I have tried to come up with an explanation for the actions of some that are opposed to my approach to smaller government involvement in our lives and it has been a real challege. Even among the conservative crowd there is that tendency to spend a certain amount of political cash (your money) to provide leverage that might help install a political point...
Some differences between conservatives and liberals…so simple but very accurate. If a conservative doesn’t like guns, they don’t buy one. If a liberal doesn’t like guns, then no one should have one. If a conservative is a vegetarian, they don’t eat meat. If a liberal is, they want to ban all meat products for...
Why do we not have a Godly person in the final three to choose as our king to rule over us? 1. Could man be manipulating the voting machines? Yes. It is possible. We cannot and should not be so trusting to think that man’s heart is not wicked enough to do this. The...
A couple of days ago, a dear friend died. While I had know personally for a long time, I had read his works over the last couple of years. A year ago, Fred and I meet in person and this relationship grew. We visited once every other week, sometimes meeting with others, sometimes not....
I received this message from Fred just a few minutes ago. This is being dictated on my deathbed to my older son Freddy I have instructed all of my care providers to hold off all pain medication until I have concluded all legal and personal matters. That has just about been completed. I...
September 13, 2009 Wednesday was an eventful day. That morniing one of my high school classmates from Indiana was making a whirlwind visit to several cities to visit friends and relatives in a just a few days. I was honored she found time to squeeze me in that morning when she stopped by around...
“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauchd in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders.” –Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1775
Aug 29, 2009 Hospital beds are designed for the comfort of the staff. The patient can never get comfortable in them. If you ever manage to get yours all the way flat and begin to rest, in comes two of the staff, one of whom immedately presses buttons on the outside of the bed...
August 21, 2009 This morning I met with Dr. Bill Fortson, the gastroenterologist who installed the stent in the bile duct, where it passes through the pancreas, last Monday. I had misunderstood part of the procedure and the risks. I had thought – - maybe presumed without justification – - that they...
August 19, 2009 Met with my surgeon today. I think I understand most of what I shall describe for you. The three-stage CT scan, with illumination and contrast, was apparently pretty definitive in many respects. The vast majority of pancreatic tumors are malignant, so that’s an assumed given. There was no observation that indicated the...
These past few days have been both hectic and interesting. Thanks to my younger son’s doctor, Dr. Joe Lewis, I was admitted to St. Francis Hospital on Sunday morning. Within half an hour he had a gastroenterologist standing by my bed, a Dr. William Fortson. Both are great gentlemen. I was able...
There won’t be many times in your lives you’ll be able to “watch” someone die. I’ve decided to share the experience with as many people as I can. I want everybody, who doesn’t already have one, to have another opportunity to establish a close relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Now is...
There are two, maybe three, possibilities. That this might be my last communication is the worst case. Let me explain. Most of you know that I’ve been dealing with serious health problems for the past few months. My aorta is 97% blocked and that miracle that is the human body, in my case, has...
One morning, the husband returns the boat to their lakeside cottage after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, puts her feet up, and begins to read her book.The peace and solitude are magnificent....
When Death comes knocking on your door, what will you do….straighten up the living room, put the lid on the trash can in the kitchen, or try to run? I’ve been giving some thought to that as of late. I’d like to share some of those thoughts with readers. None of the tactics...
In my formal but unscripted farewell speech when I retired from the Army, I mentioned that we all ought to look in the mirror occasionally and ask “Who am I?” The answer, I went on, is that we are little more than the grand sum total – - a composite, if you will –...
On May 11, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated court of appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor to a seat on the United States Supreme Court. In support of this nomination, the President assured the American people that Judge Sotomayor was a deserving and worthy nominee. Not only would she be an able justice, the President intoned,...
Fellows, after traveling down this road of life, I know that the words in the link below hold truth. We need to be reminded often … less we too fall. If you don’t have time to read it now, please print it and read soon. If our brother / friend / elected leader, whatever you...
CNN American Morning: Missouri Car Dealership Gives Away an AK47 with Each Truck Purchase! A Butler, Missouri, car dealer named Mark Mueller is giving away an AK-47 with every new truck he sells, and this CNN reporter throws every liberal cliché at him in her interview. Doesn’t faze him for an instant! If you’re...
