THE RAT IS NOW A TEXAN. GOD HELP US! HOWEVER THE RAT MUST BE STAYING IN ONE PLACE, THE WEATHER HAS BEEN GREAT THE LAST FEW DAYS, MID 70s TO LOW 80s JUST WONDERFUL.

WELCOME TO THE REPUBLIC RAT! I KNOW YOUR NOT A NATIVE BUT YOU GOT HERE AS FAST AS YOU COULD, THANKS TO GARMIN. MAYBE NOW THE RVF WILL DIE DOWN.

E-MAIL RECIVED FROM OVERTON. THE OKLAHOMA MEETING IS A GO.

FROM THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.

1sg TEX

ATTN. RAT, HARRY, COWBOY, BIG BIRD, DUTCH, AND ALL OTHER OP's

APRIL 13, 1865
COWBOY HAS THE DATE

Put money down on 16 acres in Kemp, texas. I would have bought property sooner, however, Tex and Lil cowboy kept on telling me it was because these people down here knew who I was. So, I used sed Harry's name, Lil; Cowboy's name and Tex's name, no luck, I finally had to use John Martin's name because he was the only one with out a felony arrest record. The property already has the electric pulled, a well and a pond. The wheels are rolling.

I am now an official resident of the great Republic of Texas.

From the Rat trap within the Republic of texas,

Good Night my Brothers.

Rat

Thank you Harry for reminding all of us on the importance of the up coming date.
I think it would be very appropriate for all of us to say the prayer John wrote. It was writen for us and I think those who did not make it home would appreciate it.
Major Val Zapert,
US Army (Ret.)
"Geronimo"

Well brothers, it'll be 40 yrs this week when it hit the fan on Easter Hill. Please remember to honor our fallen troopers.
Floyd, Muleskinner- KIA 3-30-70, Franklin's family has invited all to their family reunion. It will be held on Sat., 7-17-10, in Wingo, Kentucky at Columbus Park. Times and directions to follow later.
Wishing the best to you guys, Harry

I HAVE JUST ABOUT HAD IT WITH YOU MISCRENTS. I DO BELIEVE I WILL CRANK UP SOME FUNNEL CLOUDS AND DO SOME RELOCATION WORK. TEX, HOW ABOUT WE MOVE THE CAJUN COWBOY INTO ARKANSAS? OR MAYBE YOUR DOUBLE WIDE DOWN NEXT TO HARRY IN SULPHUR. COWBOY, THE ONLY THING KEEPING ME FROM MOVING YOUR BARN TO OKLAHOMA IS THE FACT THAT I AM STORING STUFF IN THERE. YOU REALLY DO NOT WANT TO SCREW WITH THE RVF.

SWWOW IS NOT WELL. SHE WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR A TREATMENT WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO GET RID OF HER HEAD ACHES. SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 5 DAYS AND CAME OUT WORSE THAN WHEN SHE WENT IN. SHE HAS BEEN DOWN SINCE SHE CAME OUT A WEEK AGO. NOW SHE IS ALWAYAS SICK TO HER STOMACH AS WELL AS HAVING A HEAD ACHE. SHE ABSOLUTLY CAN NOT CATCH A BREAK. SHE COULD USE SOME GOOD WORDS. CONTACT HER ON FACEBOOK.

TEX, I TOLD YOU NOT TO MENTION ANY PENDING LAND AQUASITIONS. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU ARE SHIT OUT OF LUCK. THE CAJUN COWBOY AND YOUR HOME WILL BOTH BE RELOCATED TO NORTH DAKOTA.

FROM THE RAT TRAP IN DALLAS, TEXAS,
GOOD MORNING MY BROTHERS,
RAT

OVERTON IS BACK IN THE REPUBLIC. THERE WILL BE A CRITICAL MEETING AT THE OKLAHOMA LOCATION NEXT WEEK. DATE AND TIME WILL BE EMAILED.

