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First Time Rail Reader? Great! We luv when that happens! From our 08 Fall Staff, The Supreme Masters ofMoneys Worth Relaxed Living of the World, Wed Like to welcome Yall to our little neighborhood..,
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Dude!Wheres My
Bailout?"Setting Domestic Priorities ... create
incentives to focus instruction on them
and neglect the others" Frank Levy
If you believe the tell-a-vision, banks
are going under and once-dominant
American corporations, like GM, Ford
and Chrysler are standing in line for
bailouts but nothing seems more impor-
tant these days than being well hung.
As the credit crisis has applied a lead
weight around the U.S. economy, much
of the attention has been on how it isaffecting business. But individuals are
hurting too, and many are in search of
their own personal bailout, which could
lead to drastic reactions, such as bank-
ruptcy, debt default, having a small
weenie or even criminal activity.
With two million people losing their
homes to foreclosure this year and
unemployment at a five year high, per-
sonal bankruptcies are on the rise
again as well, up more than 28% overlast year. Expectations are that bank-
ruptcies will top 1.1 million for the year
but apparently getting laid is also a top
priority of the day as it could be fun.
Too much debt is one of the key rea-
sons that more and more Americans
are being driven into bankruptcy.
But with laws tightening to make
bankruptcy filings more difficult/expen-
sive, bankruptcies are nothing like
bailouts or the inability of sustaining anerection for hours at a time! Whoa!
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"If you think health care is expensive
now, wait until you see what it costs
when it's free. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Hail th Bail!
People are doing some real funnystuff these days and one guy I know isplaying it pretty cagey in efforts to jointhe three sirens of Battle Creek,Michigan & cash in on the bail-outs &tho hes current with his house notehes sorta playing like hes going intodefault anyway making it look like hes
in dire need of some of that dolemoney that most wont ever see apenny of otherwise? Go Johnnie go!
Nailem &Bailem!
Oh well here they come and itspower in numbers and duh Demshave lots more numbers than duhReps these days but change is sure-
ly on the way cuz Bama sez so andwhen that many folks believe suchpromises ya have to know that its justa matter of time on accounta how cansooo many folks be wrong all at once?
We cant wait to find out what thchanges are exactly and it dont mat-ter that Bama hasnt mentioned what,how and when but ya gotta knowtheyre coming right up and bringingthe troops home an Universal health-
care and bailing us all out of this turri-ble econo fix were in is going to be areal relief dontcha know? Thinkingabout all those wonderful things com-ing outa Bamas mouth jus bringschills and tingles cuz good times are
just around the corner.
Smokeem ...Whether ya gotem or not? Well
what areya gonna do when smok-ing is th dumbest thing youll everdo referrin of course to inhalingburned material not to mention allthe bums out there that jus wannasmoke, smoke smokem but justcant seem to justify buyinemwhen they can smokem withoutlayin the money down which thpoint were trying to get to is thatCiggie bums are gettin really cre-ative these days dontcha know asthats not a menthol is it? to
does anyone have a Marolborolight? to what kind of cigarettesare those? are some real all-newways to say buddy can you spare
me a dime?Does anybuddy know what this yahoo is trying to
say here?
How Corney IsThat?
Times are plenty tough andhealth should be on the minds ofintelligent folks but we have tobelieve that most arent givinghealth much attention these dayson accounta all the gloom anddoom which youd think wouldnthave anything to do w/stayinhealthy but apparently it does cuzweve never seen sooo many sickfolks runnin around which th pointwere tryin to make is that if youdont keep yer health bailed outyoull just have to wait til the
Messiah arrives.
Dumb As ASpeed Date
Well we have to hand it to thehuman race on accounta justwhen you think that theres no waythe brain could ever get lameralong comes a fad that puts peo-
ple in the same room togetherwhere they sit around trying to lookcool and checking each other outfrom the corner of their eyes juslike a bunch of ex-lawyer politicotypes on Viagra which goes toshow ya that if you cant beatemyou can always get a laugh or twoby just sittin back and watchintheir fertive little beady eyes.
Ravings Of A Diseased Mind aka Im only serious when Im not laugh-
ing aka HHRBS Blurbs aka No Opinion, No Brain!by cjames Telemarket This!
to:raimail@hargrayFrom: rongnmarie
We thought your readers might beinterested to know that you dont haveto endure the recent barrage of tele-marketeers. The National Do Not CallRegistry is open for business, puttingconsumers in charge of the telemar-keting calls they get at home. TheFederal government created thenational registry to make it easier andmore efficient for you to stop gettingtelemarketing calls you dont want.You can register online atWWW.DONOTCALL.GOV or call toll-
free, 1-888-382-1222 (TTY 1-866-290-4236), from the number you wishto register. Registration is free.Placing your number on the registrywill stop most, but not all, telemarket-ing calls.
Rongnmarie, did a little researchand theres more to it. The Do-Not-Call Fee Extension Act of 2007 alsosets the annual fees telemarketers
canpay to access the registry in fiscalyear 2009. Its $54 for each area codeof data accessed or $14,850 foraccess to every area code in the reg-istry, whichever is less.
Last 8 Years?To:railmail@hargray
Fwd From: dalia42@
We didnt miss the Republican win
prediction in the October issue andjust wondering how crow tastes thesedays. America will never elect a manwhos middle name is Hussein wasanother quote I recall but well be inIraq for years to come still remains tobe seen. You are batting 2 and 0.Weve all witnessed the new true
patriotism which was long overdue nothanks to people like you and the last8 years. Please exclude my emailaddress. Dalia.
Well Dalia, we have to hand it toyou dear lady, youve put us in ourplace but still know nothing aboutwhat crow taste like. It couldnt beworse than disgust or embarrass-ment. What we do know is the per-
centage of the American public thatsbrain-dead these days which is atleast 52% and adding the yet to betallied percentage of the Republicanbrain-dead equates to a scarythought.
Patriotism? Youve got us started.The American who volunteers to fightin Iraq and the American who proteststhe war both express a truer patriot-ism than the American who treats it as
a distant spectacle. You are who youare, how do you like it? And finally, thelast 8 years is what were all going tobe hearing a lot of as our Presidentwill have to have somethingeloquentto say each time he attempts and failsto deliver on his campaign changewe can believe in rhetoric whichinclude bringing the troops home, andfixing healthcare and the economy.
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Frailties Of The Human Conditionvsswswsqsvvsqvssqvssss
William Shakespeare
Opinion Edit
The Perils ofMakinga Buck
By JD Tuccilli, HHI
The most socialist leaning President
weve ever had is headed for the Ovaloffice. Another ex-lawyer has lied hisway to the top, duping more than halfthe population into believeing that hewill change things. Convincing thegullible that 95% of the population willbe much better off with his plans to taxthe incomes of the highest wage earn-ers and spreading the wealth.
Definition:A capital gain is the prof-it that results from investments into a
capital asset, such as stocks, bondsor real estate, which exceeds the pur-chase price. Key word being profit.
Beneath Obama's flowery rhetoriclies a dangerous economic plan thatwill most likely wreak yet more severehavoc on our economy. In light of themost recent bailouts to the tune ofover a trillion dollars, where do youthink hell get the money?
Obama says he is absolutely com-mitted to almost doubling the capitalgains rate - something he will easilyaccomplish with a DemocratCongress. In the coming months -when investors realize that Obamawill raise the cap gains rate - there willlikely be a stampede of asset sales asinvestors rush to take their profits nowto avoid Obama's increased tax ratesnext year. Makes sense.
But just in case anyones missed it,were all in a sinking boat where capi-tol gains arent what they used to be.Is Obama planning to wait until it allturns around? And the extra SocialSecurity tax? Hello? Everyday thou-sands of people are losing their jobs.Our President elect is experimentingwith our future and we have to doubthe has the wherewithal to do so. Hehas sold the majority on tax reform ata time when tax revenues are plum-meting. Where pray tell will theDemocrats get the money they plan tospend on another proposed stimu-
lous package?Senator Barack Obama declared
recently that he wants to reform ourtax code so that it rewards work andnot just wealth. We think that is agreat goal if it means a simple tax sys-tem with low marginal tax rates.Unfortunately, a close inspection ofObamas proposals reveals some-thing disquieting: he would raise mar-ginal tax rates for many middle-income taxpayers, a bad move for
anyone seeking to promote economicgrowth.
In economics, according toWikipedia online encyclopedia, mar-ginal tax rates are important becausethey determine incentives to increaseincome; at high marginal tax rates, theindividual has less incentive to earnmore. Public discussion of "hightaxes" often refers to overall tax ratesor marginal taxes.
Although Obama is offering a newseries of tax breaks, they underminerather than improve economic incen-tives. First, whether or not you getthose breaks will depend on yourincome. In Washington, taking awaytax breaks as families work harder toearn more money is called a phase-out. Economists have a differentname for itthey call it a tax.Reducing a persons tax credit as his
income goes up also reduces hisincentive to earn more income.
