If you are going to Ocala for the winter and you need a new truck, you might consider going to Nations Trucks in Sanford, Florida. The dealership is offering a free AK-47 assault rifle with every truck purchase. I’m not sure which is my favorite quote from a local newspaper report; the Vietnam veteran who said “I’ve had them shot at me [but] because I need a truck or want a truck — that’s why I’m here,” or the dealership owner who said “it would be the same if someone came in and got drunk and killed five people: we aren’t liable for what they do once they purchase it.”
Like the printing press, the AK-47 is one of the most influential inventions in history–a cheap, mass producible automatic weapon that is easy to operate and will shoot under any conditions. It’s inventor, Mikhail Kalashnikov, has played a tiny role in perhaps more deaths than any human in history. And you can own one with your next truck purchase. Link courtesy of BC. Now, let’s take a look at a few news and notes:
–The Daily Mail has outdone their journalistic standards with breaking news that riding is good for your health.
—The Jurga Report has more details about how absurd it is that several Indian equestrian team horses have not been allowed into China for the Asian Games. Apparently the Indian horses were denied entrance due to positive tests for Western diseases not found in India, despite the fact that if the horses had the alleged diseases they would be overwhelmingly ill, and despite the fact that the horses were retested with negative results. China wouldn’t let a box of fried rice across the border if it threatened their chances to win.
–The New York Post is reporting that Georgina’s Bloomberg’s boyfriend, speed-skating gold-medalist Joey Cheek, dumped her four days after a show jumping fall that hospitalized her. Georgina fell from her horse at a November 5th competition and eventually went to the hospital with a concussion and fractured vertebra. We can officially add Joey Cheek to Eventing Nation’s list of people going straight to hell. Georgina is good looking, she’s worth a billion dollars, she rides, and she seems pretty cool–somebody put in a good word for me.
—Best of the Blogs: P Dutty clinic recap from Golightly Sport Horses
–The Big Lead, which is one of my favorite non-horse blogs, has posted a video of a bull jumping into the crowd at a rodeo. It is a miracle that someone didn’t die although one woman was taken to the hospital. Remember to not sit in the front row the next time you go to a rodeo, which for me will be never.
The eventing at the Asian Games is approaching rapidly and we will have a report from Terri Impson later today to get us ready for the jog on Wednesday. We will also be introducing a new guest writer on Eventing Nation soon. Stay tuned throughout the day and I’ll see you soon…
