WhiteHeart Wednesday

Link: [Power House]

MP3 Audio Player From: [BlogDumps Video]

Independence Day

WhiteHeart

Look it, Daddy

Look at that parade

They got a marchin’ band

Ask not

What your country can do for you

Ask

What you can do for your country

You got to know the truth

If you wanna be free

What is freedom anyway?

Let freedom ring

From every hill and mole hill in Mississippi

From every mountainside

Where all of God’s children

Black men and white men

Jews and Gentiles

Protestants and Catholics

Will be able to join hands

And sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual

Free at last

Free at last

Thank God Almighty

Free at last!

Listen to our declaration

Listen to our testament

We’ve been given a revelation

We’re sure of where we stand

So let the banner

Be unfurled

We found a Light of hope

In a dying world

Hear the myth of modern man

You’re the god of your own land

Call your weak spineless fools

You’ve given up your right to rule

But I’ve been to the land of me

And I know I was never free

Freedom came

When I gave it all away

So we’re callin’ it Independence Day

I call it Independence Day

Let the rockets blaze across the sky

Raise the flag of praise way up high

Let the doubters call it what they may

It’s Independence Day

You can work to crown another hundred kings

But I believe in a better dream

They may call it slavery

But the biggest chain I knew was me

So let the idols tumble down

The walls of lies crumble to the ground

I know where salvation can be found

Let the idols tumble down

That’s why they call it Independence Day

I call it Independence Day

Let the rockets blaze across the sky

Raise the flag of praise way up high

Let the doubters call it what they may

It’s Independence Day

So join in the celebration

It’s a birth of a holy nation

It’s people alike

We are proud to say

It’s why we call it Independence Day

I call it Independence Day

Let the doubters call it what they may

‘Cause we call it Independence Day

It’s Independence Day

Independence Day

Link: [WhiteHeart]

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TWO FOR TUESDAY

Link: [The Charlie Daniels Band]

Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world. For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously ferverent rants of rebellion. Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.

Still In Saigon

The Charlie Daniels Band

Got on a plane in Frisco

And got off in Vietnam

I walked into a different world

The past forever gone

I could have gone to Canada

Or I could have stayed in school

But I was brought up differently

I couldn’t break the rules

Thirteen months and fifteen days

The last ones were the worst

One minute I’d kneel down and pray

And the next I’d stand and curse

No place to run to

Where I did not feel that war

When I got home I stayed alone

And checked behind each door

‘Cause I’m still in Saigon

Still in Saigon

I am still in Saigon

In my mind

The ground at home was covered with snow

And I was covered with sweat

My younger brother calls me a killer

And my daddy calls me a vet

Everybody says I’m someone else

That I’m sick and there’s no cure

Damned if I know who I am

There was only one place I was sure

When I was still in Saigon

Still in Saigon

I am still in Saigon

In my mind

Every summer

When it rains

I smell the jungle

I hear the planes

I can’t tell no one

I feel ashamed

Afraid someday

I’ll go insane

That’s been ten long years ago

And time has gone on by

But now and then I catch myself

Eyes searching through the sky

All the sounds of long ago

Will be forever in my head

Mingled with the wounded cries

And the silence of the dead

‘Cause I’m still in Saigon

Still in Saigon

I am still in Saigon

In my mind

I am still in Saigon

I am still in Saigon

Yes I’m still in Saigon

In my mind

Still in Saigon

In America

The Charlie Daniels Band

The eagle’s been flyin’ slow

And the flag’s been flyin’ low

And a lot of people sayin’