The Rat must have been in Oklahoma today. They had some nasty weather up there. He may be headed east. Look out Danny! Hey Tex! I just saw one of those Bunnies! I see why there was a fight at the Cajun now. I still think we should have a mini-reunion there some weekend. Would you invite the girls? I want to see the two me and the Rat met in front of the place that nite as we were leaving. I was wanting to go back in but the Rat got skeerd and wanted to leave. There could be some complications if the Rat gets a place between your place and Harry's. You guys for sure want all that turbulence and pestilence in your AO?

Yes my brothers the rat is back in the Republic. I spoke with him today and he told me he had found his way back to the Republic. I told him I knew when he was back when the temp. went from 78 to 30 over night and I Awoke to find snow falling on my new peach tree blooms. I do belive the Lil Cowboy might be on to something with his theory of RVF. Now that the Rat has stopped the weather is back in the 70's. He also told me he thought he had found some land near Harry and I, he told the ownner his name was Keith Kirkland, and it looked like the sale may go thru. So I have invited him to come to my place and go fishing with me and Harry.

Now for Lil Cowboy, the "brawl at the Cajon" was noyhing more than a little fuss, hel I have been in bigger fights at my house. And yes former Playboy Bunnys do go to the Cajon. But only to see me. It's a hell of a job being a sex object, but it the cross I have always had to bare.

As for the Rats remark that I was in New York City, he was correct, I was there for almost 16hrs. thats as long as it took me to find out they didnt need my East Texas Redneck ass in New York City so I am now back in the Republic.

Good Night My Brothers,

From THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS

2SG TEX

There can be no other possible explanation. The evidence is too hard to ignore. The Rat DOES cause changes of weather. I'm not sure just HOW yet. I do have a couple of theories. One is the Rat Vortex Factor. He goes to Arizona and the weather here is nice. Clear skies and the temp at about 70. He returns and within 24 hours there are snow flurries. Last night we got 5 inches of new snow. The Rat Vortex Factor (RVF) is the vortex of wind caused by the Rat driving in circles around the Northeast Texas area. He is always going the same way (a clockwise rotation) so the vortex just keeps getting stronger. What no one can figure out is if this vortex the Rat builds is coming from being lost and turning circles or he just happens to keep driving in the same circular path to make offers for property to the same owners who keep turning him down because they are not about to give their land away for a couple of bucks, a cane the Rat "swears" he carried in Nam, and a promissary note telling the owner he can and will fix them the best batch of ribs they ever ate. Now you have to understand. These land owners are the descendants of the guys who won Texas' independence way back in 1836. They are not about to believe everything the Rat tells them. But I am hearing rumors around these parts that if the weather doesn't get better soon the owners may yet give their land away and move to the Bahamas. Could this be seen as a planned RVF?

OK, SO IT SNOWED A LITTLE BIT LAST NIGHT. COWBOY WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THAT I Have (didn't mean to yell) brought plague upon texas. not so. snow melts into the ground and provides nitrogen not to mention melting snow goes into the ground and does not run off. I'm just saying.
Rat

Before the Cowboy starts telling lies about me I want to dispell any rumors about the weather. It is true I got back on last Tuesday. Wednesday I went to trenton and Cowboy let me borrow some barn space to store some of my crap. Now the weather was down right beautiful Thursday and Friday,in the 70s. Today there are snow fluries and it is in the 30s, what can I say. For you "nare do wells", I did have my Garmen and I only got lost one time on the way to Arizona, it was coming out of a Jack in the Box drive way, I turned the wrong way. However, I noticed it pretty quick, only went about 25 miles the wrong way. Couldn't figure out why the sun was in my eyes.
Dutch, got the other CDRom and based on what the report says and if it shows the round, it will help.
SWWOW has been in the hospital all week. She went in for a 5 day treatment for her migrains. The doctors said it may take up to two weeks for her to see results. Right now she is still in a lot of pain. All you go to meeting types say a prayer for her. Any one looking for a 1964 completly restored military jeep complete with tool kit, let me know, I have a friend who is lookin to sell his.
Tex is on his way to NewYork City. The reason I know this is because his company told him to go there and he said he wasn't going to go. So I am sure he is there. Now is the time to decend on the Cajiun Cowboy and build up a bar tab. Hell from what the papers say, Tex is to busy fighting with the drummer in the band over a barmaid. Go figure. I only know what i read on the blog.
From The Rat trap in the Republic of Texas,
Good Night my brothers,
Rat

