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IMMIGRANTS, NOT AMERICANS, MUST
ADAPT.
I am tired of this nation worrying
about whether we are offending some individual or
their culture. Since
the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, we have experienced
a surge in patriotism by the majority of Americans.
However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled
when the "politically correct" crowd began
complaining about the possibility that our patriotism
was offending others.
I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge
against anyone who is seeking a better life by
coming to America. Our population is almost entirely
comprised of descendants of immigrants.
However, there are a few things that those who have recently
come to our country, and apparently some
born here, need to understand. This
idea of America being a multicultural community has
served only to dilute our sovereignty and our
national identity. As Americans, we have our own
culture, our own society, our own language and our
own lifestyle. This culture has been developed over
centuries of struggles, trials, and victories by
millions of men and women who have sought freedom.
We speak ENGLISH, not Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese,
Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you
wish to become part of our society, learn the
language!
"In God We Trust" is our national motto. This is not some
Christian, right wing, political slogan. We adopted
this motto because Christian men and women, on
Christian principles, founded this nation, and this
is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate
to display it on the walls of our schools. If God
offends you, then I suggest you consider another part
of the world as your new home, because God is part
of our culture.
If Stars and Stripes offend you, or you don't like Uncle Sam,
then you should seriously consider a move to another
part of this planet. We are happy with our culture
and have no desire to change, and we really don't
care how you did things
where you came from. This is OUR COUNTRY, our land,
and our lifestyle. Our First Amendment gives every
citizen the right to express his opinion and we
will allow you every opportunity to do so. But,
once you are done complaining, whining, and griping
about our flag, our pledge, our national motto, or
our way of life, highly encourage you to take
advantage of one other great American freedoms, THE
RIGHT TO LEAVE.
I didn't write it but I believe
in it.
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Jerry's site now has a great (and easy) message board and chat
room for us. Stop in and let's chat!
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From our friend Cal Denison:
As many of you all ready know I have formed a new group Cal
Denison and the Denisons, and we are increasing the number of our
live performances. Our program consist of vocal and
instrumental fingerstyle guitar numbers. Check out his site
or go here for his schedule: Cal
Denison
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On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked
America in a series of despicable acts of war. They hijacked four
passenger jets, crashed two of them into the World Trade Center's
twin towers and a third into the Headquarters of the U.S.
Department of Defense at the Pentagon, causing great loss of life
and tremendous damage. The fourth plane crashed in the
Pennsylvania countryside, killing all on board but falling well
short of its intended target apparently because of the heroic
efforts of passengers on board. This carnage, which caused the
collapse of both Trade Center towers and the destruction of part
of the Pentagon, killed more than 250 airplane passengers and
thousands more on the ground.
Civilized people around the world denounce the evildoers who
devised and executed these terrible attacks. Justice demands that
those who helped or harbored the terrorists be punished -- and
punished severely. The enormity of their evil demands it. We will
use all the resources of the United States and our cooperating
friends and allies to pursue those responsible for this evil,
until justice is done.
We mourn with those who have suffered great and disastrous
loss. All our hearts have been seared by the sudden and sense-less
taking of innocent lives. We pray for healing and for the strength
to serve and encourage one another in hope and faith.
Scripture says: "Blessed are those who mourn for they
shall be comforted." I call on every American family and the
family of America to observe a National Day of Prayer and
Remembrance, honoring the memory of the thousands of victims of
these brutal attacks and comforting those who lost loved ones. We
will persevere through this national tragedy and personal loss. In
time, we will find healing and recovery; and, in the face of all
this evil, we remain strong and united, "one Nation under
God."
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United
States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim
Friday, September 14, 2001, as a National Day of Prayer and
Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on September
11, 2001. I ask that the people of the United States and places of
worship mark this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance with
noontime memorial services, the ringing of bells at that hour, and
evening candlelight remembrance vigils. I encourage employers to
permit their workers time off during the lunch hour to attend the
noontime services to pray for our land. I invite the people of the
world who share our grief to join us in these solemn observances.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth
day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred
and twenty-sixth.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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Fun fact: Aug. 21st 2001 - Jerry singing East
Bound and Down woke our astronauts on the Space Station. Did you
ever think we would be saying that?? Well Sonnnnnnn get up and get
some work done. :)
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It
is with great sadness that we have to inform you that Chet Atkins
died June 30th at 10:00 AM. We extend our condolences to his
family during this great time of sorrow. Any Jerry fan would also
be a Chet fan so we know you all will miss this great man. Rest in
peace Chet, you will be remembered and always loved. Would Jerry
be the Jerry we all love without Chet? I don't think so and I
think Jerry would agree with that. I send my condolences to Jerry
as well I know he will miss Chet very much.
