Show Prep #2

Greetings and Salutations, people. Welcome to Episode 2 of Vertically Striped Radio. I am your host Craig Dodge also known as socnorb777 to the few, the proud, the dameshek.com message boarders. Vertically Striped Radio is presented as always by VerticallyStripedSocks.com the website where I explain the universe, because quite frankly the universe isn’t going to explain itself. Glad you’ve decided to join us for today’s proceedings. This is show Number 2, and I feel like I’m starting to get my fake radio sea legs and not only is this thing getting ramped up, but joining me today on Vertically Striped Radio is my brother and the show’s cohost Bruce Dodge making his debut on today’s show, which is good news for all of us. How are you today, sir?

Kibitz with Bruce for a second

We’ve got a packed show today, Items on today’s agenda include: Pythons breeding like mad in the Everglades, the tragic events at Pepsi Center last night, Do we still really need the national anthem before sporting events? We’ll have an epic battle between two tremendous fight songs, We’ll take a page from VerticallyStripedSocks.com and have our first ever radio Magnificent Seven, we’ll discuss why Twitter is the great polarizing topic of our time, and also we shall decide if Stan Van Gundy truly is the Master of Panic. All that and your calls, But first, Let’s kick things off this afternoon with a little bit of news..
Let’s check out what’s happening in the world, shall we?

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1. Moscow, Russia – The Russian navy said on Friday that one of its anti-submarine ships had fired artillery at a village by mistake, a state news agency reported.
The navy said no-one had been injured when a small anti-submarine ship on Thursday opened fire on a village in the Vyborg region of St Petersburg.
"On the 28 May, a small anti-submarine ship from the Baltic fleet was working on a host of exercises in the gulf of Finland including artillery fire at aerial targets," a navy spokesman was quoted as saying. "No-one was injured."
In a seemingly unrelated story, VerticallyStripedSocks.com has learned that Dick Cheney has taken a position in the Russian Navy leading a small fleet of anti-submarine ships in the Vyborg region of St. Petersburg.
2. Washington, D.C. — President Obama says the United States for too long has failed to adequately protect the security of its computer networks, and he will name a new cyber czar to take on the job.
Obama made the announcement at the White House on Friday, surrounded by a host of government officials and White House aides. The president called it "a transformational moment" for America and said he will soon pick the person he wants to head up a new White House office of cyber security.
The leading candidate right now is rumored to be the fat, geeky guy in the White House IT Department who is apparently named Carlton Ogilvie. Obama was quoted as saying, “While Carlton’s physique is a bit grotesque and his demeanor a bit nerdy, he installed Norton Anti-Virus on my laptop in the Oval Office, and my system has been running smoothly ever since. Clearly, he is the change we need in America today. A Change we can believe in.”

3. THE EVERGLADES, Florida – The population of Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades may have grown to as many as 150,000 as the non-native snakes make a home and breed in the fragile wetlands, officials said on Thursday.
Wildlife biologists say the troublesome invaders – Pythons dumped in the Everglades by pet owners who no longer want them -- have become a pest and pose a significant threat to endangered species like the wood stork and Key Largo woodrat.
"A Python this size could eat a small deer or a bobcat without too much trouble," said Skip Snow, an Everglades National Park Biologist.
Equally as troubling has been the proliferation of strange talking English persons who have also been proliferating in the Everglades. These troublesome invaders are easily recognized by their signature knees-bent, running-about, advancing behavior and their tendency to bang together two empty halves of coconut.

Their troubling behavior has also been known to include saying “Ni” to old women. Biologist Skip Snow commented on this other growing menace in the Everglades by saying, “Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say Ni at will to old ladies.”

And that’s the way it is…

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Star-Spangled Banner – Do we need it before sporting events?
(Cue) The Ed singing the anthem

Song Battle – Nuggets fight songs. Which do the people like best?

(Go to phone lines if there is anybody there.)

Magnificent 7: Seven of the Worst Things in Sports
1. Flopping – Be it in hockey, soccer, or basketball, it sucks.
2. Preseason Football – We really need 4 or 5 games of this crap?
3. NBA Officiating - Dreadful
4. Ticketmaster (all the extra service charges) Looking for Rockies tickets for example, there is a $5 per ticket fee plus a $3.50 Order fee.
5. The WNBA – The only league in history kept alive strictly due to political correctness. Expect Great? I don’t think so
6. Clay Bennett – Colossal jerk – Moving the Sonics to Oklahoma
7. The BCS – One letter too many. It’s all about money, and it is the main reason that I can’t get overly excited about NCAA Football


Twitter – The great polarizer


Stan Van Gundy – The master of Panic


NBA Finals vs. NHL Finals


D.A.M.N. Network – Name everybody
1. Dave Dameshek – Message Board at www.Dameshek.com and www.710espn.com

2. The Ed – www.theedssuperdeluxewebsite.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs

3. LCS Boys - Mike Dell and Larry Fairish – www.lcshockey.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs

4. Barnstable Broadcast – www.blogtalkradio.com/umassjsp

5. Elevation Radio with John Klein – www.blogtalkradio.com/lordelevation

6. Microserf – www.wrecklessconjecture.blogspot.com


Bill Cowher – Turncoat by sounding the Hurricane warning – What would be the worst example of this you can think of.


That’s all for now, until next time…Shalom and Good Evening to you all.