10.31.07 Afternoon Update

Hey everyone sorry we got very busy with the paying job and didn’t get a chance to update this afternoon.

When we finally got a chance to check in a little while ago we were astonished once again. Our resident angry writer, Mongo Torrey is tearing up the hit parade once again. We hope he doesn’t get too popular and sign some free agent deal, get famous and forget about us. At least I can be the one who can brag I was the person who discovered him in the comment section one day and offered him the chance to write a post or two. Who would have thought.

Also I want to tell the early evening readers that Rebel Shurburne will be taking a hopefully short leave of absence from us. Some of us will be filling in for her and even Mongo said he would pitch in. I am thinking I should be worried but never turn away free help I guess.

A side note to the good Captain Obvious, Rebel forwarded your email to us and we will work it into a post you can call your own this evening or early tomorrow morning. Sorry it took us 2 days to get it but it was worthy of its own space so give us a bit and we will get it on here.

Hope everyone has a safe Halloween and we will see you all tomorrow. Keep them cards and letters coming.

Bugs Manderson

Bootssheldon@hotmail.com

Happy Halloween 10.31.07

A sad note to begin things here.

Former Senator Peter Hoagland has passed away at the age of 66. Mr. Hoagland has lived in Washington since he left office. Our sympathy and prayers go out to the entire Hoagland family.

The UNO Mav’s football team continues to prepare for a rare National TV game this Thursday. CSTV will carry the game against South Dakota State from Al Caniglia field.

A Lexington teacher is being sought for kidnapping and child endangerment after she disappeared with a 13 year old student. The 25 year old woman and the 13 year old boy are said to have exchanged several letters and had an ongoing relationship.   We don’t understand either.

The City Council voted 4-3 not to add a Save Rosenblatt member to the committee on options for a new stadium saying they could not be objective. People questions Muppet Mike being on it as well and he responded with “It’s my committee so neener neener neener.” This guy starts to remind of a cross between Handshake Hal and Mike Boyle more and more every day.

And we also want to reinforce that the new Omaha Hockey web blog that is out is not connected to this one. We truly wish no ill will on the person starting this and ask that people be nice to them. They seems to have good intentions. Give them some time to get things going, the Eye wasn’t built in a day either. Ok maybe it was but we have Geno and a bigger staff.

And a big thank you to everyone again because we blew the roof off our highest view total yesterday. The record for views of a single post also was shattered by none other than Mongo Torrey and his trip to the mall. It scored a 300% increase over the previous big hitter, also one of his subjects, the Coach Pervert post. And all you hockey people think that’s what makes the world go round here.

Thanks again everyone

Have a safe Halloween

Bugs Manderson

Halloween with Mongo

Today we celebrate one of the oldest holidays still celebrated. The anniversary of my first divorce….ok that’s not the oldest but the happiest holiday, I’m talking about Halloween. Many people have fun with this day without ever knowing the facts behind it.

Some think of it as a pagan holiday and refuse to acknowledge it while others dress up in costume and use it as an excuse to get free shit from the neighbors without having to know how to use a slim jim.

The holiday can be traced back to the a Celtic culture in Ireland, Britain and Northern Europe, the O’Shay’s, or was it the Druids, something like that. It was a feast of Samhain,meaning summers end or November,which occurred on the last day of summer,October 31st, to honor the dead. It was a harvest festival marking the end of daylight savings time with huge bonfires and people in costume.They believed the souls of the dead roamed through the night much like the Crips and since not all were friendly, gifts and treats were left out to pacify the evil and ensure the stereo would still be in the car in the morning.

Years later the Catholic church thought a holiday needed to be created to force another mass and thus another collection plate so they deemed Nov 1st as all Saints Day.  This year Archie Manning will be inducted.

Now the holiday has come to mean trick or treaters, fun costumes, and another reason to dress up in funny outfits and go to the bar. Much like Friday night at the Max.

Now some people due to religious reasons choose not to celebrate the holiday and suck the fun out of it for everyone else by telling them that it supports the occult and paganism. Maybe a few 1000 years back it did but thanks to the folks at Mars, Hersey, and whoever makes that gift from above, Milk Duds, the holiday has taken on a new meaning.

OK , if  what you believe still involves it being an unholy holiday then Ok, no matter if it’s total bullshit but ok. It doesn’t mean you can suck the fun out of everyone else. I have one of these people at work. It’s like sharing Christmas with yourself and the cable is out. If I hear one more lecture on how this will make me go to hell because I am supporting the devils work (again tell me something I am not already aware of) then I am going to start building an altar and dating a wiccan.