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Check out Jerry singing "Fore" a must
for your golf buddies: 
Thanks to the number one Jerry fan in England Andrew for finding
this gem!
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Fan club chats will not be going on. No one gave
me a hint of when or what day they want so no chats.
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Time for the fan club chat is about ready. Still
trying to figure the best times from the times I have received
from members. I would love it to be the best time for all of you.
I have also had request for the Fan club page contest to run
again. When I get some extra stuff that I can part with I will do
that again. I just can't part with any of it! ;)
Yes there are new pics on the way to the fan page. And yes the
Chet page is up and running now, I have more to add to it but
there is a little on there now.
Someone sent me a super duper CD, one of a kind Jerry you will NOT
get anywhere else, and I can back that up!! Sonnnnnn! Anyway it's
great and I can't wait to share it with some of my best buddies on
here. That may be a great gift to give out as a Member only
contest as well. You will never get this one in the stores!
I have had trouble too getting into Jer's page but lets hope it
will be cleared up soon. Keep at it you will get in.
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Latest Schedule for shows:
1/26 - Bossier City, LA
1/27 - Vicksburg, MS
3/17 - Tower, MN
3/18 - Keshena, WI
3/19 - Keshena, WI
4/07 - Nashville, IN
6/23 - Tipp City, OH
7/14 - Beaver Springs, PA
CU There
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Welcome to Simon from England it's great to have
you with us! Jer seems to have a lot of fans in England. Did you
guys ever get together over there? You should. Take care and it's
always nice to make new friends.
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Announcing the new CD by Craig Dobbins- Psalms,
Hymns, & Spiritual Songs 14 fingerstyle guitar solos and
duets, including: Come Thou Fount; Holy, Holy, Holy; Glory to His
Name; Love Lifted Me; Born Again; What a Friend We Have in Jesus;
Are You Washed in the Blood; O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing;
Sweet Hour of Prayer; There�s Something About That Name; My Jesus
I Love Thee; When We All Get to Heaven; Jesus, Keep Me Near the
Cross; Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone. �Craig
Dobbins does great work- it�s a cut above. � - Chet Atkins,
c.g.p. �Craig Dobbins is not only a
fine guitarist but is equally gifted as an arranger. As a fellow
believer in the greatest story ever told- Craig says it well on
his guitar.� - Doyle Dykes
To order: Please send check/MO for $18.00 ($15.00 plus $3 s/h) for
each CD to Craig Dobbins, PO Box 8075, Gadsden AL, 35902, USA. AL
residents please add 8% sales tax. Foreign orders: US$20.00
(check/MO in US funds drawn on US bank) for each CD.
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Merry Christmas and
Happy Holidays to all!
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Oct. 27th - New shows added to schedule
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Oct. 26th - Check out Jerry's page, he has a
lot more photos on his page now and you can order now or so I'm
told. I have all the items he's selling so I haven't tried it
myself. His page is coming alone nice now.
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Oct. 25th - New photos from NC show added see
show photo section.
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Updated being done to my page check back soon
for new items. No I haven't forgot the paper articles, they are
just a big space user and I'm looking for more free web space.
They will be here sometime.
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Aug. 30th - New address for Cal Denison - www.CalDenison.com
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Aug. 26th - Jerry's web page is getting better.
They have been working on the web page and have now added photos.
There are some nice shots check it out.
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Hello, from Cal Denison.. I would like to invite
you to sign up for my new mailing list on my web site. I will periodically send out
information on whats going on with the TV show, and where I will be appearing. I will also
be giving away free CD's, and other products from my sponsors by drawing on the first of
every month. Another new addition to my site is a Classified adds page where you can post
items for sale, or post your schedule or event. Please sign the new guest book when you
visit. Thanks...Cal Denison
Now out: Smell the Flowers/Jerry Reed
- Hot A' Mighty!/Lord, Mr. Ford - Alabama Wild Man/Explores Guitar
Country - Better Things In Life/Cookin - Georgia Sunshine/Oh What A
Woman!
Steve also has other Jerry titles for
sale!
The CAAS was a huge sucess this year as always. I'm sure
there was a great amount of concern over Chet's health and that did make this one
different. Go check out the wonderful photos and all the great Chet sites for
lots of information on this years convention. Next year you will find all the info rigth
here. I intend on being there, sonnnnnnnnn! Below is a note from one of my big brothers!
