tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52102902011-08-28T06:45:14.159-04:00The High HorseFrom the high horse to the soapbox!Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.comBlogger971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-46877791607241128772009-01-31T01:47:00.000-05:002009-01-31T01:48:28.151-05:00Prayers For... The subject is sensitive for many...especially here on this site.With this subject...the conflict in The Holy Land between The Children of Abraham...well, it brings much emotion and heart to the surface of Our Humanity...of which I am one who puts alot of fervor and vinager into it.I guess I should pray more...as much as I write thoughts concerning the Peoples of The Holy Land and Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-15245598326389075232009-01-31T01:46:00.002-05:002009-01-31T01:47:43.350-05:00An Apology Brothers and Sisters in Christ,In the previous postings I have expressed my sincere frustration, hurt, sadness, dismay, and outright anger towards the carnage, death and destruction that has been unleashed time and again against the Palestinian Peoples of Gaza and The West Bank and the Peoples of Lebanon by the government and miltiary forces of the political state of Israel.While thereGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-22562758101651305942009-01-31T01:46:00.001-05:002009-01-31T01:46:52.565-05:00Innocents Suffer In Gaza The political state of Israel is killing civilians in Gaza, a land sealed into a prison with fences, razor wire, camera points...a land sealed off by land, air and sea...an Open Air Concentration Camp......the Israeli's are conducting military operations that are killing innocent civilians...and the World...and UNFORTUNATELY...my own country sits by and does nothing to Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-46241093510109497442009-01-31T01:45:00.002-05:002009-01-31T01:46:15.895-05:00Gaza...Turn The Page A New Page For The Israelis......and it is entitled......Policies and Actions Diabolical!......a page that tells of death and destruction......of an never ending humanitarian crisis of epic scale......a story that cries aloud with the funerals and lamentations of innocents lossed and their loved ones......a tale of a land held captive...a land held hostage......and now......Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-25798828393334014402009-01-31T01:45:00.001-05:002009-01-31T01:45:22.611-05:00A Holy Land Please Everyone......Please pray for the various and diverse Peoples of Georgia and Russia.Please pray God's Peace to fall as a gentle summer rain upon this land.Please pray for Holy Church in both Georgia and Russia. For the Patriarchs, bishops, priest and monastics. For the protection of all churches and monastaries and the sanctuary that these holy buildings provide for all peoplesGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-78872617417510233172009-01-31T01:44:00.003-05:002009-01-31T01:44:58.332-05:00America Has No Choice Republican Rightwing Facsism...Democrat Leftwing Liberalism......neither of these parties and their agendas are for the American Republic......for the American Constitution......for the American People...And there on stage are politicians......not statesmen or stateswomen......just mouthpieces and cheerleaders for party agendas and ideologies......claiming themselves and andGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-335278840413576522009-01-31T01:44:00.001-05:002009-01-31T01:44:34.334-05:00The Real Winner The real winner in this election......Zionism......whether the Democratic Left or Republican Right wins this warped excercise of Democracy......the one who will be crowned winner......will be......the Political State of Israel......the 51st State of The Union......the Jewish and Christian Zionist......Radical Zionism......at the expense of the American People......the American Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-37201603480824486612009-01-31T01:43:00.002-05:002009-01-31T01:44:08.557-05:00A Fair Book I just finished a book by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and it tells of the real situation on the ground in The Holy Land.It is called, Palestine...Peace Not Apartheid.Former President Carter presents the political, social and economic conditions of the Palestinian people. He writes of the current status of The Peace Process and its evolution and where it has stalled and where itGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-47970016757359419222009-01-31T01:43:00.001-05:002009-01-31T01:43:37.273-05:00It Must End! It Must End!!!America's "blank check" and "blind" support for the political state of Israel!Last night I ate at an Arab restaurant here in Knoxville, Tennessee that is ran by Palestinian Muslims. Their pleasent hospitality and warmth made me think of their beloved homeland. Here in Knoxville there is a substantial Palestinian Community, both Christian and Muslim. Many of the Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-5906710468420610272009-01-31T01:42:00.002-05:002009-01-31T01:43:01.966-05:00Christians in The Middle East Brothers and Sisters in Christ...The situation on the ground in The Holy Land and Lebanon for our Arab Brothers and Sisters in Christ is at a critical mass. The continued policies of the political state of Israel and its zionist supporters, both Evangelical Christian and Jewish here in the U.S., is creating a much difficult enviroment for daily living, economics, Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-10258983849537985822009-01-31T01:42:00.001-05:002009-01-31T01:42:32.348-05:00Kosovo and America's Position My country has made me ashamed due to its official stance over the Kosovo Region of Serbia. Just as the Clinton Administration had no knowledge of The