tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post6941545209515059500..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-46105455328330891282017-07-24T22:11:15.598-04:002017-07-24T22:11:15.598-04:00Thanks, Finntann. I feel the same.
As I've s...Thanks, Finntann. I feel the same.<br /><br />As I've said many times, Jersey was that great rarity –– a Lovable Liberal.<br /><br />I'll never forget him, and part of me will always miss him. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-64115128022420372032017-07-24T21:20:45.536-04:002017-07-24T21:20:45.536-04:00While Jersey and I were on opposite sides of the f...While Jersey and I were on opposite sides of the fence politically, Jersey knew what he believed in and more importantly knew why, he was a true Western Hero.<br /><br />Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-80160120255997376142017-07-22T15:21:42.423-04:002017-07-22T15:21:42.423-04:00I am grateful to Z for posting this at her blog ab...I am grateful to Z for posting this at her blog about Jersey.<br /><br /><i><b>"Some of you have blogged at Silverfiddle’s blog, and FreeThinke’s…..I believe Jersey McJones commented at those blogs…and that some of you will remember him and may have learned that he’s been fighting cancer.<br /><br />"Yesterday, at only 48 years old, Jersey lost his fight.<br /><br />"As FT emailed me just now, “Jersey was that rarity of rarities –– a lovable Liberal.”<br /><br />"Yes, he was. May he rest in peace and may God give his family comfort and some kind of peace after the initial terrible grief.<br /><br />"The blogosphere is less without Jersey."</b></i><br /><br />Z<br /><br />THANK YOU again, Z. It was very gracious of you to post that at Geeeez. Though I never met him in person, Jersey and I had gotten very close –– particularly in the last few months. I must now concentrate on doing what can to help his wife. Hard at long distance, but often just being thought of really does help. That's part of what prayers are for. isn't it?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-8929155588017680962017-07-22T15:12:43.360-04:002017-07-22T15:12:43.360-04:00Again, I'm very sorry you removed your comment...Again, I'm very sorry you removed your comment, Silver. WHY? I found it most sympatheitc, truthful, and agreeable.<br /><br />Perhaos I should have said s much earlier?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-89455143071239974122017-07-22T15:10:47.167-04:002017-07-22T15:10:47.167-04:00I'm so sorry you removed your comment, SF. I ...I'm so sorry you removed your comment, SF. I can't think why? I appreciated it very much.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-71643307493189212462017-07-22T14:45:16.097-04:002017-07-22T14:45:16.097-04:00I have no idea who my stalking friend is, the cont...I have no idea who my stalking friend is, the content of his/her post, or the logic of disrupting a sensitive moment of sadness and reflection.<br /><br />My condolences.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07525593137537484379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-5262706473907431682017-07-22T11:28:35.640-04:002017-07-22T11:28:35.640-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-46249753361384200722017-07-22T11:26:51.291-04:002017-07-22T11:26:51.291-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-46734628686959532322017-07-22T11:15:23.725-04:002017-07-22T11:15:23.725-04:00WE NEED to LOOK FOR THINGS WE CAN LIKE, RESPECT, a...<b>WE NEED to LOOK FOR THINGS WE CAN LIKE, RESPECT, and ADMIRE in EACH OTHER, and STOP SEARCHING ENDLESSLY for THINGS about which WE CAN FIND "A GOOD EXCUSE" to COMPLAIN , LAMENT, DESPISE and DISDAIN.</b><br /><br />My seemingly unlikely friendship with Jersey McJones taught me that, so to him I shall be eternally grateful.<br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-72432096886912987702017-07-22T10:44:41.915-04:002017-07-22T10:44:41.915-04:00____________ Riders in the Sky ___________
An old...<b>____________ Riders in the Sky ___________<br /><br /><i>An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day<br />Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way<br />When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw<br />A'plowin' through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw<br /><br />Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o <br />Ghost riders in the sky<br /><br />Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel<br />Their horns wuz black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel<br />A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky<br />For he saw the riders comin' hard and he heard their mournful cry<br /><br />Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o <br />Ghost riders in the sky<br /><br />Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, and shirts all soaked with sweat<br />They're ridin' hard to catch that herd but they ain't caught them yet<br />They've got to ride forever in that range up in the sky<br />On horses snortin' fire, as they ride on, hear their cry<br /><br />Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o <br />Ghost riders in the sky<br /><br />As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name<br />"If you want to save your soul from hell a' ridin' on our range"<br />"Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride"<br />"A-tryin' to catch the Devil's herd across these endless skies."