Second, Obama would make somecredits refundable for families withcredits bigger than their tax liability,which would also have the nefariouseffect of raising marginal tax rates.For example, consider a worker in the10 percent bracket with $1,000 of taxliability, before credits, who claims$1,200 in credits. The tax impact of
earning an extra $100 depends onwhether the credit is refundable. If its
not refundable, theres no tax penaltyon earning the extra $100 becausethe workers tax liability stays at zero.
But if the credit is refundable, earning
the extra money pushes the tax upfrom negative $200 to negative$190thats a 10 percent penalty onearning income.
Senator Obamas proposed taxcuts for the middle class are actuallymarginal rate hikes in disguise. If hesaware of this then our President is justanother glib conman. If he isnt, thenhe doesnt know what hes doing.
Doing the Math: SenatorObama would raise the top individualtax rate back to 39.6 percent, imposean additional 2 to 4 percent tax onearnings for some over the existingSocial Security wage cap, and bringback the phase-out of the personalexemption and certain itemizeddeductions for higher-income taxpay-ers. When added up, the top effectivemarginal tax rate rises from 37.9 per-
cent to roughly 48 to 50 percent.Note: These calculations work as
follows: (1) 37.9 percent equals thecurrent 35 percent top income tax rate
plus the current 2.9 percent Medicaretax rate; and (2) 48 to 50 percentequals Obama's 39.6 percent topincome tax rate plus the 2.9 percentMedicare tax rate plus his additional2-to-4 percent hike in the SocialSecurity tax rate, plus an additionalroughly 4.5 percent for the phase-outof personal exemption and certainitemized deductions.Source:http://taxfoundation.org/blog/
show/23491.htmlAnd so the debate about taxes is
really a debate about the role that ourbiggest earners play in our economy.Increasingly, those who sit at the cen-ter of the Democratic Party seem tominimize that role. One theme of theDemocratic convention was that gov-ernment works, and that apparentlyapplies especially to the economy.
And so op-ed columnists now tell us
that the real key to growth is theDemocratic model of using govern-ment to drive the economy throughvehicles like research dollars(although those research dollarscome from taxes on private earnings).We seem likely headed, in otherwords, toward a period of rule bythose who believe that it is govern-ment which is the motor of the world,and that its selfish to think about
keeping too much of the fruits of yourlabor for yourself.
Barack Obama has generated muchof this years discussion with his planto raise taxes on those earning$250,000 and up and reduce them onmiddle and lower income families.But as fascinating as the discussionhas become, we seem to be driftingaway from the important question ofwhat impact do taxes have on work
and productivity (and hence the econ-omy), especially among our mostindustrious and innovative citizens--those whom Ayn Rand once saidpowered the motor of the world?
Will the rich, the productive, theinventive, buy into this? Or will theysee their ambition and learning andinvention as unappreciated and over-taxed? Ultimately withdrawing someof it at great cost to society. It will be
an interesting and revealing experi-ment.
The Rail is pleased to bring you a bit edit regarding the latest mind bog-
gling absurdities and follies of the looney left. From Staff reports. Jurys In, Sanitys Out
Pupils Rights?UK. Children as young as five will win the legal right to tell teachers how
they should be taught and disciplined for bad behaviour. The LiberalDemocrats tabled the amendment after a Ofsted survey suggested a third ofpupils do not believe they are properly listened to by their schools.
We seem likelyheaded toward aperiod of rule by
those who believethat it is govern-ment which is the
motor of the world,and that its selfishto think about keep-ing too much of thefruits of your labor
for yourself.
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The Scheme Of ThingsScheme Of ThingsvvswsBy Roger Franklin
UndergroundBound
Believe what you will, that theMessiah has arrived and every little
thing will be OK, or that preparing forthe worst now is the order of the day.
Regardless, times such as these tend
to bring the survival instinct a bit clos-er to the surface. Unless youre feel-
ing confident that all of this will workitself out, it may be wise to aquaint
yourself with what history has taught
us.The division between ideologies
hasnt been this clearly defined sinceHitler took on the World. The oppos-
ing ideologies appear such that thefree market, aka laissez-faire, and a
Government controlled economy, aka
Market socialism, are going toe to toe.
With so much private Industry nowstanding with their hands out, it lookslike the free market has collapsed and
thus lies the distinct division.
Socialism refers to a broad set ofeconomic theories of social organiza-
tion advocating state or collectiveownership and administration of the
means of production, distribution ofgoods, and the creation of an egalitar-
ian society. Modern socialism originat-
ed in the late nineteenth-centuryworking class political movement.
Karl Marx posited that socialismwould be achieved via class struggle
and a proletarian revolution which
represents the transitional stagebetween capitalism and communism.
But obviously, todays Capitolists
have suddenly changed their minds.
Theyve given up. Socialism is win-ning out.
Market socialism is a term used to
denote two different economic sys-
tem(s) based in socialism.The firstterm relates to an economy directed
and guided by socialist planners oneither a local or state level, while the
second refers to a system of freeexchange with socialist organizations
being predominant. What were see-
ing today appears to be a culminationof what began years ago with hand-
outs such as Welfare, food stampsand Section 8 housing. Ergo the liber-
al.
Capitolists tend to believe that min-imizing taxes decreases the chance
that the government would fund badprograms as such and prevents citi-
zens from needing government
money because they have more of
their own. Ergo the Conservative.Socialists mainly share the belief
that capitalism unfairly concentrates
power and wealth among a small seg-ment of society that controls money
and creates an unequal society. While
this neither includes nor sits well withthe innovative and inspired man or
woman that sacrifices, chooses towork 80 rather than 40 hours each
week and ultimately acquires a
degree of wealth the old fashionedway, they are nevertheless consid-
ered a part of the problem.While some are actually putting
blind faith in another Ex-lawyer, and
others are convinced the "Messiah"has arrived and help is on the way,
there are a few that think stocking up
on beans, rice and bullets is a viable
option. Drastic, desperate, knee-jerkreaction or not, it is nevertheless onthe minds of more than a few. We
have seen and talked to some of
these folks and were here to tell youthat we have neither lost our minds
nor become the creators of some darktale of death and destruction.
So how far will the economy slideand whats in store should it take a
few years to recover? Obviously, no
one really knows. For the time being,those mindlessly expecting a
Change to kick in currently have noworries. And those thinking beans,
rice and bullets are of course gearing
for something that hasnt happenedyet. Meanwhile, there are those that
may be thinking about all the opportu-nities that present themselves today.
The underground economy and the
black market are markets consisting
of all commerce on which applicabletaxes and/or regulations of trade arebeing avoided. The terms are also
often known as the underdog, shadoweconomy, black economy or parallel
economy.(Source: Wikipedia encyclopedia)
In modern societies the under-
ground economy covers a vast arrayof activities. It is generally smallest in
countries where economic freedom is
greatest, and becomes progressivelylarger in those areas where corrup-
tion, regulation, or legal monopoliesrestrict legitimate economic activity.
The key words of course being cor-
ruption, regulation, and legal monopo-
lies. This is sounding more familiar all
the time Isnt it?
Goods acquired illegally can takeone of two price levels:
They may be less expensive than
legal market prices, as the supplierdoes not incur the normal production
costs or pay the usual taxes. Alternatively, illegally supplied
goods may be more expensive than
normal prices, as the product in ques-tion is difficult to acquire or produce,
dangerous to deal with or may hardlybe available legally.
The underground economy should
not be confused with the black mar-ket, which deals strictly with illicit or
illegal activities. A number of activitiesin the underground economy do fall
into a gray area legally and morallyspeaking, but many cash-based busi-
nesses are considered legitimate, or
at least work under the tacit approvalof the government itself. Black market
activities are almost always under thecontrol of organized crime or corrupt
governments.
But unless you are independentlywealthy, or have charity in the hole
somewhere, you most assuredly havesurvival in mind these days which
comes closer to food, clothing andshelter legal or otherwise. As every
industry in the Country is on the
precipice, it may be only a matter oftime before the underground econo-
my touches everyone. Just let 20 mil-lion unemployed men and women hit
the streets, and rice, beans and bul-
lets may be in short supply and goingfor a premium.
Socialists mainly share the
belief that capitalism unfair-
ly concentrates power and
wealth among a small seg-
ment of society that controls
capital and creates an
unequal society. This also
includes the innovative and
inspired man or woman that
sacrifices, risks and ulti-
mately acquires a degree of
wealth the old fashioned way.
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I love spy stuff. I cant help it. Someof the goodies theyre coming up withtoday blows me away and I know Imnot alone. So, for the like-mindedSherlockes and Bonds among us,here are a few of the latest.
Hollow Spy CoinsWe know that coins can be used to
play a prank on others by squirting
water, but here is something muchmore serious. It allows you to storeprecious information within withoutgiving the game away. Do you have amicroSD memory card containingrisqu images of your weekend thatyou do not want anyone else to see,ever? Well, store it within the HollowSpy Coin of course! You can use it asa form of currency without beingdetected or charged for fraud,although that wouldnt make real
financial sense since the nickel alonewill cost $30.
Recon ScoutFor dangerous surveillance work.
The Recon Scout looks like it hasborrowed its design from the SonyRolly, but it is able to take videofootage instead of playing music.
