OK SINCE THE RAT IS BUYING ALL THE DRINKS, I THINK OPEN MIKE NIGHT FOR ALPHA DOGS IS A GREAT IDEA. YOU GUYS NEED TO PICK A DATE AND LET'S GET IT ON. THERE IS A MOTEL/R.V. PARK WITH IN 6 BLOCKS OF THE CLUB, AND WE CAN TAKE YOU TO AND FROM, IF NEED BE. I GUESS WE WILL NEED TO SHUTTLE LIL COWBOY AND RAT SO THEY DON'T GET LOST. I MEAN 6 BLOCKE IS A LONG WAY, AND WHO KNOWS WHERE THEY MIGHT WIND UP. THE MOTEL AND R V PARK IS CAJUN COWBOY MOTEL AND RV PARK IN OMAHA, TEXAS THE CLUB IS THE CAJUN COWBOY. SO ALL YOU GUYS HAVE TO REMEMBER IS CAJUN COWBOY OMAHA, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET TO EAST TEXAS AND ASK SOMEBODY WHERE IT IS. THIS HOW-DOWN NEEDS THE TAKE PLACE SOON, AS I WILL BE ON THE ROAD AGAIN IN MID MARCH, AND IF I AINT THERE IT AINT GONE-A - HAPPEN. OK RAT GET IT - ON, HARRY IS CLOSE, LIL COWBOY CAN DRIVE YOU OVER, BIG BIRD CAN FLY, TEX CAUFIELD AINT FAR. IF I MISSED ANYBODY IN IS THIS AO I AM SORRY, LET ME KNOW WHERE YO ARE.

TEXAS REPUBLICAN ARMY OF THE SABINE MEETING IN OMAHA, TEXAS

DATE TBA BY RAT ( ASAP )

COST $0.00 (ALL COST COVERED BY THE RAT)

RSVP BY 1/15/10

FROM THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS,

1SG TEX

I was with him that day. I don't remember where we left from. I know earlier a patrol was sent up the hill and made contact . I remember John Ullrich had his bipod shot off his M 16. I also remember seeing some printed information taken from th NVA. ( propaganda concerning racial issues). Later that evening we started back up that same hill and Pineapple was walking point .We reached a fork in the trail and he went left with some more guys. Some of the guys were wanting a water break because I remember it was hot. I tooke off my steel pot and took a drink from my canteen. Pineapple and the guys horseshoed around and back into the main trail saying there was no place for an ambush because it dropped off too steeply. I was about the fifth guy back as we started up the trail and I remember it bending to the left and he disappeared out of sight . About 10 seconds later, I heard one distinct shot and then followed by a fully automatic burst. I am guessing the one shot was the kill shot and the burst was to keep us down. We immediately hit the ground and started returning fire in the general direction. We went up and retrieved his body and he was shot right behind the lower right ear. I think about it almost every day.

LETS GET IT ON!!!!! Alpha Dogs also drink free on "Open Mike Night" except for Danny, Frank Alls, Tommy Higdon, especially Tommy. Also add on Lil Cowboy.
Rat

Who was with Pineapple when he was killed? Can some one remember where we flew out of? I know we had a hot LZ, worked our way up a river, set up on that little hill top and it was either the same day or the next when he was killed on patrol. 26 is working on correcting his info on the Wall web site. Did we lift out of LZ Sally or lift off of a firebase?

Rat

When I drove out 4 the reunion last year, I stopped in Texarkana , Ark. 4 the night. I probably was close to the famous Tex's and didn't know it. Hey u ought to have open mike night when u can get a # of Alpha Dogs there at 1 time. Must sing or tell a joke . We'll either shut down the place or have standing room only!

FIRST OF ALL SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME SUCKS. THE "AINTS" WERE BEAT ALL OVER THE FIELD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TURN-OVERS AND A COIN TOSS. BUT NOW WE ALREADY KNOW WHO WILL WIN THE SUPER BOWL. THE INDY COLTS.

NOW FOR DANNY BRIGGS, I SAW HOW YOU PUT-UM AWAY AT THE REUNION, SO YOUR FIRST AND LAST DRINK IS ON ME AT THE CAJUN. ALSO DANNY WE ARE LOCATED IN OMAHA, TEXAS NEAR TEXARKANA. HELL EVEN THE RAT AND LIL COWBOY FOUND THE PLACE, I AM SURE YOU CAN. OUR WED ADDY IS WWW.CAJUN-COWBOY. COM CHECK IT OUT. IT MAY NOT BE UP-TODATE BUT YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IT'S LIKE. GREAT FOOD AND LOTS-O FUN.

