The amazing Reba McEntire......

The reigning queen of country music has pursued a musical career since the age of five, her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner" at the 1974 National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City caught the attention of songwriter, Red Steagall who suggested she consider a career in country music. She has since earned 7 gold and 5 platinum albums and 2 Grammy Awards.She was born on March 28, 1955, in McAlester, OK.
Here is one of my favorite songs from her....

500 miles away from

She is a great and talented singer, and entertainer, and i am sure there will be more great things to come from her.

The Legendary Loretta Lynn.....

Country legend Loretta Lynn is One of the most successful singers in modern country music, she has a distinct voice and a style reminiscent of earlier traditional country singers, which by the way i think were really the golden years of country music.Born in a coal miner's shack, in 1935 Lynn married at age 13 and bore the first of six children the next year. some of my favorite songs from her were done in collaboration with another country music legend Conway Twitty.
here is a video of them performing their 1971 song call after the fire is gone...

Loretta has churned out an astonishing 38 studio records--from 1963 to 2004--and that doesn't include all those studio collaboration records she's done She was recently inducted into The Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Toby Keith the angry American......

I am not really a big Toby Keith fan, but i must say the guy sense of patriotism and songs are sometimes so inspiring, its makes you want to get up and do something to help the men and women of the U.S armed forces, over the past weeks i have even entertained the thought of joining the Minnesota national guards believe it or not.
here is one of my favorite Toby Keith's song courtesy of the red,white and blue...

Toby Keith - Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American)
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Sometimes i am amaze at the level of hostility towards army recruiters who are just doing their job by some of these anti-war groups, i mean what are these people thinking?.....
The fact of the matter is the policy makers in Washington should have used better judgement before sending the troops to the middle east. but the men and women of the armed forces are there now, and the country have already sacrificed billions in material and human lives.

it is only fair then that we all support the troops and make them all come home thinking that at least their countrymen supports them and it was all worth the fight.

Bring the troops home, but bring them home victorious..............

Those Good old days.......

I grew up in the 80s and back then everything was so simple, now every where you turn it just seem the whole world is going mad, if its not the talk of war somewhere in the world, there is flood,sickness or some other depressing thing.
today i found this video of country legend Charlie Pride and it reminded me so much of some of those good times. My Mom had an LP of this song called Kiss an Angel good morning, and it just brought back tons of memories from back when i was a kid growing up in Liberia, West Africa.
Here is the video of Mr Pride singing his hit song.

Kiss an angel good morning
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What ever happen to music like these that had so much meaning?

U.S House of Representatives apologize for slavery......

The House on Tuesday issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws.
The resolution, passed by voice vote, was the work of Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen, the only white lawmaker to represent a majority black district. Congress has issued apologies before — to Japanese-Americans for their internment during World War II and to native Hawaiians for the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom in 1893. In 2005, the Senate apologized for failing to pass anti-lynching laws.

Five states have issued apologies for slavery, but past proposals in Congress have stalled, partly over concerns that an apology would lead to demands for reparations.
The resolution marks the first time Congress has ever formally apologized for America's past history of enslaving and discriminating against blacks

Obama Campaign Blast New Yorker Magazine covers....

Barack Obama's campaign blasted Monday's satirical cartoon on the cover of The New Yorker magazine showing the Democratic presidential hopeful wearing Islamic dress while his wife holds a Kalashnikov. The cartoon drawn by Barry Blitt shows the couple standing in the White House's Oval Office with an American flag burning in the fireplace under a portrait of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. While i am no big fan of the Senator, I just thought The new yorker was way over the line here, if it was meant to be funny, well it was not, maybe it was meant to scare Americans from voting for a Black person, The Senator lack of experience is enough to not get him elected, the New Yorker did not have to bring this garbage into the fray, the cartoon was frankly disgusting and tasteless, and should have no place what so ever in American politics.

Happy birthday America.................

Independence Day is more than a chance for family and friends throughout the country to gather for barbecues and fireworks displays, it is an annual celebration to commemorate the courage and faith of the founding fathers in their pursuit of liberty. So to the greatest and most generious country on the face of the Earth, i say happy birthday...... and happy 4th of july to all you good folks who take time to read my blog, may you and all your families be safe as we all celebrate the greatness of this country....

Here are some great patriotic quotes..

"If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace." Hamilton Fish.

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Nathan Hale.

"When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country." Andrew Johnson.

"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." Bill Clinton.

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty." John F Kennedy.

"Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country." Lewis, Sinclair.

"I shall know but one country. The ends I aim at shall be my country’s, my God’s and Truth’s. I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American." Daniel Webster.

"Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be." John Wayne.

Happy 4th of july everyone.