Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

No Donald, I have not seen that.

There is a book due out later this year: The Reporter Who Knew Too Much; The Mysterious Death of What's My Line and TV Star and Media Icon Dorothy... by Shaw.

Here's what I know on that. Kilgallen was the only person to have had an exclusive interview with Jack Ruby - while he was in jail. After that, she told all of her close friends and associates that she was going to blow the JFK assassination case WIDE OPEN. She was found dead a few days later; unders VERY SUSPECIOUS circumstances. Too much to get into here. She had a known drinking problem. Hey. People can adapt when they have social issues. Being a sexual predator didn't slow Bill Clinton down, right? Here's the "strange part". None of her diaries or notes regarding the Ruby interview have ever been found. She could have been like one of the JFK autopsy doctors at Bethesda and burned all of her notes. I'll cover that another time. That's NOT the strange part. She had given, and friends knew it to be so, a copy of the Ruby interview chapter to her best friend along with some notes. Like to guess what happened next? Yeah. You're getting sharper there Donald. It comes with the aging process. LOL Her best friend is found dead, and no one found the information that Dorothy had given her. Bud Fensterwald wrote Coincidence or Conspiracy, and I like to use that, because somewhere all of this "coincidences" have to ring an alarm or something.

I'm sure you've seen the Maltese Falcon w/Boggy. OK. Perhaps you recall late in the movie when Sam Spade tells the "Fat Man" they have to have a patsy to feed to the cops to take the pressure off them. LHO said he was a "Patsy" and didn't that stop the authorities from looking any further? BUT WAIT! Remember that saying about history repeating itself? I think it was 1933 that an "assassination" attempt was made on FDR, but not so fast. FDR wasn't hit, but the mayor of Chi Town was, and he died. Year's later a leading mob figure said that was the plan all along, because the mayor was putting too much pressure on the mob and he had to go.* A hit man shot the mayor and they planted a gun on some Looney Tune imigrant and no one looked any further. Oh. The ballistics don't match up with the weapon. Those darn details. They spoil everything. 

*Wasn't RFK putting A LOT of pressure on the mob/teamsters at the time JFK was popped? Just one of those zillion coincidences I'm sure. SIC

Ever read on the assassination of Huey Long? VERRRRRRRRRRRRY INTERESTING.

Stay tuned for an exclusive with the star of  "Buddy Does Bombay". You've MAYBE heard of the porn classic Debbie Does Dallas? I made "Buddy Does Bombay". It got Five Stars in my ratings.  That Kamasutra stuff is WILD I'm telling you. LOL

I'm going to have to lay off my "Porn" days stories. But I will say I was the STAR of my Human Sexuality class at VCU. I sat beside a guy all semester. Day before finals a girl sat there, and I said, "I'm sorry, but Robert usually sits there." She replied, "I'm Robert". So help me. I CHANGED HIS NAME TO BE SAFE.

Rock the House and Be Cool Out There!    

Donald Meyers

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

LOL... I wasn't planning on going into any details on "Buddy Does Bombay". I'm sure it would have been a bit much for some.

JFK had more enemies than buds. Some of those were the Mafia and the Teamsters. I use to assume, but I've learned to stop. So if I say real basic stuff - that's why. The Mafia and Teamsters got JFK elected. Known FACT. Once in office, RFK went after BOTH of them when he began the AG. That wasn't cool. On top of that, JFK was having an affair with Judith Campbell Exner. Not a big deal, EXCEPT she was also "dating" Sam "MoMo" Giancana the head of the ChiTown branch. Along with other things she was bringing to JFK was money from the boys. When RFK wouldn't back off, Sam sent JFK a message that said, "You can't have it both ways".

Sidebar. A cpl. of days before he was to testify before the HSCA Giancana was shot and killed in his basement; with several shots in and around his mouth. That's an old mob tradition.

Johnny Roselli was sch. to testify before the HSCA and he didn't show up. He was found floating inside some 55 gals drums - in multiple pieces. Autopsy said he was sliced and diced while still alive.

George de Mohrenschildt was sch. to testify before the HSCA - never made it. He picked that time to sit down, stick a shotgun down his throat and pull the trigger.

Wm. Sullivan (former #3 man in the FBI) was sch. to testify before the HSCA and you guessed - he didn't make it. The official story was that a teenage boy mistook him for a deer, using a telescopic sight and blasted his butt. The boy only had his hunting lic. suspended for 90 days or so and for those who think, "A teenage boy wouldn't do something like that" I have 2 responses: A) Look at the child bombers in the Middle-East and B) What if the dad did it, knowing nothing would happen if the son took the fall? FAR OUT? Not at all if you know who you're dealing with.

Donald, I'll check out that book. I've never been sold on the "Hole in the Wall" at the Pentagon. Where did the wings go?

