I just watched some video of me being totally obliterated on the ride back from RAGBRAI , I was actually giving the ability to destroy it. I'm going to keep it for a while, just to remember how stupid I acted and looked. Of course the entire team thought it was hilarious! I guess almost one liter of rum and me = baddddd.....

Iowa DOT and the motor vehicle registration system has some total issues! Luckily I was far-warned by Jen on the ride in Dubuque about the sting operation. This was after I spent an hour earlier in the week to find out how the bus completely disappeared out of the DOT system.....everything license number everything.....and I have to go back in with the title to get the damn thing recreated. They wouldn't even give me something to make it thought the week.....but we made it nonetheless.

The Kamikazes were by far a great group this year, one semi-bad apple(the only one texting people the entire trip back from Dubuque) only because he alienated everyone on the team. We are getting together already this Wednesday because we don't want the party to stop. Looks like we lost one driver...Rich decided he wants to ride next year...good for him!

Austin, Keegan, and Aaron won the DMACC 3on3 competion last week for their age group. AWESOME!!!

Blaise was excited to see me Sunday morning when I finally woke up, Austin awww.... We spent most of yesterday resting and cleaning the bus out, It smells much better today!

Practices are in full swing for Austin ....

Why does Stacy always have to be the sound of reason when I get hurt?? I think she just likes to be right and with me it's too easy.

Balloons this week!!

A guy goes into a bar and there is a robot bartender. The robot says, "What will you have?" The guy says "Martini." The robot brings back the best martini ever and says to the man, "What's your IQ?" The guy says, "168."

The robot then proceeds to talk about physics, space exploration and medical technology.


The guy leaves, but he is curious, so he goes back into the bar. The robot bartender says, "What will you have?" The guy says, "Martini".. Again, the robot makes a great martini, gives it to the man and says, “What’s your IQ?" The guy says, "100."

The robot then starts to talk about Nascar, Budweiser and John Deere tractors.


The guy leaves, but finds it very interesting, so he thinks he will try it one more time. He goes back into the bar. The robot says, "What will you have?" The guy says, "Martini", and the robot brings him another great martini. The robot then says, "What's your IQ?" The guy says, "Uh, about 50." The robot leans in real close and says, "So tell me...........you people still happy you voted for Obama?"

Fight organized crime! Re-elect no one!

They seem to get better every year. After some personal drama at the start and coming to a realization, it was smooth sailing from there on.

The Kamikaze site will have more information by day and pictures as soon as I get around to updating it. There is also a whole slew of password protected pics to go up.

It's always awesome to meet new people and catch up with others that you see once or twice every year. Don't be doing it early in the morning, though...apparently there are rules. Oh and stay away from the ones that prefer the childish drama(Something about jealousy or insecurity). You would hope people grow out of this.

Anyway got home this morning at 1:30am....long drive back...I can not fathom the amount of alcohol that our team drank. We had 32 people at the max and 24 at the low end...What a blast it was.....details??? Maybe tomorrow or check the Kami site....unloading/cleaning bus....

2 Days till RAGBRAI XXXVIII!!!

Boys should be back tomorrow sometime.....

Biked last night, about 5 Kamikazes and no other regulars?? I know most are thinking they are bagging it out today for RAGBRAI. That is totally their fault.

Apparently there was vandalism and horrible littering at the tunnel ride Wednesday night prompting law officers to patrol the trail? Waste of money on their part, it's really just a one time a year thing. As for the idiots that can't leave things they way they find them...they need help. Scott Sumpter recruited people to go out and clean up the mess the next day, glad I'm not on his speed dial.

Biking, packing, loading, picking up shirts tonight....
Leave it to B'B'B'Beaver(dale) ride....

Damn work....busy and difficult.

Wherever you stand on this issue, please take the time to read this; it should wake you from your careless slumber on this important truth.
I may have put this on here before, This is pretty obvious to anyone with simple intelligence...and people ask me why I eventually would like to move out of our country.


We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington , DC , filled to capacity by many of America 's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor Hansen Davis talked about his latest book, "Mexifornia," explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of California . He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.
Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America.

The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States . He said, "If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide."

"Here is how they do it," Lamm said:
" First, to destroy America , turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country.History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset , put it this way: 'The histories of bilingual and bicultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.' Canada , Belgium , Malaysia , and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, Corsicans and Muslims."

Lamm went on:
" Second, to destroy America, invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal; that there are no cultural differences. Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds."
" Third, we could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'The apparent success of our own multi-ethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentrcity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.' Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities."
"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school."
" My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority placation."
" My sixth plan for America 's downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precet. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshiped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia , threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum" -- From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'pluribus' instead of the 'Unum,' we will " Balkanize " America as surely as Kosovo."
" Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits. Make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-cultum, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America , it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them."

In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, "Lastly, I would censor Victor Hanson Davis's book 'Mexifornia.' His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America . If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book."

There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America .

Take note of California and other states. To date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book "1984." In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery," and " Ignorance is strength."

Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster stopped within three years, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream.