View from the cop

By Daytunaguy

February 25, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

Strippers need love too!

By Carbon Footprint

February 25, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

Steve ROse: is there any data about what method wins more times: Let the computer pick your number, or you yourself pick the number?

By ElBubba

February 25, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this

Well, it wasn’t me but I’m sure glad another bubba-type from GA won it!

By David

February 25, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this

To Robert & Tonya Congrats Get a financial advisor.

By sandy

February 25, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

JUST TAKE YOUR TIME….BEST OF LUCK…

By Brenda

February 25, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this

I hope and wish the best for you I am asking God if we can one day be Blessed like you both were.

By Muffin

February 25, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

I wouldn’t say they are “blessed” just yet. Sometimes winning the lottery is the worst thing that can happen to someone. I concur with the above, however: get a financial adviser STAT. Don’t try to handle this money on your own or you will screw it up. You just got the same amount a Britney Spears or Tom Cruise has in the bank except all at once. Don’t let it mess with your head.

By NJ

February 25, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

Judging by the dumb actions these people have made already (e.g., making themselves known within 5 minutes of winning, attending TV shows and press conferences, etc), I am sure they will go through that money in a year’s time and be back in the trailer soon enough.

By reader

February 25, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this

It’s really something that the winning numbers had meaning for them and were not just some random pick. Congrats & best wishes to the Harrises.

By LydiasDad

February 25, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

Geez Carbon Footpring, it doesn’t matter. You have an equally bad chance of winning either way. If you pick the same 6 numbers every time you have the SAME chance of winning as if you picked a different set of 6 each time. The computer option is just to get you out of their store a little faster. If you don’t understand what I just said, you have no business buying lottery tickets.

By jarret

February 25, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

I’m happy that you are given a chance to really ENJOY life. Invest for the future of your offsprings offspring:) May God keep you and protect you cause i betcha not everyone is happy that you won. Be blessed!

By Nimesh

February 25, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

To Carbon Footprint who asked which method wins the most, either random picks or numbers picked by the player. Well according to Powerball their records indicate that 70% of winners win through random picks where they let the machine pick the numbers.

By jarret

February 25, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this

I’m happy that you are given a chance to really ENJOY life. Invest for the future of your offsprings offspring:) May God keep you and protect you cause i betcha not everyone is happy that you won. Be blessed!

By LydiasDad

February 25, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

Alright Nimesh, your answer was even dumber than Carbon Footprint’s question. 70% is not an indicator of which method is better, but an indication of which method people use more often. More people use the computer method, so more people who win WILL HAVE USED the computer method. If no one used the computer method, the percentage of winners using the computer method would be 0%. Would that mean that picking your own numbers is better? Powerball’s making an *ss of you, and they laugh whenever they think of someone using that statistic.

By Peach

February 25, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

I’m happy for the winner, but he should stop saying it is a blessing from God because the bible condemns gambling. Buying lottery tickets and playing the lottery is gambling and hasing nothing to do with God…

By Peach

February 25, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

I’m happy for the winner, but he should stop saying it is a blessing from God because the bible condemns gambling. Buying lottery tickets and playing the lottery is gambling and has nothing to do with God…

By Peach

February 25, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

I’m happy for the winner, but he should stop saying it is a blessing from God because the bible condemns gambling. Buying lottery tickets and playing the lottery is gambling and has nothing to do with God…

By Peach

February 25, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this

The devil is who the lottery winner should be thanking for his ill gotten gain…gambling is the devil’s sport. The love of money is the root of all evil. Let’s see how his life is a few years from now…

By LydiasDad

February 25, 2008 3:03 PM | Link to this

Tell me (anyone): Which sequence has a better chance of winning:

1,2,3,4,5,6

OR

30, 35, 25, 1, 10, 15 ?