Take care and Peace, Love and Soul Train.... OH. I have no mercy or sympathy for the situation in Petersburg. My ONLY found memory of Petersburg is THE FAIR! OH YEAH! LOL. I was not surprised to see the mayor use the "Race Card" in hopes it would cover up his, and the rest of the adm. and other one's incompetence. Stupid has no racial or ethnic boundaries.

Stay tuned boys and girls and see how much I can embarrass myself. I still have that story about my first massage. I promise Donald, I can make it G-Rated which is far better than the flicks I was in. LOL Later guys and gals. Be cool.

Donald Meyers

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

Hey Donald!

Yes. I ck'd Amazon and it was OOS.

Was going to ck. YouTube and will be doing that later.

Thanks again. Some times I have to be told twice, before I take a hint. DUH.

Should have seen the guys at Green Top's expressions when I asked if they had any type of personal protection devices that wouldn't set off any alarms going thru checks at a museum. Getting ready for my fall trip to DC and I like being prepared. 

What did you think of the info. on Dorothy K? Interesting? Not?

Re: Pentagon 9/11

I've ALWAYS been skeptical on the hole in the wall. I mean, there's no indication of any wings impact. I have a photo of a Huey that was hit by either a mortar or a rocket in Vietnam. A great deal of it, melted or was evaporated, but there's still more there than Flight 93 or the one that hit the Big P.

I also have a photo, I took, of the Huey I was shot down in. We didn't go spiralling (?) into the earth. I actually thought we were going to make it back OK, but coming into the LZ the controls went nuts and we did like a back flip and crashed on the roof. I'd been taking photos with Rebel gunships and we got a fire mission. I was holding a 175MM lens between my legs and standing in the middle. The Huey made a violent shake, I tried to stablize myself and the lens hit the floor, we banked hard left and I watched it roll out the side of the Huey and I began using some colorful Vietnamese language or such. Next thing, a door gunner grabbed me and said, @$!!%&*+$< that lens! We're going down! I turned to look see, and the other door gunner got hit, and I unhooked him, and pulled him into open space and the rest is history. Stuff like that just happens and you don't think about it... you just do it!

Wishing ALL a GREAT weekend! Next time perhaps we'll go into the day that Mr. Norment surprised me and a young lady... On second thought best I don't. LOL. PEACE!

Donald Meyers

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

OOS... out-of-stock.

Never a fan of "Classic Comics".

Too much can be misinterpreted in condensed versions. 

One must have all the facts before passing judgement.

Lady presenting "Behind the Smoke Curtain" isn't an easy follow. I'll give it another shot tomor. Thanks for mentioning.

Be cool and have a GREAT week.

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

For ANYONE interested, "Let me make this perfectly clear", everything that doesn't have an immediate easy answer is NOT A CONSPIRACY.

Also, if you have an interest on a major topic, YOU MUST read more than one source, and hopefully, A LOT more than one. NEVER be comfortable in simply sticking to those who say what you believe. YOU MUST always explore the other side, or you can find yourself in an embarrassing situation. I've read all or parts of over 400 books, manuscripts, reports etc. Some were so bad, I simply added them to the library and picked up another.

I pose the following questions/info to the group, for your opinions.

Donald, I'm still trying to get through the video. Long and speaker isn't helping.

Who believes the story the FBI gave us on the Waco assault? FYI: the leading FBI negotiator didn't know who David Koresh was, and he was negotiating WITH HIM! I have the tape!

Who believes the story we're given on the OK City bombing? FYI: Tim McVeigh (?) was seen that day with a dark, middle eastern looking man. The FBI claims they found the man and checked him out and he was "good to go". When asked to have the man appear before a congressman, the FBI said, "We can't find him anymore" and that was the end of that.

I doubt if any of you know what I mean when I say, "Ruby Ridge" but you should. The ATF tried to use Randy Weaver and when he said "No" they framed him and assaulted his home and in the process shot his wife through the head, and shot his son in the back killing both. He and his wife won Million $ suits against the Feds.

I have a long time friend in a well known "Motorcycle Club". The Feds wanted him to testify against other club members. When he refused they came up with some bogus crap, and said if he didn't testify he was going to prison and life was going to be hard on his wife. He choose prison, and while there developed an infection in one eye. The Feds lack of response, i.e. giving a damn, cost him the sight in the eye.

I know... another War and Peace epic. hahaha.

Peace my brothers and sisters. Be cool out there and be careful. I'm not the only freak, weird-o around. The others won't tell you that and you have to find out for yourself. Like those women that "Fat Albert" took advantage of.

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

The latest news from a Mad Man Gone Insane...