Dressing up like spider-man, superman,a cowboy or a football player has nothing to do with the devil. Unless you dress up as Steve Pederson nobody in this state is really going to call you a devil worshiper. It’s fun. Stop reading messages into shit and allow yourself to have a good time.

We were going to try and have a company event but much like the school Christmas program with hours of bad singing and a janitor dressed as Santa on a Wild Turkey binge that is over and gone. Now that one party pooper is offended, were stuck dressing up like corporate dolts. That in itself is scary enough and it happens every day. Id like to hold a mirror in front of her face and show her the make-up job that rivals something from Wes Craven that she performs daily and ask her if she practices witchcraft. But I’m nice and refrain from calling her Mi-Mi and things like that.

Before Miss Pissy Pants tossed a wet blanket on the festivities I was cooking up several ideas for the perfect costume. 

A softball coach with his bat slammed in a laptop computer, a politician with a wooden puppet on his lap yelling “Screw Rosenblatt”, Flounder in the man clogs or a ticket broker with 1 pair of Hannah Montana tickets and 20 customers.

The point is the holiday anymore is more about fun and eating the candy your kid brings home because it might be laced with a hallucinogenic and then most of the people around you would just go away. It’s about dressing up like Freddie or Jason and scaring the living crap out of the neighbor kid who dares to decorate your home with toilet paper. It’s about punch with dry ice, pumpkin shaped cookies so dry that if the person in charge of the punch with dry ice floating in it failed to bring it ,your all going to suffer from dehydration. It’s about taking you kids around the block and meeting the neighbors you never talk to the rest of the year. It’s about the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Leave your thin skin offendeness at the curb and enjoy the parade.

I save my church for Sunday (Colts vs Patriots is the sermon this week) and even if there is a Thursday night game that matters I don’t drag my friends down because that last minute field goal cost me a bundle by a half a point. I stay with the fun. It isn’t like your suddenly going to start casting spells on people or loose your faith.

This year I am handing out 1st class candy, not the el cheapo suckers and taffy homeless kids in Ecuador couldn’t pedal at the border. It’s full sized snickers and Peanut Butter Cups for the kids and Dr. Johns gift cards for the adults. Could be a busy night on my block in more ways than one.

Whatever you happen to do, be careful. If your going to the bar or a party don’t drink and drive. You don’t need your mug shot on TV dressed like Patrick from Sponge Bob or Britney Spears on underwear still in the laundry day. If your taking the kids around make sure you keep an eye on the munchkins and if your staying home to hand out the goodies, keep a light on for them and don’t be stingy. If a car load of people from outside your neighborhood pulls up and starts going door to door, be even more generous as the parents bringing them into a safer neighborhood to trick or treat is better than getting caught up in some shoot-out between brainless gun fighting gang members.

And if a guy in a Superhero outfit shows up at your door and it looks like he is missing the acorns off the oak tree, that’s just Captain Obvious, let him use the phone to call for help so he isn’t in your neighborhood to long.

 Happy Haloween everyone.

Mongo Torrey

MongoTorrey@Hotmail.com

New Blog Site For Omaha Hockey

Never say we are selfish, in fact whomever undertook this venture knows not what they get themselves into and we wish them well….

Up and running and with no affiliation to us whatsoever there is a blog dedicated to all things hockey in Omaha.

www.omahahockey.wordpress.com is the address.

Good luck to ya over there.

And just so everyone knows, the hockey part of this blog is only a very small fraction of what happens here so we are not bitter in the least.

Bugs Manderson

(And people think we are not on top of things)

10.30.07

Great MNF game last night. Packers win in overtime with a bomb over one of the best coverage people in the NFL. Bret Favre is playing like he is 28 not 38 and they discovered a running game. 

Good to see a bunch of the regulars there that are unfortunate to know who a few of us are.

Last summer we commented on the two Council Bluff day care providers that got nailed for having 40+ kids in their home (Hope this home isn’t on wheels) well they plead out to 32 count em 32 counts of child endangerment. Sentencing is in December and they could each face 64 years in prison. We don’t think the older of the two will go the distance on that.  Last night on the news though they again showed the mug shots and we have to give it to Patches, in his best Cousin Eddie voice from vacation he says “Falls into a well eyes go crossed, get kicked by a mule, uncrossed, I don’t know”. Find the picture, you’ll get the joke. Guess you had to be there.

An overnight stabbing was reported outside the Sienna Francis house. No suspects were named however police were seen going trash bag tent to trash bag tent searching for someone.