YES, TONIGHT I MET THE RAT AND LIL COWBOY IN GREENVILLE FOR DINNER. I FIRST MET RAT AT THE RED LOBSTER AND HE WAS EVEN ON TIME, BUT WE HAD TO WAIT FOR KEITH AS HE WAS CHECKING ON SOME OF HIS STUDENTS WHO HAD BEEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I THINK HE SAID THEY DROVE INTO THE DAIRY QUEEN, AND I MEAN INTO THE DAIRY QUEEN. LATER I FOUND OUT LIL COWBOY HAD BEEN THEIR DRIVERS ED INSTRUCTOR. SO NOW WE KNOW, WATCH IT WHEN YOUR IN HIS NECK OF THE WOODS. ANYWAY, AS RAT AND I WAITED FOR LIL COWBOY AND TALKED I ASK WHAT HE HAD BEEN DOING, HE SAID HE HAD JUST GONE TO THE STORE FOR LYNN BEFORE HE LEFT TO MEET ME AND HAD A LIST SHE HAD GIVEN HIM IN HIS POCKET. WELL HE PULLED IT OUT AND SAID DAMN I MISSED THE BREAD. I LOOKED AT HIS LIST A THERE WERE 4 COUNT THEM 4 ITEMS ON HIS LIST. BREAD WAS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. HOW COULD HE MISS IT? HELL I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE THATS WHY HE NEVER HAD A RIFLE WITH HIM IN THE FIELD IN NAM, HE KEEP FORGETTING IT AND ALWAYS LEFT IT IN THE REAR. ANYWAY HERE COMES LIL COWBOY AND ASK WHERE DO YOU GUYS WANT TO EAT, WELL WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF A RED LOBSTER WERE I WAS TOLD TO MEET THEM. THEN I WAS TOLD THEY HAD EATEN THEIR THE LAST 2 TIMES THEY HAD GOT TOGETHER. I CAN ONLY GUESS THEY TOLD ME TO MEET THEM THERE BECAUSE ITS THE ONLY PLACE THEY CAN BOTH FIND IN GREENVILLE. SO TO KEEP THEM BOTH FROM GETTING LOST THEY ALWAYS MEET THERE. WELL WE WENT TO A STEAK HOUSE IT IT WAS REALLY GOOD, NOT AS GOOD AS THE CAJUN BUT GOOD. THANK'S COWBOY.

I AM SURE I WILL CATCH SOME HEAT FOR TELLING YOU GUYS ALL THIS BUT SO HELP ME IT'S THE TRUTH.

FROM THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS,
1SG TEX

OVERTON PLANS ARE GOOD TO GO
HARRY YOU KNOW WHERE TO HUNT
BIG BIRDS FLY OVER THE RAINBOW

I wonder why nobody took my offer to bet. Its a shame the way a championship can be decided by a coin toss.
After the crap that went on in New Orleans when Katrina hit, I have no use for that trashy place.

Hope nobody took Harry up on that bet. I never have liked that rule.What if the other team had a better field goal kicker? You might as well just flip a coin after regulation time If Tex's bar is that close to Louisiana I might be able to make it. What's the name of it?

game is tied right now at 14. anybody want to bet on New Orleans? I'll take the yankee team if anyone wants to bet on N.O.

Tex's bar is in Omaha, Texas. It is so close to Louisiana they all talk like cajuns. Now I believe I once heard Tex say all Alpha Dogs drank free all the time. However, after watching some of you guys put them down at the reunion I think I must have heard wrong. I know for a fact your first one is free and then it depends on how sober Tex is. You all know how bad he was after the Alabama /Texas game.

Tex is suppose to meet the Cowboy and me tomorrow in Greenville for dinner. I hope he can find it ok. Living that close to Louisiana and Arkansas you don't know how much of that stuff rubs off.

Jets got beat today, wife is not to happy.

Later,
Rat
Brothers Forever

Hey, where is Tex's club anyway. Is the first beer free 4 an Alpha Dog

I knew in my heart that Lil Cowboy would be the one to jump on me. Even Tex does not attack me with such viciousness. I am un sure as to why he does this, I just sent him a present in the mail. Last weekend, I went over to his place and mowed his yard, although I am not sure why. I do not remember driving over there.
One thing I do remember with great clairty, are the pictures sent to me by mistake on Father's Day.
I will admit to looking at so much property that some folks have seen me so much they think I live there. Two seperate people have asked me to run for public office. I have been to the USDA so many times, they think I work there. Received a pay check last Friday.
All I can say to Lil Cowboy is "STICKS AND STONES" Cum By Ya and all that bull shit.