A number of yrs. ago I was shopping at Michael's with the daughter. OK... she was shopping and I was hanging around the store. She ran up to me and said I needed to go with her because something had happened. She pointed to a man and said, "He exposed himself to me and I want him arrested." This is a very sensitive matter in our family and that's all I'm saying on that. We found a young man that was a clerk and ID'd the man and told him to call the cops. He told the mgr. and the man tried to leave and the daughter and I said NO WAY. The man said he wanted to just wait outside, and the 3 of us went out with him. His wife showed and said they were leaving and we couldn't stop them. BAD MOVE! When the man turned, the daughter leaped in the air and put a foot in his face and said, "No you're not." I thought the young man was going to pass out. He didn't know what the devil to do. Henrico police arrived and the man started to leave and this time the daughter landed a foot against his head and said, "I told you you're not leaving". The cops didn't know what the hell to do... so help me. By this time a small crowd had gathered. One cop ran the man's ID and he was a convicted "Pants Dropper". He said he'd recently lost a lot of weight and his pants, (jogging outfit) had fallen on there own and the daughter said, you should be promoting that program on TV, and the cops laughed.

When the wife and daughter went to court the man's wife approached the daughter and made some type of threat and Cristin said, "I will take you out in a second" according to the wife. Police stepped in and the man was convicted and put away.

Ahhhhh... the stories I could tell. And there was the night at a hockey game; when the wife and I were going to fight 3 drunk men. No kidding. Maybe another time...

Everyone enjoy the week. Won't bore you anymore this week. Have projects and getting ready for some racing that's coming up.

Keep on a rockin!

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

Let us return now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past comes the sensational, unbelievable stories of one Buddy Cousins. For the record, there are a couple of girls that may read this that could confirm a number of my stories. NO! They were not the one’s I skipped school with or the one’s Mr. Norment caught me with. Those are episodes, though very exciting one’s, I couldn’t publish here. And, the two girls may not want anyone knowing they even know me. Hey… that’s cool. But here’s a name most/all of you should remember Alan Katz. This will show how things just seem to happen to me. I was at Alan’s watching Hogan’s Heroes and we decided to go to the game at the stadium, because we could get in free after half time and as usual I didn’t have any money. As we walked up a cop grabbed me and said, “OK. Let’s go.” I thought he meant to move on, but boy was I wrong. He pulled up the back of my pants and my already squeaky ass voice went up a couple of octaves. I thought Julio DelCorso (more on Julio another time) had put the cop up to it, because his dad was a Sgt. in the RPD. The cop took me inside in spite of the protest from Alan and several on-lookers. Inside I broke away from the cop’s grip, but didn’t try to run; I made a mistake and tried to reason with him. Just then another cop hit me in the back of the head with a night stick and BOOM! I went to my knees, turned and uttered a colorful saying. I have a hard head. Both cops grabbed me and walked me around behind the score board and pass Coaches Cooper and Barton. The cops wouldn’t let me speak and refused to listen to them. They put me in the block house and when the patrol wagon arrived they took me out. Alan and a group of guys were there and I yelled at Alan to get his dad to get me out. I was living with my mom and she didn’t have any money.

It gets better or would that be worst? Depends I guess. The wagon picked up some bum, on Chamberlayne Ave., with a suitcase of dirty ladies things, and he wants to sell them to me. Then we stopped and picked up some black guy that looked just like Isaac Hayes. Some guy was hitting on his old lady and asked me, “What would you do”. I said, “What did you do?” He said, “I stabbed him”. I said, “Me too. That’s what I’d done.” THIS GUY STILL HAD THE KNIFE WITH HIM and he pulled it out. WHOLLY BAT CRAP! When we got to the jail I walked over to the desk Sgt. and said, “That guy has a knife.” WRONG THING TO DO! The dumb butt Sgt. stands up and says, “This guy says you have a knife.” I knew that was my last night on planet earth. DAMN! Next thing I know, there are like ten cops beating on this guy and I’m actually hoping they kill him, because if he survives – I’M DOA!

Then they TRIED to finger print me. Oh My! When the cop grabbed my wrist my hand turned to stone. I had no flex in my fingers. When I messed up the third blotter the cop got really up tight. I asked if he could just let go of my wrist and let me do it. THEY’D NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE! Finally, he let me do it, on my own, and I could breathe again. They put me in a cell and after a while I heard Mr. Katz and Alan’s voices. They’d found Julio, for whatever that was worth. We had to walk down a long tunnel and Mr. Katz asked me what I’d done. I said, “Didn’t Alan tell you”? He said Alan would lie for me. I said, “OK” and repeated what had happened. Mr. Katz POPPED me upside the head and said, “Don’t lie to me!” I said, “I’m telling the truth.” Alan supported my story. Mr. Katz then pulled out his copy of the bail ticket and read I’d been charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, in sighting a riot, and a couple of other things.