Balkans, nor does the Bush Administration. In its typical superpower mentality, America has abandoned priniciple for a gain to benifit its own selfish interest, and thus sacrificing a nation that helped our pilots and Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-10830537252276285642009-01-31T01:41:00.000-05:002009-01-31T01:42:07.990-05:00Republic or Empire? Is America turning into an Empire?Is America abandoning The Republic?Is America shredding The Constitution in a sublime and clandestine fashion?Is America turning its back on True Freedom?Is America doped up on The Opium of The People...self absorbing mindsets, sports, and entertainment?Are The American People...We The People...willing to give up Freedoms for Security...a Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-58996790064119119502009-01-31T01:40:00.000-05:002009-01-31T01:41:00.281-05:00The Views I Hold On Views I Hold as a Free Citizen of The RepublicThis is the stewy mix of views that make up my "politics" and how some have describe me.An AmericanPro RepublicAnti EmpireAnti NeoConservativeAnti Extremist LiberalPro First-Native AmericanA Granola ConservativePro LifeA Common Sensed LibertarianA Believer in Civil RightsA Realistic EnviromentalistA Benevolant CapitalistA Defender Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1210896734131551552009-01-31T01:39:00.000-05:002009-01-31T01:40:28.244-05:00Things Dangerous to the USA Things Dangerous to the USAIgnorance and lack of education of truthsThose who know not our history...good and bad...and acknowledges it notThose who know not about The Nation and The American PeopleThe lack of apology to the First Americans Apathy of The PeopleThe forgetting of The Constitution by We The PeopleThose who seek to dismantle The Constitution through fear Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-91629549693421818372009-01-31T01:38:00.000-05:002009-01-31T01:39:49.281-05:00The Real Choice The Real Choice in all of our elections......We The People......not party or agenda......not Republican nor Democrat......not Socialist or Imperialist......not conservative nor liberal, or any of their extremist ends......the choice is Our Voice......it is the True American Ideology of who We are as a Nation......a Nation of E Pluribis Unum......Out of Many, One......The Voice of Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-46975090640767036722009-01-31T01:37:00.000-05:002009-01-31T01:38:49.318-05:00Citizenship...Not Politics As a Citizen of Our American Republic, and as an Orthodox Christian, I feel a citizen of any nation is called to Citizenship, not Politics. While this is a common and easy word to use...Citizenship, like being a Christian, is not.We are called to think as Christians, about who we are, where we were, and where it is we are going in our journey. It is the same with Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-62613908075534547902007-05-26T02:48:00.000-04:002007-05-26T03:06:06.944-04:00America and Russia It may behoove those in Washington to seek a REAL friendship and alliance with Moscow......we face a rising China...as the Russians have for centuries and still today, they are natural enemies......we face the Harabist of Extremist Islam...as the Russians have for centuries and still do today...ask those in Southern Russia......we have been looked upon with contempt by the Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-18673222934671873292007-05-25T22:18:00.000-04:002007-05-25T22:50:05.187-04:00In The Land Of CedarsThe Peoples of Lebanon are facing another tumultous crisis......this time...certain militant Palestinians in the Palestinian Refugee Camp near Tripoli are lashing out at their neighbors, cousins, and hosts...the Lebanese......and the armed forces of Lebanon are having to fight when it has more pressing concerns...to maintain peace and stability amongst the recent political Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-35121081863010250652007-05-02T19:35:00.000-04:002007-05-02T21:57:28.061-04:00Greetings From A World Of Silence...It has been quite a long time since posting anything here on the High Horse...The High Horse has been out in the prairies of thought and contemplation...And Just wondering...Wondering about all that is happening on our blue-green-brown-and-white sphere that we call home...Thoughts of why?...Why all this is happening...Neurons firing in all sorts of directions Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1164076733200251972006-11-20T21:18:00.000-05:002006-11-28T18:57:50.816-05:00A Few OgalingsThe Palestinians have found a good weapon in defecting an Israeli airstrike...and it must be said that the Israeli approach to call ahead of an airstrike is very humane...and the Palestinians protecting their own is very human...may these cousins throught the Patriarch Abraham find a true peace in each other by the power of The Lord Almighty.Just maybe, Our Nation will change the Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1161387418956414992006-10-20T19:32:00.000-04:002006-10-20T19:41:10.066-04:00Alot of thinking......actually too much time thinking......and these thoughts fly about in my head...bouncing from wall to wall......and sometimes settling for a moments peace......then off to flying about......only to give birth to new or add to old......alot of thinking!Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1161128853134310832006-10-17T19:39:00.000-04:002006-10-17T19:52:24.803-04:00IT'S BEEN AWHILE......So here's a continuing with my rambled-ridden-mispelled-shoutin's!...you know America will stand before The Judgement Seat Of God Almighty...and she will tremble......absolute truths mean nothing in Our American Society...it's a free for all frenzy of desensitized-information-overload of reaching out for "something"!......and finding nothing!......under the banner of "Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1158792919318558192006-09-20T18:53:00.000-04:002006-09-20T19:03:00.040-04:00America...Long may the American People...E Pluribus Unum...may they taste True Freedom...We are a good people......may we not loose Our Constitution......Our Republic......Our Represented Democracy......Our sense of who we are......Our sense of who "WE THE PEOPLE" are......for if We do...then The Essense of Americans will vanish......We Must Think...Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1158435895532378562006-09-16T15:42:00.000-04:002006-09-16T15:46:28.306-04:00I have made additions to the last blog posting concerning the Neo-Conservatives. I hope that all four of those who read the High Horse will appreciate the read...or find the antacid.Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1157834731831109102006-09-09T16:37:00.000-04:002006-09-16T15:41:56.133-04:00Neo-Conservatives are nothing more than Christian-Zionist who seek to turn America into a Theocratic Fascist Empire.They are enemies of Our Constitutional Republic and wish to destroy Our Represented Democracy.According to them, questioning or protesting the Bush Administration and its NeoCon cohorts in "Our" Congress, their political and religious views, policies, and actions amounts to treason,Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1154208210327178702006-07-29T17:10:00.000-04:002006-08-03T19:53:16.273-04:00DAMN THIS MADNESS!!!I am so SICK AND TIRED of aggression of the 51st State of The Union!And I am so damn sick of the White-Anglo-Saxon-Protestant-Zionist-Disspensationalist-Evangelical-Christian "blank check support" to the 51st State, and the Bush Administration!They call and refer to themselves and Israel as "Godly"...but just look at the casualties and destruction!"Godly" my ass!Look at the Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1153168463260108752006-07-17T16:30:00.000-04:002006-07-17T16:34:23.273-04:00The Israeli military and government should concentrate only on Hizbollah targets...not the Lebanese people nor its fragile Syrian-free government. Israel is once again making life extremely difficult for the average Arab civilian. The U.S. and the International Community should press harder against both Israel and Hizbollah for an end to these hostilities.Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1152573676501359392006-07-10T19:13:00.000-04:002006-07-11T18:32:21.196-04:00The last statement...mmm...on Jihad...it being a scourge from above......think about it...the continious rise of Islam...the decline of Christianity in Western Europe as secularism and materialism rise to replace it...and in North America...Western Christendom slips very slowly away......in the Holy Land, the secular Israelis rule the day...with brute force......in the former East Bloc...well twoGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1152393807141689292006-07-08T17:23:00.000-04:002006-07-08T17:23:27.153-04:00Jihad is a scourge from above.Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1151970803462286152006-07-03T19:50:00.000-04:002006-07-03T19:53:23.476-04:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!MAY OUR DEAR REPUBLIC REMAIN FOREVER FREE, STRONG, HUMBLE, AND BRAVE!MAY "WE THE PEOPLE" ALWAYS BE "E PLURIBUS UNUM"!......THUS MAKING US FOREVER NEW AND RICH WITH HUMANITY!IN OUR LAND...FREEDOM!Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1151788875575098152006-07-01T17:09:00.000-04:002006-07-06T19:13:50.956-04:00Again On The Israelis And PalestiniansBoth sides have a right to defend themselves!But Israel is killing and hurting innocent Palestinian civilians.Remember the young ten year old girl on the beach who lost her familiy to an Israeli shell.By attacking the main power facility in Gaza, the Israelis are destroying a normal life for the normal Palestinian, be they Muslim or Christian.The Israeli Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1151452293140849452006-06-27T19:39:00.000-04:002006-07-01T17:06:25.330-04:00In The Holy LandThe Israelis are once again making life for the average Palestinian civilian a miserable lot......they are fanning the flames of Arab hatred against them......and the Hamas led government is too adding fuel to these fires......YES...the Israelis should defend themselves!......AGAINST MILITARY TARGETS!...not INNOCENT civilian populations!......the Palestinian Peoples have a RIGHT Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1150847434434094752006-06-20T19:37:00.000-04:002006-06-24T17:03:32.586-04:00THE RIFLES OF THE FIGHTIN' KENTUCKIANS HAVE RETURNED! Last Sunday, the eighteeth of June, A.D. 2006, the Soldiers of Delta Company, 1st Battalion, of the 149th Combat Brigade of the Kentucky Army National Guard returned to their Native Land, their Families, and Friends! These Citizen Soldiers served their Communities, their States, and their Republic for a year long deployment to Iraq. StationedGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1148600832177264222006-05-25T19:43:00.000-04:002006-06-12T19:08:47.630-04:00Over sixty million American Citizens voted for an "American Idol"...And when exercising Citizenship and concerns for Our Government...people don't take interest......apathy kills The Republic......THINK AMERICA...THINK!!!...Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1147736715308004582006-05-15T19:36:00.000-04:002006-05-25T19:43:34.083-04:00As a an Orthodox Christian who does fear The Lord......I have a question to the Neo-Conservative Right Wing Disspensationalist Christian Zionist......Who would Jesus Christ, The Son Of The Living God, our Lord and Saviour......Who would He Bomb?!......The Creator And Ruler Of All......He IS Love, Mercy, and Compassion......He...The Word Incarnate...taught us...ALL MANKIND......to be like Him.....Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1146947008658647912006-05-06T16:12:00.000-04:002006-05-11T19:42:19.650-04:00Awhile Since A PostingAnd some not so quick thoughts on one particular happening......Darfur......NOW?...it is good that the American public, activist groups, some of Our Statesmen and Stateswomen, international human rights groups here in the U.S., and those in the lime light such as actors and musicians are becoming more aware...but where under GODS Heavenly Realm has the U.S. Goverment...the Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1142980451548332392006-03-21T17:23:00.000-05:002006-03-21T18:32:01.906-05:00The King has said it...2008......2008 a year that will see a continued U.S. Military presense in Iraq......and the next U.S. Government and president will have to decide on whether to withdraw and bring Our sons and daughters home, or continue Our Military presence there...and essentially deal with the chaotic situation in Iraq and the Near East......WASHING YOUR HANDS ARE YOU THERE PRESIDENT Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1142711630218091162006-03-18T14:49:00.000-05:002006-03-18T16:07:10.593-05:00In these days of government surrveilance upon the Citizenry of The American Republic......I can only say......continue the dissent!......continue the dissent with the Executive Branch of OUR GOVERNMENT!......the American Republic belongs to its Citizens......it DOES NOT belong to King George II, Arch-King Cheney, Field-Marshall Rumsfeld and his war-architect General Wolfowitz, or any of the Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1141951711985998962006-03-09T19:45:00.000-05:002006-03-09T19:48:31.986-05:00New additions and corrections have been made to the post; "Some thoughts on things agoin on", originally entered on 2/24/06.As well as to the last post entered early today.Thanks to the five individuals who have read the High Horse.Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1141884795433182442006-03-09T00:40:00.000-05:002006-03-09T19:26:49.270-05:00In Our Dear American Republic we need Statesmen and Stateswomen!The term 'politician' is an insult to Citizenship and Statesmenship.We need here in Our Beloved Land men and women who love and care for the 'fragile ideal' of 'The Republic'...a land where The Constitution is the 'Rule and Law of The Land and its' People...We The People'.A land where Freedom is real...protected...cherished...and Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1140781539220171832006-02-24T05:14:00.000-05:002006-03-09T19:45:00.376-05:00SEVERAL THOUGHTS ON THINGS-AGOING-ON.Iraq: On the verge of civil war between Shia and Sunni, we here in the U.S. and those around the world await. And in the meantime those NeoCons sons-a-bitches from the Administration down to the rich-SUV driving-living in a MacMansion subdivision-Armeggodonite/Evangelical Christian with "W The President" glaring backwards at the world...these NeoCons continue Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1139352776672052522006-02-07T17:47:00.000-05:002006-02-07T17:52:56.683-05:00A prayer from The Holy Orthodox Christian Faith.O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth who art everywhere and fillest all things. Treasury of Blessings, and Giver of Life: Come and abide in us, and cleanse us from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One.Holy God! Holy Mighty! Holy Immortal! Have mercy on us. (Said three times).Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1138754816285707372006-01-31T19:46:00.000-05:002006-01-31T19:46:56.296-05:00May Our Dear American Republic Live On...and Rock On!Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1138149986179348262006-01-24T19:38:00.000-05:002006-02-01T16:48:34.250-05:00America Must Begin A Phased Limited Withdrawal...NOW!We Must create a plan for withdrawing 100,000 troops from Iraq proper by the Autumn of 2006.The U.S. must work towards securing a NEW U.N. Security Council Mandate that will open the way for a Multi-National Observers and Stabilization Force of 100,000 troops, a similar stuctured force that has been in the Sinai Pennisula since 1982. Such an Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1137709640153458742006-01-19T17:09:00.000-05:002006-01-24T19:26:05.373-05:00MR CHERTOFF!...BUILD UP THIS WALL!These are words that I believe all American Citizens would like to SCREAM aloud to the Secretary of Homeland Security and OUR Federal Government!With more coverage on Mexican military and police incursions across this INTERNATIONAL BORDER into OUR Land should be the last straw in a debate that already has a solution...BUILD and ESTABLISH a 'clear and visible' Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1137539511886024072006-01-17T18:10:00.000-05:002006-01-17T18:11:51.886-05:00Some new additions to 11/08/05's Blog on the prayer request to Saint Michael The Archangel and various Orthodox Christian Prayers.Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1136504181248286102006-01-05T18:34:00.000-05:002006-01-17T17:38:30.350-05:00The more I understand the situation in the Near East,the more I am sickened and nauseated by Our Tax-Dollars being used to support the Zionist State of Israel.This support is a SIN!Criticism of the Zionist State of Israel is not anti-Semitic.There is a difference between Judaism and Zionism.Long ago a famous Rabbi named Joel Teitelbaum calle Zionism "the work of Satan", "a sacrilege", and "a Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1135980652918015172005-12-30T17:05:00.000-05:002006-01-05T18:15:23.736-05:00May the Season of Christmastide be a joyful Celebration of The Birth of The Messiah, Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ, Born of The Most Holy Theotokos And Ever Virgin Mary, by the Power of The Holy Spirit, fullfilling the Prophecies of Old of The Coming Of Our Lord to bring His Creation to Salvation...Christ Is Born!...Glorify Him!Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1135903193714404322005-12-29T19:39:00.000-05:002005-12-29T19:39:53.726-05:00HAPPY NEW YEAR! LONG LIVE OUR AMERICAN REPUBLIC!Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1135729129313445872005-12-27T19:11:00.000-05:002006-01-05T19:04:59.433-05:00Wishing a MERRY CHRISTMAS and the celebrating of The Twelve Days of Christmas to the "Politically-Correct-Snootering-Extremist-antiChristian-ACLUite-Secular Zionist-Secret Society Socialite-Liberals" here in the American Republic and around the World!In Our Land Freedom!And this includes the FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION!And not the RESTRAINING AND RESTRICTION OF RELIGION!Where under Our Blue Skies Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1135298515489598052005-12-22T19:38:00.000-05:002005-12-30T17:13:52.873-05:00Here is the REASON for the U.S. invasion and hopefully temporary occupation of Iraq......So the U.S. and the U.K. could control the Iraqi oilfields......To help the state of Israel in the dividing and destabilization of the Arab world, and furthering Sharons and the Likudites building of the Evil Wall throughout the Holy Land......And so greedy sons-of-bitches and their corperations can make hugeGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1134518345592422482005-12-13T18:52:00.000-05:002005-12-29T19:03:35.796-05:00WHERE ARE THEIR CHILDREN?!Why doesn't George W. Bush, Dick Cheny, Joe Libberman, Bill Frist, Tom DeLay, Paul Wolfawitz, Donald Rumsfeld, Henry Kissinger, Bill Clinton, Gloria Feinstein and all the other assorted flavors of America's Right and Left Wing Candy Box send THEIR children to WAR? How come THEIR kids aren't fighting in Iraq? Wasn't this ILLEGAL WAR worth sending their offspring into Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1134089209028108812005-12-08T19:45:00.000-05:002005-12-10T16:56:24.273-05:00NEW EDITIONS TO THE PREVIOUS ENTRY ON WITHDRAWING FROM IRAQ...AND MY PEASENT THOUGHTS. ALSO NEW COMMENTS ON "WHERE IS IT?".Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1133480180015643802005-12-01T18:25:00.000-05:002005-12-07T19:30:36.926-05:00MY PEASENT THOUGHTS ON WITHDRAWING FROM IRAQMMM???...Well...as a Free Citizen of The Republic...I will attempt to answer this, as IT IS guaranteed in Our Constitution...Complete withdrawl immediately...we can't...common sense dictates this.A Phased Partial Withdrawl...now this is very much realistic, phasing U.S. Forces down is acheivable, with an understanding that Our Military will maintain a Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1133477264488014842005-12-01T17:38:00.000-05:002005-12-01T18:03:19.713-05:00WITHDRAWL FROM IRAQMuch debate on the bringing home of Our Sons and Daughters is now taking place...and thank God!In Our Land, Freedom!We Americans have a Gift, and that is the Freedom to speak on matters concernig Our Government, and the Freedom to gather as groups, discuss and debate, and then make the groups voice heard...and this is good! The Voice of the Citizenry is getting louder...GOOD!Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1133308350329288242005-11-29T18:44:00.000-05:002005-12-01T17:37:56.923-05:00THE BORDERSThe Administration is finally talking and offering little in way of securing Our southern border with the Republic of Mexico.The American People have been shouting, some politicians have yelled, some have slept, Conservatives and Liberals have whispered somewhat, activist groups on both sides of the issue have sustained the conversation, the Border Patrol has labored endlessly on Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1133043613908955122005-11-26T17:19:00.000-05:002005-11-29T17:15:28.016-05:00THERE ARE NEW ADDITIONS TO "WHERE IS IT?" THAT HAVE BEEN MADE...AND POSSIBLY MORE ON THE WAY.Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1132081304187828962005-11-15T13:31:00.000-05:002005-12-10T16:52:55.566-05:00WHERE IS IT!?Where is there a political party that represents 'True America'?A party that represents 'The Middle Americans', those that are neither Neo-Con Rightist nor Extremist-Liberal Leftist.A party that represents the Back Bone of America, the working class citizenry.A party that supports and appreciates free enterprise and achieving the American Dream.A party that understands capitalism andGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1131482989313452072005-11-08T15:37:00.000-05:002006-01-17T18:05:50.126-05:00Saint Michael, Commander of The Heavenly Armies.The Roman Catholic Christian Church has a most beautiful prayer-request to Saint Michael.Saint Michael The Archangel,Defend us in battle,Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil,May God Rebuke Him, we humbly pray,And do Thou, O Prince of The Heavenly Host,By The Divine Power of God,Cast into Hell, Satan, and all his evil Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1131481728568280472005-11-08T15:17:00.000-05:002005-11-08T15:36:51.203-05:00THE ARCHANGELS COMMEMORATEDToday the Holy Orthodox Christian Church celebrated the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel and All the Bodiless Powers of Heaven-Archangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jegudiel and Barachiel.Let us all ask for the Prayers of these Angels of The Lord God Almighty. These Archangels and our Guardian Angels are ministers of the Will of The Ruler of All, The Most Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1131410246793874322005-11-07T19:22:00.000-05:002005-11-07T19:38:43.870-05:00THE