The Pink Flamingo

A Magnum Opus (Or) The Beginning of a New Book?

SJ Reidhead — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:16:03 -0600

SATURDAY, APRIL 26

You will find my four part Cochise County immigration piece below. Have fun reading it. I have a feeling it could be part of a new book. I did some copy/paste from a couple of my books: TRAVESTY and A CHURCH FOR HELLDORADO. Please note that all the passages I used in the books are have a copyright on them and cannot be used without my permission.

While I was working on the article this afternoon, I had one of those Eureka Moments! After 15 years of stalking Wyatt Earp, I looked at his life and ...

A Cochise County Perspective - Part I

SJ Reidhead — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:47:51 -0600

COCHISE COUNTY, IMMIGRATION & CRIME

Last weekend some serious charges were leveled at The Pink Flamingo, questioning methods and sources. Several days ago Harold Hutchinson at Called As Seen detailed some of the problems. I was accused by someone who alleges to be from “the border” of not knowing what I’m talking about – of lying.

Years ago, when my sister and I were in high school, a women from our church and her husband confronted my mother, making some off the wall accusations about my sister and I. Our mother never said anything, but went the high school ...

A Cochise County Perspective - Part II

SJ Reidhead — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:35:12 -0600

YOU'LL FIND YOUR TOMBSTONE

Everyone and their pack mule knew the vast desert along the Mexican border in what was then Pima County, A. T. (Arizona Territory) was literally ‘dripping’ with rich mineral deposits. The problem was the Apache. They were angry. They were fierce, and they were often fatal. Several ill-fated expeditions to Goose Flats, where everyone knew there was bonanza in silver, always ended in disaster. In 1879 Ed Schieffelin, a prospector who was working as an army scout out of Fort Huachuca (the same one) announced he was going to head over to the Goose Flats area ...

A Cochise County Perspective - Part IV

SJ Reidhead — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:05:09 -0600

THE ROAD TO GUADELOUPE CANYON

FROM: A CHURCH FOR HELLDORADO
P. 13, 14
49The Gunfight at the OK Corral occurred on October 26, 1881. To make a very long “and involved story as short as possible is to gloss over a hundred salient facts. The bottom line is Wyatt Earp and his brothers had been threatened by misc. Cowboys at misc. times during the previous year.
Things came to a head the night of the 25th, when Ike and Frank McLaury rode into town and began drinking. Ike became drunk. He threatened the Earps. Doc Holliday heard him ...

The Pink Flamingo’s 69th Edition Thursday Thirteen

SJ Reidhead — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:23:58 -0600

THIRTEEN CLASSIC TV THEMES

The Pink Flamingo’s 69th Edition Thursday Thirteen

Follow the bouncing ball!
The Pink Flamingo’s 69th Edition Thursday Thirteen features classic TV themes.
You will find that you are singing along to a few of these.

John McCain, Ted Williams, Endicott Peabody, and Wyatt Earp

SJ Reidhead — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:44:55 -0600

HE’S GOT MY VOTE

If I weren’t voting for John McCain, I would after the beginning of this ad, which features Ted Williams as a hero. Then, when we find out the teacher honored, William B. Ravenel taught at an Episcopalian high school, well, how much more could one ask? (Powerline) I gather this tells us something about who Big Mac views as heroes. Nothing wrong with Teddy Roosevelt or Ted Williams, who was a board certified war hero and fighter pilot! This leads to the old argument, just how great a ball player could Teddy Ballgame have ...

“Curly Bill” Narrates John McCain’s New Ad

SJ Reidhead — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:34:59 -0600

THE TOMBSTONE IRONY CONTINUES!

John McCain was shot down over Vietnam on October 26, 1967 and taken prisoner. Anyone who has a mediocre working knowledge of the Wild West knows that the Gunfight at the OK Corral occurred on October 26, 1881. In the movie Tombstone, the roll of Curly Bill Brocius was played by Powers Boothe. Now Boothe is narrating the new John McCain ad.

Winning Votes and Influencing People

SJ Reidhead — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:18:38 -0600

ONE ON ONE – NOT BLOGGING

Today I won my 3rd vote for John McCain. I may have won more for him, but I can only account for those three, four if you count my mother. All three votes were hard fought and won, not through blogging, in fact none of the voters has even read The Pink Flamingo. Maybe I don’t count the third one, it was the son of a friend I converted. Maybe that his my friend’s vote. I’m not sure, but I can account for three votes for John McCain.

I won those votes by ...

