posted Jun 29, 2009
My Pre-Season review of the SEC is back and after all the feedback that was sent in last season there wasn’t a reason to change the format. Taking a look at the SEC’s 2009 Contenders, Pretenders and Pushovers should fire up your emotions and fill up my inbox. Where does your team stack up? Read on to find out.
By Brian Harbach
The State of the SEC
What better way to start a preview of the Southeastern Conference than to discuss where the league stands compared to the rest of the country. After three straight National Championships, the SEC has solidified itself as the Premiere Conference in College Football and is running towards the 2009 season with the best team, player and coach in the nation.
The defending National Champion Florida Gators bring back their Heisman winning Quarterback Tim Tebow, the best coach in college football Urban Meyer and nearly their entire team. Love him or hate him, Tim Tebow is going to be the biggest story line this college football season because another Gator National Championship will make him the greatest quarterback in college football history. If you think you were sick of ESPN pieces on Tebow, just wait because there will be no end to the Tebow love fest in 2009. Regardless of how you feel about the SEC’s Superman, he deserves every bit of the praise he is going to get because he is a great kid and a great football player.
The SEC boasts a number of other important returnees to the league such as its best defensive player Tennessee Safety Eric Berry, breakout QB Jevan Snead from Ole Miss, the freshmen sensations at Wide Receiver Georgia’s AJ Greene and Alabama’s Julio Jones and former Michigan Wolverine, now Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett. All of these players should put up numbers that will give them at the very least All SEC 1st team votes and this is just scratching the surface of the leagues talent.
The league has plenty of veterans making triumphant returns, but this season there will be new faces on the field and on the sidelines. Three new coaches make their SEC debuts this September at Tennessee, Auburn and Mississippi State who will coached respectively by Lane Kiffin, Gene Chizik and Dan Mullen. Chizik and Mullen have experience in the SEC as coordinators while Kiffin comes in from time spent in California with Southern Cal and the Oakland Raiders.
Like every year the SEC dominated in recruiting taking top recruits from all over the country, some of the guys you can expect to see early and often this year would be Georgia WR Marlon Brown, LSU WR Rueben Randle, Tennessee RB Bryce Brown, Florida LB Jelani Jenkins and Arkansas DB Darius Winston. There are too many top flight recruits to mention, but these young men plus a lot more will be on the field early this season if they make it on campus.
The SEC once again is looking strong from the stands to the sidelines and from the returning starters to the incoming freshmen. The league should start the season with 3 or 4 teams in the top 10 and the overall favorite to win the National Championship which would be 4 straight for the SEC. The top is obvious, but there is a lot of discussion after the Florida Gators.
Team Breakdown
Just like last year the SEC teams will be broken into three separate groups…the Contenders, the Pretenders and the Pushovers. Each group is listed by alphabetical order only; it is not listed by any ranking within each group. Keep that in mind when you get ready to fire off those emails about why your team is behind some one you think is worse. There is going to be plenty of reason for angry emails, but they should be based on the content, not the order.
The Contenders
Alabama
What to Like : The defense is going to be strong this season, especially at the linebacker position. Alabama might have two of the top three linebackers in the league with Rolando McClain and Donta Hightower in the middle of their defense. The skill position players are very good with Julio Jones at WR, Mark Ingram at RB and they can rotate a number of good tight ends into the game that can catch the ball very well.
What to Dislike: The offensive line lost a lot and while everyone will point to first round pick Andre Smith, the loss of Antoine Caldwell will be an even bigger loss to the team. Smith was the player everyone knows about, but Caldwell was the foundation of that line and his leadership and experience will be missed. With first year starting QB Greg McElroy needing confidence early, the offensive line will have to protect him and that starts with new Center William Vlachos.
Florida
What to Like: What there is to like could take up all the space in this column, but to start with the senior leadership on this team is not matched by any team in the country. Tim Tebow and Brandon Spikes are talented, experienced and they know what it takes to win championships. With those two leading this team it is like having two additional coaches on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. The Gators speed is extremely impressive from Cornerback to Running back. Joe Haden, Jeffrey Demps, Brandon James and Chris Rainey can flat out fly. Florida is the class of the SEC going in and while the rest of the league is good, they are not in the Gators league.
