Here's a Feel Good story I'm sure Y'all will enjoy!

This is a true story that several folks sent to me yesterday.... "The Home Run"

"A Visitor From The Past", and WWII Sailor tells Obama to "Shape Up or Ship Out!"

As a member of Oath Keepers (in my sidebar), I'm kept abreast of various happenings throughout or nation. Today, one of our members, Eric C, posted this fine poetic piece and I'd like to share it with you in that there is so much truth to it.



A VISITOR FROM THE PAST
by Thelen Paulk

I had a dream the other night, I didn't understand.
A figure walking through the mist, with flintlock in his hand.
His clothes were torn and dirty, as he stood there by the bed,
He took off his three-cornered hat, and speaking low, he said:

"We fought a revolution, to secure our liberty.
We wrote the Constitution, as a shield from tyranny,
For future generations, this legacy we gave,
In this, the land of the free and the home of the brave."

"The freedom we secured for you, we hoped you'd always keep.
But tyrants labored endlessly, while your parents were asleep.
Your freedom gone, your courage lost, you're no more
than a slave,
In this, the land of the free and the home of the brave."

"You buy permits to travel, and permits to own a gun,
Permits to start a business, or to build a place for one.
On land that you believe you own, you pay a yearly rent,
Although you have no voice in choosing how the money's spent."

"Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate.
Your Christian values can't be taught, according to the state.
You read about the current news, in a regulated press.
You pay a tax you do not owe, to please the I.R.S."

"Your money is no longer made of silver or of gold.
You trade your wealth for paper, so your life can be controlled.
You pay for crimes that make our nation turn from God in shame,
You've taken Satan's number, as you've traded in your name."

"You've given government control to those who do you harm,
So they can padlock churches, and steal the family farm,
And keep the country deep in debt, put men of God in jail,
Harass your fellow countrymen, while corrupted courts prevail."

"Your public servants don't uphold the solemn oath they've sworn.
Your daughters visit doctors so their children won't be born.
Your leaders ship artillery and guns to foreign shores,
And send your sons to slaughter, fighting other people's wars."

"Can you regain freedom for which we fought and died?
Or don't you have the courage or the faith to stand with pride?
Are there no more values for which you'll fight to save?
Or do you wish your children to live in fear and be a slave?"

"Sons of the Republic, arise and take a stand!
Defend the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land!
Preserve our great republic and each God-given right,
And pray to God to keep the torch of freedom burning bright!"

As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from which he came.
His words were true, we are not free. We have ourselves to blame.
For even now as tyrants trample each God-given right,
We only watch and tremble, too afraid to stand and fight.

If he stood by your bedside, in a dream while you're asleep,
And wondered what remains of our rights he fought to keep,
What would be your answer, if he called out from the grave?
Is this still the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave?
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I just read this frum over at Yankee Mom and liked it so much I thought I'd share it with Y'all....


WW II Battleship sailor tells Obama to "Shape Up or Ship Out!"
November 27th, 2009

“Undetermined” if true or not by Snopes, but I don’t care. This is what I would write, myself.

Dear President Obama,

My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don’t believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.

I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos’n Mate. Now I live in a “rest home” located on the western end of Pearl Harbor allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.

One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.

So here goes.

I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.

I can’t figure out what country you are the president of. You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like:

· “We’re no longer a Christian nation”

· “America is arrogant” - (Your wife even announced to the world,”America is mean-spirited. ” Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our war dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.)

I’d say shame on the both of you but I don’t think you like America nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.

After 9/11 you said,” America hasn’t lived up to her ideals.” Which ones did you mean?

1. Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British ?

2. Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War?

3. I hope you didn’t mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers,husbands,and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII,because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around because we stand for freedom.

4. I don’t think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected.


Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man. Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don’t, I’ll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue. You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves.

And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don’t want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts who was putting up a fight? You don’t mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don’t want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists.

One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life but you’re the Commander-in-Chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you’re not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you’re thinking of.

You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president.

You’re not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That’s not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now. And I sure as hell don’t want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle.

Sincerely,

Harold B. Estes

Yes, indeedy.

Black Friday!

Well Sir, on Wednesday I was take'n a break from gettin all the food ready fer T-Day and while sittin on my porch enjoy'n a smoke, saw this beautiful sight. Couldn't resist grab'n the digital and takin a shot or two. BTW, there are actually 2 rainbows at the same time. They appear to be landing in the little town in upstate NY called Cleveland, NY.

Turkey Testicles anyone???

Hmmmm, they probably taste pretty good, sorta like Rocky Mountain Oysters do...but, being a guy, I'm havin problems with this! It does however give a whole new meanin to the term "Have a Ball!"



Gotta Thank "Chicago Charlie" fer makin me aware of this here testicle festival!

Happy Thanksgivi'n Day Y'all.

Gotta give a big Cookshack THANKS to the "Mohawk Chieftan" fer sendin me this "gif"....

Y'All have a GREAT THANKSGIVING!!!!

Well Sir, sick or not, Cookie's got a ton a cookin t'do over the next two days, so's here me Thanksgivin Day post a few days early.

I'm gonna start by gett'n the 22 pound Turkey into the Brine by noon tomorrow, followed by cookin the dressing and all that goes into it(onions, celery, sausage...etc.), then make'n the Gourmet Braised Turnips. Hope Y'all have a GREAT T-Day!!

As my friend Susan Gertson says, "This first toon should be a Bumper Sticker"...


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Now Sir, here be a rendition of Orange Blossom Special y'a' probably never heard afore. Guaranteed to get yur Holidays started with some knee slapp'n....

Been down fer a few days,...and, "Clem" goes "Skeet Shoot'n"..

Been sick fer a bit. Be back when I'm feel'n a mite better.

Meanwhile, my good neighbor "Clem" is a member of our local National Guard unit and he recently went and did some "Skeet Shoot'n"...