:) Check it out....
Hi All.....just a note to let you all know that John Langford has
generously provided us with a huge collection of photos from the latest convention.
Unfortunately, Jerry was not able to attend due to a concert appearance, but we all had
the chance to pick up his new cd "Finger Dancing", which is a re-make of a bunch
of his favorite instrumentals from years past.
For those of you that didn't get the chance to attend, check out the link below for a
taste of what you missed....
Davey
http://www-music-outlet.com/caas2k/
Texas show cancelled. Billy Bob's
Fort Worth, TX show has been cancelled. -
Sun Jul 16 17:10:44 PDT 2000
205.188.196.26
Renee Lovett
The "Jerry Reed Finger Dancing" CD with Bobby Lovett & Mark Thornton is now
out! They will be selling it at all of the upcoming shows & Jerry will also
have ordering information on his website when he gets it completed. The titles of the
instrumentals on the CD are: 1.Stars & Stripes Forever 2.Jiffy Jam 3.Jerry's Breakdown
4.Swingin''69 5.The Claw 6.The Early Dawn 7.My Gypsy Heart 8.Winter Walking 9.Bluesland
10.Steeplechase Lane 11.Mister Lucky The website should be completed in 2 to 3 weeks. For
those of you who were looking for info on the Lawn PA show ,It is Lawn Firemen's
Carnival, Shows at 8 & 10 pm. (Lebanon County) Route 241 between Elizabethtown &
Mount Gretna On Fire Hall grounds Ticket Prices/Free Show Outdoor Concert
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Here is what you were
waiting for:
Sat Jul 15 16:29:37 PDT 2000
64.12.105.169
Renee Lovett
Hey Great News Everyone. Jerry has his web site up! It's still under construction but here
is the web address. http://thejerryreed.com
Check it out!
July 5th 2000
Ladies and Gents: I didn't get to mention to Jerry this time about a
Pickin' video. If you want one and I know you all do from the amount of interest in one
here on the net send your request for one to:
Jerry Reed Enterprises, PO Box 3586 Brentwood, TN 37024-3586
Fax: 615-661-5694
July 5th 2000 - I will be doing a couple of workshops at
CAAS. Thursday morning
at 10:00 a.m. on "Recording an album", and Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. on
Fingerstyle gospel guitar. I will perform on Thursday morning at 11:30 a.m. for 30 minutes
to take us in to lunch, and then again on Saturday afternoon following my good friend
Richard Kiser. Richard and I will be concluding my performance with a duet. I hope to see
you there. It will be a great time of pickin' ...Cal
July 3rd 2000 - Finger Dance (Jerry's CD) will be out soon and available on his web
site. Will, let you all know when it is up and running. Till then grab his CD JR Visits Hit Row at any of his shows.
We were surprised by 4 shows in Mississippi. They included many of
Jerry's hits and we had great seats. It was fun to meet some of the fan club members and I
hope to see a lot more of you at future shows.
Some cool news from: Cal Denison (A Red Hot picker and Jerry
Fan)
Sign up for the mailing list on my web site at http://surf.fast.to/cal (just click on mailing
list & type in your email)
We will draw one winner the first Tuesday of every month on my TV show "Music Of The
Midwest". The winner will receive a free subscription to FG magazine, one of my CDs,
some Fred Kelly thumbpicks, and what ever else we can dig up. We will also give free
single issues of FG at random to those who sign up. We will post the winners on my web
site, and announce them on the show each month. We will contact you for mailing info if
you are selected.
Jerry is recording again for us and they
are ready to roll.
Look for them at the shows! They will also soon be online for you to
purchase. Both will be under Jerry's own label! Jerry Reed Enterprises!
Paul Yandell and Jerry have finished their new CDs. Jerry's "Jerry
Reed Visits Hit Row" has 11 of Jerry's hits re-recorded by him just recently with
members of his current band. This CD contains: East Bound and Down, Lord, Mr. Ford, She
Got the Goldmine I Got the Shaft, A Thing Called Love, Guitar Man, The Preacher and the
Bear, The Bird, Remembering, Amos Moses, Waitin' For Robert E Lee, and what JR CD would be
complete with out When You're Hot, You're Hot! The other new CD will be
instrumentals.
I don't have a copy of the one with Paul but as soon as it is out I will
get one and the list will be here. His CD is said to contain new compositions and will be
on sale at the CAAS.
At Jerry's last show he said the website will be up and running soon!