What to Dislike: There is really nothing to dislike about the Gators this year. Putting Tebow under center could end up causing problems for Florida depending on how much they use it and when they use it, but that is really nitpicking. If they stay focused all season, there won’t be much to complain about this year if you are a Florida fan.
LSU
What to Like: Two things stand out when looking at LSU on paper, the first is the secondary which is scary with talent and the second is the ridiculous amount of skill players on offense. New Defensive Coordinator John Chavis has never had a problem coaching elite talent in the secondary and guys like Chad Jones, Patrick Peterson and Jai Eugene are going to benefit greatly from his coaching. The receivers once again should be formidable with returning senior Brandon Lafell, Terrence Tolliver and Rueben Randle all with the size and speed the NFL covets.
What to Dislike: The quarterback position is still not the strongest part of the team and that killed LSU last season. Jordan Jefferson played very well at the end of last season, but he is still young and inexperienced. He has a ton of athletic ability and talent to succeed in the SEC, but with just a couple of starts under his belt it is impossible to know if he will be great or start strong and then fade like Jarrett Lee.
Ole Miss
What to Like: It is impossible not to like Ole Miss’ returning quarterback Jevan Snead, he is the second best QB in the league, but he may be the best pro prospect in the SEC. The passing game should be good, but the running game may be even better with young guys like Brandon Bolder and Enrique Davis ready to break out. Defensive End Greg Hardy’s return for his senior season was a pleasant surprise and he should anchor a very good defensive line.
What to Dislike: The Ole Miss pass defense was last in the SEC last year and that was with Jamarca Sanford in the secondary. This year’s secondary is young and undersized, so it is hard to expect them to improve that much from last year in terms of pass defense.
Most likely to move down a group: Alabama Greg McElroy has looked good in fill in duty last season and he had a very good spring practice, but his situation is not as solid as the other 3 QB’s ranked in the contenders group. The offensive line for the Crimson Tide is still unknown and he has yet to start a game in his young career. The Alabama defense is good enough to carry this team if the QB doesn’t make mistakes, but what young quarterback doesn’t make mistakes?
The Pretenders
Arkansas
What to Like: Successful offense comes from a smart offensive game-planning and a quarterback who is able to execute the offensive. Bobby Petrino should have his offense running at full speed this year due to Michigan QB transfer, Ryan Mallett. Mallett is the perfect QB to run this offense because he has a cannon for an arm and is so tall that he can see the field very well. A young defense from last year returns 8 starters and it should help the Razorbacks get back to a bowl game.
What to Dislike: The schedule is just plain nasty this season with road games at Florida, Alabama, Ole Miss and LSU. Add home games against UGA, Auburn, South Carolina and a neutral site game against Texas A&M and Arkansas may have the toughest path to the SECCG. If it weren’t for the schedule this team would be fighting for the SEC West this year, but because of the tough slate a good bowl game is more likely.
Auburn
What to Like: Defense has never been a problem for Auburn and while there is not a lot of depth anywhere on the team, the defense should be very good this season. Ted Roof is a great defensive coordinator and while Gene Chizik may not impress as a head coach yet, he knows defense and he knows how to coach defensive backs. The leader of the Tigers D will be 5th year senior Antonio Coleman who should have a break out year and could work his way onto the All American list.
What to Dislike: Auburn’s offense has struggled for years with the passing game and this year the Tigers don’t have an SEC player at the QB position and the receivers are unproven and severely lacking depth. Gus Malzahn will improve this horrid offense a little just because of the upgrade he is in coaching, but outside of running backs Ben Tate and Mario Fannin, no Auburn skill player has shown they can make plays in the SEC.
Georgia
What to Like: The Georgia Bulldogs do not lack playmakers at any position on the field, especially on offense. The Wide Receiver depth chart is stacked with talent from super sophomore AJ Greene to senior WR Mike Moore and with stud freshmen Marlon Brown on his way Joe Cox should be salivating at his targets. Running back is another strong area for UGA with highly recruited Caleb King in the starting spot, but not running away with the job and change of pace scat-back, Carlton Thomas, ready to take carries away from the bigger backs with his versatility.
What to Dislike: The offensive line is once again extremely young, but they are a little more experienced this year after being all freshmen and sophomores a year ago. What is so amazing is with the talent UGA brings in each year, they are severely lacking depth at every position on the offensive line. There were a lot of injuries on the O-line last year and it hurt them, it will be the same thing this year if the injury bug returns. Georgia could be relying on true freshmen once again if players start going down.