Cowboy, see you and Tex on Monday if he shows. He may use excuse #45 for not coming.

From The Republic of Texas,
This is the "Rat" bigger and better than ever but some what senile, did I tell you this was the "Rat", biogger and better than ever.

Brothers Forever,
Rat,(I think)

Has anybody other than me noticed that the Rat is putting in an offer to buy land at a different town every week? Sometimes it is even TWO different towns in a week. I once thought that the Rat was being a tight-wad and not offering anything close to what these people were asking. So each one turned him down without so much as a counter offer. But this is the best buyer's market since the Great Depression so I don't believe that is the case. Someone out there would have been desperate enough to take even what HE would offer. So now I have an opinion about two possibilites. One is that he can't find the same place twice. You would think that his new Garmin would help him out with that, so the second possibility may be the closest to the truth. He makes an offer at some town. The city council finds out who it is making the offer. They can't tell the seller not to sell to the Rat, (This is Texas, not China after all) so they do the only thing they CAN do. They change the name of the town. So now the Rat puts in an offer. He doesn't hear back and by god he is going down there to kick ass and take names, because his money is as good as anybody's. He gets in his crappy Dodge pickup, fires up the Garmin, punches in the name of the town, and gets no directions because that town is no longer in the system. Take for example the name of the last town he told us he was making an offering in. Eureka. That very name use to symbolize the excitement people felt on finding something really good. That town now is called Ohshitthatwasclose.

Before I go off on Tex, I must relay an incident that made me realize just how close to senility I am getting. The other day, I was on my computer going through all the emails that Tom Doxtater sends me along with the SPAM and advertisements and what ever. In any case, I said to my self, self!, why don't you email Tom and ask him if he has anything else he can do with his time besides fill my screen with all those myriad of jokes, videos and pass it on stuff. Then the light went on and I realized that I had to spend the same amount of time on the net in order to open them up. HERES YOUR SIGN. I am having fun.
Yes I did call Tex and ask him to come over to meet me and the Cowboy for dinner. Tex goes through this tiraid about how he has to be at the club on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. After he calmed down and dabed his eyes, I recommened the following Monday. So here we go, he thinks he can grace our presence, but will not commit. Says he has his Grand child. OK, I can live with that, where is the mother, I know she would want her dad to have an evening out to relax. If he can get to Omaha , he should be able to get to Greenville.
I do my best to keep the peace within the ranks, however, there are always malcontents who do everything in their power to spoil an evening designed to promote fellowship.
By the way Tex, have not heard back from Cowboy yet.

Still Looking.

Still missing a lot of dues.

I just about have the company roster up dated and I will email one to any one who wants one. Email me.

Chow time

Later,
Brothers Forever

Rat

Overton is back in Texas.
Stock pile is growing.
Harry, close up the store
Cowboy contact me
26 ??????

YES THE RAT IS ALIVE AND WELL TONIGHT, HE CALLED TODAY AND DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY, I THINK HE FORGOT WHY HE CALLED. HELL, I THINK HE FORGOT WHO HE CALLED BY THE TIME WE HUNG UP. HOWEVER THE GOOD NEWS IS HE KNEW WHERE HE WAS AND LYNN WAS THERE TO LOOK AFTER HIM. MY 2 YR OLD GRANDSON WAS PLAYING AND MAKEING A LITTLE NOISE WHILE WE TALKED, AND THE RAT MADE THE STATEMENT THAT I SHOULD SEND HIM TO HIM FOR 2 WEEKS OF BASIC. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA, AS LONG AS HE DOSEN'T TRY TO SHOW HIM HOW TO READ A MAP. HOWEVER THE BOY IS A TROOPER, HIS DAD IS ON HIS 2ND TOUR IN IRAQ WITH THE 82ND ABN. AND EVERDAY I HAVE HIM HERE WITH ME IS A BLESSING. YEP HE'S AN ARMY BRAT BUT I LOVE HIM! I HAVE BEEN TEACHING HIM THE DRUMS AND GUITAR AND HE IS DOING PRETTY GOOD. JUST LIKE HIS OLE GRANDPAW. IF I HAD ONLY KNOWN HOW GREAT GRANDKIDS WERE I WOULD HAVE HAD THEM FIRST.

