Time to put on those travelin’ shoes and go a-fishin’
The first time I saw the great Elvin Bishop, we were both younger men. It was back in the early ’70s, in Raleigh, N.C., right about the time he put out his excellent and underrated album “Let It Flow.” Looking through the song list from that album — “Travelin’ Shoes,” “Stealin’ Watermelons” — is like going back in time.
That album also included Elvin’s classic celebration of fishing, the aptly titled “Fishin’.” It’s a critically important theme, so important that Mr. Bishop felt obligated to revisit it at more length in a later song, the equally aptly titled “Gone Fishin’ Again,” as in “me and my no-good friends are gone fishin’ again.”
Which of course we are. See ya’ll back here in a couple of weeks. Be good, be cool and be wishin’ you were with us, ‘cuz we plan on having us a damn good time.
– Jay Bookman
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0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
6:21 pm
G Mare:
Thanks for your opinion.
getalife
July 21st, 2012
6:21 pm
“disapproval is not discrimination”
A little advice on discrimination.
One day they might discriminate against you.
Karma.
josef
July 21st, 2012
6:21 pm
getalife
I’ve been watching Syria, too. They are now refugeeing in the tens of thousands. Lebanon and Jordan are still allowing them in, but we’re looking at millions who will need a place to go and we are very ill prepared to deal with that. It’s reaching the nasty stage.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
6:22 pm
josef @ 6:11
I only hope you read the entire article ………. thoroughly. But that’s your choice.
Again, you couldn’t be more wrong (in my opinion) especially regarding what’s in my heart.
Soothsayer
July 21st, 2012
6:22 pm
I’m gonna wash that “gay” right out of my hair.
I’m gonna wash that “gay” right out of my hair.
Yes, wash that “gay” right out of your hair with new “righteous rinse.”
Once you try it, you’ll never have gay in your hair again!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
6:23 pm
getalife:
“scout,
When have you ever been right about anything?”
When it’s been about you.
You don't say
July 21st, 2012
6:25 pm
Erwin
Seems you are ok whem conservative groups express their rights but not when others express their rights. I’m ok either way
Oscar
July 21st, 2012
6:26 pm
Well, I still use BP gasoline. The employees and managers are alll local. I didn’t stop because if I did it would not have hurt those responsible for the oil spill. Just innocent people.
I feel the same about Chick. Local store is owned by a local man. He has dozens of employees. Only person hurt would be the local workers and store owner.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 21st, 2012
6:27 pm
Earlier this week, Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig headed to Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado to order their wedding cake. The couple — who will take their official vows in Massachusetts — wanted a Masterpiece cake for a celebration with family and friends in October. But after listening to their request for a rainbow-layered cake, bakery owner Jack Phillips turned away their business. Apparently, Masterpiece Cakeshop doesn’t make cakes for gay weddings, but avoided answering questions about the discrimination accusations: “We don’t want to talk about that, so you’ll just have to make something up.” The cakeshop once boasted stellar reviews on Yelp, but Phillips’ discrimination has had consequences now that the story has spread: the restaurant’s average currently stands at a measly 1.5 stars.
Rainbow power!
josef
July 21st, 2012
6:27 pm
SCOUT
Read that article? My “other job” is to read and translate just such from the 1930s and 1940s. Same tune, different dance. As you say, Never Again…once we forget, we get Srbenica, Kigali, and Suleimaneya…and, yes, North Carolina’s preacher’s project…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
6:27 pm
josef:
“You’ve picked gay folks, yet you and yours went out singing the hosannahs of the multi-married Gingrich without ever posting on, and on, and on about his sins against the tenets of the faith you purport to speak in the name of.”
I think Newt would (or should) be the first to say that divorce is NOT the best. It’s not what God intended.
That said, it’s another thing to say the Bible o.k.’s it and to “promote” it as a lifestyle.
josef
July 21st, 2012
6:29 pm
SCOUT
It’s not your heart I question. It’s your mind.
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
6:30 pm
G Mare, you’re indeed correct. I mistyped and misspelled.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
6:31 pm
josef:
I rather have a heart in tune with the truth ……… the rest will be o.k.
G Mare
July 21st, 2012
6:32 pm
0311, you are welcome. I am glad we are not going to get into a big fight about this. Do remember, I belong to that menses society. Okay, just couldn’t help it. And I think most of us can get along if we can only keep
in’.
josef
July 21st, 2012
6:32 pm
Accaording to the tenets of your faith divorce and remarriage is a violation of the solemn promise made before G-d “til death do us part and forsaking all others.” It’s an open admission, publicly flaunted that you do not take oaths to the Alm-ghtly seriously. You can’t worm out of that. And, if you can make the exceptions there, you can elsewhere.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
6:32 pm
josef:
What are your views on legalizing polygamy ?
Oscar
July 21st, 2012
6:34 pm
The way I see it is that I have only one rule, which is:
There are no rules.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
6:37 pm
josef:
“Accaording to the tenets of your faith divorce and remarriage is a violation of the solemn promise made before G-d “til death do us part and forsaking all others.” It’s an open admission, publicly flaunted that you do not take oaths to the Alm-ghtly seriously. You can’t worm out of that. And, if you can make the exceptions there, you can elsewhere.”
You are correct and it’s yours too in Malachi “God hates divorce”.
That said, the Bible condemns the “act” of divorce (with exceptions such as adultery) and the “act” of homosexuality. I know we disagree on that but so be it.
Remember, most men have the “desire” to sleep with women other than their wives. It’s something they fight constantly. To “act out” on those desires I believe is even worse.
getalife
July 21st, 2012
6:37 pm
It is a private company so they are free to make stupid decisions.
The goal is more customers not less.
Stupid.
Anyhoo, blind loyalty to an ideology that accepts unlimited bribes is silly to me.
Worshiping corruption is a sin.
josef
July 21st, 2012
6:37 pm
SCOUT
I’ve already stated my views on polygamy various times. Personally, I am of the “forsaking all others til death do us part” and practice what I preach. As for the legality end of it, I’ve already said that I lean toward the Israeli civil law view.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
6:37 pm
G Mare @ 6:32
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRma7PDW10&feature=related
barking frog
July 21st, 2012
6:38 pm
0311
Adulterers do have equal
rights before the law whether they hide it or not.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
6:38 pm
josef @ 6:37
Thanks for the exchange.
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
6:39 pm
I’m not going to get back into the homosexual discourse. I’ve expressed my views numerous times and since I’m a regular I’ve given what I’m certain should be an understanding of my views albeit possible disagreement by other regulars.. 0311/8541 is, however, correct it has nothing to do with contempt for people, it has everything to do with contempt for sin, of which we’re all guilty.
josef
July 21st, 2012
6:39 pm
SCOUT
Okay, with that in mind, you would vote for a “flaunting” divorced and remarried candidate as you’ve made clear. Would you vote for an open and “flaunting” homosexual one if s/he were running on the Republican ticket?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
6:40 pm
barking frog:
Yes …………. because marriage between a man and a woman has always been the recognized standard ………… divorce notwithstanding.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
6:40 pm
Out to dinner …………. back soon.
You don't say
July 21st, 2012
6:42 pm
0311
So quick to harp on what you call sin but not so quick to call out your own.
Maybe you are in the closet and when harping on gays, you are really talking to yourself.
josef
July 21st, 2012
6:45 pm
You don’t say…
@ 6:42
That seems to be the emerging consensus…
barking frog
July 21st, 2012
6:48 pm
0311
You have the option to not
believe the bible but not to
parse it to suit your biases
unless you would desert
the commandments and
Jesus.
josef
July 21st, 2012
6:49 pm
FROG
With respect to sex without intent to procreate…Imam calls it a “Get Out of Leviticus Free Card.”
You don't say
July 21st, 2012
6:49 pm
Those harping and talking about contempt, don’t seem to be harping on their own sin. That is unless it is being a closet gay and they can’t stand that they are what they hate.
Never know
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
6:54 pm
You don’t say,
I don’t know any professed believer who posts on this blog whose claimed to be sin free. There was only one who walked on this planet who was truly sin free and that was Jesus Christ.
Thomas
July 21st, 2012
6:54 pm
It is almost funny watching folks constantly attempt to make themselves victims.
Can’t hire folks because taxes are too high- fine, don’t hire anyone.
Can’t eat a chicken sandwich because a company owner expresses and opinion- fine- eat more Baconators (a registered TM of the Wendy’s corporation)
But wait- can’t sell Baconators (a registered TM of the Wendy’s corporation) because of the fat content
What a childish nation we have become.
Maybe we all need to breathe a bit and understand everyone is not “you” and “you” don’t represent everyone.
We should all enjoy our freedom of speech- while we still have it.
Orange 12
July 21st, 2012
6:54 pm
“The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”
Dwell on that.
josef
July 21st, 2012
6:57 pm
Just an observation, for what it’s worth.