South Carolina
What to Like: South Carolina fans have to love that for the first time Steve Spurrier is going into the season with no quarterback controversy. Stephen Garcia is the starter and he should get all the important snaps this summer and he won’t be looking over his shoulder at the QB standing next to Spurrier on the sidelines. On the defensive side senior Eric Norwood decided not to enter the draft this past spring and will be smacking opposing quarterbacks for one final year.
What to Dislike: What was a positive for Stephen Garcia could turn into a negative for the Gamecocks if he is to get hurt. He won’t be looking over his shoulder, mostly because there is no one else there. In the past South Carolina has had a quarterback carousel, but this year that ride stops if Garcia falls off. No team in the SEC is more reliant on one player than South Carolina and one injury could move them from New Year’s Day bowl to home for the New Year.
Most likely to move up a group: Georgia Joe Cox is an unknown, but the last time Georgia started a 5th year senior at QB it was DJ Shockley and that team won an SEC Championship. Richt seems to do well when his teams are under the radar; both of his SEC Championships came in seasons where they were not expected to be great. UGA is always one of the most talented teams in the country and solid QB play could push a likely modest year into something special.
Most likely to move down a group: Auburn The offense might be better this year, it is almost impossible for it not to be, but the QB situation is a mess, the team has very little depth and the October schedule will be brutal. October was the start of the Auburn downfall last year and this year is no better. With games at Tennessee, at Arkansas, home with Kentucky, at LSU and home against Ole Miss it is possible they could lose all of those games. September isn’t overly difficult and they could get some positive momentum, but unless a player steps up at QB 2009 may remind Auburn fans a lot of 2008.
The Pushovers
Kentucky
What to Like: The Kentucky defense has two of the SEC’s best defensive players in LB Micah Johnson and CB Trevard Lindley. These two senior leaders should be huge for the Wildcats but this defense would have been even better if it still had Jeremy Jarmon on the team. Lindley is the best cornerback in the league and Johnson is a physical force at almost 260 pounds. It will be interesting to see if Johnson spends any time at defensive end with the off-season losses Kentucky has had at that position. No matter where he plays, he should end up as an All SEC performer this season along with Lindley.
What to Dislike: Moving Randall Cobb to wide receiver was the worst decision Rich Brooks has made while at Kentucky. College Football has moved into a time when teams want their best player to touch the ball every play at QB or just more often. Cobb at receiver means he will catch maybe 5 balls a game and maybe another 7-8 times on a reverse or in a Wildcat formation. This makes no sense when your current QB, Mike Hartline, has not proven to be any better than Cobb. Put money down in Vegas that Cobb will be the starting QB come October and Brooks will take serious heat for this decision.
Mississippi State
What to Like: Dan Mullen seems to be a pretty smart guy, he looked at his team and during spring practice he tried to emphasize their strengths or more like strength. The best thing MSU has going for them is Anthony Dixon and Dixon is not even close to a spread running back. He is 100% power I back, but Mullen will use him often in his offense because he is the best option they have. That is smart coaching and that is something that should encourage Bulldog fans about Dan Mullen.
What to Dislike: Outside of Dixon there are zero offensive playmakers and the offensive players they have do not yet fit the spread that Mullen is going to try and run. The offensive line is not great and mostly inexperienced while the quarterback situation is among the SEC’s worst. There is no player on the team that can currently run the spread and Mullen may have to bring out his entire bag of tricks to keep this team competitive.
Tennessee
What to Like: This should be a very good Volunteer defense with all the players returning and the coaches Lane Kiffin brought in. Ed Orgeron is a great defensive line coach and Monte Kiffin is a NFL defensive guru that should have quick success in the college ranks. Junior Eric Berry is the best defensive player in the country and he might be Tennessee’s biggest threat on offense. The Tennessee defense is very experience with 10 of the 11 starters in their junior or senior years.
What to Dislike: Schedule and quarterback might be the two most important factors for college football teams and Tennessee has it bad in both of these. The QB situation rivals Auburn’s and Mississippi State for the leagues worst and the first eight games include only two sure wins. Tennessee’s schedule is always soft at the end of the year, but their September and October is just plain mean. The first two months of the season gives the Vols games against UCLA, Florida, Auburn, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina.