The trial is another story altogether. So, if you think I’m making this stuff up, ask Alan Katz. I trust if this one passes the credibility test; so will the rest. Mr. Katz was one of the finest men I’ve ever known. Boy oh boy… I’ve missed him and Alan’s mom, but not those hot tomatoes they gave me. I thought my lips were going to melt.

That’s all for today boy’s and girl’s. Remember our sponsors: Ovaltine and Jr’s Used Cars at BR-549. Nite nite now… you’ll come back, yeah hear. Next time I’ll tell you how to get your magic decoder ring and the magic key chain with “Peek A Boo” girlie photo on the inside.

Hey Donald! Had drag racing event and other activities since last Thurs. Heading out to run but this afternoon I WILL FINISH viewing that video and give you my opinions. Hope ALL is well. 

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

Hey Donald!

I finally got through the video. The lady has some very interesting points. At times she seemed more interested in pushing an agenda and I don't do well with that. Still... very good.

Note: OK City Bombing. Yeah there is a connection. Several EXPERTS asked the gov't. to give them just a cpl. of days to examine the bldg. and their request were rejected. I KNOW you're smarter than me; so I'm asking you a question, or anyone else reading this. How can a bomb blast, or since we have one, a hurricanes winds selectively avoid certain objects, in their paths, and then destroy the objects directly behind them? That's what happened in OK City.

Everyone should be aware of the fallacy that we "Don't negotiate with terrorist" right? WRONG! We just gave Iran $400,000,000,000.00 and what was that for? Oh. Yeah. Nixon and Kissinger "WERE NEGOTIATING" with the N. Viets. to get some of our POW/MIA's (that we never got back) home. The money was guised as money to rebuild the bombed out areas of N. Viet. In enchange, the N. Viet's. were going to get back our missing men, who were NOT IN N. VIET. but just happened to be in Cambodia and Laos. When Nixon left office and Ford came in, he didn't know squat about anything, and the country wanted to forget about Vietnam anyway, and those guys were left behind. DO NOT TAKE MY WORD FOR THIS! READ FOR YOURSELVES! I'll be glad to pass on the names of some good books.

FTR: It is a sad fact, that in wars, not EVERYONE is ever accounted for.

How many of you believe Sirhan Sirhan ACTED ALONE in the assassination of RFK? Just curious.

Hope EVERYONE has a GREAT Labor Day but we do need the rain...

Stay tuned for the next exciting episode in the adventures of " Buddy Bongo". The late Robert Bruce "Monk" Vaughan gave me that name. You know the Baskin Robins on Broad just east of Libby? I had a Harley KHKR (?) racing bike. "Monk" took it down Broad one night, past the B-R and the best the Henrico cop I was standing beside estimated was that the speed was over 100 MPH. The cop, who knew us both, said, "That wasn't Monk, right?" I said, "No. Monk wouldn't do that." The cop left shaking his head. There is someone connected to this board that can varify that story. Oh yeah.

Later everyone and be coooooooool and be careful.  

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

Drag racing and nostalgia drag racing seasons are running out. Two more big events and one major reunion in New England.

Funny how things change and our likes and dislikes can flip flop. I simply have no more interest in the nfl or major college football. Simply far too many jerks, thugs etc to deal with. I still watch the academies and smaller schools on the tube. Remember when TV was called the "Boob Tube"? Or was I thinking about something else? There was this Italian girl at the last race... well. Best I stop right here on that. I did get to meet some more "Family Guys" from up north. I think I made that "Made Man" thing or else they were just ragging me. Either way, it was fun.

Getting ready for Halloween and I'll be darned if I make my usual mistakes. This year the wife is going to have to stand there and say, "I want that to go here" before I do it. In all the years of doing this stuff I've yet to put anything in the place where she's designated, "Put it over there" and been right. NEVER! Cheese and Crackers!

My Class of 66 is having their 50th reunion this week. Hooray. One of my "Class of 66" buds, there are just a VERY FEW; may not want me to mention him, but I think he's going to get a Porsche and we're going to make a few loops around the place and then drive out to Collegiate (where he and I actually finished our secondary ed.) and have a couple of Rolling Rocks and kick back. Two's our limit.

Peace to all and keep on a rockin in the FREE world... while it's still FREE!

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

GREAT NEWS ON FRED A!!!

Hope you're out and about VERY SOON! And keep on a rockin and rollin my man!

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

Crazy Butt Week!!! All I can say is WOW!!!

