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Thursday, February 28, 2013

"OLD FOLKS AT HOME"

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NOTICE: This item was originally posted at the "OUR ETERNAL STRUGGLE" web site on Wednesday 14 March 2012.
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For the best effect, please be sure to enjoy watching, in "FULL SCREEN" mode, my homemade amateur video recording of, "OLD FOLKS AT HOME", which I performed, a capella, the very first time I ever sang in public, when I was in the Third Grade at Spring Lake School in Spring Lake, North Carolina.



"OLD FOLKS AT HOME"

STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER

VERSE # 01:
Way down upon
The Swanee River,
Far, far away;
There's where my heart
Is turning ever.
There's where the
Old folks stay.
All up and down
The whole Creation,
Sadly, I roam,
Still longing for
The old plantation,
And for the
Old folks at home.

CHORUS:
All the World
Am sad and dreary
Everywhere I roam.
Oh, Darkies,
How my heart
Grows weary
Far from the
Old folks at home!

VERSE # 02:
All 'round the little farm,
I wandered
When I was young.
Then, many happy days,
I squandered.
Many's the song,
I sung.
When I was playing
With my brother,
Happy was I.
Oh, take me to
My kind old mother!
There, let me
Live and die.

VERSE # 03:
One little hut
Among the bushes,
One that I love,
Still, sadly to my
Memory rushes,
No matter where
I rove.
When will I see
The bees a humming
All 'round the comb?
When will I hear
The banjo strumming
Down in my
Good old home?

STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER
1826 - 1864
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Monday, February 25, 2013

MEDICAL REPORT

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Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:

I have both good news and bad news.

As some of you may be aware, I've very recently been suffering some inexplicable physical anomalies which have required numerous medical tests at the local Veterans Administration Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (What a name for a hospital, huh?) in Biloxi, Mississippi.

My assigned primary care physician, Dr. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce of Crabapple Cove, Maine (formerly of the 4077th M*A*S*H in the Republic of Korea) referred me to a surgeon for further evaluation, which is where I was all day long today.

At the present time, the tumor on my right adrenal gland is too small to justify surgery, but more laboratory tests are necessary.

Apparently, most of my symptoms are due to my injured back, for which nothing can be done.

Anyway, that was the GOOD news.

The bad news is that I've lost my mind, and require a brain transplant.

I've personally conducted an extensive search, hither and yon, up, down, and all around, inside and out, but alas, I can't find my lost mind anywhere.

Ah, alas, alas, - - - but, I do not have a lass!

The surgeon has determined that the most compatible brain donor would be a mule or a pig, because it is strongly suspected that I might be either/and/or mule headed and/or pig brained.

A previous brain transplant required the donation of only half a brain, and it came from a donor who was physically handicapped.

That explains why I'm a half-wit with lame-brained ideas.

Nifty, huh?

Heh! Heh! Heh!

Yuk! Yuk!

Thank you.

John Robert Mallernee 
Armed Forces Retirement Home 
1800 Beach Drive, Unit 311 
Gulfport, Mississippi  39507

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Monday, February 18, 2013

IN HONOR OF GEORGE WASHINGTON (AND OTHERS)

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Are you planning to enjoy some scrumptious cherry pie this coming Friday 22 February 2013?


This coming Friday 22 February 2013, is the 282d birthday of GEORGE WASHINGTON, and it is a traditional American custom to celebrate by eating cherry pie on this day.

Will our mess hall here at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Mississippi be observing this date by serving cherry pie for dessert?


In previous years, they never did, but I had hoped they might do it this coming Friday, because I alerted the administrative personnel a couple of weeks ago.

Armed Forces Retirement Home
Gulfport, Mississippi


As of today, Presidents' Day (!?), Monday 18 February 2013, our prospects for having any cherry pie on George Washington's birthday don't look very promising, for unfortunately, our mess hall here at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Mississippi chose to serve us cherry pie for dessert TODAY, rather than on this coming Friday.