By One

February 25, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this

Sad to say, based on the actions of the winners so far, their dumb as he!!, and the money will be gone in a few years. I wiuld never, ever, allow my name, face and any other info about me connected to a winning jackpot. They should have set up a trust, claimed the ticket in the name of the trust, hired a financial advisor, and kept quiet for as long as possible……………maybe plan to move far away from where they live now, and then tell the family. I’m sure they’ll bleed them dry………..gimme, gimme, gimme!!

By Mark Miller

February 25, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this

i agree with One…I would throw my cell phone in the trash, leave my car in the driveway, get a hotel room and claim my winnings with a family member lacking no trust. Once received, I would be gone contacting a financial advisor and accountant. After and only after I was situated would I contact anyone else.

By tman

February 25, 2008 3:51 PM | Link to this

To One, anyone who wins the lottery thier name is public knowledge. They don’t have to get on TV but thier name is public knowledge and anyone can find out who won.

By Mark

February 25, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

PEACH - get over yourself and the Bible thumping garbage. It depends on your understanding of God. The lottery is also an opinion in regards to gambling. It really is not a loss as it can be claimned on your income taxes as an expense as well as the much of the proceeds help other areas such as education. The way I see it I am donating to charity and if God thinks i should be paid back by winning, then it is his work.

By JB

February 25, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

To tman: If it is a blind trust, there will be no name. An agent (lawyer) will set up the blind trust. The beneficiary of the trust is not named.

By tman is wrong

February 25, 2008 4:09 PM | Link to this

tman, actuallly you can claim the money in a blind trust. the owner of the trust is not public knowledge.

By Chiefs fan

February 25, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

Man, if I won I’d tell the WORLD!

By galotto

February 25, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

Yall fools can say what you want, but i would take my money and spend it however i wanted! i mean if you buy everything and than payeevrything off your set! I mean if your worried about the insurance later on by the insurance company!!! WHO CARES!! Some people are so jelous!!! But hey um winners, i was you brother-cousins0nephews- once removed-stepfathers mechancic with one eye, can you lone me a 100G thanks

By NICK

February 25, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

Wow Steve!

You really have a “hard on” for strippers.

Was your mother one?

By the looks of you, if she was, she probablly didn’t last in the business too long.

By Allen

February 25, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this

If you are looking for the best way to win, you obviously don’t understand the meaning of “random.” You have the same chance of winning no matter how many people buy tickets or what method they use. A SWAG won’t help you predict the result of a toss of a coin any better than a WAG will.

By Andrew

February 25, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

Donate some $$$ to the Georgia Southern boosters… we’re right down the road.

By mark

February 25, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this

NICK,

nice to see you stick up for the stripper. by the appearance of your response your wife which the rest of the world still considers your sister must have dumped you while dancing at the local bar.

By LydiasDad

February 25, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

Boy, these are some high-brow retorts. Bunch of lottery ticket scratchers…

By Gern

February 25, 2008 6:14 PM | Link to this

Nick-got your own parking place at Cheetah? Bragging that all the girls know you when you fire up your home made garbage truck for your daily recyclable rounds? Get your paycheck cashed all in ones? Still going home alone? How’s the mullet? Poor guy-sitting there all alone on the bottom shelf of life.

By Goddess

February 25, 2008 6:22 PM | Link to this

He said he was “happy”? Really? Cuz I saw both of them on the Today Show and they weren’t even cracking a smile. I’ve seen more enthusiasm from patients at the dentist’s office.

By Steve

February 25, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

As someone pointed out, they are not starting off well by turning themselves into instant celebrities. That is the opposite of what they should have done, and is not a great sign. An irrevocable spendthrift trust may be in order for people who do not make great decisions.

By unclefast

February 25, 2008 6:40 PM | Link to this

Portal High School(my alma mater) REALLY needs a new gym. 4 or 5 million could get it built!

By Give me some money

February 25, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this

I can tell by reading this blog that everybody is jealous including me.

By Give me some money

February 25, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this

I can tell by reading this blog that everybody is jealous including me.

