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8 Nov 2001 Vote in Oxford MS, or you put the lime in the coconut
Published on 2011-11-08 17:10:00
Just got back from voting and for reason only known to a very few this song came to me. Amazing turn out by the way, throngs of citizens out. Something must have the folk stirred up. Suspect someone might get a political whupping by tomorrow. I will make sure I will leave the TV off tonight as the thought of the Talking Heads going on and on about nothing while they wait on the results is a torture I am not braced enough to endure. > read more
Guy Fawkes In Mississippi
Published on 2011-11-05 10:10:00
Guy Fawkes is remembered as, 'the only man ever to enter Parliament with honest intentions,' which very probably is true. No longer hung and burned in effigy, rather now, he is celebrated as a Man of All Time. So lift a class tonight laddies and lassies for the Guy.... A sidebar, that is how the word 'guy' came into English. Odd that the 'occupy' movement likes to use him as a symbol, as he stood for the precise opposite of what they stand for. I suspect most of them do not have a clue what [..] > read more
The Deed is Done
Published on 2011-09-27 10:03:00
Have been busy with my book Finding the McCains. It is done for better or worse. First letter out to a publisher this week. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed. I needs the paycheque. Nice to have the book finished, now on to the next writing project, a short history of the Laggan Redshanks. The book is part memoir and part history. The memoir chronicles my 40 year odyssey to find our McCain family in Ireland and then a sort history of the family from mid Argyll circa early 1400s right up [..] > read more
Why Are We Pushing Multiculturalism On France, Russia, The World?
Published on 2011-09-16 10:02:00
Why Are We Pushing Multiculturalism On France, Russia, The World? > read more
McCain on Rick Perry
Published on 2011-09-07 09:44:00
I am a political Independent and one that has a deep interest in politics. I have been watching the Republican candidates for the White House with some interest. On the straight politics of it, I like Ron Paul a lot. He is from the Libertarian wing of the Republican Party and while I have some libertarian views, I am not a libertarian per se. Since Governor Perry's entry into the race I have taken some interest in his candidacy.Ruger 380 with laser sightGovernor Perry's Republican opponents [..] > read more
The Aliens Are Coming Says Nasa
Published on 2011-08-24 16:38:00
Nasa says I should worship Al Gore for fear of vengeance from 'green' aliens from planet Beta B. I would like to know is there a bottom to the pit of emotional diarrhea that progressives spew. Think we need the Southern lads with crew cuts, cigars, and slide rules in their pockets, put back in charge; we would already have a Moon and Mars colony if they had been left to run things. Beta Boys run amok throughout the Federal government and now infest Nasa. > read more
If By Whiskey
Published on 2011-07-28 19:19:00
'If you mean whiskey, the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean that evil drink that topples Christian men and women from the pinnacles of righteous and gracious living into the bottomless pit of degradation, shame, despair, helplessness, and hopelessness, then, my friend, I am opposed to it with every fiber of my b [..] > read more
Summer in the Hill Country
Published on 2011-07-15 12:33:00
North Mississippi Hill Country Counties (in dark green)It is insanely hot in the hill country right now. I tend to hibernate when the heat and humidity reaches this level. Because of the heat, the traffic at the bird bath in the back yard is heavy and the all the creatures queue up for a drink. Deer, red wasps, squirrels, all sorts of birds, and others, I have observed out there of late. I do the all a kindness by putting in clean water each morning. The Mississippi Hill Country is the end o [..] > read more
Rabbit Back On The Menu Boys
