Discipline Is the Key to Stop Kids from Growing up to Be Tree Huggin', Peace Lovin', Pot Smokin', Lazyass Hippies like Todd Snider.

Some fun from Todd Snider

A classic from Todd Snider---with a funny story on the front end. The song is called "Conservative Christian, Right Wing Republican, Straight White American Male"

Thanksgiving

"This nation is affluent and has more than it needs. The realization that what we have is a free gift can deepen our desire to share this gift with others who cry out for help. When we bless the fruits of the harvest, let us at least realize that blessed fruits need to be shared." Henri Nouwen
Thanks to Rev Sandi

Arlo Guthrie Alice's Restaurant
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How Else Are They Gonna Learn? But How Biga Ole Girl Was She?

"The Texas granny who got Tasered was one thing. But a 10-year-old girl? It happened in Ozark, Ark. Heckuva story here from 40/29.
It appears the mom of an unruly child gave an Ozark cop the OK to Taser her kid and he did so after she kneed him in the groin. The police chief has backed up this use of force against a child.
Happily, there is at least one rational adult in Ozark, the girl's father.
"I would like to say Ozark police Tased this little girl right here. Ten years old and [they] shot electricity through her body, and I want to know how the heck in God's green earth can they get away with this," said the girl's father, Anthony Medlock.
Medlock said his daughter Kiara was at her mother's house when Ozark police Officer Dustin Bradshaw shocked her in the back with a Taser and arrested her.
'If you can't pick the kid up and take her to your car, handcuff her, then I don't think you need to be an officer,' Medlock said.
Medlock said his daughter does show signs of having emotional issues, but she 'doesn't deserve to be treated like a dog. She's not a tiger.'" From Ozark cop Tasers 10-year-old,  Arkansas Times Blog Posted by Max Brantley  
(The officer and child pictured here are for illustrative purposes only and are not actually Kiara or officer Bradshaw)

Jesus, Our Savior, Prince of Peace, We Honor Your Birth.

Kinky may have been right. "We Jews believe it was Santa Claus who killed Jesus Christ." from They Ain't Makin Jews Like Jesus Anymore, by Kinky Friedman

Gus October 8, 2002 - November 15, 2009. The Sweetest Creature I Ever Met.

Eulogy & more to follow. TFD now.

Fayetteville's Cpl. Aaron Mankin

See,The Hero Figure Marine Aaron Mankin, who was severely wounded in Iraq, talks about the fears and hopes he has for his baby daughter. As told to Jennifer Wolff

Rogers Was Always a City of Tolerance- a Dyke Lumber Co. Thrived for Years.

While much of our country is still divided over equality for gay people, Rogers was ahead of its time on this issue. According to the Rogers Historical Museum, the women pictured here formed the "Dyke" Lumber Company and the business thrived. No one thought anything about it. "They're just folks like the rest of us," commented J. Wade Sikes, when an outsider raised questions. There was never any discrimination.
See, http://rogersar.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/343

The Grand Mystic Royal Order Of the Nobles of the Ali Baba Temple of the Shrine

If You Can't Find the Book You Want You're Probably Shopping At the

Another Dancing Yewt.

Thanks to Chris.

New Mexico's Elizabeth Lambert - Tough But No Bold Annie Quill

Nat Stuckey Has Been Gone for Over 20 Years and We Still Miss Him.

You sang the truth Nat.  Ann & the rest of us loved you for it.  Here are two of my favorites. 

Clan Snoddy sings this each time they try to dry out.


I used to sing this one to Ranger Alden Tucker.  Ranger Dr. Bill King loved it.  Ranger Tucker was mildly amused.  

Virg n Mary Dancing in their Yewt.

Thanks to Ken

Fall in The Ozarks With Fuzz Lingle & Ellie.

Thanks to Lynn

To The Williams Boys-Don, Hank, and Tennessee.