Monthly Archives: May 2011
Bikers, Truckers and Patriots Block Westboro at Joplin
When I got to work last night, a co-worker said they had heard that Fred Phelps and his hateful, misguided clan were “Completely blocked in” by semi-trucks at Joplin while attempting to spread their hate speech (they call it freedom … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Faith, Human Rights, Kansas, Missouri, Ozarks, Religion, The Four States
Tribute To A Misfit
Editors note: this is a re-post, which just seemed fitting for memorial day ~ sekanblogger The Kinks became one of my favorite groups, but only after the release of the album Misfits in 1978. I graduated from high school that … Continue reading
Filed under Kansas, Music, ODDITIES, Rock and Roll, Short Story, Tributes
Life In a Jar – from the Holocaust to Rural Kansas
Students from rural Uniontown Kansas discover a Catholic woman who saved Jewish children. Few people in the world had heard of Irena Sendlerowa. Now after hundreds of presentations of Life in a Jar, a web site with huge usage and world-wide … Continue reading
Joplin Gets Organized
Just a note for those readers who don’t live in “The Fours States” area. Watching the local reports, and the help has grown faster than it can be organized. There is much progress in this area though as this slowly … Continue reading
Filed under Missouri, NEWS, ODDITIES, Ozarks, The Four States
A MORALLY UNTENABLE CORPORATE SYSTEM
by JIM HIGHTOWER This will seem like a fairytale now, but not so long ago, it was actually possible for CEO pay to constitute “an embarrassment of riches.” How quaint. Today, the riches are massive, but the embarrassment gene seems … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Human Rights, Opinion, Politics
Joplin Update & Photos
Yesterday, I took off from my morning job and the wife, younger daughter, her friend and I all went to Joplin and evacuated my two grandkids. Taking two vehicles, we picked up the kid’s clothes and other small personal items. … Continue reading
Filed under Missouri, NEWS, The Four States
Prayers for Joplin Missouri
Please pray for all the people affected by this terrible event. My Daughter and Grandchildren survived this, but so far at least 89 others have died. Joplin is about 60 miles from where I live, and we are getting severe … Continue reading
May 21st….. A GOOD DAY TO DIE!
I believe the video speaks to my thoughts on today’s rapture predictions. DAMN! This means I still have to work tonight!
Rock N’ Roll Is Free
“Rock N’ Roll Is Free” say goodbye to tomorrow and hello to today take a look at your world in a brand new way the masters of convention count on you to never change but the law of reinvention knows … Continue reading
Filed under Faith, Human Rights, Music, Religion, Rock and Roll