REPUBLIC WILL DIE!The essence of Our Republic is fading as the Neo-Cons and the Extremist-Liberals continue to rule stealthfully under the Constitution, undermining that Document of Freedom and Its Citizens.The laws and government regulations they pass and implement benifits only themselves and their corperate and special interest supporters, many of them not even U.S. Nationals. These Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1131056383737277432005-11-03T17:09:00.000-05:002005-11-07T19:07:09.016-05:00For A Group Of Soldiers...Please keep in your prayers the Soldiers of Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Brigade, Kentucky Army National Guard who are currently serving Iraq.These Soldiers are pulling a one year plus tour of duty attached to a Marine Expeditionary Unit in Western Iraqs' Al-Anbar Proveince.These Soldiers are pulling combat patrols, security operations, and clearing the Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1131040206295221782005-11-03T12:37:00.000-05:002005-11-03T12:50:06.306-05:00Just A Note......Several additions and corrections were made to the previous blog on the observations on The Holy Orthodox Christian Faith.The additions were made to the paragraphs concerning the 'onslaught of Islam'...'the invasion of the Mongol Hordes'...'the continued battles with Islam, especially the Turks'...and 'the coming of the Bolsheviks'.The corrections pertained to a comment about Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1129823965638943332005-10-20T11:54:00.000-04:002005-11-10T18:24:54.800-05:00The Holy Orthodox Christian Faith has been given to the world by The Father thru the incarnation of The Word that is The Son, and thru which The Holy Spirit has moved, is moving now, and will move thru on into infinity...thru which the teachings of the Apostles themselves was handed down unaltered by their Successors...confirmed thru The Holy Scriptures which was given to us by The Lord God thru Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1129667711809193212005-10-18T16:22:00.000-04:002005-10-21T14:46:13.873-04:00A Thought On The First Americans...The American Indian.As a young boy, into my teenage years, and into young adulthood, I have an interest in the Native Americans. It is said, thru oral tradition and some documention that on both sides of my family there are Indian bloodlines. It has been determined that my siblings and I are one-sixteenth Native. And there is a very strong possiblity that there Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1129322555412415662005-10-14T16:24:00.000-04:002005-10-18T16:19:17.563-04:00Some Additional Thoughts On What To Do About Iraq.From the previous Blog it was mentioned that the International Community should create a Multi-National Observers and Stability Force to help secure a real peace in Iraq.This Force of 123,100 troops would be lead by a U.S. Force of 60,000 (50,000 in Iraq and 10,000 in Theater) with an additional 2,500 service members is the European Theater as a Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1129160603849784532005-10-12T19:33:00.000-04:002005-10-12T19:43:23.853-04:00Of all the Churches in Christendom...I have found the Orthodox Church to be the Originial...the Ancient...of the Apostles...given by the Messiah, Jesus Christ...through which The Holy Spirit has moved, is moving, and will move through...of which the Father smiles upon...from which the Saints come from...from which all people can receive the Holy Saving Sacraments...from which one can receive restGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1129159951844408762005-10-12T19:25:00.000-04:002005-10-12T19:32:31.850-04:00It is Autumn and the air is feeling......with the suns rays traveling thru the breath of clouds......its light is different, and life feels it......with a different warmth, its shine is touching......the air, and the breeze is finding its way......somewhere to be known.Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1128463207114863252005-10-04T17:58:00.000-04:002005-10-04T18:00:07.116-04:00Been having a difficult time posting and editing entries onto the back of The High Horse.Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1128114255855915572005-09-30T16:57:00.000-04:002005-10-29T15:57:14.530-04:00What To Do About Iraq?The recent media coverage of the Secretary of Defense and the Pentagon Generals upon Capital Hill giving testimony on the current situation in Iraq and what lies ahead for Our Armed Forces and the Iraqi Military, its Government, and its Citizens certainly gives Us a picture of whats happening, and I think the 'Screamer' would be a good painted analogy for this chaos that is Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1128103765967243422005-09-30T13:32:00.000-04:002005-10-04T14:33:46.500-04:00Out To Left Field!I wonder if the Secularist-Humanist-Political-Left-Wingers in the Legeslative, Executive, and Judical Branches of Government at all levels; Local, State, and Federal...The Liberal-Politicaly Correct-Inclusive-On The Verge Of Becoming More Herectical Church Leadership...the CEO's of the Corperations...the Elitist-Left-Wing-"You're Not Allowed To Think That Way"-Arrogant Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1128011979121835822005-09-29T12:28:00.000-04:002005-09-29T12:39:39.126-04:00Here's Another!I wonder if the Theo-Political Right Wingers in the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches of Our Government...the Religious Evangelical Leadership...the CEO's of the major corperations...and the rich suburbanites that drive their Hummers, their Cadilacs, and their SUV's out of their 'Mac-Mansion' subdivisions with their 'W-The President' and 'The Power Of Pride' bumper Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1128010765793307902005-09-29T12:12:00.000-04:002005-09-29T12:19:25.793-04:00The American Service Man And Woman...serving with Honor, Dignity, Trust, Distinction, Loyality, and Love Of Nation. To which We The Citizenry owe so much.We do this through keeping Them in Our hearts and minds.And through Our Citizenship of questioning the actions of Our Government.Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1128009920192574502005-09-29T11:45:00.000-04:002005-09-29T12:09:14.253-04:00A Question For The Day...How is that We The People can allow the present Administration continue this Illegal Iraq War? The answer...The Opium Of The People...entertainment and sports...this keeps us 'doped up' to where 'Citizenship' is on the back burner of our lives...and the corperations sell the Opium to us in overdoses...this so they can profit more...and their buddies in the AdministrationGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1127492653025268312005-09-23T12:22:00.000-04:002005-09-23T12:46:58.510-04:00New thoughts and ideas have been added to the previous post concerning the Holy Land and the revival of the State and Territorial Guard. Please review these additions.Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1126712974473347772005-09-14T11:29:00.000-04:002005-09-23T13:34:34.163-04:00Thinking Again About The Holy Land. Yesterdays' Blog Thought was about Our Foreign Policy in the Holy Land, and the need for religious groups to begin talks then invite nations and international organizations into the discussions to hopefully find a solution to conflict between the Jewish and Palestinian Peoples'.Today, the first thought should be simple and proclaimed aloud by everyone Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1126630755144883312005-09-13T12:55:00.000-04:002005-09-13T13:27:58.910-04:00U.S. Policy in the Holy Land should be fair and even-handed, a policy that would express concern for the welfare, safety, and security for the Jewish People and THE Palestinian People, both of whom are inhabitants and have a right to live in this Land. If we were to press for the RIGHTS for both Peoples, then Our presence in the Middle East would be more accepted and viewed then by everyone as a Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1126375727037408752005-09-10T13:46:00.000-04:002005-09-29T11:22:12.436-04:00In Our United States, We Should Consider Reviving The State And Territorial Guard For A True Common Defense.Each State and Territory should have a Defense Force structured similarly to the U.S. Marine Corps, having ground, air, and maritime assets.The size of each force would be similar to that of the U.S. Armys' Armored Cavalry Regiment. With high mobility, heavily armed, and a self-contained Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1126374315345144152005-09-10T13:33:00.000-04:002005-09-10T13:45:15.350-04:00A Beautiful Saturday Here In East Tennessee! Summer is giving way to Autumn ever so gently, as a soft breeze from the West. Skies blue and the air dry, reminds me of days past under The Big Skies Of Montana. Such days and rememberences are those soft breezes, returning in my heart and mind to not only the past, but the present moment, feeling the breeze and winds of the Prairies', the aroma of Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1126293281914114252005-09-09T15:07:00.000-04:002005-09-09T15:18:26.080-04:00Friday's Thought. Just recently checked out the book "God's Politics-A New Vision for Faith and Politics in America" by Jim Wallis. Looks to be an eye opener, in fact started reading it last night and couldn't put it down to sleep! It definetly will make one think. And if you're a Christian, then this is a must. And if you're a Citizen, then this is a must. I wonder if Herr Pat Robertson or any Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1126220518940941442005-09-08T18:52:00.000-04:002005-09-08T19:01:58.940-04:00Here is another thought. The present politicians of the Executive Branch, their cohorts in the Legislative branch, and their extremely wealthy supporters, whether individuals, organizations, or corperations are ALL FOR THIS ILLEGAL BLOODBATH OF A WAR!...and one question SHOULD BE ASKED ALOUD!...would these supporters, who cheerlead and preach this profit-gaining-religious war... send their Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1126214715779317352005-09-08T17:09:00.000-04:002005-09-23T13:18:38.070-04:00A Return To Fair Taxation. It's simple...all should pay Their Fair Share, individuals of the working class and the wealthy, small and medium sized buisnesses, and the corperations. Here are some thoughts and ideals: A) A Flat Rate Tax of 10% on individual incomes...poor, middle, and wealthy class. B) State Sales Tax of 2.5% on purchases other than food and drinking water. C) Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1126109590714192442005-09-07T12:01:00.000-04:002005-09-10T16:51:21.340-04:00Once again, from somewhere in a Citizens Mind. The War in Iraq is wrong! It's based on the LIES of the Neo-Conservatives who want a world-wide American-Anglo-Zionist-Coperate Empire! LIES that they may profit from this illegal war...Eisenhower warned us of the military-industrial-and-now-congressional complex! This war is not part of the so-called 'war on terror'! This war is for the gaining ofGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1126108371528429282005-09-07T11:52:00.000-04:002005-09-10T16:56:58.696-04:00Another Day In The U.S. And again some thoughts on Our Condition. The Citizens pay their taxes...and the rich and powerful do not pay their fair share, you might say that the 'sheep' pays for the 'lions velvelted walls'(a thought from a song from 'Blind Mans Zoo' from 10,000 maniacs) and we the 'sheep do pay dearly'. As Taxpayers, we have a responsibility to help in the funding of Our Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1125512437230122972005-08-31T13:15:00.001-04:002005-09-10T16:54:07.803-04:00And From My Heart. It's sometimes difficult to write down my thoughts without sounding like some sort of 'broken-record-of-rhetoric'...repeating the same thing, and same themes...using the same words and expressions. I do apologize for this and wish that I had a better command of 'presentation' and Our English tongue. In conversations I sometimes will experience a satisfaction of getting my Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1125508710987014392005-08-31T13:15:00.000-04:002005-09-01T09:55:34.970-04:00One of todays thoughts....apathy kills the Republic...and our true enemies will win the day.Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1125333914377722022005-08-29T12:32:00.000-04:002005-08-29T13:29:05.503-04:00And Once Again! You know there are those who will accuse me of being "un-American", "against Our Troops", "un-patriotic", "un-Christian", "on the side of our enemies", "against the Holy Bible", "a Flag burner", "a liberal", "one who...if you don't love America then you can leave it", and "one who hates Our Freedoms"....well these accusations are usually levied by those whose Ideal Of Being Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1125332762328157082005-08-29T11:52:00.000-04:002005-08-29T12:26:37.393-04:00Another Day In A Free Land...And Thankful!...Along with concerned...concerned that Our Republic is being sold out by the Imperialist...thats correct...those who wish Empire...both here and abroad...an Empire that benifits the selfish rich and powerful...at the expense of the lives of G.I.'s and innocent civilians...let us not forget the lives of the infants (numbering nearly 100,000) that DIED asGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1125101583363015742005-08-26T20:00:00.000-04:002005-08-26T20:13:18.490-04:00Another Day In Our Fair Republic! And a thought...it is not only privilage, but a duty of All Citizens to question the actions of Our Government...because it is Ours'!...the politicians are our servents, as are the employees of the Government work for the Taxpaying Citizen...we must question their actions...so as to safe-guard the Constitution and preserve Our Freedoms and Our Republic...Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1125013588129697592005-08-25T19:16:00.000-04:002005-09-23T11:42:25.736-04:00Another Day In Our Beloved Land...and here are some thoughts. As I begin to exercise an example of "The Freedom of Speech". And before expressing what I think and feel, allow me to give a list of topics, and later, my observations of their effect upon Our Republic.A) The current war that Our Armed Forces in Iraq is engaged in.B) The individuals and organizations that are promoting, encoura- Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1124913430412759972005-08-24T15:39:00.000-04:002005-08-25T19:15:04.083-04:00Hello once again to the wide, wide world of everything! Mr Gary here after a very long silence...several years in fact...but now making an attempt so this may become habitual...was told in the begining by Mr Chris (the Chap who introduced me to the Realm of Blogging) that this was a theraputic way of expressing ones self, to get things off and out of your system...and this will be my effort...Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-1057141877493152242003-07-02T06:31:00.000-04:002003-07-02T06:31:17.420-04:00Once Again!!!...After much silence...I will whisper a quick hello to my Orthodox-Compatriots in Central Kentucky...I will speak louder in the near-soon-about-future. GaryGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-959768962003-06-24T06:54:00.000-04:002003-06-24T06:54:48.363-04:00After much silence...I will whisper a quick hello to my Orthodox-Compatriots in Central Kentucky...I will speak louder in the near-soon-about-future. GaryGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-919475802003-04-03T19:34:00.000-05:002003-04-03T19:34:19.436-05:00From the other day...enjoyed the music from wmmt, classic country, bluegrass, and oldtime. I think their website is appalshop.org cool non-commercial, and true to music. While listening to them I'd would traverse Pine Mountain on US 119...quite the large mountain it is! A pig trail to be exact, but a great view during the day, Some folks think of these mountains and it's people as being Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-917353002003-03-31T17:23:00.000-05:002003-03-31T17:23:31.373-05:00To continue the story...again Miss Cindy and I had a real nice visit...after saying our goodbyes, I'd head on over to meet up with Mr. Bert...a Friend and Brother in Christ...we chatted for awhile...and off it was to Ashland to visit with Fr. Lee...a Roman Catholic Priest friend...who is now retired...do keep him in your prayers, for he is a true Shepherd of God. We had a nice long visit...it Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-915727612003-03-28T18:08:00.000-05:002005-08-22T02:05:56.193-04:00Hello from Middlesboro, my hometown! Enjoyed the visits with my dear friends and the trip into the "Depths of Kentucky"! A good time it was! Arrived in Nicholsville in time for the Liturgy at St Athanasius', it was so good to hear the Byzantine Chant that Basil and the choir had worked so hard on...there is such an "air" with Byzantine and Arab Chant!...a sense of timelessness...eternity, eh!?Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210290.post-914610502003-03-27T00:25:00.000-05:002003-03-27T00:25:55.950-05:00The great hello to the world wide web!Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273988072527412071noreply@blogger.com0