As reported yesterday afternoon, Sam Keller is done for the season with a broken collar bone. Joe Ganz will be the starter this weekend against Kansas.

A 19 year old driver missed a curve, flew over an embankment and attempted to drive thru a business near 145th and California. Tyler they don’t call him Nutty for nothing had a friend take him to the hospital so he was not there when police arrived. Damage was estimated around $50,000 but Nutty had insurance. Oh Yeah, not for long. Tyler, call Boots for bus pass info.

Northeast Omaha residents would like to see a greater police presence but not at the cost of living in a police state. Opinions generally said police were respectful to older residents but tend to harass the younger ones. Mayor Landow and Muppet Mike both said they could relate to the plight of the residents as they have been picked up numerous times for impersonating an elected official.

And you know we can’t let this one go. It’s Red Tag on a Hummer day’s at Huber. The “How do you spell Hummer” girl Veronica Todd told us so in the commercials. Can’t wait to see the traffic jam caused by 10,000 perverts that don’t know its a truck sale……..

And around here the hot topic is still the Hockey post which has been flirting with having the plug pulled on it. Not that we don’t mind the visitors as they are checking out other posts but for god sake folks class it up a little.

We are short staffed today so comments may be slow in getting reviewed and put up. Have patience and remember this isn’t our paying gig.

Till  Later

Bugs Manderson

Keller out for Season

Sam Keller is out for the season with a shoulder injury suffered in the Texas game.

Joe Ganz will replace him as a starter.

More on this later

10.29.07

Leave tow for a couple of days and all hell breaks loose around here.

We almost thought the Huskers were going to pull it out however that curse that Steve Pederson put on the team when he left reared it’s ugly head in the 4th quarter and all hopes went down the drain. Still it was a spirited effort from the Huskers.

Sounds like everyone will get their wish and now get to see Mr Ganz in action against Kansas.

The Lancers stayed red hot yesterday, posting a 3-1 win over Indiana at the MAC.

Red Sox win it in 4. Who needs to say anything else.

Falling into the catagory of “Idiot helps aprehend himself” a 26 year old Lincoln man helped police arrest him at a drunk driving checkpoint over the weekend by driving his car through the cones set out then crashing into the rear of a police crusier with its lights flashing. After blowing a .227 the man was taken into custody while uttering the words “They almost beat Texas”.

Back later…..

Bugs Manderson

Life Lesson #231 from Mongo or Learn to Shut Up at Church

Never say you can’t teach an old bastard new tricks.

I made the mistake of sharing to much information about my church (The Church of Shut the Fuck Up the Game Is On) with someone and had to spend the day watching Lifetime and taking a field trip to Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and Mangelson’s. I have never been in  buildings full of so much overpriced bullshit and estrogen in my life.

I attempted to find an escape route  by sneaking through the fake flowers and canned scent aisle only to be cornered by a roving band of scrap-booking security guards who were on to the attempted escape. From there I was hastily returned to the section on special stickers for scrapbooks of dance class. Talk about getting put in solitary.

The prison bus then made a pit stop at the land of enchanted “who buys this crap” full of more fake flowers and picture frames. If only I could have reached the switch on the frame cutter while my head was in it my agony would have been over. Butttt NOOOOOOOO, busted again it was off to wicker world. Fuck me. Oh here’s a tip, never tell them that you know these things are weaved together by 8 year olds making 4 cents a month, them damn things hurt when your hit with one from 2 shelves away. Sports people got nothing on pissed off little old lady’s in a hobby store that just had their human rights stance questioned.

All my protests landed on deaf ears however I had a flashback to my youth when my loving spouse grabbed me by the ear and told me to behave or the next stop was going to be at the ankle bashing cart coral happening over at the white sale at Bed Bath and Beyond.

I thought maybe I would get a reprieve at lunch and be able to catch some part of some game but I was wrong again. Lunch was served at some overly fluffy place that forced me to spend over an hour in deep conversation with my darling wife, while spending 10 bucks on a so called sandwich that wouldn’t have filled a gnat with anorexia and no TV in sight.

All my bitching and sighing only compounded the problem as I was informed while driving past Whole Foods Market, “Keep it up Jackass and I will start shopping there as well.” Christ even the guys in the pen get tv and food made with good by-products.

At this point I was thinking about how bad it would really hurt if I leaped from the car at 50mph. Then came the stop to shop for clothes. We couldn’t even go to a place that had the man chair by the fitting rooms. While bashing my head repeatedly against the chrome rack of close-outs the inevitable question came. “Do I look fat in this?” How fucking crazy do you have to be to ask me that now, I thought. But me sense of survival took over and I smiled and said “No dear , that  color really  highlights your jelly rolls.” Apparently that wasn’t the answer she was looking for. I could tell this by the 100mph fastball she fired at my head using her cell phone.

