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Visit www.smickandsmodoo.com for more midi tunes.OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-59679642706118850552008-04-18T23:14:00.001-06:002008-04-21T21:36:42.524-06:00Tracks of a friend in the snowTracks of a friend in the snow<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvORsNehnjrWQ7QNgKlydywUgBPGgLnEjgwNO0KaZC_qDT0u-C4f9IxqWB0X9iHW3vV6A3kldUyAyZpPoY0gG4ymU5WA9OoOf7ZQPjhYGKo2m7VNWSPHDCN9PifmNe6id4DKn4Q/s1600-h/arbucklesmt.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191907176754703794" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 175px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px" height="189" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvORsNehnjrWQ7QNgKlydywUgBPGgLnEjgwNO0KaZC_qDT0u-C4f9IxqWB0X9iHW3vV6A3kldUyAyZpPoY0gG4ymU5WA9OoOf7ZQPjhYGKo2m7VNWSPHDCN9PifmNe6id4DKn4Q/s400/arbucklesmt.jpg" width="223" border="0" /></a><br />I have lain on the path of bone chilling fear<br /><br />watched as the death angel hovered near<br /><br />Midnight I rode the trail where black lion stalked<br /><br />my steed snorting his course stayed.. balked<br /><br />I lost my seat and the moon swirled around<br /><br />my head was the first to kiss frozen ground<br /><br />My body bounced down the Arbuckles crag<br /><br />the earth drank my blood and there I laid<br /><br />and dreamed the dream of death’s opening door<br /><br />of life unlived and path’s untracked with joy untasted<br /><br />my future my claim on living gone as I lay wasted<br /><br />but awareness came as light chased away the night<br /><br />My companion grazed close by had kept the cat away<br /><br />snow tracks around my death bed testified to his stay<br /><br />my shirt red soaked with life’s precious fluid staining the ground<br /><br />I drug my pain racked body to the saddle and started down<br /><br />past the still waiting mountain lion eyes peering from thick weeds<br /><br />the smell of my blood kept him waiting to quench his savage needs<br /><br />I looked back as he smelled my blood spilled in the snow where I lay<br /><br />then followed us for awhile before turning to find unguarded prey<br /><br />Danpatch went to equine heaven during the next season’s winter strife<br /><br />But in my dreams I still count the tracks of my friend who saved my life.<br /><br />jdm10/23/2006 based on a true occurrence with some literary license applied...My dad was a cowboy and Danpatch had been his favorite horse until he was retired to be my horse. At the time of the poem he was over twenty years old and I was 12.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-40691944424990742692007-01-16T10:16:00.000-06:002007-01-16T10:33:43.761-06:00The ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lyxEYeXTV3qbLPyJ0lnEtciprQ750Cl30zqxauGDuSj9b_42moTfeY0kMNqMIxZn66QhADS2szbh_hi3SQdPEAP2Nt9eWHnbYBY3OXS_LUFkky8YOzfM_Rn_qx8nwLRSHTiDMg/s1600-h/aaawg.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lyxEYeXTV3qbLPyJ0lnEtciprQ750Cl30zqxauGDuSj9b_42moTfeY0kMNqMIxZn66QhADS2szbh_hi3SQdPEAP2Nt9eWHnbYBY3OXS_LUFkky8YOzfM_Rn_qx8nwLRSHTiDMg/s400/aaawg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020667039216168466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjTfEJG9NXH4qM2kYS6C7rkm4M_scS3LafIovbtylrxxU8o0Q2OeUcdGi_7PFBdPwrkz_zSEktrVWxjyBkfqkkpUSkTDPkZ6vaA6R0uNEFRwAzc1mUduh7fosQMaD6Gjw2eM4Ww/s1600-h/aaapb.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjTfEJG9NXH4qM2kYS6C7rkm4M_scS3LafIovbtylrxxU8o0Q2OeUcdGi_7PFBdPwrkz_zSEktrVWxjyBkfqkkpUSkTDPkZ6vaA6R0uNEFRwAzc1mUduh7fosQMaD6Gjw2eM4Ww/s400/aaapb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020666360611335666" /></a><br />My father, William Lavern Martin (1900-1955)worked as a cowboy on a ranch in Johnston county that was funded by Pretty Boy Floyd. The ranch raised Herford cattle and had several moonshine stills. I reprint below "the ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd written by Pretty Boy and Woody Guthrie. The outlaws are gone but the bankers and lawyers are still robbing with the fountain pen.<br /><br />If you'll gather 'round me, children,<br />A story I will tell<br />'Bout Pretty Boy Floyd, an outlaw,<br />Oklahoma knew him well.<br />It was in the town of Shawnee,<br />A Saturday afternoon,<br />His wife beside him in his wagon<br />As into town they rode.<br /><br />There a deputy sheriff approached him<br />In a manner rather rude,<br />Vulgar words of anger,<br />An' his wife she overheard.<br /><br />Pretty Boy grabbed a log chain,<br />And the deputy grabbed his gun;<br />In the fight that followed<br />He laid that deputy down.<br /><br />Then he took to the trees and timber<br />To live a life of shame;<br />Every crime in Oklahoma<br />Was added to his name.<br /><br />But a many a starving farmer<br />The same old story told<br />How the outlaw paid their mortgage<br />And saved their little homes.