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Welcome to my blog http://www.skegley.blogspot.com/ . CAVEAT LECTOR- Let the reader beware. This is a Christian Conservative blog. It is not meant to offend anyone. Please feel free to ignore this blog, but also feel free to browse and comment on my posts! You may also scroll down to respond to any post.

For Christian American readers of this blog:


I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

I must admit that I do not check authenticity of my posts. If anyone can tell me of a non-biased arbitrator, I will attempt to do so more regularly. I know of no such arbitrator for the internet.











Monday, December 7, 2009

My brother Jim's High Points articlefor 12-10-09

Thanks Jim. I appreciate the mention.

As you know, Jeanie and Jay were a tremendous help to me those days and have been in all of my married days. Jeff followed Jay by six years and the boys have been a joy to us.

Sam









----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Kegley"
To:
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:16 PM
Subject: High Notes 12-10-09


Sam,
This should do it.
Jim

High Notes 12-10-09

I, like others, consider myself a tri-state basketball fan. That is, my allegiance isn’t restricted to Shawnee State, or Ohio State, but encompasses, all of Ohio, most of West Virginia, and Kentucky. I root for UC, Xavier, Marshal, Morehead, Ohio U., and Dayton, but mostly I like the University of Kentucky Wildcats in basketball. Ever since my brother Sam, his wife Jeanette, nee Weddington, and their baby son, Jay, moved to Lexington, where Sam completed his degree in Metallurgical engineering in the fifties, I’ve avidly followed the Wildcats.
My allegiance to the Wildcats began back in the days of Rupp’s Runts.
I can remember when Lew Cranmer and Doc Karr, used to attend Portsmouth Trojan games every weekend.
Lea Duschinski, the PHS secretary, never missed a game!
That was at the same time that Ed Kizer and I would go to the games and be wowed by the likes of Mike Haley, C. A. Hartley, Al Oliver, and Larry Hisle. Ah yes, Portsmouth and Scioto County have had some great players through the years. The Trojans won the state championship in 1961.
I remember listening to, and attending the Scioto County tournament games…games in which the tall Earl Thomas, played for McDermott. The tournament was held every winter at old Grant Gymnasium, in Portsmouth, and every school competed in those days.
My family has been friends with the Thomas family for many years, and I had known Earl when he had attended Highland School before they moved to the country. Earl had a crippled leg, and I thought it was great that he was able to be successful as a basketball center. And, he was a great player!
Dave Leadingham, who grew up in the 1500 block of Jackson Street, and I commiserated on our old school days recently, and he remembered when he attended Wilson School, that it was the largest school in the county in enrollment. It was during the early A-plant boom days of the early fifties. Dave and I graduated PHS together in 1957. He is retired from Barbour Auto Parts. He and another PHS ’57 member, Bob Locke, go to the SOMC health center three days a week and work out together. They do walking laps in the pool and spend time on the treadmill. Dave and his wife, Betty, now lives on Rosemount Road, just off Rte. 139. Dave said that he, and Tom Pitts, another “Early Towner”, went to all the Trojan games that year, and held season tickets.
Early Towner – That’s what they called people in the East end of Portsmouth…so called because so many people worked for the railroads in those days, and always went to work early, and came home late.

The OSU Buckeye, Evan Turner's tragic accident on Saturday, December 5th, in which he suffered a broken back, uh, er, vertebrae, in a freak accident, makes the case for any player going to the NBA when he gets the opportunity. Eight (8) weeks off in the middle of his junior year, when many are talking him for national "player-of-the-year" could prove the death knell for a pro career. We can only hope the great Ohio State basketball player does come back, and plays with the same kind of derring-do and talent as before! I don't blame any player for making the jump when he can. I hope Patrick Patterson doesn't pay a high price for staying at Kentucky!

"Medicine, law, business, engineering. They are noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for."
-Tom Schulman, screewriter

Thanks to my young friend, Ronnie Walters Exactly one year younger than me

OLD FART PRIDE:

I'm passing this on as I did not want to be the only old fart receiving it. Actually, it's not a bad thing to be called, as you will see. Old Farts are easy to spot at sporting events; during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner , Old Farts remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them. Old Farts remember World War II, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal , Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age , the Korean War , The Cold War , the Jet Age and the Moon Landing. They remember the 50 plus Peacekeeping Missions from 1945 to 2005, not to mention Vietnam . If you bump into an Old Fart on the sidewalk he will apologize. If you pass an Old Fart on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady. Old Farts trust strangers and are courtly to women. Old Farts hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection. Old Farts get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like any filth or dirty language on TV or in movies. Old Farts have moral courage and personal integrity. They seldom brag unless it's about their children or grandchildren. It's the Old Farts who know our great country is protected, not by politician's, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country. This country needs Old Farts with their work ethic, sense of responsibility, pride in their country and decent values. We need them now more than ever. Thank God for Old Farts! Pass this on to all the Old Farts you know. I was taught to respect my elders. It's just getting harder to find them.