Every faith, secular or religious, that’s been around for any length of time is marked by an evolutionary nature, keeping abreast of the times. There have always been those amongst them who are opposed to the nature and reject any “change.” Others are proponents of such changes. Most, though, are somewhere in between, picking and choosing to suit their own ends and the conflict between the two “extremes.”
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 21st, 2012
6:58 pm
Why do people confuse the consequences resulting from the “speech” as a loss of “freedom.” They are not equivalent.
You don't say
July 21st, 2012
7:01 pm
Josef
History certainly shows many who have ridiculed gays and referenced their religion to defend that ridicule only to be found that they were gay or bi. Been going on for years and years.
carlosgvv
July 21st, 2012
7:01 pm
Scout
The Bible also says “do not permit a witch to live”.
Should we burn witches since the Bible says to kill them?
Or, are you just cherry picking?
barking frog
July 21st, 2012
7:02 pm
josef
God is a big boy and able to
handle his own biases. I
don’t need to include them
in my repertoire.
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
7:03 pm
My preference is Lowes for my home improvement needs and while it’s been widely reported that Home Depot supports gay pride events if Lowes doesn’t have what I need, I’ll visit Home Depot. Kind of stupid particularly in this day and age to be so concerned with personal view points that some feel compelled to castigate other individuals for their opposite views.
barking frog
July 21st, 2012
7:07 pm
Recon
Home Depot supports a lot
of agendas and they are
open on Saturday and
Sunday.
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
7:12 pm
Some are pulling history from where they sit down and stupidly trying to convince others that they’re masters of historical fact. Pathetic attempts at a cogent arguments but the beat has gone on since this country invented freedom of speech.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
July 21st, 2012
7:12 pm
Well, after catching up here, all I can say is it’s a good thing the Bible don’t list being a Richardhead as a deadly sin or some of you would be heading for a hot place for sure.
Have a good Saturday night everybody.
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
7:14 pm
barking frog,
Thank you for advising me of Home Depots store hours but I’ve been to their stores on both days.
You don't say
July 21st, 2012
7:16 pm
As I stated, history shows it to be true
World history. US history and history of other nations.
That will not change even if some do not think it is so.
barking frog
July 21st, 2012
7:16 pm
Recon
Eat at Chikfila on Sunday
after leaving Home Depot?
getalife
July 21st, 2012
7:18 pm
Looks like Americans are going to see that movie to show they are not scared.
barking frog
July 21st, 2012
7:19 pm
getalife
not me.
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
7:20 pm
“History shows it to be true”
I’ll pull a lib and ask for a link to a supporting creditable Website. Keep in mind I said creditable Website.
carlosgvv
July 21st, 2012
7:21 pm
Scout
Exodus 22:18
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
7:24 pm
barking frog,
Thanks for the invitation but we typically eat at home or enjoy full brunches on special occasions after Sunday church service.
barking frog
July 21st, 2012
7:33 pm
Recon
Good for you. Family values. Just as well the Chikfila
agenda allows them to
ignore the Sabbath and
keep the Sundayth and
close.
You don't say
July 21st, 2012
7:34 pm
A link for what?
To show that throughout history people have denounced gays and gay rights and were found to be gay?
See Ken Melhman of the Republican Party.
See Mark Foley of the Republican Party.
What planet are you on?
See Larry Craig.
Next
You are dismissed
josef
July 21st, 2012
7:39 pm
BTW
Today in history…first battle of Manassas. Great granddaddy Pvt. John Mitchell Galienne wounded. He stayed in a barn for three days tending the Rose boy as he died, buried him with kaddish said, went and rejoined his unit. He and the Rose boy had joined the Confederate Army in March, 1861. He had promised to protect him. The picture we have of them has him with his protectively on the Rose boy’s shoulder. According to all who knew them, he never got over the Rose boy’s death. Great granddaddy’s marriage to Great granny’s was not one of love and romance according to them and everyone else. Theirs was a political union. What was his relation with the Rose boy? Who knows, but the whispers always were…
Just saying…
josef
July 21st, 2012
7:40 pm
You don’t say…
The Republicans do seem to have a special proclivity for that…
Go Babeu! As Scout would say, the truth hurts…
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
7:41 pm
“You are dismissed”
You don’t pack enough gear to dismiss me or anyone else for that matter. Particularly when you fail to back up your stupid rhetoric with anything of substance. Carry on.
barking frog
July 21st, 2012
7:43 pm
josef
We must play the hand we’re
dealt and that hand is not
always a straight.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 21st, 2012
7:45 pm
Poor Del…. always having temper tantrum when he loses…..