<br /><br />Others tell you 'bout a stranger<br />That come to beg a meal,<br />Underneath his napkin<br />Left a thousand dollar bill.<br /><br />It was in Oklahoma City,<br />It was on a Christmas Day,<br />There was a whole car load of groceries<br />Come with a note to say:<br /><br />Well, you say that I'm an outlaw,<br />You say that I'm a thief.<br />Here's a Christmas dinner<br />For the families on relief.<br /><br />Yes, as through this world I've wandered<br />I've seen lots of funny men;<br />Some will rob you with a six-gun,<br />And some with a fountain pen.<br /><br />And as through your life you travel,<br />Yes, as through your life you roam,<br />You won't never see an outlaw<br />Drive a family from their home.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-62758671726887040962006-12-15T21:59:00.001-06:002008-03-07T22:42:12.063-06:00Alfalfa Bill Murray, Governor of Oklahoma<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CJRg8DrRjv-aIgtiBceGi57oLwiMMrXgHNrn6GutJHMYCCQ4p3nXoYZ-lLsQqse0ewy9Q9CbN0HWzU0fUxWhXTkUYFQtRZU-2_iI_hrGJtqpg654GqGDX-yKo9a7cOT1k1vtVg/s1600-h/Gov_+Murray.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CJRg8DrRjv-aIgtiBceGi57oLwiMMrXgHNrn6GutJHMYCCQ4p3nXoYZ-lLsQqse0ewy9Q9CbN0HWzU0fUxWhXTkUYFQtRZU-2_iI_hrGJtqpg654GqGDX-yKo9a7cOT1k1vtVg/s400/Gov_+Murray.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175225677809569522" /></a><br />In the fall of 1955 when I was 18 my father had business with former Governor William Murray who lived in an upstairs one room apartment on a side street in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. I remember several plates of half eaten food setting on various tables around the room, an unmade bed, ashtrays full of cigar stubs and an overwhelming cigar smell filled the room. Dad introduced me to him...they had been friends all their lives in Johnston county. Dad told me that "Cuckle Burr Bill" as he was fondly called locally had almost won the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1932 but was beat out by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Within a year both my dad and Governor Murray passed on. Dad and the Governor were both born in Montague, Texas in the past century. Ships passing in the night.<br /><strong>Alfalfa Bill Murray more than any other deserves the title "Father of Oklahoma"</strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-15419508959948720612006-11-01T19:49:00.000-06:002006-11-01T19:50:41.761-06:00Dance of the suicide monkey<embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8811551493740102634&hl=en-GB" flashvars=""> </embed><div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-30579471257932388452006-10-20T22:05:00.000-06:002006-10-20T22:29:41.248-06:00As humans who are we and where do we come from?<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1865/1235/1600/1thumb.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1865/1235/400/1thumb.gif" border="0" alt="" />the journey is our breathing life<br />the starting point is in our past<br />the end point is debated by thinkers below<br />It is our choice whom we believe!</a><br />Everything we observe has a ...starting point... and an ...end point..!<br />We are now engaged in the journey but When was our beginning and where do we end?<br />...................<br /><br />ORIGIN MODELS CATEGORIZED<br /><br /><br /><br />Dr. Gary Chiang <br />Redeemer University College Ancaster, ON <br />November, 2000<br /><br />The following 5 main groups represent the basic categories into which origin models can be divided over a broad spectrum from atheistic evolutionism to young earth, recent creationism.<br /><br />1: Atheistic evolutionism (naturalistic evolutionism):<br />The universe and all the physical laws of nature were created by chance during the Big Bang about 15 to 20 billion years ago. We exist through a combination of random processes known as "evolution". There is no purpose or intelligent force which has directed our evolution. We are here only by chance, religion is a natural development in our evolutionary 'progress", and when we die, we no longer exist.<br /><br />Examples: Isaac Asimov, Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, John Gribbin, Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, <br />Arthur N. Strahler.<br /><br />2: Deistic evolutionism:<br />A supernatural force created the Big Bang, and set down all the physical laws. This force is no longer involved in the day-to-day operation of the universe. We exist via "evolution", and although a supernatural force may have initiated the process, we are here by chance.<br /><br />Examples: Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Fred Hoyle, Robert Jastrow.*<br /><br /><br />3: Theistic evolutionism: <br />God is the supenatural force who created the Big Bang and set down all the physical laws in order for evolution to occur. He used evolution to "create" the right environment and the right vehicle in which to place a living soul. When the time was right for Adam to appear, God took an evolved pre-man, and gave him a spirit and/or soul to create man in the image of God. This theory gives evolution a purpose, and in <br />this way, it differs from Deistic evolutionism.