Sorry I haven’t updated in a month.  However, NEVER FEAR!  I am back with a new post and I plan on doing this daily after I gorge myself with turkey and mashed potatoes tomorrow.  Comics/albums/drawings/cool stuff that I like and expect you to do the same.  Anyways here’s a couple fliers for shows I did in November.  They were tons of fun and you should have went.

Expect more of those as more shows come around this area.  We are also booking shows in our basement, so keep an eye out for those too.

Here’s a mixtape I made for the fall.  Now that its almost winter WHAT BETTER TIME TO LISTEN TO IT?  It’s about being depressed because the winter is coming and the winter sucks.  For fans of: Hardcore/pop punk/indie/folk/garage lo fi bullshit

part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?maejhnayyw2

part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?nklddy5ky5o

Tracklisting

1. Misfits//Halloween

2. AFI//Fall Children

3. The Measure [SA]//Hello Bastards

4. The Beach Boys//You’re So Good to Me

5. Short Attention//Double Deuce

6. Social Circkle//What’s So Great?

7. The Marked Men//Fortune

8. For Science//Hibernation

9. Black Flag//Depression

10. Billy Bragg//A New England

11. Dr. Dog//The Rabbit, The Bat, and The Reindeer

12. Fucked Up//Baiting

13. Deep Sleep//Let Go

14. The Bananas//New Animals

15. Cheeky//Grow Fins, Turkey

16. Panic//Strength in Solitude

17. Descendents//Bikeage

18. Devo//Mongoloid

19. Fake Boys//Eat Leaves

20. Merchandise//I’m Still Right

21. The Ergs!//See Him Again

22. Foreign Objects//Fixed Failure

23. Jay Reatard//Greed, Money, Useless Children

24. Karen O and The Kids//Rumpus

25. Dear Landlord//Whiskey and Records

26. Misfits//Night of the Living Dead

27. Psyched to Die//Five Year Plan

28. Off With Their Heads//Shambles

29. Short Attention//You Suck

30. Paintbox//Cry Baby

31. Fleet Foxes//Your Protector

32. The Suicide File//Song for Tonight

THANKS! SEE YOU SOON

Really not much to report as far as action today, but Delmarvalous was one horse I was watching, as the colt drove to a 5-lenth victory in $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund contest at Dover Downs.

Delmarvalous went off as a 1-9 favorite, so nobody was surprised with the victory, and Dover only offer Win, Exacta, and Trifecta wagering.

The favorite has shown some promise, with a 6-2-0 record in 9 attempts this year and clocking a lifetime best mile of 1:52.4. His most notable showing was a 2nd place finish in the Nassagaweya Stakes in September at Mohawk, finishing behind Sportswriter in the race and ahead of Rock Me Please.  With today’s win, Delmarvalous has earned just under $128,000 for the year.

The favorite paid an obvious $2.10 to win, and the Delmarvalous/Amazing Quest exacta paid $13.20, while Here Comes Brandon rounded out the trifecta that paid $51.60.

Expect to see Delmarvalous again a week from today in another $20,000 division of the DSBF series, as well as on December 6 in teh $100,000 DSBF Final at Dover Downs.

David Opderbeck has another post up at the Biologos blog on the Kitzmiller decision and related issues.  He makes some excellent points regarding Judge Jones’ misguided efforts to define science. 

However, he repeats a common misunderstanding about “teaching the controversy”:

Supporters of Judge Jones’ approach in the Kitzmiller case suggest that a similar gatekeeping function is important with respect to public education. Without some demarcation of what can be taught as “science” in the public schools, aren’t we opening the floodgates to the teaching of all sorts of pseudo-science, such as astrology and young earth creationism? I think this is a valid concern. For this and other reasons, I personally don’t agree with the “teach the controversy” approach promoted by many ID advocates. If I were to serve on my local school board, I would not vote in favor of introducing ID materials into the science curriculum, primarily because I don’t believe the ID program has generated sufficient results to reach the public schools. Like the courts, the public schools lack the time and resources to address views that fall far outside the scientific mainstream.

My reply comment clarifying the facts was as follows:

Interesting post. You make some good points.

I find it quite interesting the beating you are taking for simply using the phrase “ID theory.” I find the comments attacking this phrase unhelpful and uncivil, as they do not respect thoughtful ID proponents, and they do not further the debate. They reflect a form of knee jerk fundamentalism. Does Biologos endorse this kind of rhetoric?

I wish I had more time to comment, but I will make one important point of fact: you seem to equate “teaching the controversy” with “introducing ID materials into the science curriculum.” That is not accurate, at least as far as the Discovery Institute is concerned. They are the leading advocates of teaching the controversy. Teaching the controversy means presenting evidence for evolution, and evidence that poses problems for evolution, such as the Cambrian Explosion and the fact that genetics and morphology present a mixed picture as to whether there is a single, consistent “tree of life.” Only solid mainstream evidence would be presented. Then students are encouraged to think critically about the evidence.

I don’t know why any good educator would oppose this, as long as the evidence is presented accurately. Judge Jones suggested that even this should be banned. The Supreme Court in Edwards v. Aguillard clearly stated that teaching the controversy is permissible, if done the right way and with the right intent. Edwards trumps Kitzmiller, obviously.

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Atención al artículo de mi colega Carlos Marcos en El País. Un repaso al pop, indie, rock, grunge y dance españoles a través del filtro de sus letras en inglés, o lo que es lo mismo, ¿por qué si son españoles cantan en inglés? ¿Cuestión de maduración? No se lo pierdan:

Inglés para principiantes

Los nuevos grupos madrileños no usan el español en sus canciones

La escena se puede presenciar cada noche en las salas madrileñas de conciertos. Un grupo español canta en inglés. Cuando termina la pieza, el vocalista se acerca al micrófono y dice, en castellano: “Buenas noches, Madrid. Esta canción que acabamos de interpretar es de nuestro nuevo disco”. ¿Incoherente? Pocos debates tan encendidos como éste en nuestra música pop: ¿por qué los grupos españoles eligen el inglés? En las calles madrileñas florece una hornada de bandas que prefieren marginar su lengua y apostar por la de los Beatles. Es el caso de Lourdes Hernández, la madrileña de 23 años que hay detrás de Russian Red, cantante emergente de la temporada: “Yo sí lo veo coherente. Cuando cantas te expresas de una manera y cuando te diriges al público usas la lengua de quienes te escuchan. Es una cuestión práctica. Además, la música no está asociada a que la gente entienda tus letras al dedillo. A veces, ni en castellano entiende uno lo que le quieren contar”.

Son muchos los que comenzaron expresándose en la lengua de Shakespeare y luego se pasaron a la de Cervantes. Es el caso de Pepo Márquez, madrileño de 31 años, personaje respetado dentro del movimiento independiente gracias a grupos como The Secret Society, Grande-Marlaska o Buena Esperanza: “Comienzas a cantar en inglés por una educación musical basada en la mímesis, en imitar a tus grupos favoritos. Y si encima sabes inglés, mejor. Pero siempre sentía una semilla de duda: un idioma que no es el tuyo está a un paso de la impostura”. Cuestión de madurez. Eso es lo que argumentan los chaqueteros. Pepo: “Lo mejor es decir en tu idioma cosas interesantes. Es un proceso de madurez como artista, un reto”.

Y rasgo diferenciador, argumentan otros. Si musicalmente imitas a, por poner un ejemplo, Radiohead y encima cantas en inglés, no existe el elemento diferenciador. Si, por contra, lo haces en castellano es posible que puedas aportar una nueva visión. Xoel López arrancó con Deluxe en inglés y cambió al español: “Empiezas imitando a tus ídolos y eliges el inglés. Lo haces para ser más guay. Al madurar, cambias”.

Cristina Llanos, al frente de Dover, es de las pocas vocalistas que empezó con el inglés y sigue así después de casi 20 años. De hecho, su música ha cambiado radicalmente (del grunge al dance-pop), pero no la manera de expresarse. “La mayoría de la música viene de Estados Unidos y de Reino Unido. Me gusta más como suena en inglés. Lo veo más natural. Siempre me pareció así, incluso cuando mi inglés era rudimentario”. Respecto al debate de la madurez, la voz de Dover tiene su opinión: “Lo entiendo: eres más maduro y prefieres contar las cosas en castellano para que el mensaje sea más directo. Pero cuando yo escribo en inglés, en mi cabeza le está llegando más directamente a la gente. Mi objetivo es ése, no importa que sea en un idioma o en otro”.