Vanderbilt
What to Like: Would it surprise you that Vanderbilt may have the best quarterback situation in the SEC outside of Florida. Both Mackenzie Adams and Larry Smith are big time offensive threats at the QB position and they both should play a lot this year. Expect to see a lot of the running QB Adams and the passer Smith in games because they are both dynamic players and it will cause SEC defenses problems all year long. Last year defense was the reason Vandy made it to a bowl game, but with all the losses on that side of the ball, the offense should be the reason they make it back to the postseason in 2009.
What to Dislike: The receiving core is shaky and they were hit by a couple injuries this spring that devastated the WR depth charts. The offense will be better due to the great QB play, but it will not be pretty at times. Starting wide receivers Terence Jeffers, Alex Washington and John Cole have a combined 13 receptions and every one of those receptions belongs to Alex Washington.
Most likely to move up a group: Tennessee: Lane Kiffin is a relative unknown to the SEC so it wouldn’t shock anyone to see the Vols start out great or fall apart. If Kiffin can get through to any of his quarterbacks the offense could be better and the defense will not be put in as many terrible spots as they were last season. The Tennessee defense will be really good, maybe great and if the Vols can sustain drives, stop turning the ball over and complete more than 50% of their passes this team is talented enough to make it to a good bowl game.
What was wrong? What was right? Let me know what you think of the SEC this season. E-mail me Brian Harbach
I hope I'm wrong, but I believe once we pull our troops out the whole country will go down hill fast and end up with civil war and an over throw of the Government.
The only good I see coming out of this for BKMP investors is if Sandy has to give up whatever BKMP shares he has and they get cancelled.
That is good in one case because it will decrease the float, but bad in another way because if he stays out of prison and he has no shares of BKMP then there is no incentive for him to have Samia Singjan(if he even exist) try and increase share value. JMO!
Hey CA$H, Good luck with your new venture.. INIX is starting to get some attention again.. Maybe able to make some bank again.
552 for me, I beat you by 20 points. LOL! I hope you had a great Bday celebration with family and friends!!
"O yeah"- dat-gum rain shortened race!!!!!!
Whats up with TZ? I have tried to post my picks 4 time and all is get is your message was blank, you must type a message.
Anyway, My picks for Loudon are 18 31 33 48.
There are now some 20tn Iraqi dinar banknotes in use in the market, which is a very big amount and if Iraq knocked 3 zeroes it would become 20bn dinars which is a reasonable amount, he said.
Qasim also said one of the reasons for rebasing the Iraqi dinar is because the bank has managed to reduce the country’s high rates of inflation. The inflation rate fell to 14.7% in May this year from a record high of 60% in late 2006.
In July 2004, the now dissolved US civilian authority in Iraq decided to print the current Iraqi banknotes replacing those used to bear the picture of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Iraqis then had three months to swap their old dinars with the new ones.
“This time we aren’t in hurry, if it takes two years to swap the new currency with the old one, then let it so,” Qasim said.
The current banknotes were printed by Britain’s De La Rue, the world’s biggest commercial printer of bank notes.
Jabor said in November last year that the central bank would rebase the dinar in early 2008. – Dow Jones Newswires
Another old article from August of 08, this prediction has not taken place yet and on the other hand the predictions from the hype crew have not come into fruition as well. The dinar just like penny stocks are all gambles and whatever happens happens. Win, lose or draw, its all a gamble
Good Morning Ron, and a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
My picks
5 18 42 48
Thanks and good luck to all!!
Yes he deserves everything he gets for scamming so many out of their money. Now having said that, I am not the kind of person that will kick somebody while they are down, never could derive any pleasure from that. I will just sit back and let the courts handle this plus I dont believe he will get a slap on his wrist because of all the damage that has been done to investors by him, and every other CEO from Big board stocks on down to this cellar that we play in. I believe his punishment handed down by the court will be harsh. JMO!
I've heard us called peeps before, but never a peops.. What does that mean. JK.
I hope everyone that lost here can find a way to recoup those losses. Hey, if I can do it, anyone can.
LOL!
I did it too Lee, SW taught me a great lesson here. Dont believe anything that comes from a PS CEO's mouth, just buy it and then sell it when its green in the old portfolio.