It's just one more effort by contemporary anti-American conspirators within our society to further destroy, subjugate, pervert, and/or denigrate our American heritage by casually ignoring traditional holidays, observances, and celebrations through compulsory "political correctness" and "revisionist history".

So, we'll see what happens at chow time on Friday 22 February 2013 in our mess hall here at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Mississippi.


Most folks don't realize that George Washington was NOT the first president of the United States of America, but he was the first president of our republic.

The Articles of Confederation
Prior to the ratification of our divinely inspired Constitution of the United States of America, our nation was a confederacy, and our first president was Samuel Huntington. 

For the best effect, please be sure and watch, in "FULL SCREEN" mode, this automated video series, consisting of two (02) short video recordings.



The official Great Seal of the Confederate States of America depicts George Washington mounted on a horse. 


This coming Friday 22 February 2013, is also the 156th birthday of Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts.

Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell
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For the best effect, please be sure to enjoy watching, in "FULL SCREEN" mode, my homemade amateur video recording of ME (!) strumming my guitar and singing one of my original compositions.



"PARCHMENT, QUILL, AND THE PEOPLE'S WILL"

Words and Music by:
JOHN ROBERT MALLERNEE

Tuesday 21 October 1986
Ogden, Utah

VERSE # 01:
Parchment, quill,
And the people's will
In a sacred land;
With sword and pen,
The rebel men
Made a noble stand.

CHORUS:
The light goes forth
Throughout the World
To shine for all to see.
"We, the People" forevermore
Born of God to stay free!
"We, the People" forevermore
Born of God to stay free!

VERSE # 02:
Freedom's light
Was born of fight
Against a tyrant king.
Nothing's free
Or comes easily.
You work for everything.

VERSE # 03:
Federal power
Can grow by hour,
The Founders warned us all.
Search and fight
For what is right,
Or you'll see Liberty fall!
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So, have yourself ANOTHER slice of good ol' cherry pie!

For the best effect, please be sure and watch, in "FULL SCREEN" mode, this instructional video recording.



Mmmmm, boy, but that's plumb larrupin'!

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"JOHNNY OPTIMISM"

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Here is the hilarious "JOHNNY OPTIMISM" comic strip, created by Stilton Jarlsberg, M.D., for today, Monday 18 February 2013 - - - ,

For a larger view that's easier to read,
please click on the comic strip.
"What doesn't kill you, makes you stranger."

The "JOHNNY OPTIMISM" comic strip, which is drawn by Stilton Jarlsberg, M.D., appears on the computer Internet each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Please be sure and visit the "JOHNNY OPTIMISM" web site in order to enjoy reading the assorted amusing comments posted by fans and/or detractors.

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CONSTITUTION FREE ZONE?

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According to the currently stated policies of the Department of Homeland Security, there is NO protection for unalienable rights guaranteed by our divinely inspired Constitution of the United States of America for any citizens within one hundred miles of the borders of our United States of America.

Here is a map indicating the zone where the provisions of our divinely inspired Constitution of the United States of America does NOT apply, and where our government has decreed that we will have NO protection or inherent legal rights:

Please click on this LINK 
to access the INTERACTIVE MAP.
Sooooo - - - , do YOU reside in, travel within, do business within, or are you employed anywhere within that zone?

If so, then according to the Department of Homeland Security, YOU may be stopped, searched, detained, and/or arrested at any place and at any time, without probable cause or justification.

Obviously, the current federal administration, for whatever reason, is apparently orchestrating conditions for deliberate instigation of an armed insurrection from the populace.

I am especially grateful to the FAULTLINE U. S. A. web site and J. D. LONGSTREET for bringing this to my attention.

