The “U” in Serious Trouble … University of Miami Hurricanes Accused of Giving Gifts to Football Players by former Miami Booster Nevin Shapiro … Will NCAA Give the Death Penalty?

ANOTHER NCAA FOOTBALL SCANDAL AND A USUAL SUSPECT …

If true, this explosive accusation would make the Miami Hurricanes of the 80′s and 90′s blush. Looks like the U has an albatross around their neck, oh wait, that’s just IBES.

Former Miami Hurricane booster, who is now serving jail time, has blown the whistle on the “U”. The incidents are said to have taken place with Miami football players and other athletes from 2002 through 2010. As reported at Yahoo Sports, this is a must read and a damning expose. Who would have ever thought that the Canes of the 1980′s could have ever been outdone?

A University of Miami booster, incarcerated for his role in a $930 million Ponzi scheme, has told Yahoo! Sports he provided thousands of impermissible benefits to at least 72 athletes from 2002 through 2010.

In 100 hours of jailhouse interviews during Yahoo! Sports’ 11-month investigation, Hurricanes booster Nevin Shapiro described a sustained, eight-year run of rampant NCAA rule-breaking, some of it with the knowledge or direct participation of at least seven coaches from the Miami football and basketball programs. At a cost that Shapiro estimates in the millions of dollars, he said his benefits to athletes included but were not limited to cash, prostitutes, entertainment in his multimillion-dollar homes and yacht, paid trips to high-end restaurants and nightclubs, jewelry, bounties for on-field play (including bounties for injuring opposing players), travel and, on one occasion, an abortion.

So what does this mean for the future of The U, formerly known as “thug life” in the 1980′s and early 90′s? Could the NCAA give the U the “death penalty”, similar to that of the Pony Express and SMU in the late 80′s. After the most recent actions against Ohio State for their breaking of the NCAA rules, this one would make that pale in comparison. Selling jerseys vs. trips on yachts, getting tattos vs. receiving prostitutes. YIKES …  the NCAA and The U has a major headache on their hands.

More at ESPN and a list of the gifts that where given and names named.

Shapiro said he gave money, cars, yacht trips, jewelry, televisions and other gifts to a list of players including Vince Wilfork, Jon Beason, Antrel Rolle, Devin Hester, Willis McGahee and the late Sean Taylor. Shapiro also claimed he paid for nightclub outings, sex parties, restaurant meals and in one case, an abortion for a woman impregnated by a player. One former Miami player, running back Tyrone Moss, told Yahoo! Sports he accepted $1,000 from Shapiro around the time he was entering college.

Daily Commentary – Wednesday, August 17, 2011 – Anniversary of the Death of Elvis Presley – 34 Years Later

• Anniversary of the Death of Elvis Presley – 34 Years Later and he’s still a draw

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Oh Those Obama Green Jobs … $20 Million Federal Grant, Three Homes Retrofitted & 14 New Jobs Created

OBAMANOMICS AT ITS FINEST – WOW, OBAMA REALLY IS A JOB CREATOR,  $20 MILLION AND 14 JOBS LATER … A TOTAL BUST.

Maybe President Barack Obama can tout the following job creation on his “Magical Misery” job bus tour? Then again, maybe not. One year ago, VP Biden praised the $20 million green job initiative of the federal grant to weatherize Seattle, WA homes. Yet another example of Obama’s job creation. Maybe Barack Obama should point the finger at himself while he is on his lame bus tour instead of blaming other.

Last year, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announced the city had won a coveted $20 million federal grant to invest in weatherization. The unglamorous work of insulating crawl spaces and attics had emerged as a silver bullet in a bleak economy – able to create jobs and shrink carbon footprint – and the announcement came with great fanfare.

McGinn had joined Vice President Joe Biden in the White House to make it. It came on the eve of Earth Day. It had heady goals: creating 2,000 living-wage jobs in Seattle and retrofitting 2,000 homes in poorer neighborhoods.

