Friday, February 10, 2012
funky, funky friday
Wow. Bubbaville has made the national news.
One of the incongruities that hits me, as an outsider in these parts, is the way these life-loving, God-fearing people can be SO FREAKING NASTY. Of course, as today's featured song illustrates, these sorts of vile, violent, and senseless crimes have been going on for probably as long as humans have been around. And I suddenly remember that not so long ago, in my own family up North, there occurred a family murder-suicide worthy of a murder ballad, too.
Wherever and whenever these events take place, the senselessness stuns us, draws us closer to our loved ones, and makes us grateful for each day we have together....
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No you see it's not Sunday yet. Sunday is God fearin' day...
ReplyDeleteYup, mark - jesus forgives so we don't have to.
ReplyDeleteI wonder which verse in the bible justifies murder for insult...once removed, no less. I'm sure there is one, at least in a cretin's mind.
ReplyDeleteOh well, I suppose bad press is better than no press, eh?
jj, Tennessee's been good at getting bad press lately.
ReplyDeleteOh well. Shit happens. But forget about that shit, thanks for the Grateful Dog. Now there's a real crime, Jerry gone far, far too soon and just when he was really reaching his stride with David. Only God can be blamed for that one.
ReplyDeleteWell, Mr. C, as a benefit of this incident, none of my FB friends will ever un-friend me!
ReplyDeleteJerry Garcia and David Grisman. Saw them back in Palo Alto CA at a little Pub over between Embarcadero and the railroad tracks. Before playing they were just sitting having a beer and going over the play list. Must have been about 1972
ReplyDeleteHi, Jeffrey - I've seen Grisman and Garcia separately, never together though. I bet S.F. was music central back in the day :-)
ReplyDeleteWe all have dark places in our family backgrounds.
ReplyDeletethe Ol'Buzzard
Ol' Buzzard, you are probably right. Unfortunately that fact in and of itself doesn't keep certain people from running for public office :-)
ReplyDeleteThose murder-suicides never occur in the right order.
ReplyDeleteMurr, that's a good way to look at it!
ReplyDeleteDammit. Murr beat me to it!!!
ReplyDeletePearl
Great minds, Pearl, great minds...:)
ReplyDeleteseems it doesn't take much to provoke righteous anger, but i suppose that goes along with righteousness, generally.
ReplyDeletethanks for a thoughtful post.