Earlier this morning I look up and see Matt Lauer doing a full blown, totally serious, with notes interview with….the cast of The Jersey Shore.

Now, fewer things are more obnoxious than the hair bags on Real Housewives of New Jersey, but event THEY take a back seat to the nutsacks of the Jersey Shore. Everyone has a nickname, an orange tan, and dumbass hair.  THIS is the future of America? We have poured more money into education than ever before and apparently these 4 were able to resist ALL of it.

Curious as to what is happening in the motorcycling community? Drop down to the next blog for the current line up.

        Well I found another guy who seems to have found the same bablance in life, and then some, some would say. He’s a critic for a local newspaper in Colorado. And here’s where it gets even better, he get to critic one of his favorite pastimes and get paid to do it as often as he wantsor I guess I really should say as much as he NEEDS. See this young man samples and writes reviews on medical marijuana for the locla newspaper. He is the first of his kind in the country and you can bet he’s enjoying his work every single day. Now I do need to clarify things here and mention that this guy does suffer from chronic stomach pain and is legally allowed to used medical grade marijuana for treatment of this problem. So lets make it clear here that he is legal to use the stuff. But with so many MM shops open in the Denver area and throughout the state of Colorado and with all the different types of weed out on the market, it just seems to make sense that there was someone out there who could help these paitent/clients decide what type of weed is for them. It’s at this point in the blog where I can understand the 2 different reactions coming from you all out there, the opened minded/liberal, self styled enlightened thinkers out there saying “well this all sounds like a very good thing” while the more conservative oldschool/traditional thought would be “YA RIGHT! Who’s this guy fooling?” I think this whole issue is symbolic of just how far we’ve come as a country and yet how backwards we still seem to be at the gut level. I admit to be very skeptical when I first read this story, I mean I spent a great deal of my youth and adulthoodb  in the marijuana culture, I know what a stoner is and what they are all about lifestyle wise,and believe methey’d all be lining up for the kind of job this guy has. But thats what I mean about looking at marijuana through a outdated prizum. To me it’s clear that there are enough people in the medical community who believe in the benefiits of medical grade marijuana, so why can’t the whole country come to grips with the idea of making available for those people anywhere in the country who might get real medical help for there aliments? Why just Colorado and California? Can only those people feel better using it and if you use it in Indiana you dont’t feel it? What is it? Ithink it’s the fact that there still is so much misinformation or lingering “Reefer Madness” that permiates American society that we have been unable to move past the idea that there just might be something actually benefical from using marijuana at the medical level. I’m not going to sit here today and scream for the total legalization of pot, but I do think it’s time that the federal government and the National medical community come together and finally decide whether the citizens of the country as a whole could be benefiting from medical marijuana. I know we have to deal with the pharmacudical companies to, but if the decision is that it’s good, then of course they’ll get there big piec of the action. It’s just a question this story broguth to my head and please watch the attached story and tell me what you think.http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/07/28/n_pot_weed_marijuana_critic.cnnmoney/?hpt=C2

In the next few days he was everywhere, along with George W. Bush, reminding people that even though times are tough you needed to dig deep and help others.  He went on to explain that we all needed to cut back on our daily spending, and make the sacrifice to help those that need it more.

Now, flash forward to this week.  The setting is New York state, in a hamlet, about 90 minutes from the Big Apple.  This time Bill is pretty quite because he is about to spend $5 MILLION dollars to get his daughter married off.  That’s right… $5 MILLION bucks.

So…the next time slick willy jumps up on TV, biting his lower lip, pleading with YOU to sacrifice…..ask him how many could have been helped with a chunk of the $5 MILLION he spent on Chelsea.

I feel better now……lets check the Two Wheel Update….

