Patti Lynn Clark Barnett

It seems something is amiss about this family So, who knows the truth about  the whole bizarre incident. Maybe it was all a hoax.

It occurred to me that there are some interesting parallels between this balloon boy story and the Health Care Reform plans. For starters, both the reform plan and the balloon were/are  floating hither and yon, willy nilly. Nobody knows what is in the thing or where it will eventually wind up. And no one knows what may be found once it comes down to earth. Will it be full of nothing but gas or will some innocent die as the result of tragic incompetence? Like the now famous balloon, the Health Care Reform is an amateur experimental construction. It is convoluted, unpredictable and undependable. And at this point only one thing is clear. The proponents of this Health Care Reform are groundless 'loons full of hot air, and  as irresponsible as little Falcon's parents seem to be.  

Had the little boy been inside that helium filled balloon, it would have been a tragedy. So I say, bring this Health Care Reform balloon down, release all the gas and lets see what's in it.

Just like the Balloon Boy story, I hope the current Health Care Reform plan turns out to be nothing more than a suspenseful flight of a gas filled flying saucer balloon and not a catastrophe.

I am so happy to hear that Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue" is already # 1 at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. And it isn't even available yet. Now that's impressive! I don't believe the MSM has/will acknowledge it, but, of course, that is no surprise. The support for Palin is growing by the day. And if this level of support and urgency for her to run for president is like this now, what will it be in 2012?!

Her face book page is continually filled with  ardent/passionate supporters - many of whom have just discovered what she's all about. And many of whom have already ordered multiple copies of her book. Someone suggested that those people purchasing multiple copies might consider sending one to the troops. Great idea, and  we must not forget that her son, Track, has served in Iraq. 

The increasing admiration for Sarah is nothing short of amazing. And it isn't difficult to understand why the liberals are doing their best to ignore and dismiss her as a joke. The joke just might turn out to be on them. I think the liberals are beginning to realize they may have a tigress on their hands in 2012. Realistically, it is too early to predict, but considering her increasingly passionate support and the public embarrassment of an incompetent and dysfunctional Democratic party, she just may have a shot at the White House in 2012....if she wants it.

My song, "Thunder Rolls" expresses the sentiments of her growing multitude of fans and supporters.  Sarah  took the time to express her personal appreciation to me in a beautiful Christmas card, bearing Trig's picture. That's just the kind of person she is. And I hope, "Going Rogue" goes viral.

I can't believe Bin Laden is still on the loose. Following 9-11, we were full of bravado and assurance that he would be easily captured. However, that has obviously not been the case. He has recently taunted America again with his tapes. In these new tapes, he  boastfully predicts that Obama will have no more success in capturing him or winning the war in Afghanistan than his predecessor, President Bush.

My song, "Ode From the Cave", is a parody (with lots of truth) on how Bin Laden might have felt when the first American troops landed in Afghanistan. He was probably shaking in his sandals.

Digital Music File

You don’t poke your finger in America’s eye
If you don’t want a piece of American pie
Ain’t no cherries it's only the pits
Till you give us Binney we ain’t gonna quit
You’ve done tweaked the nose
Of the gentle sleeping giant
You’ve done pulled the whiskers
Of the sleeping gentle lion

He’s an elongated desert horse rat
With a heart full of hate and a dirty head wrap
He sits in his cave by the candle light
Telling Al Qaida boys, “Go out there and fight"
That American bunch is everywhere
Them sinners are saying we invited them here
Oh, boys I think we might have
Made a mistake Oh, boys
I think we made a big mistake

Chorus:
After all we’ve done to those guys
They’re still undivided stronger and wise
This thing ain’t going according to plan
Nobody doesn’t like that President man
Oh boys I think we made a big mistake
We underestimated the United States

Now the desert’s loud the fritters won’t bake
Can’t sleep when everything quivers and quakes
I wonder what’s happened to our rag tag band
Them Yanks are tearing up the Taliban
It’s dark and dank down here in the cave
Ain’t seen no sun since their judgment day
Oh boysI think we might have made a mistake
We underestimated the United States

Well boys it’s gettin’ mighty smelly down here
I would venture out if I could change my gear
But they'd pick me off like a snow white crow
I’m the long tall most wanted man you know
Oh, boys, I think we made a big mistake
We underestimated the United States

Well, this thing ain’t going according to plan
G. W. Bush is determined to win
After all we’ve done to those guys
We’ve only made them stronger and wise
Oh, boys, I think we made a big mistake
We underestimated the United States
We underestimated the United States”

Like most of you, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing on September 11, 2001....watching TV and working out. The horror of that fateful day inspired, "Sudden News" soon there after.

