No Hate From Me

I received a comment yesterday from someone who refused to identify himself for fear of receiving hate mail — I don’t remember which blog he was responding to.  My opinion; use a name, even a false name, a famous name, an insane name, any name.  If a person is afriad to reveal his (a) name, as far as I am concerned — he has no opinion.

There are many topics I wish to discuss, but for medical reasons I will be off the air a few days.  One thing I want to share before signing off, is a phone call I received a few days back.

I had just purchased a new cell phone when I received a call from a number I didn’t recognize.  As usual, I answered with my jolly, “Hello.”  The voice on the other end said, in a very seductive and enticingly raspy voice (kinda like that blond on Andy Griffith), “Are we going to meet tonight?”  Enthusiatically, I replied, “You bet!  Just tell me who you are and where to meet you.”

She hung up.

Don’t pay any attention to the thumbnail.  I am experimenting with a new way to post pictures.

If you haven’t had the opportunity to meet Bob and Sylvia Jordan and hear their music and experience their ministry, you have really missed something.  Bob and Sylvia (neither pictured above) sang at Jean’s Mens Bible Class this past Sunday.  They travel throughout the U.S. singing  for the Lord, charging nothing for their appearance, and give away free CD’s.  If you would like to learn more about their music ministry, download free mp3’s, donate, or check their calendar, click on Bob and Sylvia Jordan under blogroll at the right.

What’s Goin’ On Here: Part 2

I have never considered myself a xenophobe, but how could any sane person trust someone like Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila?  Johnny Sutton was so intent on getting the two Border Patrol agents (Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean) that shot Aldrete-Davila in his right buttock that he aided and abetted a criminal involved with a drug cartel.

Is Sutton some kind of nut, or is he obeying orders from a higher power?

According to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, Republican from California, the drug smuggler was issued unconditional, unescorted access to the U.S. for his testimony against agents Ramos and Compean — guess what — once again he was caught smuggling marijuana (753 pounds).  Is he in jail?  No!  This drug smuggling friend of Johnny Sutton’s was issued multiple entry passes and given numerous benefits.

Not only is smuggler Aldrete-Davila treated like Sutton’s first cousin, it cost you and me (all tax payers) $9,100 to have the bullet delicately removed from his tender buttock.

Attitude

There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head.  “Well,” she said, “I think I’ll braid my hair today.”  She did and had a wonderful day.

The next morning she awoke, and looked in the mirror, and saw only two hairs on her head.  “Hmm,” she thought, “I think I’ll part my hair down the middle today.”  She did and had a wonderful day.

The next morning as she looked in the mirror she saw only one hair on her head.  She said, “I think I’ll wear my hair in a pony tail today.”  She did and had a wonderful day.

The fourth day she looked in the mirror and noticed she was completely bald, and exclaimed, “Finally, I don’t have to fix my hair.”

Attitude is everything.

Everyone is fighting some kind of battle, so be kinder than necessary.  Live simply, love generously, care deeply, and leave the rest to God.

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass — its about learning to dance in the rain.

What’s Goin’ On Here

Concerning Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, former Border Patrol agents convicted of trying to protect Americans, President Bush said, “These men were convicted by a jury of their peers after listening to the facts as my friend, Johnny Sutton, presented them.

Huh? What about the commuted sentence of Scooter Libby who lied to protect the Vice President?

Ramos and Compean are serving 11 and 12 year prison sentences respectively, after a jury convicted them last year of violating federal gun laws and covering up shooting a drug smuggler in the butt as he fled back to Mexico.  Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila, who was caught trying to smuggle 742 pounds of marijuana across the border, received immunity to serve as the government’s star witness and testify against the two agents.

Wednesday, Sens. John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, and Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, urged President Bush to release the two Border Patrol agents.  Their request came one day after a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine the case.

As I watched the hearing it seemed that Johnny Sutton had the attitude, “I am right and everyone else is wrong.”

Cornyn and Feinstein pointed out that Aldrete-Davila was an acknowledged drug trafficker who was linked to a second marijuana shipment after being granted immunity to testify against the agents.