The Recon Scout, designed by aMinneapolis-based company calledReconRobotics, is a durable littlemobile camera designed to roll along
the floor. It is a discrete way of gettingvideo footage in hostile territory, and
has already been successfully tested
in war zones like Iraq. It even has an
infrared camera with night vision forshooting in the dark.
Full Moon Rising
NOV. 12 th 16:17 pm
Geeks Gadgets Digitals
this device costs about six to
nine thousand bucks.
Mortgage Rescue Scammers
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Grins: Safe InvestmentsIf you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you
will have $49.00 today. If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG one yearago, you will have $33.00 today. If you had purchased $1,000 of shares inLehman Brothers one year ago, you will have $0.00 today. But, if you had pur-chased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned inthe aluminum cans for recycling refund, you will have received a $214.00.
Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily &recy-cle. It is called the 401-Keg. Makes you proud to be an American doesnt it!
Editors Notz:
That the scooter commu-nity South of the Broadcontinues to grow is evi-denced by the benefit worktheyve become the mostefficient with. Bar-side con-versations about the Harleyin particular are common.
Harley makes and models,good time talk about theride, biker boots, bikerduds, tattoos and leatherabound. So without further
ado, the Rail is please tobring you a little trivia.
Harley Hail Yeahs!
In 1903, the same year Henry Ford incorporated the Ford Motor Company
and the Wright brothers first flew, William Harley and his friends Arthur andWalter Davidson launched the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. They gave
their bike a quality engine, so it could prove itself in races, but planned to
manufacture it as a transport vehicle.
That same year the merchant, C. H. Lange, sold the first officially distrib-
uted Harley-Davidson in Chicago, a city given to "motoracing" and auto-tour-
ing. Another of the Davidson brothers, William, joined the company, which
soon burst the seams of its first manufacturing center and, by 1906, had to
move to larger quarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Each day, animalsthroughout the forests, wet-lands and beaches aredying. Each month the Railwill be featuring one ofthese diminishing animals.
sss(Sterna dougallii ) Roseate Terns are generally fifteen inches long andhave a wingspan of thirty inches. The sexes are very similar, and theydive into water to catch prey. They are medium-sized terns with slender,pointed bills, very long, deeply forked tails, smoothly rounded headswithout crests, pale underwings with somewhat dark tips to outermostprimaries with inner primaries lacking a dark trailing edge, and pale gray
mantles. Roseate Terns usually acquire their full adult plumage at orafter three years of age. They are rarely observed during migration
Media ManipulationsThe process of media manipulation is the way in which individuals or groups
use various tricks in dealing with the media in order to create an image of their
side of an argument that is most favorable to the receiver. The rail is pleased
to bring you this monthly factoid regarding classic techniques that seemingly
work time after time with MSM. Many of the more modern manipulation meth-ods are types of distraction, on the safe assumption that the public has a lim-
ited capacity for attention.
Gateway Drug UpDateReports are in and tallied. Marijuana Arrests For Year 2007: 872,721 Tops
Record High -Five Percent Increase Over 2006-Police arrested a record 872,721 persons for marijuana violations in 2007,
according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual Uniform CrimeReport, released last month. This is the largest total number of annual arrestsfor cannabis ever recorded by the FBI. Cannabis arrests now comprise nearly
47.5 percent of all drug arrests in the United States.Of those charged with marijuana violations, approximately 89 percent,
775,138 Americans were charged with possession only. The remaining 97,583individuals were charged with "sale/manufacture," a category that includes allcultivation offenses, even those where the marijuana was being grown for per-sonal or medical use. Nearly three in four of those arrested are under age 30.
g gIn the midst of the economic crunch that has put thou-
sands of homeowners in serious danger of losing theirhomes, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is advisinghomeowners to look out for scam artists who claim they willhelp save consumers' homes from foreclosure.
What to look for: The tip-off that you're being
scammed, she says, is when the company offering the "res-cue" requires an upfront fee.
As part of these rescue schemes, con artists sometimesend up stripping the equity from a home by persuadinghomeowners to sign over the title of their houses and then make "rent pay-ments" to the rescue fraud scammer.
Same olNever Underestimate
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It Keeps
on GettingWorseIf theres one thing our leaders know
must be done is preventing massunemployment at any cost. Such athing would likely lead to total chaosand mahem which would ultimatelyresult in the complete implosion of the
American way as weve known it. Nota pretty thought. But in the wake of allthis, ardent Obama followers arerejoicing and none more openly thanthe American Muslim. In a piece lastmonth from a Chicago daily, Nation of
Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said inan address celebrating BarackObama that the new president-electhas a God-given capacity to handleany burdens he'll face as the nation'sleader. Farrakhan added that Obamawill be able to make positive changesonly with help from "God and peopleof goodwill," and he urged followers of
the Chicago-based black nationalistmovement to do their part. "President-
elect Obama has energized all seg-ments of the depressed, downtrod-den, rejected and despised," he saidin a 90-minute speech at MosqueMaryam on the city's South Side."Now it is up to us to take the newenergy that he has given us ... andchannel that energy into making our-selves better."
Dressed in intricately decorated redand gold robes and a matching fez,
the once-ailing 75-year-old leaderspoke to more than 1,000 followers inan address called "America's NewBeginning.
Crash &Burn
The Federal Reserve reports Americans have pushed their total
credit card balances to an eye-pop-ping $1 trillion.(source: Consumer Affairs)
Lil Joe is having a hard time tryingto figure out what the bailout reallymeans to folks like us and has so fardrawn a blank. Franklin thinks that theFed should let the Banks, MortgageCos and Auto makers crash and burn.If theres anything thats certain aboutall this is that nobody but nobody
knows what to do now. Our newPresident has ridden to theWhitehouse on the Change we canbelieve in mantra but immediatelybegan choosing his cabinet from oldschool Dems. His choice for Veep wasan eye-opener and Little Joe has toquestion the what, when and how allthe changes could possibly transpirewith all the old status quo pros show-ing up.
Same olSame ol
Obama based his innovative cam-paign on an emphatic and convincingcommitment to change the culture ofWashington and bring in new people,new ideas, and new ways of doing
business. But now, Obama has defi-nitely changed his tune. As president-elect, he's brought back the oldWashington hacks, party regulars,and Clinton sycophants that he so fre-quently disparaged. Like JimmyCarter, the last President who ran asan outsider, Obama has reached outto the same old folks who dominatethe Democratic Party and representthe status quo.
His Transition Committee looks likea reunion of the Clinton
Administration. No new ideas of howto reform the system there. TheChairman, John Podesta, wasClinton's Chief of Staff. He presidedover the outrageous last minute par-dons and his style is strictly inside-the-beltway and make-no-waves.
Phil Schiliro, a former chief of staffto Representative Henry Waxman,
was named as assistant to the presi-dent for legislative affairs, the presi-dent's top lobbyist on Capitol Hill. RonKlain, a former chief of staff for VicePresident Al Gore, was named to thesame post for Vice President-electJoe Biden.
Greg Craig, a lawyer who repre-sented former President Bill Clintonduring his impeachment proceedings,has been chosen as Obama's WhiteHouse counsel, Politico.com reportedNovember 15, citing Democratic offi-cials.
So what's with Obama's choice ofold-time Clinton cronies and recycledWashington insiders to run the transi-tion to his new politics of change?Little Joe wants the new president tosucceed but more than that I wouldlike to see him follow through on allthe promises. Can't the anti-
Never Underestimate
the power ofstupid people
in large groups.
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Washington insider President-electfind anyone who isn't a Beltway has-
been?
Judging by the appointments to histransition committee and leaks about
possible top staff and Cabinet choic-es, Obama appears to be practicing
the politics of status quo pork. Onething is for certain regarding our
Presidents promises and that is theFreedom of Choice Act.
Sen. Barack Obama became a co-
sponsor of the 2007 Senate version of
the bill (S. 1173). Responding to a
question regarding how he would pre-serve reproductive rights in a speechgiven to the Planned Parenthood
Action Fund on July 17, 2007, he
declared "The first thing I'd do, aspresident, is sign the Freedom of
Choice Act. That's the first thing thatI'd do.
For the folks unawares this Act willoverturn partial birth abortion bans,
scrap parental notification laws, elimi-
nate bans on taxpayer-funded abor-tions -- that's what the Freedom of
Choice Act does. Illustrious editorFranklin declares the partial birth
abortion is the single most brutal,
inhumane procedure today.
Flailing & Bailing
Another day, another bailout. Little
Joe thinks that all this bailout talk isbringing the schemers out of the
woodwork. This time homeowners getto benefit from mortgage-modification
programs, designed to stem the tide offoreclosures by making it easier for
borrowers to stay current on their
loans.But the latest plans from Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac, joining banks suchas J.P. Morgan Chase and Citigroup,
hold plenty of risks.
Take investors in mortgage-backed
securities. Modifications to mortgageholders' interest rates could leavesome MBS holders with reduced inter-
est payments. Forgiveness of princi-
pal, meanwhile, could lead to capitallosses.
