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Guiliani To Campaign For Roy Blunt: Show Me Missouri Values?

Jake Wagman, of the Political Fix is reporting that former presidential candidate and mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani will visit with Roy Bluntat the Blunt campaign office in Sunset Hills later this week.

I wonder if, in addition to "noun, verb, 911", Rudy will speak to Missouri values.

The Young Guns

With a special guest appearance...

For a limited time only...

In the great tradition of

Smiley Burnette...
Pancho...
Gabby Hayes...
Jingles...
Mr.Haney...

In his first appearance anywhere, anytime...

The man "who ain't afraid of nobody, anytime, anywhere"...

The man who's "Fed Up" with politicians in Washington and their cronies...

The Well Fed Auctioneer Billy Long!

Leaves From An Ozark Journal -- May - June, 1937

It's been awhile since we've shared anything from E.T. Sechler's Leaves From An Ozark Journal. Picking up where the bus stopped last:

Trip to Illinois home May 10-12. Mrs. Watson very sick with cancer. L.P. Jarvis very sick. He died May 17th. Big crowd and four preachers at his funeral May 18th. I wrote his obituary and learned L.P.'s father was a preacher, too. A cousin, Anna Jarvis, was the founder of Mother's Day. L.P. Jarvis was buried in Pisgah by the side of his first wife. L.P. hoped one of his sons would be a preacher. L.P. was a pioneer preacher in Texas Co. Seven years pastor at Plato.
Rural Preachers Institute at Camp Aurora in Dallas County--17 preachers present. Drake, Eckhoff, Werner, Todd, Burger, L.V. Brown, Crance, Millard, Waterman, Welty, etc.

Talk with a man who had left his family to live with another woman. I was told to keep my _ _ _ nose out of his business. I asked him to see his wife and settle troubles out of court.

Soon I called on two men who said to me, "You never make people angrey." To this I replied, "You wouldn't have thought so had you seen me five minutes ago."

Churches helping to send Mrs. Gourley to Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. I took her on my way back to Rantoul May 24.
Reading "J.B. Larimore and his Boys." Leland Gourney a guest in our home May 29-30. He still keeps preaching in mind but plans to specialize in journalism at U. of Oklahoma.

Preached at Houston May 30 --four additions, there of which were confessions. Sermon, "Memorials of Christianity." (1)Sunday (2) Lord's Supper (3) Lord's Burial--Baptism.

Committee reported Church Budget over subscribed. Building Committee appointed. Good crowd at baptizing at Brushy Creek. L.V. Brown pleased at his call as pastor at Stoutland. Finished Leadership Class in Dr. Tilley home.

June 1st a registered letter calling me for Mrs. Beaumont' funeral

June 2. 120 people at Plato Amateur Contest. Earl Smith won third place.

At the funeral June 3 for Mrs. Beaumont I met her sisters and professor Byrnes from Milligan, Tennessee.

More Socials and Ice Cream Parties at Houston and Oak Hill in behalf of Lindenlure Camp Fund. At Summersville 18 families of 26 in membership represented.

My first trip to Eminence June 7. A side trip to Round Spring. At Arroll there was a large crowd for the Ice Cream Social, Music and Games.
June 8. I was subpoenaed to appear in Court at Houston as a witness. E.E.Moffat with me. The courts seemed shocked when I qouted the words of the defendant in the case.

Reading "Behavioristic Psychology" by Karl Stolz, Pastoral Psychology is worthy of several quotes:
"Good preaching so searches and finds the individual that he is moved to appeal to the pastor for private aid" p.24.
"Unification of the individual depends on continued reconstruction of personality" p.26.
"To praise a child is to put him on his mettle" p.31.
"Balanced personality is characterized by emotional stability," p.37. "Listen to child's own explanation" p.45. "Blaming others for our misfortunes is an infantile attitude." p.105. "In our competitive social order, an adequate income is one of the most effective builders of self-esteem" p.143. "Play and recreation destroy fears," p.153. "Only when people like us can we them good" p.235.

June 13 call came for two funeral to be held on June 14---J.T.Dixon and Mrs. S.T. Sillyman. Mr. Dixon's funeral at Pisgah, then to Emory Chapel for Mrs. Sillyman's service.

Lulu Lunte visited in Springfield June 17 where we visited one hour and then drove to Prairie Grove for the Ice Cream Social. Near 100 at High Prairie next night.

Lulu with us at Plato and for the Success Picnic later.

At Big Creek Singing Convention I met several people from Nagle and made a date to preach there July 5.

Three cars helped bring children to Plato Vacation School. 87 enrolled. Average attendance 67. Six Sunday Schools cooperated.