After a stop at the cell phone kiosk, it was off to Bath and Body works. Like walking barefoot over shards of broken glass my head began pounding from the mixed scent of boysenberry, cucumber, lilac, and cantaloupe. Now I know what vegetarian barf would smell like.

I was silent for the trip home. Battered, bruised and broken I now knew my place in the food chain. Valuable lessons were learned this day. Keep telling yourself it will end soon while keeping your mouth shut, smile politely and agree with any question asked, whimpering while passing a Craftsman display at Sears will get you nowhere, buying a bigger better lock for the door to the man cave is a really really good idea and never ever ever ever ever tell your wife to shut up, she doesn’t even know what a nickle defense is and she should stick to something she knows. That only gets you the day long journey her house of worship,aka the mall called “Get Even With His Pompous Ass and Bring Him Here.”

Mongo Torrey

MongoTorrey@hotmail.com

10.28.07 Sunday Morning Edition

The Mavericks posted a 13-3 win over St Cloud State Saturday afternoon keeping their unbeaten record in check. The Mav’s are now 8-0, 6-0 and were ranked #1 in their region going into the game.

UNO dropped another game Saturday to Miami of Ohio 5-2 in a penalty laced game for UNO. More on this when our resident booster returns from the trip. Next up for the Mav’s is 3rd ranked Michigan at home this weekend.

The Lancers snapped the loosing streak at 1 with a 4-1 win over Des Moines last night at the Buc Bowl. The Lancers play Indiana today at 5 p.m. at the Mid America Center.

Huskers fall 28-25 to Texas after a spirited 3 quarters of play. Things looked good up until the 4th quarter when the Texas running back ran free. More on this when the other staff returns from Austin.

Project Extra Mile is pushing to have O’Briens Lounge loose it liquor license after a bartender there served alcohol to a minor and they were then involved in a fatal crash. The owner of the tavern is also part owner of Mc Kenna’s

And I found this story and shuddered in fear.

The cost of beer could rise drastically this year. Due to a shortage of hops worldwide some beers may increase prices up to 10%. Also some micro and regional brewers may have to tweak their recipes because of the short availability of certain hops.

More farmers are planting corn to keep up with ethanol production along with storms, drought and the usual other suspects blamed. 

Sox up 3-0 on Rockies

Thanks for letting me sit in for a morning, sorry I don’t have the edge the others do but I will work on it.

Scooby O

Reducing the Risk of Staph at the Rink

All joking aside we want to address a serious issue here and see if anyone has some answers to help ease some people’s minds.

As you all know there is a serious problem with staph infections in the schools, mostly around athletics. Thanks to a comment from Mr. Clean at the Smoking Update post we thought we should try and get some information because a good level of our readers have kids that participate in athletics, mostly hockey.

The question was asked about what steps are being taken at the rinks to lower the risk of staph being contracted there. Knowing that the management of Moylan reads us pretty regular we are asking him and giving him a chance to inform everyone of their plan. Also anyone from the city run rinks is asked to respond as well.

This is no way an attempt to dig at Moylan and we will not allow any comments that do so. Like it or not this facility is your best option for youth hockey in Omaha and if anyone thinks there is a pot of gold running the place they are wrong. A couple of us know what goes into running a facility such as that.

So if someone wants to make an official comment on the plan or if anyone else has suggestion for people to individually help reduce the risks to our kids please drop a comment.

This is a serious issue and given the things that tend to grow in our players bags we need to maybe take a few extra steps in order to provide a safe and healthy environment for our kids.

  As Mr. Clean stated in his comment, Moylan was very responsive to the suggestion of providing a smoking area away from the front doors. They did a very nice job on it, it corrected the problem and they did not complain about it that we are aware of. They seemed very responsive to something people were asking for and that shows good listening from the management. They work with what they have there and we have to respect that and also do our part to maintain the facility by helping to not run it down ourselves. Treat it as you would your own house. Sure it may need a few things here and there but lets remember how many bodies pass through the doors in a given week.

So if anyone wants to comment on what is being done or what people can do on there own to reduce the risk please have at it.

Bugs Manderson

10.26.07

Who called Mongo ?

At least we got him to comment on hockey even though he changed his name for it but everyone here caught his handy work.

On with the rest of the show.