A bigger worry could be that thesemodification programs are too effec-
tive. In that case, "many current bor-rowers will wave the white flag of sur-
render and also try to get a modifica-
tion," Rod Dubitsky, a senior strategistfor asset-backed securities at Credit
Suisse, wrote in a recent report.The danger is that loan holders who
otherwise could meet their payments
would decide to fall behind to get theircut of the bailout. That could unleash
a chain reaction that drives defaultrates even higher.
That means another dose of moralhazard. Federal officials stopped wor-
rying months ago about that for com-panies, as they piled up bailout uponbailout to keep the financial system
from collapsing. But its collapsinganyway folks. Now officials risk inject-
ing warped incentives into the behav-
ior of individuals. Brilliant!
Johns Lunch 11-3
Grins: Justice in served
Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to thecall. The house was very dark so the paramedic asked Kathleen
, a 3-year old girl to hold a flashlight high over her mommy so he
could see while he helped deliver the baby. Very diligently,
Kathleen did as she was asked. Heidi pushed and pushed and
after a little while, Connor was born. The paramedic lifted him by
his little feet and spanked him on his bottom. Connor began to cry.
The paramedic then thanked Kathleen for her help and asked the
wide-eyed 3-yr old what she thought about what she had just wit-
nessed. Kathleen quickly responded, 'He shouldn't have crawled
up in there in the first place......smack his little ass again!'aw man that was sooo bad!
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Overturns partialbirth abortion bans,scraps parental noti-
fication laws, elimi-nates bans on tax-funded abortions --that's what theFreedom of ChoiceAct does.
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Its a Hit!
Austrailia
The much-trumpeted epic Australia
arrived in theaters on Thanksgiving,
providing grand entertainment toturkey-stuffed viewers. It's filled with
glamour, gorgeous scenery and has asocial conscience. It's long, but that's
to be expected for a film of its scale.
Set across the backdrop of a raciallydivided country on the eve of World
War II, it is directed by Baz Luhrmann(Moulin Roge and Strictly Ballroom)
and stars Nicole Kidman and HughJackman. Unless Hollywood decides
to release some decent movies after
a lame year, Australia probably willget some kind of Oscar attention and
is sure to be a box office hit.
The Duch e s s Starring: Keira Knightley & RalphFiennes Directed by: Saul Dibb
This elaborate period piece is sure towin a nomination for Best Costumes
and is worth seeing for that reasonalone. But The Duchess is a pleasant
surprise in that it's more than abodice-ripping costume drama,
although those elements are definite-
ly there, and in abundance.The film will be enjoyed more than
women than by men and
should be a particular hit withfans of the late Princess
Diana.The Duchess is based on
the true story of GeorgianaCavendish, the Duchess ofDevonshire in the late 18th
century. Like Diana, she wonthe hearts of the people and
set fashion trends in her day. Also
like Diana, she married a cold, unfeel-ing man years older than herself, and
her personal life was filled with mis-ery. And in another parallel to Diana's
life, her much older husband outlivedher and married his mistress after her
death. What is so fascinating about
the similarities between the twowomen is that Diana was the direct
descendant of Georgiana.Few other actresses can outmatch
Keira Knightley's consistent beauty
displayed in this movie, which high-lights her cheekbones and flawless
skin in every scene; however, Nicole
Kidman is a good rival in Australia.Knightley competes on screen and in
her marriage with Ralph Fiennes,
whose character is the
antithesis of her own.
Fiennes is in his element asthe quietly cruel, dead-eyed
duke, who treated his dogsbetter than his wife. The
most powerful man in
England after the king, heruled with an iron fist. The
fact that his wife was bright, beautifuland the darling of the entire nation
only made him resent her, and he
used all of his power to punish her forit.
The film opens with the duke nego-tiating with Georgiana's mother to
marry the 17-year-old. He was con-sidered at the time to be the catch of
all England, but the marriage turned
out to be a match made in hell for theyoung girl. The duke's only interest in
her was that she produce an heir forhim.
He seduced her best friend, Lady
Elizabeth (Hayley Atwell) and openlycontinued an affair with her, bringing
her into the royal home to live withthem, humiliating Georgiana. The
Duchess came to terms with the
agreement by taking a lover of herown, Charles Grey, an old family
friend who later became England'sprime minister. However, the Duke
did not agree that what's good for thegoose is good for the gander. He
became enraged by Georgiana's
affair and effectively put an end to itby threatening to take her children
away from her and ruin Charles' polit-ical career if she did not end the rela-
tionship. She capitulated by breaking
off the affair, but not without announc-ing to the duke that she was pregnant
with her lover's child. Her forthright-ness was further punished by the
duke, who had the baby taken away
from her.The movie is solid, benefiting from
the extensive research used byauthor Amanda Foreman for her best-
selling 1998 biography of Georgiana,the book on which the film is based.
It's a sad story about a woman who
was the most popular figure in hercountry, except in her own home.
Happy-Go-
Lucky
Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan and
Alexis Zegerman Dir: Mike Leigh
Watching this movie was a strange
experience. Hours after seeing it, I
was glad I did, although sittingthrough it was not very enjoyable.Throughout the film, I kept wondering
what the movie's point was and why
the critics loved it so much. Criticsacross the board have given it four or
five stars, praising it as a funny, uplift-ing movie. I kept waiting to laugh or
be uplifted, but that didn't happen
often enough. Most of the funnyscenes were not very funny, and the
good feelings imbued by the moviedidn't come until hours after it ended.
The indie film set in London focus-es on a short period in the life of
Poppy (Sally Hawkins), a 30-year-old
primary school teacher with an irre-pressible spirit. One critic describes
her as "occasionally annoying." Thatis an understatement. The hyperki-
netic Poppy is extremely annoying for
most of the movie. On top of that,there is virtually no plot and the lan-
guage is hard to understand. Notonly are the fast-speaking Cockney
accents confusing; the mannerisms
and expressions are hard to relate to.It's hard to imagine an American audi-
ence really appreciating this movie,despite what the critics say.
Classic Film Quotes:
When all was black & white
"Elementary, my dear Watson!" - was a
phrase never spoken by the lead char-
acter in the many Sherlock Holmes nov-
els from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This
quote was rather found in a film review
in the New York Times on October 19,
1929. It became popularized only after
its trademark use in The Return of
Sherlock Holmes (1929) (the first
Holmes film with sound), with Clive
Brook and H. Reeves-Smith.
Quick-Takes:Czura sez..,
See It Go For The Ride Take A Hike Get Outa Town
Only @ ColignyHome of 3rd Sunday Jazz Lovers of the LowCountry
Additional information may be found on our website atwww.colignytheatre.com . See you at the Movies, Shawn.
Coligny Theatre, a small, quaint, beachtown movie house,where thinking folks go & not much blows up.
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It Could Be A
Lot Worse..,But it isnt, its only this bad.
Remember back in September, whenCongress was told it had to absolute-ly, positively pass that $700 billionbailout so the government could buyup toxic debt securities and get creditflowing again? It did, costing somelawmakers their seats in the last elec-
tion but hey, that plan has now beenscrapped. Or has it? The governmenthasn't bought any toxic debt to speakof. Or have they? One local mortgagebanking source let us know that theFeds have been throwing $250Knotes at banks left and right with nostrings attached.
There were some uncomfortablemoments last month when the CEOsof Ford,General Motors and Chrysler
trooped to Capitol Hill to begCongress for money to stay in busi-ness. One of those momentsoccurred when it was revealed thatthe executives had each arrived ontheir companies' private jets. Theydidn't even think about jet-pooling tosave a few bucks, much less flyingcommercial. Another occurred when itbecame clear than none had broughtwith them a plan for how they would
use the infusion of taxpayer money.
So who do you believe?Regardless, now there's a new plan.And yeah, half that $700 billion hasalready been spent and there isnt asingle individual in the Country feelingany relief. The upside is that our Statehas no Insurance or Auto Industry todepend on and thats a definite plus.With Toruism being SCs mainIndustry and gas currently below $2 agallon, were in as good a shape as itgets and thou the Holiday seasonmay not be what its been were antic-ipating a festive month. Well see.
Whos Doiin/NotHincheys has added a number of
bar party-appeals there with Wii avail-ability and the full ESPN sports pack-age which given the time of yearwhen playoffs rule pm TV should add
juice to bottom lines throughout
January.Tavern On The Park is going
aggressive with menu changes andadded F&B promotionals accentuatedby regular live music offerings featur-ing the Tommy Simms Band everyFriday with an open mic format there.
Week-end crowds @ PranaInternational have been the Islandslargest recently as its not only aboutbeing the only dance club around
Winter Session
2009Chinese Year of The Ox
No doubt!
wsvvswsBy Cork James
With a number of the 283=plus DarkSpots up and running this time lastyear now out of business or otherwise on the rocks there have been turnkeyopportunities made available for those willing to risk and gamble on futureclosings. The current success being enjoyed at Prana International and thedemise of Riders and Rock City are worthy of note as well as the shakey sit-
uations at The Electric Piano and the HH Brewing Company.
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these days but the allure of the crowditself. PI is gearing heavy for theHoliday season and Christmas weekis anticipated to be one of the Islandsmost festive. Adding a regular livemusic offering on Thursdays featuringthe Busted Hand Band accentuatedby nightly F&B steal deals this beauti-ful new spot is going straight aheadwith original plans to become theIslands premier dance club.
