There Is A Promise

Optimist

It’s sunny here in the valley
But it’s pouring rain in your dreams
Maybe there’s something in the water making them feel out of reach

When you’re way down
It’s dark out
And it feels like no one’s there with you you’re wrong
Cause I’ve been here all along

And when the roof caves in and you’re stuck in moment
but the world keep spinning around
I’ll be with you for all it
I’d rather be an optimist

And If you lose your hope
I know the feeling when the world keeps counting you out
I’ll never let you fall for it
I’d rather be an optimist

You don’t have to rush to get there
Don’t be afraid ask for help
If you stand up tall You can break the walls
That you built up around yourself

When you’re way down
It’s dark out
And it feels like no one’s there with you your wrong
Cause I’ve been here all along

And when the roof caves in and you’re stuck in moment
but the world keep spinning around
Ill be with you for all it
I’d rather be an optimist

And If you lose your hope
I know the feeling when the world keeps counting you out
I’ll never let you fall for it
I’d rather be an optimist

I’d rather be a glass half full type of guy
I’d rather have the good days stuck on my mind
I’ll be with you for all of it
I’d rather be an optimist

- Crash Adams

The One That He's Calling

Who do you turn to in need?







Hold on tight a little longer...




Now is the Time...

It's Alright (End Of The Line)

Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?

Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it's all right, if you live the life you please
Well it's all right, doing the best you can
Well it's all right, as long as you lend a hand

You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring
Waiting for someone to tell you everything
Sit around and wonder what tomorrow will bring
Maybe a diamond ring

Well it's all right, even if they say you're wrong
Well it's all right, sometimes you gotta be strong
Well it's all right, As long as you got somewhere to lay
Well it's all right, everyday is Judgment Day

Maybe somewhere down the road aways
You'll think of me, wonder where I am these days
Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays
Purple Haze

Well it's all right, even when push comes to shove
Well it's all right, if you got someone to love
Well it's all right, everything'll work out fine
Well it's all right, we're going to the end of the line

Don't have to be ashamed of the car I drive
I'm just glad to be here, happy to be alive
It don't matter if you're by my side
I'm satisfied

Well it's all right, even if you're old and gray
Well it's all right, you still got something to say
Well it's all right, remember to live and let live
Well it's all right, the best you can do is forgive

Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it's all right, if you live the life you please
Well it's all right, even if the sun don't shine
Well it's all right, we're going to the end of the line

- The Traveling Wilburys

Can You Hear Me?

THE PROPHECY OF THE TWO PRESIDENTS

Help Is On The Way

Grief is part of living... my grandparents (1999), my brother (2003), my father (2005),
my husband (2019), my mother (2022) ... save a place for me.

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
-Psalms 118:17-29

The Edge

 

 

 

 

 The Edge

 

Most of us will never know
How dark this world can seem
When life becomes more nightmare than a dream…

...though my world
Might seem so torn apart,
Most often it is joy that breaks the heart…

So to all of you who have survived
A visit to the edge
I trust that you will understand this pledge.

I promise I will always leave
The darkness for the Light.
I swear by all that's Holy
I will not give up the fight.
I'll drink down death like water
Before I ever come again
To that dark place where I might make
The choice for life to end.

 

-Michael Card

We hold these truths to be self-evident. Stand in this Room at your own risk...

Decide for yourself

President Trump’s Tribute to George Floyd that the biased Media did not want you to see.
Here is the transcript for you to decide for yourself:

I understand the pain that people are feeling. The death of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis was a grave tragedy. It should never have happened. It has filled Americans all over the country with horror, anger and grief.

We support the rights of peaceful protesters and we hear their pleas. The voices of law abiding citizens must be heard and heard very loudly. We stand with the family of George Floyd, with the peaceful protesters and with every law abiding citizen who wants decency, civility, safety and security. But what we are now seeing on the streets of our cities has nothing to do with justice or with peace. The memory of George Floyd is being dishonored by rioters, looters and anarchists.

The violence and vandalism is being led by Antifa and other radical left wing groups who are terrorizing the innocent and destroying jobs. The mobs are devastating the life’s work of good people and destroying their dreams. It harms those who have the least. We cannot and must not allow a small group of criminals and vandals to wreck our cities and lay waste to our communities. We must defend the rights of every citizen to live without violence, prejudice or fear. Healing, not hatred, Justice not chaos are the mission at hand.

I stand before you as a friend and ally to every American seeking justice and peace. No one is more upset than fellow law enforcement officers by the small handful who failed to abide by their oath to serve and protect. We support the overwhelming majority of police who are incredible in every way and devoted public servants. We must all work together as a society to expand opportunity and to create a future of greater dignity and promise for all of our people. Every citizen in every community has the right to be safe in their workplace, safe in their homes and safe in our city streets. We are working toward a more just society, but that means building up not tearing down, joining hands, not hurling fists, standing in solidarity, not surrendering to hostility. This is the sacred right of all Americans that I am totally determined to defend and will defend.
- President Donald J Trump

This is a Test

Thou art charged with sedition and heresy...
thou hast displayed the mysteries of the scriptures to the commoners
without the permission or the guidance of the archbishop...
Thou art a heretic!! Who do you think you are!!
Pray, recite to us. What is your doctrine! - medieval Inquisitor, 1600s.