By stacey

February 25, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this

I hope and pray that this couple makes the right decisions about this newly gained money and the fame that will come with it. We have probably heard stories about lottery winners that went for broke within a few years. I hope they take some time to themselves and breathe, then they should sit down together and decide how to spend the money. I would see a trusted financial advisor ASAP. I hope they don’t make too many mistakes. I was shocked to hear the wife wanted a Mercedes. When people aren’t used to having money, sometimes they don’t make the wisest decisions. I wish them well.

By Portal, GA

February 25, 2008 6:58 PM | Link to this

The IRS gets 39% and the church gets 10%. I don’t know how state taxes figure in. First, you get an unlisted phone number, an accountant, and a half dozen assorted rifles and handguns. Then you go to voter registration and change to Republican. Then you pay off all your debts. Then you buy a red monster truck with UGA plates “270MIL”. Then you buy UGA football season tickets. Then you buy several bulldogs from Sonny Seiler. Then you buy the best land in Portal and build a mansion. Then you take a million dollars and set up a foundation where the kids who grew up in Portal and make good grades get a scholarship to UGA. Finally, put in your will that everyone who attends your funeral will be eligible for a random drawing of $20,000.

By LOL

February 25, 2008 7:20 PM | Link to this

Great comment By Portal

By AP

February 25, 2008 7:38 PM | Link to this

One has it right…..when I heard on Saturday that the winner had stepped forward my first thought was WTH!!!!

The lottery office is closed for the weekend, but he’s letting the cat out of the bag. I’m betting by Sunday evening he’d heard from every in-law, out-law, and ex-law, family, friend, ex-friend, and children he didn’t even know he had and every single one of them had a hard luck story or an idea for a “cain’t miss bizness”.

I think he’d have been better off if he had gone to the bank, rented a safe deposit box, stuck the ticket in there for safe keeping. Then use the next few months to find a good tax attorney, an estate planner, and accountant. Have them draw up a trust agreement. Then contact the FBI to find out how much it cost to buy my way into the witness protection program and “disappear” immediately after claiming the ticket.

By unclefast

February 25, 2008 7:59 PM | Link to this

He/they have all those experts from what I hear, but I agree they should have waited a while to have come forward. It will be interesting to watch.

By Fred

February 25, 2008 8:57 PM | Link to this

Dear Lydia’s Dad,

You are an idiot with the most basic understanding of higher mathematics. Thank you for your input, as worthless as it was.

Statistically speaking, the larger majority of lottery winners have been quick picks: you do understand the difference between statistics and the opinion you pulled out of your dirty unwashed butt don’t you Lydia’s dad?

Lydia’s dad, by his responses, is apparently opposed to the lottery and like a typical baptist buttmunch seeks to ridicule that which he is “morally opposed to.”

He adopts a superior attitude which fails to mask his jealosy of the couple that won. Yo dude, I have talked with several PhD math dudes (well actually some dudettes as well) who have run the numbers and say there are actually numbers that get picked by the machine in a statistical manner higher than others. I know they don’t know as much as your arrogant rearend about math but they are confident of their results.

Just damn, what a butthead you are.

By DB

February 25, 2008 8:59 PM | Link to this

Well, they’ve already screwed up, as far as I can tell — I would NEVER have told ANYONE that I had won the lottery! I’d have called my estate lawyer to set up a trust and had the money claimed by the trust, with absolutely no way to trace it back to me.

You would avoid 90% of your future headaches, that way. My kids might have gotten suspicious when I finally bought a new sofa for the family room, but other than that — I’m a pretty happy camper already, and I’d have a lot of fun with the trust giving out scholarships to the daughter of a friend of mine whose family is having a hard time of it, financially, making an anonymous donation to the kid’s school, etc., etc. If my parents wanted to move to a retirement community, I’d tell ‘em “No problem, folks — I’ll cover the difference between the sale of your house and the community fees.”

Oh, and I’d get the bumper fixed on the minivan. :-)

By Fred

February 25, 2008 9:01 PM | Link to this

Oh and Lydia’s dad? I scratch a lottery ticket much more infrequently than YOU scratch your nasty infested butt.