The Sea Shack was once again
enjoying 25-30 minute waits nightlylast month as the value priced menuoffered the frugal minded the Islandsbest of local seafood.
The Shorelines gearing for theIslands hottest F&B Christmas bashon Friday, December 19 from 9pm tilthe wee hours w/ the festivities gettingfull blown around mid-night there. AN80s theme is presented and all areencouraged to dress the part. Hattips.
BTowns Station 70 is hangingtough and with a number of nearbyspots now closed is doing betterweekday numbers than most localsdestinations there. Winter doins
include NO MORE KARAOKE andTuesdays GAME NITE features Wii,Corn Hole and Beer Pong accentuat-ed by $3.00 Three Olive Drinks.Wednesdays $1.00 Wells is the bestmid-week attraction and Thursdayscontinues an All Ages open mic till9:30pm 21 & over after 10pm with$2.50 jager bombs. Station 70 ismoving ladies night to Fridays with1/2 price drinks after happy hour and$4.00 dollar Finlandia Vodkas.
The SERG boys have to be pleasedwith reception to date re. Wise Guysas infrequent drop-ins have steadybar crowds week-nights and 25-30minute waits on Fridays and
Saturdays there. GM Chris Spargurlet us know that mid-week promotions
were on the board and starting thismonth WGs will feature a champaignladys night on Wednesday and anFYB steal deal on Sundays that fea-ture 2 for 1 on all food and $10 off anybottle of wine.
Not hard to believe that HHComedy Club is doing good week-night and full house week-end num-bers as econo a la gooms and doomhas to have most folks in a laughing
mood and HHCC co-owner JohnBiddle let us know that plans to closeJanuary for interior cosmetic improve-ments are still on schedule there.
Although Riders is dead in thewater good word from Chase at PizzaRoma has business as usual for thetime being there doing steady num-bers week-nites and all night back toback deliveries week-ends.
The Black Marlin located at
Palmetto Bay Marina has been doingsome of the better numbers Island-wide as good word has the week-endbrunches and the Happy Hour $2 offall liquor daily there as attractive toboth local and visitors seeking water-side destinations. BMs Hurricane baris festive on nice days 7 days a week.
Steal Deals
Abound
F&B steal deals are more scrut-enized than ever. Not only by theskimping family units, college stu-dents and week-end warriors, butworking yearrounds and the savvybar/restaurant owners that are wise-ly addressing their competition.
Ck out a few of our daily faves.
Sundays @ BTowns newStation 70-$2 Bloody Marys all day
&.25 drafts@Prana til its gone.
Mondays@Hincheys-$2 J Beamand at Wise Guys its 2fer1 smallplates for F&B staffers only after
8pm.
Tuesdays@ Riders- $2 SkyVodka & @ The Lodge-$2 TiniNight w/ 2fer1 vino bottles @
Stripes. & 2 fer 1 2$ vodkas atStation 70.
Weds@ Station 70-$1 wells
Thurs $1 Vodkas @Wild Wing,and Prana.
Fris @ Twist for $2 houseVodkas
Some speculate that -
09 will be a pivotal
year for F&B destina-
tions choosing to
ignore the need to
aggressivly address
their competition.Regardless, for those
who do it has to be a
pleasure for patrons
who consider the
evening meal as the
highlight of the day!
Riders last night enjoyed a good turnout as the party was on compliments of formerpatrons and employees holding gift certificates previously extended in lieu of cash pay-
ment for maintenance services rendered. Twas a hoot!(Good job Graham)
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785 7006
Day WeeksMusic, Wine, Food & Bodies(Not Ad Driven/UpDated November
25-08)
HH Islanders of 10 years or lessmay not recall weeknights when find-ing a jumpingood, fun lovin scene onany given night could mean a roadtrip.
During the mid-80s to early nintieslittle was happening with any regular-ity throughout the peak season tospeak of, pitiful actually, and short ofa half dozen or so guitar solos doinga predominant tourista formatted,
slow-hand Jimmy Buffet routine, fes-tive week-end only dark spots likeThe Golden Rose, The Crows Nest---now The Marriott Grand Ocean onSFB-Scarlet OHaras -now theHilton XO- The Old Post Office -now
Adelphia Cable Co on Pope- JimsParadise -now MezzalunaRestaurant, and Remys were justabout all of the off-seaon optionsthere were.
Monday: Slim pickins this monthbut The Jazz Corner will maintainregular appearances by the HowardPaul Band and at Hincheys roundmidnight features local fave sax-man/entertainer Earl Williams thatgoes til 4 am.
Tuesdays: One Hot Mamas ishosting 16 yo Sara Burns from 6:30 to
9:30 there and The Jazz Corners allnew line-up featuring Martin Leschand the Multi-Jazz Quintet is breath-ing new life.
On the mainland its now Station 70with GAME NITE featuring Wii, CornHole and Beer Pong. accentuated by$3 Olive Vodkas there.
Wednesdays: Early on 8-mid-night at the Jazz Corner alternating
Bobby Ryder with Earl Williams willcontinue to be a popular local 8 tomidnight destination and its the TheLesch Band Trio now at Remysaround 10pm and @ Twist its KirkOLeary from 8-12 on guitar there.Sometime this month Sterling &Schuvette will return to the ElectricPiano 9-midnight after a recoup peri-od following keyboardist Sterlin Col-vins knee surgery. Buenas Suerte!
Thursdays: Prana InterN bringsin fresh talent w/busted hand fromaround 10 on and Spare Parts with anewly formed 3 pc. will be replacingMArtin Lesch @ Remys and @ thenew XO the Simpsons play from 8pmon there.
Fridays: is of course the SOTBshottest real music night and Tavern
On The Park late with Tommy Simmsopen mic gets fair crowds, early per-formances at the Big Bamboo featur-ing The Beagles and Martin LeschTrio at Remys will likely make for 3 ofthe most locals frequented Friday nitelive music destinations. ThePermanent Tourists carry over thismonth at Stages and BTowns allnew Station 70-formerly One HotMamas will feature Karaoke by Big
B and the Wild WIng will keepregional bands -see display ad backcover- andcontinues to offer some ofthe best local/regional entertainment.
Saturdays: will offer more diver-sity than ever before this Winter asRemys will maintain the latest Spare
Parts around 10 with Martin Leschdoing dates at Stages. Esh will stayon at the Kingfisher @ 7.
Accentuated by John OGormansBTown Playaz @ Stages- formerlyMonkey Biz- and the Simpsons atthe new XO Sat night crowds shouldbe brisk this Winter.
Sundays: may not be the slack-est day of the week for live music this
Winter beginning early with JessieWatkins @ Brick Oven. Late niteatmospheres such as Hincheys ChiBar round midnight featuring alter-nating soloists Mike Kavanaugh andReid Richmond and no doubt TheJazz Corners Sunday nite doinswith Deas Guys will likely continue tobe the hottest Sunday might destina-tion throughout the year.
Elbows are bent and hat tips to the working troops keeping a sense ofhumor these days as taking a beating from this economy and deadbeatemployers all at once is shere testimony to the power of the human condition.
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Local Bar UpDates: Dec-08
LocalBarsLocated via 278 Mile Markers
Traditionally, a genuine Island localbar was characterized by peaked bot-tom lines during the off-months andreflecting the year's slowest as Maythru August. However this yearsrecession atmosphere has most post-ing weaker #s and as many longtimeresidents tend to stay closer to thehouse during the warm months citingthe crowds, the traffic, awful drivers
etc. this Summers pump pain isshaping up to be the slowest in manyyears.
As the N-ends latest The Zonelocated at Beach and Tennis is one ofa handful doing steady numbersalong w/the heavy boosts from thenew Shorelines concert nights iscombining for some of the better localbar numbers Island-wide. Happy
Hour offerings 4-8 as well as 10-2amfeatures $1.50 house drafts, $2.00Rum and Vodkas, and daily 1/2 priceappetizers running daily from 4-8pmthere. Go 278 from either directionand take the turn @ Folly Field Rd-
3 blocks to Beach & Tennis & (R)w/eyes (L)
T nRemys has no doubt reestablished
itself and long time Islanders are tak-
ing to the new diggs very well.Maintaining consistency from themeat and 3 lunch offering, a $5 happyhour menu offering and regularlyscheduled live music Mon-Saturdaynights there.From the seapines circle take Pope
ave & go (L)@ lagoon Rd. w/aquick (L) @ 1st drive past the bike
shop to the end with eyes straight
ahead.
Park Plazas Tavern On The Parkmaintains a regular post shift F&Bdestination due to a consistant menuand when the live music plays Thu,Fri and Sat there. From anyapproach take the SeaPines circle
to Greenwood Drive to the 1ststreet and L to 2nd Park Plaza
entrance w/eyes straight ahead.While The Lodge was initially for-
matted and generally most frequent-ed during the off-seasons coolermonths this cozy Barmuda Triangle
nightlife destination has over the pastfew years acquired such a substantialregular clientele base that yearroundlocal bar status has become appar-ent.
From any approach take the
SeaPines circle to Greenwood
Drive to first (L) w/eyes (R)w/entrance behind Reilleys-S.