Monday had an eye exam and that was "Eye Opening". hahaha. After driving the nurse to screaming, I was ck'ing out some new frames, waiting for the drops to take affect or effect and the sales lady informed me my present glasses didn't have any anti-glare feature. I debated briefly and was called into the docs office to finish up. He asked if I had noticed anything since the last visit. I said, when I starred at the last full moons I saw two of them. He said, "That's because you don't have any anti-glare feature on your glasses." DUH! Now I'm shopping for new frames.

I was assisting my wife in putting up Halloween decorations and I just stepped down and BAM... I knew something was wrong. Been treating the knee since. I took some old cocaine or oxycodine or something the first night for the pain, and  it made me sick, and goofy. OK... how could I tell that. hahaha. 

That same day, I was trying to water in the new grass seed and got wet. It was cool and I should have changed right-a-way but OH NO. NOT ME! Next day sinus infection, nasal stuff and... Went to the doc yesterday and getting ready to leave and he said, you might want to sleep with something warm against your chest. I said, "I'd love to, but my wife would get pissed off if she found out." Apparently those "Stany" countries have a different sense of humor cause he became a deer in the headlights. I thought I'd ease the language barrier by saying, "You know... that Karma Sutra stuff." DIDN'T HELP.

I hope he doesn't get upset, with me, but Tom (AKA Tommy) Brooke recently had that hip replacement thing, and coming up REAL SOON he's going to have another procedure. Keep Tom/Tommy in your thoughts.

Everyone keep on a rockin.   

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

Hey Guys! Been kinda bummed with a knee injury and a bug that just won't leave. Drag racing is over for the year. OH! Decided to change my profile pic. That's one of the prints I did. I did the original as a surprise gift for Stan Navas on his 50th B-Day. That was a night! Hey! There was another side of me back in the day. LOL. Most thought I was ONLY INTERESTED IN SCORING...touchdowns! I'm talking touchdowns here. The porn films came after I got back from Nam.* I guess it was art that got me and wife together. She was a concert violinist and vocalist. OK. So I just knew all of the Jefferson Airplane. Maybe it was that she could dunk a basketball and lift more weights than I could. Anyway, it had to be something.

When I was being initiated into Hi-Y II I was asked how far I'd been with a girl. I tried explaining it in "baseball terms" but Mike Kuper and Andy Leake insisted I tell more and I blurted out, "Sexual Intercourse"! I thought our sponsor (Mr. Shifflett I think) was going to pass out! It was a HOOT!

*Tommy Brooke, a reliable source, (SIC) can varify one of my stories. I ran into Tommy in Bangkok, in some bar and I was with two young ladies and I don't know what surprised him the most: A) my running into him or B) the two girls that were all over me. 

Have a GREAT weekend! Take care, be cool and keep on a rockin!

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

Hey Mel Bookman!

Ever heard "Go Now" by Bessie Banks? Yeah. The song the Moody Blues covered. I like it better than the Moody's cover, but then, Dick Clark never asked me to "Rate The Record". haha. Speaking of "covers" have you ever heard of Spooky Tooth? They did a great cover of "I Am The Walrus". Last bit of RnR trivia for today, remember the Chambers Brothers? They did "Time Has Come Today". They were a gospel group, and someone stopped them after a session and said try this, and it was "Time..." and they rocked it. No need for anyone to try covering that one. Anyone remember radio station WEZL?

I had one of those Jerry Garcia "Highballs" last night and WHOA! Kicked the crap out of the bug I've been fighting. Got up this morning ready to ROCK THE HOUSE! Turned up Ron Holdren doing "Love You So" and BAM! That song has a great sax part. I play or played the sax. Another of my "Hidden Talents". LOL I've only "touched" on my "Blue Movie" adventures. Some of you may know Bill Muse. Bill said he picked me out of one of the flicks because I was wearing "White Socks". Let's do it! Those leaves don't look like much of a challenge. 

Keep rockin guys...

