the holy lands

[jackofnightmares]

Rockbridge County Virginia
I dreamed about it last night

a friend from the other side of the mountain in Charlottesville
Was in a youtube video telling somebody if they had a problem with Jesus Christ they should get the hell out of Rockbridge County Virginia
I know it was him I would recognize him anywhere.
Some people say Rockbridge county Virginia is not in
is not the holy land I long to see

My friend was Charlottesville was even weirder than me, last seen walking the streets leading a live chicken on a string

Jitterbug was in the dream too
the kindest man I have ever known

so many holy lands for me
I am glad I got to ramble round and see so much of God's country

Nothing to do with nothing I just like this song

[the mingo]

Thanks for the tune, Jack. Busy shift at work, got home late. Catch y'all later.

[stilltrucking]

Happy you liked the song.
"

Don't work too hard.

I am looking for a job, sometimes I think that is the hardest job there is, looking for a job.

Missing the the Valley of Virginia

Thinking about a road in the valley called Yankee Cemetery Road
Texans think of themselves as westerners not southerners, but there is no identity crisis in Virginia. So many bones of soldiers buried in that valley. Over half the battles in the Civil War were fought in Virginia. I wonder: if enough blood is shed on a land does that make it Holy?

[the mingo]

Could use a second job myself. Got my eye on my next kayak and it ain't gonna happen on what I make regular.

My oldest son just moved up to Virginia from Florida following work. I'd like to get down there to see him. Hell I don't even know my grandchildren and time ain't cutting me no slack.

Don't know what makes a land truly holy but I bet ya it's got more to do with the folks living on it than anything else.

[stilltrucking]

I bet ya it's got more to do with the folks living on it than anything else.



I think you would win that bet.

[stilltrucking]

I would bet that the people who live in Egypt would consider Mecca and Jerusalem the Holy Land. I would imagine the people who live between the four sacred mountains of the Navajo consider that to be Holy Land also.

In the meantime when everyone in the USA seemed to think the Arab spring was as a great victory for democracy. All I cared about were the tunnels from Egypt into Gaza and what the implications for Israel as far as smuggled weapons were concerned. I am sure the people who live in Israel consider that to be the Holy Land too. The most holy ground in the middle east is the ground she walks on.


In the meantime

CAIRO — Tens of thousands of Islamist demonstrators thronged Tahrir Square on Friday to call for a more pious state, a stunning show of force that left the liberal pioneers of Egypt’s revolution reeling.

The rally — the largest here in months — comes as Egyptians make fundamental choices about what sort of nation will emerge following the abrupt end in February of former president Hosni Mubarak’s three-decade reign. Friday’s demonstration had been intended to highlight Egyptian unity, but instead laid bare deep divisions.

Islamist parties, which advocate for a society rooted in Islamic law and scripture, had largely boycotted recent demonstrations. But leaders said the time had come to speak out against what they see as attempts by Egypt’s interim military rulers, and by liberal politicians, to quietly enact constitutional changes that would enshrine Egypt as a secular state.

The call to reject those moves was answered by a a sea of bearded men and women draped in black garments. Vendors sold flattering portraits of slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, as speakers railed against the United States and Israel.

[mnaz]

something about that land ... and that flick. been watching it a lot.
"you and your god's country!!"...

[still.trucking]

nothing holy about the united states of america I suppose
except for strip mines
thanks for the song, I been hearing this one a lot for somereason.


Nothing to do with the holy land.

I had a show biz friend in Nashville, well he was more carny but he used to star in some of the religious films that the local megachurches there would produce in their studios. He was a big guy six four or more, in his seventies with flowing white hair and a Buffalo Bill goatee.

He was playing Moses in a movie that was being shot in the desert wilderness in eastern Tennessee, on location there provided by the Koppers Company strip mines there, and all Koppers asked in return is that they not be given credits in the film for providing the desert.

Black Friday, I worked retail today, talking to mingo about whoring around in society. Right livilihood ha.
it is a job
I am part of the texas miracle
sorry mnaz hope you are okay aint seen you round much, nor wireman.