Friday, June 10, 2005

MANU!

Manu Ginobili had 26 points last night to lead the San Antonio Spurs to an easy victory over the Detroit Pistons 84-69. We have been receiving quite a bit of calls about NBA finals tickets but it seems the callers only want to see them in Detroit. We have not received a single call from anyone looking for tickets to games in San Antonio. As of this morning the first game in Detroit on Tuesday night is about $185 get-in and the good seats are all in the thousands with the VIP seats around $2500. Having lived in Detroit I have always been a Pistons fan so that is who I am pulling for in these NBA Finals.

We are near the end of filling all of our short orders for the Men's US Open Golf Tournament. We really only need a few more grounds tickets for the weekend and we are done! This has been one of the more interesting US Opens I have had the pleasure to work. The Wednesday ticket is still tight, but not quite as tight as earlier in the week when we were getting $95-$100 per ticket on the Putterboy tickets and $65-$70 on the grounds tickets. The Monday and Tuesday tickets are letting time eat away at any value they may have sort of like a call option just before expiration. The Thursday and Friday grounds tickets can be had around $10 under face value and the Putterboy tickets at right around face value. The Saturday and Sunday tickets are still commanding above face value on both the grounds and Putterboy tickets. We will continue to sell and take orders for this Open all the way through next weekend and will have on site delivery available. The 2006 US Open will take place 06/12/06-06/18/06 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York. We will have pricing on our web site for the 2006 US Open on Monday 06/20/05 at
www.alphatickets.com.

Howard Dean is the greatest thing that has ever happened to the Republican Party. When they elected him Chairmen of the DNC I remarked to friends that this was going to be good for us. The funny thing is, the Democrats I know somehow thought I was judging the Doctor harshly and that because he was so great at igniting the grass roots in the 2004 campaign that he was just what the Democrats needed. Howard has not disappointed this Republican. It seems every time Dr. Dean opens his mouth he utters something completely stupid and he seems to be successfully illustrating the he and his party are everything that they accuse the Republicans of being. I have long believed that the Democratic Party at its core is racist, and I know that is tough for a lot of you people to believe because the Mainstream Media has trained you to believe the opposite. President Bush has the most diverse cabinet ever of any President and has appointed African-Americans and Latinos to higher cabinet positions than any ever held by a minority and the Democrats cry "Uncle Tom." Meanwhile, John Kerry had little or no minority involvement on his campaign team and lost ground with the Black, Latino, and Jewish vote. Dr. Dean had his famous comment at a Democrat meeting earlier this year when he said the only way that the Republicans could get minorities in a room like the one he was in was to invite the hired help. Dr. Dean then follows up with his comments on the Republicans being a bunch of White Christians who never worked a day in their lives. Obviously, Dr. Dean is a bit out of touch, but what do you expect from a Northeastern Liberal who grew up in a privileged family? Dr. Dean has probably not seen too many African-Americans in his life that were not hired help. All of the Republicans I know come from more modest upbringings than Dr. Dean and Senator Kerry and all of us are working people, small business owners, etc. Yes, most of my Republican friends are White Christians but I do not think there is anything unusual about that and I recently surveyed them all as to if they would vote for Condoleeza Rice if she were to run for President and not one of them said no. Can you believe it? A bunch of White Christian Republican business owners and people who have to work for their money voting for not only the first female President but the first African-American President! I hope it happens because at that point maybe some of those Americans who are asleep at the wheel believing everything they hear on NPR will wake up and realize the blatant hypocrisy that the leader of the Democratic Party is preaching.

Until tomorrow - ADIOS!

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