Hi Rat, hope you had a good trip to Arizona. Are you back in Texas yet, and if you are, did you bring sunshine and warm weather with you? On Diaz, I left Nam in November of 70 , so he would have been there after I left. Sorry I can not help you there. Tex did a good job as CO while you were gone. Dutch

This guy would have come in after most of us left , if he was there at all . I don't know him but some of the cherries may know.

I received an email from Gary Joyner today. Gary runs the Geronimo web site. and insures that only A Company guys get on there. Well he has a guy who says he was in A 1/501 until Dec 71. His name is Jose A. Diaz. Gary does not think the guys sounds real. Does any one know him? The name is not familiar to to me, but I can't remember my name half the time. Let me know please.
I left Terrell at 0530 hrs. Thursday morning and was in Phoenix at 0430 hrs the next day and that was with a three hour nap in New Mexico.
I do not know if any one will want to go to the cajiun Cowboy with all the scandleous goings on. Some of us have reputations to look out for. Harry you can still go.
From The Rat Trap in The Republic of Texas,
Good Night my Brothers,
Rat

Now I KNOW that most of you believe I'm blowing a lot of smoke when I write some of this stuff, but 99% of it is always close to the facts as I know them. I am sure most of you will remembefr the blog I wrote several days ago about the big brawl in Tex's Cajun Cowboy in Omaha, Texas. Well now I ran across more info from another source. This past weekend I was in Texarkana, Texas for the annual Northeast Texas Athletic Directors Conference. As usual I bought a local newspaper and this one was a Texarkana Gazette. And right there on page 2 was another article about the fight at the Cajun Cowboy! It was titled: Mardi Gra Turns Mean At The Cajun Cowboy
But this time there was a little more detail about the fight than what the Mt. Pleasant paper had. Just so happens that a reporter for the Gazette was there on what was suppose to be a night off and witnessed the whole thing. He didn't name any names so I assume that he is a friend of Tex's. But what he DID mention was that the fight started on the first floor between one of the owners of the Cajun Cowboy (I assume that was Tex himself) and the drummer who was playing in the featured band at the Cajun Cowboy that night. The reporter mentioned something about words being exchanged between the men because of some flirting with a local lady. The words turned to shoving. Then it gets REALLY interesting... It seems that the fight then escalated when a fourth party intervened. Her name was not mentioned, but she was identified as a former Playboy Bunny, Miss September 1974. This only added to my belief that Tex knew the reporter. It sounds to me like some concocted story to get more people to go to the Cajun Cowboy. Come on Tex? Who believes that Playboy Bunnies go to the Cajun Cowboy in Omaha, Texas???

Tex, when I come for a visit ,I want a cold beer and a hot broad waiting. Also , Something is wrong with Rat's Garmin. It keeps repeating, recalculating, recalculating, recalculating, re..............

SINCE THE RAT LEFT TEXAS THE WEATHER HERE HASE BEEN WONDERFUL, MID 70'S AND SUNSHINE, JUST GREAT.

YEP THE RAT HAD HIS GARMIN WITH HIM WHEN I TALKED TO HIM, IN FACT I COULD HEAR HIM YELLING AT IT AS IT GAVE HIM INSTRUCTIONS.

FROM THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS,

1SG TEX

1st Sgt Tex. when you talked to the Rat on his way to Arizona, did you ask him if he had his Garmin with him? Hows the weather been since he left?