J. D. Longstreet
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Friday, February 15, 2013

"JOHNNY OPTIMISM"

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Here is the hilarious "JOHNNY OPTIMISM" comic strip, created by Stilton Jarlsberg, M.D., for today, Friday 15 February 2013 - - - ,

For a larger view that's easier to read,
please click on the comic strip.
"What doesn't kill you, makes you stranger."

The "JOHNNY OPTIMISM" comic strip, which is drawn by Stilton Jarlsberg, M.D., appears on the computer Internet each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Please be sure and visit the "JOHNNY OPTIMISM" web site in order to enjoy reading the assorted amusing comments posted by fans and/or detractors.

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Saturday, February 09, 2013

POEMS ABOUT ME ! ! !

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NOTICE:

This item was originally published at my "OUR ETERNAL STRUGGLE" web site on Sunday 26 March 2006.

When checking the web site statistics, I saw that somebody, somewhere, had just now clicked on it, which brought it to my attention.

So, I'm now reposting this item just to boost my own ego a wee bit! 
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Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:

Can you believe it?

Two (count 'em, folks, that's TWO!) gals I never met have written poems about ME ! ! !

Wow, gosh gee whillikers, am I ever in danger of getting a swelled head?

Well, maybe not, because I ain't young and handsome any more, and I never was any good with figuring out females.

Anyway, here's the poems:
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THE DREAMER

You are the dreamer
And a dreamer of dreams.
To you life is beautiful
And you know what that means.
God gave you a role.
It's a wonderful part.
All you need is your voice
And a kind loving heart.
You've searched the world
And proven that it's true.
There are angels among us,
And one of them is you.
 


Christine Mele
(written several years ago)
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ICE BREAKER
I never go out anywhere
Without my old guitar.
I take her when I cross the street.
I take her to the bar.
I buy two tickets at the gate,
Although the cost is dear.
I never ship her underground.
I sweat if she's not near.
I seat her right beside myself.
When I am on a plane.
I pick her up and start to strum
When I am feeling pain.
I play a tune that's soft at first,
The next one will be loud.
The first one always is a drunk.
But soon, I draw a crowd
Of people who just stop and stare,
But sometimes hum along,
And in the end, they always ask,
"Sir did you write that song?
It makes me laugh or makes me cry,
Reminds me of my Dad!
I wish that I could do that, too,
The talent that you have.
I'm glad you broke the ice that way.
I feel a little shame.
I would have chose to walk right by
And never ask your name!"
Well, I just smile and strum a note.
I sing the same song twice
And hold on to my old guitar.
She always breaks the ice.

@Copyright March 2005

By Robin Amy Bass
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I thought I lost that first one, but fortunately, I found it on a compact disk.

I've now posted them in my blog, so they won't be lost.

Ain't this neat stuff?

No, I've never met either one of those gals.

We only know each other from Internet discussion groups.

Christine did hear me sing once on the radio, but so far as I know, Robin has never seen or heard me perform.

But, she sure did write a pretty accurate description of me and my guitar!

Boy, am I totally flattered!

Thank you.

John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS
Official Bard of Clan Henderson
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Washington, D.C. 20011-8400

NOTE: "My controversial and unpopular personal opinions are independent of my Scottish clan."

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Thursday, February 07, 2013

MADELINE DUBOIS' FIRST TRAIN RIDE ! ! !

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Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:

For the best effect, please be sure and enjoy watching these video recordings in "FULL SCREEN" mode.

This first video, recorded and posted at the YOU TUBE web site by her father, Daniel Dubois on Friday 11 March 2011, is of Madeline Dubois, on her third birthday, getting her very FIRST ride on a choo choo train in Nashville, Tennessee.



In the Summer of 1953, having left Grammaw's and Grampaw's house in Owensboro, Kentucky, Mama, my two younger sisters, and I took the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul, and Pacific Railroad, or more commonly known as the old Milwaukee Road, "Olympian Hiawatha" passenger train from Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington, where we would board the United States Navy troop ship, the "USNS General M. M. Patrick", and sail across the Pacific Ocean to Yokohama, Japan to meet Daddy, a master sergeant in the United States Army stationed at Ashiya Air Force Base on the island of Kyushu.