That America’s fixin’ to fall

But speakin’ just for me

And some people from Tennessee

We got a thing or two

To tell y’all

This lady might have stumbled

But she ain’t never fell

And if the Russians don’t believe that

They can all go straight to Hell

We’re gonna put her back

On the path of righteousness

And then

God bless America again

And you never did think

That it every would happen again

In America

Did you

You never did think

That we’d ever get together again

But we damn sure could

We’re walkin’ real proud

And we’re talkin’ real loud again

In America

You never did think

That it ever would happen again

From the sound up in Long Island

Out to the San Francisco Bay

And everything that’s in between them

Is our home

And we may have done a little bit

Of fightin’ amongst ourselves

But you outside people best

Leave us alone

‘Cause we’ll all stick together

And you can take that to the bank

That’s the cowboys

And the hippies

And the rebels

And the yanks

You just go and lay your hand

On a Pittsburg Steelers fan

And I think

You’re gonna finally understand

And you never did think

That it every would happen again

In America

Did you

You never did think

That we’d ever get together again

But we damn sure could

We’re walkin’ real proud

And we’re talkin’ real loud again

In America

You never did think

That it ever would happen again

And you never did think

That it every would happen again

In America

Did you

You never did think

That we’d ever get together again

But we damn sure could

We’re walkin’ real proud

And we’re talkin’ real loud again

In America

You never did think

That it ever would happen again

Lyrics From: [Sing365.com]

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Come Monday...Politics As Usual

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about, websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.” This is subject to change, however. In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be good—right? Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

Last Thursday (June 24th), the [CBS Evening News] broadcast a report about how few of the authorized National Guard troops available have actually been deployed to help with the clean-up of the massive [BP] oil spill down in the [Gulf of Mexico], and I was absolutely shocked. For out of the 17,500 available troops, only 1,640 had been deployed. The state by state breakdown of that was 1,053 out of 6,000 for Louisiana, 58 out of 6,000 for Mississippi, 432 out of 3,000 for Alabama and 97 out of 2,500 for Florida.

No, I cannot naturally blame you a bit for being quite skeptical. For it defies reason, but you can go [here] to check it out for yourself.

On the hand, it all makes perfect sense. For the more damage that is wrought, the worse it becomes for [President Obama], and that would be in the best interest of all who do not want see him reelected.

It should be easy to see. For the governors of [Louisiana], [Mississippi] and [Alabama] are all [Republicans], and the governor of [Florida] is a former Republican.

Yes, I could be sorely mistaken. For it was reported in that CBS Evening News segment that it is out of a fear of scaring off tourists that the governors of Alabama and Florida have been reluctant to deploy all of their available troops, and CBS is notorious for being unabashedly liberal (as in generally being anti-Republican) in their coverage.

Furthermore, it could also be simply a matter of costing too much, but that doesn’t track. For BP is supposed to be picking up the tab.

Ah, but maybe it is still a matter of being unaffordable? For the more it costs BP, the closer to bankruptcy they become, and the last thing President Obama wants is to lose even more jobs in this economy.

Yes, he could blame it all on the Republicans. For while [President Bush] was in office, oversight of the oil industry became rather lax—at best.

To be quite honest about it, I have been enthusiastically in favor of drilling for oil as much as possible, and I generally considered it to be asinine to impose so many rules on the industry. However, I had no idea that such a disaster was even possible.

No, I do not see it happening anytime soon (if ever), but I do believe the time has come for us to do away with our two party system. In fact, I would like to see the end of all political parties. For too many policies have been implemented based solely upon what is in the best interest of the party—not the country, and adding even more political parties to the mix would just spread the malaise over a greater area.

Yes, it could be argued that this would be just opening another can of worms. For instead of something being in the best interest of the Republican or [Democratic] Party, having no party affiliations would invariable lead to cults of personality, but haven’t we gone there already (i.e.: [Reaganomics])?

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A Sunday Drive

Back during my childhood, our parents would often load up my brother and I after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived. Even though we were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a weekly series revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again. The link below the image is to the site itself, and the image is linked to the post it was first included in here.

Link: [A Better Woman For God & Family]

Link: [Amateur Traveler]

Link: [Audrey's Country Crafts]

Link: [Chainmaille by MBOI]

Link: [Daisy the Curly Cat]

Link: [Funky Folky Art]

Link: [Grammology]

Link: [My Christian Diary]

Link: [Orient Lodge]

Link: [Woodworker Blog]

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Real M'n'C - XII

The second book in line on FishHawk Droppings is [The Minister & The Crackerhead], and it is a fictitious account of an encounter between a more devoutly religious person (The Minister) and myself (The Crackerhead), based upon real events.  This series will be just like it—only these encounters will be real.  Granted, some of the text will have been changed in an effort to protect both the innocent and the guilty, but none of that will change anything about what was being conveyed.  No, none of this is meant to cast aspersions towards anyone, nor to make myself good.  In fact, be assured that I have been made all too painfully aware of the fact that most will not get the point of any of this.  For only those who have been allowed and enabled to understand can, but just how many who can will want to?  Therefore, if you have a question or an observation, please speak up—even if you sincerely believe that I may very well be one of Satan’s worst.