The Wild Wing Cafe continues tobe one of the S-ends hotter localspots featuring live entertainmentWed-Fri-Sat & Sun accentuated bythe Islands most frugal mindedmenu, -never a cover-. (see backcover) 278 to Seapine's circle and3/4's around to Pope Avenue, gohalf mile to circle center complex
w/ eyes R. Say hello to Brian Coreybehind the bar there.Hinchey's Chi Bar is one of the
South-end working local's fave weehour destinations featuring the realmusic from around midnight on Mon-Thur and Sunday nights there. TakeSeapines circle to Pope Ave, go to
the end re.Coligny Circle and 3/4's around
with an immediate right at the firstdrive for convenient underground
parking.
The Frosty Frog now in a 7th yearhas recently reached local bar statusand much like the Earls annualSummer/Tourista to off-season/localstransition caters to a mid-aged groupearly and the 21-25 set post midnightthere.Take SP circle down Pope
Ave and (L) on Lagoon & (R) @ 3rddriveway. Eyes straight ahead OK
for parking@ Nash Drugs after
7pm.The Drydock has over the past 13
years become one of the North-east-ern transplanted local's regular desti-nations and home away from homefor many NY Yankee fans. TheDocks frugal minded lunch and earlydinner specials by Chef John will runthroughout the Winter there. 278 toSeapine's circle and 3/4's aroundto Pope Avenue and left at the 2nd
street re. Pope Ave Executive Park
w/eye's R.While Aunt Chiladas long time
yearround gathering gets interruptedduring the warm season this bar nev-ertheless has a loyal patronageenvied by most Irish and Sports barformats due to the 4-7 happy hourand all the action taking place duringNFL and MLB seasons. Take SP cir-cle to Pope Ave and U-turn @
Lagoon & 2 blks w/eyes (R).Callahans Featuring a moneys
worth median priced lunch and brisk4-7pm happy hourCallahans casualdinner offerings ranging from $6 to$10 and post midnight burgers andfinger food makes this long-timelocals destination one of the mostpopular yearround. Pass MM #10 &
left on New Orleans and 1/2 mile w/eyes left.
After 20 years of local bar statusThe Earl Of Sandwich remains aregular destination for S-end localsseeking familiar faces. From theseapines circle take Pope ave & go
(L)@ lagoon Rd. and (R) @ 1stdrive past Rollers to the end with
eyes (L)
AdultDestinations
Thee Diamond Club has been anintegral part of the nightlife of HiltonHead Island for the past six years andas the only competitor in adultnightlife re. Club Paradise closed-
doors permanently in July TDC isonce again the only game in town.The beautiful women that this popularadult gentlemans club attracts havewowed anyone who is an islandnative or a frequent yearly visitor. Allof these beautiful women are dancingall night for your pleasure and enjoy-ment. The gowns are stunning. Theseladies know how to dress to impress.They all know how to treat a gentle-man. Have a drink with a southernbelle or an exotic princess.
Located on Dunnagans Alley @Palmetto Bay near the SeapinesCircle. Say hello to John Laney andMom.
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Concerts In December Updated November 27
HH Comedy Club
December 2nd thru 6th Vic DunlapVic is a 20 plus year veteran of pro-
fessional stand up and has appearedin his own HBO special, " The TonightShow", Showtime's "Comedy Club
All-stars", "Comic Strip Live", ComedyCentral's "The A List" and ComedyCentral's " Premium Blend".
December 9th thru 13thComedian/Magician Kerry Pollock
Kerry is a regular in Las Vegas and Atlantic City as well as the worldfamous "Magic Castle " in L.A.. Kerryis a veteran of several productionshows in Las Vegas and Reno. December 16th thru 20th "THEBONK SHOW" featuring KerryPollock.
"The Bonk Show" is a truly unique
and funny "Comedy Game Show"invented by comedian/ magicianKerry Pollock. It is an audience inter-active comedy game repleat withprizes and lots of laughs. December 26th, 27th and 30th MarkKlein AKA Corpjester
Mark has appeared on A&E's"Comedy on the Road", Showtime's"Comedy Club Network" and CBS48Hrs. Mark performs regularly in Las
Vegas and Atlantic City.
Prana InterNational
Brand new to the rock Thursdaysthis month. Simply put, the bandBusted Hand is a group of "good oleboys". they play the music they lovefor one reason and one reason only:because they want to. Boasting acountry, bad-ass attiude while stillremaining humble is what gives
Busted Hand their edge.
Shoreline Ballroom
The Zone Sports Bar Beach
Billiards& Lagoon Deck Bar The
Shoreline Ballroom Rumrunners
Oceanfront Bar & Grill
Shoreline entertainment coordinator
Anthony Marsbanian et al let us know
that 2009 is shaping up bigger and
better with BB King and Loretta Lynnconfirmed and currently Working on Dan Tyminski -Oh Brother Where Art
Thou- Hank JR and Willie Nelson. Friday December 5
Go Tell It On The Mountain - TheBlind Boys of Alabama ChristmasShow w/ Bob Masteller and The JazzCorner Quartet $28 adv / $35 day oftickets on sale now through etix atwww.shorelineballroom.com This is aseated event. All Ages Wednesday Dec 10 Misfits w/ spe-cial guests $18 advance / $22 day oftickets on sale now through etix atwww.shorelineballroom.com MusicalStyle: Punk / Rock All Ages Saturday December 20 BoomBox
- 2 full sets w/ Chronicles of theLandsquid & M.O. Theory $10 adv /$12 day o f tickets on sale nowthrough etix at www.shorelineball-room.com Musical Style: Rock/
Disco House / Psychedelic.
2008 Nightlife
On The ComeShows - Jams - Concerts This month South of the ol Broad River
Saturday nights @
Station 70 Dec 6thSOULS
HARBOR(FULLBAND)
Dec 11th Hooked OnTonics Dec 13th Mr Wiley Dec 20th Still Open
(Possible Blues Union)Dec 31st. Still Open
Dec 5th
Sat, Dec 20th
The Blind Boys of Alabama are the Iron Men of the music industry. They pre-date Elvis, Little Richard and Al Green yet even in their 70s they are still at thetop of the gospel charts and have won an impressive four consecutive Grammy
Awards (2001-2004).
December 16th thru 20th
"THE BONK SHOW" w/
Kerry Pollock.
Cancelle
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A curious approach to a unique little berry and a serious approach to one of the Worlds simpler pleasures. Rail Trail # 24
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Could you sue some...
Comfort
Food?
from Kathy Kingsley
American Comfort Foods - Recipesto Feed the Body and Warm the Soul
Many of America's favorite recipescan be described as "comfort foods."Dishes that simply make you feel bet-ter. These are the meals that warmyour soul, and remind you of happydays. Maybe it's your Mom's secretmacaroni and cheese, or yourGrandmother's cornbread, but there'ssomething special about theserecipes that satisfy more than justyour hunger.
Nothing is quite so comforting as apot of chili or chicken soup simmeringon the stove. It fills your house withsavory aromas and alerts everyonethat a great meal is in the works - andthat may be one of the greatest com-forts of all.
Deer Season
Delights!Venison Chop with Berry Sauce
This recipe makes the most of theclassic combination of game meatand slightly tart red berries. It's novel,it's lower in fat than beef or lamb, andit makes a great match with a Rhnered.
Venison Chop with Berry Sauce
4 venison double chops, about 2
pounds Marinade (recipe follows) 4 Roma tomatoes, chopped 2 tablespoons dried currants 1 cup fresh or frozen huckleberries(or other berries) 2 cups veal broth (or 1 cup beefbroth plus 1 cup chicken broth) 2 tablespoons fruity olive oil Salt and freshly ground pepper
Marinade 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 rib celery, chopped 1 small carrot, chopped 1 shallot, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 2 cups dry red wine 1 tablespoon peppercorns, cracked 2 or 3 sprigs thyme or 1 large sprigsage 1 bay leaf
1. Trim the venison chops, removingthe bones to make medallions.Immerse them in the marinade in aglass, plastic or stainless-steel con-tainer just large enough to hold them.Cover the container and refrigeratethe medallions overnight. Reservethe bones.2. The next day, brown the bones for15 to 20 minutes in a skillet filmed
with oil, or brush them with oil andbake them at 475 F for 30 minutes.
3. Remove the medallions from themarinade and set them aside in therefrigerator.4. Transfer the marinade to asaucepan. Add the browned bones,the tomatoes, 1 tablespoon of the cur-rants and all but 1 tablespoon of theberries. Boil gently until the mixturereduces in volume to 1 cup, about 20minutes. Add the broth and continueboiling gently until the mixture
reduces again to 1 cup. Strain thismixture through a fine sieve andreturn it to a clean saucepan. Add theremaining tablespoon of currants andthe berries. Simmer for 2 to 3 min-utes. Taste for seasoning. Keep thesauce warm while you cook the veni-son.5. Heat the olive oil in a skillet largeenough to accommodate the venison.Over high heat, brown the medallions
3 to 4 minutes on each side, season-ing them with salt and pepper to taste.