What an exciting adventure for a seven year old boy!

But, in retrospect, I reckon Mama had her hands full trying to control three little young'uns, and me being a boy, I was probably her biggest headache!

On the train, we had our own private compartment, and Mama especially enjoyed relaxing in the train's famous "Skytop" solarium observation car. 

And, of course, here is an automated video series that I created, consisting of my own homemade amateur video recordings of railroad trains.



When I was a teenager in El Paso, Texas, I ran away from home and rode in the box car of a Southern Pacific "hot shot" freight train to San Antonio.

Years later, as a soldier in the United States Army, I rode trains in Germany, Japan, and Korea.

So now, I invite you to enjoy my homemade amateur video recording of ME (!) , as I accompany myself by strumming simple chords on my Yamaha G-130A classical guitar, while singing, "THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS".



"All ah-boooOARRRD!"

Thank you.

1800 Beach Drive, Unit 311 

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Saturday, February 02, 2013

WHY I'LL ALWAYS CARRY A SHILLELAGH ! ! !

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Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:

Here is a very useful report from the Friday 08 February 2008 edition of THE JERUSALEM POST newspaper.

I think a similar course of instruction should be immediately initiated here at the Ol' Soldiers' Home, particularly since our security system has become so unreliable, and this area of the city is notorious for being so extremely dangerous.

Yes, an ordinary walking cane APPEARS very innocent, but - - - ,
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"USE YOUR CANE TO FEND OFF ATTACKERS!"



Sarit, a twenty-four year old karate instructor from Jerusalem, is not sure that teaching senior citizens self-defense is a responsible thing to do.

"Strengthening their confidence and teaching them basic tips such as handing over their bags to someone who threatens their lives, using a whistle to draw attention, not to walk alone in dark, isolated places:

All these things are fine.

But I am not sure if it's right to teach them to respond when I know they can end up seriously injured following an encounter with a stronger attacker," Sarit said on Wednesday.

Sarit had just attended a self-defense course at Nofim, a retirement home in Jerusalem's Kiryat Yovel neighborhood.

The two hour long course was taught by Jill Shames, a karate teacher who immigrated to Rehovot from New York twenty years ago.

She is the chairwoman of the El Halev Martial Arts Center for Women in Jerusalem.

"When I came to Israel, I was sure I would focus on (teaching) karate, but the violence in Israeli society is constantly increasing, so the biggest demand is for teaching people how to defend themselves," Shames said.

Last year saw an increase of twenty percent nationally in the number of severe attacks against senior citizens.

About two dozen Nofim residents, mostly women, participated in the course.

"The attacker doesn't expect any response from an old person, so it is smart to take advantage of this surprise factor," Shames said, before demonstrating a hand strike accompanied with a quick movement away from the attacker.

"Of course, doing it while shouting 'Go away!' or something similar might draw the attention of people around or even scare away the attacker," she said, and then asked the participants to follow her example.

One by one, with no great enthusiasm, they stood up and hit the punching bag Shames was holding.

"I don't think I should hit the bag with my hand.

I might break it," one of the women said.

"Don't use your fingers.

Use the edge of your palm," Shames replied.

Shames glowed with anticipation as she approached a woman using crutches.

"See, she has an advantage!" she said, taking one of the crutches in her hands.

"What an advantage!" laughed the other participants.

"No, really, she can use the crutches as a weapon to hit the attacker between the legs, where it really hurts," Shames explained, adding that hitting an ankle would also cause the attacker great pain.

"Maybe it would be more useful for us to first learn anatomy," participant Sophie Ya'ari said.

"If you want to use your cane," Shames continued, "use both of your hands and direct it straight to the face or to a weak spot on the attacker's body.