The Minister: I am empowered to bind, to loose and to decree things and the Bible says wherever my voice is heard no one can ask me why.

The Crackerhead: Please forgive me if my question is not allowed, but I would really like to know what you mean by that?

The Minister: Feel free to ask me any question you wish.

1 The Bible tells me in the book of [Matthew 16:19] I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

[Matthew 18:18-19] "I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.  Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven."

2 Bible says wherever my voice is heard no one can ask me why.

[2 Samuel 22:45 KJV] Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

[2 Samuel 22:45-46 NIV] And foreigners come cringing to me; as soon as they hear me, they obey me.  They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.

The Crackerhead: How does this apply in your daily life—both naturally and spiritually?  By naturally, I mean in regards to the living of your life in this world, and and by spiritually, I mean in regards to your daily walk with Christ.

The Minister: First of all, I believe that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.  For this message to be true... then the works, ordinances, commandments and even decrees of Christ is still very much the same every day.

That said, in my Life's journey, I have had to decree certain things according to the Bible and surely the Lord brought them to pass to the Glory of His Name.

As for the part of "when the strangers hear my voice...." I wouldn't want to believe that you do not believe in evil spirits and which we call strangers in the Spiritual sense.  When the Bible talks about evil occupation, it could be your house, your soul, your body and when you command them in The Mighty Name Of Jesus, they will flee from their hiding places take this verse for an example ... [Matthew 12:43-45] “When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.  Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order.  Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation."

Or rather, what would you call unfamiliar person or spirit, even an unwanted spirt or person?  I would call it a stranger!

So Jesus gave us power to keep our spirit/souls/body clean by the Spirit of God. I believe that is why the gifts of the Spirit were given to us because He knows we wouldn't be able to do it alone.

The Crackerhead: Please forgive me for being so late with my reply.  For I should have said something about needing to wait for further instructions on how to properly respond after recognizing that we are worlds apart on this issue days ago. 

To be quite honest about it, I am still not absolutely sure.  For I know that what I have been given to say is not what you want to hear at this time; but since [this] has been already posted, I do not want to appear to be disingenuous.  Therefore, I hope that you will still want to believe that I only trying to help, and that I am not your enemy. 

No, I cannot really blame you for naturally not wanting to accept what I have been given to say.  For what help can someone who appears to be in the hands of an angry God possibly be to someone who has been so richly blessed as you and your family have been?  On the other hand, please do not discount the fact that the Apostle Paul was beheaded by the Romans after spending the last years of his earthly life in chains.

By the way, the post that I provided a link to is a little off-topic, but it does address the crux of the matter at hand.  I hope you will also check-out [Spiritual Warfare], [Demonic Possession] and [Sheltered Lives] when you are given the time.

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Sites To See

The SOLE purpose of this weekly series is to call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another. Just to be clear, inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as a recommendation, and I have included sites that are rather disturbing to me. The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable. Please, go see for yourself.

Link: [Christian Technology Today]

Link: [Corner of Cat's Mind]

Link: [Cupboard Creatures]

Link: [Diary of a British Expatriate in Finland]

Link: [Digiscoped.com]

Link: [Friends FurEver]

Link: [Here In My World]

Link: [I Love/Hate America]

Link: [Ixela]

Link: [Mountains of Tuscany, Pistoia]

Link: [My Reverie]

Link: [Nature's Beauty And Fury In Pictures]

Link: [No Symptoms Of Decay]

Link: [Old Cat Gossip]

Link: [Really?]