Thats my point as well.. Those were our chances to make some good change, take the money and run to the next stinkie pinkie play. But the majority of us did'nt know how the game was played back then, we kept our eye the the prize TFN thinking this was going to be something great not knowing that TFN was just a carrot dangling in front of our faces.
If you were in this in June, July, August of 06 it was a flippers paradise during this period for people who knew how to play the pinks, but sad to say most of us that are still here did'nt have a clue how to make bank with pinkies back then.
Not sugarcoating anything!! It is what it is, the man is going down and you just proved my point of why he replied to e-mails with all the vulgar language.
Lets hope they do. I have tried to keep some drypowder ready for INIX is case they come thru. GL and good evening..
Your right.. I went back and checked his post after I replied to you. My bad..
More then likely thats all that will happen again. Maybe, just maybe if they are serious about uplisting this complaint filed against them will make them get off their behinds and perform like business people. Many more complaints filed like this and no one will trust them to do what they claim. Its kind of bad to read where they will not even balance their books and keep good records. That kind of activity will not get you on the Nas. anytime soon.
I think DFLY talked to the TA this week and got confirmation the AS has not changed.
I will be honest I am not in it at this time. I have been watching and waiting planning on grabbing a mil. shares for a run if they came out with news about uplisting. I just hate it at this time that my daily search came upon this claim.
See if this works, dont get mad at me for posting this but it has to do with Ifinix.
http://www.nfa.futures.org/basicnet/CaseDocument.aspx?seqnum=1949
Sounds fair G_Money and have a blessed day.
Sandy is just one scamming CEO out of 1000's, if he had not taken our money someone else would of while we were learning to play the pinks. I do not understand why so many would wish such harm on a person, I have lost 1000's here while the majority of the evil wishers probably only lost in the hundreds. Its only money and a mans life is worth a whole lot more then any money I may of lost simply because I did'nt know how to play the runs when we had them. These e-mails from Sandy that get talked about on this forum are probably justified because we do not know whats in the original message to him, probably telling him he hopes he rots in jail and becomes someones wife while there, and no telling what kind of language is directed at him. If I were him I would probably say the same things if I used that kind of language.
Some people need to get a life and realize it is what it is because we allowed it to happen.
Thanks for sharing that link trade2much.. I looked at the pics and the soldiers faces and got kinda teary eyed wondering how many of those guys made it through the Normandy landings or did some of them die so that I can be a free man.
My Dad and 4 of my uncles all served during WW2 but they all made it home alive to live full lives. Each one is dead and gone now but they all have a grave marker at the foot of their graves from the branch of service they were in.
Yes their games equal opps. but until Benhope releases some major news Ihub MOMO can only push a stock so far then interest will die down again. The AS is so low this stock has a chance of being a great runner, but it will take news to keep it going and not just Ihub MOMO.
I would love to make a few grand on this again and I may end up having to chase it, but until Benhope comes through I will continue to wait, watch, and listen because the buying interest has subsided again and it may drop lower still. I hope not for everyones sake but that has been the norm for Ifinix.
GO PIGS!! SUEY!
Awww you just wanted to stay in 3rd place. J/K Ron.
Hi Ron, could you double check my score for this week, below is last weeks results and it does'nt seem like I gained much. LOL!
G'm Nazcar racing fans. The iBox has been updated. Please check your scores for any adding errors by me!~LOL...
Overall standing from last week are unchanged, but getting tighter for third place!
First: Red, 8445
Second: Francie, 8204
Third: Charger, 7938
Fouth: AUdad, 7926...right on my arss and I'm in his gun sights...LOL...
Just 2 players made the 600 club in yesterdays race.
EZRAT: 607 and Lacy: 600.
Congratzzz to them!
He got canned shortly after he sold majority ownership to Mayhem Media.
TTF, its so great to see you back on the boards!! Next time you disapear like that tell somebody.
Mike Garrow was in on the hype for BKMP just like Sandy.. I went back through some old PR's in late 05 and early 06 and found where Mike said he was doing everything possible to build TFN and improve shareholder value in BKMP. Now at the time that may of been true but greed and the need for money to finance TFN probably took over.
I would really love to know how much money from BKMP share dilution actually went to TFN/TFNG or did it go towards financing Sandy's shell scams and when it mentions friends in the SEC. complaint are they talking about Mike Garrow as well?
So many questions that will probably never be answered..