The meat should be light pink, notred. Remove the medallions from theskillet to paper towels to rest for 2minutes.6. Serve the medallions with thesauce and fresh noodles tossed witholive oil, salt and pepper.Serves 4.
MarinadeIn a small saucepan, heat the olive
oil and brown the celery, carrot, shal-lot and garlic for 5 to 7 minutes. Stir inthe remaining ingredients. Simmerthe mixture for 10 minutes. Let it cool.
Rail Health bits series presents...
Losing Sleep?Have A Banana!
Times are tough and gettingtougher and looking out for you healthhas become more important thanever.
There may be greater conse-
quences to short-changing yourselfon sleep than falling asleep at meet-ings. According to a report in theNovember issue of Archives ofInternal Medicine, sleeping less thanseven and a half hours per day maybe associated with future risk of heartdisease. In addition, a combination oflittle sleep and overnight-elevatedblood pressure appears to be linkedto an increased risk of the disease.
On the other hand, loading up onpotassium can apparently help keepyour blood pressure in check.
Meanwhile, they urge efforts toincrease the amount of potassium inthe diet, as well as lowering sodium."High-potassium foods include fruitssuch as bananas and citrus fruits andvegetables," says Dr, Hedayati."Consuming a larger amount of thesefoods in the diet may lower blood
pressure."
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ALAMOSMalbec Mendoza Seleccin2007 (90 points, $15)
Round and fleshy, with entic-ing spice, blueberry, fig andboysenberry flavors backed byhints of fruitcake and meltedlicorice. Stays fresh and vivid
on the finish, with a lingeringmocha hint. Drink now through2009. Tasted twice, with con-sistent notes. 11,000 casesimported. From Argentina.
Wine Spectator's editors haveselected this wine as the bestbuy for the month of Dec.
THE RAILS WINE BARPICK OF THE MO:
WISE GUYSHHI
N o s e Refers to the aroma or
bouquet of a wine.
Off-Dry:Term used to describe a
slightly sweet wine.
Rails Vino Bits re.
Know your Grapes?
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Triple Chocolate Cake
Most "doctored" boxed mix chocolate cake recipes just
don't deliver the rich and decadent results that themade-from-scratch cakes do. This triple chocolate
cake is so delicious you won't feel the least bit guilty forusing such an easy recipe.
Yields 10 Slices of Triple Chocolate Cake
Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 50 minutes
Ingredients:
* 1 (18-ounce) box devil's food chocolate cake mix* 1 (6-ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
* 1 cup sour cream
* 1 cup vegetable oil* 4 large eggs, beaten
* 1/2 cup warm water * 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
* powdered sugar, as needed
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.In a mixing bowl, use a whisk to stir together the chocolate cake mix, pud-
ding mix, sour cream, oil, eggs and water. Mix in chocolate chips and pour
the batter into a greased 12-cup bundt pan. Bake for 50 minutes or until aninserted toothpick comes out clean. Dust the cake with powdered sugar.
PR Notices: AIWFAmerican Institute of Wine & Food) (AIWF regular
wine tastings are held the 1st Thursday of eachmonth. If you are interested any of our extraordi-nary dinners and accompanying wines, please callLisa Kroening for more details and reservations.843-384-0246 Send your e-mail address [email protected] to have special dinners andevents sent to you. Members of AIWF $10, guests$15. Hors d' oeuvres are served and are selected toenhance the selections.
Know your Grapes?Pinot Noir (red)
Pinot Noir is the classic grape of red burgundy, whose greatest winesare concentrated in the east and south-east-facing limestone hills of
Burgundy's Cte d'Or. This thin-skinned grape is a notoriously tem-peramental variety, which has proved difficult to grow in certain cli-mates and soils. There's no other grape like Pinot Noir with its won-
derfully heady perfumes, and thrillingly pure, sweet, red berry flavoursof raspberry, loganberry, mulberry, cherry and strawberry. It takes well
to French oak and, in bottle, develops truffley and gamey undertones.Along with Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir is one of the
major grape varities in Champagne, and plantings of Pinot in the region
are even more extensive than those in Burgundy itself. Despite its fick-le nature, it is a tribute to its desirability among consumers and pro-
ducers and it has inspired growers all over Europe and the New World.
Just in case you hate us for saying this, we want you to know we hate you back!
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HHs official bail-out
Headquarters
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Headquarters
Resort Board of
Directors At
Odds With HHI
Concert VenueChairmen and board mem-
bers at the Beach and Tennisresort are showing signs ofnegativity with the concertsbeing presented at theShoreline Ballroom. At such atime when bridge marketnumbers are ebbing its hardto believe that any resort
board of directors would everconsider such a thing but webelieve in this particularsource and will be coveringthe story as it developes.
Best Laid Plans:
BTown Loses
a Dream w/the
Demise of Rock
City
Rock City Nightclub at 39Persimmon Street in Bluffton, SCwas fast-becoming a co-operative --
jointly owned by local Bluffton musi-cians and artists. Dozens of localmusicians and friends helped build,paint, support, and operate RockCity.Although, Rock City had been open
since August 15, 2008, their new,
one month lease was to expire afterthe Angie Aparo concert on October31, 2008.
* Rock City partner, Terrell "Terry"Yeager was negotiating a new leasefor Rock City Nightclub with (land-lord) Robert Dumler and BrookeSnow (VP) of Dumler Properties inBluffton, SC.
* On or about October 29, 2008,Mitchell Trupia left a message to
meet with Brooke Snow regardingthe new Rock City lease.
* Brooke Snow left a voicemailmessage for Mitchell Trupia regard-ing the new lease. Snow said, theycould meet on Saturday, Nov 1st at
9:30 am. (Note: Messages betweenTrupia, Yeager, and Snow have beensaved to disc and safely stored)
* Without warning, on November1, 2008 before 10:00 am, the con-tents of Rock City were removed andplaced in Parkway Storage onBluffton Parkway by DumlerProperties and the locks had beenchanged. Trupia was told by RobertDumler that Terry Yeager was thenew tenant.
Mr. Trupia feels the popular RockCity name and his family name havebeen seriously damaged by theseactions and sudden "removal" fromthe premises without warning.Especially, since he was led tobelieve a new long term lease wasgoing to be signed on Nov 1, 2008.
* As of November 12, 2008, RockCity and local musicians are still try-ing to get their personal items andequipment returned to them fromYeager and Dumler Properties.
* More than 10 people lost theirjobs at Rock City.
Nightlife
in the Daylight
Jazz Lovers of the
Lowcountry is pleased toannounce its fourth season ofThird Sunday Concerts atColigny Theatre!
Admission is $20, howeverJLLC members pay only $5 atthe door. Membership is $75for the eight concert season.A schedule of the 2008-2009season and membershipapplications are available atwww.jazzloversclub.com. Formore information Call 689-9495.
Historically Speaking Local Shows ConcerLocal Shows Concer ts Events Jamsts Events Jams
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Bio:
John Hooker19172001
Hooker was born on August 22,
1917 in Coahoma County near
Clarksdale, Mississippi, the youngestof the eleven children of William
Hooker (18711923), a sharecropperand a Baptist preacher, and Minnie
Ramsey (1875?). Hooker and hissiblings were home-schooled. They
were permitted to listen only to reli-
gious songs, with his earliest musicalexposure being the spirituals sung in
church. In 1921, his parents separat-ed. The next year, his mother married
William Moore, a blues singer whoprovided John's first introduction to
the guitar (and whom John would
later credit for his distinctive playingstyle).
Hooker's recording career began in1948 when his agent placed a demo
disc, made by Hooker, with the Bihari
brothers, owners of the ModernRecords label. The company initially
released an up-tempo number,
"Boogie Chillen", which becameHooker's first hit single. Though theywere not songwriters, the Biharis
often claimed co-authorship of songs
that appeared on their labels, thussecuring songwriting royalties for
themselves, in addition to theirstreams of income.
Sometimes these songs were older
tunes renamed (B.B.King's "Rock MeBaby"), anonymous jams ("B.B.'s
Boogie") or songs by employees(bandleader Vince Weaver). The
Biharis used a number of pseudo-
nyms for songwriting credits: Juleswas credited as Jules Taub; Joe as
Joe Josea; and Sam as Sam Ling.One song by John Lee Hooker,
"Down Child" is solely credited to"Taub", with Hooker receiving no
credit for the song whatsoever.
Another, "Turn Over a New Leaf" is
credited to Hooker and "Ling".Despite being illiterate, Hooker was
a prolific lyricist. In addition to adapt-
ing the occasionally traditional blues
lyric (such as "if I was chief of police,I would run her right out of town"), he
freely invented many of his songsfrom scratch. Recording studios in the
1950s rarely paid black musicians
more than a pittance, so Hookerwould spend the night wandering from
studio to studio, coming up with newsongs or variations on his songs for
each studio. Due to his recording con-tract, he would record these songs
under obvious pseudonyms such as
"John Lee Booker", "Johnny Hooker",or "John Cooker."
