Robert Eldridge: BLOG

Hey Folks,

It has been a while. The last time I sent out an email to my list
was back in July. Since we last talked many things are changing in
my life for the better! My wife, Julie and I anxiously waiting for
the birth of our baby on the 24th of October and we are in the
process of getting things ready for the little one. We have no
choice but to get ready for this exciting day.

Also, I am currently working on my MBA in Accounting and Finance
through REGIS UNIVERSITY (one of Jesuit order of schools) and so far
it has not been a "cakewalk" whatsoever. I am really enjoying the
curriculum though. I know what you are saying. "You are crazy with
baby on the way, working full-time and playing music".

Speaking of music, I will be performing at the (NEW) Soiled Dove
Underground this Sat October 6th 2007 doing support for Alex Bugnon.
If you have not been to the NEW Soiled Dove Underground, then you are
surely missing out on one Denver's premier and classy music venues.
The doors open at 8pm with the show starting a 9pm. I will be
performing a 40-minute set.

Finally, I just received a rough copy of footage of one of my shows
recorded by cinematographer David Liban from the Walnut Room back in
July and I hope to start editing the footage when I get some
"blue-sky" to possibly have a DVD/CD release in 2008. We will see
:-) hope all is well and take care.

Thank for listening


Robert Eldridge



http://www.roberteldridge.com

http://regis.edu

http://www.tavernhospitalitygroup.com/soiled_dove

http://www.alexbugnon.com/
Or
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=215056231

http://www.davidliban.com/home.html

P.s. I am playing a private dinner party at Chinook's on Friday
therefore I will resume regular Friday shows next week.... It is kind
of contingent upon "contractions :-)

Let us start, to make some “cool-aid” and connect the dots to the real reason why we are in Iraq? Do you know the name Ray Hunt? According to FORBES last year, Ray Hunt was on the list on the #292 Richest Person in the world and getting richer This is a basic scratch your back scenario. Ray Hunt was one of the “241 Bush pioneers” in 2000. The “pioneers” were “W” loyalist that raised a minimum of $100,000 for his campaign. There is nothing wrong with raising a little bit of money. Let’s continue. He was the finance chair for the RNC in 2000. Hunt served on the Board of Director of Halliburton (and yes he was in the Dick Cheney secret energy meeting in Jan 2001 along with witness protected Ken Lay) One month after September 11, 2001, the “bushies”appointed Ray Hunt to the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (he get basically inside information to where Iraqi oil is located by having classified access being an appointee). He is a member of the NPC (National Petroleum Council), they advise “bushies” on energy policy. Hunt is also the CEO of his privately held namesake Hunt Oil Company with operations around the world.

Let get to the “meat” and potatoes” of my point. For those of you that watched the speech Thursday, take note of the Bush statement about how the Maliki government needs to pass the oil law. (In the 2nd largest reserve in the world). Of course the “bushies” are adamant about Maliki passing this legislation. A good part of the oil is located in the Northern Kurdish region. Guess what? Are buddy Ray Hunt is greedy. He just scored a deal with his privately held Hunt Oil Company with the Kurds for some oil sharing by passing any legislation set forth. Of course the Kurds are separate from those within the Maliki government. Despite that, the Maliki government is pissed. I don’t blame Hunt for fucking things up for the “bushies”or maybe it was just a calculated moved by the “bushies” to stir up the pot with Turkey. He is just doing his job that was set out in those Dick Cheney secret energy meetings. What kills me is the fact that the “bushie” are pressuring the Maliki government more on the passing these laws rather than pressuring or being concerned with the Iraqi government to taking control of their own damn security. Again, as mentioned earlier, that is scapegoat. The “bushie” are right they are addicted to oil. Old Ray Hunt could not wait. He had to go off and score his own deal.

How is it a person so connected to Whitehouse goes off and score a deal with the Kurds on their oil? Isn’t there some sort of conflict of interest? This is just an example of the continued corruption on this premeditated occupation of the 2nd largest oil reserve in the world. What pissing me off is the fact that this bullshit of trying to liberate the Iraqi people boils down to merely liberating the Iraqi people of their oil? The “bushies” are just playing the “quid pro game” to those elite 241 pioneers. He has payback to all his "pioneers". Don’t drink the “cool aid”

... the government has to convince the America public and the powers that be on a so called "War" and its success. What country are we fighting? In the game of chess, you have two sides. The black pieces and the white pieces make up the components. Chess is about strategy against two entities. What chessboard is the Bush Administration using? This whole occupation boils down to the fact the government wants Iraqi oil period. Many are speculating that the Dick Cheney secret energy meetings back in January of 2001 along with Key Lay (who's buried in that grave) and a handful of Cheney Oil cronies/oil executives had an internal ballyhooing session about how to expand the "pot of black gold" and "Texas tea" in another part of the world.