<br /><br />Examples: B.B. Warfield, James Orr, C.I. Scofield, Derick Kidner, Howard Van Till.<br /><br />4. Old Earth Creationism:<br />This category describes theories that accomrnodate the belief in an ancient earth with the belief that God created more-or-less as described in Genesis 1. In all these theories, Genesis is interpreted to provide the millions of years needed for fossil formulations. There are two subcategories under Old Earth Creationism which vary depending on how literal Genesis 1 is interpreted. They are: 4a. The Gap Theory and 4b. The Day/Age Theory.<br /><br />4a: The Gap Theory: <br />The belief that there is a considerable amount of time between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis1:2. and that the cosmos, which was originally created long before the creation week in Genesis, became without form and void. In the creation week in Genesis, God "re-created" the earth and told mankind to replenish it. Some proponents of the Gap Theory believe that geological strata were created during the time before the re-creation of the world, and do not believe that Noah's flood was world wide. This theory has its origin with the founders of modern geology (e.g. T. Chalmers, H. Miller), and is referred to by some as<br />the "ruin-reconstruction" view. This view is found in the Scofield Reference Bible, Dake's Annotated<br />Reference Bible, and the Newberry Reference Bible.<br /><br />Examples: Thomas Chalmers; Hugh Miller; G.H. Pember (Earth's Earliest Ages, 1884); Arthur Custance <br />(Without Form and Void, 1970).<br /><br />4b: The Day/Age Theory: <br />The creation days in Genesis describe creative periods of time, not six literal days. During each creative period, God increased the complexity of life by creating new life forms while also changing the earth to accommodate these new forms. There are variations on the Day/Age theory, and they differ according to how much the appearance of new organisms in the fossil record is attributed to God's direct intervention, or due to the process of God-directed evolution. Some proponents of the Day/Age Theory believe that we are currently in the seventh day (D.A. Young, G. Schroeder). Progressive creationism (H. Ross) is based on the Day/Age Theory.<br /><br />Examples: Bernard Ramm, Kenneth Taylor, Millard J. Erickson, James Montgomery Boice, Gleason Archer, <br />Hugh Ross (Reasons to Believe), Christianity Today, Davis A. Young, Robert C. Newman, Pattle T. Pun.<br /><br />5: Young Earth, Recent creationism (Scientific creationism): <br />God created all matter in 6, 24 hour days, sometime about 10,000 years ago. God created everything with the appearance of age. It is in total disagreement with modern scientific dating methods for ages beyond 10,000 years, but is in total harmony with the literal translation of the creation week.<br /><br />Examples: Henry H. Morris, Duane T. Gish and those associated with the Institute for Creation Research and the Creation Research Society; Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis); John Mackay (Creation Research, Australia), Gary Chiang (if anyone cares).<br /><br /><br /><br />*The following is a famous quotation attributed to Robert Jastrow (1978):<br /><br />"For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries."<br>.<strong>The Blogmaster subscribes to the Gap theory listed above. For further information on the Gap see www.rightdivision.com or www.believer.com </strong><em>,<br>For more posts on Christian subjects edited by the Blogmaster see www.tinychapel.blogspot.com</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-40038088151985158722006-10-19T23:03:00.000-06:002006-10-19T23:48:04.613-06:00The William White 1950 customized purple OldsMy buddy William White was ahead of his time! He customized a 1950 Oldsmobile similar to the purple one in the picture below and we won Drag Races in Ardmore, Oklahoma City Fairgrounds, Wichita Falls and several other towns. William lives in Lone Grove Oklahoma now and I don't know what became of this beautiful creation.<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1865/1235/1600/53olds.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1865/1235/400/53olds.jpg" border="0" alt="" />This is the color and model 1953 Olds that I owned in the fiftys</a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1865/1235/1600/1950%20olds.