Delco es otra banda madrileña con buenas críticas. Acaba de editar su segundo disco, Sophomore, íntegramente en inglés. Manu Piñón, madrileño de 32 años, es su vocalista: “Me gustaría saber si la gente que escucha a Nacho Vega entiende sus letras en español. Entiende las palabras, pero igual las letras no. Cantar en inglés es una opción, más fruto de la intuición que de algo meditado. Además, el nivel de inglés en España ha aumentado. La gente no espera y se baja Perdidos [Lost] en inglés”.

Clara Jeffers es una estadounidense de 30 años que lleva viviendo en Madrid desde hace cinco. Habla bien castellano pero conserva un fuerte acento anglosajón. Vamos, como Michael Robinson. Clara tiene dos bandas, Las Señoras y Silla Eléctrica, y es el caso contrario a Russian Red: es una anglohablante que canta en castellano. “Cuando escuché a grupos españoles cantando en inglés me pareció gracioso. Tenían un acento simpático. No sé, deben cantar en el idioma en el que estén más a gusto. Yo lo hago en castellano porque me encanta el pop español, grupos como Kaka de Luxe o Polanski y el Ardor. Pasa un poco como con el cine. Yo creo que es fantástico, pero a los españoles no les gusta”.

Los anglocantantes confiesan haber probado con su idioma secretamente. Incluso se confiesan admiradores de Serrat o Sabina. Cristina Llanos anuncia: “Cuando nos apetezca lo haremos. Estoy convencida de que alguna vez cantaremos en español”. Si cae ese muro…

I have judge Jones on the record saying that the waves of creationist challenges are not over and that his case was the third wave, the first being the Scopes trial and the second I forget at the moment. He said that these challenges will keep arising because people are in general uninformed about evolution and joked about how there is no “stupidity clause in the constitution”

Everyone in the room laughed…but I didn’t think this was an issue that should be taken lightly.

He went on to say that he is unsure of the future of this debate because the current supreme court is still not in complete agreement on this issue (ahem justice Scullia)…

My issue is with the lawmakers, judges, and lawyers in this country. While I understand that there “is no stupidity clause in the constitution” that applies to the general public, I find it DEEPLY DISCONCERTING that lawmakers think the privilege of scientific ignorance applies to them.

Shouldn’t it be required that lawmakers have some kind of basic science literacy and understanding?

If they make practical decisions based on how the world operates and science is a major part of our understanding of the world, it would seem to me that they should at least know that global warming is real and humans didn’t live with dinosaurs.

If the laws of man govern scientists, why don’t the laws of nature govern lawmakers’ decisions?

(PS I’m sick of anti-evolutionists attacking Darwin. They must first realize that the origin of species was published 150 years ago and that evolution is so much more developed and factually supported now)

(PPS: I have this entire talk on mp3 if anyone wants it email me at Erumdo@gmail.com)

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The Ford Fusion has been a sales hit over the last year, hitting a record 151,000 sales this year to date. Ford Motor Company has acknowledged that the popular 4 door passenger car has set a new annual sales record which was previously set at 149,552 units back in 2007 before the big dip in the economy.

Overall the automotive industry’s sales are down almost 30%. “To actually have a vehicle that can sell in this economy is amazing,” states David Wilson Jr. Vice President of Preston Automotive Group. According to Detroit News, a big boost in the Fusion sales were accounted from the increase in sales of the Fusion Hybrid which now accounts to 20% of all Fusion sales. Also according to Ford Motor Company an estimated 60% of sales were from consumers who have been converting from Toyota and Honda to the Fusion hybrids.

Maryland and Delaware Ford dealer Preston Ford has seen a definite increase in sales for the 2010 Fusion and Fusion Hybrid models. Starting today Preston Ford has begun their quest to be the #1 Ford dealer in the country. As a part of their quest they have increased their inventory of Fusion and Fusion Hybrids to meet the demand of the areas consumers. Preston Ford has named their quest “The Top 100 Sales Drive.”

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On my return to England after my adventures in France I did not really settle particularly well. For some months afterwards I hitch-hiked across the bottom of England, shuffling between friends in the West Country and others in the South East and London. One of the first trips I made back on English soil, however, was the relatively short hop to Avebury stone circle. Thought to be about five thousand years old, this Wiltshire landmark had been recommended by one of the drivers who had given us a lift back from Dover when we returned to England. On this occasion I was with a mate of mine who wanted to come along for the experience. Because there is no single road between my home town and Avebury our journey was a succession of short rides and then sometimes quite long waits until we got another lift. I didn’t mind as it was interesting to see some of my own country in this way: the time spent in France had made me appreciate the countryside in a way that I had not done before.

It was getting dark when our latest lift dropped us about ten miles short of Avebury so we decided to ask at a nearby farm whether we could pitch our tent in one of their fields. They were happy to oblige and sold us some milk and some eggs for the morning. We made hot chocolate and moaned about our aching feet, although we’d hardly walked on them. Some time before dawn we woke up, packed the tent away and breakfasted on scrambled eggs before hitting the road again. An early bird took us right to the stone circle and we gazed in awe as the morning mists slowly lifted to reveal the standing stones. Nobody else was about. We walked in silence around the perimeter with that time-slip sort of feeling. But for the fences and the faint hum of morning traffic close by, we could have slipped back a few centuries. My overriding memory is of a tree which had been growing by the stones for so long that its roots had broken the surface. They seemed to go on forever, twisting and turning across the grass like a nest of snakes. Eventually we spotted another human, a girl who was sketching the stones and the trees. In hushed tones I told her about the tree with all the roots and she whispered back that she’d check it out later.

And then the coaches arrived. It must have been about half ten so we’d had a few hours enjoying the stones pretty much to ourselves and were thinking about finding a cafe before working out where we’d go next. When we reached the car park there were already five or six coaches parked up and seemingly hundreds of tourists milling around, babbling to one another and clutching tin-foil-wrapped sandwiches. A very loud American voice shouted to a friend “Hey Jack, come and get a shot of me next to one of these rocks!” and we knew we’d made the right decision to leave. The stones were no longer exclusively ours and the magic spell we’d been under all morning had broken.

Some weeks later I was hitching alone and hit a real low point. I had no money in my pocket and no tent yet the sun was low in the sky and it was clear that I was not likely to cover the hundred miles or so to my destination that night, which was a friend’s house in Sussex. An hour earlier I had been dropped at a service station, just like we used to in France, but nobody seemed to want to pick me up. I was starving hungry, I was worrying about where to sleep. A little way down from where I was standing was a small brick construction, no taller than a dog kennel, no wider than a car. The wooden doors were not locked and inside were a handful of traffic cones. I decided that I would be able to squeeze inside and sleep there if I really had to, but first I would try and see if the restaurant at the service station would let me do some washing up in return for a plate of food. The first woman I spoke to was Bengali and her English was not very good. I had trouble making her understand what I meant. “You come see manager tomorrow and apply for job.” she  repeated this several times and I was on the verge of saying “Never mind,” when another woman came out and asked what was going on. I explained once more that I was hitch-hiking, had no money and wondered if there were any odd jobs I could do in return for some food. She shook her head but told me to sit at one of the tables then bustled off somewhere. As I waited for her to come back I wondered whether she had gone to phone the manager. Or get security? On her return she was carrying a tray of sausage, chips and beans, with a pot of coffee on the side. “Eat,” she said. “But I can’t pay you,” I stammered. “Eat,” she repeated and smiled.

I could not thank her enough but she just shrugged and said she hoped someone would do the same for one of her kids if they ever needed it. Refreshed and energised I went back to the side of the road and decided I would try for another hour before crawling into the cone hut. And what do you know…someone stopped for me five minutes later. He was not going anywhere near my destination but as we drove along and I told him about the woman at the service station he began asking all sorts of questions about why I hitched around and what I wanted to do with my life. I told him I was a musician (he could have worked that out, I always travelled with my guitar in case I got stuck somewhere and needed to go busking), but that one day I wanted to be a writer. As for the hitching, I said it was the easiest way to find adventure and to meet some good people. As we were approaching the place I expected him to drop me off he turned to me and said he was going to drive me where I was heading. “But that’s forty miles out of your way, isn’t it?” I asked. “Yes but I wish I’d had your guts when I was younger and done some adventuring of my own. And besides, it’s dark and you’ve said you’ll probably have to sleep rough somewhere. So I’ll take you to your friend’s place and I won’t have to worry you’re in any danger.” As good as his word, he dropped me outside my mate’s house an hour later. As I thanked him and made to get out of the car he shook my hand, slipping five pounds into it as he did so. “So you can eat tomorrow,” he said, before closing the door, waving and driving off into the night.