EX-CLUSIVE: The State of Affairs in Cochise County

SJ Reidhead — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:55:19 -0600

A Pink Flamingo Exclusive
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS NOT A REAL ISSUE

Yes, you read correctly. I’ve been doing a little snooping and discovered that immigration isn’t even much of an issue in Cochise County. In fact, I found people were probably less interested in it as a whole than they are in Lincoln County, where a few of my GOP colleagues are a little riled up about things. The answer I’m getting here from people I talk to is, “I don’t even think about it”. Evidently, aside from FOX News and a the anti-immigration groups, it is a total and ...

May God Bless and Keep Our GOP Nominee

SJ Reidhead — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:18:44 -0700

(AND) PLEASE LET HIM WIN!

This evening John McCain and Mike Huckabee showed us why the GOP is the party of patriotism, heroics, decency, honor, and just plain class. Both men made me so proud of my country and so proud to be a Republican, I had tears in my eyes and I drove along Hwy 80 from Benson to Tombstone.

I thought about the irony of the location – the road from Benson to Tombstone, and the man of the hour. I also though about he and Wyatt Earp. Both men are forever linked with Arizona. Wyatt was ...

Reflections on This Age of Terror

SJ Reidhead — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:30:28 -0700

NEVER FORGET

Today the USS New York was christened. Made from some of the precious treasure of the World Trade Center, the motto for the New York is “Never Forget”.

“…When the attacks occurred, the ship was planned but had no name. Then-New York Gov. George Pataki asked the Navy to commemorate the disaster by reviving the name New York. That required an exception to Navy policy of assigning state names only to nuclear submarines. The steel from the towers is now part of the ship that splices through the water, leading the way. "It resurrects the ...

Life Interferes With Blogging

SJ Reidhead — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:13:14 -0700

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27

THE GREAT CAT SOAP OPERA
Mommy Cat is pregnant again. She has no shame.

Sorry for the lite posting today. I have an article due before I leave for Tombstone this weekend and need to get the first draft of it to the editor. Yes, it’s about Tombstone. This time though, it is about the Vendetta Posse through the eyes of Endicott Peabody. I’ve also been working on a few other things, and getting ready for 10 days in Tombstone. Making things even more interesting is planning a birthday surprise for my mother when she gets ...

The Pink Flamingo's 62nd Edition Thursday Thirteen

SJ Reidhead — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:40:57 -0700

THURSDAY THIRTEEN
The Pink Flamingo's 62nd Edition Thursday Thirteen
Thirteen Misc. Commercials

I never link my TT's to Linkfest Heaven Deluxe, but I am doing so today. Most of the political junkies there will understand when they see two of the commercials. My mother has been heard saying (many times) that often the commercials are better than the television programs. Sometimes they are. Below you will find thirteen commercials (a couple trailers) that I find either funny, or are some of my favorites. You are also going to find a Ronald Reagan commercial that would make you wonder...! The first ...

Those Wacky Maricopa GOP Nazis Strike Again!

SJ Reidhead — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:50:47 -0700

SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER

Our favorite liberal site, The Feathered blank (it's Lent and I'm not using those words) has word that our favorite Maricopa County Republican Party Nazi is at it again. Remember that little Maricopa County GOP County Convention where John McCain was slaughtered in the straw poll? I trust McCain supporters are proud of that, considering that J. T. Ready and his bunch of little buddies were at it again, distributing neo-Nazi and KKK related material to one and all at the meeting, and were not asked to leave! I don't now about you, but doesn't it make ...

The Last Day of Winter – Spring Training Starts Tomorrow!

SJ Reidhead — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:20:27 -0700

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13
Spring Training Starts Tomorrow!

UnoMania
Rumsfeld is thrilled about Uno’s victory. This though, is the story of a soldier who lost his life in Iraq and his two dogs. (warning, tear jerker)

This is the time of year when my family tends to get a little sad. Every year at this time anyone who could (my mother's side of the family) would get together at the grandparents' in Palm Beach. My grandfather was born on February 15, 1897. He and my grandmother were married on February 14, 1924 in Miami. My grandfather died in 1993. ...

The Heritage Foundation Likes That Mexican Stimulus Package Malkin & Rush Dislike!

SJ Reidhead — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:04:00 -0700

MALKIN LIES, REASON DIES

Once again Malkin
goes ballistic over something she knows very little about, but since it says “Mexico” and it might assist Mexico, and all Mexicans are evil, then it is automatically bad. Hot Air waxes poetic because Rush mentions Malkin. Hot Air’s link to Rush. What is even more fascinating is that one of Malkin’s “gods” The Heritage Foundation APPROVES of this move. THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION approves of the Merida Initiative. I guess on Malkin’s part, ignorance is bliss as she continues to harp on what is a very good thing and a long time ...