YES TODAY IS THE RATS BIRTHDAY, AND I HOPE IT IS FULL OF ALL THE BEST FOR HIM AND I WISH HIM A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

I JUST SPOKE WITH OUR COMANDER, HE WAS ALMOST 1/2 WAY TO AZ AND HAS ONLY BEEN ON THE ROAD 2 DAYS. SOMEHOW HE KEEPS GETTING OF I-20 AND THEN GETS TURNED AROUND. SO HE SHOULD BE THERE IN ANOTHER 2-3 DAYS. BLESS HIS HEART. HE DID LEAVE ME IN COMAND DURING HIS TRIP OUT OF THE REPUBLIC, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO KEEP HIS BLOG POST UP AS BEST I CAN.

WISHING THE RAT A SAFE TRIP.

1SG TEX

The RATS in AZ resupplying, you know more eye of newt, powdered unicorn horn usual MOJO items.
It requires lots of resources to effect the elements in a large republic like TX.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAT SIR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANNY!!! WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIVE THIS LONG?

NOW FOR LIL COWBOY, THE "BRAWL" AT THE CAJON WAS REALLY NO BIG DEAL JUST A BUNCH OF GIRLS FIGHTING OVER ME. THANK GOD FOR THE POLICE THEY CAME TO MY RESCUE. IT'S REALLY HARD BEING A SEX OBJECT BUT WE ALL HAVE OUR CROSS TO BARE. YES IT WAS MARDI GARDI NIGHT AND IT WAS A LITTLE WILD. BUT AS THEY SAY " THE SHOW MUST GO ON " AND IT DID. BY THE WAY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO CALL THE COPS, THERE WERE 4 OF THEM THERE ALL NIGHT WATCHING FROM THE TOP FLOOR AS THE GIRLS DID THEIR THING TO GET ALL THE BEADS THEY COULD. WISH YOU COULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

NOW FOR THE RAT, HE COMES TO THE REPUBLIC, CAUSES EARTH QUAKES, SNOW STORMS, RECORD RAIN FALL, HAIL STORMS, AND RECORD LOW TEMPS. THEN OFF TO AZ. WHATS UP WITH THIS? I GUESS NO ONE WILL SELL HIM LAND HERE IN THE REPUBLIC. HE HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW MADE OFFERS ON MANY PLACES AND NO CIGAR. WILL HE EVER BECOME A TEXAN?

FROM THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS,

1SG TEX

OVERTON IS READY
RAT HAS THE TRAP
HARRY IS AT THE PARTY
DUTCH IS ON THE RADIO

Happy birthday Danny Briggs and all others who have a birthday today. I talked with the Rat Sunday night and he told me he was going to Arizona this week. Maybe he is looking for some sunshine. Dutch

Danny Briggs is another year older today. Today is also Chuck Norris' 70th & Sharon Stone's 52nd birthday.
Has anyone heard from the Rat lately?

I've done slapped the grim reaper's ass again , my birthday tomorrow! Deidre having ankle surgery as I type in the waiting room

I was in Mt. Pleasant, Texas for a playoff basketball game the other night. We got into town a little early so we stopped at a place called Two Senioritas there in town to eat. I bought a local newspaper to read while waiting for the chow. And right there on the front page was this big article about a huge fight in the Cajun Cowboy!!! It had a picture of the front of the building so i know it was Tex's Cajun Cowboy. The article had some stuff about how the fight started down stairs between two women then made its way to the second floor. The local police and county sheriff deputies were called in to restore order.
What happened Tex? Didn't the Rat warn you about messing with more than one woman at a time? The article said it was Marde Gra night at the Cajun Cowboy... So what happened? Were the girls only wearing beads when the hair-pulling started? Does this mean the Rat and I can't come down there for the wet t-shirt night?

Dutch, it sounds like you took lessons from Danny Briggs on how to get on the Blog.

Good Evening my Brothers,

It was 70 degrees here today, go figure.
Rat