His early solo songs were recordedunder Bernie Besman. John Lee
Hooker rarely played on a standard
beat, changing tempo to fit the needs
of the song. This often made it difficultto use backing musicians who werenot accustomed to Hooker's musical
vagaries. For much of this time periodhe recorded and toured with Eddie
Kirkland, who is still performing as of
2008.He fell ill just before a tour of
Europe in 2001 and died soon after-wards at the age of 83. The last song
Hooker recorded before his death, is
"Ali D'Oro", a collaboration with theItalian soul singer Zucchero, in which
Hooker sang the chorus "I lay downwith an angel". He was survived by
eight children, nineteen grandchil-
dren, numerous great-grandchildrenand a nephew.
Among his many awards, Hookerhas a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame and in 1991 he was inductedinto the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
and won a Grammy LifetimeAchievement Award.
From the CradleFor the blues/jazzd confusedBy John Sippel
ARTS & DOWNTIME
The Simpson Brothers@ the new XO Lounge. see pg 8
Open Stage & Jam Nights Monday Nights @ STAGES Thursday Nights @
The Zone Tuesday Nights @ Al e House
swsThursday nights this month @
The Jazz Corner, HHI
LOCALCafes
Bars
Jukes
Concerts
NovTavern
On The Park
Fridays open mike w/
Jeanelle & Tommy
Dec @
Wednesday : Daly Bred
Thursday: Martin Lesch
Fridays : Craig Coyne
Saturday : Spare Parts
Fridays w/ The Beagles
Weds w/ PATWA@ The Big Bamboo, HHI
Home Grown Stuff South of the Broad - December-08Home Grown Stuff South of the Broad - December-08 page 29page 29
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Signals@Crowne PlazaThur-7-10pm
Fridays 8-12:30 @ TheQuater Deck
Friday nights @ Stages Sat Nights
@ Remys
The Spare Parts
December@ The
Hilton Head, SC
NewYearsEveSilicone Sister
BTown
Unkie Funkie
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NewYearsDay
$9.95 Wild Wing
Bowl-DayBuffet
$3 Champaghe andPoinsettias
Tuesdays @
Wild Wing
BTown
Saturdays this
month @
STAGES, HHI
CheryleWed nights @British Open,
SCity & Thur and Friday
evenings @ XO lounge @ HH
Oceanfront Resort
TommySimmsFriday Nights this month
@The Zone
Bobby Ryder
THur nites @ Aqua
Reid RichmondSun@Hincheys
Midnight
Earl Williams@ Hincheys
Mon. round mid-night
Deas GuysSundays nights this month
@ The Jazz Corner-HHi
MikeKavanaugh
Thur
Nights
@Hincheysround
Midnight
B R I G H T S P O T S BLOGS & J O C K S Rail Trail # 30
play go through in the end, yes," Green said. "Itwas misinterpreted that instead of killing the play,
the money forwinning bets,
SEEKING
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Funny Money:
Are Ref's Ruled
by Vegas?NFLs blown call nets Vegas sportsbooks $66 mil-lion.
A mistake by the officials on the final play of lastmonths game between the Steelers and SanDiego Chargers didn't alter the outcome. But it didmean bettors who thought they had won money onthe game actually lost, while those who thought
they had lost ended up winning.In case you missed it, On first-and-10 from SanDiego's 21 with 5 seconds remaining, Chargersquarterback Philip Rivers threw a short pass toLaDainian Tomlinson over the middle for 3 yards.Tomlinson turned and made a handoff-type lateralto wide receiver Chris Chambers, who attempted topitch the ball to a teammate only to have safetyTroy Polamalu scoop it up and score from the 12.
Both teams left the field on what looked to be agame-ending play, but were called back by the offi-
cials for the extra-point attempt. At that point, thereplay official called for a review. After watching theplay, Green initially announced the ruling on thefield was upheld and the touchdown counted. Butthe officiating crew huddled again before the extra-point attempt and changed the call, deciding thatan illegal forward pass by Rivers should've endedthe play.Green, in a postgame interview with a poolreporter, said that call was errant - even though hisexplanation for the confusion was almost as con-fusing as the play itself."We should have let the
g ywe should have let the play go through."Green saidthe confusion occurred because there was a mis-understanding about whether Rivers' pass orTomlinson's lateral was in question.
Asked about the officiating - the Steelers drew115 yards in penalties to the Chargers' 5 -
Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin declined to com-ment."No, I have never seen a game ended with13-to-1 in penalties, but I am not answering ques-tions about the officiating," Tomlin said.
The first 11-10 game in NFL history shouldn'thave ended that way, referee Scott Green saidafter a last-minute touchdown was errantly takenaway from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.Theofficiating mistake didn't affect the outcome sincethe Steelers still would have won, but the touch-down would have changed the score to 17-10 - or,
more likely, 18-10, since the teams were lined upfor an extra-point try that was never attempted.
How Points AreShaved
If an influential player performed poorly enough tothrow one game to the opposing team, for
instance, he'd likely spend much of the next gameon the bench, rendering him useless as a fixer. Butpoint shaving is a more subtle art: Players on thetake don't get paid to throw games--they get paid towin by just a little less than they're expected to.Point shaving works because of the point spread.Invented in the early 1940s by Charles McNeil, aprep school math teacher and bookmaker, thespread is the number of points that one teamseems likely to beat another by, as set by individ-ual bookmakers. Whether the bookie is on the up-
and-up at a Las Vegas casino or Paulie Walnuts ina North Jersey social club hardly matters: to makemoney, bookies just need to get an equal amountof cash wagered on either side of a contest. Theyaccomplish this by adjusting the spread. If theLakers are favored tobeat the Celtics by sevenpoints, say, and suitcasesfull of money start comingin betting on the Celtics tocover, the spread will getbumped down in an effortto get more people totake the Lakers. This bal-ancing act guarantees aprofit because of what'scalled "the vig"--the feethat gamblers pay theirbookie on any winningbet (calculated at 11/10).Since bookies take in 100percent of the moneyfrom losing bets, but payout only 90.91 percent of
gthey profit nomatter whowins the game-- so long asthey cancajole the pub-
lic into puttingup an equalamount onboth teams.There's noth-ing objectively"right" about agiven spread:it just reflects where the public is parking its money,and how bookies anticipate the action. And thepublic doesn't always behave rationally.
As a result, it's not all that hard for a crooked play-er to exploit the spread--just lighten up a little ondefense, make a few key turnovers, slip once ortwice in transition, and the crucial two or threepoints are shaved off your team's victory margin.College basketball seems particularly vulnerable tofunny money, since the players tend to be young,easily influenced, and cash-deprived. An analysisby JustinWolfers, aUniversity of
Pennsylvaniae c o n o m i s t ,suggests thatpoint shavingcorrupts per-haps 6 percentof games withlarge spreadsat the collegelevel (or 500hundred total
games over the16 years heinvestigated).
Notice:HH Rugby SeeksIndividuals interested in
trying-out for the -08 HH
Rugby Team should contact
Irish Murphy @ 842 3448.
Men s Rul e s !
ALL men see in only 16colors, like Windows default
settings. Peach, for exam-ple, is a fruit, not a color.Pumpkin is also a fruit. Wehave no idea what mauveis.
Men s Rul e s !
SEEKINGBarside Action?
Football junkies looking for thegame at heart can get all the action
they want @ the following localwatering holes. Aunt Chiladas Dry DockCallahans Jocks-BTown
LWoods Mickeys Riders TheTavern Remys Mellow
Mushroom
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A Posh Island Rail P S A..,
Know YourNeighbors?
Okay, here's the deal... go to this link and near the bottom
left, it has a "Click Here" button... click on it and enter your
address... it will show your neighborhood and a tiny "house",
that's yours... all the little colored boxes are Sex Offenders...
click on them and get his/her name & picture along with the
crime http://www12.familywatchdog.us/
Rails Community Series re.
Parental AlertsOffender Information
Name: HARSHA, GLEN GRANCISSexual Predator: Yes
Sex: Male Race: W DOB:1964-07-07Ht: 6' 04" Wt: 205 lbs.Eyes: Blue Hair: Brown Skin: Fair
Address: 380 GARDNERS CIRCLE
BLUFFTON SC 29910Status: Residence
Start Date: 2008-07-14
Criminal Charges Offense:Statute:16-3-655(C)(3) Date of Conviction: 1995-05-30
Literal: CRIM SEX CONDUCT W/MINOR (11-14YRS) 2ND DEGREE
State of Conviction: FLAge Of Victim: 12 Sex Of Victim: F Weapon:
Sentence Release Date: Probation ReleaseDate:
Count: 1Additional Identifiers
Name(s): HARSHA, GLEN GRANCIS
Registration Information
Type of Registering Agency: SODate of Pre-Registration: 2008-07-14
Date of Photograph: 2008-07-14SLED is currently undergoing program changes to the Sex Offender
System. If you feel the information is incorrect, please contact the Sheriffs
Department in the county in which the sex offender is registered or SLEDSex Offender Registry at (803) 896-1440.
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2009 Here We Come.2009 Here We Come.
BOWLGAMEBOWLGAMEADNESS!MADNESS!
New YeaNew Years Evers EveHilton Head - Silicone SisterHilton Head - Silicone Sister ($5 Cover)Bluffton - Unkle FunkleBlufft