Top: Kelly Jones Bottom: Alex Jones Before getting into this post's intricate details, I first want to say a few things about Alex Jones. First I think he has "awakened" millions of people to what our government (or most governments in general) is capable of. I was one of them. His work on exposing and questioning the official story of what happened on September 11, 2001 was groundbreaking. That being said, after awakening so many people in the early 2000s it is disappointing to see him "walk back"much of the research that he has done on the subject in the past 18 years. He appeared on a recent episode of Coast2Coast am with host George Noory , Jones states that he now believes the attacks on September 11, 2001 were caused by a government "stand down" order which allowed Saudi hijackers to carry out their missions. The problem with this is that Jones made his video documentary "9-11 Road to Tyranny" so well that it is preposterous to...

Senator John McCain Wikipedia Image John McCain has died this weekend at the age of 81. He was a naval aviator, a p.o.w. and a senator. Dubbed a "Maverick" for his independent political views many considered him a hero. Many but not everyone. A post I found on the Facebook Group "The Eagle Eye" pointedly takes a different path in the description of the Senator, a far different eulogy than the lovefest the media is publishing. From the Eagle Eye: " This is my opinion page, so I can say what I want here. If you loved John McCain, then I advise you not to read any further! I will say that the death if John McCain has been a difficult loss for his family, although maybe they feel relief knowing he isn't suffering anymore. But, from my standpoint, I'll be blunt. McCain was a kiss ass middle of the roader doing what was politically correct, NOT what was right for our country. Obama won his first Presidential term because of McCain. McCain was a l...

Admittedly I don't watch or listen to many episodes of The Joe Rogan experience but when I saw Shooter Jennings was scheduled to appear on Rogan's program I tuned in to watch. I'm not a fan of all  Shooter Jennings music but I must say I am a fan of most of it. His new album "Shooter" is a honky tonk masterpiece. Music aside, I have to admire Shooter for being his own man. He has an independent spirit which has led him to not only become a singer / songwriter but also led him to start his own record company of which he is president. Naively, I expected Rogan to ask questions regarding Shooter Jennings' new album but instead all I saw was Rogan baiting Jennings into questions regarding Alex Jones and conspiracy related subjects. When Jennings tried to answer them Rogan would either talk over or interrupt him. You can't mention Alex Jones these days without approaching the subject of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. It was during this discuss...

U.S. Army Veteran and Private Investigator Edwin Turlington. On the evening of April 14, 2014 Edwin Turlington, a U.S. Army Veteran and Private Investigator who lives in Delaware County, Oklahoma noticed two men starting a fire on adjacent property owned by his brother. Ed tells me, "When I purchased the property it was land locked so my brother purchased the property next to it so I would not have to get an easement." The incident has placed Mr. Turlington in a four year legal battle and facing a 10 year sentence if convicted. Mr. Turlington states he: "Found three strangers, including convicted drug dealer Darrell Philpott cooking Meth on land his brother recently contracted for and already acquired the right to possess. Relying on his law enforcement training and experience, Ed realized the men had taken the  license plates off their truck, which is a significant indicator they were going out into the community with bad intentions. Ed executed a citizen...

I found a neat little book entitled "Historical Sketches of the Baptists of Southeast Missouri" . I found a little sketch of Timothy Reeves who was a Baptist preacher before the war. During the war he was a hard fighting commander of the 15th Missouri Cavalry C.S.A. I had read in other publications that Reeves returned to his previous profession following the war and apparently he pursued it with the same vigor that he exercised  as a cavalry commander during the War Between the States. In the following information is found: "In 1866, after the war, Elder Timothy Reeves (whom the book spells Reaves) submitted a good report on of missionary work done by him that year in the bounds of the Association-having baptized over 80 persons and organized  five new churches. "

Digitization of archives has opened more opportunities for information than one could ever imagine. Tonight I was browsing through the Confederate Scrap-Bo ok and stumbled upon a Union war crime that occured in Northeast Missouri. A report of a Colonel Owens who was executed without trial despite the fact that he was a commissioned officer in the Second Division, Missouri State Guard.

By now most of you who keep up with news that affects Southern history and heritage know that last night, at around 9:20 pm eastern time , a group of communists pulled down the statue of "Silent Sam" on the University of North Carolina campus. According to Wikipedia: "The statue was funded by the University Alumni and the United Daughters of the Confederacy . It was erected in 1913 as a memorial to the Confederate alumni who lost their lives in the American Civil War and all students who joined the Confederate States Army . More than one thousand members of the university fought in the American Civil War in either the Northern or Southern armies, comprising at least 40% of the student body. The University remained open through the entire war. This was due to President Swain's policy of dependency on men unfit for combat. A bronze image on the front of the memorial depicts a young student dropping his books as he looks up to answer a call to duty. On the b...