Posted on 12/03/2001 1:46:05 AM PST by Mudboy Slim
"Here Was A Man"
(To be spoken--Johnny Cash-like--over a lonely keyboard version of "Joy to the World")
"Here was a man...a man who was born in a small village, the son of a peasant woman. He grew up in another small village. Until He reached the age of thirty, He worked as a carpenter; then, for three years, He was a travelling minister. But He never travelled more than two hundred miles from where He was born, and where He did go, He usually walked. He never held political office, He never wrote a book, He never bought a home, He never had a family, He never went to college, and He never set foot inside a big city, yet...here was a man.
Here was a man...though He never did one of those things that you usually associate with greatness, He had no credentials but Himself. He had nothing to do with this World, except through the Divine Purpose that brought Him to this World.
While He was still a young man, the Tide of Popular Opinion turned against Him. Most of His FRiends ran away...one of them denied Him, one of them betrayed Him and turned Him over to his Enemies. Then, He went through the mockery of a Trial and was nailed to a Roman Cross between two thieves. And even while He was dying, His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had in this World, and that was His robe, His Purple Robe. When He was dead, He was taken down from the cross and laid in a borrowed grave, provided by a compassionate FRiend.
More than Nineteen Centuries have come and gone, and today He's the Centerpiece of the Human Race, Our Leader, and the Column to Human Destiny. And I think I'm well within the mark when I say that All of the Armies that Ever Marched, All of the Navies that Ever Sailed, All of the Legislative Bodies that Ever Sat, and All of the Kings that Ever Reigned...All of Them Put Together have not affected the Life of Man on this Earth so Powerfully as that One Solitary Life...
Here was a man."
Before I ever went to school, Southern Cal was my squad!! Used to love Anthony Davis and Charles White, etc., and the Trojan Horse dude...you oughtta be damned proud of that alma mater, mi amigo!! Got some good lookin' coeds, too, I hear.
FReegards...MUD
I like PSU, too...too bad about the row between George Welsh and Jo Pa regarding Antoine Womack, though. Glad we got Antoine after all them Virginians y'all been stealin' from us all these years, but those two used to get along splendidly before that.
"Also for Ole Miss, where lotsa my money has gone the past few years."
Ain't that where Archie Manning's youngest is going? And where's all this money comin' from? I thought Mississippi was all dirt-poor!! (Just kiddin'...been there and it's got a lot going for it.
"But I admit ACC Basketball is worth watching; but as for football, only wish the local TV outlets would stop pre-empting blockbuster Big 10 or SEC games with meaningless ACC contests. Sometimes I hafta scream when the "big" Wake Forest/NC State game is on and I am missing Michigan/Ohio State."
To paraphrase the ubiquitous Dick Vitale..."YER IN ACC COUNTRY, BOY...GET USED TO IT!!!!!"
FReegards...MUD
ROFLMAO...yep, some jokes are even funnier when told a second time, my FRiend...MUD
BTW...go work those triceps, Ol' Man, they're startin' to look a bit flabby. And I've got some MTB fer you later on this evening...so stick around!!
Ouch!! Tough loss last night to Duke, I reckon...wouldn't be surprised to see them two squads in a rematch deep within the Sweet 16 this Spring.
"'Course, football at Kentucky is a joke. We keep thinking we'll have a team....well maybe someday......"
I think Tim Couch was their meal-ticket to respectability, and when that didn't pan out, they may just be permanently labeled as a "B-ball School"!!
FReegards...MUD
Played football, second squad defensive end, never made the big time. I guess any school that gives you Lynn Swann can't be all bad. I missed him by one year, but did know JK McKay & Pat Haden.
Y'all like Marshall-Tucker Band?! Especially, "Can't You See?!", "Heard It in a Love Song", and "Fire On The Mountain"?!!
I'm feelin' a little creative this evening...MUD
LOL...dude, anybody that traveled with USC back when they had McKay and Haden pretty much made the big time!! Those were the glory years fer y'all...PAC 10's got so sporadic lately, seems like there's a new Rose Bowl rep every year. Maybe Southern Cal's turn is upcoming...with so much tradition, they oughtta be able to get it going again.
FReegards...MUD
(Mudboy on lead fife, BigMan on Lead Guitar)
We're gonna 'rase the Left's stain, focus our Enragement, folks...
Right don't care fer Slick's 'HO's.
Gonna climb us a mountain, the highest mountain, Lord,
Gonna sing out, make all the Sheeple know!!
Can't you see...woah, can't you see...
What them Lib'rals, Lord, they been doin' to me?
Can't you see, can't you see...
That DemLib'rals been killin' the Meek?!
Gonna find me...Slick's 'Ho' TerryMac...
Gonna taunt that punk to fight!!
Slick Willie's pal, femme li'l ClintonPUNK...
He gonna wish he would die!!
Can't you see, ohhhhhh...can't you see...
That them Lib'rals, Lord, they just hate you and me?!
Can't you see, can't you see...
That Dem Lib'rals, folks, loathe our Liberty?!
(BigMan pickin' on the guitar)
Gonna smite me some Lib'rals now...Gonna Take me a Stand...
Gotta stay on the Attack!!
Got me a Band now...our next gig's Rush Limbaugh's Show...
Twenty Mill...Left they'll attack!!
Can't you see, ohhhhhh...can't you see...
That them Lib'rals, Lord, they just hate you and me?!
Can't you see, can't you see...
That Dem Lib'rals loathe our Liberty?!
(Guitar-jammin'...)
Can't you see, ohhhhhh...can't you see...
That them Lib'rals, Lord, they just hate you and me?!
Can't you see, can't you see...
That Dem Lib'rals loathe our Liberty?!
Can't you see, ohhhhhh...can't you see...
That them Lib'rals, Lord, they just hate you and me?!
Can't you see, can't you see...
That Dem Lib'rals loathe our Liberty?!
Work in progress...MUD
Bump!
Don't tell me the ending...I won't see it until tomorrow night at the earliest!!
LOL and FReegards...MUD
The best part is...my buddies can play this song!!
Is FallGuy going, too?! Tell him he doesn't want to miss this one!!
FReegards, Fair--and Just--Luthien...MUD
I suppose all our hot air might feel kinda good to all the snowbirds, huh?
But for the life of me?
I can't figure-out what kick you Floridians might get outa it, though.
Why I would've thought y'all would enjoy these here cooler months. {g}
...our banterous bilge would be a *lot* better with some Scott Joplin background; right?
;^)
Is the Pope Catholic?
There's not another band on earth that can even begin to approache the genius of the Caldwell brothers & the pure *love* they made their first 5 or 6 albums.
Not even close & I won't hear of anything otherwsie so that's settled. Fini.
Why I just played all of Carolina Dreams just this AM; while huntin' for a Cobra Car to whip.
...& afterward: tatoo my SSN# & a Bowtie on their new Cobra hemorrhoid :o)
"The best part is...my buddies can play this song!!"
Man; what's that song sound like played on kazoos, tonettes & registers?
Pray-tell.
...the comb-over thing has really opened a virtual Pandora's Box of horrors 4U, smart-ass!!
:o)
Bring it on, buddy, I just gave blood and am feelin' a bit sluggish...a war of words might be the perfect pick-me-up!! Don't strain yerself, though...you ain't as young as ya used to be.
)=^D...MUD
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