The Pink Flamingo’s 60th Edition Thursday Thirteen

SJ Reidhead — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:39:22 -0700

60TH EDITION THURSDAY THIRTEEN
THE TOMBSTONE DINNER PARTY
THIRTEEN GUESTS

I thought since last week’s dinner party was such an absolute disaster, I would go back to Tombstone and dine there. We would eat at in the Don T’s Room at the Lamplighter at the Tombstone Boarding House Bed & Breakfast. Juan de Granada would be providing the entertainment with his exquisite and virtuoso classical guitar. We would all be sipping one of Don T’s infamous margaritas (trust me) and dining on Mexican food. I would, as usual, be making a spectacle of myself as I consumed embarrassingly large quantities ...

How Hitler Rose to Power

SJ Reidhead — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:36:47 -0700

COULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN?

Have you ever wondered about Hitler’s rise to power? I was fortunate enough to have a wonderful history teacher in high school who not only was a student of Nazi Germany, but spent many months as a POW in an Nazi prison camp. He escaped and ended up with Patton’s 3rd Army in Sicily, then through Germany. He spent quite a bit of time on the rise of Nazi Germany because he thought there was a lesson in it.

Ian Kershaw’s International Herald Tribune piece.

“…The Nazis' surge in popular support (2.6 percent of the vote ...

How Conservatives Have Lost (it) and How Did Hurley Get Off the Island?

SJ Reidhead — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:05:22 -0700

LOST IN SPACE

I’ve spent the entire day working on a magnum opus about today’s far right conservatives and how they are rapidly losing their minds. I have nearly 16 pages of commentary, links, and rather damning quotes, but then I realized, what’s the use. I think perspective is rather important right now. Today Sean Hannity endorsed Mitt Romney. Today John McCain was endorsed by the governors of California and Texas. (I did not say Terminator, but I thought about it). He was also endorsed by Ted Olsen.

Have you noticed how the conservative MSM talk show, blogging super-stars ...

Not to Bury Caesar But to Praise Him

SJ Reidhead — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:17:55 -0700

GEORGE W. BUSH, AMERICAN

The one individual who personified the American spirit was John Wayne. The Congressional Gold Medal given posthumously reads simply, "John Wayne, American". John Wayne, as a young actor on the back lots of Republic Pictures was a protégé of Tom Mix and a man named John Ford. He studied a tall, ram-rod straight, elderly man who would visit with Ford and Mix. He was a man with white hair, and a shocking white mustache, who had a weakness for movies, poker, and a love of The Almighty. He had a voice like a fog-horn, enunciated every ...

Immigration, Racism, Sources, and "Truth"

SJ Reidhead — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:59:34 -0700

WHY I DO WHAT I DO

Earlier today Greg, with Rhymes with Right left a comment on yesterday’s Pink ...

The Wyatt Earp Factor

SJ Reidhead — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:37:58 -0700

SUPPOSE SUPPOSE

March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929

Wyatt Earp died on this day in 1929. He was in ...

Piddling Around With the Layout

SJ Reidhead — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:24:48 -0700

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10

I guess you can tell I’m piddling around with the layout. I’m staying with 3 columns, but ...

Thirteen Things You Might Not Know About Wyatt Earp

SJ Reidhead — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:02:09 -0700

THURSDAY THIRTEEN
The Pink Flamingo’s 55th Edition Thursday Thirteen
Thirteen Things You Might Not Know About Wyatt Earp

CAUTION: Never ...

The Really Important Election Results Are In – Goose Gossage Is the Winner!

SJ Reidhead — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:04:34 -0700

TUESDAY, JANUARY 8

I still have two major articles to post. I’ve been working on them for several days, but ...

The Great Christmas Card Caper

SJ Reidhead — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:10:29 -0700

IS ROMNEY GUILTY?

It was disgusting. Someone sent out a Christmas Card to voters in South Carolina condemning Mitt Romney’s ...

Be Careful What You Ask For

SJ Reidhead — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:46:39 -0700

THE FEAST OF ST. THOMAS A’ BECKET

This is one of those rare cases where the Saint we venerate was ...

All Night Cat-astrophic Annoyance

SJ Reidhead — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:13:47 -0700

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15

Do you realize on the morrow December will be half over?

Mommy Cat continued to move the ...

Elect Tim Raines – To the Baseball Hall of Fame

SJ Reidhead — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:08:08 -0700

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26

Thank heavens I am back on the right side of the Mississippi heading WEST. We’re in Oklahoma ...