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

Hey Guys. It's Veteran's Day! A day to remember and reflect. I remember: Jabez Cousins, 53rd VA Inf. and part of Pickett's Charge, William Cousins, 6th VA Cav and part of JEB Stuart's Cav., Robert Henry Cousins, VMI grad and part of the Battle of New Market, my grandfarther who served with 1st Inf. Div in WW1, six uncles (2 who jumped on D-Day) and my dad in WW2. I remember my Vietnam buds! I remember two TJ classmates: Tony Blanks and Curtis Jenkins that were killed in Vietnam and Michael Folland (I hope I spelled it correctly) Medal of Honor recipient* TJ class of 67/8. I remember Tommy Brooke and Robert Bailey for their service to this nation. I remember the DUMB BUTT stuff I did in Nam. Like the day I went up with Rebel gunships to see them test fire and to get some cool photos, and we got a call Fire Mission and I thought, that's going to be exciting and started getting my camera lens ready. I stuck a 175mm lens between my legs - so I could switch. We made our first run, and without sounding like some Hollywood crap IT WAS THE ULTIMATE RUSH! OMG! Norman "Nu Nu" Williams would "wet" in his uniform before a game, but this would have made him CRAP! LOL We began to pull up and BAM the entire chopper shook and we banked hard. I grabbed the roof to hold on and my legs spread (wrong time for that - dbl meaning hahaha) the lens hit the deck and rolled out the side opening and I started cussing and yelling. Just then we got hit again. One of the door gunners looked at me and I yelled, I just dropped my *^$%@!+& lens! He yelled, "We're going down"! Then he got hit and I unhooked him and pulled him into the cabin area. We almost made it home, but coming in the controls went freakin nuts and the Huey went crazy and we crashed upside down. WHAT A DAY! I had a number of such days, and I have the photos from them. There were A LOT of funny times as well. One night on ambush I woke to find A HUGE SNAKE crawling under my feet. WHOLLY &%$#!$)*&+! I froze solid. I learned how to "Power Nap" on ambush, because you have to get a break and you rotated around. To this day, give me 15 mins. of sleep and I'm ready to go. Same as with some other things but... LOL

*If you see or read anyone in the media refer to someone in the military as WINNING an award you should know - THEY DON'T KNOW SQUAT! You DO NOT WIN a military decoration. You are awarded it. There is NO CONTEST! OK?  

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

Hey Russell! I want one of those TJ ball caps! OK. I want TWO!

They let me out on temporary release a few times during this season. It's ONLY FAIR! They let Joe Morrissey out.

I could hook up with you some place in the westend or where ever is EZ 4 U. 

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

A SHOUT OUT TO RUSSELL FLAMMIA! I was able to hook-up with Russell today and get a couple of the TJ ball caps. Love em! Even the "art critic daughter" loved the red! OMG!

Russell Flammia - YOU'RE A GOOD MAN! I wouldn't say it, if I didn't mean it.

Did some shopping, because they only let me out for a few hours at a time, and I'm convinced; anything that says, "One size fits all" actully means, "One size doesn't fit anyone"! L.L. Bean had stocking caps and I couldn't get the *&%#$ thing on my head. Looked GREAT! Fit AWFUL! Geez.

Russell, I hope you take me up on my offer on the print. It would be a pleasure to do something for a good guy. 

Made my annual visit to the various neighborhoods I lived in; from Oregon Hill, to the "Real Fan" to Ellwood Ave. WOW! Also did my first half of cemetery visits including Hollywood, Riverview and the Jewish cemetery near Hospital St. It's the resting place for a number of Jewish, Confederate soldiers. Bet some of you didn't know that. Anyone know that the Confederate "Secretary of State" was Jewish?   Next week, is the major "wet day". My mom and several good buds are all buried in the same cemetery and Stan Navas is just up the road.

The first time I visited Stan, at the home, he had that box he worked with his foot, and it would spell out the word/phrase also, for what he was saying. After about ten minutes of trying to remember letters and putting them together I said, "Stan. If I knew this was going to turn into some damn spelling contest I wouldn't have come over here!" Stan started laughing like the devil.

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

Hey Guys! That's not me in the photo. hahaha! It's "Dirt Woman" AKA Donnie Corker. Maybe a VERY VERY FEW of you have heard of him/her. I've known Donnie for geez... over 45 yrs. I was thinking about the "Hamaganza" shows he use to promote in bars down in the fan. I mean... there were a lot of "Really Different" people that attended. At one event we were singing "Memory Motel" a Stones fav of mind and that turned a lot of heads. Anyone remember the "Newgate Prison" on Grace St? I know there is one lady, that might read this, if her husband lets her, that will smile and remember the above.

I'm going to post a photo of a book I did about my adventures in Vietnam. But first, I'm going to leave Donnie's photo up a while.

DISCLAIMER!!! I'm not trying to boast or bragg when I say stuff. NO WAY! I just assume some of you would like to know some of the crazy, unusal things and dumb butt stuff I've done over the years - NOTHING MORE! I doubt there are more than two or three of you that know and believe the stories anyway. That's cool. Russell Flammia had no idea I'd done an art print for VMI before yesterday. I had some guy question my exploits, in the book, until another guy informed him that a lot of my "G-Rated" stories and photos had been in various military publications and even a few books on Vietnam. When asked if he was telling the truth, to his men, Gen. George Patton replied, "It only matters that I know." Same deal here. BTW the book ain't no literary classic by any means and for those who know me; that shouldn't be a revelation. LOL. I did it as a release and a break from all of those serious books that never tell the real stuff and the fun stuff. YEAH! Funny things happen in combat; just like the real world.

