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Uncensored Manifesto from triple murder suspect and former LAPD Officer Chris Dorner's Facebook

The following manifesto was posted by Christopher Dorner on his Facebook page after the murders of USC safety officer Keith Lawrence and Cal State Fullerton assistant basketball coach Monica Quan. It relates primarily to Dorner's termination and his failed legal proceedings agianst the LAPD:

From: Christopher Jordan Dorner /7648

To: America

Subj: Last resort

Regarding CF# 07-004281

I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are saying to yourself that this is completely out of character of the man you knew who always wore a smile wherever he was seen. I know I will be villified by the LAPD and the media.

Unfortunately, this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name. The department has not changed since the Rampart and Rodney King days. It has gotten worse. The consent decree should never have been lifted. The only thing that has evolved from the consent decree is those officers involved in the Rampart scandal and Rodney King incidents have since promoted to supervisor, commanders, and command staff, and executive positions.
 
The question is, what would you do to clear your name?
Name;
A word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known, addressed, or referred to.
 
Name Synonyms;
reputation, title, appellation, denomination, repute.
 
A name is more than just a noun, verb, or adjective. It’s your life, your legacy, your journey, sacrifices, and everything you’ve worked hard for every day of your life as and adolescent, young adult and adult. Don’t let anybody tarnish it when you know you’ve live up to your own set of ethics and personal ethos.
 

In 8/07 I reported an officer (Ofcr. Teresa Evans/now a Sergeant), for kicking a suspect (excessive force) during a Use of Force while I was assigned as a patrol officer at LAPD’s Harbor Division. While cuffing the suspect, (Christopher Gettler), Evans kicked the suspect twice in the chest and once in the face. The kick to the face left a visible injury on the left cheek below the eye. Unfortunately after reporting it to supervisors and investigated by PSB (internal affairs investigator Det. Villanueva/Gallegos), nothing was done. I had broken their supposed “Blue Line”.

Unfortunately, It’s not JUST US, it’s JUSTICE!!! In fact, 10 months later on 6/25/08, after already successfully completing probation, acquiring a basic Post Certificate, and Intermediate Post Certificate, I was relieved of duty by the LAPD while assigned to patrol at Southwest division. It is clear as day that the department retaliated toward me for reporting Evans for kicking Mr. Christopher Gettler. The department stated that I had lied and made up the report that Evans had kicked the suspect.

I later went to a Board of Rights (department hearing for decision of continued employment) from 10/08 to 1/09. During this BOR hearing a video was played for the BOR panel where Christopher Gettler stated that he was indeed kicked by Officer Evans (video sent to multiple news agencies). In addition to Christopher Gettler stating he was kicked, his father Richard Gettler, also stated that his son had stated he was kicked by an officer when he was arrested after being released from custody. This was all presented for the department at the BOR hearing. They still found me guilty and terminated me.

What they didn’t mention was that the BOR panel made up of Capt. Phil Tingirides, Capt. Justin Eisenberg, and City Attorney Martella had a signigicant problem from the time the board was assembled. Capt. Phil Tingirides was a personal friend of Teresa Evans from when he was her supervisor at Harbor station. That is a clear conflict of interest and I made my argument for his removal early and was denied. The advocate for the LAPD BOR was Sgt. Anderson. Anderson also had a conflict of interest as she was Evans friend and former partner from Harbor division where they both worked patrol together. I made my argument for her removal when I discovered her relation to Evans and it was denied.

 During the BOR, the department attempted to label me unsuccessfully as a bully. They stated that I had bullied a recruit, Abraham Schefres, in the academy when in reality and unfounded disposition from the official 1.28 formal complaint investigation found that I was the one who stood up for Abraham Schefres when other recruits sang nazi hitler youth songs about burning Jewish ghettos in WWII Germany where his father was a survivor of a concentration camp. How fucking dare you attempt to label me with such a nasty vile word. I ask that all earnest journalist investigating this story ask Ofcr. Abraham Schefres about the incident when Ofcr. Burdios began singing a nazi youth song about burning jewish ghettos.

The internal affairs investigation in the academy involving Schefres was spurned by a complaint that I had initiated toward two fellow recruit/offifcers. While on a assigned patrol footbeat in Hollywood Division, Officers Hermilio Buridios IV and Marlon Magana (both current LAPD officers) decided that they would voice their personal feelings about the black community. While traveling back to the station in a 12 passenger van I heard Magana refer to another individual as a nigger. I wasn’t sure if I heard correctly as there were many conversations in the van that was compiled of at least 8 officers and he was sitting in the very rear and me in the very front.

Even with the multiple conversations and ambient noise I heard Officer Magana call an indivdual a nigger again. Now that I had confirmed it, I told Magana not to use that word again. I explained that it was a well known offensive word that should not be used by anyone. He replied, “I’ll say it when I want”. Officer Burdios, a friend of his, also stated that he would say nigger when he wanted. At that point I jumped over my front passenger seat and two other officers where I placed my hands around Burdios’ neck and squeezed. I stated to Burdios, “Don’t fucking say that”. At that point there was pushing and shoving and we were separated by several other officers. What I should have done, was put a Winchester Ranger SXT 9mm 147 grain bullet in his skull and Officer Magana’s skull.
The Situation would have been resolved effective, immediately. The sad thing about this incident was that when Detective Ty from internal affairs investigated this incident only (1) officer (unknown) in the van other than myself had statements constistent with what actually happened. The other six officers (John Carey, Gary Parker, Jacob Waks, Abraham Schefres and names I have forgotten) all stated they heard nothing and saw nothing. Shame on every one of you. Shame on Detective Ty (same ethnicity as Burdios) for creating a separate 1.28 formal complaint against me (Schefres complaint) in retaliation for initiating the complaint against Burdios and Magana. Don’t retaliate against honest officers for breaking your so called blue line.
I hope your son Ryan Ty, who I knew, is a better officer than you, Detective Ty.The saddest part of this ordeal was that Officer Burdios and Magana were only given 22 day suspensions and are still LAPD officers to this day. That day, the LAPD stated that it is acceptable for fellow officers to call black officers niggers to their face and you will receive a slap on the wrist. Even sadder is that during that 22 day suspension Buridios and Magana received is that the LAPPL (Los Angeles Police Protective League) paid the officers their salaries while they were suspended. When I took a two day suspension for an accidental discharge, I took my suspension and never applied for a league salary. Its called integrity.
 
Journalist, I want you to investigate every location I resided in growing up. Find any incidents where I was ever accused of being a bully. You won’t, because it doesn’t exist. It’s not in my DNA. Never was. I was the only black kid in each of my elementary school classes from first grade to seventh grade in junior high and any instances where I was disciplined for fighting was in response to fellow students provoking common childhood schoolyard fights, or calling me a nigger or other derogatory racial names. I grew up in neighborhoods where blacks make up less than 1%. My first recollection of racism was in the first grade at Norwalk Christian elementary school in Norwalk, CA. A fellow student, Jim Armstrong if I can recall, called me a nigger on the playground. My response was swift and non-lethal. I struck him fast and hard with a punch an kick. He cried and reported it to a teacher. The teacher reported it to the principal. The principal swatted Jim for using a derogatory word toward me. He then for some unknown reason swatted me for striking Jim in response to him calling me a nigger. He stated as good Christians we are to turn the other cheek as Jesus did. Problem is, I’m not a fucking Christian and that old book, made of fiction and limited non-fiction, called the bible, never once stated Jesus was called a nigger. How dare you swat me for standing up for my rights for demanding that I be treated as a equal human being. That day I made a life decision that i will not tolerate racial derogatory terms spoken to me. Unfortunately I was swatted multiple times for the same exact reason up until junior high. Terminating me for telling the truth of a caucasian officer kicking a mentally ill man is disgusting. Don’t ever call me a fucking bully. I want all journalist to utilize every source you have that specializes in collections for your reports. With the discovery and evidence available you will see the truth. Unfortunately, I will not be alive to see my name cleared. That’s what this is about, my name. A man is nothing without his name. Below is a list of locations where I resided from childhood to adulthood.
 
Cerritos, CA.
Pico Rivera, CA.
La Palma, CA.
Thousand Oaks, CA.
Cedar City, UT.
Pensacola, FL.
Enid, OK.
Yorba Linda, CA.
Las Vegas, NV.
 
During the BOR an officer named, Sgt. Hernandez, from Los Angeles Port Police testified on behalf of the LAPD. Hernandez stated for the BOR that he arrived at the location of the UOF shortly before I cuffed the suspect. He also stated that he assisted in cuffing the suspect and that’s old the BOR he told me to fix my tie. All of those statements were LIES!!! Hernandez, you arrived at the UOF location up to 30 seconds after I had cuffed Mr. Gettler. All you did was help me lift the suspect to his feet as it was difficult for me to do by myself because of his heavy weight. You did not tell me to fix my tie as the BOR members and everyone else in the room know you lied because the photographic evidence from the UOF scene where Gettler’s injuries were photographed clearly shows me wearing a class B uniform on that day. A class B uniform is a short sleeved uniform blouse. A short sleeved uniform blouse for the LAPD does not have a tie included. This is not Super Troopers uniform, you jackass. Why did you feel the need to embellish and lie about your involvement in the UOF? Are you ashamed that you could not get hired on by any other department other than port police? Do you have delusions of grandeur? What you did was perjury, exactly what Evans did when she stated she did not kick Christopher Gettler.
 
What they failed to mention in the BOR was Teresa Evans own use of force history during her career on the LAPD. She has admitted that she has a lengthy use of force record and has been flagged several times by risk management. She has a very well known nickname, Chupacabra, which she was very proud to flaunt around the division. She found it very funny and entertaining to draw blood from suspects and arrestees. At one point she even intentionally ripped the flesh off the arm of a woman we had arrested for battery (sprayed her neighbor with a garden water hose). Knowing the woman had thin elastic skin, she performed and Indian burn to the woman’s arm after cuffing her. That woman was in her mid-70′s, a mother and grandmother, and was angry at her tenants who failed to pay rent on time. Something I can completely understand and I am sure many have wanted to do toward tenants who do not pay their rent. Teresa Evans was also demoted from a senior lead officer rank/position for performance issues. During my two months of working patrol with Teresa Evans, I found her as a woman who was very angry that she had been pulled from patrol for a short time because of a domestic violence report made by Long Beach Police Department because of an incident involving her active LAPD officer boyfriend, Dominick Fuentes, and herself. Dominick Fuentes is the same officer investigated for witness tampering. She also was visibly angry on a daily basis that she was going to have to file for bankruptcy because her ex-husband, a former LAPD officer and not Dominick Fuentes, who had left the department, state, and was nowhere to be found had left her with a tax bill and debt that she was unable to pay because of a lack of financial means. Evans, you are a POS and you lied right to the BOR panel when Randy Quan asked you if you kicked Christopher Gettler. You destroyed my life and name because of your actions. Time is up. The time is now to confess to Chief Beck.
 
I ask that all journalist investigating this story submit request for FOIA with the LAPD to gain access to the BOR transcripts which occurred from 10/08 to 2/09. There, you will see that a video was played for the BOR members of Mr. Christopher Gettler who suffers from Schizophrenia and Dementia stating that he was kicked by a female officer. That video evidence supports my claim that Evans kicked him twice in the upper body and once in the face. I would like all journalist to also request copies of all reports that I had written while employed by LAPD. Whether in the academy, or during my 3 years as a police officer. There are DR#’s attached to each report (investigative report) that I have ever written so they all exist. A FOIA request will most likely be needed to access these at Parker center or at the Personnel/Records. Judge my writin/grammar skills for yourself. The department attempted to paint me as an officer who could not write reports. Even though Sgt. Joel Sydanmaa a training officer who trained me stated for the BOR panel that there was nothing wrong with my report writing and that I was better than all rookie/probationer officers he has ever trained. Officer David Drew stated the same but refused to testify as he did not want to “get involved” with the BOR’s. Contact Sgt. Donald Deming ,(now a Captain at Lompoc PD), Sgt. Thaddeus Faulk, and Sgt. Ed Clark. All will state that my report writing was impeccable. I will tell you this, I always type my reports because I have messy handwriting/penmanship. I never had a single kickback/redlined report at Southwest division and Sgt. Faulk and Sgt. Clark can testify to that. I never received an UNSATISFACTORY on any day or week. The same can be said within the U.S. Naval Reserves. All commanders will state that my report writing was always clear, concise, and impeccable. Even search my AAR (after action reports),chits, Memorandum’s, IIR’s (Intelligence Information Reports) which were written in the Navy. All were pristine.
 