Last night a home invasion resulted in three shooting victims, one in the face, near 41st and L around 9 p.m.  Looks like the NO-K coral has a some new competition with the SO-K coral anymore.

A fatal accident at Underwood and J.E. George Blvd leads to the citing of an Omaha bartender for serving alcohol to minors. 3 counts were issued to a person working behind the rail at O’Briens Lounge off 74th and Pacific. Hate to tell this lady that the tickets are the least of her worries, the liability lawyers are circling .

The save Rosenblatt committee has asked Muppet Mike for a seat on the Stadium task force. Yesterday the City Council passed a non binding resolution asking the Mayor for just that. Mayor Landow speaking through Muppet Mike had not comment.

Speaking of the Council and Muppet Mike and company. Mr Public Safety himself Dan Welch sent a letter to the Mayor listing his demands for changes in the police and fire contracts being negotiated at this time. He also requested to be a part of the process or the send Jim Vokal in his place due to his(Welch) animosity toward fire protection.

We managed to obtain a copy of his letter and in his demands he listed

Have the fire fighters and police pay for some of their health insurance premiums.

Changing the pension program.

Reducing the fire fighters on a truck from 4 to 3 (Let it go Dan)

Using garden hoses from Wall-Mart clearance on the fire trucks instead of them fancy expensive jobs we use now.

And paying 350,000 for a study on the effects and cost savings of having the Fire House dog put down.

Dan your still an idiot.

OK the phone are ringing….back later…

Bugs Manderson

Patches Castelar

Geno Pinkney

Teacher Gets Off and This Time it Didn’t Involve Sex

Ah yes our courts step up and does their best to protect us from the bad guys.

District Judge Gary Randall yesterday gave the heroin bagging teacher a ride to drug court where if she completes the program the charges will be erased.

Drug Court is for non-violent drug offenders as a way to get them help but not stick them in an 8 by 8 cement room. Good program, bad call here.

Ok I know your all going to start with the “She’s a great lady. She really cares…” Blah Blah Blah Bullshit.

Here is the deal. She had Heroin, on her in a god damn grade school with drug paraphernalia and marijuana. She was in charge of children while shooting an 8 ball and this is ok and she is a good person? Oh hell no.

Now she was caught in a drug free zone so does that mean she has to go to drug court 2 times because the sentence is doubled? If she completes the program will that allow her another crack, pardon the pun, at teaching children again? Nothing ceases to amaze me anymore.

I bet Jodi Reeder hopes she get ole Judge Randall. He likes lenient DUI sentences don’t ya Gary……Burrrpppp. Thanks for caring. Wow I just though, what if dandy Brandy would have gotten Judge Randall. She might be in charge of a teenage boys health club by now. Hmmmm ask for a change of venue on appeal Brandy.

All this crap reminds me of a commercial showing a lady snorting a couple nostrils full of cocaine and the background voice saying,”Its not hurting anything, Im doing this on my own time. Whats the harm” or some stuff like that, then it backs up and the woman’sthe school bus driver.

I have nothing against the drug court program, it’s a good alternative for some people but in this case when it involves and elementary school teacher and having the goods on her in a school full of kids, we must hold her to a higher(again pardon the pun) standard and not let her of lightly.

Sometime you make choices in life that stick with you forever. My first marriage comes to mind but that’s a different story. Sometimes you just gotta pay the price tag for stupidity. Again that first trip down the aisle comes to mind and is the main reason I still don’t talk to Jose Cuervo anymore. That bastard cost me a fortune…..ok back on subject….Crista screwed the pooch when she thought it was a good idea to bring her goodie bag with her to work. She endangered every kid in her class. She needed some time with the girls in cell block c to reflect on her stupidity.

I hope the program works for her and she gets on with life afterward, but she should never be allowed to teach in a school again. The risks are far to great to chance it.

Remember it was HEROIN, not a couple of weight loss pills and a joint, it was GOD DAMN HEROIN.

Mongo Torrey

(Up way to early because someone thinks I need to see this shit at 6 a.m. and thinks calling me then is a good idea.)

Flounders Youth Hockey Promotional Poster

 Flounder this is just for you. We found a guy who liked your idea about corporate sponsorship and what ever that other big word was that all you liberals use…and wham the out reach program is ready to roll….

Give Them Sticks

  Not Guns

   Brought to you by the folks at

 Who proudly sponsor our inner-city youth hockey program.

Tonight’s game between the MS-13’s and the 17th Street Ave Centurions has been postponed due to indictment.