But more than a year later, Seattle’s numbers are lackluster. As of last week, only three homes had been retrofitted and just 14 new jobs have emerged from the program. Many of the jobs are administrative, and not the entry-level pathways once dreamed of for low-income workers. Some people wonder if the original goals are now achievable.

Michael Woo, the director of Got Green, in  Seattle stated, “The jobs haven’t surfaced yet”  and that “It’s been a very slow and tedious process. It’s almost painful, the number of meetings people have gone to. Those are the people who got jobs. There’s been no real investment for the broader public.” BINGO!!! This is what happens when you force something on the public that is not wanted and there is no market for. $20 million and 14 jobs. Nicely dome Barack Obama. Way to waste the tax payers money on your liberal agenda.

Brian in a Blue State

Body of Missing 3 Year Old BreeAnn Rodriguez Found Deceased

The search for missing 3 year old BreeAnn Rodriguez has come to a sad but not unexpected conclusion. Senath Police Chief Omar Karnes has confirmed that authorities have located the body of BreeAnn Rodriguez. She has been missing since Saturday, August 6, 2011 when she disappeared while riding her pink bicycle out side of her home in Senath, MO.

Karnes said he could confirm that the girl’s body had been found, however, he could not elaborate on details at this time.

Further details are expected to be released from the Dunklin County Sheriff’s Department.

Since the three year old’s disappearance, police have arrested 43 year old neighbor Shawn Morgan and charged with first degree murder. The dirt bag Shawn Morgan admitted to using a plastic bag to strangle the precious 3 year old girl. What a sick, sick SOB. So he admits abducting her, taking Breeann to his home and killing her. Some how I think he might have left out some of the other crimes he committed against this little girl. However, now that they found her body, we shall see if the charges against this POS are amended.

According to the affidavit, on Friday, Aug. 12, authorities conducted an interview with Shawn Morgan, 43, of Senath, who stated on the day the child went missing, he discovered her standing on the ladder at the pool in his backyard. Morgan said he went to the girl, grabbed her, and carried her inside his house, where he used a white plastic trash bag to suffocate her, by holding it over her face and mouth.

The affidavit continues, adding Morgan then stated he placed the child’s body in the same trash bag, drove to the floodway ditches at Highway 164, and disposed of her by throwing her over the railing. Morgan added that upon returning to his residence, he dismantled the bicycle that Rodriguez had been riding, and disposed of it in the same river system.

Texas Gov Rick Perry Jumps to the Lead in GOP Presidential Primary Poll … Perry 29%, Romney 18%, Bachmann 13%

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS AND FOR PERRY, ITS ABOUT JOBS, JOBS, JOBS …

The American public  was waiting for some one to emerge from the GOP primary candidates cast of many to beat Barack Obama … looks like Texas Governor Rick Perry is that individual.  PERRY SKYROCKETS TO THE TOP OF THE GOP PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY PACK! A note to Barack Obama, while the Obamamessiah takes a lame bus tour and talks of jobs, Rick Perry in Texas has created them.

Governor Rick Perry has splashed on to the seen and to the top of the GOP primary Presidential candidate polls. Following Perry’s announcement on Saturday in South Carolina, the Texas governor has vaulted into the lead according to the most recent Rasmussen poll. No wonder Obama and his minions were already taking shots at him. Perry has a double digit lead over second and third place GOP contenders Mitt Romney and Michele  Bauchmann. It would appear that the announcement in South Carolina of a strong governor of a state who has executive experience and has created jobs trumps Bauchmann’s winning of the Iowa Straw poll.

Texas Governor Rick Perry, the new face in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has jumped to a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann with the other announced candidates trailing even further behind.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary voters, taken Monday night, finds Perry with 29% support. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008, earns 18% of the vote, while Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman who won the high-profile Ames Straw Poll in Iowa on Saturday, picks up 13%.

Check out Rick Perry for President.

Its the first GOP Presidential primary poll since Ames, Iowa and it was a doozy. It was obvious to many that the GOP electorate was not really warming up to Romney. They were just waiting and so many were holding their breath and waiting for Perry to enter the race and enter he has,  Hey Barack, let’s see you talk your way out of the failure of your job creation against Perry.