I had worked patrol at LAPD’s Harbor Division from 2/06 until 7/06 when I was involuntarily recalled back to active duty (US Navy) for a 12 month mobilization/deployment to Centcom in support of OIF/OEF. I returned back to LAPD’s Harbor division on 7/07 and immediately returned to patrol. I worked at Harbor division until 11/07 where I then transferred to Southwest Division. I worked At Southwest division until 6/25/08 when I was relieved of duty.
 
I have exhausted all available means at obtaining my name back. I have attempted all legal court efforts within appeals at the Superior Courts and California Appellate courts. This is my last resort. The LAPD has suppressed the truth and it has now lead to deadly consequences. The LAPD’s actions have cost me my law enforcement career that began on 2/7/05 and ended on 1/2/09. They cost me my Naval career which started on 4/02 and ends on 2/13. I had a TS/SCI clearance(Top Secret Sensitive Compartmentalized Information clearance) up until shortly after my termination with LAPD. This is the highest clearance a service member can attain other than a Yankee White TS/SCI which is only granted for those working with and around the President/Vice President of the United States. I lost my position as a Commanding Officer of a Naval Security Forces reserve unit at NAS Fallon because of the LAPD. I’ve lost a relationship with my mother and sister because of the LAPD. I’ve lost a relationship with close friends because of the LAPD. In essence, I’ve lost everything because the LAPD took my name and new I was INNOCENT!!! Capt Phil Tingirides, Justin Eisenberg, Martella, Randy Quan, and Sgt. Anderson all new I was innocent but decided to terminate me so they could continue Ofcr. Teresa Evans career. I know about the meeting between all of you where Evans attorney, Rico, confessed that she kicked Christopher Gettler (excessive force). Your day has come.
 
I’m not an aspiring rapper, I’m not a gang member, I’m not a dope dealer, I don’t have multiple babies momma’s. I am an American by choice, I am a son, I am a brother, I am a military service member, I am a man who has lost complete faith in the system, when the system betrayed, slandered, and libeled me. I lived a good life and though not a religious man I always stuck to my own personal code of ethics, ethos and always stuck to my shoreline and true North. I didn’t need the US Navy to instill Honor, Courage, and Commitment in me but I thank them for re-enforcing it. It’s in my DNA.
 
Luckily I don’t have to live everyday like most of you. Concerned if the misconduct you were apart of is going to be discovered. Looking over your shoulder, scurrying at every phone call from internal affairs or from the Captains office wondering if that is the day PSB comes after you for the suspects you struck when they were cuffed months/years ago or that $500 you pocketed from the narcotics dealer, or when the other guys on your watch beat a transient nearly to death and you never reported the UOF to the supervisor. No, I don’t have that concern, I stood up for what was right but unfortunately have dealt with the reprocussions of doing the right thing and now losing my name and everything I ever stood for. You fuckers knew Evans was guilty of kicking (excessive force) Gettler and you did nothing but get rid of what you saw as the problem, the whistleblower. Gettler himself stated on video tape ( provided for the BOR and in transcripts) he was kicked and even his father stated that his son said he was kicked by Evans when he was released from custody. The video was played for the entire BOR to hear. Tingirides, Eisenberg, and Martella all heard it. You’re going to see what a whistleblower can do when you take everything from him especially his NAME!!!
 
Look what you did to Sgt. Gavin (now lieutenant) when he exposed the truth of your lying, racism, and PSB cover-ups to frame and convict an innocent man. You can not police yourselves and the consent decree was unsuccessful. Sgt. Gavin, I met you on the range several times as a recruit and as an officer. You’re a good man and I saw it in your eyes an actions.
 
Self Preservation is no longer important to me. I do not fear death as I died long ago on 1/2/09. I was told by my mother that sometimes bad things happen to good people. I refuse to accept that.
 
From 2/05 to 1/09 I saw some of the most vile things humans can inflict on others as a police officer in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, it wasn’t in the streets of LA. It was in the confounds of LAPD police stations and shops (cruisers). The enemy combatants in LA are not the citizens and suspects, it’s the police officers.
 
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. How ironic that you utilize a fixed glass structure as your command HQ. You use as a luminous building to symbolize that you are transparent, have nothing to hide, or suppress when in essence, concealing, omitting, and obscuring is your forte.
 
Chief Beck, this is when you need to have that come to Jesus talk with Sgt. Teresa Evans and everyone else who was involved in the conspiracy to have me terminated for doing the right thing. you also need to speak with her attorney, Rico, and his conversation with the BOR members and her confession of guilt in kicking Mr. Gettler. I’ll be waiting for a PUBLIC response at a press conference. When the truth comes out, the killing stops.
 
Why didn’t you charge me with filing a false police report when I came forward stating that Evans kicked Mr. Christopher Gettler? You file criminal charges against every other officer who is accused and terminated for filing a false police report. You didn’t because you knew I was innocent and a criminal court would find me innocent and expose your department for suppressing the truth and retaliation, that’s why.
 
The attacks will stop when the department states the truth about my innocence, PUBLICLY!!! I will not accept any type of currency/goods in exchange for the attacks to stop, nor do i want it. I want my name back, period. There is no negotiation. I am not the state department who states they do not negotiate with terrorist, because anybody with a Secret or TS/SCI has seen IIR’s on SIPR and knows that the US state department always negotiates by using CF countries or independent sovereign/neutral country to mediate and compromising.
 
This department has not changed from the Daryl Gates and Mark Fuhrman days. Those officers are still employed and have all promoted to Command staff and supervisory positions. I will correct this error. Are you aware that an officer (a rookie/probationer at the time) seen on the Rodney King videotape striking Mr. King multiple times with a baton on 3/3/91 is still employed by the LAPD and is now a Captain on the police department? Captain Rolando Solano is now the commanding officer of a LAPD police station (West LA division). As a commanding officer, he is now responsible for over 200 officers. Do you trust him to enforce department policy and investigate use of force investigations on arrestees by his officers? Are you aware Evans has since promoted to Sergeant after kicking Mr. Gettler in the face. Oh, you Violated a citizens civil rights? We will promote you. Same as LAPD did with the the officers from Metro involved in the May Day melee at MacArthur Park. They promoted them to Sergeant (a supervisor role).
 
No one is saying you can’t be prejudiced or a bigot. We are all human and hold prejudices. If you state that you don’t have prejudices, your lying! But, when you act on it and victimize innocent citizens and fellow innocen officers, than that is a concern.
 
For you officers who do the job in the name of JUSTICE, those of you who lost honest officers to this event, look at the name of those on the BOR and the investigating officers from PSB and Evans and ask them, how come you couldn’t tell the truth? Why did you terminate an honest officer and cover for a dishonest officer who victimized a mentally ill citizen.
 
Sometimes humans feel a need to prove they are the dominant race of a species and they inadvertently take kindness for weakness from another individual. You chose wrong.
 
Terminating officers because they expose a culture of lying, racism (from the academy), and excessive use of force will immediately change. PSB can not police their own and that has been proven. The blue line will forever be severed and a cultural change will be implanted. You have awoken a sleeping giant.
 
I am here to change and make policy. The culture of LAPD versus the community and honest/good officers needs to and will change. I am here to correct and calibrate your morale compasses to true north.
 
Those Caucasian officers who join South Bureau divisions (77th,SW,SE, an Harbor) with the sole intent to victimize minorities who are uneducated, and unaware of criminal law, civil law, and civil rights. You prefer the South bureau because a use of force/deadly force is likely and the individual you use UOF on will likely not report it. You are a high value target.
 
Those Black officers in supervisory ranks and pay grades who stay in south bureau (even though you live in the valley or OC) for the sole intent of getting retribution toward subordinate caucasians officers for the pain and hostile work environment their elders inflicted on you as probationers (P-1′s) and novice P-2′s. You are a high value target. You perpetuated the cycle of racism in the department as well. You breed a new generation of bigoted caucasian officer when you belittle them and treat them unfairly.
 
Those Hispanic officers who victimize their own ethnicity because they are new immigrants to this country and are unaware of their civil rights. You call them wetbacks to their face and demean them in front of fellow officers of different ethnicities so that you will receive some sort of acceptance from your colleagues. I’m not impressed. Most likely, your parents or grandparents were immigrants at one time, but you have forgotten that. You are a high value target.
 
Those lesbian officers in supervising positions who go to work, day in day out, with the sole intent of attempting to prove your misandrist authority (not feminism) to degrade male officers. You are a high value target.
 
Those Asian officers who stand by and observe everything I previously mentioned other officers participate in on a daily basis but you say nothing, stand for nothing and protect nothing. Why? Because of your usual saying, ” I……don’t like conflict”. You are a high value target as well.
 
Those of you who “go along to get along” have no backbone and destroy the foundation of courage. You are the enablers of those who are guilty of misconduct. You are just as guilty as those who break the code of ethics and oath you swore.
 
Citizens/non-combatants, do not render medical aid to downed officers/enemy combatants. They would not do the same for you. They will let you bleed out just so they can brag to other officers that they had a 187 caper the other day and can’t wait to accrue the overtime in future court subpoenas. As they always say, “that’s the paramedics job…not mine”. Let the balance of loss of life take place. Sometimes a reset needs to occur.
 
It is endless the amount of times per week officers arrest an individual, label him a suspect-arrestee-defendant and then before arraignment or trial realize that he is innocent based on evidence. You know what they say when they realize an innocent man just had his life turned upside down?. “I guess he should have stayed at home that day he was discovered walking down the street and matching the suspects description. Oh well, he appeared to be a dirtbag anyways”. Meanwhile the falsely accused is left to pick up his life, get a new, family, friends, and sense of self worth.
 
Don’t honor these fallen officers/dirtbags. When your family members die, they just see you as extra overtime at a crime scene and at a perimeter. Why would you value their lives when they clearly don’t value yours or your family members lives? I’ve heard many officers who state they see dead victims as ATV’s, Waverunners, RV’s and new clothes for their kids. Why would you shed a tear for them when they in return crack a smile for your loss because of the impending extra money they will receive in their next paycheck for sitting at your loved ones crime scene of 6 hours because of the overtime they will accrue. They take photos of your loved ones recently deceased bodies with their cellphones and play a game of who has the most graphic dead body of the night with officers from other divisions. This isn’t just the 20 something year old officers, this is the 50 year old officers with significant time on the job as well who participate.
 
You allow an officer, Thaniya Sungruenyos, to attempt to hack into my credit union account and still remain on the job even when Det. Zolezzi shows the evidence that the IP address (provided by LAPFCU) that attempted to hack into my account and change my username and password leads directly to her residence. You even allow this visibly disgusting looking officer to stay on the job when she perjures (lies) in court (Clark County Family Court) to the judge’s face and denies hacking into my personal credit union online account when I attempted to get my restraint order extended. Det. Zolezzi provided the evidence and you still do nothing.
 
How do you know when a police officer is lying??? When he begins his sentence with, “based on my experience and training”.
 
No one grows up and wants to be a cop killer. It was against everything I’ve ever was. As a young police explorer I found my calling in life. But, As a young police officer I found that the violent suspects on the street are not the only people you have to watch. It is the officer who was hired on to the department (pre-2000) before polygraphs were standard for all new hires and an substantial vetting in a backround investigation.
 
To those children of the officers who are eradicated, your parent was not the individual you thought they were. As you get older,you will see the evidence that your parent was a tyrant who loss their ethos and instead followed the path of moral corruptness. They conspired to hide and suppress the truth of misconduct on others behalf’s. Your parent will have a name and plaque on the fallen officers memorial in D.C. But, In all honesty, your parents name will be a reminder to other officers to maintain the oath they swore and to stay along the shoreline that has guided them from childhood to that of a local, state, or federal law enforcement officer.
 