Don't use it as you use a baseball bat, because it would take you too long to hit the attacker."

She invited another student to discover the advantages of using crutches.

Irony, skepticism, and black humor characterize the Nofim residents' conversations about violent crimes against people from their age group.

They do not believe they will ever use the self defense techniques they were taught.

Even the bill, submitted by the Gil Pensioners Party, to increase punishments against attackers does not infuse them with hope.

"The manager here recommended that I see what the course is about," said Eve Alroi.

"I myself don't fear being attacked.

I hardly walk alone, and whenever I need to go somewhere, I go by car."

Rivka Tzalmon, eighty-eight years old, said, "I exercise a lot and keep in shape, and I was curious to hear more.

However, I try not to be in these sorts of dangerous situations because it doesn't matter how much I train myself, one can never know how they will react in reality.

I know I would be swamped with adrenaline, but I'd rather that doesn't happen."

For Miriyam Leheman, eighty-two years old, staying in shape is a way of life.

She was a gymnastics teacher ("but that was a hundred years ago"), and according to Shames, she is still a very strong lady.

"What can an attacker want from an old person?

Their money.

So, I walk around with only twenty shekalim in my purse and the rest is in my pockets, even my credit card.

If someone attacks me, I will give him my pocketbook," Leheman said.

Shames stresses that older people should understand that they are not as helpless as they are often told.

"It is very important to show these people where their strength is and how to use it," she said.

In addition, Shames emphasizes the need to learn how to fall without breaking bones.

"Learning how to fall is a skill all people above the age of sixty to sixty-five need to acquire.

Old people are afraid of falling down, but when you know how to fall correctly (and you're on the ground), you cannot fall again, and you can use this advantage," she said.

Shames told the class how she prepares herself for a possible attack.

"I read the bad news in the paper and imagine how I will react if I am attacked," she said, adding that this might help her to avoid freezing up at the moment of truth.

Shames also said senior citizens should never open the door to strangers.

"Sometimes, old people feel uncomfortable not opening the door," she said, "because the Israel they grew up in was a place where it was safe to do so."
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I especially like the suggestion that senior citizens learn how to fall, in order to minimize injuries.

I also remember doing exactly what the instructor, Jill Shames, was describing, back when I was a police officer, by mentally preparing myself for whatever situation I might encounter during my patrol.

Jill Shames is also correct about teaching her students to use a cane in a two handed spearing motion, rather than swinging it as a club.

When using the cane, I advise aiming for the throat and/or just under the sternum.

Another useful technique was the lady describing how she only carried twenty shekalim in her purse, while the rest of her money was secreted elsewhere.

Personally, I prefer just carrying a credit card, and loathe having any cash.

Yes, we should never open our doors to strangers, not even here in the Ol' Soldiers' Home, for this place is no longer safe.

Something else that elderly attack victims can do is to break the attacker's little finger, rip away the earlobes, and jam fingers deep into the attacker's nostrils to rip open the nose, all of which will cause profuse bleeding and leave a tell-tale scar as evidence of the crime.

Now, you understand why I always carry a shillelagh in my hand!

Thank you.

John Robert "SAIGON" Mallernee, KB3KWS
Official Bard of Clan Henderson
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Washington, D.C. 20011-8400

NOTE: "My unpopular and controversial personal opinions are independent of my Scottish clan." 
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POST SCRIPT:

In the months since writing and posting that article, I have moved from Washington, D.C., where wearing concealed firearms is prohibited by law, to Gulfport, Mississippi, where it is legal for citizens to wear concealed firearms.

Therefore, local felons are fully aware that any attack on senior citizens in this area might very well be their FINAL criminal act.

Throughout our nation, those currently existing laws which interfere with our unalienable rights to protect our lives, freedom, and personal property, need to be repealed and/or formally nullified by voters, legislatures, and /or judicial courts, as being in violation of our divinely inspired Constitution of the United States of America.
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