<br /><br />Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o <br />Ghost riders in the sky<br />Ghost riders in the sky</i></b><br /><br />~ Oliver Jones (1949) - recorded by Frankie Laine, Vaughan Monroe, Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, and Johnny cash among others<br /><br />When I was a boy, this song was heard on the radio every day and on every jukebox in every hash house and restaurant for many months. It was certainly not Jersey's style –– at least not as he presented himself here in Blogistan –– but I think he would have found it appealing all the same. I was fortunate to be able to get to know him outside the blogosphere, and found he had a vivid imagination and the capacity to see far beyond his familiar parochial interests.<br /><br />He knew full well that I frankly despised the kind of music he professed to love best, and yet he was KIND enough, and WISE enough to realize there was great virtue in classical music. He told me he did in fact enjoy Beethoven & CO. a lot, and had even been known to attend the opera now and then, though he preferred not to emphasizethat side of himself here –– part of maintaining the unique, rough and ready blog persona he had created for himself no doubt.<br /><br />At any rate, –– though I doubt two people could be farther apart in their stated political aims, –– and all the other things that might have kept us forever at odds ––, we were able to look beneath the surface and find much to like and respect in each other because of our common humanity –– and doubtless our common point of origin in the New York metropolitan area. The latter created an instant bond no doubt. You'd have to have been born and brought up there, yourself, to understand, but we New Yorkers and Jerseyites have an instinctive understanding, love and respect for each other that transcends, social, economic and cultural barriers. <br /><br />In short Jersey and I LIKED each other –– even LOVED each other before it was al over –– and in the end, my friends, that is ALL that really matters.<br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-19553105306114829422017-07-20T17:14:02.552-04:002017-07-20T17:14:02.552-04:00Where's he's is now nobody knows
Where he&...<b><i>Where's he's is now nobody knows<br />Where he's gone to everyone goes<br />The wind blows<br />The sea flows<br />But nobody knows.</i></b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-50930892542455678152017-07-20T16:01:23.546-04:002017-07-20T16:01:23.546-04:00Rest Well My Good Friend Rest Well My Good Friend The Real Dealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717346198386895403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-22337860539879892812017-07-20T15:55:29.448-04:002017-07-20T15:55:29.448-04:00RIP Jersey RIP Jersey The Real Dealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717346198386895403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-71455475420678168072017-07-20T15:14:21.121-04:002017-07-20T15:14:21.121-04:00If you have it salted away, as I do, why not try t...If you have it salted away, as I do, why not try to get some USE out of it.<br /><br />But thanks for your kind words. We do strive for good craftsmanship when it comes to "wordsmithery," but must leave judgment as to its artistic merit to others.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-88656475781585200162017-07-20T13:10:28.878-04:002017-07-20T13:10:28.878-04:00He was a great guy.He was a great guy.The Angry Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382235346820062923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-54010121447430857822017-07-20T12:45:59.504-04:002017-07-20T12:45:59.504-04:00I'm betting Jersey is rooting for John McCain ...I'm betting Jersey is rooting for John McCain right now, in hopes he'll fight hard to the end. I happen to know a Los Angeles TV weatherlady who lost her husband to this brutal cancer. She is rooting for John McCain's health as well.mystere's moonbat slayer clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059909696097340275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-86081105892981411042017-07-20T12:07:58.407-04:002017-07-20T12:07:58.407-04:00Lovely bardsmanship!