Bratton, Beck, Hayes, Tingirides, Eisenberg, Martella, Quan, Evans, Hernandez, Villanueva/Gallegos, and Anderson. Your lack of ethics and conspiring to wrong a just individual are over.
Suppressing the truth will leave to deadly consequences for you and your family. There will be an element of surprise where you work, live, eat, and sleep. I will utilize ISR at your home, workplace, and all locations in between. I will utilize OSINT to discover your residences, spouses workplaces, and children’s schools. IMINT to coordinate and plan attacks on your fixed locations. Its amazing whats on NIPR. HUMINT will be utilized to collect personal schedules of targets. I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, I’m terminating yours. Quan, Anderson, Evans, and BOR members Look your wives/husbands and surviving children directly in the face and tell them the truth as to why your children are dead.
 
Never allow a LAPPL union attorney to be a retired LAPD Captain,(Quan). He doesn’t work for you, your interest, or your name. He works for the department, period. His job is to protect the department from civil lawsuits being filed and their best interest which is the almighty dollar. His loyalty is to the department, not his client. Even when he knowingly knows your innocent and the BOR also knows your innocent after Christopher Gettler stated on videotape that he was kicked and Evans attorney confessed to the BOR off the record that she kicked Gettler.
 
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants-TJ. This quote is not directed toward the US government which I fully support 100%. This is toward the LAPD who can not monitor itself. The consent decree should not have been lifted, ever.
 
I know your TTP’s, (techniques, tactics, and procedures). Any threat assessments you you generate will be useless. This is simple, I know your TTP’s and PPR’s. I will mitigate any of your attempts at preservation. ORM is my friend. I will mitigate all risks, threats and hazards. I assure you that Incident Command Posts will be target rich environments. KMA-367 license plate frames are great target indicators and make target selection even easier.
 
I will conduct DA operations to destroy, exploit and seize designated targets. If unsuccessful or unable to meet objectives in these initial small scale offensive actions, I will reassess my BDA and re-attack until objectives are met. I have nothing to lose. My personal casualty means nothing. Just alike AAF’s, ACM’s, and AIF’s, you can not prevail against an enemy combatant who has no fear of death. An enemy who embraces death is a lose, lose situation for their enemy combatants.
 
Hopefully you analyst have done your homework. You are aware that I have always been the top shot, highest score, an expert in rifle qualifications in every unit I’ve been in. I will utilize every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordnance, and survival training I’ve been given.
 
Do you know why we are unsuccessful in asymmetrical and guerrilla warfare in CENTCOM theatre of operations? I’ll tell you. It’s not the inefficiency of our combatant commanders, planning, readiness or training of troops. Much like the Vietnam war, ACM, AAF, foreign fighters, Jihadist, and JAM have nothing to lose. They embrace death as it is a way of life. I simply don’t fear it. I am the walking exigent circumstance you created.
 
The Violence of action will be HIGH. I am the reason TAC alert was established. I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty. ISR is my strength and your weakness. You will now live the life of the prey. Your RD’s and homes away from work will be my AO and battle space. I will utilize every tool within INT collections that I learned from NMITC in Dam Neck. You have misjudged a sleeping giant. There is no conventional threat assessment for me. JAM, New Ba’ath party, 1920 rev BGE, ACM, AAF, AQAP, AQIM and AQIZ have nothing on me. Do not deploy airships or gunships. SA-7 Manpads will be waiting. As you know I also own Barrett .50′s so your APC are defunct and futile.
 
You better have all your officers radio/phone muster (code 1) on or off duty every hour, on the hour.
Do not attempt to shadow or conduct any type of ISR on me. I have the inventory listing of all UC vehicles at Piper Tech and the home addresses of any INT analyst at JRIC and detachment locations. My POA is always POI and always true. This will be a war of attrition and a Pyrrhic and Camdean Victory for myself. You may have the resources and manpower but you are reactive and predictable in your op plans and TTP’s. I have the strength and benefits of being unpredictable, unconventional, and unforgiving. Do not waste your time with briefs and tabletops.
 
Whatever pre-planned responses you have established for a scenario like me, shelve it. Whatever contingency plan you have, shelve it. Whatever tertiary plan you’ve created, shelve it. I am a walking exigent circumstance with no OFF or reset button. JRIC, DOJ, LASD, FBI and other local LE can’t assist and should not involve themselves in a matter that does not concern them. For all other agencies, do not involve yourself in this capture or recovery of me. Look at the big picture of the situation. They (LAPD) created the situation. I will harm no outside agency unless it is a deadly force/IDOL situation. With today’s budgeting and fiscal mess, you guys can not afford lose several officers to IOD or KIA/EOW. Plus, other officers should not have to take on the additional duties and responsibilities of dead officers. Think about their families, outside agencies, Chiefs/Directors.
 
Outside agencies and individual officers on patrol. If you recognize my vehicle, and confirm it is my vehicle thru a dmv/want warrant check. It behoves you to respond to dispatch that your query was for information purposes only. If you proceed with a traffic stop or attempt to notify other officers of my location or for backup you will not live to see the medal of valor you were hoping to receive for your actions. Think before you attempt to intervene. You will not survive. Your family will receive that medal of valor posthumously. It will gather dust on the fireplace mantel for years. Then one day, it will go in a shoe box with other memories. Your mother will lose a son or daughter. Your significant other will be left alone, but they will find someone else to fill your void in the future and make them just as happy. Your children, if you have them, will call someone else mommy or daddy. Don’t be selfish. Your vest is only a level II or IIIA, think about it.
 
No amount of IMINT, MASINT, and ELINT assist you in capturing me. I am off the grid. You better use your feet, tongue and every available DOD/ NON-DOD HUMINT agency, contractor to find me. I know your route to and from home, and your division. I know your significant others routine, your children’s best friends and recess. I know Your Sancha’s gym hours and routine. I assure you that the casualty rate will be high. Because of that, no one will remember your name. You will merely be a DR# and “that guy” who was KIA/EOW or long term IOD/light duty in the kit room. This is exactly why “station 500″ was created. Unfortunately, orphanages will be making a comeback in the 21st century.
 
If you had a well regulated AWB, this would not happen. The time is now to reinstitute a ban that will save lives. Why does any sportsman need a 30 round magazine for hunting? Why does anyone need a suppressor? Why does anyone need a AR15 rifle? This is the same small arms weapons system utilized in eradicating Al Qaeda, Taliban, and every enemy combatant since the Vietnam war. Don’t give me that crap that its not a select fire or full auto rifle like the DoD uses. That’s bullshit because troops who carry the M-4/M-16 weapon system for combat ops outside the wire rarely utilize the select fire function when in contact with enemy combatants. The use of select fire probably isn’t even 1% in combat. So in essence, the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle is the same as the M-4/M-16. These do not need to be purchased as easily as walking to your local Walmart or striking the enter key on your keyboard to “add to cart”. All the firearms utilized in my activities are registered to me and were legally purchased at gun stores and private party transfers. All concealable weapons (pistols) were also legally register in my name at police stations or FFL’s. Unfortunately, are you aware that I obtained class III weapons (suppressors) without a background check thru NICS or DROS completely LEGALLY several times? I was able to use a trust account that I created on quicken will maker and a $10 notary charge at a mailbox etc. to obtain them legally. Granted, I am not a felon, nor have a DV misdemeanor conviction or active TRO against me on a NCIC file. I can buy any firearm I want, but should I be able to purchase these class III weapons (SBR’s, and suppressors) without a background check and just a $10 notary signature on a quicken will maker program? The answer is NO. I’m not even a resident of the state i purchased them in. Lock n Load just wanted money so they allow you to purchase class III weapons with just a notarized trust, military ID. Shame on you, Lock n Load. NFA and ATF need new laws and policies that do not allow loopholes such as this. In the end, I hope that you will realize that the small arms I utilize should not be accessed with the ease that I obtained them. Who in there right mind needs a fucking silencer!!! who needs a freaking SBR AR15? No one. No more Virginia Tech, Columbine HS, Wisconsin temple, Aurora theatre, Portland malls, Tucson rally, Newtown Sandy Hook. Whether by executive order or thru a bi-partisan congress an assault weapons ban needs to be re-instituted. Period!!!
 
Mia Farrow said it best. “Gun control is no longer debatable, it’s not a conversation, its a moral mandate.”
 
Sen. Feinstein, you are doing the right thing in leading the re-institution of a national AWB. Never again should any public official state that their prayers and thoughts are with the family. That has become cliche’ and meaningless. Its time for action. Let this be your legacy that you bestow to America. Do not be swayed by obstacles, antagaonist, and naysayers. Remember the innocent children at Austin, Kent, Stockton, Fullerton, San Diego, Iowa City, Jonesboro, Columbine, Nickel Mines, Blacksburg, Springfield, Red Lake, Chardon, Aurora, and Newtown. Make sure this never happens again!!!
 
In my cache you will find several small arms. In the cache, Bushmaster firearms, Remington precision rifles, and AAC Suppressors (silencers). All of these small arms are manufactured by Cerberus/Freedom Group. The same company responsible for the Portland mall shooting, Webster , NY, and Sandy Hook massacre.
 
You disrespect the office of the POTUS/Presidency and Commander in Chief. You call him Kenyan, mongroid, halfrican, muslim, and FBHO when in essence you are to address him as simply, President. The same as you did to President George W. Bush and all those in the highest ranking position of our land before him. Just as I always have. You question his birth certificate, his educational and professional accomplishments, and his judeo-christian beliefs. You make disparaging remarks about his dead parents. You never questioned the fact that his former opponent, the honorable Senator John McCain, was not born in the CONUS or that Bush had a C average in his undergrad. Electoral Candidates children (Romney) state they want to punch the president in the face during debates with no formal repercussions. No one even questioned the fact that the son just made a criminal threat toward the President. You call his wife a Wookie. Off the record, I love your new bangs, Mrs. Obama. A woman whose professional and educational accomplishments are second to none when compared to recent First wives. You call his supporters, whether black, brown, yellow, or white, leeches, FSA, welfare recipients, and ni$&er lovers. You say this openly without any discretion. Before you start with your argument that you believe I would vote for Obama because he has the same skin color as me, fuck you. I didn’t vote in this last election as my choice of candidate, John Huntsman, didn’t win the primary candidacy for his party. Mr. President, I haven’t agreed with all of your decisions but of course I haven’t agreed with all of your predecessors decisions. I think you’ve done a hell of a job with what you have been dealt and how you have managed it. I shed a tear the night you were initially elected President in 2008. I never thought that day would occur. A black man elected president in the U.S. in my lifetime. I cracked a smiled when you were re-elected in 2012 because I really didn’t think you were going to pull that one off. Romney, stop being a sore loser. You could’ve exited graciously and still contributed significantly to public service, not now. Mr. President, get back to work. Many want to see you fail as they have stated so many times previously. Unfortunately, if you fail, the U.S. fails but your opponents do not concern themselves about the big picture. Do not forget your commitment to transparency in your administration. Sometimes I believe your administration forgets that. America, you will realize today and tomorrow that this world is made up of all human beings who have the same general needs and wants in life for themselves, their kin, community, and state. That is the freedom to LIVE and LOVE. They may eat different foods, enjoy different music, have different dialects, or speak a second language, but in essence are no different from you and I. This is America. We are not a perfect sovereign country as we have our own flaws but we are the closest that will ever exist.
 
Unfortunately, this is not the first time an authoritative figure has lied on me.
 
Mr. Freid, assistant principal, Cypress HS. Remember when you lied to my mother and the police officer in your office about stating that you never stated to me in a private conversation that you know the theft suspect (Miranda) stole my watch. Let me refresh your memory. A physical education teachers assistant, a student, stole the list of combination codes to peoples lockers, from the P.E. teacher. That student then opened many of those lockers and stole students personal property. My watch was taken in that multi theft an I reported it to you. A week later you discovered that the theft suspect was Paul Miranda, a student. You stated to me in private that you know for a fact he stole my property. When I attempted to retrieve my property from the suspect. Campus security was called and you lied and stated that you never stated to me that you “know he stole my watch”. You sat there and lied to their faces right in front of me. You said it with such a deliberate, stern face. I never forgot that and was not surprised when 13 years later I was lied on again in the BOR by Teresa Evans. maybe you can confess to your family at the very least in the private of your own home. After that, contact my mother and apologize for lying to her in 1996.
 