JamVet
July 21st, 2012
7:45 pm
SAN DIEGO — Some of the loudest cheers Saturday at San Diego’s gay pride parade were for active-duty troops marching in military dress, the first time that U.S. service members participated in such an event while in full uniform.
Dozens of soldiers, sailors, and Marines marched alongside an old Army truck decorated with a “Freedom to Serve” banner and a rainbow flag. They were joined by dozens more military personnel in civilian clothes, but the uniforms stood out among the flower-bedecked floats and scantily clad revelers.
I have no dog in that fight.
But that it drives the “Christian” “agents of intolerance” apoplectic is for me, quite humorous…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ7raU-o7AE&feature=related
You don't say
July 21st, 2012
7:47 pm
J Edgar???
josef
July 21st, 2012
7:47 pm
FROG
Yep. I chose that Great Grandfather as my primary one for use in joining that group whose name generally gets us a new thread, but seeing as how the Imam has gone fishing, I’ll not say in case it gets the blog shut down!
You don't say
July 21st, 2012
7:54 pm
Recon
Don’t know you, but you seem to be tempermental. Where you able to discount the names of those I gave you?
Come out of the closet man. Quit hiding your feelings
josef
July 21st, 2012
8:00 pm
Good fight
Bless his nellie l’il heart…
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
8:01 pm
I guess some see scantily clad revelers and cheer while others who hear from those who’re still in uniform jeer. I’m not sure myself how it all will turn out because its been many years for me but those who’re much closer to what’s going on now internally within the military today tell me it’s not good.
josef
July 21st, 2012
8:03 pm
I guess some people missed our military guy in here the other pm who was telling us how glad he was to have some gay boys save his straight white a33 in the Hindu Kush…
TaxPayer
July 21st, 2012
8:04 pm
Maybe I’ll be able to toss my fishing line into the ocean from here in the NE Ga. mountains before too long. Nah. Republicans will just pass laws making recognition of global warming against the law.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
8:10 pm
From the ACORN Whistleblower:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/3CmkbShVqNA?feature=player_embedded
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
8:11 pm
carlosgvv :
Thanks for your comment but I really don’t have the time to explain (or even give you the resources to explain) the difference between Old Testament Law and New Testament Grace.
God bless ………………….
barking frog
July 21st, 2012
8:11 pm
Recon
I hope, especially within the
Marine Corps, there will be
uniform improvement.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
8:11 pm
From the ACORN Whistleblower (Part Two):
http://www.youtube.com/embed/gy6odnqyLeU?feature=player_embedded
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 21st, 2012
8:12 pm
but those who’re much closer to what’s going on now internally within the military today tell me it’s not good
I bet those same people “in the know” that you are “in touch” with also tell you that those other people that were previously separated in the military because they were inferior are getting “uppidity”.
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
8:13 pm
I guess some libs up in the North Georgia Mountains, what few there may be will demand that the federal government install tsunami warnings. Only in lib think.
josef
July 21st, 2012
8:18 pm
SCOUT
See my 6:39
Any comment?
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
8:20 pm
I hope, especially within the
Marine Corps, there will be
uniform improvement.
barking frog,
I was all infantry and recon when I was in and our uniforms kept getting uglier each day. What I’ve seen from pictures coming from Iraq and Afghanistan nothing has changed much.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 21st, 2012
8:25 pm
our uniforms kept getting uglier each day
worrying about how your uniform looks over how it performs in battle sounds soooo gay..
[with apologies about the sterotype 
]
Ray
July 21st, 2012
8:26 pm
I can say this because I’m gay. Chick – Fil – A has always treated me with respect in their stores. I don’t think they are bigots. Their faith says that gay marriage is unacceptable. They have a right to their opinion. Why is it that atheists want to press their beliefs on others but say it is wrong for Christians to do the same? I am Christian and I am gay. I will continue to eat at Chick – Fil – A.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
8:27 pm
Headline: “London braces for Israeli strike on Iran during 2012 Games”
“England is thought to be within the range of Iranian missiles …………. ”
http://www.timesofisrael.com/london-prepares-for-israeli-strike-on-iran-during-2012-games/
barking frog
July 21st, 2012
8:28 pm
Recon
Not much hope for change
I guess.
josef
July 21st, 2012
8:29 pm
Good Fight
What stereotype. It’s one of the Commandments of being gay: Thou shalt have good taste in all things superficial!
TaxPayer
July 21st, 2012
8:32 pm
I guess some libs up in the North Georgia Mountains, what few there may be will demand that the federal government install tsunami warnings. Only in lib think.