Dilton Quadrangle: 1/2 mile east of Dilton Store on south side of Bradyville Pike,
Photographed by Patsy Paterson

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Sophia C. Bynum

08 Jul 1891

11 Mar 1965

Will G. Bynum

20 Oct 1891

20 May 1969

Annie

Belle Arnette

1857

1939

Callie Arnette

15 Feb 1883

26 Nov 1973

Elizabeth D. Arnette

1887

1963

James L. Arnette

1880-1953

Grover C. Arnette

Tennessee

PVT 346 Co.

Motor Trans. Corps.

17 Aug 1892

1 Aug 1945

Nettie Arnette

07 Jun 1880

12 Jan 1974

Oscar Arnette

31 May 1878

11 May 1955

T. Hoyte Arnette

21 Jun 1885

04 Jan 1941

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Daughter

Barbara Gean Armstrong

Jun 1937

Apr 1939

William Hall Arnette

26 Sep 1894

30 Aug 1954

Willie Belle Arnette

03 Oct 1905

31 Dec 2001

William Hall Arnette

Waggoner Sup. Co 317 F. A. 81 Div

WWI

26 Sep 1894

30 Aug 1954

Dossie E. Arnold

24 Dec 1903

01 Feb 1970

Jimmie Snow Arnold

28 Dec 1912

07 Jun 1983

Mary Aliene Lee Arnold

12 Nov 1912

09 Aug 1994

Ruth Arnette Avaritt

07 Apr 1923

10 Jan 2001

Married 21 Jan 1945

Jesse T. (Tom) Avaritt

28 Jun 1920

30 Apr 2002

Jesse Thomas Avaritt

S SGT US MARINE CORPS

WWII
28 Jun 1920

30 Apr 2002

Purple Heart

Ruth A. Avaritt

1923

2001

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R. B. Benson

31 Jul 1891

03 Apr 1921

——————-

NO STONE

J. N. Benson

20 Nov 1878

16 Apr 1906

———————–

NO STONE

Victoria Wife of

G. W. Benson

02 Mar 1856

28 Dec 1924

—————————

NO STONE

G. W. Benson

27 Mar 1845

28 Dec 1924

——————————-

David M. Bivins

10 Nov 1873

01 Dec 1947

Myrtle H. Bivins

16 Apr 1884

30 Dec 1954

Will Bivins

Emoline Bivens

wife of D. M. Bivens

05 Mar 1831

11 Dec 1905

Fannie I. E. Bivens

22 Sep 1911

22 Nov 1911

J. H. Bivens

07 Jan 1863

19 Nov 1908

James D. Bivens

06 Oct 1903

22 Nov 1903

Mary Bivins

Daughter of David M. and Emma Bivens

21 Oct 1860

27 Jan 1891

Tom Bivens

1885

1933

Danny Brandon

16 Apr 1962

08 Jun 2000

G. David Brandon

12 Oct 1944

30 Mar 1972

George D. Brandon

Tennessee

SGT US Marine Corps

Vietnam P. H.

12 Oct 1944

30 Mar 1972

Mamie H. Brandon

06 Aug 1909

07 Jan 2003

Married 19 Jun 1979

J. G. "Jack" Brandon

17 May 1908

30 Sep 1983

Tennie H. Brandon

1883

1977

John A. Brandon

1876

1955

Kate Brandon

14 Aug 1883

23 Jan 1973

Neely Brandon

08 Oct 1880

05 Jun 1972

J. Palmer Brandon

1910

1963

Kathleen R. Brandon

1921

1992

Kayla Michelle Brandon

27 Mar 2003

28 Mar 2003

Annie Browley

Fines E. Browley

08 Apr 1891

12 Feb 1959

cemetery book says Brawley

Pauline Harrell Broyles

10 Mar 1914

10 Jan 1971

Lee Allen Broyles

09 Nov 1910

24 Jan 1953

Frank Brunskog and Sister

————————

Metal Marker in 1974

No Stone

O. M Bullard

13 Apr 1881

02 Apr 1949

————————————–

Tom Bullard

13 Apr 1889

02 Apr 1949

(this matches the O. M. Bullard listed in the cemetery book as a metal marker except birth year is 1881)

Cathie T. Bullard

13 Sep 1895

06 Nov 1974

B. I. Bynum

07 Mar 1852

04 Apr 1937

Julia Bynum

09 Jan 1868

12 Feb 1958

James D. Bynum

1877 1948

Vesta Lowe Bynum

1882

1955

Lowe Rene

Daughter of J. D. and Vesta Bynum

03 Dec 1906

15 Jan 1918

Mayme E. Bynum

wife of R. O. Bynum

27 Sep 1893

09 Sep 1913

Pearl V. Tribble Bynum

wife of R. D. Bynum

03 May 1903

06 Jan 1922

NO STONE

Josephine Brandon Cannon

17 Jan 1875

08 July 1958

——————–

NO STONE

Joe Ben Cooper

20 Aug 1920

09 Feb 1944

———————–

NO STONE

J.  Ervin Cooper

29 May 1916

16 Dec 1935

Sallie L. Cooper

27 Dec 1878

17 May 1946

D. R. Carter

17 Dec 1845

24 Mar 1928

Martha J. Carter

26 Mar 1839

13 Mar 1921

Peyton A. Carter

22 Feb 1846

23 Nov 1925

Mattie H. Carter

Wife of D. R. Carter

05 Jul 1863

20 Jan 1910

Bertha T. Clinton

1897

1945

Will (Boss) Clinton

1891

1965

Birtha Taylor

wife of Ross Clinton

10 Jan 1897

01 May 1945

Dorris Clinton

1923

1933

Ernest "Ernie" Elvie Clinton

17 Oct 1939

17 May 1999

Allie Gitchell Ownby

21 Dec 1933

——————

Henry "Hank" Clinton

02 Jun 1939

19 Apr 1994

Joanne E. Clinton

19 Mar 1941

22 Mar 1998

Samuel Alfred Cooper

20 Sep 1890

08 Sep 1991

Bessie Gilley Cooper

24 Dec 1906

23 Nov 1998

Lennie J. Cooper

18 Aug 1917

21 Nov 2002

William Hall Cooper

18 Feb 1913

05 Dec 1993

Rev. John Wesley Cooper

19 Oct 1874

28 Dec 1926

Hugh L. Davenport

08 Jun 1895

18 Jul 1984

Effie B.

06 Aug 1892

05 Jan 1982

Audie S. Dean

01 Apr 1890

10 Apr 1976

Pauline H. Dean

21 Aug 1905

10 Jun 1987

J. C. Dover

1936

1974

Freddie Dover

1940

1980

J. W. Duncan

23 Aug 1916

02 Oct 1996

Nadine H. Duncan

14 Oct 1914

12 Feb 1998

Pauline Earp

1911

1994

Freelin Earp

1895

1956

Married 09 Oct 1932

G. B. Edmonds

1866

1933

Effie Davis Edmonds

1868

1966

Herman Davis Edmonds

19 Oct 1905

27 Jan 1950

Carlisle Edwards

1887

1955

Louie B. Faulkner

11 Feb 1895

21 Nov 1979

Sarah E. Faulkner

06 Nov 1926

22 Feb 1982

Zada B. Faulkner

1892

1976

Ed Elliott Ferrell

22 Feb 1884

08 Sep 1915

Henry Clay Ferrell

1902

1920

James W. Ferrell Jr.