JUL31: 6TH ANNUAL OZ FEST Newberry Shrine Club,
803-364-4367 to pre-reg Details TBA  

August 7, 2010 – Burn Rubber Classic
Giving back to the men and women that provide your freedoms. Poker run, concert, and classic car contest. Managed by Moore and Brown Marketing Consultants located in upstate South Carolina working in conjunction with US Congressman Bob Inglis, and the VA homeless voucher program HUD/VASH. Benefiting organizations that provide help for the homeless Veterans in the Upstate SC and Western NC areas. These are unique events designed with two simple goals: raising funds for the groups that work with the veterans, and create awareness about the problem and the solution. Prizes Food and Drink Raffles Much More
www.forhomelessvets.com

August 14, 2010 – Ride For The Pride Poker Run
This is the first annual poker run to benefit the Boilings Springs High Band trip to National in Indy in November. It will beheld at the Boiling Springs Community Park. Reg. is from 8:30am -10:00am. First bikes out at 10:00am. Ride should be back by 2:00pm. Food, Live music 3-5, awards, 50/50 drawing and auction to be announced right after band has performed.

AUG 14: RIDE & BIKE SHOW FOR THE WRESTLERS, Gaffney SC
1:30pm-10:pm
Cherokee Rec Dept. 570 Twin Lake Rd 29341
$20/pp Incl: T, music by Benji Steagall, “PEOPLES CHOICE”
Best & worst $5.entry
*No coolers or alcohol.
864-490-8840 or gaffneyelite@charter.net

Aug21: Poker Run Benefitting Crime Stoppers of Spartanburg
Registration:  9am – Harley Davidson of Spartanburg.
Last bike out – noon. 
Last bike in:  4pm – Chiefs, Wings, & Firewater – Spartanburg
$25 per hand – $15 each additional hand – $10 each riders only
MUSIC  -  GAMES  -  PRIZES  -  &  -  MORE

AUG 28: 12TH ANNUAL FRIENDS OF WHITTEN CENTER RUN. Spartanburg, SC.
Starts at Budweiser of Spartanburg, Exit 17 off I-26
Registration begins at 10 AM 
First bike out at 11 AM
Last bike out at 1 PM
First hand cost $20
Best hand wins $400

Worst wins $100

Ends at Friends in Boiling Spring on Hwy. 9

AUG 28: 5TH ANNUAL RIDE FOR HOSPICE Spartanburg Roughnecks MC
Reg 8:30 Starts/Ends @ The Mid-City Shrine Club Hwy 129 (Wellford)
$25/pp Incl: T-shirt, 1 Dr Prize tix, food.
Kickstands up 10am, Grand Marshal David Pearson.
Band: BLIND VISION
Rain Date: 9/4

Sep 10 – Sep12, 2010 – Thunder In The Smokies Motorcycle Rally
Come ride the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. We’re only 3 miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway. Enjoy Tour Rides, Music Concerts, Bike Builders, Bike Games, Bike Show, Prizes, Vendors, Cold Beer and much more during our three day rally! All bikes and ages welcomed.   www.handlebarcorral.com

OCT 7-9  STATE H.O.G. RALLY  
BARNETT PARK,SPARTANBURG SC. 
SPECIAL GUEST: THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND-FRI OCT 8TH
OTHER BANDS: HELLS BELLS,DEJAVU,SILVER TRAVIS,COCONUT GROVE, AND MANY MORE
 HARLEY OWNERS GROUP ( H.O.G.) A FAMILY ORIENTED GROUP OF RIDERS.
THE HARLEY OWNERS GROUP IS THE LARGEST FACTORY – SPONSORED MOTORCYCLE CLUB IN THE WORLD.
TO ATTEND THE RALLY GO TO : WWW.SCSTATEHOGRALLY.COM AND PRE REGISTER YOU MUST BE A H.O.G. MEMBER TO ATTEND
PRICE IS 25.00 WHICH INCLUDES ALL BANDS. HOST HOTEL IS THE SPARTANBURG MARRIOTT.

October 23 – Easyriders Bike Show & Tour
1st visit to Greenville! 
Carolina First Center