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I like Mysteries of the Bible myself....but I don't think they air it much anymore. 😀
I watched some of those in the past, but the ones I saw tried so hard to discredit the bible I quit watching. In one, they tried to make John out to be a mad man when he wrote Revelations.
When everyone is armed to the teeth and you can cut the tension with a knife it only takes one little thing.
I'll watch MM if the subject intrests me, like the ones on the golden gate bridge or the empire state building.
Horses, whiskey, tobacco, baseball bats, Abe Lincoln, Jeff Davis, Henry Clay, Cassius Clay, Loretta Lynn, Tom Cruise, Diane Sawyer, Colonel Sanders and his 11 herbs and spices, and college basketball. Oh I almost forgot burgoo and mint juleps. 😀
Dont forget Bluegrass (the music of course)
I know this might sound a little 'out there' but whats the history of this photo? Does anyone know anything about the photographer? It wouldnt be the first time something like this was staged.
HBO is doing a mini series based on the book 'Bury my Heart at wounded Knee' by Dee Brown (if you havent read it, its one of the classics on Indian history) Also hear Bill Paxton and Val Kilmer are doing Lewis and Clark and one supposed to be coming out about John Adams.
Here are some photos of the area around Bend. They say Smith rock was named after an explorer named Smith who was cornered by some local indians up on top and rather than be captured he jumped (all speculation of course) Why is it that most rocks or cliffs are named after someone who jumped? (doesnt everyone have a lovers leap?)http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/county/images/scenic/ohrp/scenicdeschutes.htm
When it comes to sheer force of character I think it would be hard to top Lincoln. And I dont mean dynamic personalities I mean someone who stands up for what they beleive and does not back down no matter what. and then you couple that with the hundreds of thousands dying on the battlefields sometimes within e few miles of where you are and then throw in morality issues and states rights issues and the list goes on I just dont see but maybe a handfull of men who could have withstood that.
Oh I know, in the end propaganda-hmmm- it seems I've heard that word used in conjuction with socialism as well.
STONEWALL JACKSON'S WAYby John Williamson Palmer(1825-1906)Come, stack arms, men. Pile on the rails, Stir up the campfire bright;No matter if the canteen fails, We'll make a roaring night.Here Shenandoah brawls along, There burly Blue Ridge echoes strongTo swell the brigade's rousing song Of "Stonewall Jackson's way."We see him now--the old slouched hat Cocked o'er his eye askew--The shrewd, dry smile--the speech so pat-- So calm, so blunt, so true.That "Blue-Light Elder" knows 'em well-- Says he, "That's Banks; he's fond of shell--Lord save his soul! We'll give him"...well, That's "Stonewall Jackson's way."Silence! ground arms! kneel all! caps off! Old Blue Light's going to pray;Strangle the fool that dares to scoff; Attention; it's his way!Appealing from his native sod, In forma pauperis to God--"Lay bare thine arm; stretch forth thy rod;Amen." That's "Stonewall's way."He's in the saddle now! Fall in! Steady, the whole brigade!Hill's at the ford, cut off! He'll win His way out, ball and blade.What matter if our shoes are worn? What matter if our feet are torn?"Quick step--we're with him ere the dawn!" That's "Stonewall Jackson's way."The sun's bright glances rout the mists Of morning, and, by George!There's Longstreet struggling in the lists, Hemmed in an ugly gorge--Pope and his Yankees whipped before-- "Bayonet and grape!" hear Stonewall roar,"Charge, Stuart! Pay off Ashby's score In Stonewall Jackson's way."Ah, maiden! wait and watch and yearn For news of Stonewall's band!Ah, widow! read with eyes that burn That ring upon thy hand!Ah, wife! sew on, pray on, hope on, Thy life shall not be all forlorn--The foe had better ne'er been born, That gets in Stonewall's way.
Heres some more (from historytoday.com):
The last known widow of a veteran from the American Civil War has died in Alabama at the age of 97. Alberta Martin died on Memorial Day 2004 at a nursing home of heart failure. The daughter of a sharecropper and already a widow aged 21, in 1927 she married William Martin who was then 60 years her senior and had been a private in the Confederate army. ... The Alabama government decided she was eligible for a Confederate widow?s pension of $2,500 a month; years earlier the state has abandoned the programme believing there were no surviving widows. Her carer, Dr Kenneth Chancery, stated: "She was what we call the last link to Dixie. The war hasn't been that far removed, particularly for southerners, and she reminded us of that.? ...
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Here's what I found out –Last Union veteran, Albert Woolson, died 8/2/56, age 109 Last Confederate veteran, John Salling, died 3/16/58, age 112