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Stevie Nicks vs. Weird Al Yankovic

Link: [Stevie Nicks]

Link: [On YouTube]

Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around

Stevie Nicks (With Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)

Baby you’ll come knockin’

On my front door

Same old line

You used to use before

That’s the game well

What am I supposed to do

I didn’t know

What I was getting’ into

So you’ve had a little trouble in town

Now you’re keepin’ some demons down

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my heart around

It’s hard to think about

What you’ve wanted

It’s hard to think about

What you’ve lost

This doesn’t have to be

The big get even

This doesn’t have to be

Anything at all

I know you really want

To tell me goodbye

I know you really want

To be your own girl

Baby you could never look my in the eye

Yeah you buckle with

The weight of the words

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my heart around

There’s people runnin’ around

Loose in the world

Ain’t got nothin’

Better to do

Than make a meal of some

Bright-eyed kid

You need someone

Lookin’ after you

I know you really want

To tell me goodbye

I know you really want

To be your own girl

Baby you could never look me in the eye

Yeah you buckle with

The weight of the words

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my heart around

Stop draggin’ my heart around

Stop draggin’ my heart around

Stop draggin’ my heart around

Link: [Weird Al Yankovic]

Link: [On YouTube]

Stop Draggin’ My Car Around

Weird Al Yankovic

Had to park my car

For just five minutes

I had to go inside

To use the phone

When I came back again

My car was gone

Well I didn’t know

It was a loadin’ zone

What a bummer

I was so brought down

I had to chase that tow truck

All over town

Yellin’

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my car around

Took my baby to

The local disco

I was jumpin’

Like a maniac

But the owner came

And pulled me off the floor

The he

He took me to his little office in the back

He said

I really like your snaggletooth necklace

Your pants are groovy

And your hair’s okay

But man

That car of yours is so uncool

Like wow I’m sorry

But we towed it away

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my car around

Now I’m at home

I’m watchin’ Gilligan’s Island

Guess it’s time

To trade my old car in

For twenty dollars

And my ’64 Plymouth

Maybe I could get a

Second-hand Schwinn

Look out the window

There’s a tow truck in the driveway

I grabbed the driver

And I asked him why

He said I’m sorry kid

You’re late with the payments

It’s time to kiss

Your little car goodbye

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin my car around

Stop draggin’ my car around

Listen

The check’s in the mail

No really

Stop draggin’ my car around

Oh man

I just got the hub caps painted

Stop draggin’ my car around

Hey hey

I left a sandwich in the backseat

Stop draggin’ my car around

Oh

Stop draggin’ my car around

Lyrics From: [Sing365.com]

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WhiteHeart Wednesday

Link: [Redemption]

MP3 Audio Player From: [BlogDumps Video]

Jesus

WhiteHeart

Stop do you hear

There’s something in the distance

That is rumbling

I wonder could it be

The sound of prison walls

As they are crumbling

In case you hadn’t noticed

Dead hearts locked up tight

As graves are opening

It’s not political

Not economical

Not theological

Oh it’s Spiritual

It’s Spiritual

It’s Spiritual

It is Jesus

Jesus

Jesus

One faith

One hope

One love

One Lord

Jesus

I wanna make it clear

The Spirit in me

Moved me to redemption

I wanna make it know

That anyone can

Feel this revelation

Oh this is radical

Don’t call it magical

But it’s a miracle

The way this love

Flows

And flows

And flows

And flows

It is Jesus

Jesus

Jesus

One faith

One hope

One love

One Lord

One way

One truth

One life

One Lord

Jesus

It is Jesus

Jesus

Jesus

One faith

One hope

One love

One Lord

Oh Jesus

Jesus

Jesus

One way

One truth

One life

One Lord

Jesus

Link: [WhiteHeart]

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TWO FOR TUESDAY

Link: [The Marshall Tucker Band]

Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world. For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously ferverent rants of rebellion. Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.