By Kris

February 25, 2008 9:21 PM | Link to this

Bless their hearts…these winners are interesting, to say the least.

In this day and age, why even announce that you’ve come into money?? They should have claimed the ticket in the name of the trust…hired a few advisors…and the husband should have taken a few days off from work.

I pray they don’t blow through the money, but the minute the wife said she wants a Mercedes…and they said they’d give the grandkids anything they want (and I saw the word Hummer)…shaking my head

If it were me, first thing I’d do is create a scholarship @ my church with the ten percent, clearly stipulating the way the funds can be used, I’d pay my debts off, give my mother and sister a cool million (and then tell them don’t ask for any more)…and bank the rest across a bunch of secure investments and live off the interest. I’d go to work the next day too like nothing was even wrong. I’m not paying for healthcare out of pocket!!

By FP

February 25, 2008 9:45 PM | Link to this

Well, some financial planner just hit the jackpot!!!

The couple did hire a “friend” who just happens to be a lawyer/financial planner.

This is an ideal client for any financial planner. Its simple:

This particular couple would never figure it out because they think nothing happened. After all, they did get all their money back. -wink, wink

By SWifeyM

February 25, 2008 10:50 PM | Link to this

While, I was hoping I was holding the winning ticket, so my husband could come home from Iraq, I must say that I am tickled to death to see that a couple of regular folks won the lottery, and that it was someone from GA. Most of the time it is someone from out of state, who looks like they are already doing pretty good in life. Congratulations Robert and Tonya Harris!!!

By RGS

February 25, 2008 10:52 PM | Link to this

While, I was hoping I was holding the winning ticket, so my husband could come home from Iraq, I must say that I am tickled to death to see that a couple of regular folks won the lottery, and that it was someone from GA. Most of the time it is someone from out of state, who looks like they are already doing pretty good in life. Congratulations Robert and Tonya Harris!!!

By N-Tegrity

February 26, 2008 12:15 AM | Link to this

I pray that this winner will get some SOUND advice NOW, since its obvious they didn’t think to consult with any type of advisors or tax attorney prior to putting their names, faces, and personal info out there for every Jim Bob and Tammy Fay to wind up on their doorstep. I hope they Goggle “Jim Whittaker” and get a clue!!!!

By Fred

February 26, 2008 12:53 AM | Link to this

Well I didn’t goggle Jim Whittaker, but I googled him. Here’s what I found:

James W. Whittaker, also known as Jim Whittaker (born in Seattle, Washington on February 10, 1929 [1]) is an American mountaineer.

As a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition (AMEE) 1963 led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, he was the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He summited on May 1, 1963 with the Sherpa Nawang Gombu (a nephew of Tenzing Norgay). They ran out of oxygen but managed to reach the summit. Once there, Whittaker planted a US flag at the top.[2]

He is the twin brother of Lou Whittaker, a mountain guide who is often mistakenly credited with that achievement.

Whittaker graduated from West Seattle High School and Seattle University.

He was the first full-time employee of Recreational Equipment Inc. and was the company’s CEO in the 1960s. Now, Whittaker is chairman of the Board of Magellan Navigation, a company that produces handheld global positioning system (GPS) units.

In 1965 he guided Robert Kennedy up the newly-named Mount Kennedy.

He led the 1990 Everest Peace Climb that brought together climbers from the United States, USSR and China. In addition to putting more than a dozen climbers on the summit, the expedition hauled off a large amount of trash left on the mountain by previous expeditions.

In 1999 Whitaker released his autobiography, A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond.

What the HELL does that have to do with the lottery? Here’s YOUR damn sign…………

By plmmr

February 26, 2008 6:32 AM | Link to this

They neant to say “google” Jack Whittaker

By DH

February 26, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this

Hey AP, I agree they should have done a lot of things to have avoided the limelight, but oh well they didn’t. BTW, the Federal Witness Protection Program has always belonged to the U.S. Marshals, not the FBI. And no you can’t buy your way in…it doesn’t work that way!