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1865/1235/400/1950%20olds.jpg" border="0" alt="" />This picture shows an almost identical customized 1950 Olds that William White owned in the fiftys at Madill, Oklahoma</a><br />Introduced in 1949, the full-size Oldsmobile 88 was produced until 1999 and became the top-selling line for twenty-four years. Produced in Wentzville, Missouri, and both Flint and Lake Orion, Michigan, the Oldsmobile Eighty Eight was a representation of an image. Especially during the beginning three years, the Oldsmobile 88 was one of the best performing automobiles. This was most likely due to its small size, along with the lightweight and advanced over-head valve high-compression V8 engines. This engine was originally intended for the larger, more luxurious 98 series. <br /><br /><br />Named to complement the already existing 76 and 98 series, the 88 which was considered to be the grandaddy of musclecars of the 1960s was first introduced in 1949, and utilized the 76's platform with a newly added large and powerful Rocket V8 engine. Popular duriing its time, the Eighty Eight inspired a popular song 'Rocket 88' and a popular 1950's slogan, 'Make a Date with a Rocket 88'. The rocket was eventually adoped as the Oldmsobile logo during the 1960's, though the 88 name continued to remain in the lineup until the late 1990's.<br /><br /><br />During the 1950's several updates to the Eighty Eight included a one-piece windshield unit as the replacement of the two-piece windshield with the addition of the Holiday Hardtop to the Oldsmobile line. At the same time, a three-speed manual transmission with column shift also became available as a ‘delete for credit' option to the Hydra-Matic automatic transmission. After the 1950 model year, the six-cylinder 76 lineup was dropped entirely as the Eighty Eight now outsold the previoius line.<strong></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-73383384030098576122006-10-12T19:30:00.000-06:002006-10-12T19:33:29.506-06:00Washita River Fish harvest ...flood of 1950"We lived at Bromide during the Washita flood of fifty and when the waters were receding my Uncle Carl Schultz of Connerville, cousins Kenneth and Tommy Dale and I went to the banks of the river and hand caught Buffalo and catfish by the ton. We threw them in the pickup bed and gave them to people all over the Connerville and Bromide area on the way home. The fish were stranded in shallows outside the banks and would have ran out of water soon ... so they became dinner to a lot of folks.Some of these fish were as long as I was tall then. I was thirteen at the time. The website I built for Bromide." -Jimmie Martin in Newcastle, Oklahoma<br /><a href=" http://bromideoklahoma.blogspot.com "> Click Here </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1159301515052716992006-09-26T14:11:00.000-06:002006-09-26T14:11:55.103-06:00Gap theory page - what is the gap theory?<a href="http://www.creationdays.dk/the_gap_theory.php">Gap theory page - what is the gap theory?</a>: "What is the gap theory ?<br />The main idea behind the gap theory is, that lucifer rebelled against God and persuaded 1/3 of all the angels to rebell with him, and in attacking the throne of God, he was thrown out from Gods presence, and stripped of his authority he had with God.<br />Genesis gives some clues as to the situation in saying that the earth was tohu wa bohu, in Isaiah God says that He did not create the earth like that, but created it to be inhabited, in other words, the earth was not tohu wa bohu in the beginning, but it became like that, which the septuaginta also states."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1155503579256206922006-08-13T15:12:00.000-06:002006-08-13T15:34:12.576-06:00tulsaworld.com: News<a href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=060812_Op_a22_let2">tulsaworld.com: News</a>: "Higher level of theft <br />By Staff Reports <br />8/12/2006 <br /><br />View in Print (PDF) Format <br /><br /><br />A few years ago higher educators in the United States copyrighted their school emblems, logos and mascot art. Professors started writing and copyrighting materials developed while on the public payroll using public facilities and equipment. The legislators went along. The prosecutors did not prosecute the theft. The media did not report the stealing. The business community was bullied into submission by the educators' lawyers and paid the inflated fees for the logos and art their taxes had financed. The public was stuck with their favorite teams sportswear and other logoed wear at five times the normal price. <br />The rights to art, logos, literary creations and inventions developed at taxpayer expense belong to the taxpayer and not the paid employees of our public institutions. The legislatures should take back ownership of these works and they should be returned to the public domain for any individual or business to use and enjoy fee free. <br />Jim Martin, Newcastle "<div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1154060167850737582006-07-27T22:08:00.000-06:002006-07-27T22:16:07.860-06:00Oklahoman of old ...letter to editorI worked for Mr. EK Gaylord and his son Edward Gaylord and they were good and honorable tho pragmatic newspapermen. They stood for morality and truth and were responsible stewards of news, reporting all sides of most issues. The Gaylords have done great and admirable things for our state with little abuse of the power they hold until now.