Published on 2011-07-06 11:38:00
I think it was Annie Dillard who described Mother Nature as 'the big chomp.' Her point was Mother Nature is brutal and death is everywhere. It is not a bunch of tree huggers and Indians playing love flutes, with rainbows over head; it is war, creatures trying to eat other creatures. It is Man that brings order and protects beauty. Anyroad, this is not about that, this post is about my cat Piscín, one of my Manx lads. He bagged Big Game today; Rabbit is back on the menu boys. He shared it [..] > read more
Daphne Du Maurier, The Birds
Published on 2011-07-06 11:17:00
I do not often read fiction. My reading of late is mostly primary sources from the 16th Century written in Lallans and semi-English. Interesting, but not to everyone's tastes. But, I read a novella by Daphne du Maurier over the last two days, her The Birds. Most people think, of course, of the 1963 film version directed by Alfred Hitchock, which was based on the 1952 novella by Daphne du Maurier. The book is much different and much better. Not only did I enjoy it thoroughly I really gained [..] > read more
Mississippi Kites
Published on 2011-07-05 12:21:00
Mississippi Kite I see a pair Mississippi Kites on my property often this days; amazing birds, very beautiful with incredible flying abilities. I watched one fold his wings and dive for prey yesterday. It was impressive. The kites here in > read more
Josie
Published on 2011-06-30 22:14:00
Hiatus
Published on 2011-06-30 07:41:00
I have not been posting much of late, been on hiatus, the main reason being I am on a writing tear, trying to finish up my book Finding the McCains. The writing is done a matter now of putting in some end notes and proof reading. It is a > read more
Jim Roger's Brutally Honest Views
Published on 2011-06-15 08:52:00
Jim Rogers, a Southerner from Alabama, is rarely off the mark. He moved his family to Singapore a few years ago as he saw the handwriting on the wall. He is an investor and author and is chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc. > read more
Sergio Mendes + Brasil 66 - MAS QUE NADA - In Stereo!
Published on 2011-06-02 18:42:00
One of my favs from the 60s, Brazil 66 with Mas Que Nada > read more
Bosa Nova, more of....
Published on 2011-06-02 18:16:00
Is this mic on? Here is some more Brazilian jazz, i.e. Bosa Nova lads and lassies. The Tom Jobim. > read more
The Last Nail, Dr Ron Paul Floor Speech May 25 2011
Published on 2011-06-02 17:51:00
I know many people have 'normalcy bias' syndrome going on. However, listen to Ron Paul's talk on the House floor. He's telling you the naked truth of it. Are we sheep or people? > read more
A Certain Sadness
Published on 2011-06-02 13:42:00
More from Astrud Gilberto. Taking a lunch break here is the now very HOT wooded hills of north Mississippi. What wine goes with peanut butter on whole grain? Chilean red I suppose. > read more
Astrud Gilberto - Manha De Carnabal
Published on 2011-06-01 19:25:00
More from Astrud Gilberto. In another time and another place. Pour the wine and let's listen to the poetry. > read more
The Real Girl From Ipanema
Published on 2011-06-01 13:58:00
A follow up to my music post; here are two photographs of the real girl from Ipanema. The first how she looks today and the bottom one as she looked in the early 1960s. She was 15 years old when the song was penned about her by Anto > read more
Astrud Gilberto
Published on 2011-06-01 13:44:00
Yes, I do entirely enjoy Astrud Gilberto and have done so since circa 1965 and my hormones juiced me up. She is still grand, still looks splendid. Here's one of her classics from the 60s. Enjoy lads and lassies. > read more
Loss Of UK Banking Independence
Published on 2011-06-01 12:13:00
The Worm turns, even more. Interesting shenanigans going on in Mother Europe; the European bureaucrats are tightening the screws on the UK via monetary policy. They want a through submissive effeminate Britain and need control of th > read more
Fred's Comments on Our Feminised Society.