I guess this would be a "Guy Thing" but if any of you ever want to read about an INCREDIBLE MAN, Google "Don Holleder", West Point grad. This man sacrificed his life TWICE for his commrads. You read me! TWICE! I got to know Major Holleder in Vietnam, but just read. It won't take long.

Since Randy Adams hasn't responded yet, Sonny Barger was THE PRES. of the Oakland Chapter of the Hell's Angels. I attended a POW/MIA family thing in Crystal City and then Pres. Bush the 1st was a speaker and I said, "You're full of s*#$!" Needless to say, I didn't get to hear anymore of his speech but I made my point. The POW/MIA issue is a very sensitive issue to me. All I'll say, and I'm sure it would only bore you; like who really killed JFK, RFK, MLK, MM etc. You guys remember Dorothy Kilgallen, right? "What's My Line?" OK. She had a REALLY HOT AFFAIR with Johnny Ray. She was actually a well read reporter. I never knew why she was on the panel. She interviewed Jack Ruby, (Oswald's killer) and was set to "Break" the story. BAM! Never got the chance. She was taken out of the picture. YEAH. You didn't know that? Why do I say she was taken out? Remember, back then we didn't have flash drives, and CD's to put info. on - it was all hard copy. Not one single note was found on the JFK investigation she was conducting. Imagine that. SIC. Follow up. Marilyn Monroe announced to her friends she was going to "Tell All" about her affairs with JFK and RFK. BAM! She too NEVER GOT THE CHANCE! And like Kilgallen, her diary was NEVER FOUND and everyone knew she kept one on her... activities. And there was Mary Pinchot Meyer... ahhh. If you jump forward some may recall Chandra Levy? NO! She was not connected to the JFK assassination - that I know of. Anyone remember Vince Foster? Yeah... history in both of those does repeat itself. 

Enough boring stuff for today. Keep on a "Rockin in the Free World"... Neil Young.

"The truth shell set you free... sucker", Aunt Ester from "Sanford and Son".  

Randy Adams

Hey Buddy. You are correct as usual about Sonny Barger. He was the original president of the Oakland Chapter.  When he moved to Arizona, Oakland was taken ove by a nice young man called "Cisco". Sonny also claimed the  title of National President of the club.  I'm not sure but I believe Sonny is back in Oakland and is in the midst of getting old. (HA)

We had some crazy times at the "park" and "Blue Shingles" and the railroad track pop into my mind.

Keep writing, lots of memories.

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU RANDY! Yes. Sonny went a little bonkers after his tour in a correctional facility, and set up a competing Hell's Angels in Zona. The guy that replaced him in Oakland trashed his "Colors" and left the club.

We must remember a lot of "TJ" people don't know "Blue Shingles" and maybe that's a good thing. LOL I recall the evening you ran ahead of the group and I got Louis Caplan and Joe Amory to "take the point" and you came from the other side of the bridge walking like a Zombie or something and Louis fell down yelling OMG... or something. LOL. You scared the living snot out of him. FUNNY AS ALL!!!

Frog and some guys went there with dates one Sat. night and some guys from Lakeside/Hermitage showed up and stuff happened and Frog told them, if they wanted anymore to come to Leo's. THIS WAS NOT A GOOD THING TO HAVE DONE. Later that night when the guys were leaving Leo's BANG, BANG, BANG!!! I think they counted 5-7 shots that hit the door and front window. Luckily, that's all they hit.

I was on the train trussle one day, with a date, (no names) while at TJ. We were going to Blue Shingles and I had this WONDERFUL PLAN that between the trussle and Blue Shingles she'd be scared and more receptive. I DIDN'T SAY I WAS A GREAT PLANNER, OK. LOL As you (Randy) know the trussle crosses the canal and the James, and you have a great view. Well, our view included a couple down on the rocks and they were enjoying A LOT more than the warm day. A LOT MORE! I started waving my arms and shouting. They finally looked up, waved back and con't. on. I thought this was far better than any idea I'd had. WRONG! It was, "Take me home time". I did but not after watching a few minutes more. LOL

Remember that construction job we had that summer? I still remember the supt. name - Carlson! Big red head guy. Remember, when Johnny Johnson or was it YOU and I tried to kill that BIG MOUTH GUY from RPI by dropping that sheet of plywood on his damn head. I mean it's a 100 degrees, you're sweating bullets and the last thing we needed was a guy with no more experience than us TELLING US WHAT THE *&%# TO DO! Remember coming home on a Thurs. and it started to pour down, and you got out of your car and started dancing because we weren't going to have to work the next day. LOL. I remember the first time you served a tennis ball at about a 100 MPH at me, and you, Frog and Johnny McGill (I think) laughing your #@%&*! off at my reaction.

Be cool my friend and Merry Christmas to you and your family!