1907

1928

Marina W. Ferrell

18 Dec 1844

11 Apr 1898

Josephine Brandon Gannon

17 Jan 1875

08 Jul 1958

Alton D. Gilley

Tennessee

PVT US ARMY
WWII
26 Dec 1904

27 Apr 1974

E. D. Gilley

04 Aug 1869

30 May 1964

Bessie Sloan

25 Sep 1874

21 Dec 1952

—————————————-

NO STONE

Metal Marker (1974)

Sallie J. Gum

Died 03 Jul 1969

———————————

Charity Ferrell

wife of J. F. Gilley

02 Sep 1880

23 Jul 1917

J. A. Gilley

04 Feb 1843

14 May 1917

J. Frank Gilley

07 Ma y1872

30 Oct 1955

Nancy C.

wife of J. A. Gilley

25 Jul 1845

29 Aug 1912

Cornelius Gordon

1846

1911

Ecce H. Gordon

1877

1962

John T. Gordon

1882

1945

Mary E. Gordon

1874

1914

Mary Lee Gordon

1850

1931

Russell J. Gordon

1885

1931

Doyle Wilson Gum

20 Mar 1927

31 Jul 1990

Married 03 Oct 1948

Annie Jordan Gum

21 Sep 1930

—————

Doyle Wilson Gum

PVT US ARMY

WWII

20 Mar 1927

31 Jul 1990

Gary Phillip Gum

12 Jul 1958

24 Jun 1990

Gary Phillip Gum

SGT US AIR FORCE

12 Jul 1958

24 Jun 1990

Robt. L. Gum

15 Jun 1879

12 Mar 1920

His son

Herbet Gum

14 Aug 1904

12 Mar 1920

Sallie Jernigan Gum

1877

1969

John A. Gum

1875

1955

Oscar Hall Gum

13 Oct 1894

28 Jan 1962

Mattie Wilson Gum

19 Sep 1898

12 Feb 1986

Oscar H Gumm

Tennessee PVT 161 Infantry

WWI

13 Oct 1894

28 Jan 1962

Clara E. Harrell

1918

1928

Lyda Preston Harrell

04 May 1890

16 Sep 1987

Jesse A. Harrell

11 Feb 1889

28 Nov 1973

Jessee J. Harrell

31 Dec 1911

12 Apr 2001

Pauline B. Harrell

23 Nov 1913

02 May 1988

John Lee Harrell

son of L. D. and L. A. Harrell

13 Mar 1889

16 Jul 1889

Laura

wife of L. D. Harrell

08 Feb 1858

24 Mar 1889

Marrion F. Harrell

15 Oct 1851

19 Apr 1933

Mattie Elizabeth Harrell

13 Nov 1937

14 Nov 1937

Rufus Kelley Harrell

28 Jul 1891

21 Aug 1966

Mattie Overall Harrell

08 May 1892

16 Jan 1973

Reuben K.

son of K and M Harrell

01 Feb 1916

15 Jul 1917

James Ellis Harris

05 May 1900

19 Apr 1988

Clara Parman Harris

07 Mar 1905

22 Jul 1993

J. N. Harris

18 Jul 1844

26 Dec 1921

Sallie A. Brown

16 Nov 1853

16 Jan 1922

Will R. Harris

1877

1969

Lela S. Harris

1873

1959

Daisy Knox Harvey

1879

1934

William Robert Harvey

1878

1953

J. D. Harvey

Tennessee

TEC5 Co A 186 Engr C BN

WWII

07 Aug 1913

16 Mar 1956

Nannie C. Harvey

1894

1981

John T. Harvey

1886

1965

Matha

wife of G. W. Hawks

09 Oct 1870

08 Jun 1912

William D.  Hawks

03 Nov 1888

19 Sep 1915

William B. Hayes

1872

1936

Florence Tolbert Hayes

1879

1962

William J. (Bill) Herrod

28 Nov 1904

26 Dec 1986

Ether Harrell

29 May 107

25 Aug 1993

Henry Ellis (Hank) Hirlston

19 Aug 1966

03 Jan 1992

Sally M. Holloway

15 Jun 1905

20 Sep 1986

Willard A. Holloway

TSGT US AIR FORCE

20 Aug 1905

23 Sep 1975

Horace

Margaret E. Howland

1921

1994

Roy H. Howland 1918

1989

Paul Howland

28 Apr 1914

18 Jun 1980

Thomas C. Howse

1863

1916

Mary Hudson

1856

1941

Arthur F. James

23 Dec 1896

13 May 1983

Lizzie Mai James

28 Jul 1902

29 Mar 1975

Alvin Jernigan

23 Mar 1909

11 Aug 1994

Claudie T. Jernigan

1896

1976

Austin F. Jernigan

1890

1947

Lula M. Jernigan

25 Sep 1915

03 Oct 1995

Ben A. Jernigan

11 Jul 1910

28 Aug 1976

Beulah A. Jernigan

12 Dec 1891

17 Apg 1965

William S. Jernigan

22 Oct 1878

07 Sep 1957

Oscar P. Jernigan

01 Sep 1887

21 Jan 1974

Elizabeth C. Jernigan

27 Aug 1889

15 Jul 1972

Emery B. Jernigan

13 Jan 1913

17 Jul 1974

Jesse Dill Jernigan

17 May 1909

15 May 1995

Fannie Bell Jernigan

12 Oct 1909

30 Nov 1968

Infant son of J. J. and O. M. Jernigan

J. A. Jernigan

31 Aug 1880

24 Nov 1906

Judy Frances Jernigan

29 Nov 1944

25 May 1945

————————————

NO STONE

Maggie Lizzie Jernigan

27 Aug 1889

15 Jul 1972

————————————————-

Medford Jernigan (cemetery book says William Medford Jernigan)

06 May 1906

28 Dec 1971

Susan E. Jernigan

06 Jan 1851

15 Feb 1907

W. M. Jernigan

24 Oct 1850

28 Sep 1914

E. M. Jones

08 Mar 1878

28 Feb 1949

Nora Landrum Jones

11 Jan 1889

11 Sep 1932

Ernest H. Jones

19 Apr 1912

06 Aug 1970

Ruby Blythe

02 Sep 1916

28 Nov 2001

Married 08 Aug 1933

Nina Y. Jones

1898

1989

J. Aubrey Jones

1898

1961

Sophia Mai Coleman Jones

05 Feb 1934

01 May 1954

J. C. Justiss

Apr 1903 Age 83 years

John Knight

1885

1958

G. W. Landrum

1888

1931

Leila B. Weeks

1890

1976

Hazel Landrum

02 Jun 1913

07 Jan 1979

John R. Landrum

31 Oct 1884

06 Feb 1965

Lettie O. Landrum

10 Jul 1880

10 Mar 1940

Narcissus J. Landrum

1863

1911

John Silas Landrum

1860

1914

Johnie Belle Landrum

Daughter of J. R. and L. O. Landrum

12 Aug 1911

08 Aug 1912

Lucille Landrum

19 Jul 1913

24 Aug 1944

Dorothy S. Lawrence

1931

1961

Ollie Eva Lawrence

30 Jun 1891

Can’t read dates

Verner Lawrence

19 May 1889

03 Jul 1964

Ella Harris Lee

wife of W. A. Lee

29 Jul 1858

24 Feb 1919

James Roy Lee

21 Dec 1915

03 Jan 1938

John Grady Lee

30 Aug 1902

24 Apr 1918

Vina Jernigan Lee

wife of John. J. Lee

28 Sep 1847

03 Dec 1923

John J. Lee

01 May 1845

08 Aug 1926

W. A. Lee

15 Nov 1874

22 Jul 1918

Zora Ellen Lee

19 Jul 1878

31 Jul 1911

Izzie M. Lowe

1885

1969

Willam N. Lowe

1879

1961

Alline Arnette Lyons

07 Apr 1923

06 Jan 1992

A. O. Mankin

1928

1913

Carl Edwards Mankin

27 Apr 1935

14 Aug 2002

Eva Summers Mankin

26 Feb 1885

07 Feb 1957

Cleveland G. Mankin

01 Feb 1886

29 Jan 1952

Lida B. Wilder Mankin

03 Apr 1906

29 Mar 1997

Jasper W. Mankin

25 Apr 1889

20 May 19??

Peggy Marie Mankin

12 May 1939

24 Sep 1963

Raybon M. Mankin

31 Oct 1909

21 Feb 1984

Mary F. Mankin

12 Jan 1920

Married ?6 Oct 1957

Lillie Birley Manus

29 Oct 1890

11 Nov 1953

Charlie Manus

30 Apr 1887

15 Nov 1957

Frank Manus

28 Apr 1913

15 Apr 2001

Willie Mae Manus

31 Aug 1908

19 Aug 1997

Married 08 Oct 1932

John T. Manus Sr.