Published on 2011-05-31 21:50:00
Excellent essay by Fred on the dismal state of our feminised society in the West. Well worth the five minutes or less it will take you to read it. Link below:A Polity of Castrati > read more
Marmots in Oxford Mississippi
Published on 2011-05-25 18:00:00
I borrowed this off an educational website. And why you ask? Because Oxford is being overrun with Marmots. I see these creatures everywhere. Sighted one just two houses down a day ago. So.... here they are, Marmots. Burrow Dwellers: > read more
Edward Hardwicke Passes Away
Published on 2011-05-17 13:21:00
Jeremy Brett and Edward HardwickeA very good actor passed away today, Edward Hardwicke. Fans of Sherlock Holmes shall remember his portrayal of Doctor John Watson. He will be missed. LINK TO Story: Edward Hardwicke > read more
McCain Speaks on Bin Laden's Death
Published on 2011-05-03 21:52:00
My thoughts on Bin Laden's Death. > read more
US IS BEING BROKEN UP DELIBERATELY - Pat BUCHANAN
Published on 2011-04-25 09:25:00
The Future is now. Hold on, it is coming. > read more
No Ale For William and Kate
Published on 2011-04-23 14:53:00
Prince William and Kate Middleton have banned guests from drinking beer at their wedding reception. I do not find this shocking, but rather expected. It says a lot about the nature of the British Monarchy. I had the entire misfortune to w > read more
William Buckley on Ayn Rand & Atlas Shrugged
Published on 2011-04-23 14:16:00
Well, I general do not go to movies anymore. In fact, more than generally, I absolutely do not. Something to do with the filth factor, bed bugs, the fact they will let anyone in those dimly lit dens, along with the fact that Hollywood is insane, have > read more
Ancestors
Published on 2011-04-13 19:55:00
The past is never dead. It's not even past. William FaulknerAs the world swirls around me, the words of William Faulkner come to mind. They are very true yet so few people seem to realise it. Here in my native South I he > read more
Getting Real, again
Published on 2011-04-11 07:25:00
(I read this article from Chronicles Magazine this morning with my coffee, loved it so much, I post it. It accurately sums up what the lads think down at McCain's Corner)Getting Real, againby Thomas FlemingApril 5th, 2011 • No Related Po > read more
The Sky Did Not Fall
Published on 2011-04-10 09:55:00
I've been news-fasting for the last few days. The annoying hum and din of the talking heads was beginning to irritate in the extreme. A sidebar, but, why are do all the women on Fox News dress like hookers? And could they possibly g > read more
The Cluttered Desk
Published on 2011-04-07 07:54:00
Albert Einstein was once criticized for his messy desk by someone saying, "A cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind." To which he replied, "And what is the sign of an empty desk?" The desk of William F. Buckley (above) the > read more
DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT
Published on 2011-04-06 18:28:00
DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHTDo not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rage at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light.Though wise men at their end know dark is right,Because their words had forked no lightn > read more
The Boswell Sisters - Mood indigo (1933).wmv
Published on 2011-03-26 20:33:00
another Boswell Sisters classic. Enjoy. > read more
The Boswell Sisters - Heebie Jeebies (1932)
Published on 2011-03-26 19:57:00
Another version done a few years later. They're cooking with gas y'all. > read more
Heebie Jeebies-Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
Published on 2011-03-26 19:51:00
My Man playing his version of this wonderful tune. > read more
London Protests March 2011
Published on 2011-03-26 10:23:00
Ernesto Che Guevara was a psychopath and mass-murderer. He was a brutal evil man. That observation a precursor to my rant; I was watching the mobs protesting in London today. The protest in reaction to the British government's spending cutbacks. > read more
How American children are taught to hate Humanity
Published on 2011-03-22 21:36:00
Ann McElhinney is spot on target with this, very recommend presentation. > read more
Jesse Jackson Jr. Fix Unemployment by Changing Constitution So Every Ki...