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December 7, 1941- September 11, 2001, and the Inauguration of 2009

Days of Infamy in American history. Let us not forget and let this republic make the corrections we stand for.

Thanks Marge Rusnak!

"IN GOD WE TRUST"

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Subject: Merry Christmas




I will be making a conscious effort to wish everyone
a Merry Christmas this year ...
My way of saying that I am celebrating
the birth Of Jesus Christ.
So, I am asking my email buddies,
if you agree with me,
to please do the same.
And if you'll pass this on to
your email buddies, and so on...
maybe we can prevent one more
American tradition from being lost in the sea of
"Political Correctness".


With Love & Prayers!!!

Video I can't link due to mu non-nerdy talents

Pat Boone and now Terry Bradshaw- Thanks Lou!

America needs more of our leaders to speak up for Jesus Christ, this great nation, and our great fighting people throughout this world. We call them fighting people, and fight they must. There is absolutely no doubt they would rather be home with family and friends in America than in distant lands we never seek to occupy. We only want people to have the opportunities to enjoy freedoms as we do.

Bradshaw was a leader of Champions in the competitive game of football. I enjoy seeing any of the leaders of sports or acting or law or even journalism speaking out for America. God bless America! And He Has!

Let us get on and beyond this liberal trash leadership we have fallen for.



Thanks again,, Lou Flores! My good and inventive friend, Dan Baird, told me once that he respected you as a leader among our fellow government employees. That speaks volumes for you and your many emails fopr America speak likewise.

Thanks again, good friend!

Sam


----- Original Message -----
From: luis flores
To: Bill W
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 9:19 PM
Subject: Hoorah for Terry Bradshaw and Fox gang!


Hoorah for Terry Bradshaw and Fox gang!











Subject: The FOX Pre-Game Show bunch ( Watch this clip)

Patriotism in action.

Another good reason to watch the Fox Network !!!!!


Subject: Bradshaw in Afghanistan - A tribute for Veteran's Day---or a Thanksgiving remembrance and tribute to our troops


PLAY THE VIDEO...Outstanding!

Hoorah for Terry Bradshaw and Fox gang!!!
Pat Boone and now Terry Bradshaw- Thanks Lou!

America needs more of our leaders to speak up for Jesus Christ, this great nation, and our great fighting people throughout this world. We call them fighting people, and fight they must. There is absolutely no doubt they would rather be home with family and friends in America than in distant lands we never seek to occupy. We only want people to have the opportunities to enjoy freedoms as we do.

Bradshaw was a leader of Champions in the competitive game of football. I enjoy seeing any of the leaders of sports or acting or law or even journalism speaking out for America. God bless America! And He Has!

Let us get on and beyond this liberal trash leadership we have fallen for.

Thanks again,, Lou Flores! My good and inventive friend, Dan Baird, told me once that he respected you as a leader among our fellow government employees. That speaks volumes for you and your many emails fopr America speak likewise.

Thanks again, good friend!

Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: luis flores
To: Bill W
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 9:19 PM
Subject: Hoorah for Terry Bradshaw and Fox gang!


Hoorah for Terry Bradshaw and Fox gang!











Subject: The FOX Pre-Game Show bunch ( Watch this clip)

Patriotism in action.

Another good reason to watch the Fox Network !!!!!


Subject: Bradshaw in Afghanistan - A tribute for Veteran's Day---or a Thanksgiving remembrance and tribute to our troops


PLAY THE VIDEO...Outstanding!

Hoorah for Terry Bradshaw and Fox gang!!!


Addendum by Sam:


I have requested a visit by my computer guru, Shawn Baird, to help me again so that I may post links effectively.

I want all who visit this small blog to be able to see Tery Bradshaw and other sports leaders with our service people overseas. Email me at skegley@columbus.rr.com and I will send you a link.

Sam

Man Without A country- Pat Boone's excellent commentary

Thanks Lou! More than Philip Nolan, o should become a man without a country unless Saudi Arabia wants him. Deport him there or anywhere, but not with American privileges. And thanks very much for such insight to our situation, Pat Boone.

Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: luis flores
To: Bill W
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 9:50 PM
Subject: Fw: Man Without a Country


Man Without a Country Excellent & true.

The President Without A Country By Pat Boone

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT COMMENTARY AND SHOULD BE READ BY EVERY AMERICAN !