10 and 12 years in prison for shooting a drug smuggler in the butt!  What’s goin’ on here?

Constitutional Expert?

In response to the lengthy comment concerning “The Pledge of Allegiance” submitted by Hifi, who, by the way, referred to me as “Martha” (must have thought I am a Washington or a Stewart) — it is true that Article 1 of the ten original amendments reads, “Government shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”  But those who feel threatened by freedom of religion are inclined to omit the next phrase, “or prohibit the free exercise thereof.”

The words “under God” have nothing to do with a religious establishment or the establishing of a religion.  “Under God” simply recognizes the existence of a Supreme Being, as did the writers of the Declaration Of Independence when they wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…”

Spade And Bud

Just wanted to remind you that I added a couple of videos you might like.  You can scroll to pages or click on the bars at the top of the blog. 

“Spade Cooley” was one of my favorites.  This clip is about ten minutes in length and features Tex Williams among others.

“Turkey, TX” is Bud Townsend’s (Nocona, Texas native) documentary about Bob Wills.

Cover Those Eyebrows: Part 2

The following was posted by Charlie Daniels on July 16, 2007.  Charlie is not just a musician and entertainer, he is a great humanitarian and true American.  If you would like to visit Charlie’s site click “Charlie Daniels Soap Box” located under “Blogroll.”

“Deadly Ideology

Did you ever stop to think what we’re fighting against in the war on terror?  Of course we know we’re fighting for our very lives and our way of life. But what about the kind of world the radical Muslims would bring about if they were in power?

First of all, you would have no choice but to follow Sharia Law to the letter or be severely punished every time you stepped over.  Lets take a look.

All citizens would have to pray five times a day and if you were caught doing anything else during prayer time you would be beaten.

All men would have to grow their beards to at least the length of one clinched fist below their chin and if you didn’t, you’d be beaten.

All boys would have to wear turbans and Islamic clothes with their shirt collars buttoned.

Singing, dancing, playing cards or chess or flying kites would be forbidden as would writing books, watching films and painting pictures.

If you’re caught keeping parakeets, your birds would be killed and you would be beaten.

If you steal, your hand would be cut off, the second time your foot would be cut off.

If you are not a Muslim and worship in the sight of other Muslims you would be beaten and imprisoned.  If you’re caught trying to convert a Muslim to another religion you would be executed.

Women must stay in their homes at all times unless in the company of a male relative.  If they go out on the street without a male relative they would be beaten and sent home.

Women may never show their faces in public under any circumstances and must wear a burka at all times, if not they would be severely beaten.

Cosmetics, jewelry and charming clothes are forbidden and women are never to speak unless spoken they’re spoken to.

Women must not make eye contact with men and are not allowed to laugh in public, otherwise they would be beaten.

The penalty for painting your nails is losing a finger.

Girls cannot go to school and women are forbidden from working outside the home and if they’re found guilty of adultery they would be stoned to death.

Ain’t no way, not in America, this is the land where a man once said, “Give me liberty or give me death.”

Pray for our troops.

What do you think?

God bless America.

Charlie Daniels”

Cover Those Eyebrows

Since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the presidency in 2005, hardliners have pressed for tighter controls on moral behavior.  So, last Monday Iranian police stepped up a crackdown on women ignoring Islamic dress codes.

Under sharia, Islamic law, women must cover their hair and wear long, loose fitting clothing to disguise their figures.  Women who ignore the law are taken to police stations to “improve their behavior.”  Violators can receive lashes, fines or imprisonment.

Iran has, of course, rejected criticism by rights groups, saying that the crackdown is aimed at fighting morally corrupt people.

The Pledge Of Allegiance

I remember Red Skelton reciting this on his TV show in 1969.  He loved his country.  He loved making people laugh.  He was an American.  Of the few Master Mason’s in Hollywood back when it didn’t embarrass a parent to take his child to the movies, I believe Red was my favorite entertainer.  We need more Red Skeltons (and other M.M.’s like John Wayne, Tex Ritter and Roy Rogers who practiced the tenets of Freemasonry) setting an example for today’s youth.