09 Mar 1936

Lois J. Manus

28 Mar 1935

Ray Manus

1924

1930

Bessie Lee McCrary

Daughter of A. N. and Mattie

J. F. McCrary

1862

1932

Sarah McCrary

1867

1938

William J. McGill

16 Jun 1891

03 Mar 1981

Goldie I. McGill

17 Sep 1901

27 Apr 1978

Margaret Zelma McGill

1934

1951

Mary Annabell Harrell Medlock

26 Apr 1908

12 Nov 1989

(If someone can confirm that this is the daughter of Newton Harrell and Sarah Victory, or not, please contact Teresa at GenerationGoneBy@bellsouth.net

M. Jernigan Melton

21 Jul 1934

C. Michael Melton

05 Dec 1931

Randall David Melton

18 Dec 1955

05 Nov 2004

Ella T. Mingle

1886

1966

Burley I. Mingle

1887

1959

S. H. Mingle

1857-1907

His wife

Laura Mingle

1867-1907

Erley Mingle

1887-1917

Leathie D. Mingle

1865

1933

George W. Mingle

1863

1936

Janice R. Minnick

01 Apr 1942

Jerome L. Minnick Sr.

12 Feb 1948

25 Mar 2003

Cannon Justiss Overall

25 Nov 1899

07 Dec 1924

M. Virginia Bock

19 Jul 1905

09 Jun 1988

Thomas R. Overall

12 Oct 1857

31 Jul 1943

Fannie G. Justiss

24 Oct 1867

25 Jan 1940

Infant son of T. J. and Lucy Overall

Dead and Born 01 Dec 1919

——————————-

NO STONE

Infant son of

M. L. and W. F. Overall

24 Aug 1886

05 1886

—————————————-

John A. Overall

17 Nov 1851

24 Feb 1925

Mamie Overall

17 Mar 1888

24 Nov 1901

Mother

Mary Louisa Overall

Wife of W. F. Overall

13 Jun 1847

05 Sep 1887

Mattie

Daughter of Nace S. and P. A. Overall

26 Sep 1866

09 Mar 1892

Nace S. Overall

18 Jul 1815

03 Jan 1897

Permelia A. Kirby

Wife of Nace S. Overall

26 Nov 1822

05 Apr 1894

Bettie Roberts Pearcy

24 Nov 1864

17 Mar 1924

Rose Phillips

22 Jun 1882

29 May 1962

Henry L. Preston

1940

1959

Their Daughter

Annette

1959

——-

Juanita A. Preston

1938

——–

Married 24 May 1958

Henry Lee Preston

Tennessee

A03 US NAVY

29 May 1940

20 Nov 1959

J. A. Preston

22 Aug 1864

29 May 1915

Jennie Preston

Mother of Charlie–Mack– Joe Manus

Mary J. Harrell Preston

13 Apr 1882

20 Sep 1942

Noah L. Preston

15 Dec 1912

01 Aug 2003

Ruby H. Preston 15 Feb 1921

12 Sep 1995

Susie A. Higgins

wife of J. A. Preston

17 Oct 1853

08 Oct 1909

Ed. S. Puckett

18 Jan 1868

17 Aug 1923

His Wife

Belle Lee Puckett

09Oct 1869

14 Mar 1948

Gum Puckett

07 Jul 1894

22 Apr 1977

Mattie Puckett

28 Sep 1897

12 Jan 1984

James A . Reed

Husband of Gladys Jones Reed

25 Aug 1913

19 Dec 1943

Jesse G. Reed

1889

1968

Margaret Mim Reed

1887

1920

Charles R. Reeves

1918

1976

Mattie L. Reeves

1915

Clara Bain Reeves

04 Aug 1912

04 Jul 1991

John Ira Reeves

07 Aug 1908

M. Elizabeth Reeves

22 Apr 1914

25 Oct 1978

Robert A. Reeves

US ARMY WWII

11 Feb 1910

12 May 1983

Ann Roberts

Wife of D. M. Roberts

28 Jun 1835

14 Dec 1910

Anna Belle Becton Roberts

05 May 1893

21 Jan 1959

Wife of J. D. Roberts

Annie B. Roberts

Daughter of W. A. and S. J. Yearwood

22 Jun 1879

(can’t make out, may say married)

16 Feb 1911

Died

01 Jul 1911

Annie E.  Roberts

Daughter of W. A. and S. Y. Yearwood

Wife of J. D. Roberts

22 Jun 1879

01 Jul 1911

Cemeteries book says they were married 18 Feb 1911

Miss Callie Roberts

14 May 1871

13 Sep 1950

D. M. Roberts

1830

1900

Buried at Gully Burying Ground

John Drury Roberts

08 Mar 1866

10 Apr 1960

Uncle Dee was a pillar of the community, a lifelong worker for the church, and a benefactor to all who needed him. 

May his memory long live.

Murray L. Robertson

14 Nov 1906

18 Jul 1981

Mabel E. Robertson

20 Feb 1911

Bonnie M. Russell

1937

1977

Sallie F. Sagely

1853

1929

Sarah C. Paschal Sagely

12 Jul 1853

23 Jun 1929

———————–

NO STONE

America Marlin

Wife of Dr. E. A. Speer

23 Feb 1842

12 Nov 1916

————————–

Minnie Lee Sandford

15 Jyl 1887

24 Dec 1959

Sammie Lee Sanford

1892

1923

Lera J. Shires

10 Mar 1926

01 Aug 1975

Josie Fleming Singleton

23 Jan 1902

17 Nov 1993

George L. Singleton

27 Apr 1896

13 May 1969

Teresa’s note:  George is the son of John and Margaret Atlee "Maggie" Victory Singleton.  Anyone researching Maggie’s family, please contact me at cheasa@bellsouth.net.  Thanks!

Rosa Lee Smith

Daughter of R. B. and M. E. Pearcy

31 Jul 1888

14 Oct 1907

Married to G. S. Smith Jr.

25 Oct 1905

George Rufus Stephens

23 Dec 1870

29 Jan 1944

George Rufus Stephens

25 Dec 1902

21 Mar 1905

Henry Grady Stephens

13 Jul 1900

13 May 1902

Infant Daughter of G. R. and M. O. Stephens

14 Apr 1892

Minnie O. Stephens

03 Jun 1869

17 Nov 1921

—————————–

NO STONE

John Thomas Stephens

16 Aug 1908

16 Mar 1911

————————————

Babe M. Summers

22 May 1856

08 Dec 1848

Calvin

son of L. J. and E. M. Talbert

20 Jan 1881

05 Sep 1901

Mary M. Tarter

1898

1972

Alfred Taylor

08 Feb 1887

06 Feb 1955

Sudie Reed Taylor

22 Sep 1893

25 Jul 1969

Elmer Taylor

03 Mar 1922

13 May 1990

Mary Frances Taylor

14 Sep 1928

Married 24 Feb 1946

Fred W. Taylor

03 Oct 1915

31 Aug 1968

John Taylor

1858

1920

Helon Taylor

1866

1939

Izzie Bell Taylor

24 Apr 1902

08 Jun 1942

Sallie T. Taylor

1887

1969

John C. Taylor

1887

1961

S. B. Taylor Sr.

1902

1971

Maggie Taylor

1917

1939

Mrs. Maggie Taylor

1808

????

Phillip Loyd Taylor

13 Jun 1962

14 Jun 1962

Annie M. Taylor

26 Oct 1929

John Taylor

24 Feb ????

Phillip Loyd Taylor

13 Jun 1962

14 Jun 1962

Tennie

Abbie Lenar Thompson

11 Nov 1886

15 Jul 1906

————————–

NO STONE

Ella Overall Tolbert

1855

1938

——————————————–

Clarence Tolbert

03 Aug 1916

03 May 1979

Dellar J. Tolbert

1875

1966

William L. Tolbert

1877

1968

Delores Tolbert

Elam A. Tolbert

1906

1991

Elizabeth Tolbert

1915

1988

J. P. Tolbert

23 Feb 1867

22 Jan 1944

Eliza Youree

09 Dec 1863

09 Jul 1919

L. J. Tolbert

13 May 1846

02 Dec 1936

Elizabeth Bynum

20 Jan 1850

27 Oct 1930

————————————–

NO STONE

Calvin M.