By kjdenver

February 26, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

I looked for an update on this story by Googling “lottery winner train wreck.” I think this will be one fascinating story to watch because there is no way this can end positively. I wish the couple went ahead and did a reality show because I wouldn’t take my eyes off this total train wreck story. Based on decisions to date, I give them 1 year before they lose it all.

By Scooby

February 26, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this

I saw that this fellow was sure to say that it was HIS lottery ticket. His wife better watch out!

By Carbon Footprint

February 26, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

Well!

We all know about random equivalence. We all know about the 100% certainty of winning once you’ve won already.

The question is valid: If any number is as good as any other number, then the historical data about which method was used to pick the number, (computer or birthdays), is a valid criteria at the point of sale when the fat lady behind you is badgering you to hurry up so she can get her Benson and Hedges 100 lights.

Fact: If 70% of the peoples use the computer to pick, then that same 70% cannot be the 70% who won simply because each number has an equal chance to win. Thus the math looks like this: <=3

moron.

By ronald Greer

February 26, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this

Juding by the fact that they went and announced their winning the very next morning, their immediate plan to give family “anything they want” buy a big house and a mercedes, I am going to unfortunately have to bet they will got broke also after all the investor swindlers also get their hands on them. With that kind of win you should not come forward for a month or more until you have a good financial advisor, estate planner and set up trusts as needed. Stick the itcket in the bank till then. Really want to spend some up front? During that month set aside one set amount of “blow it money” and use that for the urgent emotional spending. But seeing as they already stayed at a high end hotel the night before claiming their ticket without a dime in their pocket, they are destined for the welfare line….that is the sad part.

By Ronald Greer

February 26, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this

Judging by the fact that they went and announced their winning the very next morning, their immediate plan to give family “anything they want” buy a big house and a Mercedes, I am going to unfortunately have to bet they will got broke also after all the investor swindlers also get their hands on them. With that kind of win you should not come forward for a month or more until you have a good financial advisor, estate planner and set up trusts as needed. Stick the itcket in the bank till then. Really want to spend some up front? During that month set aside one set amount of “blow it money” and use that for the urgent emotional spending. But seeing as they already stayed at a high end hotel the night before claiming their ticket without a dime in their pocket, they are destined for the welfare line….that is the sad part.

By Renee

February 26, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

You all need to mind your business and not worry over whether they will have the money in a year or 50 years.

I’m sick of negativity ALL THE TIME!!!

DARN!

By atl20g

February 26, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this

All of you bloggers just be thankful the money stays here in Georgia for the products this couple plans on buying. Let them do their part and help turn the economy around from smalltown USA..

By KrisTina

February 26, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this

So what if they stay at an expensive hotel, buy expensive cars, etc? If anyone can afford it, they can. Set aside a few million to “blow” but get a good financial planner, accountant and lawyer to help with management of the rest.

I agree that coming public with it right away was not have been a good move. But what’s done is done. They should take along vacation to some unannounced place and make their plans.

By KrisTina

February 26, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this

So what if they stay at an expensive hotel, buy expensive cars, etc? If anyone can afford it, they can. Set aside a few million to “blow” but get a good financial planner, accountant and lawyer to help with management of the rest.

I agree that coming public with it right away was not a good move. But what’s done is done. They should take along vacation to some unannounced place and make their plans.

By KrisTina

February 26, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this

So what if they stay at an expensive hotel, buy expensive cars, etc? If anyone can afford it, they can. Set aside a few million to “blow” but get a good financial planner, accountant and lawyer to help with management of the rest.

I agree that coming public with it right away was not a good move. But what’s done is done. They should take along vacation to some unannounced place and make their plans.