At Oak Hill Ailene Britzman made the good confession. Offering $5.37.

On June 27 Lulu, Virgil and Errett's came for church at Plato. A great family reunion. Nora and I celebrated our fourteenth wedding anniversary. Mary McGuire baked a cake for us. Forty Children gave a Program at night.

Church Board voted to invite Guy Howard of Cross Timbers to fill pulpit third Sunday in July.

Lulu gave each of our kiddies a dollar and got us new linoleum for our front room.

The Pop Stand at Success Picnic failed us. I saw three drunk men there, two of whom were my friends. I took a cold pop drink with them. Lulu was horrified over my friends. "What will people say?"

At Summersville I told H.H. Richards, "not what happens to us but in us," is of first importance.

#10 With A Bullet!

It's Got A Good Beat And It's Easy To Dance To, Dick.

Trying To Follow The Money, It Ain't Easy.

This just in from the New York Times: Donor names remain secret as rules shift; Campaign finance watchdogs cry foul over anonymity given nonprofit groups :

The rule of thumb, in fact, is that more than 50 percent of a 501(c)(4)’s activities cannot be political. But that has not stopped Crossroads and a raft of other nonprofit advocacy groups like it — mostly on the Republican side, so far — from becoming some of the biggest players in this year’s midterm elections, in part because of the anonymity they afford donors, prompting outcries from campaign finance watchdogs.

A revamped regulatory landscape this year has elevated the attractiveness to political operatives of groups like Crossroads and others, organized under the auspices of Section 501(c) of the tax code. Unlike so-called 527 political organizations, which can also accept donations of unlimited size, 501(c) groups have the advantage of usually not having to disclose their donors’ identity.

“The Supreme Court has completely lifted restrictions on corporate spending on elections,” said Taylor Lincoln, research director of Public Citizen’s Congress Watch, a watchdog group. “And 501(c) serves as a haven for these front groups to run electioneering ads and keep their donors completely secret.”

Almost all of the biggest players among third-party groups, in terms of buying television time in House and Senate races since August, have been 501(c) organizations, and their purchases have heavily favored Republicans, according to data from Campaign Media Analysis Group, which tracks political advertising.

They include 501(c)(4) “social welfare” organizations, like Crossroads, which has been the top spender on Senate races, and Americans for Prosperity, another pro-Republican group that has been the leader on the House side; 501(c)(5) labor unions, which have been supporting Democrats; and 501(c)(6) trade associations, like the United States Chamber of Commerce, which has been spending heavily in support of Republicans.

Follow The Money -- Who Is Paying For All This?

Tea party headquarters in West Chester opens tonight

The Cincinnati Tea Party will open the Southwest Ohio Liberty Headquarters in West Chester tonight, Sept. 14, at 6 p.m. American Majority Action is funding the tea party headquarters.

American Majority Action is also funding another headquarters near Cleveland, Ohio. The organization is launching six headquarters in the United States with two of them being in Ohio.

“Headquarters in Ohio will attempt to contact 200,000 voters before the election. This isn’t possible without some kind of base for operations,” Cincinnati Tea Party President Chris Littleton (photo) said.

Littleton, who is also the president and co-founder of the Ohio Liberty Council, also said that West Chester was chosen because of its distance from Dayton and Cincinnati.

“We may have people come from south from Dayton metro and north from Cincinnati metro – just makes sense for distance,” Littleton said.

The Southwest Ohio Liberty Headquarters is located at 8902 Beckett Road in West Chester.

American Majority Action opens headquarters today

JOPLIN, Mo. — Joplin is one of the first six cities in the nation where American Majority Action will open headquarters today. The goal is to turn out voters on election day.

What is being called the Southwest Missouri Liberty Headquarters is being opened in conjunction with tea party activists and the Southwest Missouri Conservative Network, according to Raz Shafer, of Fort Worth, Texas, who is the Missouri field director for American Majority Action.

He called the Southwest Missouri Conservative Network “a couple of hundred folks here in Southwest Missouri who are helping fight for conservative principals.”

“The reason we are working together is they are headed in the same direction we are,” Shafer said.

American Majority Action is a nonprofit organization that, according to Shafer, works to advance “individual liberty, personal responsibility, limited government and free markets.”

The new office will open at 7 p.m. today at 1802 W. 32nd St., in conjunction with the opening of an office in St. Louis, two offices in Ohio and two in Pennsylvania. Volunteers are asked to be there at 6:30 p.m.

The Joplin office will coordinate local grass-roots efforts, such as running a phone bank, block walking and campaigning for conservative political candidates and causes.

