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Zack and I played wiffle on Bomo when we were just little guys, were opponents on the Hydeville diamond, played the sax together(you should have seen our marching band uniforms) all throughout school, lined up together on the gridiron, and were simultaneously annoyed and discouraged by our degenerate hoops coach... He is one cool dood with a very big heart and a unique understanding of people in general. This is his first video - Take a look and enjoy yourself.


ZK, Hydeville, VT:

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Friendship, Love, and Loyalty

My boy Ken Casey has done it. He has created a charity, powered by his wildly successful band, to benefit the people, values, and problems I hold closest and dearest to my heart. This charity is something different. This one looks to help from the inside out - something that is far too often overlooked and even lesser understood.

This is, without-a-doubt, near the very top of my list of coolest things ever accomplished. Ken and DKM look directly in the eye of those who they steadfastly support and love, and who are all-to-often the most vulnerable: Children, Veterans & their families, and those suffering from alcohol and drug addictions. They say to them, "We appreciate you. We are going to help. We understand. We will be here for the long haul. We are not going anywhere. We will get though this."

www.claddaghfund.org

Judge, Jury, and Executioner Too

Every dog has his day. John Bruno's last day is coming soon enough. Pain filled within, as terribly sad as it is, this one will end with an eye for an eye. The old law rules here. Let the court go through due diligence and justice, let the voices be heard, and pray it does not end before the final verdict is read.

God Save your broken soul John Bruno - http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20091112/NEWS01/911120373

Jury draw begins December 2nd. We will see you there.

Land of the Free and Home of the Brave

Thank your Veterans for letting us live in such a cool place without a worry. Thank them by exercising the freedoms they have enabled you with. I will say thank you this weekend by heading off into the woods with my 2nd Ammendment, my closest friends, my Red White & Blue, and the acute awareness that there is only one place in the world that I can do this. This is America, and this is Awesome. Thank each and every one of you again.

See you later bud.

Rutland Herald (VT)

Rutland Herald (VT) November 10, 2007 Real story about friend now gone I lost my friend of many years last week, and instead of printing the factual circumstances of his murder, what the Herald released was not only offensive, but was primarily propaganda. The front page of our newspaper on Nov. 2 read, "Bloody day in Vermont." There are windy days, rainy days, or even tragic days, but not "bloody" days here in Vermont. I opened the paper that morning and instead of finding news, I found a tasteless photograph of my friend. It hurt me. I didn't want to see that. This is not a television show, nor the city streets where, however despicable, such graphic displays have become commonplace. This is our home, and we are all appalled at you. Instead of providing an article that reports the facts of a crime, you have chosen to dehumanize the sanctity of life entirely. The story was also reported in a way that implicated a drug-related fight. It was not. This is a far different story of a man who had a giant heart. I wish I could tell you exactly what he was about, but I doubt you would understand. All you seem to be concerned about is putting tasteless photographs and brutal one liners on the front pages to support the classless act you call a newspaper. If that's what you're worried about, please take note that most of your customers can read. A newspaper is not a comic strip or TV show, and it is hardly necessary to print a photograph of that nature in an effort to sell papers. At the very least, I beg you to print the facts and not embellish the truth in hopes of greater sales. Do not lie about something of which you know so very little about. For anyone who does care and is interested in truth, here are the facts about my friend, John Baptie, and his death. The argument was not about drugs. A man had his life stolen from him at the hand of a coward, for the claim of $40. Do you know what that money was for? A baseball card. I saw it myself. The argument that cost John his life was over a Carl Yastrzemski baseball card that he had already bought. The price was set at $20. The exchange was made. Then the seller's decision changed. He wanted $60 for the card. So now my friend "owed" him $40 more. When he argued against paying it and turned to walk away is when he lost his life. There was no pipe. There were no other men. What I want to know is who gave him the right? This story is about a man who overcame the impossible, found his way and changed his life. He was a man who had always taken pride in his friends and family and was willing to stand up to protect each and every one of us. At the young age of 24, John was just beginning his new life with his fiancée. Last week, he was robbed of that life, and those of us who loved him lost our dear friend. I do not now, nor may I ever, understand why this happened. But what is most important is to remember John for the man he was, not how the editors of the Rutland Herald so tastelessly depicted him to be. I love you John, and I will see you again one day. MATTHEW O. STEINKE South Burlington Copyright, 2007, Rutland Herald Record Number: 711100305

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