By Mark

February 26, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

Renee,

You really need to seek out a therapist and get some help with your negative outlook. This couple should have kept their mouths shut until they were set. The bottom line here is they will probably clear $90 million after taxes. They can afford a Hummer, Mercedes and nice hotel. Think about it $90 million. I guarantee there is nobody on this blog that has had anywhere near that amount of money, nor will they ever. You all can say what you want, but I think their only mistake was to tell anyone, other than that they come from a small town and have expressed some family values such as their grandchildren. This is more than can be said of some other recent winners. Thank God they are citizens and AMERICAN

By ElBubba

February 26, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

You’re all a bunch of lotto-loonies!

By mustang100

February 26, 2008 6:22 PM | Link to this

Robert and Tanya, one word: Bodyguards. Seriously. Your whole family are kidnap/ransom targets now.

By Jealous

February 27, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

Listen, watching these people on The Today Show, I agree with Goddess. Perhaps Tonya and Robert were in shock, I don’t know. Very well could be that’s Robert’s regular effervescent personality. I don’t worry about them blowing all of the money. They are simple folk: can you just envision them in a villa in Capri or sailing on their yacht? Nah. Maybe Robert will get some teeth and buy a huge, Vegas-type trailer park to house the strippers. And a few distant cousins.

By elzee

February 27, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this

My husband and I have a theory that the million dollar house on Campground Road here in Cumming was built by some other bumpkin who won the lottery and couldn’t handle his money. They built a big fancy house and then couldn’t even finish off the landscaping. Now there is just a big For Sale sign in the yard. Wonder if he blew the rest on strippers…

By DB

February 27, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this

Way to go - glad to see someone in Georgia win the big money!!!

By Pasky

February 28, 2008 7:49 AM | Link to this

Hello Friends, it is sickening the negatives vibs that most have left on this webpage. Can’t someone think differently; that despite the fact that this simple couple made the “mistake” of making themselves known, they can still make something out of the money and live a successful life. Come to think of it, they are just simple folk and need advice. They have never been part of the corporate world before nor the high live of Las Vegas to know that going national is going bankrupt. Give them a chance, expect them to do great, there is no absolute rule. Personally, I think the doom every jealous person is waiting to befall this couple will not come. The lottery winning numbers bore the birthdays of their grandkids who will live to enjoy that wealth, not the cell number of some stripper. Beware of jealousy and competition. No one has what you can’t have. The moment you start thinking that someone is in control of all the money and that you must fight to make your wealth, you get into the lack mentality, you become jealous and competitive and all this works against you. We are creative beings and can create wealth for ourselves either through the lottery or through some other venture. We are the highest form of creation and just with our mind can create wealth for ourselves because the abundance around us responds to our constant mental attitude. If you think there is scarcity and that you must insult and see as doom all the efforts of those enjoying some kind of wealth; you send out thoughts of lack and that becomes your reality. but if instead you think there is abundance, and make this your constant mental attitude, you will begin to attract all the wealth you need. It is not some wishful thinking, it is basic science. You are what your constantly think about. By the way, I am living proof of this: I have been a winner of a small lottery myself! not as big as our new celebrities but good enough to see me through two or three years of medical school. You do the math if the amount I won bothers you. :) God bless every man and woman with the will to win big someday. By the way, for those who have been believing in following notion, i want to set things straight: Money is not the root of evil, it is what the possessor does with the money that makes it evil. Money is at the root of every good, you don’t need a rocket scientist to prove this. Poverty does not serve God in any way, and he gets not pleasure keeping anyone in poverty. Get over it. The greatest creating tool has been given you by the creator and that is your mind and our free will. Use it! Peace to all!