Published on 2011-03-12 15:12:00
Jesse Jackson outlines a Marxist agenda for a new America. How sweet is that? This guy was elected to our Congress. It is a 'right' to have a house and Ipod eh? The apple does not fall far from the tree. > read more
This May Be Our Problem
Published on 2011-03-11 12:12:00
The Russian Leader.The American First Lady... > read more
Anything goes by cole porter
Published on 2011-03-08 21:24:00
Cole Porter sums up my opinion of politics for today... and it is obvious, but I say it anyroad, Porter was a genius. > read more
Dixie
Published on 2011-03-03 21:14:00
This is a very good version of Dixie, but the Evil Empire keeps pulling it off of youtube. I found it again tonight, so I post. > read more
Nullification: The Jeffersonian Brake on Government – Tenth Amendment Center
Published on 2011-03-01 07:21:00
Nullification: The Jeffersonian Brake on Government – Tenth Amendment CenterNullification is the only solution to the problems of the USA Federal Government. Eventually, the States will have to reclaim their power and limit the Federal government t > read more
National Anthem Of The Confederate States Of America
Published on 2011-02-24 08:32:00
Watching the world turn I've been motivated to make a political statement this morning. > read more
Warrior
Published on 2011-02-21 08:27:00
I'd love to give credit to the artist that did this illustration, but alas, I do not know his name. Very nice representation of a European warrior however, so I post it. I think we live in a time where we need warriors. I was drawn to it, because > read more
Wisconsin Protests
Published on 2011-02-18 15:40:00
I thought about making a comment or three on the 'protests' in Wisconsin... but then this political cartoonist did it so much better than I could have. > read more
The Conspiracy
Published on 2011-02-18 07:36:00
St Bruno's Flake
Published on 2011-02-13 19:46:00
For the love of Mercy itself, I need someone out there to mail me a case of St Bruno's Flake. Surely someone has coins and the sense of decency to make this event happen. It has been years now since I've enjoyed a bowl full. Hard as deuce to get > read more
Super Bowl Half Time Disaster
Published on 2011-02-07 13:21:00
Well, I have not been watching much TV of late. In part, because the big TV in the den is kaput. Some sort of power serge it seems did the beast in. So, I've been news fasting again. I only get the news in fits and starts. Here it is the day aft > read more
William F Buckley
Published on 2011-01-31 18:30:00
I have reached that age where I miss people that have passed. Tonight I was sitting at my desk sipping a cup of hot tea just brewed and I was thinking how much I miss William F Buckley's wit, humour, and wisdom. In honour of the old fellow, I offer > read more
The Rebel Yell Lives: Part I - Rediscovering History
Published on 2011-01-27 08:18:00
Very interesting piece of history in the video media below. Now I will point out, they could have asked me. I heard the bona fide Rebel Yell as a boy growing up in the 1950s from men who had learned it from their fathers, and they from theirs, etc. > read more
Stardust Louis Armstrong
Published on 2011-01-14 19:01:00
Alasdair White Scottish West Highland Fiddle
Published on 2011-01-13 17:45:00
I'm ask from time to time, 'how's it done son? Well, listen and learn lads and lassie, as our man here will certainly show. Enjoy children. > read more
10 Inches of Snow In Oxford Mississippi
Published on 2011-01-11 18:19:00
Thought you all, especially my friends in Ireland, N Ireland, and Scotland, would enjoy this one. Oxford is a special place, please enjoy this video of our recent snow. > read more
THE BEATLES MICHELLE
Published on 2011-01-10 17:46:00
Oxford, Mississippi, Snow of 9 & 10 January
Published on 2011-01-10 09:47:00
the wood beside my housethis is looking out from the McCain Compound... up the road that leads to my house. We had 8 inches of snow out this way. > read more
Plumbing With Dynamite
Published on 2011-01-05 08:03:00
Life in the South; here we have a true story about what happens when dynamite is used to facilitate a plumbing project. By Jimmy Ferris of Spur Texas > read more
Auld Lang Syne (with lyrics)
Published on 2010-12-31 18:07:00
The Kilt In Ireland
Published on 2010-12-31 17:02:00
(this a copy of my post on the Ulster Heritage Magazine blog)Is the kilt Irish…. was the kilt ever worn in Ireland? The answer to this question is a very simple yes, of course, but even simple answers need some explanation. The kilt comes in tw > read more