Thank you for continuing to ...Lovely bardsmanship!<br /><br />Thank you for continuing to present your poetry for our appreciation and enjoyment.Giles Ffolkesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-38248098030476624032017-07-20T10:29:59.123-04:002017-07-20T10:29:59.123-04:00A TRAGIC IRONY in the NEWS
Sen. John McCain, 80, ...A TRAGIC IRONY in the NEWS<br /><br /><b>Sen. John McCain, 80, has been diagnosed with a primary glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor, Mayo Clinic doctors directly involved in the senator's care told CNN exclusively. (CNN)</b><br /><br />That's CANCER of the BRAIN in plain layman's language. –– virtually the same disease that took our buddy Jersey away at age 48.<br /><br />At least McCain survived to age 80 before this overtook him. Jersey never had the chance to fulfill his own potential. <br /><br />Early reports on MSNBC claim that the surgeons at the MAYO CLINIC were able to remove the entire mass. One can't help but wonder, however, when –– or even if –– the senator will be able to resume his duties in congress.<br /><br /><b>I'll be frank. I never liked or trusted Senator McCain. In my view he was a detriment to any hope of implementng a Conservative-Libertarian agenda. <i>HOWEVER, anyone who attempts to gloat over this tragic turnn of events, or express delight or satisfaction that the senator has been effectively taken out of the game will be DELETED on CONTACT</i>, so don't even try.</b><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-14376135066564037002017-07-20T09:11:36.911-04:002017-07-20T09:11:36.911-04:00I believe it was Einstein who said, "Truth sp...I believe it was Einstein who said, <b><i>"Truth springs from disagreement among friends"</i></b> –– or something very like that.<br /><br />The emphasis, of course, belongs on the category FRIENDS. <br /><br />We appear to have lost sight of that in the bitter, vituperative partisanship that dominates our politics today.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-89109268300456611972017-07-20T09:07:22.976-04:002017-07-20T09:07:22.976-04:00FUNNY! Though I frankly –– and unashamedly –– disl...FUNNY! Though I frankly –– and unashamedly –– dislike the kind of music I believe was instrumental in creating an unlikely bond beween the two of you, <b>JERSEY was kind enough –– and broad-minded enough, bless his heart –– to express admiration and appreciation for the performances of the classical music I played and the liturgical music I composed and performed now posted on YouTube.<br /><br />That kind of magnanimity displays a remarkably fine character. Knowing him was a humbling experience.</b><br /><br />Jersey was a person from whom all of us could learn many a valuable lesson.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-52784626906887031412017-07-20T08:56:16.411-04:002017-07-20T08:56:16.411-04:00Thank you, Abelard. Your kind evaluation of what ...Thank you, Abelard. Your kind evaluation of what we try to do here is much appreciated.<br /><br />However, I don't believe the American Public is "brain dead," as much they HAVE been put into a trance-like state by a form of MASS HYPNOSIS –– a technique perfected by the moguls who own and operate the ENEMEDIA and their equally entranced minions conditioned by decades of Leftist Indoctrination in the Educational Establishment which has functined as Cu;tural Marxism's Most Powerful Ally for more years than most of us have been alive.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-41846766783811346552017-07-20T08:47:30.512-04:002017-07-20T08:47:30.512-04:00My late friend, Jersey McJones, was a Leftist –– o...My late friend, Jersey McJones, was a Leftist –– or liked to think he was –– and we had many an argument thatmust have sounded to outsiders as though we hated each other, BUT the conflict between us was not PERSONAL, and each of us had enough sense to know it, thank God. <br /><br />Our differences were not strong enough to overcome our fundamental liking for each other.<br /><br />Life would improve for all if we each could learn to take a page from Jersey's book in that regard.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-55171259015534285442017-07-20T08:37:57.104-04:002017-07-20T08:37:57.104-04:00Thank you, AOW! My friendship with Jersey proved ...Thank you, AOW! My friendship with Jersey proved that politics is not everything when it cmes to human interrelationship –– not by a long shot.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-23589836342656928052017-07-20T02:13:09.420-04:002017-07-20T02:13:09.420-04:00Jersey and I may have disagreed politically, but w...Jersey and I may have disagreed politically, but we had fun when it came to music. My blog team enjoyed his comments on my blogs whenever one of us posted a video link to a music video. On behalf of the enforcers at mystere's moonbat slayer club and the sister blogs, here's to you, Jersey! See you on the other side!mystere's moonbat slayer clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059909696097340275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-18294133749594127342017-07-19T19:41:29.071-04:002017-07-19T19:41:29.071-04:00My sincere condolences to JMJ's family and fri...My sincere condolences to JMJ's family and friends. <br /><br />You were a good friend to Jersey, FT. I know that you shall miss him. Youve written a lovely tribute to him and marked well his passing. Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com