From RP Morris - Linc Rep for Cass County
(2/5/07 posted with permission):

Well, the cold weather has finally arrived, and I finally have a 'compooter' that works, [for more than 2 weeks at a time.] I finally got on the Cass Co Web-site to see whaddup, and it hasn't been up-dated since September. That was almost the last time I made a meeting.......Oh well, it's still here, and I'm still breathing, and, oh well. Getting ready to send in my dues to State Office for me and DD, and my MRF dues too, to D.C. I don't know if this is going to Karin or whoever, but, hope it gets sent around to those who belong to ABATE, Cass County, and hope to see you all at Jan 27th mtg. We could use a good old fashioned membership drive about then thru Feb's mtg, to get the members to "cometothedamdmtgs".----------------------- A call out was held May 1986 over at Bob's, now called the Corner Pub, and we had maybe 10 people, Spider, Cherokeekee, teeehee, me, KY, remember him?, Andyf*ckinBookmiller, LOBO, Wolfy Elmlinger and a couple others from Logan/Cass County, PLUS The Directors for REG 4 AND 1, Digger and Putt, Harley, Lori, I think, Tom Wolfe and Simms(rip), and I believe it was the 1st time I ever met all those cats. Well, we got active, and had meetings here and there, on the road, at parties, went to my 1st Boogey, got superf----edup, worked the dragstrip, got superf---edup, and seen Duke for the 1st time, oh and got superf---edup, God Bless Beamblossommmmmmmm! We had a comradery that was the 1ST great memory of my Harley Davidson Life......Then a couple bitches each throwed a shitball right into the whole mix. Mary and I divorced and I got custody of Nick [aka lil'farmboy], and Cherokee ditched Spider and her County Reps position, and Balls called me up and said, "seeing that you write the newletter article, and go to all the mtgs, and you are a real ABATE DO-ER, [yeah, right] you are the new Cass County Rep. I thought, [yeah, right]. You talk about a Raccoon in the hen house, what a shitstorm on my shoulders. There you had an alcoholic in the midst of his upward spiral down, getting physically, spiritually, financially, mentally, emotionally and whatever adjective you want to fill in the blank........dry...SOBER...dry!!!!!!!!for short periods of 2 and then 3 days, then maybe a week here or there, just to get out the flyers, take the MRC, talking scooters and biker rights with anybody on 2 wheels, sign up anyone who'd lay down the 15 bucks,and hope without knowing where it was gonna go, that these bikers would sign up more people, and they get their friends to join, and "cometothedamndmtgs" and we get to ride without a skidlid on our heads. [I drank an awful lot of pepsi.] ---------------------------------- I got into it just for that fight, and I am staying in it just for that reason, and that reason only. The original meaning of the acronym for ABATE is A BROTHERHOOD AGAINST TOTALITARIAN ENACTMENTS, and that flies, still, at the top of the flagpole of my mind, because we are only as far away from those enactments as a 51-49 Vote, and a political "reach-around" from anybody at the Statehouse who has something (a vote in committee on a last minute amendment to legislation that HAS TO GET PASSED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF SOCIETY), and wake-up RP, you gotta go buy yerself a skid-lid today!!!!! I stuck with the Rep's position for a few years, then in 1989 got bumped up to be Monkey's Co Director, then got called back to the Railroad from 8 years layoff 1990, and had to move to Ohio. I worked and lived in Columbus for 5 years, got involved as an officer with Franklin Co. Region 9, and made some very good friends, and some rather not good enemies. In 1995 I got to move back to the farm and work in Indy. My Harley Beast got stole before I could go back to Columbus and haul it home. ( Oh, and in 1992, I got 2 DUI's 88 days apart, and had a couple of other charges hangin over my head.......I looked up at a Judge and he asked me, "have you ever gotten into any trouble, fights, or other charges when you were not drinking or drugging?" I got sober, I GOT SOBER! Don't let it scare you, and don't you dare let it impress you, It sucks, but it is the best thing , next to gettin involved with you people, that I have ever done for myself in my entire life. I am still crazy, I just don't take mood altering substances to get that way. I'd probably be dead or in jail now if I hadn't said goodby to the Crown Royal. NUFFSED) NOTE***My Harley Beast showed up in Chandler, Arizona, 1999, 4days later it was back in my dad's barn------------------------------I am feeling right now that if we could get those 20 people into the doors of Shooters, that I could get back into that 20 dollars to the 20th person, [or have a drawing for 50-50 and add that 20 dollars to the winning ticket}whatever. OK? Every person who belongs to ABATE owns ABATE, you are in charge of your voice in matters, events, meeting times and places, everything that happens comes from the quorum of your attending ideas and ideals. We need to get with the program, between the Government, and the Big Brother Ideal-asses, we stand in the lobby, watching every move they make, and protecting our sport, our lifestyle, and our personal selves.........TOGETHER WE CAN DO WHAT ALONE I CANNOT.......COME TO THE MEETINGS, SIGN UP ANOTHER BIKER ...... REGISTER TO VOTE, AND VOTE! IF YOU ARE NOT DOING SOMETHING TO SUPPORT YOUR SPORT AND LIFESTYLE, THEN YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT CAN DESTROY IT.....'keep it sighted in'.....farmboy R.P. MORRIS 574-702-0702 rp_morris@netzero.com :