Well, sonnnnnnnnn we are waiting! May 29th 2000 - Great news from the Chet fan club:
"I got an email from Paul Yandell today and the great news is that
Paul and Jerry Reed will both have a new CD at the convention this year. This is
absolutely great news. We all love Paul and Jerry's music and now we will have new stuff
to listen to and try to figure out........."
May 28th 2000 - News about KY show! I had to miss this one! :(
Sometimes things just don't work out.
cbaird11
I just got home from the Somerset show and as usual Jerry put on a great show! It was
really kind of different for me to see Jerry in this type of venue (a large tent on a
farm) there was a good size crowd there for this type of show. I would estimate somewhere
around 1500. Jerry played from 8:30-10:00. After the show Jerry took a 10 minute break and
then came out and signed autographs for at least an hour (I waited in line that long). I
asked Jerry if One Way Records was going to release any other older albums on CD and he
seemed not to know that any had been released. I told him that they had released some old
albums and it says One Way Records and BMG on them. He never really seemed to know what I
was talking about but seemed intrested in them. Needless to say there was a crowd of
people waiting behind me so I eventually just told him bye and left. Also Jerry had his
laff-a-thon video for sale as well as T-shirts, caps, and a new CD to me it is titled
"Jerry Reed Visits Hit Row" it is released by Jerry Reed Enterprises. BTW the
new CD will be titled "Finger Dancing".
opiekanopi
Hey everyone, I just got back from the Somerset, Ky show. Jerry looked like he felt great
and really had fun. As most of you know he has two new releases coming out this year on
his own new label. The one most are talking about is the all instrumental one. Well he
released the name of it tonight. Its going to be called "Fingers Dance" or
something close to that. Inspired by the "River Dance" dance musical. The CD is
finished but he didn't have copies of it. Still no URL on the new website but he did say
that it would be ready in about 4 to 5 weeks. The big surprise was he did have the other
brand new CD called "Jerry Reed Visits Hit Row" This CD has 11 of Jerry's Hits
re-recorded just this year. I bought a copy of it tonight and had it signed. The songs on
it are 1)East Bound 2)Lord Mr. Ford 3)She Got the Goldmine 4)A Thing Called Love 5)Guitar
Man 6)The Preacher and the Bear 7)The Bird 8)Remembering 9)Amos Moses 10)Waitin For the
Robert E. Lee, and 11)When your Hot Your Hot. This Cd is probably only going to be
available on his website and of course at the shows. Jerry and Chip Young are the
producers. I haven't even had a chance to listen to the whole thing yet. AWWWWWW
SOOONNN!
Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Next year's CAAS
dates are July 12-15.
Plummer
Guitars! - You'll want to take note that we will be at the Chet
Atkins Appreciation Society convention July 12th through 15th held at the Music City
Sheraton this year. We'll be showing off our Jerry Reed and Thom Bresh signature
model guitars as well as our electric resophonics. Orders will be taken at our table
for any of the guitars that we offer. If you can't wait until then, call us toll
free at 877 578 8194. We'll be glad to take your order for your very own custom
Plummer guitar.
OK - Jerry Fans - Send your thoughts!
- I have received several letters for Jerry along with some other items and
requests. Now I see there is a real need for this man to get an e-mail address. Till that
time I am saving all of them and will hand them over to him at the next show. So if you
want a letter, note or poem added to the file just send it on. I will NOT take any items
such as advertisements for your record company or "I want you to record my song"
letters. This is just for us fans! Show the man you care!
For the guitar guys - we have found that there is a real interest in him
producing a tape showing his pickin, maybe just for fun or a teaching tape! If you want
him to do this why not add it to your note! Hint Hint!
March 29th - This must be our month Jerry Fans! The good news just keeps on
coming! More shows have been added to the list! Including one of my personal favorite
place to go Mississippi! Yea, Sonnn! Love all the shows Jerry, but take care of your self!
OK!!
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Follow up - March 25th: Go for it
guys and gals! I was in touch with a very nice person who
knows and this is for real. So feel free to do as you
wish with the contact information. All we can do is scream, YES! Good luck to who is doing all the work
and keep the good news rolling.
PickiePickieY2K
Hi Reedfans, I understand you all being hesitant about emailing your names &
addresses. If you'd rather wait, Jerry will be putting together mailing list at his shows
this season. Maybe if one of you come to a show you can let the others on the board know
this is legit.
PickiePickieY2K
ATTENTION: CALLING ALL REED FANS! Jerry has some new CD's coming out soon, one of which is
all instrumental. These will be sold exclusively on Jerry's new web page (Which is still
under construction) Meanwhile, he is putting together a mailing list to keep the fans
posted on these events. If you would like to be on the mailing list please email your name
& mailing address to [email protected]
Update on the CD from Old Dogs! See below
for news. It's official because I have them all in my little hot hands! Yummy!