OH YEA, THE RAT WANTED ME TO MEET HIM THURSDAY IN GREENVILE. I HAD TO DECLINE, AND HE KNEW I WOULD. YOU SEE HE KNOWS AS WELL AS I DO THAT WEEKENDS ARE NOT GOOD FOR ME WITH THE CAJON COWBOY AND PLAYING HERE AND THERE BUT HE ASK ANYWAY. I GUESS HE JUST WANTED ME TO FEEL WANTED. IF ANY OF YOU GUY'S WOULD LIKE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE IT'S CAJUN-COWBOY.COM

FROM THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS,
GOODNIGHT MY BROTHERS,
1SG TEX

OVERTON OKED THE RAT PLAN
HARRY WATCH THE BORDER
BIG BIRD THE SKY IS THE LIMIT
JOHN HAS LONG WHISKERS
26 CHECK IN
LIL COWBOY 635/LBJ
DANNY B WHERE ARE U
TROOPERS CIRCLE

Believe it or not, while I was typing away, who should call me but TEX!!!!!! Lynn had to break out the paddles and get my heart beating again, (what little heart I have). In any case, Tex is now sober. He went on a toot after the Horns loss to Bama and it wasn't until yesterday that the Texas Highway Patrol found him sleeping it off in a gully between Omaha and Longview. I wouldn't worry about him though, he is a tough ole bird and been through this many times before.

Rat

I am extremely glad to hear from Tex. As everyone knows, he just about lives in Lousiana and Harry spends a lot of his spare time insuring he doesn't come across the border. Tex is the only other person living east of the Sabine river. He lives so close to Lousiana that half the music he plays is Cajun. In fact, half the time he sounds like Bo Jangles when he talks. I almost bought some land over near Tyler and then Harry would have had some help. As it turns out I will be putting in an offer on 12 acres on Richland Chambers Lake in Eureka which is near Corsicana. But I digress. Now it is up to Lil Cowboy, Tex Caufield and me to keep Tex East of the Sabine but West of the Lousiana state line.

I take exception to the slanderous talk of 1sg. Tex Dilday. I always, ALWAYS, knew where I was. I don't know why this man would spread these lies about me. I took him under my wing and made him what he is today. Now that I think about it, forget that last sentence !!!

Lil Cowboy, there is a package in the mail for you today. Just because I love you like a brother.

Got an email from Lobo this morning, his test came back negitive, he goes for another test in 90 days. Keep good thoughts everyone.

IT IS TIME TO PAY DUES EVERYONE. I WILL EMAIL OUT THE ADDRESS TO MAIL TO. REMEMBER WHAT WE VOTED ON AT THE REUNION, DUES ARE VOLUNTARY AND THERE IS A $25.00 MINIMUM, BUT NO MAXIUM. ALL YOU GUYS WHO WERE JUMPING IN WITH THREE FIGURE AMOUNTS, I HOPE YOU REMEMBER.

AS A REMINDER, THE MONEY COLLECTED IS USED TO FRONT MONEY FOR THE REUNIONS, PAY FOR FLOWERS WHEN NEEDED AND ANY OTHER THING AGREED TO BY THE COMPANY MEMBERS.

AS AN EXAMPLE, I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A BRICK TO BE PLACED WITH OTHERS AROUND THE MONUMENT AT FORT CAMPBELL.

IT WOULD SAY, (SUGGESTON)

BROTHERS FOREVER
A CO. 1/501
1969-1970
GERONIMO

OK, enough for today, have to go with the boss shopping. Got the Garmin warmed up just in case.

Brothers Forever,
Rat

Overton is pleased with the plans submitted
Harry, watch the border.

DAMN IT'S GOOD TO BE MISSED!!!

THE THING IS AFTER THE TEXAS BAMA GAME, I HAVE BEEN IN SHOCK AND HAVE BEEN ON A DRUNK. I JUST SOBERED UP TODAY. HOW COULD SUCH A TERRIBLE THING HAPPEN? BUT HELL WE ALMOST CAME BACK TO WIN EVEN WITH OUR BACK-UP Q-BACK. OH WELL THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.

LIL COWBOY AND RAT DID DISCOVER THAT LBJ FREEWAY/635 MAKES A CIRCLE. HELL LIL COWBOY FOUND THAT OUT WITH OUT A GPS. I ONLY WISH WE HAD HAD GPS IN THE NAM, THEN MAYBE WE WOULDN'T HAVE GONE IN SO MANY CIRCLES. HUH RAT?

FROM THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS,

1SG TEX

RAT- OVERTON MESSAGE RECIVED
BIG BIRD CAN FLY
COWBOY GET YOUR GUN
HARRY DIG IN

Tex, where the hell are you? Lil Cowboy just will not let me be, where is Tex? Thats all I hear. Please Tex, help me out
I do not know any thing about football and do not anticipate ever learning either. Questions?
Now about the rumor about me and the Babe. I never told the Babe not to join the Yanks, what I said, was make the Sox trade you to the Yanks and then they will be hexed. The rest is history. Now I must remind the Cowboy who won the world series this year. Cowboy, how did the Longhorns do this year? Sorry ass scrub team, lettin the Tide smack them around. Disgracefull.