The conned should really be worried, verrrrrrrrry worried, about a global warming induced east coast tsunami, any minute now. Well, given how the conned “think”, maybe they should be. Verrrrry worried.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
8:34 pm
josef:
Sorry ………. missed this one:
“Okay, with that in mind, you would vote for a “flaunting” divorced and remarried candidate as you’ve made clear. Would you vote for an open and “flaunting” homosexual one if s/he were running on the Republican ticket?”
I think we disagree on the word “flaunting”. Making a heartrending decision to get divorced (as most people do) and then getting remarried is not “flaunting” per se. Leading an organization promoting divorce would be, sponsoring a “Divorce Pride Parade”, etc., etc. would be.
Now that said ……………….
If I had no other choices and the outwardly homosexual candidate supported all or most other conservative views, then they would get my vote. For example, radio talk show host Tammy Bruce is someone (a lesbian) who might be in that category although we differ on some other points (i.e., pro-choice).
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
8:37 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight:
“our uniforms kept getting uglier each day”
I think what he meant was the “condition” of the uniforms. From my experience, we wore our combat fatigues until they litterally rotted off of us from dampness and filth. The resupply of combat uniforms in Nam was not near what it should have been. Hard to believe for a modern Marine Corps but true nonetheless.
josef
July 21st, 2012
8:41 pm
SCOUT
A bit of a two-step, but you answered my question. You would. That’s at least a step in the right direction. You’re evolving. And that’s not meant to be snarky at all.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
8:43 pm
Headline: “Attack may have been planned for months, police say”
…………… and I’m betting he will (through the efforts of his attorneys) pull a “Hinckley”.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
8:47 pm
josef:
I don’t see a “two-step” but as you know I “call ‘em like I see ‘em”.
As for the evolving part, you’ll have to take my word for it, but I have never changed on the subject. I would have always voted for the better candidate even if I suspected the homosexuality. I have had several homosexual friends throughout my long life. I knew it and they knew that I knew it. That’s their business …………. just keep it private and don’t ask for additional rights.
I know, I know what you’re thinking but homosexuals have the same right as I do to marry a woman ………… so anything else is “extra” !
josef
July 21st, 2012
8:48 pm
SCOUT
Concerning the Olympics and an attack…that depends on what happens where on Friday…it’s Tish B’Av and bad things traditionally happen on that day at the hands of the enemies of the Jewish people…a symbolism not lost on Hezbollah and the regime in Teheran…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
8:54 pm
josef:
I hear you. We will stand back to back on that one …………….
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 21st, 2012
8:56 pm
Why do people confuse the consequences resulting from the “speech” as a loss of “freedom.” They are not equivalent.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
8:59 pm
I enjoyed Paella once upon a time in Barcelona Spain and it was delicious. Same at a place in San Francisco and once again in Sarasota Florida. I have never been able to duplicate the taste either home made or from any other restaurants. Tried again today from a local place that advertised it as new on the menu but it was only semi passable. Anyone know of a restaurant or a recipe?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 21st, 2012
8:59 pm
“We just had ourselves a little Journey moment.”
– Thomas Jefferson
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 21st, 2012
9:03 pm
Del
I saw Steven Raichlen cook a paella where everything was grilled and then added to the pan that was also on the grill. He claimed that grilling was the origin of the dish.
Of course his PBS shows have always been about grilling, so it might be the case of a man with a hammer seeing only nails.
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
9:13 pm
Kam,
Thanks I’m going to Google him on that method. I don’t recall what I experienced in Spain many years ago was grilled but it really sounds interesting.
Recon 0311 2533
July 21st, 2012
9:17 pm
Wife time now the baby’s in bed. Y’all have a great night. Taps
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 21st, 2012
9:17 pm
Does anyone on here agree with me that the 24 hr. coverage of the Colorado shooting incident only encourages the “copycat syndrome” among some out there with the same deranged minds?
Doggone/GA
July 21st, 2012
9:20 pm
“Does anyone on here agree with me that the 24 hr. coverage of the Colorado shooting incident only encourages the “copycat syndrome” among some out there with the same deranged minds?”
It does. And it puts FAR more people on the alert to watch for such behavior too. You can’t warn potential victims without also warning potential perpetrators.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 21st, 2012
9:22 pm
Oy vey….now “news coverage” kills people
But anything to deflect from actually enacting sensible gun laws….
Josef
July 21st, 2012
9:22 pm
Scout
@ 8:17
I agree.
Josef
July 21st, 2012
9:23 pm
Doggone
That, too.