There is a commercial running for the Old Dogs. I
have this information second hand since I don't spend time watching TV. There is a 3 CD
set for the Old Dogs on sale now.1-800-525-2801 Check it out.
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A Wonderful find Jim let me in on! - Go to hear Paul Yandell talk about our Wild Man! He is one lucky
guy being friends with Jerry, Chet and a great guitarest as well!
Go here and download the chat:
chetatkinsfans.cyberriver.net/chatlogs.html
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News
from MisterGuitar.com - Julian Smith, Bowdon, GA:
I heard that you were recording another CD. Is that correct? If so when will it be
available? JS.
Paul:
I'm doing another CD - Jerry Reed is sort of the producer. We picked out the tunes to do,
he may sing on a couple. I have recorded 4 of them here at home but I will overdub the
bass and other things later. It will more than likely be July or later when it is
finished. I'm not in any hurry, thx for asking Julian
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Fun news
report - Check it out. - Adam Sandler: "Well anyway, the rule in country is,
you always gotta plug Jerry Reed." I think we got us another Jerry Fan! Way to go Adam!
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Some news on another of
the Old Dogs -  Waylon Jennings came roaring out of
his past Jan. 5-6 with a milestone of a two-night concert series at the Ryman Auditorium
to remind Music Row that its veterans still have some lead in their pencils and some bark
in their bite. Jennings was cutting his first live album since 1976, doing it for Sony
Music Nashville's Lucky Dog Records, and he invited his wife Jessi Colter and fellow Sony
label mates Travis Tritt, John Anderson, and Montgomery Gentry to join him. With a
three-piece horn section anchored by Jim Horn, the great guitarist Reggie Young,
synthesizer, keyboards, fiddle, steel, backup singers, drums, bass, and guitar, it was as
full and full-blown a live sound as Jennings has ever displayed.
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Thank
you Craig Dobbins for this news: Just got the following info from Guitar
Records (www.guitarrecords.com):
Special Announcements In April of this millennium, Guitar Records will make available
the following new Jerry
Reed "twofer" CD releases: Alabama Wild Man/Explores Guitar Country,
Better Things In Life/Cookin’, Georgia Sunshine/Oh What A Woman, Smell the
Flowers/Jerry Reed, Hot A’Mighty/Lord Mr. Ford. Possible later release titles include
Red Hot Picker and The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice.
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At Sunday Chat we received this
information from Steve at Funky Junk Records! As we hear more news - it will be posted!
Some of the new CD's will include:
Alabama Wildman / JR Explores Guitar
Country Georgia Sunshine / Oh What A Woman
Smell the Flowers / Jerry Reed
Hot A Mighty / Lord Mr. Ford Unbelievable Guitar & Voice of JR
Nashville Underground
When You're Hot, You're Hot
Ko -Ko Joe
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Jerry
Reed: When you're hot - you're hot! Fan Club
- New! So give us time to grow! Join the fun - it's Free! -
Chat on Tuesday Night at 9:00 EST - Do you have a
picture I don't have? Ha ha! You can post it here for everyone! Area for
messages - chat room - photo gallery - calendar of events - other Fan
Clubs you can join as well: Chet - Smokey & The Bandit - Country
Music...
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The Claw is back and Hot as ever!!
PLAY THAT THING SONNNN!
(Glad to see you looking so good! So soon
after surgery - your tough! We all knew you would be back strong as ever! Stay healthy!)
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Click
on "The Old Dogs" for their Official Site - FOR THE VERY FEW WHO
DON'T KNOW THE OLD DOGS -
HERE IS A REVIEW OF THE CD!"I will not play
Tug O' War,
I'd rather play Hug O' War;
Where everyone hugs, instead of tugs,
And everyone giggles and rolls on the rug.
Where everyone kisses,
and everyone grins;
everyone cuddles,
and everyone wins". - Shel Silverstein
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The first posting I ever did on my web
site:
I'm
Jerry's #1 fan!
All his records, movies & TV shows have been
played so many times around here you would think he lives here. I sure wouldn't mind
that! Now that he is one of the "Old Dogs" we have one more fun way
of listening to him! Just try to sit through "Trying Stuff On"
without falling down laughing! Yeah Jer we've seen you in a dress twice now! Good
legs sonnnn! I think I like the pink one better! ;-) Welcome to my site!
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