I'll post another time about the morning we rode our motorcycles down Riverside Dr. and right into that police road check. Bonnie reminds me now and then about her having to get money to pay my court fine... 

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

Shortly after getting home from Vietnam, Randy Adams called and wanted me to go motorcycle riding with him. Well, I didn't have any insurance or tags and well... But Randy insisted if we went VERY EARLY on a Saturday morning and just rode along Riverside Dr. it would be cool. RIGHT! Actually that would be WRONG! LOL

We ran into a state police road check. Randy passed. I didn't. The trooper asked if I had insurance. "No". If I had a drivers license. "No". Asked if I had any tags for the bike. "No". Finally, he asked if it was my bike. "YES"! He laughed. I didn't.

My wife, to be, and I went to Chesterfield Courthouse and I wore my uniform with all of my little do-dads and such and was SURE the judge would let me off. Standing in the hallway and here comes "Leo". He was mad I hadn't confided in him, and said to give him $25 and he'd get me off. I said, "Leo. I'm cool. The judge is going to look at my uniform and all and cut me some slack. Leo got mad. When Leo got mad it was time to LOOK OUT! He said, "OK. I'll teach your smart @#%!"

I went before the judge a short time later and he fined me over $300 and told me not to try to get my license for 6 mos. Bonnie had to rush to a bank, and withdraw the money and come back and pay my fine. When we stopped at Leo's for lunch, Dorothy made the greatest cheese burgers, Leo went NUTS! The least he called me was a *&$#@%^! dumb )^&!!! Five people said I should have let Leo handle it. THANKS! If I had ESPN I would have seen that and done that you dumb butts! GEEZ!

I can only think of a few of you that knew or know of Leo. Ever heard THE MYTH that the FBI always gets its man? WRONG! They didn't get Leo. He made their Top 10 and died on the run in CA. A bunch of us were in "Leo's" after playing ball and Louis Caplan was talking a lot and got on Leo's nerves and Leo threw a butcher knife at Louis, (oh yeah. Louis was Willie's bro) and it stuck in the wall about a foot from Louis' head. Louis began to studder and we hustled him out. Another time, someone several of you would know, had gotten arrested for possession and was going to lose his job. Leo made one call, in front of all of us, and the charges were dropped on the spot. I know... I just make this crap up.

Stay turned for the next exciting episode of the Wild and Wacky World of Bozo Buddy. Thanks Randy for getting me thinking about some of my motorcycle days.   

Randy Adams

ALL OF THIS IS TRUE.  You can't make this stuff up. I do remember that construction job and the boss man. Were we trying to kill big mouth with the plywood? I thought we were just.......oh oh. Never mind.    One more thing about Leo. One day he asked me if I wanted to ride over to southside while he did a little business. Sure, why not. who is going to mess with you. While riding up Hull St. we were getting off on an off ramp. This little old lady was obviously going to slow for Leo so while I had my hands over my eyes he he rammed her in the back, spun her out and laughed as we drove by. He never stopped and we never saw a cop. He was no joke. Leo had a soft spot for all of us and was always there to listen to us too. 

Earl E. (Buddy) Cousins

LOL at Randy Adams. Yes! Leo was a highly complex individual. Can't say too much here because: A) most readers wouldn't believe it and B) it could get someone in trouble. I remember Leo would take Frog or Ida to play cards with him and they usually came out ahead. Nuff of that. He sometimes would ask one of the guys to drive a car up to D.C. and dump it and take the train home for a $100.00. I really wanted to do that, because mom and I could have used that, but he kept saying, "I don't want you to get into trouble Cousins". Yeah... but I/we needed that money. Geez. One day, this time of the season, Leo pulled me over into one of those half-booths, up front, and said, "Stay right there." Next thing he's bringing me Smithfield ham sandwiches, yams and pie. Who knows where it came from. I only know it taste GREAT!

Randy, remember Helen and Jimmy Poulus (?). Helen give me my first pizza-burger and I haven't had a better one since. WOW! That was GREAT! One day I was trying to count my change to see if I had enough for a Pepsi and chips and Helen told me to put my money away. This ball player, tried hitting on Helen and she yelled, "Cousins! What you think bout man who plays on my husbands baseball team trying to get me to go out with him?" All I wanted to do was to slid off that stool and crawl out the door. I said, "I don't think it's fair" or some other great words of wisdom. There's more to it, but it isn't G-Rated for here. LOL

I also remember that "Blind Date" you arranged for me. YEAH! Hope you didn't think I'D EVER FORGET THAT NIGHT! I owe you one for that. I knew I was in DEEP #@%& when I knocked on her door, she answered and I said, "Is your daughter here"? SO HELP ME I SAID THAT!

If we don't exchange any mail before then, Wishing you and your family a Very Merry Christmas!