If possible, I want my brain preserved for science/research to study the effects of severe depression on an individual’s brain. Since 6/26/08 when I was relieved of duty and 1/2/09 when I was terminated I have been afflicted with severe depression. I’ve had two CT scans during my lifetime that are in my medical record at Kaiser Permanente. Both are from concussions resulting from playing football. The first one was in high school, 10/96. The second was in college and occurred in 10/99. Both were conducted at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in LA/Orange county. These two CT scans should give a good baseline for my brain activity before severe depression began in late 2008.
 
Sure, many of you “law enforcement experts and specialist” will state, “in all my years this is the worst……..”, Stop!!! That’s not important. Ask yourselves what would cause somebody to take these drastic measures like I did. That’s what is important.
 
To my friends listed below, I wish we could have grown old together and spent more time together. When you reminisce of our friendship and experiences, think of that and that only. Do not dwell on my recent actions the last few days. This was a necessary evil that had to be executed in order for me to obtain my NAME back. The only thing that changes policy and garners attention is death.
 
Luis Sanchez, greatest friend, Marine officer, aviator, and an even better father and husband. I Couldn’t have had a better big brother than you. Your spoken wisdom was always retained by me, you old salty Mustang. You sternly told me that no matter what I accomplish I will always be a ni#%er in many individuals eyes. At the time, I did not comprehend your words. I do now. I never forgot the quote you state below. I love you bro.
 
I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever feeling sorry for itself. –D.H. Lawrence
 
Jason Valadao, greatest friend, Naval officer, aviator, Great Father, husband, doctor, and even better human being. I always strived to live my life parallel to your similar values and personal disciplines. Danika is lucky to have found a man like yourself, and you are fortunate to have married an irrefutable imperfect woman. Always focus on your IMMEDIATE family as they are the ones who have loved you unconditionally and always been their to support you in difficult times. I always lived my life as WWJD (what would Jason do). Danika, take care of this guy. Jason, I’m sorry I missed your wedding and you had to find another best man. I’m sorry my predicament with the department stopped me from watching you and Danika get married and arguing with you about issues that were insignificant when I was really angry at the LAPD for what they did to me. I’m deeply sorry and I love you guys.
 
James Usera, great friend, attorney, father, husband, and the most cynical/blatant/politically incorrect friend a man can have. Best quality about you in college and now is that you never sugar coated the truth. I will miss our political discussions that always turned argumentative. Thanks for introducing me to outdoor sports like fishing, hunting, mudding, and also respect for the land and resources. Us city boys don’t get out much like you Alaskans. You even introduced me to PBR. A beer, that when you’re a poor college student is completely acceptable to get buzzed off of. I’m sorry I’ll never get to go on that moose and bear hunt with you. I love you bro.
 
Kinta Smith, greatest friend, accountant, entrepreneur, and even better Human being. You are probably the most well balanced person I’ve ever met and the most driven for success. In college, and after graduation, I was inspired by your personal drive. Never settle. When you make your first million, promise me you won’t forget to enjoy it a bit. I know your first reaction will be to invest it somewhere else. Spend a little, just a little. I love you bro.
 
Jason Young, great friend, entrepeneur, husband and father. You showed me the importance of fatherhood and friendship. Love you bro.
 
Suzie Clark Cunningham, Kassandra Harrell, Melinda Yates, Cal Jackson, Ryan Smith, The Rebelledos, The Banks, Ben Bines, J. Work, Bill O’neill, Jeremy Fletcher, and Rob Harriston.
 
You guys were all important and very special to me. Don’t be angry with me. I missed some of your weddings and unfortunately, some of your funerals. This was a necessary evil.
 
Some say it is my fault that I was terminated. Yes, DDX, I remember you stating this to me in an angry fit. You said that I should have kept my mouth shut about another officer’s misconduct. Maybe you were right. But I’m not built like others, it’s not in my DNA and my history has always shown that. When you view the video of the suspect stating he was kicked by Evans, maybe you will see that I was a decent person after all. I told the truth. It still hurt that you abandoned me in my time of need. I hope you’re happy, that’s all I ever wanted for you.
 
Sgt. Leonard Perez, you meant well but you should have known with your time on the job that the department would attempt to protect someone like Evans because of her time on the job, personal friendships, and ethicity. I’m not angry with you, but you should have known as an IA investigator.
 
Sgt Maggie Faust LPPD, Ofcr John Thomas LPPD (ret), and Chief Eric Nunez LPPD, your guidance and mentoring as a young police explorer was second to none and invaluable as a young man, police officer, and naval officer. Sgt Faust, you forewarned me long ago about joining LAPD as they were “different” and operated differently from other modern law enforcement agencies. I now know it was your humbleness and respect for all who wear the badge and protect their communities that you didn’t just express what you wanted to say, that they lack values and basic ethics as law enforcement officers. Chief Nunez, your fucking awesome. Thanks for the long talks over the years when I was an explorer, college student, Naval officer, and Police officer. Your are a great leader and carry your heart on your sleeve. Your son will be a great Air Force officer with the upringing you provided. John, what can I say? Your just an awesome person and my first exposure to what law enforcement was really about was on our ride alongs. Your realistic approach and empathetic approach to treating all people as humans first is something I carried with me daily. Thank you, every one of you.
 
Dr. Funahashi, thank you for the superb surgery you performed on my knee on 7/98 in Irvine, CA. I never had the opportunity to thank you for allowing me to live a life free of knee joint pain. Thank you.
 
CM1 Bissett (Ret.), I learned more from you about leadership than most of my own commanders. You lived by a strict ethos of get it done, and get it done right. I wanted to attend your retirement, I really did. But because of my predicament I was unable to. Hope you and Ritchie are still together. I’ve always held you in high regard.
 
Sgt Maj. Kenneth “Rock” Rocquemore USMC, Thank you for the intense instruction and mentorship and time spent forging me into a never quit officer. You were challenging as a DI. You made sure the vicious and intense personality I possess was discovered. On a lighter note….Don’t feel humbled you never broke me. I made it a personal goal to never give up years before. The Corp is lucky to have you at the front. Your leadership is essential and needed for all marines, especially staff NCO’s and mentorship and advisement to company grade officers. You are the epitome of a US marine and never forget that.
 
I thank my friends for the awesome shared experiences. I thank the unnamed women I dated over my lifetime for the great and sometimes not so great sex.
 
It’s kind of sad I won’t be around to view and enjoy The Hangover III. What an awesome trilogy. Todd Phillips, don’t make anymore Hangovers after the third, takes away the originality of its foundation. World War Z looks good and The Walking Dead season 3 (second half) looked intriguing. Damn, gonna miss shark week.
 
Mr. Vice President, do your due diligence when formulating a concise and permanent national AWB plan. Future generations of Americans depend on your plan and advisement to the president. I’ve always been a fan of yours and consider you one of the few genuine and charismatic politicians. Damn, sounds like an oxymoron calling you an honest politician. It’s the truth.
 
Hillary Clinton. You’ll make one hell of a president in 2016. Much like your husband, Bill, you will be one of the greatest. Look at Castro in San Antonio as a running mate or possible secretary of state. He’s (good people) and I have faith and confidence in him. Look after Bill. He was always my favorite President. Chelsea grew up to be one hell of an attractive woman. No disrespect to her husband.
 
Gov. Chris Christie. What can I say? You’re the only person I would like to see in the White House in 2016 other than Hillary. You’re America’s no shit taking uncle. Do one thing for your wife, kids, and supporters. Start walking at night and eat a little less, not a lot less, just a little. We want to see you around for a long time. Your leadership is greatly needed.
 
Wayne LaPierre, President of the NRA, you’re a vile and inhumane piece of shit. You never even showed 30 seconds of empathy for the children, teachers, and families of Sandy Hook. You deflected any type of blame/responsibility and directed it toward the influence of movies and the media. You are a failure of a human being. May all of your immediate and distant family die horrific deaths in front of you.
 
Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, Pat Harvey, Brian Williams, Soledad Obrien, Wolf Blitzer, Meredith Viera, Tavis Smiley, and Anderson Cooper, keep up the great work and follow Cronkite’s lead. I hold many of you in the same regard as Tom Brokaw and the late Peter Jennings. Cooper, stop nagging and berating your guest, they’re your (guest). Mr. Scarborough, we met at McGuire’s pub in P-cola in 2002 when I was stationed there. It was an honor conversing with you about politics, family, and life.
 
Willie Geist, you’re a talented and charismatic journalist. Stop with all the talk show shenanigans and get back to your core of reporting. Your future is brighter than most.
 
Revoke the citizenship of Fareed Zakaria and deport him. I’ve never heard a positive word about America or its interest from his mouth, ever. On the same day, give Piers Morgan an indefinite resident alien and Visa card. Mr. Morgan, the problem that many American gun owners have with you and your continuous discussion of gun control is that you are not an American citizen and have an accent that is distinct and clarifies that you are a foreigner. I want you to know that I agree with you 100% on enacting stricter firearm laws but you must understand that your critics will always have in the back of their mind that you are native to a country that we won our sovereignty from while using firearms as a last resort in defense and you come from a country that has no legal private ownership of firearms. That is disheartening to American gun owners and rightfully so.
 
The honorable President George H.W. Bush, they never give you enough credit for your successful Presidency. You were always one of my favorite Presidents (2nd favorite). I hope your health improves greatly. You are the epitome of an American and service to country.
 
General Petraeus, you made a mistake that the majority of men make once, twice, or unfortunately many times in a lifetime. You are human. You thought with your penis. It’s okay.I personally believe you should have never resigned and told your critics to shove it. You only answer to two people regarding the affair, your wife and children, period. I hope you return to government service to your country as it is visibly in your DNA.
 
General Colin Powell, your book “My American Journey” solidified my decision to join the military after college. I had always intended to serve, but your book and journey motivated me. You are an inspiration to all Americans and influenced me greatly.
 
To all SEA’s (senior enlisted advisers), you are just as important if not a greater viability to large and small commands. It’s time you take a more active role in leading your enlisted and advising officers. These are not your twilight years or time to relax. You can either strengthen the tip of the spear, or make it brittle. You decide.
 
Pat Harvey, I’ve always thought you carried yourself professionally and personally the way a strong black woman should. Your articulation and speech is second to none. You are the epitome of a journalist/anchor. You are America.
 
Ellen Degeneres, continue your excellent contribution to entertaining America and bringing the human factor to entertainment. You changed the perception of your gay community and how we as Americans view the LGBT community. I congratulate you on your success and opening my eyes as a young adult, and my generation to the fact that you are know different from us other than who you choose to love. Oh, and you Prop 8 supporters, why the fuck do you care who your neighbor marries. Hypocritical pieces of shit.
 
Westboro Baptist Church, may you all burn slowly in a fire, not from smoke inhalation, but from the flames and only the flames.
 
Tebow, I really wanted to see you take charge of an offense again and the game. You are not a good QB by todays standards, but you are a great football player who knows how to lead a team and WIN. You will be “Tebowing” when you reach your next team. I have faith in you. Get out of that circus they call the Jets and away from the reality TV star, Rex Ryan, and Mark Rapist Sanchez.
 
Christopher Walz, you impressed me in Inglorious Basterds. After viewing Django Unchained, I was sold. I have come to the conclusion that you are well on your way to becoming one of the greats if not already and show glimpses of Daniel Day Lewis and Morgan Freeman-esque type qualities of greatness. Trust me when I say that you will be one of the greatest ever.
 
Jennifer Beals, Serena Williams, Grae Drake, Lisa Nicole-Carson, Diana Taurasi, N’bushe Wright, Brenda Villa, Kate Winslet, Ashley Graham, Erika Christensen, Gabrielle Union, Isabella Soprano, Zain Verjee, Tamron Hall, Gina Carano, America Ferrara, Giana Michaels, Nene, Natalie Portman, Queen Latifah, Michelle Rodriguez, Anjelah Johnson, Kelly Clarkson, Nora Jones, Laura Prepon, Margaret Cho, and Rutina Wesley, you are THE MOST beautiful women on this planet, period. Never settle, professionally or personally.
 
Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five” is the greatest piece of music ever, period. Hanz Zimmer, William Bell, Eric Clapton, BB King, Bob Marley, Sam Cooke, Metallica, Rob Zombie, Nora Jones, Marvin Gaye, Jay-Z, and the King (Louis Armstrong) are musical prodigies.
 
Jeffrey Toobin and David Gergen, you are political geniuses and modern scholars. Hopefully Toobin is nominated for the Supreme Court and implements some damn common sense and reasoning instead of partisan bickering. But in true Toobin fashion, we all know he would not accept the nomination.
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John and Ken from KFI, never mute your facts and personal opinions. You are one of the few media personalities who speak the truth, even when the truth is not popular. I will miss listening to your discussions.
 
Bill Handel, your effin awesome. For years I enjoyed your show.
 
Anthony Bourdain, you’re a modern renaissance man who epitomizes the saying “too cool for school”.
 
Larry David, Kevin Hart, the late Patrice Oneal, Lisa Lampanelli, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Louis CK, Dave Chapelle, Jon Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Dennis Miller, and Jeff Ross are pure geniuses. I’m a big fan of all of your work. As a child my mom caught me watching Def Jam comedy at midnight when I should have been asleep. Instead of scolding me, the next night she let me stay up late and watch George Carlin, Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor comedy specials with her for hours. My sides were sore for days.
 
Larry David, I agree. 72-82 degrees is way to hot in a residence. 68 , degrees is perfect.
 
Cyclist, I have no problem sharing the road with you. But, at least go the fucking speed limit posted or get off the road!!! That is a feasible request. Livestrong you fraudulent assholes.
 
Cardinal Mahoney, you are in essence a predator yourself as you enabled your subordinates to molest multiple children in the church over many decades. May you die a long and slow painful death.
 
If you continuously followed me while I was walking at dusk/night I would confront you as well. Too bad Trayvon didn’t smash your skull completely open, Zim. While Trayvon’s body erodes to bones 6 feet under, Zimmerman has put on no less than 40 pounds while out on bail. Zimmerman was arrested for battery on a Peace officer and avoided jail/prison because he completed a diversion program. Thats a history of being an asshole. Zimmerman couldn’t get hired by a LE agency because of poor credit/and a history of violence/restraining orders with women. So what does he do? Designate himself, neighborhood watch captain and make complaints to his city council about the horrible work ethic and laziness of the officers patrolling his neighborhood. Good one Zim. How classy that your father attempts to use his veterans status “disabled veteran” during your bail hearing but doesn’t state what his disability percentage is. Prior service personnel know it can be 5% disability to 100%. You and your attorneys always avoid mentioning your fathers occupation as a magistrate/judge because I’m sure he’s utilized his position to get you out of way more jams then the public has discovered and that your family is not indigent. Oh, tell your wife to stop perjuring herself in court.
 
KCCO
 
Anonymous, you are hated, vilified, and considered an enemy to the state. I personally view you as a culture and a necessity that brings truth to a cloaked world. Forge ahead!
 
Charlie Sheen, you’re effin awesome.
 
My opinion on women in combat MOS’, Designators, Rates, and AFSC’s. I wish all of you who attempt to pursue combat occupational roles the greatest success in completing, graduating, and qualifying in their respective schools/courses. Many want to see you fail. Remember, everyone of you is a pioneer. There was a time when they didn’t allow blacks to fight the good fight. This is your civil rights. Don’t quit!!!
 
It’s time to allow gay service member’s spouses to utilize the same benefits that all heterosexual dependents are eligible for. Medical, Dental, Tricare, Deers, SGLI, BX, Commissary, Milstar, MWR, etc. Flag officers, lets be honest. You can’t really give a valid argument to as why gays shouldn’t be eligible as every month a new state enacts laws that allow same sex marriage.
 
LGBT community and supporters, the same way you have the right to voice your opinion on acceptance of gay marriage, Chick Fil-A has a right to voice their beliefs as well. That’s what makes America so great. Freedom of expression. Don’t be assholes and boycott/degrade their business and customers who patronize the locations. They make some damn good chicken! Vandalizing (graffiti) their locations does not help any cause.
 
Mr. Bill Cosby, you are a reasonable and talented man who has spoken the truth of the cultural anomalies within the black communities that need to change now. The black communities’ resentment toward you is because they don’t like hearing the truth or having their clear and evident dirty laundry aired to the nation. The problem is, the country is not blind nor dumb. They believe we are animals. Do not mute your unvarnished truthful speech or moral compass. Blacks must strive for more in life than bling, hoes, and cars. The current culture is an epidemic that leaves them with no discernible future. They’re suffocating and don’t even know it. MLK Jr. Would be mortified at what he worked so hard for in our acceptance as equal beings and how unfortunately we stopped progressing and began digressing. Chicago’s youth violence is a prime example of how our black communities values have declined. We can not address this nation’s intolerant issues until we address our own communities morality issues first. Accountability. We need to hold ou

End of the World Paranoia

In college, I ran with a paranoid lot. One night we were sitting around the keg, talking about life in general, and someone asked what would you do if you knew this was going to be your last night on Earth. And the first thing that popped into my head was "Why? What have you heard?"

As the end of the world approaches in 2 weeks, I'm starting to think that again.

My College Football Picks, 2012 Week 13

This weekend, there are a bunch of games that were played Thursday and Friday. What's left includes a lot of lines that seem like crap shoots, so I'm only placing real money on five. Here are the spreads this week in all the games involving the BCS 25. My choices are shown in bold. My five *bets I like are marked by an asterisk. See if your picks can beat mine.

Saturday, Nov 24:
Connecticut @ #20 Louisville -10½
#19 Michigan @ #4 Ohio St. -4
#18 Rutgers @ Pittsburgh -1
GA Tech @ #3 Georgia -14½
*#5 Oregon @ #15 Oregon St. +9½
Auburn @ #2 Alabama -33
*#21 Okla St. @ #13 Oklahoma -6½
#4 Florida @ #10 Florida St. -7
*#8 Stanford @ #17 UCLA +3
Missouri @ #9 Texas A&M -22
*#12 South Carolina @ #11 Clemson -3½
*#1 Notre Dame @ USC +5½

These have been played:

Thursday, Nov 22:
TCU 20 @ #16 Texas 13 (I would have missed this)

Friday, Nov 23:
Ohio 6 @ #23 Kent St. 28 (I would have missed this)
#14 Nebraska 13 @ Iowa 7 (I would have missed this)
#7 LSU 20 @ Arkansas 13 (I would have hit this)
#25 Washington 28 @ Washington St. 31 (I would have hit this)
Arizona St. 41 @ #24 Arizona 34 (I would have hit this)

This week, the ten teams I am rooting for, in order, are: USC, Stanford, Oregon, Washington St., Arizona St.,  U.Conn, Pitt, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Auburn.

[ASU and WSU already won!]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/odds

USC v Notre Dame for the 84th Time

It's USC v. Notre Dame, the 84th game in the greatest cross-sectional rivalry in college football. Here are the basic details:

Starting Time: Kickoff is officially scheduled for 5:00 p.m. PST. The actual kickoff time for the last 5 p.m. start between these teams was 5:12 p.m.

Broadcast: ABC-TV is in the house. ESPN College Game Day is also in town.

Records: USC is 7-4 (the same record USC had last time the Irish came around). USC's 5-4 conference record is 2nd-best in the Pac-12 South. Notre Dame is 11-0, best in the nation - only Ohio St. has an equal record.

Rankings: USC is unranked in any poll, but is not far back in the list of others receiving votes. Notre Dame is a consensus #1. This is the 8th time the Irish bring a #1 ranking into the game. (USC is 2-5 in the first seven, winning in 1938 and 1964). USC is 6-14 against undefeated Irish teams.

Odds: There was no line on this game initially, due to Matt Barkley's injury status, but USC has emerged as a 5½ point underdog. This is, by the way, the lowest point spread a #1 team has ever had against an unranked opponent.

Streaks: USC has won nine of the last ten against the Irish, but the teams have split the last two games. The road team has won three straight. The last Notre Dame win came in 2010.

Weather: It will be fairly warm, coming off a high of 77°, it should be clear and 69° at kickoff, dropping to about 62° near the end of the game. Partially cloudy or foggy conditions are not expected until after the game is over.

Webcams: USC has Tommy Trojan on a webcam. Notre Dame has the golden dome on a webcam, too. Actually, Notre Dame is full of webcams, including the Clark Memorial Fountain, South Quad, North Quad and DeBartolo Quad.

History: The series began in 1926, when Knute Rockne took his team to the West Coast, reportedly because his wife wanted a warm-weather holiday. Though they had just one national title between them then, USC and Notre Dame were becoming national football powerhouses, and in the first seven seasons of the rivalry, the winner of the game ended up as national champions five times! At first, the games alternated between Chicago's Soldier Field and Los Angeles's Memorial Coliseum. Since 1931, Notre Dame has hosted the games in odd-numbered years at Notre Dame Stadium. Last year, USC won at Notre Dame 34-27. In the last game in L.A., USC won 38-3. The largest margin of victory in the rivalry was 51 points, by Notre Dame in a 1966 shutout. USC's largest margin of victory is 38, in 2007 at South Bend. USC and Notre Dame are two of just four FBS teams never to have played a lower division opponent since the current divisional alignments were established. (UCLA and Washington are the others.)

The Prize: The winner of the game keeps the Shillelagh, a club made of Irish wood, for a year. This Shillelagh adds an emerald-studded shamrock for each Notre Dame win, and a ruby-studded Trojan head for each USC win, right next to the engraved score of each game. The original Shillelagh was filled up after the 1989 game and is on display at Notre Dame. This year's game is a battle for the current, second, Shillelagh, which is on display at USC's Heritage Hall.

Head-to-Head Record: No team has beaten USC more times than Notre Dame. No team has beaten Notre Dame more times than USC. Notre Dame leads the all-time series 43-35-5. The series is streaky. USC has won the last 9 of the last 10 games. The Irish won the 3 before that. USC won the 3 before that. Notre Dame won 12 of the 13 before that. Since the 1960s, the series has been almost even. At the Coliseum, USC leads 21-18-4, and in my lifetime, USC leads 24-18-3.

National Titles: USC has won 11 national championships in football: 1928-31-32-39-62-67-72-74-78-2003-2004. Several, including the 2003 title, were split titles. In five other seasons -- 1929, 1933, 1976, 1979 and 2002 -- the Trojans were chosen as the number one team by at least selector, but not one with sufficient prestige to call themselves national champions. Notre Dame also claims 11 national titles, but all 11 were consensus titles.

Heisman Trophies: USC was tied with Notre Dame and Ohio State with seven, but with Reggie Bush forfeiting his, the Trojans are back to six and counting. Aside from Bush, USC's last winner was Matt Leinart in 2004. The Irish last won with Tim Brown in 1987.

Injuries: As was the case in 2010, USC is expected to start a backup QB due to the injury to Matt Barkley.

Bowls: Notre Dame is playing for a BCS championship game slot. The Trojans are probably headed to the Sun Bowl, but could be selected by the Alamo Bowl or Holiday Bowl with a big win over the #1 Irish, depending upon what Stanford, Oregon State and UCLA do this weekend. Bowls with Pac-12 affiliations can take 5-4 USC ahead of any Pac-12 team with a 6-3 record or worse.

Tickets: This game is sold out.

Seniors: This will be the final home game for most of USC's 20 seniors. Three of them could be back next year, due to injuries extending their eligibility or potential eligibility. Seven of them are regular starters. Several juniors, most notably, WR Robert Woods and CB Nickell Robey, might leave for the NFL, making this their final home game as well.