<br />During the primary election I watched as the Daily Oklahoman failed in its duty to inform the public that one of the candidates for our House of Representatives was a homosexual activist under the tutelage of out of state radical sexuality organizations . Several times I emailed copies of the story of his support and training by these gay political alliances easily obtainable on the web. The candidate won by 1% and an informed readership of our "state newspaper" would have undoubtedly affected his candidacy in the negative. The story of his victory then became front page news. The city editorship at the Daily Oklahoman obviously refused to publish the truth and we are shackled in our state house with a change agent for obscene sexuality.<br /> Mr. Editor...as readers we have choices and your believability rises or falls on our support. You must fire the editors responsible for this travesty and apologize to the good and moral citizenship to reclaim that believability.<br /> <br />Jimmie Martin<br />Newcastle, Oklahoma<div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1146800362133860362006-05-04T21:39:00.000-06:002006-05-04T21:45:34.583-06:00ADF: Day of Truth - April 27, 2006 - Alliance Defense Fund - Defending Our First Liberty<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/1600/Bibleinhand.0.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/400/Bibleinhand.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/actions/currentactions/default.aspx?cid=3308">ADF: Day of Truth - April 27, 2006 - Alliance Defense Fund - Defending Our First Liberty</a>: "<br />visit www.dayoftruth.org<br />The Day of Truth was established to counter the promotion of the homosexual agenda and express an opposing viewpoint from a Christian perspective. "<br />Issues<br /><br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /> <br /> <br />Comments<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />Guarding the Sanctity of Human Life <br />ADF recognizes that all human life is sacred – from conception to death. Our goal is to reform American law so that all human life will be respected and protected from conception to death.<br />Protecting Traditional Family Values <br />The Alliance Defense Fund labors to defend the family. The family is the most basic unit of any society, and the foundation of America. Without healthy, functioning families, a culture cannot survive. God has defined the ideal for family as one man and one woman, married for life, and those related to them by blood, adoption, or marriage.<br />Defending Religious Freedom <br />The free exercise of religion is the first and most fundamental right of Americans protected by the Bill of Rights. It is the most basic and inalienable of all human rights. The Alliance Defense Fund aims to preserve this freedom by providing case funding, strategy and coordination, and attorney training, including litigation support.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1146458866826335612006-04-30T22:47:00.000-06:002006-04-30T22:52:41.470-06:00Universe Today - Astrophoto: The Ring Nebula by Stefan Heutz<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/1600/ring%20nebula.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/400/ring%20nebula.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/m57_042506.html?2442006">Universe Today - Astrophoto: The Ring Nebula by Stefan Heutz</a>: "Riding high in the northern sky near the bright white star Vega, the Ring Nebula is one of the most favorite deep sky objects targeted visually by backyard stargazers. It can be seen through telescopes with apertures as small as four inches. But larger telescopes can reveal the faint planet sized central star that created this night sky spectacle. The Ring Nebula was discovered about 200 years ago by French astronomer Charles Messier, an avid comet hunter, and made its way into his catalog used to keep track of false comets as item number 57.<br /><br />Recent imagery by the Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed that the Ring Nebula is not spherical in shape; it is more like a tube that is slightly constricted in the middle so that it resembles a stretched hourglass. By chance alone, Earth is positioned so that we can look almost straight through from one end. Tubular shapes like this are common throughout the universe because thick disks of gas tend to expand outward very slowly leaving the material free to become extended perpendicularly. One of the other more spectacular examples of this shape is exhibited by the Little Dumbbell Nebula. It's located in the constellation of Perseus and is positioned so that we have a side view."<strong>The light we see left the Ring nebula 2000 years ago</strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1144182217355677362006-04-04T14:23:00.000-06:002006-04-04T14:28:42.303-06:00National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/1600/cowboy%20hall.