Son of L. J. and E. M. Tolbert

20 Jan 1881

05 Sep 1901

——————————————-

Ella Overall Tolbert

1855

1938

Frank L. Tolbert

1882

1973

Carrie C. Tolbert

1888

1973

Howard Tolbert

Son of F. L. and Carrie Tolbert

18 Aug 1906

26 Jun 1907

Infant of J. R. and Lydia Tolbert

11 Sep 1902

James R. Tolbert

02 Jul 1855

04 Oct 1916

His wife

Lydia Tolbert

05 May 1883

03 Oct 1916

Hallie Mankin Tolbert

No Dates

Jim Alec

1908

1956

Leroy Tolbert

29 Feb 1884

08 Oct 1918

William H. Tolbert

01 May 1855

07 Jun 1915

Mary Alline Toombs

1917

1967

Willie Roy Travis

10 Feb 1915

25 Jul 1992

Aileen Harvey Travis

01 May 1913

02 May 1969

Warren L. Turl

03 Apr 1918

03 Jan 1984

Evelyn P. Turl

16 Feb 1921

18 Aug 2004

04 Apr 1942

Susan H. Wallace

04 Oct 1910

James W. Wallace

22 Oct 1912

12 Dec 1977

Same stone close up

James William Wallace

US NAVY

WWII

22 Oct 1912

12 Dec 1977

Maggie Lee Wallace

20 Nov 1871

24 Jul 1927

"Buddy"

W. M. Wallace

29 Apr 1940

09 Jun 1985

Phyllis Carol Walls

08 Jun 1939

22 Aug 1994

Albert Murry Watts

19 Jul 1927

21 Apr 1930

Arthur Murray Watts

17 Mar 1897

20 Aug 1986

Annie Puckett

08 Aug 1891

27 Aug 1970

George Ellis Weeks

1888

1991

Lala Landrum Weeks (cemetery book says Lola)

1891

1948

Charles P. Whitworth

09 Sep 1887

06 Dec 1952

Bessie L. Whitworth

21 Feb 1891

14 Jan 1989

Billie Dorris Whitworth

13 Jun 1934

16 Jun 1934

Albert Arnold Wilson

09 Sep 1927

21 Sep 1998

Albert D. Wilson

19 Mar 1866

20 Feb 1950

Sallie Pace Wilson

26 Jun 1872

16 Jan 1936

Henry L. Wilson

28 Apr 1896

06 Mar 1982

Celestine G. Wilson

06 Nov 1900

27 Apr 1983

Married

19 Sep 1919

Marshall Lee Wilson

16 Feb 1922

27 Feb 1995

Marshall Lee Wilson

M SGT

US ARMY

AIR CORPS

WWII

16 Feb 1922

27 Feb 1995

Mattie Mary Wilson

10 Feb 1921

13 Jan 1975

Ed M. Yearwood

09 Aug 1877

24 Dec 1949

J. A. Yearwood (cemetery book says W. A.-you decide)

24 Jan 1842

18 Dec 1922

John W. Yearwood

19 May 1888

25 Jun 1950

Tennie H. Yearwood (cemeteries book has W.)

1885

1972

Betty Carol Youree

1942

1943

Ethel Orr Youree

04 May 1888

31 Jan 1978

Floyd Youree

12 Feb 1903

03 Nov 1972

Evelyn

10 May 1915

—————–

J. F. N. Youree

25 Oct 1851

17 Jun 1920

J. R. Youree

1881

1921

James Wiley

son of W. A. and Z. E. Youree

29 Oct 1903

19 Feb 1916

Lucille Youree

05 Mar 1908

16 May 1999

Nora Youree

1884

1950

Raymond A. Youree

1906

1948

Susie M. Youree

1854

1943

Willie A. Youree

27 Nov 1877

16 May 1970

Zelma Youree

18 Apr 1882

23 Jan 1940

Pilgrimage Statistics

Consecutive Days Riding:  33                              Consecutive Days Blogging: 34

Today’s Mileage: 7                                           Total Trip Mileage: 299

Holidays and Holy Days on November 11:

Veterans Day (USA) 

_______________________________________

     As I ride today my thoughts go out to the family and friends of the Fort Hood soldiers who were honored yesterday for their sacrifice. As a Vietnam Era veteran it gives me a sense of pride to see our President at the memorial service for these fallen warriors, just as it did to see him honoring the fallen from Afghanistan with an early morning salute at Dover Air Force base.

     No matter what you feel and think about the President or about the two wars we are currently fighting, I hope you will honor the soldiers who are putting their lives on the line.

World War 1 Memorial

 Today is Veterans Day. Instead of visiting scenes and sites along the pilgrimage route, we will do a virtual tour of a number of the Veteran Memorials in Washington DC.  I have decided to not include any memorial sites pertaining to the Civil War or Revolutionary War.  Both wars have a number of prominent battlefield Remembrance sites but we will stop at these along Pilgrimage routes at some future time. 

WW2 Marine Memorial

      It seems to me  the most poignant sites are those commemorating conflicts in which veterans who fought and sacrificed are still alive. Very soon our collective memories of WW1 will be just that, memories, as no one will be alive to personalize it for us.  They will become just another series of photos in the history books, or scenes in our video archives.

Korean War Memorial

A quick study of history shows that wars are fought for many different reasons. But the “boots” on the front line, or in the aircraft, or on the ships do the fighting and make the sacrifices.  It is only fitting that we, as a people and nation, honor their efforts.  I ponder with great sadness the potential works of art, the scientific discoveries, and great leaders we lost with the death of so many young people.  We live on, laugh, love and enjoy the fruits of our efforts because of their sacrifices.

Vietnam War Memorial

     Even for those who returned home alive there were sacrifices such as the loss of limbs, loss of innocence, and emotional scars which are carried for the remainder of their lives. I worked with vets in the VA Hospital who were haunted by their service on the shores of Normandy, the frozen hillsides of Korea, and the jungles of Vietnam.   Joining in now with memories and scars are new brothers and sisters in arms from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Hold all of them in your thoughts and prayers.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

   Besides community and national sites of remembrance many of us also have family memories of service.  My grandfather was a WW1 Army vet, two uncles were WW2 Army vets, my father was a Korean War Navy vet, a cousin was a Vietnam War vet, and I am a Vietnam era Navy vet.  We were lucky that all returned home alive and unharmed.  Far too many families had to place “gold star flags” in their windows, indicating that a family member was not returning home alive. Today we honor all veterans, living and dead for their service and sacrifice.  Thank you… carry on soldier!

Night View of World War 2 Memorial

 

If you’re looking for a church where the Word of God is law, where you will feel welcomed, where community takes on a new meaning, and where you can continue, or start, a relationship with Christ, then you have arrived at the right place!

awakens her to stories she wishes
she didn’t have to tell, she wishes
she could tell 

apart from nightmares she rarely remembers. So afraid
of fire, she wouldn’t light a match
till the pyromania years were long 

done, till the Bunsen burner’s true blue
flame was out of her life
for good. She believes there is no such thing 

as friendly fire. In 1970, a spectacular one burned
the Caryl School to the ground. A stubborn, wind-whipped blaze
six town fire departments couldn’t slay. Falling slate, flying 

glass, then the roof caved in. That same year,
she found floral ceramic remains
scarring a sand lot with vacancy 

when she stood on the footprint of a stranger’s house
of ash a half mile up the shoreline
from her grandparents’ cottage 

before the land bends
over itself toward East Chop light.
It took years for her to bury 

the terror that fires are contagious,
that they will eventually reach the porch,
that they will erase 

the place where she lived
more consistently than any other
till she turned 12. At 26, before she began 

to smoke, she was smoked out
of another home when roofers torched
a cardinal’s nest wedged in a gutter. 

Odds are most people have a fire
story to tell. These are hers. Those,
her father for one, who saw 

the towers come scorching
down carry
the weight of surviving
wherever they choose
to live. She can’t help 

but become impatient, wanting
to sing. And this is how she becomes her own siren—
persistent and contagious, 

calling to reclaim
a loss she didn’t know
she had to lose: 

My father, my city, rescue them, rescue this,
whether or not I know what it is
that is mine, this is mine.

More information here. (H/T Evolution News)

Excerpt:

The Journal of Law and Public Policy, published at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, will host a fall symposium, “Intelligent Design and the Constitution,” from 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the Frey Moot Courtroom of at the School of Law, located on St. Thomas’ downtown Minneapolis campus.

The symposium, free and open to the public, will bring together scholars to debate and analyze various constitutional and philosophical issues surrounding evolutionism and intelligent design, particularly as they affect U.S. public schools. C.L.E. credits have been applied for. For more information, call John Sandy, (651) 245-0199.