No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Cl.(Ath/Ac) Exp. Hometown(HighSchool/JC/College)
7    Barkley, Matt    QB    6-2    230    SR    3V    Newport Beach, CA (Mater Dei HS)
7    McDonald, T.J.    S    6-3    205    SR    3V    Fresno, CA (Edison HS)
17    Saee, Emon    QB    6-1    200    RS SR    SQ    Calabasas (Calabasas)
18    Manoogian, John    QB    6-0    220    RS SR    SQ    Los Angeles (Windward)
19    McAllister, Drew S    6-1    205    RS SR    4V    Danville, CA (Monte Vista HS)
22    McNeal, Curtis    TB    5-7    190    RS SR    2V    Los Angeles, CA (Venice HS)
24    Matranga, Eric    WR    5-10    180    SR    TR    Carmichael (Glendale JC)
29    Starling, Jawanza S    6-1    200    SR    3V    Tallahassee, FL (Lincoln HS)
30    Baucham, Brian    CB    5-11    170    RS SR    2V    Torrance, CA (West Torrance HS)
34    Burnett, Tony    LB    6-1    205    RS SR    2V    Watts (Los Angeles SW JC)
35    Negrete, Kyle    P    6-0    225    RS SR    1V    Fresno, CA (San Diego)
40    Mojica, Robert    TB    5-9    180    SR    TR    Dana Point (SMU)
42    Kennard, Devon    DE    6-3    260    SR    2V    Phoenix, AZ (Desert Vista HS)
44    Larsen, Chandler FB-TE    6-0    225    RS SR    --    Oak Park, Calif. (Oak Park HS)
45    Scott, Doug    LB    6-2    200    RS SR    SQ    San Diego, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic/WMU/El Camino JC)
50    Markowitz, Abe    C    6-1    305    RS SR    SQ    Hawaii Kai, HI (Punahou HS)
52    Kelley, Dallas    LB    5-11    225    SR    SQ    Norco, CA (Chaffey JC)
74    Galten, Jeremy    OT-OG    6-5    290    SR    1V    San Mateo, CA (San Mateo JC)
78    Holmes, Khaled    C    6-4    305    RS SR    3V    Santa Ana, CA (Mater Dei HS)
92    Kusnir, Zack    DT    6-5    265    SR    SQ    La Jolla, Ca. (San Diego State)
96    Horton, Wes    DE    6-5    255    RS SR    3V    Chatsworth, CA (Notre Dame HS)

Game Promotions: USC’s football seniors will be saluted prior to the game while running through the Heritage Tunnel, comprised of former Trojans. USC head coach Lane Kiffin is hosting the Kiff’s Kids toy drive to benefit children from the local community (fans are encouraged to bring a toy or unwrapped gift to collection boxes set up around the Coliseum)…Steve Johnson, the 2013 NCAA men’s tennis single champion who played on 4 consecutive NCAA championship USC teams, will be saluted on the field…USC professor Jae Jung will be recognized for receiving the 2012 HO-Am Prize in Medicine, Korea’s equivalent of the Noble prize.

Coaches: USC's Lane Kiffin and Notre Dame's Brian Kelly meet for the third time, splitting their first two games.

Catholics v. Protestants: Notre Dame was founded as a Roman Catholic university. USC was founded as a Methodist university. When Notre Dame first came to Southern California, the Trojans were a Methodist campus. In fact, the Trojans were once known as the USC Wesleyans or the USC Methodists. Despite a reference on wikipedia, rumors that USC athletes were once referred to as the "Fighting Methodists" are unsubstantiated. Personally, I think God has more important things to care about than who wins a football game, but to my fellow Catholics who seem to think that it is unholy for a Catholic to root against Notre Dame, let me remind you that Notre Dame's famous Touchdown Jesus should properly be referred to by His full name:

TOUCHDOWN JESUSCHRIST

Memorable Anniversaries - Here are some games folks will be remembering this year.

• 15 years (1997 - USC 20 Notre Dame 17): USC won in South Bend for the first time in more than a decade, after Notre Dame missed three field goals. The Trojans, who entered the game with a 3-3 record, needed a Mark Cusano interception in the fourth quarter to ice the win. Cusano, who had batted down a 4th down pass in overtime the prior season to end a 13 year winless streak against the Irish, forever sealed his reputation among Trojan fans as an Irish-killer.
• 20 years (1982 - USC 17 Notre Dame 13): USC won on a controversial call, as Trojan running back Michael Harper scored the winning touchdown on a play in which he appeared to fumble the ball before breaking the plane of the goal line. The resulting bad karma brought 13 years of bad luck to the Trojans, who lost the next 11 games against the Irish, and managed only a tie in the two games afte that. USC finished 8-3, were ineligible to appear in a bowl game due to an NCAA probation. After the season, USC coach John Robinson left for the NFL.
• 35 years (1977 - Notre Dame 49 USC 19): The Green Jersey Game. Before the game, "Dump Devine" stickers were being sold outside Notre Dame Stadium. During pregame warmups, the Irish players wore traditional navy blue jerseys, then retired to the locker room where they found Devine had left green jerseys in their lockers. They changed and returned to the field with the team captains inside a Trojan Horse dragged by the Notre Dame cheerleaders. The crowd energy never waned as the Irish won big and continued to wear the green jerseys until their win over Texas in the Cotton Bowl that sealed Devine's first and only national championship.
• 40 years (1972 - USC 45 Notre Dame 23): USC was 10-0 and ranked #1. The Irish were 8-1 headed to the Orange Bowl. Trojan tailback Anthony Davis scored six touchdowns, including two kickoff returns. It was the most points USC had ever scored against Notre Dame, setting a team record that would last just two seasons.
• 45 years (1967 - USC 24 Notre Dame 7): Coming off a 51-0 loss the year before, No. 1 ranked USC came in as a big underdog to fifth-ranked Notre Dame, the defending national champions. Trailing 7-0 at halftime, the Trojans came back in the second half thanks to O.J. Simpson's three touchdowns on 160 yards rushing. It was USC's first win in South Bend since 1939. The Trojans went on to win the 1967 national championship.

Blogs and Info Sites For the Trojans:

USC Football Official

USC Rips It - USC's official blog

USC at the OC Register - the best independent USC blog

Scott Wolf's Inside USC - LA Daily News Trojanblog

ESPN's USC Boards

TributeToTroy - Trojan football news and information

TrojanWire - news

USCFootball - Rivals USC Football site (news, forums, recruiting info)

FightOn - More Trojan football links

TrojanFB - video, photos, more

The Living Room Times - a USC grad who went to Notre Dame for law school

Conquest Chronicles

Blogs and Info Sites For Notre Dame:

Notre Dame Official

USAToday Notre Dame Pages

ESPN's Notre Dame Boards

Irish Sports Report

South Bend Tribune info

The Irish discussion boards

The House Rock Built

Her Loyal Sons

Rakes of Mallow

Irish Insights

Irish Round Table

Video Highlights of the Last 4 Games Between USC and Notre Dame

2008: USC 38 Notre Dame 3

 

2009: USC 34 Notre Dame 27

 

2010: Notre Dame 20 USC 16

 

2011: USC 31 Notre Dame 17

 

Finally, although it's no longer as relevant or fair, here's a funny fake Real Men of Genius commercial. We salute you, Mr. Delusional Irrational Notre Dame Football Fan.

 

The Bottom 10 - 2012 Week 12

We are down to one winless team: Southern Miss. Massachusetts beat Akron for its first win in the FBS, so they drop to #6 this week. Here are this week's rankings:

1. Southern Miss (0-11) [1] 11 game losing streak is longest in the nation. Next loss: @ Memphis
2. Idaho (1-10) *[2] Defense gave up 50+ four times. Next loss: @ Utah St.
3. Colorado (1-10)* [3] Even lost to Sacramento St. Next loss: Utah
4. Akron (1-10) [5] Only beat Morgan St. 66-6. Next loss: @ Toledo
5. Massachusetts (1-10) [6] New losing streak is one.  Next loss: Central Michigan
6. UNLV (2-10) * [7] Lost to Northern Arizona Next loss: @ Hawaii
7. Army (2-9)* [9] Lost to Stony Brook. Next loss: Navy
8. New Mexico State (1-9) [10] Beat only Sacramento St.. Next loss: BYU
9. Hawaii (1-9) [NR] Beat only Lamar. Next loss: UNLV
10. Kansas (1-10) [NR] Beat only S. Dakota St. Next loss: Bye

Dropped up: Memphis (8), won its third game; Kentucky (4), not so much because of win over Samford, but because earlier win over Kent St. looks good in hindsight

Not far ahead: Eastern Michigan

Crummy Game of the Weak: UNLV @ Hawaii

Blowout of the Weak:Idaho @ Utah St.

Dishonorable mentions: *Pitt, *Middle Tenn. St., *Wyoming, *Memphis

* lost to FCS team(s)

My College Football Top 25, 2012 Week 12

If I had an AP vote, here is what my ballot would look after week twelve, with my week eleven picks in brackets:

1. Notre Dame [4]
2. Ohio State [3]
3. Clemson [5]
4. Florida State [6]
5. Oregon [1]
6. Alabama [7]
7. Georgia [8]
8. Florida [9]
9. Stanford [12]
10. Texas A&M [14]
11. LSU [10]
12. Kansas State [2]
13. Oklahoma [11]
14. South Carolina [13]
15. Oregon St. [15]
16. Nebraska [17]
17. Texas [18]
18. UCLA [23]
19. Louisville [19]
20. Rutgers [21]
21. Michigan [24]
22. Oklahoma St.[25]
23. Arizona [NR]
24. USC [16]
25. Washington [NR]

Dropped out:  Louisiana Tech [20], Texas Tech [22]

I almost went with: Northern Illinois, Utah St.

I knew it! Nada

I blew it! USC

I think the AP is overrating: Notre Dame, Georgia, LSU, Kent St.

I can't believe anyone gave votes this week to: San Diego St., Northwestern

Your New College Football Champions - The Baylor Bears

Well, this is awkward. In the history of the Belt as I have been tracking it since 2005, this might be the worst team to ever even briefly possess it. Kansas State held the Belt and had a #1 ranking in the BCS, #2 in the AP and Coaches polls. They traveled to Baylor, the 9th place team in the 10-team Big XII, sporting a 1-5 conference record. Baylor won. The Bears not only stunned the Wildcats, they whooped their asses, more than doubling up on KSU by a score of 52-24. Kansas State not only lost the Belt, but also any chance at the BCS Championship game.

Since I've been following this method of crowning my own national champion, I've only posted when there was a new champion. Here is the history of my belt, awarded in accordance with the belt method:

• Texas took it from undisputed champion USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl.
• On September 9, 2006, #1 Ohio State gained the belt by defeating the #2 Texas Longhorns 24-7.
• On January 8, 2007, #2 Florida won the belt and the BCS by defeating the #1 Buckeyes 41-14.
• On September 29, 2007, the Auburn Tigers took the belt with a 20-17 win at #4 Florida.
• On October 20, 2007, #5 LSU obtained the belt from #18 Auburn with a 30-24 victory.
• On November 23, 2007, Arkansas took the title from #1 LSU with a 50-48 victory.
• On January 1, 2008, #7 Missouri took the belt away with a 38-7 win in the Cotton Bowl.
• On October 11, 2008, #3 Missouri lost the title to #17 Oklahoma State 28-23.
• On October 25, 2008, #1 Texas won back the belt by defeating #6 Oklahoma State 28-24.
• On November 1, 2008, #7 Texas Tech won the belt by defeating #1 Texas 39-33.
• On November 22, 2008, #5 Oklahoma took the belt by defeating #2 Texas Tech 65-21.
• On January 8, 2009, #2 Florida took the belt, and the BCS title, by beating the #1 Sooners 24-14.
• On December 5, 2009, Alabama won the belt (and later the BCS) by beating the Gators 32-13.
• On October 9, 2010, #19 South Carolina took the belt from #1 BCS champ Alabama 35-21.
• On October 16, 2010, Kentucky took the belt by defeating #10 South Carolina 31-28.
• On October 23, 2010, Georgia took the belt by winning at Kentucky, 44-31.
• On October 30, 2010, Florida took the belt by beating Georgia 34-31 in OT.
• On November 13, 2010,#23 South Carolina reclaimed the belt from #22 Florida 36-14.
• On December 4, 2010, #1 Auburn won Belt and BCS from #19 usc 56-17 in the SEC title game.
• On September 17, 2011, Clemson took it from #21 Auburn 38-24.
• On October 29, 2011, Georgia Tech tore it away from #5 Clemson, 31-14.
• On November 10, 2011, Virginia Tech took it from #20 Georgia Tech 37-26.
• On December 4, 2011, #21 Clemson took it from #5 VA Tech in the ACC title game, 38-10.
• On January 4, 2012, #23 West Virginia took it from #14 Clemson in the Orange Bowl, 70-33.
• On October 3, 2012, Texas Tech ripped it from the #5 Mountaineers 49-14.
• On October 27, 2012, #3 Kansas State took it with a 55-24 win over the #14 Red Raiders.
• On November 17, 2012, Baylor stunned visiting #2 Kansas State 52-24.

