High School Football Game

This is a statement that was 

read over the PA system at 

the football game at Roane 

County High School, Kingston, Tennessee, by school principal, 

Jody McLeod, in Sept. 1, 2000.

  

 

"It has always been the custom at Roane County 

High School football games, to say a prayer and play 

the National Anthem, to honor God and Country."

Due to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, 

I am told that saying a Prayer is a violation 

of Federal Case Law. As I understand the 

law at this time, I can use this public facility

  

  

to approve of sexual perversion and call it "an
alternate life style, "and, if someone is offended, 

that's OK.

I can use it to condone sexual promiscuity, 

by dispensing condoms and calling it, "safe sex." 

If someone is offended, that's OK.

I can even use this public facility to 

present the merits of killing an unborn baby 

as a "viable" means of birth control. 

"If someone is offended, no problem...

I can designate a school day as "Earth Day" 

and involve students in activities to worship 

religiously and praise the goddess, 

"Mother Earth", and call it "ecology.."

I can use literature, videos and presentations in 

the classroom that depicts people with strong, 

traditional Christian convictions as "simple minded, 

ignorant and call it enlightenment.."

However, if anyone uses this facility to 

honor GOD and to ask HIM to bless this 

event with safety and good sportsmanship, 

then Federal Case Law is violated.

This appears to be inconsistent at best, 

and at worst, diabolical. Apparently, we are 

to be tolerant of everything and anyone, 

except GOD and HIS Commandments.

Nevertheless, as a school principal, 

I frequently ask staff and students
to abide by rules with which they 

do not necessarily agree. For me to do
otherwise would be inconsistent at best, 

and at worst, hypocritical. I suffer from that 

affliction enough unintentionally. I certainly 

do not need to add an intentional transgression.

For this reason, I shall "Render unto Caesar 

that which is Caesar's,"
and refrain from praying at this time.

" However, if you feel inspired to honor, 

praise and thank GOD and ask HIM,
in the name of JESUS, to bless this event, 

please feel free to do so.. But as far as I know, 

that's not against the law--yet."

One by one, the people in the stands bowed their heads, 

held hands with one another and began to pray.

They prayed in the stands. 

They prayed in the team huddles. 

They prayed at the concession stand 

and they prayed in the Announcer's Box!

The only place they didn't pray was in the 

Supreme Court of the United
States of America-the Seat of

"Justice" in the "one nation, under GOD."

Somehow, Kingston, Tennessee, remembered what 

so many have forgotten. We are given the Freedom

OF Religion, not the Freedom FROM Religion. 

Praise GOD that HIS remnant remains!

JESUS said, "If you are ashamed of ME before men, 

then I will be ashamed of you before my Father"

If you are not ashamed, pass this on .

I'm not one bit ashamed to pass this on, are you?  

THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS!

GOD BLESS EVERYONE WHO READS THIS 

AND PASSES IT ON.

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"My Garmin"

Garmin

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I have a little Garmin

It sits there in my car

A Garmin is a driver's friend

It tells you where you are

I have a little Garmin

I've had it all my life

It's better than the normal ones

My Garmin is my wife

It gives me full instructions

Especially how to drive

"It's thirty miles an hour", it says

"You're doing thirty five"

It tells me when to stop and start

And when to use the brake

And tells me that it's never ever

Safe to overtake.

It tells me when a light is red

And when it goes to green

It seems to know instinctively

Just when to intervene.

It lists the vehicles just in front

And all those to the rear

And taking this into account

It specifies my gear.

I'm sure no other driver

Has so helpful a device

For when we leave and lock the car

It still gives its advice.

It fills me up with counselling

Each journey's pretty fraught

So why don't I exchange it

And get a quieter sort?

Ah well, you see, it cleans the house,

Makes sure I'm properly fed,

It washes all my shirts and things

And - keeps me warm in bed!

Despite all these advantages

And my tendency to scoff,

I do wish that once in a while

I could turn the damned thing off!

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(( A NEW ANIMAL SPECIES ))

With All The Rain That Has Fallen In The South Eastern States This Summer So Far, 

A New Animal Species Has Been Discovered.

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The Extremely Wealthy Widower

Bob, a 70-year-old, extremely wealthy widower, shows up at the Country Club with a breathtakingly beautiful and very sexy 25-year-old blonde-haired woman who knocks everyone's socks off with her youthful sex appeal and charm and who hangs over Bob's arm and listens intently to his every word. His buddies at the club are all aghast.

  

  

At the very first chance, they corner him and ask, 'Bob, how did you get the trophy girlfriend?'

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Bob replies, 'Girlfriend? She's my wife!'

