See forwarded text, but do not bother to read much of it.

The author of that mail I received uses no identification. I do.

It is pretty gutless to criticize without identifying oneself.

I infer the "Goodbye" at the end of the treatise (sic) means this person
will cease and desist.

Brian E. Davies
Controller
CrossWorks, Inc.
952-938-8130 x133
952-938-8430 fax
-----Original Message-----
From: kiaze22 <kiaze22@...>
To: siouxhockey@yahoogroups.com <siouxhockey@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, August 23, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: [siouxhockey] "the ralph"


>While it's oft been said that Mr. Deep Pockets, the one and only, and
>very same-Mr. Ralph Englestad-who, through his considerable monetary
>largess and idealogical philanthropic wherewithals, did conceive and
>build that ostentatious monument to himself-the Palace on the Prairie-
>is a humble and genuine man, I must beg to say that isn't entirely the
>case at all, and for that he should be truly humbled, and no doubt
>will be, when he, if he does, finally makes it to that great big ol'
>hockey arena in the sky. If you consider how,(I shall from now on
>spell with a capital "H" whenever I further refer to 'Him' because
>surely 'He' is a god, or, 'He', at least, must consider 'Himself' to
>be), He usurped UND's control over deciding the Sioux nickname/logo
>controversy and let His true colors shine through on that debate, then
>I believe no further proof is required to adequately engender such
>recriminations as I've charged Mr. Deep Pockets to be beholden with.
>While UND, through various chancellorship, was in the thro's of making
>an honest and unbiased attempt at adjudicating the whole matter, along
>come's Himself, full of self-indignation, and acrimoniously decries
>the whole process, selfishly threatening that if the debate does not
>cease and desist, that He, adlibitum, will,(Waah!,Waah!), take His
>money and run. That UND chose to respond obsequiously, and went along
>with His heavy handed demand, they can hardly be blamed for, because
>the 'Palace" was about 3/4th.s built already, and as I said before, I
>do believe UND's administration tried to solve the matter in an open
>and honest fashion by iniating an enlightened forum seemingly in
>accordance and in
>accepted tradition with an institution of highter learning, and it was
>a decision rightfully theirs to make, before He adulterated the whole
>process. So where does all this leave us? It draws us back to the
>beginning of this treatsie, back to where I stated how I don't feel
>that Mr. Deep Pockets is very much of a genuinely humble man,afterall.
>My next arguement for that very admonishment would be the fact that
>He showed up to a Sioux hockey game last year sporting a retinue of
>Las Vegas showgirls, who were, I hear tell, pretty scantily clad.
>And what was the point of all that parading around the arena that all
>these bimbo's did. Where they there to show all of us little people
>how big and important Ralph is? How Hugh Hefner has got nothing on
>good old Mr. Deep Pockets? Was Mrs. Ralph there too? And what did
>she think of it all, or is she so used to it by now? Was anyone all
>that very impressed? Did you let your imagination's run wild after
>seeing those tramps, and did you all think, "Man, ol' Ralph's gonna
>get lucky tonight"? But I digress, He already showed enough of what
>He thinks He is by His demagogic action on the name issue. What
>really and truly fries my arse though, is this: namely, that if it
>weren't for Mr. Deep Pockets, my favorite Fighting Sioux team probably
>would have won their fourth NCAA national title in 5 years! Yes,
>Ralph, I blame YOU, and all those else who made the Lady Sioux
>Basketball team play their arch enemy, the Bison,at your gaudy Palace,
>for there was no way the Sioux should have lost to them, other than
>having to play it there, at 'The Ralph', and they proved it during the
>playoffs, where the Lady Sioux kicked a--! And I do believe that the
>way they were playing before having to go down to Colorado, that they
>would have totally rolled through the rest of the next tournement, but
>only if they would have been hosting that next tounement, which they
>probably would have, if they hadn't lost that one on the ice. By the
>way, the dump isn't even a good place to watch basketball anyway, and
>espically not Lady Sioux Basketball, so please, whoever decides this
>stuff, don't let my team play there ever again. Everyone likes it
>better at Hyslop where it's so much more intimate, where the fans are
>closer and they can get a feel for the game and it's excitement a
>whole lot better. And don't ever dare to try and parade around any of
>them Las Vegas bimbo's at Hyslop either, because the Lady's who are
>already there RULE anyway! Goodbye.
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