The Bears will defend the belt against Texas Tech. If they win, they take the Belt to Oklahoma St. next week.

When UCLA Last Won The Rose Bowl

USC played another mistake-filled game yesterday, and suddenly all my Bruin friends are going out of their way to tell me that it's a new era, and UCLA is back.

In the Pac-12, you aren't really back until you win a Rose Bowl.

And it's been a long time since UCLA won a Rose Bowl. How long?

This long: when UCLA last won a Rose Bowl,

• Ronald Reagan was still president
• There were two Germanies
• There was no Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame
• No one had ever heard of Chernobyl
• Every Space Shuttle was still intact
• No one had ever caught a computer virus
• Macs didn't have color screens
• You couldn't drive or take a train from England to France
• People couldn't wait for Top Gun to come out
• and no one knew who Ferris Bueller was
• Gasoline was 93 cents a gallon
• The Dow was under 1600
• Patrick Ewing was in the middle of a spectacular rookie season
• David Robinson hadn't finished growing
• Barack Obama was thinking about applying to law school
• Family Ties and the Cosby Show were the top TV shows
• World population was under 5 billion (it's now over 7 billion)
• "Say You, Say Me" was the number one song on Billboard
• Long Beach St. and Cal State Fullerton had division I football teams
• There were 21 independents
• Division I football conferences included the Southwest Conference, the Missouri Valley Conference, and the Pacific Coast Athletic Association
• The Big XII was the Big 8
• Anaheim and Fresno were bowl game destinations
• L. Ron Hubbard, James Cagney and Cary Grant were still alive, and of course,
• None of the current UCLA football players had been born

Man, that was a long, long time ago.

So enjoy your schadenfreude, my Bruin friends, but don't go high-fiving yourselves raw just yet.

You need to beat Stanford and/or Oregon and then probably Nebraska before you get to call yourselves Rose Bowl Champions again.

2012 ... And Then There Were 2

I was right again last week. I said "I wouldn't be surprised to see one or teams lose this week. I can't imagine Notre Dame being one of them." Two teams lost. Notre Dame wasn't one of them. The Irish are the new #1, and there are now just two perfect teams in the FBS. The Top Two (with AP rankings in parentheses followed by their opponent this week) are these guys:

1. Notre Dame (1) - @ USC
2. Ohio St. (4) - Michigan

My prediction: there are no unbeaten teams after Saturday.

My College Football Picks, 2012 Week 12

This weekend, there are a bunch of games without lines. About half the SEC is playing an FCS opponent. Here are the spreads this week in all the games involving the BCS 25, plus a couple of extras. My choices are shown in bold. Seven *bets I really like are marked by an asterisk. See if your picks can beat mine.

Saturday, Nov 17:
Iowa @ #21 Michigan -17
#10 Florida St. @ Maryland +31
* #22 Rutgers @ Cincinnati -6½
W. Carolina @ #4 Alabama
Wofford @ #9 South Carolina
J'ville St @ #6 Florida
GA Southern @ #5 Georgia
* #25 Washington @ Colorado +20½
* #18 USC @ #17 UCLA +3½
Sam Houston @ #8 Texas A&M
Minnesota @ #14 Nebraska  -21
N.C. St @ #11 Clemson -16½
* Wake Forest @ #3 Notre Dame -24
Mississippi @ #7 LSU -19½
* Ohio St. @ Wisconsin -2½
#23 Texas Tech @ #24 Okla St. -9½
Utah St @ #20 LA Tech +3
#12 Oklahoma @ W Virginia +11½
* #1 Kansas St @ Baylor +12½
* #13 Stanford @ #2 Oregon -20½
California @ #16 Oregon St. -14½

I'm watching these games outside the BCS 25, too:

Washington St. @ Arizona St. -22
Arizona @ Utah -1½

This Saturday, the ten teams I am rooting for, in order, are: USC, Stanford, Notre Dame, Minnesota, Maryland, NC State, Ole Miss, Wisconsin, West Virginia & Cal.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/odds

Troy Week 2012 - Photos and Video From USC-UCLA Lore

The USC-UCLA rivarly has produced a decent history of college pranking. A helicopter drop of manure on Tommy Trojan is widely considered once of the best pranks ever (though well short of Caltech's all-time great Rose Bowl prank), although reportedly most of the manure got sucked up by the helicopter blades. Every year, the most foreseeable prank is a paint-the-mascot attack. USC tries to thwart the Bruins by wrapping Tommy Trojan with duct tape and having the Trojan Knights stand guard around the clock. The Bruins, meanwhile, put the Bruin Bear Security Force to work, standing guard 24 hours a day, protecting the hibernating Bruin Bear (which is a redundancy, is it not?) until Wednesday. Why stop on Wednesday morning? USC pranksters don't care. They just like the opportunity. Vulnerability means a fresh coat or two of paint. As shown below:

Heh. USC, meanwhile, even puts Tirebiter under lock and key.

Now, courtesy of YouTube, some USC-UCLA video for your enjoyment.

A general preview of the rivalry.

 

Last year's 50-0 game:

 

Some highlights from 2010.

 

The end of the 2009 game - timeouts, a TD bomb and a fight.

 

Highlights of the 2008 game, a 28-7 USC win at the Rose Bowl.

Part three of a three part set of highlights from their 2007 game at the Coilseum, a 24-7 win for USC:

UCLA's last win was in 2006:

 

 

USC's postgame celebration if they win:

UCLA's postgame celebration if they win:

USC has the Song Girls:

UCLA has this guy:

Ain't this just like a Bruin:

Fight On!

The Bottom 10 - 2012 Week 11

We are down to one winless team: Southern Miss. Massachusetts beat Akron for its first win in the FBS, so they drop to #6 this week. Here are this week's rankings:

1. Southern Miss (0-10) [2] Only 10 game losing streak in the nation. Next loss: @ UTEP
2. Idaho (1-9) *[3] Defense gave up 50+ four times. Next loss: UTSA
3. Colorado (1-9)* [4] Lost to Sacramento St. Next loss: #25 Washington
4. Kentucky (1-9) [6] Cost their coach his job. Next loss: Samford
5. Akron (1-10) [7] Only beat Morgan St. 66-6. Next loss: @ Toledo
6. Massachusetts (1-9) [1] Finally beat someone.  Next loss: Buffalo
7. UNLV (2-9) * [8] Lost to Northern Arizona Next loss: Wyoming
8. Memphis (2-8)* [5] Beat Tulane, lost to Tenn-Martin. Next loss: @ UAB
9. Army (2-8)* [10] Lost to Stony Brook. Next loss: Temple
10. New Mexico State (1-9) [NR] Beat only Sacramento St.. Next loss: BYU

Dropped up: Wyoming (9), won its third game.

Not far ahead: Hawaii (beat only Lamar), Kansas (beat only S. Dakota St.)

Crummy Game of the Weak: Kentucky @ Samford

Blowout of the Weak: Colorado @ #25 Washington

Dishonorable mentions: *Pitt, *Middle Tenn. St., *Wyoming 

* lost to FCS team(s)

Troy Week 2012 - More USC-UCLA Game Notes

More stuff about Saturday's USC/UCLA game:

Signature Victories: USC's top 10 wins over the Bruins (#1 led to a national championship). UCLA's top 10 wins over the Trojans (#1 left USC having to "settle" for the Rose Bowl that year).

Webcams: USC has Tommy Trojan on a webcam. UCLA has Royce Hall on a webcam. Joe Bruin is not on a webcam.

Weather: The current forecast is for partly cloudy skies, with light 5-10 mph winds, a 30% chance of passing showers and an afternoon high of 70°. The game starts at 12:05 p.m. PST.

Connections: Two USC players—S T.J. McDonald and S Marshall Jones—have brothers who play for UCLA (S Tevin McDonald and TB Malcolm Jones) . USC offensive coordinator/running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu was a graduate assistant coach at UCLA in 1992 and 1993, working with the secondary and special teams. USC DE Wes Horton is the son of former UCLA offensive tackle Myke Horton, who lettered there 2 years (1973-74). USC C Abe Markowitz’s father, Barry, lettered as a linebacker at UCLA in 1974 while his great grandfather, Richard Love, played basketball and tennis at UCLA in the 1920s and his cousin Frank Manumaleuga played football at UCLA in 1974.

Blogs and Info Sites For the Trojans:

USC Football Official

USC Freedomblogging - the OC Register's USC blog

TributeToTroy - Trojan football news and information

TrojanWire - news

USCFootball - Rivals USC Football site (news, forums, recruiting info)

WeAreSC - Insiders USC Football site (news, forums, recruiting info)

FightOn - More Trojan football links

Conquest Chronicles - a great fan site

Scott Wolf's Inside USC - LA Daily News Trojanblog

ESPN's USC Boards

Awesome stuff.

Blogs and Info Sites for the Bruins.

Bruinville

The Bruin Show

www.beatsc.com

Bruin Blitz

Bruin Gold

Bruin Report Online

Bruins Nation

Inside UCLA

Trojan-Haters Club

UCLA Bruins Fans

UCLA Bruins Official Site

Stuff.

My College Football Top 25, 2012 Week 11

If I had an AP vote, here is what my ballot would look after week eleven, with my week ten picks in brackets:

1. Oregon [2]
2. Kansas State [3]
3. Ohio State [4]
4. Notre Dame [5]
5. Clemson [6]
6. Florida State [7]
7. Alabama [1]
8. Georgia [8]
9. Florida [10]
10. LSU [11]
11. Oklahoma [12]
12. Stanford [14]
13. South Carolina [15]
14. Texas A&M [16]
15. Oregon St. [13]
16. USC [17]
17. Nebraska [18]
18. Texas [19]
19. Louisville [9]
20. Louisiana Tech [20]
21. Rutgers [22]
22. Texas Tech [23]
23. UCLA [24]
24. Michigan [25]
25. Oklahoma St.[NR]

Dropped out:   Mississippi St. [21]

I almost went with: Wisconsin, Kent. St.

I knew it! Toledo, Mississippi St.

I blew it! Louisville

I think the AP is overrating: UCLA, Notre Dame

I can't believe anyone gave votes this week to: San Diego St., Northwestern

Troy Week 2012 - Why The Game's So Great

There are many other great rivalries in college football: Michigan & Ohio State, Auburn & Alabama, Florida & Florida St., Harvard & Yale, Army & Navy, Stanford & Cal, and so on and so on and so on. But there are no two strong rivals in college football who share the same city. USC-UCLA is unique in that regard. What makes it so great? Here's what I tell people every year:

The Thrill of Victory: The prize for this game is the Victory Bell. The winner keeps the Victory Bell for a year and paints it their team's colors. Since 1942, the Victory Bell has awarded to the winner of this game. The bell originally rang atop a Southern Pacific locomotive. It was donated to the UCLA student body in 1939 and it was used to proclaim each UCLA touchdown for two seasons. In 1941, six USC fraternity men heisted the truck that was taking the bell back to Westwood, and it was hidden away for more than a year. A series of retaliatory pranks ended with a badly needed truce, in which the student body presidents signed an agreement to make the bell a trophy given to the annual winner of the football game. It now traditionally comes out only for the first three quarters of this game. This year, the Victory Bell is painted cardinal and gold. It has only changed from cardinal and gold to baby blue and gold once in the last two decades.