The President Without A Country
By Pat Boone







"We're no longer a Christian nation." - President barack obama, June 2009

" America has been arrogant." - President barack obama

"After 9/ 1 1 , America didn't always live up to her ideals."- President barack obama

"You might say that America is a Muslim nation."- President barack obama, Egypt 2009

Thinking about these and other statements made by the man who wears the title of president. I keep wondering what country he believes he's president of.

In one of my very favorite stories, Edward Everett Hale's "The Man without a Country," a young Army lieutenant named Philip Nolan stands condemned for treason during the Revolutionary War, having come under the influence of Aaron Burr. When the judge asks him if he wishes to say anything before sentence is passed, young Nolan defiantly exclaims, "Damn the United States ! I wish I might never hear of the United States again!"

The stunned silence in the courtroom is palpable, pulsing. After a long pause, the judge soberly says to the angry lieutenant: "You have just pronounced your own sentence. You will never hear of the United States again.. I sentence you to spend the rest of your life at sea, on one or another of this country's naval vessels - under strict orders that no one will ever speak to you again about the country you have just cursed."

And so it was. Philip Nolan was taken away and spent the next 40 years at sea, never hearing anything but an occasional slip of the tongue about America. The last few pages of the story, recounting Nolan's dying hours in his small stateroom - now turned into a shrine to the country he fore swore - never fail to bring me to tears. And I find my own love for this dream, this miracle called America , refreshed and renewed. I know how blessed and unique we are.

But reading and hearing the audacious, shocking statements of the man who was recently elected our president - a young black man living the impossible dream of millions of young Americans, past and present, black and white - I want to ask him, "Just what country do you think you're president of?"

You surely can't be referring to the United States of America , can you? America is emphatically a Christian nation, and has been from its inception! Seventy percent of her citizens identify themselves as Christian. The Declaration of Independence and our Constitution were framed, written and ratified by Christians. It's because this was, and is, a nation built on and guided by Judeo-Christian biblical principles that you, sir, have had the inestimable privilege of being elected her president.

You studied law at Harvard, didn't you, sir? You taught constitutional law in Chicago ? Did you not ever read the statement of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and an author of the landmark "Federalist Papers": "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers - and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation - to select and prefer Christians for their rulers"?

In your studies, you surely must have read the decision of the Supreme Court in 1 892: "Our lives and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian."

Did your professors have you skip over all the high-court decisions right up till the mid 1 900's that echoed and reinforced these views and intentions? Did you pick up the history of American jurisprudence only in 1 947, when for the first time a phrase coined by Thomas Jefferson about a "wall of separation between church and state" was used to deny some specific religious expression-contrary to Jefferson 's intent with that statement?

Or, wait a minute . were your ideas about America 's Christianity formed during the 20 years you were a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ under your pastor, Jeremiah Wright? Is that where you got the idea that " America is no longer a Christian nation"? Is this where you, even as you came to call yourself a Christian, formed the belief that " America has been arrogant"?

Even if that's the understandable explanation of your damning of your country and accusing the whole nation (not just a few military officials trying their best to keep more Americans from being murdered by jihadists) of "not always living up to her ideals," how did you come up with the ridiculous, alarming notion that we might be "considered a Muslim nation"?

Is it because there are some 2 million or more Muslims living here, trying to be good Americans? Out of a current population of over 300 million, 70 percent of whom are Christians? Does that make us, by any rational definition, a "Muslim nation"?

Why are we not, then, a "Chinese nation"? A "Korean nation"? Even a "Vietnamese nation"? There are even more of these distinct groups in America than Muslims. And if the distinction you're trying to make is a religious one, why is America not "a Jewish nation"? There's actually a case to be made for the latter, because our Constitution - and the success of our Revolution and founding - owe a deep debt to our Jewish brothers..

Have you stopped to think what an actual Muslim America would be like? Have you ever really spent much time in Iran ? Even in Egypt ? You, having been instructed in Islam as a kid at a Muslim school in Indonesia and saying you still love the call to evening prayers, can surely picture our nation founded on the Quran, not the Judeo-Christian Bible, and living under Shariah law. Can't you? You do recall Muhammad's directives [Surah 9:5,73] to "break the cross" and "kill the infidel"?

It seems increasingly and painfully obvious that you are more influenced by your upbringing and questionable education than most suspected.. If you consider yourself the president of a people who are "no longer Christian," who have "failed to live up to our ideals," who "have been arrogant," and might even be "considered Muslim" - you are president of a country most Americans don't recognize.

Could it be you are a president without a country?

All who love their Christian Belief's and your Country. Forward to all in your address book.

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