Say what you will about President George W. Bush. But no one can deny that he kept us safe for almost eight years. He realized there is no appeasing terrorists and the other enemies of America. There is no "making nice" or creating sincere dialogue with the breed of human beings that changed America forever on September 11, 2001.

SUDDEN NEWS
Digital Music File

Tuesday 9-11 2001 no one will ever forget
The devils of darkness descending in planes
And the reign of terror they did
We watched disbelieving
Could this really be happening on American soil?!
Out of nowhere they came without any warning
On a mission somewhere out of hell

Chorus:
Sudden News, Sudden News
Has crushed with a blow to our hearts
But America’s stronger than ever before
You never will tear us apart
You’ll never strike fear in the soul of this nation
Beware of our man at the helm
He’ll deal with you soon
But someday you’ll deal
With a Power much greater than him

You don’t understand us
You hate and condemn our democracy
Freedom and friends
You seek to divide destroy
And deny us our way of life you  just can’t stand
But you can be sure that our hearts beat as one
When it comes to defending our own
Your master mad man hides
Away hatching plans
Where inconceivably evil seeds grow

Sudden news, Sudden news
Will crush you and grind you to dust
America’s strong her patience is long
But you’ve gone far too far
Now you must pay for your deeds
And your cruel devastation
You’ve caused to this country we love
You’re led by a mad man who hides out in caves
We’re led by a light from above

Sudden news, sudden news
Will crush you and grind you to dust
But if there’s a doubt
That whatever goes ‘round
Will come back again, well it does
You’ll never strike fear in the heart of this nation
Beware of our man at the helm
He’ll deal with you soon
But someday you’ll deal with
A Power much greater than him

  .The lyrics are updated but the music file is yet to be changed
 
 http://www.pcbarnett.com/index.php/opinion/342-thunder-rolls

                  Thunder Rolls

From Wasilla, Alaska like a blazing Northern light
Comes a phenom on a mission with the White House in her sight
We're talking Sarah Palin here who's unafraid and bold
To speak the truth and nowadays that's rare as panning gold

When she burst upon the scene I had my questions
About the pretty former mayor in high heels
This meteoric mama's world is far from faux o drama
Johnny Mac sure had an eye for the real deal

Chorus
She's a warm hearted woman from Alaska
Corruption and injustice leave her cold
This gun totin' mama will make one term of Obama
From the White House they can hear the thunder roll

She's a governor, a mother and a woman all the way
The main stream media will live to rue the day
They set out to destroy her in every way they can
But her numbers keep on ticking up
While going down for their man

They tried to crucify her with their slander
But the truth will always win and heaven knows
There's now fear in liberal land
The storm is coming and they now can
Hear the thunder roll

I want to thank all of you who have down loaded Sarah's song, "Thunder Rolls" and passed it along. The response has been great, and one e mailer said she is even using Twitter to distribute the song. Thanks to the posters on Sarah Palin's Face Book account, this song is getting tremendous response and other countries are weighing in -Austria and London  today- Japan yesterday.

Elvis Presley's favorite singer was, Jake Hess, lead singer of one of the most famous gospel quartets of all time, The Statesmen. According to Russ Cheatham, author of Calvin Newton's biography, Jake Hess's favorite singer was, Calvin Newton. On the cover of, "Bad Boy of Gospel Music-The Calvin Newton Story", Jake Hess wrote, "Anyone who reads this book and listens to Calvin Newton sing will discover what I have known all along-he is the finest gospel music singer there has ever been". That commentary could have caused some envy in Elvis Presley, since he loved singing gospel music. But Calvin's range and unique vocal ability set him apart from the vocalists of all genres.

Calvin is an unique individual whose extraordinary life has had many twists and turns including one that landed him in prison. A gospel music singer in prison? Yes, something awfully wrong brought Calvin Newton to unimaginable depths, but by the grace of God and a good woman named, Joyce, now his wife, Calvin made a miraculous come back. The Sons of Song, the first trio in the gospel music business, were so exciting that no one wanted to follow them on stage. Someone noted that, "The Sons were so hot that other groups were afraid of melting in their tracks".

Calvin Newton, Bob Robinson and Don Butler had it all. Talent, charisma, movie star good looks and unbelievable stage presence. I suppose it is possible to be too blessed for your own good. But this first trio in gospel music was a force to be reckoned with. Their first public appearance was the result of actually begging to get on stage during the intermission of another group's concert.  As soon as they started singing, people stopped, turned and hurried back to their seats, spell bound. They knew they were hearing something wonderfully different from anything they'd ever heard before. The concessioners brought a law suit against the promoter because they sold hardly anything during intermission that night. That was the beginning of a career that sky rocketed the Sons of Song to fame. 

 Calvin Newton's life is a great example of how it is not possible for someone to fall so far from grace that they can't be retrieved by God's saving grace.