The Agony of Defeat: Despite the loss to the Ohio State University, Michigan fans can still wear Wolverine gear around Ann Arbor and face little ridicule from Buckeye fans. But the loser of the USC-UCLA game can't wear their colors around town without somebody popping off. Wins in basketball season don't ease the pain. A College World Series title doesn't absolve you. Volleyball? Water polo? Tennis? Track? Fuggedaboudit. The winner of this game can have their fans openly dig their team for the next year. The loser and its fans are losers for the rest of the year, at home and abroad. For eight long years, we were up to our necks in Bruin crap. For seven years, Bruin fans have had to put up with the same from the Trojans. Some Bruins fans are still basking in the glow of their 13-9 upset in 2006, but the Trojans have a new five-year winning streak working. The sting is worse because UCLA and USC fans and players share the same city, the same neighborhoods, the same high school alma maters, even the same households. On this year's teams, the starting safeties - USC's T.J. McDonald and UCLA's Tevin McDonald - are brothers.

The Glory of Pac-10 Pac-12 Titles and Bowl Berths: For most of the last 25 seasons, this game has had an impact on the Pac-10 championship, a BCS bowl bid or a national championship. In 1998, UCLA was atop the BCS standings and finishing off just the 4th perfect 8-0 conference record in Pac-10 history. (They lost to Miami the next week in a hurricane postponed game that was supposed to have been played in September.) In 2002, USC went to the Rose Bowl and won, 52-21, to set the stage for their Orange Bowl-sealing win over Notre Dame the following week. In 2003, the Trojans beat UCLA, 47-22, to clinch the Pac-10 title and set up their move to the top of the polls the following week. In 2004, a 29-24 win at the Rose Bowl sent the Trojans back to the Orange Bowl for the BCS title game. In 2005, a 66-19 victory clinched USC's 30th Rose Bowl appearance. In 2006, UCLA dropped the Trojans from the BCS championship game to the Rose Bowl. In 2007 and 2008, Trojan wins secured their place in the Rose Bowl. This year, the game decides whether USC or UCLA plays in the Pac-12 championship game with a shot at the Rose Bowl.

2012 ... And Then There Were 4

I was right last week. I said "I wouldn't be surprised to see two teams lose this week. I would be surprised if Oregon was one of them, though." Two teams lost. Oregon wasn't one of them. The Ducks are the new #1, and there are now just four perfect teams in the FBS. The Final Four (with AP rankings in parentheses followed by their opponent this week) are these guys:

1. Oregon (1) - Stanford
2. Kansas St. (2) - @ Baylor
3. Notre Dame (3) - Wake Forest
4. Ohio St. (6) - @ Wisconsin

I wouldn't be surprised to see one or teams lose this week. I can't imagine Notre Dame being one of them.

My College Football Picks, 2012 Week 11

This weekend, I'm picking mostly home teams in the morning, and mostly visitors in the afternoon. Here are the spreads this week in all the games involving the BCS 25, plus a couple of extras. My choices are shown in bold. Seven *bets I really like are marked by an asterisk. See if your picks can beat mine.

Saturday, Nov 10:
#24 Northwestern @ Michigan -9½
Iowa St. @ #17 Texas -10½
* Kansas @ #22 Texas Tech -26
#9 Louisville @ Syracuse +2
* Arkansas @ #8 South Carolina -14
Army @ #23 Rutgers -17
LA Lafayette @ #6 Florida -27
* Arizona St. @ #19 USC -9
#11 Oregon St. @ #14 Stanford -4
Penn St. @ #16 Nebraska -8½
Maryland @ #13 Clemson -31½
Baylor @ #12 Oklahoma -21½
#15 Texas A&M @ #1 Alabama -13½
#20 LA Tech @ Texas St. +20½
#2 Kansas St. @ TCU +7
* #5 Georgia @ Auburn +15
#21 Miss. St. @ #7 LSU -15½
* #4 Notre Dame @ Boston College +19
* #3 Oregon @ California +28½
* #18 UCLA @ Wash St. +16½

I'm watching these games outside the BCS 25, too:

Colorado @ Arizona -29 (because it's Pac-12)
Mass @ Akron -16½ (because 1-9 is favored by 16½)

This Saturday, the ten teams I am rooting for, in order, are: USC, Boston College, Washington St., Syracuse, Arkansas, Stanford, Penn St., Maryland, Baylor and Auburn.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/odds

The Bottom 10 - 2012 Week 10

We still have two winless teams: Mass. and Southern Miss. Massachusetts has its best opportunity of the year, however, traveling to Akron, which, aside from its whipping of Morgan St., has only been within a touchdown twice this season. Three teams in the bottom ten this week won, but all three have losses to FCS teams soiling their 2-win seasons. There are also still several teams knocking at the bottom, with zero wins against FBS teams. Here's the bottom of the barrel.

1. Massachusetts (0-9) [1] Longest losing streak in FBS at 12 games.  Next loss: @ Akron
2. Southern Miss (0-9) [2] Scored over 25 once. Surrendered less than 25 twice. Next loss: @ SMU
3. Idaho (1-8) *[4] Defense gave up 60+ three times. Next loss: @ BYU
4. Colorado (1-8)* [7] Lost to Sacramento St. Next loss: @ Arizona
5. Memphis (1-8)* [8] Lost to Tenn-Martin. Next loss: Tulane
6. Kentucky (1-9) (9] Cost their coach his job. Next loss: Bye
7. Akron (1-9) [10] Only beat Morgan St. 66-6. Next loss: U. Mass
8. UNLV (2-8) * [3] Lost to Northern Arizona Next loss: @ CSU
9. Wyoming (2-7)* [5] Lost to Cal Poly. Next loss: @ New Mexico
10. Army (2-7)* [6] Lost to Stony Brook. Next loss: @ #23 Rutgers

Dropped up: None

Not far ahead: Three teams that are winless against the FBS: Hawaii (beat Lamar), Kansas (beat S Dakota St.), New Mexico State (beat Sacramento St.), but at least beat their FCS opponent.

Crummy Game of the Weak: Mass @ Akron

Blowout of the Weak: Army @ Rutgers

Dishonorable mentions: *Pitt, *Middle Tenn. St.

* lost to FCS team(s)

My College Football Top 25, 2012 Week 10

If I had an AP vote, here is what my ballot would look after week ten, with my week nine picks in brackets:

1. Alabama [1]
2. Oregon [2]
3. Kansas State [3]
4. Ohio State [5]
5. Notre Dame [4]
6. Clemson [8]
7. Florida State [7]
8. Georgia [9]
9. Louisville [10]
10. Florida [11]
11. LSU [6]
12. Oklahoma [12]
13. Oregon St. [13]
14. Stanford [14]
15. South Carolina [15]
16. Texas A&M [17]
17. USC [16]
18. Nebraska [21]
19. Texas [25]
20. Louisiana Tech [24]
21. Mississippi St. [18]
22. Rutgers [NR]
23. Texas Tech [19]
24. UCLA [NR]
25. Michigan [NR]

Dropped out:  Boise St. [20], West Virginia [22], Arizona [23]

I almost went with: Toledo

I knew it! LSU, Louisiana Monroe

I blew it! Boise St.

I think the AP is overrating: UCLA, Toledo, Mississippi St.

I can't believe anyone gave votes this week to: San Diego St.

2012 ... And Still There Were 6

Everyone who hadn lost before last week didn't lose last week. Here are the super six (with AP rankings in parentheses followed by their opponent this week):

1. Alabama (1) - Texas A&M
2. Oregon (2) - @ Cal
3. Kansas St. (3) - @ TCU
4. Notre Dame (4) - @ Boston College
5. Ohio St. (5) - Bye
6. Louisville (10) - @ Syracuse

I wouldn't be surprised to see two teams lose this week. I would be surprised if Oregon was one of them, though.

My College Football Picks, 2012 Week 10

The big weekend has arrived. The Saturday we had circled on our calendars since August. It's here, with Alabama at LSU and USC hosting Oregon. It could have been #1, #2, #3 and #4 in two head-to-head games. Instead, we get a pair of games in which the home team is an 8 point dog. I would not have guessed it.

Anyhow, I'm picking against the spreads this week in all the games involving the BCS 25, plus PSU and Ohio St., and the games involving USC's unranked opponents. My choices are shown in bold. Seven *bets I really like are marked by an asterisk. See if your picks can beat mine.

Saturday, Nov 3:
Temple @ #10 Louisville -16
Missouri @ #7 Florida -17½
#12 Oklahoma @ Iowa St. +12
#16 Texas A&M @ #15 Miss St. +7
*#14 Stanford @ Colorado +28
*TCU @ #21 West Virginia -3½
*Pittsburgh @ #3 Notre Dame -17
*#20 Nebraska @ Michigan St. +1
Mississippi @ #6 Georgia -14
#23 Texas @ #18 Texas Tech -6½
*UTSA @ #25 LA Tech -30½
#13 Clemson @ Duke +12
*#4 Oregon @ #17 USC +8
#24 Okla St. @ #2 Kansas St. -8½
*#1 Alabama @ #5 LSU +8
#22 Arizona @ UCLA -3
San Diego St. @ #19 Boise St. -15½
Arizona St. @ #11 Oregon St. -3½

I'm watching these games outside the BCS 25, too:

Illinois @ Ohio St. -27½
Penn St. @ Purdue +3½
Syracuse @ Cincinnati -4½
Washington St. @ Utah -11

This Saturday, the ten teams I am rooting for, in order, are: USC, Pitt, Arizona#, Oregon St., Oklahoma St., LSU, San Diego St., Duke, Ole Miss, Temple and Iowa St. Although, to be honest, I'd be perfectly content to see Notre Dame ranked #1 tomorrow.

#Unless Oregon beats USC, in which case I'll root for UCLA.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/odds

2012 ... And Then There Were 6

In the battle to become the last unbeaten team in America, there are 6 contenders left. Florida, Oregon St., Mississippi St., Rutgers & Ohio lost last weekend. Here are the super six (with AP rankings in parentheses followed by their opponent this week):

1. Alabama (1) - @ LSU
2. Oregon (2) - @ USC
3. Kansas St. (3) - Oklahoma St.
4. Notre Dame (4) - Pitt
5. Ohio St. (6) - Illinois
6. Louisville (12) - Temple

By conference, the totals are: Big 12 (1), Big East (1), Big Ten (1), Ind (1), Pac-12 (1) and SEC (1). The ACC, C-USA, Mountain West, MAC, WAC and Sun Belt have none. Everyone is in play, and from here on out, there will be no regular season games between unbeaten teams. So we will end the week with anywhere from 0 to 6 perfect teams. Two have tough road challenges. Two have tough home challenges. It'll be a good week.

The Bottom 10 - 2012 Week 9

We still have two winless teams: The MAC's Mass and Conference USA's Southern Miss. There are still many teams that have yet to win their first game against an FBS team. Here's the bottom of the barrel.

1. Massachusetts (0-8) [1] Longest losing streak in FBS at 11 games.  Next loss: @ N. Illinois
2. Southern Miss (0-8) [2] Six losses by double digits. Next loss: UAB
3. UNLV (1-8) * [3] Lost to Northern Arizona Next loss: New Mexico
4. Idaho (1-7) *[4] Defense gave up 60+ three times. Next loss: SJ State
5. Wyoming (1-7)* [6] Lost to Cal Poly. Next loss: Colorado St.
6. Army (1-7)* [7] Lost to Stony Brook. Next loss: Air Force
7. Colorado (1-7)* [8] Lost to Sacramento St. Next loss: Stanford
8. Memphis (1-7)* [9] Lost to Tenn-Martin. Next loss: @ Marshall
9. Kentucky (1-8) (10] First power conference team to 8 losses. Next loss: Vanderbilt
10. Akron (1-8) [NR] Only beat Morgan St. 66-6. Next loss: @ Kent St.

Dropped up: #5 Colorado St. (2-6) beat Hawaii.

Not far ahead: One-win teams that are winless against the FBS: Hawaii (beat Lamar), Kansas (beat S Dakota St.), UAB (beat SE Louisiana), Buffalo (beat Morgan St.), New Mexico State (beat Sacramento St.), and teams with no wins outside the Bottom Ten: Eastern Michigan (beat Army) and Auburn (beat Kentucky).

Crummy Game of the Weak: UAB @ Southern Miss

Blowout of the Weak: Stanford @ Colorado

Dishonorable mentions: *Pitt, *Middle Tenn. St.

* lost to FCS team(s)