Pro-ID scholars Casey Luskin and David DeWolf will be speaking. And two religionists from the Naturalistic Church of Sophistry and Evolutionism (NCSE) will also be there to burn anyone they can catch at the stake. (I think that’s what NCSE means)

Deceased Victims of the Fort Hood deceased were moved to Dover air Force Base  Friday night. There was a touching military ramp  ceremony while caskets were loaded onto the transport. Each flag draped casket was saluted and sent up the ramp. A wounded soldier in the attack insisted on being at the ceremony in a wheel chair.

The heros will all have an autopsy before funeral arrangements can be made for the massacred.

A prayer vigil was also held at Fort Hood Friday night for the decease and the wounded.

We had to visit Stonehenge. It was in National Lampoon’s European Vacation after all.

Lonely bird

It was pretty cool but the Ring of Brodgar was better because you could get closer – the viewing distance lessened the experience a bit.

Flight

Brighton was an awesome city and one that I hope we can make it back to before we leave the country. The pebble beach was at least nicer than the concrete steps at Blackpool.

Pebbles

There was a good collection of unusual characters around too.

Come on Philip, let's hunt for TREASURE!

The best part of Brighton was the inner city. There is a lot of cool grafitti here including some stuff by Banksy (now under perspex).

Kissing coppers

There is also a lot of aerosol art around.

Catrabbit

We had a look at the toy museum which was pretty interesting, containing classic Sooty and Punch and Judy puppets.

No match for Punch

There was also a huge collection of model railway figures and toy soldiers.

Ten-shun!

The comical appearance of a sausage dog never ceases to amuse me.

Walk the line

Brighton had some great shopping too. Too bad that we have weight limits for our cases or I could go nuts.

We stayed at the Beddingham YHA which wasn’t much chop. It was probably the worst in being the most unfriendly and run down. We were only there for a few nights though.

After that we took a quick peek at the white cliffs of Dover, listened to some amusing old-man-speak in the local Wetherspoon and headed back to London.

They're white alright

Once we had returned our now filthy car we checked back into the hostel at Shepherd’s Bush and tried to figure out how we were going to get rid of the unfeasibly large amount of crap we had accumulated over six weeks.

Well, actually one man and one narcissistic man-child.  I read this article today at Red State. It brought me to tears; tears of sadness and outrage.

President Bush would come into the room, make a few short remarks and then meet with families. In every instance he would talk to individual family members about anything they wanted to talk about, he never rushed them and he stayed until the families suggested he should talk to someone else. There was always a White House photographer present to take pictures that were made available ONLY to the families. Repeat, O.N.L.Y. the families. The press was NEVER present. There was NEVER an announcement from the White House that the President was meeting with the families of the fallen nor were they ever recognized publicly at the event. Their privacy, and their loss, was always respected.

Which brings me to the self-serving bastard who occupies the White House today. He went to Dover. One might think it was to pay respect to the fallen coming home. Wrong. It was for a G*d damn photo op. He took the White House Press Corps with him and made his visit about him.<snip>

Remember when we had a President who cared more about the troops and other people than himself? That was cool.  Evidently, that is not something Obama “inherited” from Bush.  I feel so totally old school, believing in silly stuff, like the President should be the Commander in Chief and should make that more of a priority than his own ego and popularity.  This is Hopeandchange, baby! Progress! Read Full Story Here

Esattamente il 1° Novembre di 57 anni fa, nel 1952, gli Stati Uniti effettuavano il primo test nucleare della storia con una bomba all’idrogeno, altresì nota come H-Bomb. L’ordigno, denominato Mike, veniva fatto detonare sulla Elugelab Island, nell’atollo di Enewetak (Isole Marshall); la sua esplosione portava alla formazione di un cratere sottomarino profondo oltre 50 metri e largo 2 chilometri, dove un tempo vi era stata terra emersa.
Durante quell’operazione perdeva la vita il Capitano Jimmy Priestly Robinson, pilota dell’aviazione americana, inabissandosi senza lasciare traccia dopo aver attraversato il fungo atomico con il suo velivolo per cercare di raccogliere campioni di aria. Il corpo di questo Veterano della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, che apparentemente era rimasto senza carburante ma non ce l’aveva fatta a lanciarsi dall’abitacolo prima dell’impatto con l’acqua, non è mai stato ritrovato.
Tecnicamente, Jimmy Robinson è classificato dal governo come M.I.A., disperso in azione. Tutti gli enti competenti, dalla USAF al DOE (Department of Energy ndr), sebbene negli anni abbiano fornito numerose versioni dei fatti, concordano comunque su una definizione: l’ex pilota è perso, perso e nient’altro poichè, quel giorno di 57 anni fa, non si verificò nessun atto ostile, nessuna aggressione, nessuna intromissione da parte di nemici nei confronti dei militari americani impegnati nell’Operation Ivy. Il corpo e la storia di Jimmy Robinson furono abbandonati. I familiari non ricevettero mai alcuna spiegazione ufficiale su ciò che era realmente accaduto.

Oggi, dopo 18 anni di guerre ed oltre 5200 morti e 35000 feriti tra Afghanistan ed Iraq (solo per conteggiare gli ultimi due conflitti), finalmente un presidente americano ha alzato il velo di Maya della propaganda politica inaugurata da Bush Senior e proseguita dai successori, acconsentendo per la prima volta dall’inizio dei conflitti post-11 Settembre alla presenza di fotografi e televisioni all’interno della base militare di Dover, dove vengono rimpatriate le salme dei marines morti all’altro capo del mondo. Prima del 30 Ottobre di quest’anno non erano concessi neanche il pianto ed il ricordo ai familiari dei caduti; migliaia di Jimmy Priestly Robinson abbandonati dal loro paese, isolati e nascosti agli occhi del mondo come lebbrosi, come specchi dilaniati (ed è la verità) del vicolo cieco dal quale gli Stati Uniti non riescono proprio a tirarsi fuori. Mezz’ora di aereo da Washington; eppure nessuno, da Bush a Clinton all’altro Bush, aveva mai reso omaggio negli ultimi anni a quei feretri che mestamente toccavano per la prima volta il suolo americano dopo essere stati trasportati fuori dalla carlinga di un aereo militare. E’ questo forse il passo grazie al quale l’America inizierà finalmente a riconoscere che i molti paragoni con la Guerra del Vietnam non sono mai stati davvero fuorvianti, e potrà alzare di nuovo la voce, distolta anche solo per un attimo l’attenzione dalla crisi economica, per chiedere che quei soldi siano spesi in altro modo. A quel punto, di certo, non ci potrà essere un’amministrazione che farà finta di non vedere, ed anche le tante (troppe) considerazioni politiche ed utilitaristiche che bloccano e congestionano le decisioni governative in merito alle strategie militari, dovranno cadere.

Delle colpe, o per meglio dire delle mancanze, che Obama ha dimostrato in questo primo anno di presidenza, l’insicurezza riguardo all’invio di nuove truppe in Afghanistan (come richiesto dal generale McChrystal) è di certo la meno direttamente imputabile all’ex-avvocato di Chicago. Spesso critichiamo le sparate demagogiche (a-la Berlusconi) sul fatto che ”La colpa è di chi ci ha preceduto“, e continueremo a farlo ogniqualvolta questo si rivelerà solo un escamotage per nascondere convenienze politiche o incapacità decisionali. Ma non possiamo nascondere come Bush abbia lasciato in effetti in eredità ad Obama un’America in crisi profonda, distrutta e stremata al suo interno, vilipesa e delegittimata agli occhi del mondo.

In questo quadro, appare audace anche solo il ripromettersi di cercare di tirar fuori la macchina a stelle e strisce dal suo pantano di alleanze, guerre, strategie, collaborazioni. Al giorno d’oggi ogni azione corrisponde, per gli U.S.A., ad una contro-richiesta, ogni decisione ad una mediazione, ogni cambiamento preannunciato ad un ricatto politico. Chiedere al neo-Presidente di riuscire a compiere questo passo in meno di un anno è addirittura folle.
Ma se c’è un momento per evitare di farsi intrappolare in una nuova strada senza uscita, quel momento per Obama è adesso.

D.Piselli

Only today’s GOP could trash the first time the President paid a visit to honor the fallen.

Glad someone finally had the cajones to say this, calling the conservative scum on their lies -

Grab a mop, Liz -

Liz Cheney said it best in a remark about Obama’s grotesque photo-op with our dead soldiers in Dover.