PEEWEE A and AA Refused Permission to Play Each Other

We got this comment in our mailbox this morning …

 From LET EM PLAY

Why don’t they let the travel teams play against each other??? The PeeWee AA (not the ELITE team) had two games scheduled this weekend against Sioux city. Sioux city had to cancel due to a death to a team parent. The AA coaches asked the A coaches if they wanted to play two games in place of Sioux city. The A coaches were all for it, but then the Organization stepped in and said it wasn’t allowed. Why is that. Both sets of coaches were ok with it, parents are ok with it, why wouldn’t they let them play??? Then last night at practice and practices in the past we scrimmage those teams for thirty minutes. What’s the difference??? The AA already paid for the ice, why not use it. Same thing happened last year when the PeeWee C team wanted to play the A team. Are they afraid a lower team might be better? Who cares let them play…

After we talked about it for a few minutes, Geno made a phone call and woke up a couple people we know that have a close tie to the two teams mentioned and confirmed that there are some angry people over this..and other things…

So were are going to hang this out there and let you comment on if you think they should or should not allow them to play games of this nature…..

Against my better judgement Im going along with running this piece because I DO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT READ THIS. WITHOUT THEM THIS WOULD ALL BE FOR NOTHING.  

Did I make my point obvious there.

Oh and so everyone knows, the vote went this way…

Patches Castelar……………..Run it

Geno Pinkney ……………….. Run it

Bugs Manderson…………….. Leave it for now

Rebel Shurburne…………….. Run it and let

                                                   Mongo write it.

Mongo (Not a pleasant person at 6:30 am by the way)                                Run it but won’t write it

Timothy Colecreek                Run it..but be ready for it to explode like last time.

We will be monitoring comments as always and editing for content if you start to get to personal.

There ya go people.. Lets hear it.

Bugs Manderson

10.25.07

Attorney General John Bruning is launching and investigation into an Illinois ticket broker who sold dozens of tickets to Hannah Montana and never produced them.

Sick em John

In the Hooray were saved department, Bob the bridge builder Kerrey announced he will not run for Senate . Thank god. At least we won’t have to worry about him pushing through another 25 million dollar bridge we don’t need.

Texas swept the Nebraska women’s volleyball team last night. WHAT ?????

First time the Lady Huskers have had that done to them since Colorado in 97. How soon will the talk about a coaching change happen there?

Back in a few, the email is going crazy…

Bugs Manderson

Stop Helping the Thieves

The news in the past week has been filled with public outcry about the way ticket brokers scammed money off of many people for the Hannah/Miley show. Some people reported paying 2,3,4 times the face value for the tickets.

Who’s fault is this? In this case, the parents who can’t, won’t and didn’t say no to their spoiled little brats. So they cried and screamed and threw a fit. They would have gotten over it. I doubt 60 years from now they would have been so traumatised by not attending this show that the would have held a pillow over your head in the nursing home to get even. My mom and dad said no a lot when I was a kid. I hated it then but now I look back and can understand. No wonder our kids do whatever they want. We let them.

Now some people didn’t get the tickets they were charged for. Here is a clue. When the broker tells you to meet him on the street an hour before the show, your gonna get screwed one way or the other.

State Senator Gwen Howard wants to regulate ticket sales. She thinks this will stop this problem. Never has, never will. If you want to put a dent in this then you need to look at the big picture. The laws are already on the books.

First…file theft by deception charges against the company’s. If they charged peoples credit cards for items they didn’t deliver or never had in the first place then that’s fraud. Credit Card fraud. If the company is out of state that makes it a Federal Offense possibly involving Mail Fraud. Are you listening Mr. Conboy?

If Ms. Howard want to write a law to help control this then write one that makes charging over face value of the ticket a crime. Then enforce the law. Set up sting operations and make the penalty have some bite.

Trying to regulate the purchase of tickets to walk up only in the first 48 hours will only lead to making the Qwest look like a homeless shelter that overflowed by having line standers camped out for days so they can nail down 6 tickets at a time. We will prove the point and get Boots to camp out for tickets to the Home and Garden show.

This has been a problem for other shows but because 3,6and 7 kept airing a bunch of sniveling spoiled cry babies who’s parents were stupid enough and I do mean stupid enough to shell out hundreds of dollars to stop the tantrum, this has become a hot topic. I do however applaud the fact that at least this girl is a bit more wholesome than the likes of Brittney and the other band of mindless sluts that parents allow their children to throw money at. They are just this era’s Madonna and Miley is the Debbie Gibson of the bunch.

Now for all you people left out in the cold keep in mind that this is a Disney event which means shortly there will be a Hannah in Concert DVD out. Go grab it off the shelves, put it up on the 72″ plasma your husband had to have to display his manhood to the neighbors, invite 25 of your kids most annoying friends over and let em have at it.

