Kountzer

I remember when TV used to end. That was a long time ago, timewise and culturally speaking. We only had kfdm channel 6, channel 4 and channel 12 what ever it's call sign was. Cutting edge were the uhf channels. Then we got the color tv which was 4 ft wide and 2.5 feet deep, or so it seems now. My friends had cable tv. They used to tell me about comedy shows I'd never heard of. The idea of paying to watch cable tv was anathema to my parents. I didn't start watching cable until I was 30 years old and married.

I enjoy the John Phillips Souza and the Aggie marching band versions as well.

The qb for Jasper named Sells. I think the Silsbee guy that hit him has the same last name. They're probably distant cousins.

The NFL isn't going any where. There are too many sports junkies in this country. "Too many of those and too many degenerate sports gamblers. Besides, the nfl and football in general is a false religion anyway. Ain't no way the devil is going to let a time waster like that fall to the wayside.

Silsbee is good enough to win it all again in 4A. They are not good enough to do all that other stuff.

That's one of the things I dislike about offseason ball. People jump to conclusions before the real season gets going.

A lot of experience and talent graduated from Silsbee last season, not to mention strong personalities as well. When football is over and the team comes together I expect they will gel and then make a strong run in the playoffs. They just have to maybe weather some early storms.

It amazes me how Trump went out of his way during his campaign and presidency to malign and mock many people, and yet Clinton uses the word deplorable one time, and it becomes a rallying cry.

Learn from the mistakes of last season. Forget about being state champs, as much as you can. Winning it all was a nice psychological hurdle to cross. What seemed elusive and almost down right mythical can be seen now as just something to do. Get hungry, if you're not already there. Stay hungry. Go out & win it all again.

This is the wrong part of cyberspace to be in a discussion about black perspective. I can think of other places I would feel comfortable having that discussion. Personally I stand for the anthem. i sometimes put my hand on my heart. When i served in the military I saluted the flag. At the same time I enjoyed Jimi Hendrix version of the star spangled banner at woodstock. I watched when US sprinters John Carlos & Tommie Smith gave the black power salute during the anthem at the olympics in Mexico in 1968. I didn't think they would ever get another job, but they did. As for what this guy had to say in his video, it is kind of tired, trite even, but used over and over in this forum and elsewhere. The guys here and elsewhere will search until they find a black person whose point of view they like, then throw the video or article in your face. That's just one guy saying whatever. I could easily find 20 videos of people saying something else. If I cared enough to put that much effort into it I would. IMO Jimi "said it" best: Hendrix Star Spangled Banner.

Trump plays to his political base. They are the ones who got him elected. They have a big say in keeping him in office. He has very little broad political support. He has alienated most of that. So he says and does things that his loyalists like to hear. When he spoke to the group of police officers and told them to rough up people, in so many words. His base liked that. Same thing when he went before the UN and threatened to totally destroy N Korea. Calling NFL players who take the knee SOBs he is doing the same thing, namely saying what his loyalists want to hear.

I just heard that the new HISD basketball schedulele has been released. If true then the Silsbee schedule can't be far behind.

I read somewhere Silsbee vs Center away, Tuesday Dec 19th 2017.

Slazinski & Smith were an exciting b-ball duo. I saw them and the WC team twice last year. Smith's drive down the lane & slam against Silsbee would be legendary if it were recorded just right. Getting there at 9:30am to watch Westbury Christian is not as big of a deal now.

I've visited a church in that area. I also worked over there for awhile. May have to explain why I won't be home til 10 on thanksgiving eve. If I could i would get there at 9:00am & watch Westbury Christian. I doubt if I will be able to. Quinn Slazinski is gone. I guess it's Charles Smith IV's team, so to speak. Hopefully I can see some of the Lamar v PA Memorial game. All of the games look interesting. Is there not a second basketball showcase? Last year Silsbee played two games in two locations thanksgiving weekend.

Yes, that was Chris Rossow's team. If I could go back I would of watched more than one Brazosport game just to see him play. Maybe I can catch him playing on TV at the next level. I think he is playing at a small college in Missouri. They have the big guy coming back. They have a decent guard from last year, and a forward that I remember. Barring the unforeseen, like a superstar move in nobody knows about, B'port should be good, but not as dynamic as last season's team. You never really know though, until you run against them for four quarters.

Yate's coach Greg Wise probably doesn't want to play Silsbee this early in the season. Good time to see what Brazosport is about this season. All of those games are must see games.

I lived in Beaumont after i got out of high school for a year or so, over on magnolia, on the Northside. I was working at the Eastex paper mill in Evadale. I was making good money doing that, but I had one problem. I didn't like shift work. I have problems with insomnia. If I sleep more than 4 or 5 hours in a night that's a good night. Shift work had me all messed up. To save face, being I didn't want to just up and quit that good paying job, I joined the military, the US Coast Guard. So, I have lived in Beaumont. I think Irving street has a lot of night clubs, if you want to call them that. I never was much of a night life person, so I didn't hang out over there. The way i see it there is good and bad. Evil and not so evil, kinda good. Racism is a subset of evil, getting algebraic with it. Put it like this, if I am out driving in a new, nice car and i stop someplace, maybe Irving st. I get jumped, the guy, a fellow black person, shoots me dead and takes my car. Question is, was I dealing with evil or racism? Maybe he was a little of both. It really doesn't matter because I'm gone on to kingdom come. Maybe the police catch this guy. By the laws of the land they judge him a criminal and put him in prison. Crime and criminality is another subset of evil. I'm no logic and philosophy expert, but I think somewhere in all that I made a point. I was trying to anyway.

Racist, evil, serial killer whatever you want to call this guy I don't think he will be seeing life outside of prison bars for a long time, probably life. I am tempted to say that I wouldn't walk down Irving street either at 9:00pm on a Saturday night. The only problem is it has been so long since I lived in Beaumont, Silsbee and the greater golden triangle I don't remember where Irving street is. I would have to drive into Beaumont then use gps to find it.

I left my home in Silsbee to join the coast guard. I've never really lived in Silsbee since, but I visit from time to time. I would have loved to have seen coast guard Helos flying ops in my hometown.

I am sure the schools and school district has beefed up the security and police presence, because some type of conflict is going to break out. It probably already has.

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i hope everyone is okay and coping well with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. In regards to students displaced by the storm, from the UIL: The University Interscholastic League is providing a waiver process for displaced student-athletes who wish to participate at their new location after the wake of Hurricane Harvey. While the League said in a press release that the hope is all students return to their original schools, it might not be ideal considering the damage from the storm. Information regarding the waiver process has been provided to UIL member schools and will be made available on the UIL website in the next few days. Additionally, the UIL announced it will provide flexibility to affected schools as the impact of the storm is assessed and necessary accommodations are determined on a case-by-case basis. This should get interesting.

I've never been to Lakewood. The last time I was in that building it was at a Rockets game. I don't watch Osteen on tv either. That's just me. So, I don't have an opinion about him opening his church to evacuees.