John Gibson: “Seventeen of the 18 families of the fallen denied Obama his photo-op at Dover,”

Liz Cheney: “I don’t know why he went to Dover. I think that clearly it is very important for a commander-in-chief whenever he can, in whatever way possible, to pay tribute to our fallen soldiers, our fallen military, folks, but I think, you know, what PRESIDENT BUSH USED TO DO WAS TO DO IT WITHOUT CAMERAS, and I don’t understand sort of showing up with the White House press pool with photographers and asking family members if he can take pictures. I mean, that’s really hard for me to get my head around. I think it’s an honorable and important thing to pay tribute, there’s no greater sacrifice people make to the nation. It was a surprising way for the president to choose to do it. I would also point out that THE BEST WAY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED IS TO WIN THE WAR.”

I am at Dover UMC this morning.  (Location of church)  The service starts at 11 and you are welcome to attend.  The Scriptures for this Sunday, All Saints Day, are Isaiah 25: 6 – 9; Revelation 21: 1 – 6; and John 11: 32 – 44.

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I normally don’t do a series of messages but as the title of this one would suggest I am doing so this week. There were things about the Scriptures last week and the message that I saw in those verses that matched in part what I was thinking about the message for today.

The focus last week was a metaphorical new vision of God by Job and the physical restoration of Bartimaeus’ sight. These visions came on the Sunday when we pause to remember Martin Luther and his vision of a new church.

The opening lines of the second reading for today tell us John the Seer’s vision of the New Jerusalem and a new beginning for mankind. I do not, as some today do, see the Revelation of John as the end of mankind. Rather, I have come to see the Revelation as a new beginning, of a promise of a new hope found in Christ.

It is interesting that we would read this particular passage of Scripture on a day when we pause to remember those who have gone before us. It would not seem logical to think of the past when the focal point of any discussion should be about the future. But, in reality, when we remember the Saints of the church, be it a particular church or the church in general, we are remembering the vision they had for the church and where they thought the church would be long after they had left. And for us today, the vision of the church many years ago must also include the vision that John Wesley had when he first spoke out against a church that had no vision, which could not see the poor and the needy, the hungry and the homeless, the sick and imprisoned.

There isn’t a church in this country or on this planet that wasn’t formed with some vision of its purpose. We see it in the Methodist churches from Cold Spring and South Highlands eastward to Mahopac. Each of those churches represents a stop for the circuit riders some two hundred years ago. I would also expect that the churches along route 22 from Pawling northward to Pine Plains can be measured in terms of the circuit riders who visited this area early in our country’s history.

Sometimes, you have to wonder about the vision or purpose behind the creation of a particular church. I cannot help but think of the local Pentecostal churches in the hollows of eastern Kentucky that are within ear-shout and eye-sight of other similarly named churches. It always struck me that these were churches started by members of one church who had a disagreement and decided it was best to form their own church, even if you could walk just down the road from one church to the other.

But, no matter the reason, every church knows the purpose for which it was founded and a vision of where it would like to go. Or at least it should. A church whose only vision is to be a memorial to the Saints long past is a church without a vision.

For any person or organization to have a vision of the future, to think beyond the moment, is and can be a very dangerous thing. There are risks involved when a church begins to think of what might happen and what it will take to make the vision a reality. It is quite easy to see the present as safe and fear what tomorrow might bring or to sit and think that yesterday was so much better.

But pause for a moment and think about what it must have been for the early church, meeting secretly in believer’s homes, because public knowledge that they were believers and followers of Jesus Christ meant their arrest, torture, and execution. The only assurance that these early believers, these early Saints, had was that there was a promise in life after death, no matter what might happen to them in the present.

Still, the prospect of a new vision can be a very threatening thing. You would think that a new vision should be a liberating thing but people who have been oppressed for long periods of time are not always open to new visions.

You would have thought that the Israelites, after many years of slavery and oppression in Egypt, would have rejoiced in the journey through the wilderness to the Promised Land. But time and time again, they rebelled against that vision and time after time, they demanded a return to Egypt and slavery. Even after all the wanderings, when they stood on the banks of the Jordan River, preparing to cross over, the spies that were sent in to scout the land returned with tails of danger and accounts of giants. The vision was theirs to claim but the people still would rather accept a reality of slavery than any vision of freedom.

It may not seem logical but many times those who have been oppressed or forgotten may approach the prospect of a new vision with a certain degree of numbness and apathy. It is far easier and safer to continue in a world where things may be bleak and without hope because it is a familiar situation than entertain the possibility of something new and transforming because it is unknown and potentially dangerous.

It has been an axiom of society that we cannot buck the status quo. And there are many, even in the church, who would offer no vision of the future because they are heavily invested in the present. Their opposition and reluctance to see the future, to have any vision for the future, can sap energy and prevent change, because they stifle the imagination.

But the hope and promise of a better tomorrow can overcome those who would work against the new vision. They will offer many thoughts that are only designed to stifle and hold back. The future can be very frightening because it is unknown when held up against the reassurance of what the present offers.

The power of vision is its ability to imagine an alternative to the present reality. Vision offers a way for an alternative consciousness to develop, to produce a scenario different from the present. It offers one the opportunity to see an alternative to the status quo, to shed light on the deficiencies of the present.

The people were in grief because Lazarus had died; all they wanted Jesus to do was console Mary and Martha in the loss of their brother. But Jesus offered a new vision, of a life that transcends death. To bring Lazarus out of the tomb was to offer a new vision, a continuation of what He had said early on His ministry, “Go and tell the people what you have seen and heard”. (Luke 7: 22)

Even those who offer a new vision know that it can be frightening. It would be naïve to even think about getting involved in the development of a new vision if one did not realize its costs. To announce a new vision for the future is to say that there is something wrong with the present. And this will lead many to proclaim such visionaries as radicals or revolutionaries and even subversive. And we all know what the secular and sectarian authorities did to Jesus and those who proclaimed the vision of a new church some two thousand years ago. (Adapted from Threshold of the Future by Michael Riddell)

But if the present condition, the numbness of a living death, is nothing more than despair and absence of hope, a vision can offer hope. When we read the prophets, especially Isaiah, we forget their timeless messages found a beginning in social and political crises. In the book of Isaiah, Assyria had swept the northern kingdom of Israel away. Now it rode from the north and endangered Jerusalem. Little did the city realize that the seeds of Assyria’s destruction lay in her expansion. The impending crisis had a "silver lining."

The verses from Isaiah that we read today share the hope of the changing situation. Through the prophet, God announced a time of celebration in Jerusalem and an end to the desperation that covered the city "like a veil." God was liberating Mount Zion (upon which the city was built) from danger and was restoring the reputation of the city and the people.

Hope in the light of vindication and liberation. The message of Isaiah still rings true today as it did so many centuries ago. Where do you see hope in the light of danger? How has God restored you when you were "down and out?" How did you thank God for your turnaround? (From http://www.word-sunday.com/Files/a/28-a/FR-28-a.html)

What is your vision of the church today? What shall be your vision tomorrow? When I was selecting the music for this Sunday, it was only natural that I pick something like “For All the Saints”. And I will admit that I picked “Be Thou My Vision” for the most obvious of reasons even though it was not on the suggested list of hymns in my worship planner. But there was a song on the suggested list that I might never have thought about, our closing hymn this morning, “We Shall Overcome.”

Perhaps no song is more associated with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s but I doubt that many people know of its ties to this area or its history within the Methodist Church. The popularity of the song as a protest song comes, in part, from the effort of Pete Seeger in the late 40s and early 50s.

But the song itself has ties to the African Methodist Episcopal church of the late 19^th and early 20^th century. Even then, its roots run back to at least 1867. As I explored the history of this song, I noticed something. A gentleman named Thomas Wentworth Higgins, writing in the June, 1867, issue of Atlantic Monthly said that he wondered how such spirituals were developed and written. He concluded that there was something in the minds of some people that lead to the song’s creation but he also concluded that such songs grew by gradual accretion, bits and pieces, in an almost unconscious way. There was a vision involved in the creation and development of this song, just as there is for almost any other song.

In 1968, Robert Kennedy used the words of George Bernard Shaw to speak of a vision for this country, “some see things as they are and say why; others see things as they could be and ask why not.” Sadly, that implementation of that vision was taken away from us that horrible, horrible spring some forty-one years ago. But the vision was not taken away. And today, on this All Saints Sunday, we are reminded of the vision that our forefathers and those who walked the path before us had. We are called to see the vision of Christ renewing our lives and transforming them; we are called to see the vision of tomorrow in the hope and promise of Christ’s resurrection. The words that we now see say that we shall overcome; we shall make the vision the reality.