And when this child star fad has passed you’ll still have a few bucks left over to pay for the expensive car insurance policy you’ll need because your little snot threw a fit because she wants that racy sports car that all the other girls want. It’s a never ending cycle.

And a final note. There was one woman on TV that was found looking for a scalper so she could get tickets for her 6 year old to see the show. She claimed to have several hundred dollars on her for that purpose. Next time someone on a camera crew runs into someone that insanely stupid, reach out and bitch slap them on camera. Now that I’d pay a scalper to see.

Mongo Torrey

MongoTorrey@hotmail.com

Hannah and the Huskers 10.24.07

Hannah Montana mania has been here and gone. Last nights concert at a sold out Qwest center has sparked State Senator Gwen Howard to propose a bill that would limit ticket purchases to walk-up only in the first 48 hours of sales. She said this will curb the scalpers from gaining access to the tickets before the public. Guess again Gwen.

Roger Dixon of MECA said they are against the plan as it might cause some events from skipping Omaha.

Gwen if you want to do something about it, make ticket scalping illegal and put some teeth in it. Plop a few of them in jail much like they do over CWS tickets and you can curb the problem but never eliminate it. Make the punishment severe, like forcing the offender to sit through a Dr Phil show.

The only way to ever make it go away is for people to not ever pay the money but we know that wont happen. Last night was evidence of that as many people all over the media bragged about paying 2-3 times the face value of the ticket. The media, hyping the problem by showing bawling 8 year old girls who are so spoiled they cannot understand why mommy and daddy wont hock the house so they can see the show, doesn’t help matters either. Parents need to learn to just say no.

Garth Brooks used to add shows till the demand for tickets went down in an effort to curb the brokers. He made more money and some of these guys got stuck trying to sell tickets.

And I’d like to finally give Disney credit. Yea I had to go to the show last night with my 10 year old daughter. After the initial shriek shattered my eardrums I was pleasantly surprised at the show. This wasn’t any Brittney Spears lip-sinc fiasco. This kid is a real entertainer.

How much did I pay for tickets, zip nada nothing. My kid used her baby sitting money and help from grandma and a computer to gain her tickets at face value. So we were at the far end and up a level. It sounded good, we could see and my daughter enjoyed the show thoroughly. As we walked across the concrete plains to our car I asked her if it was worth what she paid to go and she said “Yes, but I wouldn’t have paid what some people paid, I had to work hard to make that money.”

Wow lesson learned. And yes I sprung for dinner, gas and parking.

Hey has anyone been watching the players interviews from yesterday. Yeah, nice going greatest fans in college football. Not only is the behavior of some effecting the team but their actions and that of their media mongrels is now hurting recruiting.

Hey Mo, next time some puke comes down to the fence and says “Ya’ll suck”. Pull his punk ass over , slam a helmet on his head and toss him out in front a some 2 ton running back with a full head of steam and see what happens. And remember, it will be perfectly fine for you to stand over him while they are spooning up his carcase and say “Ya’ll suck”, before they load him in the hefty bag and put him out on Thursday.

 From everyone here…We still support you guys and your efforts no matter what. Maybe T.O. can do a class on class in the off season for the fans and get the programs tradition back in that department as well.

Go Big Red…Beat Texas

Were thinking about going, anyone got the number for TicketsNow?

Bugs Manderson

Guest Spot for the Rebel Yell 10.23.07

Sitting in for Rebel is Mongo Torrey

Sorry folks but it was my turn in the rotation so tough…..

Federal agents arrested 42 members of a suspected gang today. Members of the MS 13 gang comprised of mostly Salvadorian members are said to be a very violent gang. Also several illegal aliens were arrested as well.

And we thought imports from China were the leading hazard.

Several Hannah Montana fans were left outside the Qwest center without tickets thanks to a shithead ticket broker who said he was afraid of the TV cameras.

What was he afraid of? That his sleazeball ass would be shown on the news?

The ticket broker Ticketsnow said they would make things right with the people who paid for the tickets they didn’t get. I’m thinking they should get some theft by deception charges to fight just to make things interesting.

How about the 12 year old genius that went home and brought back the unloaded gun to his middle school to show off. Hope he enjoys his next few semesters at the alternative school.

And my favorite story on the news tonight was about the complete bumble-head mother who, while driving a school van full of cheerleaders down Highway 2, pulled closer to a SUV so one of the girls could reach out and grab a beer from the occupants of the truck. And then allowed the girls to share the beer while they traveled down the road.