By Pasky

February 28, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this

Hello Friends, it is sickening the negatives vibs that most have left on this webpage. Can’t someone think differently; that despite the fact that this simple couple made the “mistake” of making themselves known, they can still make something out of the money and live a successful life. Come to think of it, they are just simple folk and need advice. They have never been part of the corporate world before nor the high live of Las Vegas to know that going national is going bankrupt. Give them a chance, expect them to do great, there is no absolute rule. Personally, I think the doom every jealous person is waiting to befall this couple will not come. The lottery winning numbers bore the birthdays of their grandkids who will live to enjoy that wealth, not the cell number of some stripper. Beware of jealousy and competition. No one has what you can’t have. The moment you start thinking that someone is in control of all the money and that you must fight to make your wealth, you get into the lack mentality, you become jealous and competitive and all this works against you. We are creative beings and can create wealth for ourselves either through the lottery or through some other venture. We are the highest form of creation and just with our mind can create wealth for ourselves because the abundance around us responds to our constant mental attitude. If you think there is scarcity and that you must insult and see as doom all the efforts of those enjoying some kind of wealth; you send out thoughts of lack and that becomes your reality. but if instead you think there is abundance, and make this your constant mental attitude, you will begin to attract all the wealth you need. It is not some wishful thinking, it is basic science. You are what your constantly think about. By the way, I am living proof of this: I have been a winner of a small lottery myself! not as big as our new celebrities but good enough to see me through two or three years of medical school. You do the math if the amount I won bothers you. :) God bless every man and woman with the will to win big someday. By the way, for those who have been believing in following notion, i want to set things straight: Money is not the root of evil, it is what the possessor does with the money that makes it evil. A million dollar in the bank account of Al Qaeda and the same in that of an orphanage spells the difference. Money is at the root of every good, you don’t need a rocket scientist to prove this. Poverty does not serve God in any way, and he gets not pleasure keeping anyone in poverty. Get over it. The greatest creating tool has been given you by the creator and that is your mind and our free will. Use it! Peace to all!

By Cindy

February 28, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this

anxiously awaits Steve’s next blog

make it good…

By Fred

February 28, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this

Hey Pasky,

A bit verbose but well intended. I myself was kinda p** at all the jealous crapheads that had nothing but negativity towards these “bumpkins”. They have not learned (the detractors, not the winners) that it is just money. I think these “simple bumpkins” will be just fine.

By Bubba, Jr.

February 29, 2008 7:50 AM | Link to this

Moving on to more pressing poh-lice matters, I have a question or two for the Lt.

I don’t know whether it is a cult following or what, but in my area of the city there seem to be more and more people who choose to drive without their lights during hours of darkness. What’s up with this? Is it a global warming thing? Do they believe they are saving electricity and thereby reducing their carbon footprints? Are they banking carbon credits or are they just plain stupid?

On the other hand, you have those folks who have Xenon headlights who want you to notice they have such headlights, so they drive with them on bright. It’s like looking at the sun with your eyelids taped open.

I think it’s time for the gene pool to get a healthy dose of chlorine…

By Serial Numbers

February 29, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this

Why give the whole 270 million to one guy? Why not give one million to 270 guys?

It’s pathetic this “I won” mentality of human being losers. I’m number one. Me and only me, but dont worry, I’ll help people.

NO YOU WONT. You’ll blow it all.

We need to spread the wealth of lotteries. It would be just as sensational to award 270 people one mill. And it would make people think that they really did have a shot at winning, even though the truth is that you morons are all pathetic losers who aint gonna win SH!T.

SO go soak your greedy heads with your beady eyes and your seedy minds.

The only scratching you nerds need to do is on your groins.

bwa ha

Duh, if I won the lottery I’d buy this and I’d do that, but of course I’ll invest some of it, and I’d set a limit to how much I’d blow at first and then I’d take the cash amount instead of the annuity, no wait, I dont know, I guess I’ll have to wipe my azz with the money.

RETARDS!!!!!

By ElBubba

February 29, 2008 6:50 PM | Link to this

As soon as I post something controversial, that might require a real discussion, Lt.Steve will post a new blog.

I refuse.

El Bubba, siempre!

By ElBubba

February 29, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this

OK, this should do the trick. Poor cop is worried about his “tire rod”…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVoesxeETQI

By Kristen D. New Jersey

February 29, 2008 8:28 PM | Link to this

I dont get it last mega million winner lived in a trailor n now these people lived in a trailor what’s going on huh!!??? But am happy for them. Best of luck

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March 3, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this

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