 

"...with the word of God in your hand, you can be a bigger threat to the evil of your day
than the evil of your day is a threat to you." -Carmen, Great God the Video.

Are you Ready for your test?

Sounds of Silence

And the people bowed and prayed
to the neon god they made....

Can You Hear Me...

Mike and the Mechanics (1985)

 
Take the children and yourself 

And hide out in the cellar 

By now the fighting will be close at hand 

Don't believe the church and state 

And everything they tell you 

Believe in me, I'm with the high command 

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?

Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you? 

Can you hear me, can you hear me running? 

Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you? 

There's a gun and ammunition 

Just inside the doorway 

Use it only in emergency

Better you should pray to 

God The Father and the Spirit 

Will guide you and protect from up here 

Can you hear me, can you hear me running? 

Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you? 

Can you hear me, can you hear me running? 

Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you? 

Swear allegiance to the flag 

Whatever flag they offer 

Never hint at what you really feel 

Teach the children quietly 

For some day sons and daughters 

Will rise up and fight while we stood still

Can you hear me, can you hear me running? 

Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you? 

Can you hear me, can you hear me running? 

Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you? 

 Can you hear me running (can you hear me calling you?) 

(Can you hear me) hear me calling you?

 (Can you hear me running) hear me running babe? (

Can you hear me running) hear me running? Calling you, calling you

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Hold On Tight A Little Longer

The Meshuganeh-Cat is Back - For Good

Hard Love
By Need To Breathe

Trading punches with the heart of darkness
Going to blows with your fear incarnate
Never gone until it's stripped away
A part of you has gotta die to change

In the morning you gon' need an answer
Ain't nobody gonna change the standard
It's not enough to just feel the flame
You've gotta burn your old self away

Hold on tight a little longer
What don't kill ya, makes ya stronger
Get back up, 'cause it's a hard love
You can't change without a fallout
It's gon' hurt, but don't you slow down
Get back up, 'cause it's a hard love

You know the situation can't be right
And all you ever do is fight
But there's a reason that the road is long
It take some time to make your courage strong

Hold on tight a little longer
What don't kill ya, makes ya stronger
Get back up, 'cause it's a hard love
You can't change without a fallout
It's gon' hurt, but don't you slow down
Get back up, 'cause it's a hard love

When the wolves come and hunt me down
I will face them all and stand my ground
'Cause there's a fire burnin' in me
They will see my strength in this love I found
 
 Oh - Hold on tight a little longer
What don't kill ya, makes ya stronger
Get back up, 'cause it's a hard love
You can't change without a fallout
It's gon' hurt, but don't you slow down
Get back up, 'cause it's a hard love

It's a hard love... Hold on tight a little longer
What don't kill ya, makes ya stronger 
Get back up, 'cause it's a hard love
You can't change without a fallout
It's gon' hurt, but don't you slow down
 Get back up, 'cause it's a hard love
'Cause it's a hard love 

May I be like Gideon - Judges 6:36-40

Remember Who We Are

Remember Who We Are 
Its our time to take a stand
Remember Who We Are
There’s a call across this land
Remember Who We Are

We were a city on a hill
A candle in the dark
It started long ago
We have come so far

[Chorus]
We keep our faith
When there is no way out
When there is little hope
We show no doubt
We know the distance
No matter how hard
Remember Who We Are 

We’ve paid a price to be free
Remember Who We Are

With our blood sweat and tears
Remember Who We Are
Will our children be the ones asking us one day
Why we didn’t do enough
Why we gave it all away

[Chorus]
We keep our faith
When there is no way out
When there is little hope
We show no doubt
We go the distance
No matter how far
Remember Who We Are

Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes we will run and not be faint
The time has come for taking chances
We are the masters of our fate.

[Breakdown]
We keep our faith
When there is no way out
When there is little hope
We show no doubt
We go the distance
No matter how hard

[Chorus]
We keep our faith
When there is no way out
When there is little hope
We show no doubt
We know the distance
No matter how hard (oh oh)
Remember Who We Are

I Am America Lyrics

I Am America

Pay no attention to the people in the street,
Crying out for accountability.
Make a joke of what we believe,
Say we don’t matter cause you disagree.
Pretend you’re kings, sit on your throne,
Look down your nose at the peasants below.
I’ve got some news; we’re taking names,
We’re waiting now for the judgment day.

I am America, one voice, united we stand.
I am America, one hope to heal our land.
There is still work that must be done.
I will not rest until we’ve won.
I am America.

You preach your tolerance but lecture me.
Is there no end to your own hypocrisy?
Your god is power, you have no shame,
Your only interest is political gain.
You hide your eyes and refuse to listen.
You play your games and abuse the system.
You stuff your pockets while Rome is burning.
I’ve got a feeling that the tide is turning.