Joplin was selected as a headquarters site because of Southwest Missouri’s heavy conservative turnout in previous elections, said Shafer.

“We’re trying to help these people lend some power to their voice,” he said.

While American Majority Action professes to endorse conservative values, it does not endorse a party, Shafer said, adding it is closely aligned with the tea party.

“We want to make a statement that the tea party is here to stay,” Shafer said. “We are moving beyond protest in action. This is real and these organizations, they mean something.

“It’s essential that we move past protests and holding signs with good slogans,” he said.

Umbrella group intends to unify area Tea Party activists

Pittsburg, PA. Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Democrats and Republicans alike say a coalition of Tea Party and grassroots activists gathering under the American Majority Action banner in Pennsylvania this fall bodes well for their candidates.

American Majority Action, a Virginia-based nonprofit that helped organize conservative grassroots groups across the country, will open offices in six cities in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Missouri today. The Pennsylvania Liberty Headquarters, which hopes to harness the energy of 55 groups, will be located in Wexford and Doylestown, just outside of Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania Republican Party leaders say the effort benefits their candidates, but Democrats say it could emphasize deep divisions within the GOP.

Martin Gillespie, field director for American Majority Action's Pennsylvania effort, said the organization has a paid staff of four here and commitments from volunteers to work on targeted get-out-the-vote efforts with emphasis on the Senate race and several House elections.

Gillespie, a former staffer for the Republican National Committee, said the coalition will emphasize limited government and repeal of the health care reform act. An office along Perry Highway will be staffed through the November election, he said.

"We are excited to have the chance to partner with Tea Parties and 912 organizations across the United States. They are the ones leading the charge. They are the ones impacting their cities and states. We view our role as facilitating and meeting a need," said Drew Ryun, president of American Majority Action.

Allegheny County Republican Committee Chairman Jim Roddey said it bodes well for Republicans.

"I think most of those people are not going to vote for a lot of the incumbents, and they are not going to vote for candidates who are very liberal," he said. "By and large, they are conservative people and they will choose conservative candidates."

But Ryun said the Tea Party movement "did not spring up to help the Republican Party. ... It is a melting pot of political heritages, many of whom would not describe themselves as Republicans," he said in a call to action posted Monday on RedState.com.

Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee Chairman Jim Burn welcomes the coalition.

"The Tea Party movement and this organization that is coming in to make a vain attempt at coordinating Tea Party activists will allow Democrats to remind the voters that the Republican Party has lost its ability to lead, that a Tea Party is attempting to take over the party of Ronald Reagan, Dwight Eisenhower and Abraham Lincoln and rid them of moderates who will work with the other side," Burn said.

Follow the money. I'm trying to, I'm trying to
Developing

An Aesop's Fable And A Message From Billy Long

A man who wanted to buy an Ass went to market, and, coming across a likely-looking beast, arranged with the owner that he should be allowed to take him home on trial to see what he was like.

When he reached home, he put him into his stable along with the other asses. The newcomer took a look round, and immediately went and chose a place next to the laziest and greediest beast in the stable.

When the master saw this he put a halter on him at once, and led him off and handed him over to his owner again.

The latter was a good deal surprised to seem him back so soon, and said, "Why, do you mean to say you have tested him already?"

"I don't want to put him through any more tests," replied the other. "I could see what sort of beast he is from the companion he chose for himself."

We can't expect to change Washington D.C. unless we're willing to change the type of people we're willing to send to Washington.

I'm not going to Washington to scratch other people's backs. You have my word on that.

I'll go to Washington and fight to get this country back on track.

I may not look the part, but I'll do the right thing for the right reasons everyday I'm there.

I'm Billy Long and I approve this message and if you're fed up with politicians in Washington and their cronies I would truly appreciate your vote.

Oh it's oh so tasteful and oh so refined. And to think that I and 38,218 voters thought Billy Long was "Fed Up" with politicians in Washington and their cronies.

Must be a different Billy Long.

Of Course He Hedged His Bets, He's A Poker Player. Has OTC Endorsed Billy? Their Board Member Is In His Campaign Ad.

Billy Long likes to gamble. He is a poker player, a high stakes poker player. A lady friend of mine has seen him in the casino just across the stateline at exit 1. She was there with some of her girlfriends and saw Billy in the place. I don't know for sure if he was gambling, he may have just been looking for a restroom.

I've got this sneaky suspicion that "Fed Up" was dreamed up as a campaign slogan, sort of like 'got milk' or 'we try harder'.

