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To: bentway who wrote (228831)	4/27/2007 6:00:54 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Bullshit:? Uh uh. Your anti-semitism is bullshit. "WHICH country is first with YOU?" NorCal, of course. Bear Flag Republic second. US third Earth 4th.

To: bentway who wrote (228831)	4/27/2007 7:26:17 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 281500

I totally forgot... 3.5) the '92 Lithuanian Olympic Hoops Team, cuz they were Deadheads. And Sarunas Marciulionis spent time with SF. The Dead Do Lithuania May 21, 1996 Photographs by Jack Straw Reported by August West The Grateful Dead's love and support for the Lithuanian National basketball team will not fade away. Four years after they first got together, the Dead and the Lithuanian hoopsters -- one of the most unusual international sports and music alliances -- announced on Tuesday that the marriage will continue for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. That means more tie-dyed uniforms and warmups will be on display in the world's most prestigious athletic competition as the Lithuanians try for another Olympic medal. At the 1992 Barcelona Games, the tie-dyed Lithuanians captured an unexpected bronze medal. Lithuanian National and Sacramento Kings star Sarunas Marciulionis -- along with Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and drummer Mickey Hart -- unveiled the 1996 duds at a press conference at San Francisco's Hard Rock Cafe. "Watching them play in 1992, I've got to say that I was immensely proud," Weir said. "This year we hope they can turn the bronze into silver." Marciulionis, Weir and Hart appeared along with former NBA star and noted Deadhead Bill Walton, Golden State Warriors star Chris Mullin, Phoenix Suns assistant coach Donn Nelson and Dead spokesperson Dennis McNally. "I can't wait to see how this story turns out," Hart said. The conference was highlighted by the unveiling of a ceremonial jersey honoring Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, who died last August. The jersey bore the No. 1 and Garcia's name on the back; on the front, above the Lithuanian team insignia, was a skeleton with the middle digit missing. Garcia lost the middle finger of his right hand when he was a child. The Dead became sponsors of the Lithuanian basketball team shortly before the '92 games, and through the band's Rex Foundation, have donated thousands of dollars for children's charities in that country. Asked if the Dead were popular in his native land, Marciulionis replied to laughter, "Much more than before." The tie-dyed shirts sport Lithuania's colors: green, red and yellow. A figure of a skeleton -- one of many Dead symbols -- wearing a green Lithuanian shirt is shown reverse-dunking a ball through the hoop, in the center of a ring of fire. On the back is a drawing of a basketball globe with a skelton hand twirling the ball on its index finger. There are three other styles of shirts. All can be ordered through Grateful Dead merchandising (1-800-CAL-DEAD), through Marciulionis' number, which will benefit his basketball school in Lithuania (1-888-633-DEAD), or through Arvydas Sabonis' number, benefiting his school (1-800-977-SLAM). It may also be cyber-ordered at the official Dead site, or through the Lithuanian team home page. Read C.W. Nevius' story. sfgate.com