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/400/cowboy%20hall.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/e_cale.html">National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum</a>: <br />You just gottu visit this soon....<br />"Through May 7, 2006<br />Music and Dance in American Indian Painting<br />These paintings from the Museum�s Silberman Collection portray elements of American Indian dance and music. Included are Plains and Southwestern renderings of pow wow, social and ceremonial dances"<strong>Click on the link about to vistit their site</strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1143340810019508242006-03-25T20:07:00.000-06:002006-03-25T20:40:10.033-06:00Buck Owens Passing today March 25, 2006<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/1600/b%20ownes.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/400/b%20ownes.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /> Singer Buck Owens, the flashy rhinestone cowboy who shaped the sound of country music with hits like "Act Naturally" and brought the genre to TV on the long-running "Hee Haw," died Saturday. He was 76. <br /><br />Owens died at his home in Bakersfield, said family spokesman Jim Shaw. The cause of death was not immediately known. Owens had undergone throat cancer surgery in 1993 and was hospitalized with pneumonia in 1997. <br /><br />His career was one of the most phenomenal in country music, with a string of more than 20 No. 1 records, most released from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. <br /><br />They were recorded with a honky-tonk twang that came to be known throughout California as the "Bakersfield Sound," named for the town 100 miles north of Los Angeles that Owens called home. <br /><br />"I think the reason he was so well known and respected by a younger generation of country musicians was because he was an innovator and rebel," said Shaw, who played keyboards in Owens' band, the Buckaroos. "He did it out of the Nashville establishment. He had a raw edge." <br /><br />Owens, elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996, was modest when describing his aspirations. <br /><br />"I'd like to be remembered as a guy that came along and did his music, did his best and showed up on time, clean and ready to do the job, wrote a few songs and had a hell of a time," he said in 1992. <br /><br />An indefatigable performer, Owens played a red, white and blue guitar with fireball fervor. He and the Buckaroos wore flashy rhinestone suits in an era when flash was as important to country music as fiddles. <br /><br />"When people start looking back on his career, they are going to be surprised by the number of things he did first," said guitarist Roy Clark, who worked with Owens on "Hee Haw." "He left a great legacy in country music." <br /><br />Among his biggest hits were "Together Again" (also recorded by Emmylou Harris), "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail," "Love's Gonna Live Here," "My Heart Skips a Beat" and "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line." <br /><br />And he was the answer to this music trivia question: What country star had a hit record that was later done by the Beatles?<br />...<br />By GREG RISLING <br />ABC News ...<br /><br /><br /><strong>Buck Owens Oklahoma City appearance at Diamond Ballroom in 60's</strong><br /><br />I was the AE at the Daily Oklahoman for the Diamond Ballroom and designed the ads and ran them for Buck's show at the Diamond. <br>My wife Sara and I sat at Buck's table during the show along with Bonnie Campbell Owens, Bud and Don Mathis, Jude and Jody and wives and girlfriends. <br>I was later offered a job at his radio station in Bakersfield, Ca. by his manager but being a died in the wool Okie I declined. <br>Buck and Merle and Willie carried on the tradition of Bob Wills.<br> We have lost a great performer and artist.<br /><em>jdm2006/03/25</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1142047321964180462006-03-10T21:22:00.000-06:002006-06-21T13:45:05.673-06:00NewsOK.com |Letter to Editor by Jim Martin... Powered by The Oklahoman and NEWS 9<a href="http://newsok.com/article/1783197/">NewsOK.com | Powered by The Oklahoman and NEWS 9</a><br /><strong>Don't buy movie tickets.<br>Hollywood is adicted to making perversity the norm<br />and making normality the perverse.<br />The Academy awards was replete with placing honor and recognition on perverted paths that most of us do not tread. The reason that most of us do not take those paths are bound up in common sense and self discipline. A great majority of Americans possess a love and belief in the Creator and His rules of behavior. Each of us have mundane desires and weakness that we must overcome. To apply the Hollywood “if it feels good ...do it” mantra to society opens a Pandora’s box that distorts all morality and eventually the rule of law. Vote against this attack on our morality by abstaining from buying tickets.