When I asked Billy why he gave $1,000 to Roy Blunt on November 23, 2009 even as he was campaigning on "fed up" with Washington, instead of giving it to Purgason, I didn't connect the dots.
Long didn't want Purgason to win. Purgason, for all the jokes about his toupee, was and is an honest man. He practices what he preaches. Long contribution to Blunt came when Purgason was in double digits in the polls and Roy couldn't crack 50%. Long hedged his bets and went with Blunt instead of Purgason. All this "Fed Up" crap that followed is just that, "Fed Up" crap.

I don't think in November 2009 Long was fed up with career politicians. Listen this exchange, I don't hear a fed up in there anywhere. I do hear a lot of whining about having to sell his business and how it ain't worth nothing without him. Naw, Fed Up was dreamed up to attract tea party crowd and boy, did they ever come! Billy swung so far right to get them, too.

This is the first instance I could find of "fed up". oh, that lady's voice is so serious, Obama, Pelosi, Billy Long, the prolife Republican (aren't they all?) with save the day! Say, Is that the newest OTC board member, Jeff Layman in that vidoe with Billy? Why, I believe it is! Does this mean the OTC supports Billy Long? And it is kinder, gentler Billy Long we see here, even if he doesn't look the part. He's starting to get fed up, getting into this fed up thing now. Look he's fed up with politiciains and their cronies---would he be talking about Roy and Tom and Jack maybe?

And thus we get to this--- Billy Long is Fed Up

But, he really wasn't fed up at all, that was just a campaign designed to get people to vote for him. And it worked! Only people didn't vote for Billy, they voted because they were fed up that their jobs are gone, that the war in Iraq is killing our boys, that economy is in the tank (thanks W2), their fed up with the direction the country is going. And Billy tapped into that and won the primary.

But Billy ain't fed up. Heck no. He's got a pretty good gig with the auction company, He's a regular at the finest restaurants and private parties in town. He hobknobs with car salesman, boot salesman and defense attorneys. He's not one of us. He went to Greenwood, fer crying out loud. 1969-1973. He gets manicures fer crying out loud! How's that going to play out down at the welding shop?

Some of us vote our pocketbook, most of us vote our convictions. We have been sold down the river. Billy Long no more believes in the tea party movement or the Spending Revolt but than I believe in the Easter Bunny.

Mark my words, if elected, Billy Long will vote to privatize social security for our younger people. He signed that Spending Revolt bus, that's one of their objectives, why else would Billy sign the bus unless he agreed with their platform.

Maybe he just signed it because he thought he could gain some votes?

What's A House But 4 Walls And A Roof. Some Of The Ones I've Lived In Even Had Wheels

1968 Century, 50' trailer, our first home. Gave $1,000 for it. The man who lived in the trailer next door murdered his wife in the bathtub.

1968 Utopia, our first travel trailer. Bought at Deck's Campers on West Chestnut in 1974 for $1600.00. That's Stephanie and Fred -they are all grown up known with kids of their own.

1973 Mobiluxe Motorhome, The Land Cruiser bought from my Dad for $5,000. That's our daughter Sara I'm holding, except we called her "Sissy" then. She was maybe three-years-old in this photo. See the dent on above the rear tire? My folks took the family to Florida and had a flat tire. The guy who changed the tire didn't get the lug nutz tight and maybe 50 miles down the interstate the tires came off. Ed and John, who were just kids then, had to chase the tires down the highway. It's funny now, sort of.

Lil Jimmy Lee, 1978 Kountry Aire. Bought this trailer in Iowa, man had it stored in a barn, had to take the vent covers off to get it out of the barn. An honest to goodness barn find. Gave $12,000 for it in 1982, borrowed the money from the Catholic credit union.

I had to have this truck. This photo was taken in OKC campground right after a tornado went through, maybe 1986? All that happened to us was the tv antenna got blowed off. It's funny now, but we were all hiding in the bathroom of the trailer, scared to death. This incident just about ended our trailer living days.

Our newest trailer, a 1978 Airstream. We bought it from a couple in Pennsylvania for $5,000, what a trip!

Some houses don't have wheels, this one for instance:

This just in from "Fired Up Missouri":

DEEP THOUGHT

It is inconceivable that a savvy politician who recently shed a "$1.6M Georgetown mansion" for which he had been collecting illegal tax benefits and associated grief would purchase land in an even more exclusive Northwest Washington neighborhood for $1.5M with his wife, secure a permit (or permits) for building, secure plans for a "custom designed 6 Bedroom" mansion, and then place said land and mansion plans on the market during an election year (but never manage to actually sell the land despite high demand) to deflect criticism about where he truly lives, his membership in "the old-school Georgetown social establishment," and his ability to offer anything other than empty poll-tested rhetoric for the people who are actually struggling to make ends meet