  Mom is said to be forbidden from driving the van any longer and the girls are suspended from any school activities. Wonder is mom scored a phone number from the high school boys in the SUV? Parenting at it’s best. Maybe she should have pulled over tossed a box of trojans in the back of the van and told the kids to have at it. If my kid would have been in that van I’d be kicking her ass still.

Ok that’s it for me tonight…hopefully Rebel will be back tomorrow so your not subjected to my bullshit.

If there are any subjects you would actually like me to comment on please email me your ideas to MongoTorrey@hotmail .com.

Mongo Torrey

Husker Rumors Run Wild Still

 BREAKING NEWS Jim Rose has stepped down as the voice of the Huskers.

After another big loss last weekend the Husker Nations rumor mill is cranking up to full production.

Many of the rumors surround former coach Bo Pelini, former player Turner Gill and former Coach Charlie McBride.

Tom Osborne has continued to say that no changes will be made until after the season and Bill Callahan said he will not resign.

This uncertainty is starting to effect recruiting as the media continues to fan the flames of the firestorm in an effort to sell papers and gain viewers. Really, with everything happening is this a lead story, no story.

First T.O. knows that by sending the coaching staff packing in the middle of the season you pretty much nail the coffin shut for 3-5 years of the program. Imagine trying to rewrite the playbook in 6 days before the next game.

Our favorite comment is from the people calling for Frank Solich to return. Has anyone forgot how they screamed for his head and Craig Bohl’s only a few short years back?

Then came Bo Pelini and his spirited defenses made him a god. Has anyone noticed how many places he has hung his hat since. The guy has a uhaul idling in the driveway at every stop. Bo is a fine man but tends to wear on people after awhile.

Turner Gill is still getting his stripes at Buffalo and doing a great job. They are really competing with teams anymore and he won the former Husker bowl with a win over Ohio this season. Gill might be a good choice for no less than Assistant Head Coach if, if, a change is made.

What we see coming is a pink slip for the defensive coach at the least but we can see T.O. giving Callahan a chance to rework the system a bit and give him some help in the recruiting department. The key is to create some stability in the system that Pederson let break down.

Those calling for a return of the option have a short memory as well. People have figured out how to beat it and were doing so under Solich. Look around at college football and see whats getting the job done. Passing QB’s that can run as well. Spread out the defense. Some complain about the size of the NU playbook, that the West Coast is too complicated. Bull. You think the playbook at Boise State or Florida looks like a weekly reader? With all the Academic All Americans we have running around the playbook shouldn’t be a problem.

Fans and media should let the season play out and the kids finish the year without all the interviews with the same stupid questions. One thing people need to remember is these are college kids who according to the numbers are doing quite well in the classroom. Under Callahan graduation rates are reported extremely high. We’d rather have that than thugville with a 60% Graduation rate.

Keep this in mind as well. The two hottest teams in the Big 12 North, Kansas and Missouri both have two coaches that took over and went through this same thing. Fans in Missouri tried to run Pinkle out of town not that long ago, Kansas struggled for a few years under Mangino and now both are playing high on the National Stage.

Also keep in mind that it could be alot worse. Again we could be Notre Dame and we could be saddled with Charlie Weise’s salary. YIKES.

Bugs  Manderson

Rebel Yell 10.22.07

Loads of stupid people in the news tonight.

First up…why some people shouldn’t have kids..  Police answered a domestic dispute call at 93rd and Maple. The 20 year old woman left the apartment with her 4 year old but her 21 year old boy friend refused. When he did come out he was using his 6 month old child as a shield asking police to shoot him. Once the child was taken to safety the girlfriend jumped in and started kicking and screaming at police. Both were arrested and the children removed from these two clueless retards who shouldn’t reproduce.

A family that claims police abused them made multiple phone calls to 911 creating evidence showing just what a bunch of idiots they are. Tapes of the calls show the entire family out of control. Police claim alcohol may have been a factor. From the sounds of the calls this family vacations in Whiteclay Ne.

A shooting in the NO-K coral turned into a 2 hour stand off at an empty house near 26th and Browne. Police answering the call had reason to believe one of the shooter was still in the house. No suspects have been named at this time.

And a Missouri woman that kidnapped a pregnant woman and cut her baby out has been found guilty of kidnapping resulting in murder. She could face the death penalty. Too bad it wont be at the hands of Eddie the blind knife thrower at the Holt County fair. Some times you gotta cleanse the gene pool of sick weirdos like this.

Rebel Shurburne

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