I am America, one voice, united we stand.
I am America, one hope to heal our land.
I will not give up on this fight,
I will not fade into the night.

I am America.

You stuff your pockets while Rome is burning.
I’ve got a feeling that the tide is turning.
I am America, one voice, united we stand.
I am America, one hope to heal our land.
I am America, one voice, united we stand.
I am America, one hope to heal our land.

I will not give up on this fight,
I will not fade into the night.
I am America

-Krista Branch


Pastor Mike Branch's comment on You Tube:
"We only ask that you make your point with respect without profanity, vulgarity, talk of violence or personal threats. If you chose to do so we will delete it. This song is stating our disgust with corrupt politicians.

This includes Republicans, Democrats, Independents or any other 3rd party. If they break the law or give in to any form of corruption ALL VOTERS should hold them accountable on election day... (judgement day)"

Ditto.
Kid Sister to a Comedian.

Jazzy Meld

Caption by: Kid Sister

Photo from North Shore Animal League

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Memoriam to George Carlin

Death Be Not Proud

Still reverberating from the stunning loss of the beloved Tim Russert along comes Mr. Death to twist the knife of unanticipated loss and drown us once again in grief.

George Carlin is in the rarefied pantheon of the few, too few, truly great stand-up comedians. Along with Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, Dick Gregory and Richard Pryor, George Carlin embodied the Swiftian, Twainish culturally astute rapier wit and wisdom that every era needs. The love of language the horror, ecstasy and sublime ridiculousness of human behavior along with the sensibility to synthesize psychology and sociology into the unique poetry of joke-telling is the very recipe for comic greatness.

And now immortality...
Good night sweet Prince.

Richard Belzer - June 23, 2008, Huffington Post

My Favorite Comments:

"What Carlin had in common with the pantheon Richard Belzer names is that he was as much (or perhaps more) a cultural observer than a comedian. He made people laugh but he didn't really tell jokes in the classic sense. He seldom if ever tried to act silly for cheap laughs. Instead he'd grab hold of some aspect of our culture or of life and strip it down to the bare bones of its absurdity. He'd make me see things I'd always passed over or never thought about in quite that weird way, and make me wonder why I'd never seen it that way. And even when he did push the silly envelope, his riffs would stay in my mind sometimes for weeks, like tunes I couldn't get rid of.

The first time I heard where is the blue food? I must have spent days trying to think of a natural food that was actually anything near blue. Why my mind insisted on working this absurd problem I don't know, but like so much else he said, the idea was so out there that it just got inside me. I had to know whether this tweaked perception was really true, so I could write him and prove he was wrong... How many other human beings other than Carlin would actually have been curious and insistent enough to work this out?" - starboymikey

"Well said Belz. Saw you on "Morning Joe" when your dog barfed on Mika and the chaos it created was almost a perfect way to pay tribute to Carlin. You're reaction when they informed you that SNL was going to air the first time he hosted SNL this weekend was raw and real. Belz, you are also a comic's comic and I'm glad you're out there talking so fondly about the iconic Carlin." -bazokbros

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Katie's Comment:

I was shocked to my inner bones when I read that one of my big brothers of comedy was gone - I have not yet recovered...

Still, I will not give up eccentric observationism, nor will I give in to culturally purposeless whims. Thank you, George for clearing the path so the different drummer could follow your example. You were a rare bird, but thankfully, the sacred fool will never be exterminated.

(So there, Orkin Man - go play Old Maid with the Maytag repair guy.)

The foolish will always confound the automated wise.

- Kid Sister to a Comedian

I Corinthians 1:27

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Get On The Bus Already!

Richard Belzer On Fame: “
...you have to really humiliate yourself early on,
make a fool of yourself… which you probably will any way.
Then you’ll see how bad it is when you look at it again. And you’ll adjust.”

From Belzervision, BeBe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And To Those Who Died For Real Freedom

Pray For Our Nation....

Memorial Day, May 26, 2008

Which Way to the Front?

"Another glaring inconsistency regarding the 'war on terror' is the fact that for some seven years since the 9/11 attacks,
our nation's borders and ports are as open and porous as ever.
These open borders make the argument that "we are fighting them over there,
so we won't have to fight them over here" look...laughable.

...In fact, the last constitutional conflict that the U.S. military fought was World War II. Virtually every war since has been a U.N. manufactured and manipulated conflict.
The war in Iraq is no different.

...No, my friends. The real war is not a "war on terror." The real war is a war against
constitutional government, personal liberty, and national sovereignty."

-- Open Borders Prove "War On Terror" Is Superficial, Chuck Baldwin May 23, 2008
('Course he ain't gonna make president, and you might not agree with everything on his website...still an essay worth reading.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freedom for Whom?

  "What in the blooming world are freedom fries?"
That's when Bank of America Forecloses
on your house and builds a McDonald's there." 

"Let's all face it (once and for all!):
We Americans have been bamboozled;
deceived; denied; defaulted; robbed; repossessed;
dispossessed and all the rest!"

-Richard Belzer, "It's the Banks, Stupid!"