As to Danny (I just woke up) Briggs. Ole Danny decides to take time out from watching the Military Cannel, which he does after he wakes up from his nap and ambles on down to the Sub Way. I am amazed he even has time to get on the blog. In fact, I am surprised he even knows how to get on the blog. I love ya Danny.

I have to agree with Lil Cowboy about sisters, if ya aint tried it don't knock it. It sure beats the hell out of watching reruns of Gilligans Island. Aint that right Cowboy? Harry don't know nothin. Hell, everybody knows that Deliverence was a National Geographic Special of Texas life Style.

We have found a nice 12 acre parcel just south of Corsicana adjecent to Richland Chambers Res. There is a tank pond and an old well on the property. Were thinking hard about puting in an offer. I need some good JuJu from some body, either that or a really good prayer circle. Lynn has only agreed to live in this part of Texas because she was told there were no aligators west of the Sabine.

Have to go,

Good Night my Brothers
Rat

Overton sends the following,

Tex check in.
Cowboy go hunting in the North.
Harry, stay home.
Big Bird send the message on to the others.

We will be receiving a big shipment soon in the Bayou.

Danny, I grasped the notion right away that The Rat knows very little about football. But he IS a very knowledgable baseball guy. In fact the Rat told me not long a go that he met Babe Ruth one time when the Rat was on leave after just being promoted to buck private. He said the year was during the Babe's rookie season with the Red Sox. The Rat claimed he advised the Babe never to play for the Yankees because they were a bunch of losers and always would be. If he was telling the truth about that meeting with the Babe then there is proof positive that the Rat is one hell of a baseball man!
And I'd like to think that there would be a good chance Texas and Alabama could have a rematch next year for the National Championship but I'm not sure Bama will be able to beat Mississippii State or Vanderbilt in the SEC.

Hey if u get made fun of on here , it's because we love u, We cheer for different color uniforms, but sometimes fate puts u in the same uniform in harms way and we realize ther r more important things than football. I know that is hard for Bama and Texas fans to understand sometimes. Now back to talking smack for the next year. Hey we may have a shot at each other next year!

Well, on the injury report kept under wraps our QB was playing with cracked ribs and Ingram was playing with a hurt foot. Hey I didn't say that . That's what I read. Keith, those SEC hits r vicious. How about our frosh running back. On the other hand,that Texas receiver will be a good one in the pros.. Can anyone explain Rat's message. He quit being a Bama fan since woody hayes smacked that player? What has Woody Hayes got to do with Bama, Woody Hayes was never a Bama coach. Or did I misinterpret him , He was a Bama fan until He saw the punch and then became an Ohio State fan because that is how he would treat a player, just his style, or what

Who would have thought for Alabama to win the Longhorns would have to lose their All American quarterback in thier first drive? But thats football, so with all due respect (and cause I lose with dignity...considering it hardly ever happens), to the Tide and Danny I bow before them (but not as far as Obama to the Saudi king), and do at this time admit that the Tide was better than the Longhorns only on that night. And why is Harry making fun of us Texicans and our sisters? If he knew how much fun we had he wouldn't talk about us that way ...would he Tex?

Anyone know the "mating call" of the N.E. Texas male? Its "Hey Sis, are you still awake". Yea I know, that's bad.
Hey Danny boy, have you sent those boys the case of tissues yet?

I called Lil Cowboy's phone and the message said he was not taking any calls. I do feeel for him, as I am now almost a Texan. I quit being a Bama fan after ole Woody Hayes smacked that opposing player. I could see Lil Cowboy turning into a Woody Hayes down the road. He has that temperment.
By the way, In my present mental condition, each time I taverse 635, it is a new adventure. I Garmin just lets me know my new starting point each time. When I get through, I punch in take me home and off I go.
I have not heard from Tex since Christmas time. He is a pain in the ass, but you have to love him.
In case some of you do not know, Lyn and I are famous for changing the weather where ever we go. If it has been to hot, we arrive and it gets cold, etc. When we came to Texas, there was a drought. Not any more, they have more water then they know what to do with. Want snow for Christmas, Call the Zaperts. First snow in Dallas for Christmas since 1926. Want cold weather, here we are.
Larry, if Lil Cowboy (Keith Kirkland) does not treat me with a littl respect, I want you and Dan Vandermolen to work him over. He thinks he is untouchable.
Have to go my friends, stay tough, hang loose and watch your back.
Rat