Let's breakdown parts of the list of countries with the largest oil reserves: Of course, the number one country with the largest oil reserves with a staggering estimated 265.3 billion barrels of oil is Saudi Arabia. Where did the original 9/11 hijackers come from? Rounding out the country with the second largest oil reserves in the world, we come to Iraq balancing out the scales with an estimated 115 billion barrels of oil. I am no conspiracy theorist, but it does not take a monkey to speculate on that coincidence. Kuwait is number 3 and guess what? Iran contains the 4th largest reserves of oil in the World. There goes that conspiracy theory phone again.

I really could care less what General Petreaus and his crew has to say on the success of the surge in Iraq or even the so called “War”. It is just a smoke screen. We all know success is not achieved until the second largest reserve in the whole world is flowing with the “black gold” and lining the pockets of the fat cats smoking cigars sitting in there leather chairs or oil profits flowing to all connected people in the infamous Dick Cheney secret energy meeting including Ken Lay. All this smoke screen idiocy about “freedom for the Iraqi people”, “establishing democracy in the middle east”,” they hate us for our freedom”, we have to fight them over there bullshit is nothing more than a game of “blind man bluff “ against the American public and the world masquerading the real reason.

Instead of having Petreaus testify on the success of the surge, we should have Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Shahristani declare when the pipelines will be flowing with that good ole “Texas teas”. Then, we will know that success was achieved in the 2nd largest reserve of oil in the world. Oh yea, I forgot. The 4th largest reserve is right next door. That is another story for another day. Check!... your move….


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Of course we have seen the fallout of the sub-prime sectors with the hedge-funds, brokerage firms and the America consumer. The cycle will continue with a whole new set of mortgage resets later this year and later in 08'. No one is talking about the pension funds and credit unions that have these badly rated CDO's and CMO's. I think we will see a crisis brewing on that front despite what the federal reserve will do. I think the market has priced a 25-50 basis cut in interest rate. It will help the markets in the near term, but the down-trend will resume. The fed rate cut will be seen as as a "band-aid" after the fact. Cash is king. Buy and hold the Gold. Short the financials. Be long high-tech.

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Government officials are warning consumers not to use AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution, a contact lens solution used for cleaning and storing soft contact lenses, because use of the solution may be linked to an increased risk of a rare, yet severe eye infection, the Associated Press reports.


The warning was announced after an ongoing government investigation found a potential association between use of the contact lens solution and an increased risk of Acanthamoeba keratitis.



Acanthamoeba keratitis is a painful eye infection that can cause permanent vision loss or blindness. The CDC estimated 85 percent of U.S. cases of the disease occur in contact lens users. The solution of concern is manufactured by the Advanced Medical Optics Inc. based out of Santa Ana, California.



The possible connection between the use of AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution and Acanthamoeba kertitis was first suspected in 2004 by a University of Illinois-Chicago ophthalmologist, Dr. Elmer Tu, who noticed more than a dozen cases of the eye infection. Normally, Dr. Tu sees no more than two cases in a year.



UIC doctors had treated 35 patients with Acanthamoeba kertitis between May 2003 and September 2006. Yu was cited by the AP as saying that about 55 percent of the cases used Advanced Medical Optics products exclusively.



According to the AP, UIC investigators believe amoeba, which is the infection agent, does not get into the solution during the manufacturing process, but that the solution does not prevent the eye infection. People can get the infection when they wear contact lens and swim.



The CDC in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating 138 cases after they received reports on a possible link between the AMO contact lens solution and Acanthamoeba kertitis.



So far, 46 patients had been reviewed, among whom 36 used contact lenses and some sort of solution and 21 reported use of the AMO contact lens solution within a month of onset of symptoms, the AP reports.



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For more information about the CDC health advisory and study report, read the following cited from the CDC.


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Just trying to connect with old friends from Food Operations...at Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH...drop me a message

cheers

robert eldridge

I want a healthy baby. She is due around October 24th, 2007. It does not matter if it is a boy or girl. All I want is a healthy baby.

I will keep you posted

the ecstatic guitarist!