</strong><em><br>published March 10, 2006</em><br><br />Jim Martin<br />Newcastle<div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1139774858079007132006-02-12T13:50:00.000-06:002006-02-12T14:07:38.096-06:00This is Lily<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/1600/llamas%20and%20housetrees103005%20030.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/400/llamas%20and%20housetrees103005%20030.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Daisy on the alert looking for gophers<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/1600/feb2006%20070.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/400/feb2006%20070.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Lily loves everyone and everyone loves her<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/1600/feb2006%20055.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/400/feb2006%20055.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Lily is a month old and Daisy is her mom. Her dad lives down the street. He has visited his new daughter.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1137890967655233312006-01-21T18:44:00.000-06:002006-01-21T18:49:27.666-06:00FriendshipAttended the Poetry meeting in Oklahoma City for the first time. Delighted to find classmate of Sara and I from Madill is a member. Lydia Irene Savage Walton *an accomplished poet and artist and teacher)and her husband Jerome from Waco, Texas. Our grand daughter Mallory Brooke Martin from Yukon was our guest. I came in third for presentation and Irene came in 2nd.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1133399215994068342005-11-30T19:06:00.000-06:002005-12-03T20:51:19.896-06:00The Fifties Index - Oldies Music, Classic TV, Fifties History, Fifties Clothes, Burma Shave, Elvis, American Bandstand and more.<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/1600/fifties-50s-a.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1400/768/320/fifties-50s-a.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fifties.htm">The Fifties Index - Oldies Music, Classic TV, Fifties History, Fifties Clothes, Burma Shave, Elvis, American Bandstand and more.</a>: "50s. You especially wanted classic TV shows and I've added favorites from several decades. You always want to know if the old TV show is available on DVD or VHS, so I maintain a current list. You wanted more Elvis Presley, so his history was expanded from the 50s to include his whole life. Fifties fashion wasn't enough, everybody wanted to see hippie clothes. So Sixties fashion was added. I hope you find something pleasant here to reminisce about. starting with the Fifties! <br /><br /><br />HAPPY HOLIDAYS!<br />Be sure to visit the Christmas section with carols, recipes, Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus and Twas the Night Before Christmas! And be sure to check out my choices for DVDs - Holiday Gift Ideas"<br /><br /><strong>Merry Christmas to all!<br>from Your Friend Jim </strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1131126234763568992005-11-04T11:43:00.000-06:002005-11-04T11:43:54.773-06:00Pecan acres<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PCyEpeaUWF4"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PCyEpeaUWF4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1131123057648379462005-11-04T10:50:00.000-06:002005-11-04T10:50:57.660-06:00Daisy Gophering<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OShXX17Z5Hc"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OShXX17Z5Hc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1131124446431049382005-11-04T10:12:00.000-06:002005-11-04T11:14:06.450-06:00Llamas at 312<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xsqgG4XOvx8"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xsqgG4XOvx8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10118985.post-1126829470483482622004-09-15T18:10:00.000-06:002005-10-31T18:00:28.766-06:00Flight 93 Patroit Heros<a href="http://www.nationalparks.org/flight93/default.asp">National Park Foundation</a>: " FLIGHT 93 NATIONAL MEMORIAL<br /><br /><br /><br /> 'A common field one day. A field of honor forever.'* <br />May all who visit this place remember the collective acts of courage and sacrifice of the passengers and crew, revere this hallowed ground as the final resting place of those heroes, and reflect on the power of individuals who choose to make a difference.<br /><br />Captain Stephen Ruda, Los Angeles City Fire Department, wrote these words describing the Flight 93 crash site on a quilted wall hanging sent to the memorial as a tribute to the passengers and crew."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5002-Red.swf?TimeZone=CST" width="240" height="20" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></div>OpinionOK Dot Comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763732153955765209noreply@blogger.com0