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They are knocked over, but continue to ask. 'So, how did you persuade her to marry you?'

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'I lied about my age', Bob replies.

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'What, did you tell her you were only 50?'

  

  

Bob smiles and says, 'No, I told her I was 90.'

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What Babies Might Say

Some things that babies might say

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Remember Kate Smith?

Do you remember Kate Smith?

   

   

Frank Sinatra considered Kate Smith the best singer of her time, and said that when he and a million other guys first heard her sing "God Bless America" on the radio, they all pretended to have dust in their eyes as they wiped away a tear or two.

  

The link at the bottom will take you to a video showing the very first public singing of "GOD BLESS AMERICA ".

But before you watch it, you should also know the story behind the first public showing of the song.

  

The time was 1940.  America was still in a terrible economic depression.  Hitler was taking over Europe and Americans were afraid we'd have to go to war. It was a time of hardship and worry for most Americans.

  

This was the era just before TV, when radio shows were HUGE, and American families sat around their radios in the evenings, listening to their favorite entertainers, and no entertainer of that era was bigger than Kate Smith.

  

Kate was also large; plus size, as we now say, and the popular phrase still used today is in deference to her,"It ain't over till the fat lady sings".  Kate Smith might not have made it big in the age of TV, but with her voice coming over the radio, she was the biggest star of her time.

  

Kate was also quite patriotic.   It hurt her to see Americans so depressed and afraid of what the next day would bring.  She had hope for America, and faith in her fellow Americans.  She wanted to do something to cheer them up, so she went to the famous American song-writer, Irving Berlin (who also wrote "White Christmas") and asked him to write a song that would make Americans feel good again about their country.   When she described what she was looking for, he said he had just the song for her.

  

He went to his files and found a song that he had written, but never published, 22 years before - way back in 1917.

He gave it to Kate and she worked on it with her studio orchestra.  She and Irving Berlin were not sure how the song would be received by the public, but both agreed they would refuse any profits from God Bless America.

All profits would forever go to the Boy Scouts of America. 

Over the years, the Boy Scouts have received millions of dollars in royalties from this wonderful song.

  

This video starts out with Kate Smith coming into the radio studio with the orchestra, full choir and an audience.

   

She introduces the new song for the very first time, and starts singing.  After the first couple verses, with her voice in the background still singing, scenes are shown from the 1940 movie, "You're In The Army Now."  At the 4:20 mark of the video, you see a young actor in the movie, sitting in an office, reading a paper; it's Ronald Reagan.

  

To this day, God Bless America stirs our patriotic feelings and pride in our country.  Back in 1940, when Kate Smith went looking for a song to raise the spirits of her fellow Americans, I doubt whether she realized just how successful the results would be for her fellow Americans during those years of hardship and worry..... And for many generations of Americans to follow. 

Now that you know the story of the song, I hope you'll enjoy it and treasure it even more. 

  

Few people know there's a lead in to the song, as it usually starts with "God Bless America ....." So here's the entire song as originally sung.

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Click here  Click here: YouTube#%21
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5th Grade Assignment

A fifth grade teacher in a Christian school asked her class to look at TV commercials and see if they could use them in 20 ways to communicate ideas about God.    ~   Here are some of the results

God is like. 
BAYER ASPIRIN 
He works miracles. 
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God is like
a FORD 
He's got a better idea...
  

 
God is like
COKE
He's the real thing.

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(This is great) 
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God is like
HALLMARK CARDS
He cares enough to send His very best. 
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God is like 
TIDE
He gets the stains out others leave behind
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God is like 
GENERAL ELECTRIC 
He brings good things to life. 
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God is like 
WAL-MART 
He has everything. 
  

 
God is like
ALKA-SELTZER
Try Him, you'll like Him.
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God is like
SCOTCH TAPE
You can't see Him, but you know He's there. 
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God is like.. 
DELTA
He's ready when you are. 
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God is like
ALLSTATE
You're in good hands with Him. 
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God is like 
VO-5 Hair Spray; He holds through all kinds of weather.
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God is like
DIAL SOAP 
Aren't you glad you have Him?  Don't you wish everybody did?
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God is like
The U.S. . POST OFFICE Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet nor ice will keep Him from His appointed destination.

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  ~   God is like
Chevrolet. . . the heart beat of America.

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God is like 
Maxwell House.
Good to the very last drop.
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  ~   God is like 
B o u n t y
He is the quicker picker upper.

Can handle the tough jobs.
And He won't fall apart on you.
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BLESSINGS FROM MY HOUSE TO YOUR HOUSE.

Peace, Love and Prosperity to all !

  

   

God is like. 
The Energizer Bunny.  

 He Keeps Going, Going, and Going.
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