Robert Eldridge

It seems that that Fox News, ala friend of Rupert Murdoch Jim Howard( PM of Australia) is trying to castigate Democratic President hopeful Barack Obama. Why is Jim Howard attacking Barack? Who put him up to attacking Barack? We all know the answers to those questions.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=15archive/&entry_id=13406

If you choose to enhance your page on the popular page MYSPACE, then do so with caution. The popular habit of "pimping out your page" or enhancing your page will open up the door to all kinds of SPYWARE, MALWARE and other malicious programs or bugs that can slowly eat away your computer and destroy your hard drive.....BE CAREFUL.....

Last Friday, I drove over to the Safeway store right around the corner of my office to get some saline solution for my contacts. As I was driving into to the parking lot. This Englewood or Greenwood Village police officer observered me with a suspicious eye. I did not think anything of it at the time. I got out of my car and went into Safeway to get my fluid. Out of the corner of my eye I see him proceeds to stop and of course get out of his car. The officer then comes into to the store maybe to get some donuts or something. I asked the clerk where the saline solution was and she said the shelf over there. I said, "I don't see it". She then said, "I thought you meant the other saline(nasal?) She then said, The other side of the aisle. Bingo, I found my solution. I then look up and see Officer Gary Livingston (I was so close that I was able to see his name therefore I noted ) in the next aisle with that typical cautionous profiling look given to ethnographic people such as me. I got my saline went to the check out line. It was 6 deep with one checker. I said screw this, I will get myself a grande sugar free hazel-nut latte at the Starbucks kiosk in Safeway because I knew the line would be short. Of course at the time Officer Livingston was in the front of store watching me. I left the store with my saline and latte. I did not look back to see if the bacon was done. Crime-SHOPPING WHILE BLACK

Back again, Saturday...Thursday my wife and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We went skiing ( my second time ever) up in Breckenridge. The weather was great. We came back to Denver ate Thanksgiving dinner at Chinook Tavern in Cherry Creek( excellent food and cuisine)...Today I was placed again at my favorite location, the south end of DIA in front of the security check in...I had great time again. This two year boy along with his father really got into one of my finger-picking ditties. You should have seen this kid. He was strumming along as if he had guitar. I asked his father if he had a guitar. Without hesitation, he said yes....that kid is going to be star...!...another great day...

Today I was placed in one of favorite parts of the Airport in the south end. The acoustic are fantastic. My guitar "mojo" was definetly one. It is shame that I cannot receive tips with this gig. I would have raked in the dough The city compensates the musician for their gift of music. While I was playing one of new songs(Unus Monasticas) that will be featured on future I had a music student major from Minnesota ask me if I made living off of music. I said, I don't, but I did tell him it is possible. I would have to charge more for weddings in the whole number game scheme. Anywho...great day

Today I was placed right before the security check it at concourse A near the office where many of the DIA employees walk in and out. At first it was kinda hard to get my guitar mojo going. After the first hour it was kinda like riding a bike. I had more comments from the TSA employees versus the passengers waiting to get their bags scrutinized for the usual TSA guideline for luggage etc.. It was nice seeing previous employees at the airport hang out and listen to me pluck out what I do best on the guitar. One guy stated one of my compositions sounded the beginning of Hotel California and I somwhat scoffed not blatantly at him Yeah....I..He also said, that anyone who could play like that is a picker...I guess I felt flattered at his comment. Overall, It was a good first day all four hours. Do it again tommorrow.

Hey guys,

Here's the catch...I will send you a personalized burned and signed
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Cheers

Robert Eldridge

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This offer expires 12-31-06

Hey folks,

just getting geared for the holiday season with bookings....drop me a line if you are interested...

Robert E.

What a rush!...It was an very incredible experience I cannot adequately put into words. I would like to thank all of the people that came out and supported this charity event set up by the members of OPIE GONE BAD. This is what dreams are made of.....

The show 24 is an incredible show. My wife and I are totally addicted to the show. We just rented the first 4 Seasons through NETFLIX and are currently downloading Season 5 through MYSPACE. We are looking forward to JAN of 07 for Season 6.

Hey guys,

If you happen to be up tonight at 1AM, then check out ColoradoRock after Austin City Limits on the local PBS KBDI tonight....a show I played at Andolini's a few months back recorded live or TIVO it....

ciao

th e&MG

How can this "harpie" wake up every day and ever be happy. She is a fraud and a hypocrite reaping benefits from the misery of others.