This falls in with the post yesterday from Mike about container housing. Tee sent in a link related to the container buildings that some might find of interest as well. http://www.undergroundhousing.com/low-cost design and construction methods for underground housing and shelter with the $50 and Up Underground House Related Content I remember reading some articles...
Richard Curtis wrote and directed in 2003 a simple, small movie with host of talented British and American actors about love. In the introduction, one character played by Hugh Grant makes the following statement: “Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow...
I had meant to do this earlier but I didn’t get a chance this 4th of July to treat you to one of the most famous and fiery speeches given during our struggle for freedom in this great country. I have edited it down slightly to give you the highlights. Would that one among...
Three years ago Tennesseean’s had a fixation on ethics, but I guarantee you it didn’t bring about honesty in government, and it won’t increase anyone’s liberty. But it did give you and I a real-world civics lesson. For it shows that government on its own is no neutral arbiter of justice, but it has evolved...
There is a this question that I have to ask myself now and then just to bring me back to a reality of life when I am not a business man or an engineer or serving time in some government function. As a child I used to daydream, a lot, and I suspect I was pretty normal...
This is the kind of individual that the local groups have to be careful of getting involved with. There is enough material floating around about this woman to make thinking people keep their distance but some decided to embrace her and support her - Jim Gilchrist being one of those. His choices in who he...
Don’t take my word – - or anyone’s word – - for anything. Research and verify everything to your own satisfaction. Ever wonder how a pin cushion feels, with pins and needles stuck into it from all directions? Don’t laugh. When you think of water, do you immediately picture Rocky Mountain bottled water from...
Gentlemen, while I do not wish to be contentious, I am grieved by my Christian brothers who claim to be Libertarians to some degree. Libertarianism is a dangerous belief system that confuses some of our people. I might agree on some issue with a Mormon but that does not make me want to be a Mormon. Mormonism is an cult when held up to...
Monkey-See, Monkey-Do! May 31, 2009 Over the nearly three-quarters of a century I have lived and observed the goings-on around me, American society has degenerated – - we might call it “reverse evolution,” I suppose – - from a once well-established “greatest in the world” to today’s “monkey-see, monkey-do” aberration. The proof? Everywhere you look. If...
May 21, 2009 It was late summer of 1985. I remember the period as though it were yesterday. On the day my wife’s father died, a young nine-months’ pregnant mother and her two children (four and two) were barbarously and mercilessly slaughtered in cold blood, in their modest home in a middle-class neighborhood on a hot,...
Deteriorating Health Update When the wheel bearings in one wheel have to be replaced, it’s a really good bet the other three aren’t far behind. Heath is that way. When one knee joint wears out, the other can’t be in great shape. And so it is with this old decrepit body of mine. ...
Hello Everyone, I know that this is not totally polished and it could be better worded but I have spent all the time on it that I want. So if you have the time and desire, please read my thoughts and perceptions. I am reminded that if … I believe that a devastating hurricane...
Ken Marrero, the Founder, of The Tennessee ConserVOLianceis sponsoring a West Tennessee Forum with Shelby County Attorney General Bill Gibbons which will be held on Thursday night, April 30th from 7 to 9 PM. The location for the forum is not yet finalized but they are hopeing to be able to use the Chamber of Commerce location as with...
In February of this year, we finally convinced my mother in law, Sarah Anne Davis, to see a doctor about the reoccurring cough and congestion she had. In December, she had been diagnosed with a light case of pneumonia and prescribed antibiotics. By earlier March, the Doctor prescribed a bronchoscope procedure and it did...
I didn’t post yesterday and I am sorry. It was the type of day that plays heavy on my mind. It was my responsibility to pick up my mother in laws 18 year old dog, Grady, and take him to the vet and have him put to sleep. You could have no idea what...
I had met Doug Thompson in Dallas, Texas several years ago, more years than I would really like to admit, and like a great many of us at this Dallas meeting had become disenchanted with the past and present two party system. He and I were both carrying our cameras around… his much better...
Something that I did not have the chance to do this week was to go to the life celebration of one of the dearest men I had known in my own short life. Dr. Allen Truex passed away last Friday, August 12. To some this has little meaning. For those of us whom have...
One of the things I miss about doing the radio show on WNWS were the people, the friends, the listeners, that we gained during the times that we were all together on both the show and outside. The strength they provided us when we were first beginning and the hope of better times....
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