Link: [On YouTube]

Fire On The Mountain

The Marshall Tucker Band

Took my family away from my

Carolina home

Had dreams about the West

And started to roam

Six long months on a

Dust covered trail

They say Heaven’s at the end

But so far it’s been Hell

And there’s

Fire on the mountain

Lightnin’ in the air

Gold in them hills

And it’s waitin’ for me there

We were diggin’ and siftin’

From five to five

Sellin’ everything we found

Just to stay alive

Gold flowed free

Like the whiskey in the bars

Sinnin’ was the big thing Lord

And Satan was His star

And there’s

Fire on the mountain

Lightnin’ in the air

Gold in them hills

And it’s waitin’ for me there

Dance hall girls were the

Evenin’ treat

Empty cartridges and blood lie in

The gutters of the street

Men were shot down

For the sake of fun

Or just to hear the noise

Of their forty-four guns

And there’s

Fire on the mountain

Lightnin’ in the air

Gold in them hills

And it’s waitin’ for me there

Now my widow

She weeps by my grave

Tears flow free for her man

She couldn’t save

Shot down in cold blood

By a gun that carried fame

All for a useless and no good

Worthless claim

And there’s

Fire on the mountain

Lightnin’ in the air

Gold in them hills

And it’s waitin’ for me there

Fire on the mountain

Lightin’ in the air

Gold in them hills

And it’s waitin’ for me there

Waitin’ for me there

Link: [On YouTube]

Can’t You See

The Marshall Tucker Band

Gonna take a freight train

Down at the station Lord

I don’t care

Where it goes

Gonna climb a mountain

The highest mountain Lord

Jump off

Ain’t nobody gonna know

Can’t you see

Oh Lord can’t you see

What that woman

Lord she’s been doin’ to me

Can’t you see

Can’t you see

What that woman

Oh she’s been doin’ to me

I’m gonna find me

A hole in the wall

I’m gonna crawl inside

And die

‘Cause my lady now

A mean ol’ woman Lord

Never even told me goodbye

Can’t you see

Oh Lord can’t you see

What that woman Lord

Oh she’s been doin’ to me

Can’t you see

Can’t you see

What that woman Lord

Oh she’s been doin’ to me

Gonna buy a ticket

As far as I can

I ain’t a-never

Comin’ back

Gonna take that freight train

And I’m goin’ to Washington

I ain’t never

Comin’ back

Can’t you see

Oh Lord can’t you see

What that woman

Oh she’s been doin’ to me

Can’t you see

Can’t you see

What that woman

Oh she’s been doin’ to me

Can’t you see

Well Lord can’t you see

What that woman

Oh she’s been doin’ to me

Can’t you see

Can’t you see

What that woman

Oh she’s been doin’ to me

Can’t you see

Oh Lord

Can’t you see

She’s a crazy lady

What that woman

Oh she’s been doing to me

Can’t you see

I don’t think I can stand it

Can’t you see

To last to tomorrow

What that woman

Oh she’s been doin’ to me

Can’t you see

Oh I’m gonna take a freight train

Can’t you see

Down at the station Lord

What that woman

Ain’t never

She’s been doin’ to me

Comin’ back

Can’t you see

Gonna ride me a southbound

Can’t you see

All the way to Georgia Lord

What that woman

‘Til the train

She’s been doing to me

It run outta track

Lyrics From: [Sing365.com]

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Come Monday...Boy Howdy!

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about, websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.” This is subject to change, however. In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be good—right? Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

Well, I have been wanting to get on with my pieces about my favorite science fiction television shows for around a month now, but something keeps coming up. Yeah, it has happened again.

Okay, not really. For my wife and I have been all-a-twitter over my son coming to live with us tomorrow, and this is something to go all-a-twitter over. For she has never met him, and I haven’t seen him since he was around four and a half years old.

On the other hand, our household is almost always all-a-twitter over something. So, that is really not a very good excuse.

I really don’t think you-all will mind too much, however. For while watching episodes of [Babylon 5] that I taped back in 2000, a commercial for [TiVo] came on, which stars [Joe Montana] and [Ronnie Lott] of the [San Francisco 49ers] glory days.

Link: [On YouTube]

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A Sunday Drive

Back during my childhood, our parents would often load up my brother and I after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived. Even though we were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a weekly series revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again. The link below the image is to the site itself, and the image is linked to the post it was first included in here.

Link: [In Defense Of Obama]

Link: [Kindred Souls]

Link: [Mature Not Senile]

Link: [Mulled Vine]

Link: [PhotoDito]

Link: [Soul-to-Soul]

Link: [The Jannaverse]

Link: [The Savvy Tourist]

Link: [Washwords]

Link: [Witchy Mama]

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