I usually begin each episode with an inspirational message about building the life of one's dreams and changing when things are not going according to plan.

I also talked last week about the need to be better toward each other. Both of these messages hit me between the eyes this week.

Listen in for more...

Music today:

"What We've Been Waiting For" Podsafe Music Network musician Rik Leaf

"Pass on Love" by Podsafe Music Network group People Coyote

"Put a Little Love" by Podsafe Music Network artist Beatrice Ericsson

Intro Music:

"Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller

Outro Music:

"Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and PodsafeAudio.com group EL84

Contact info:

You can email me at thatbluejeansguy@gmail.com.

You can call my voicemail at 206-984-3740.

You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy.

 Visit my webpage at http://thatbluejeansguy.libsyn.com, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map.

While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages.

Check out my page on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thatbluejeansguy/.

Thanks for listening,and Stay Powerful!

Who knows better what "Support the Troops" means?

Is it a former soldier:

VideoVets: Michael Breen

How about the mother of a soldier:

VideoVets: Pamela Osborne

Or, maybe the sister of a soldier?

VideoVets: Michelle Barish

Or, do we have to trust the words of a politician saying we are making "progress" in the war in Iraq?

MoveOn.org is looking for its next commercial, and they need your help.

Click on any of the videos you see, and then follow this link to view the other videos and to vote for the one you think should be the next MoveOn.Org commercial.

I look at the Virginia Tech shooting and ask one question:

When things like this happen, why are we more enthusiastic about laying blame than we are about making sure everybody has been helped first?

Music today:



"Save You Tonight" (live version available from music.download.com) by Podsafe Music Network artist Cassandra Kubinski



"Common Ground" by Podsafe Music Network artist David Ipppolito

"Lotta Lonely People" by Podsafe Music Network artist David Ippolito

*I Love the Company* Podcast promo

Intro Music:



"Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller

Outro Music:



"Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and PodsafeAudio.com group EL84

Contact info:

You can email me at thatbluejeansguy@gmail.com.

You can call my voicemail at 206-984-3740.

You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy.

Visit my website, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map.

While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages.

Check out my page on MySpace

Thanks for listening, and Stay Powerful!

As promised, here is the new video by David Ippolito.

The song is a merciless spoof of Bill O'Reilley, often using his own quotes against him in a way that has to be heard to be believed! LOL.

Watch the video, then go to YouTube and comment on it. Let me know as well what you think about the video.

I apologize for the late posting. My two jobs are keeping me super busy, and the production schedule may be erratic for a while.

I appreciate everybody's patience.

Imus is unemployed.

Duke University lacrosse players are off the hook.

Was justice done, or was it all for money?

Either way, the conversation about racism continues.

Music today:



"Everywhere You Look" by Podsafe Music Network group The National Pool



*I Love the Company* podcast promo

"He's Just Mean" by Podsafe Music Network artist David Ippolito

Intro Music:



"Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller

Outro Music:



"Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and PodsafeAudio.com group EL84

Contact info:

You can email me at thatbluejeansguy@gmail.com.

You can call my voicemail at 206-984-3740.

You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy.

Visit my website, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map.

While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages.

Check out my page on MySpace

Don't forget my Feedburner Feed, which will deliver my podcast episodes AND my blog entries. The feed URL is:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/thatbluejeansguy

Thanks for listening, and Stay Powerful!

But why am I whispering, when the pro-war shills are shouting as loud as ever in support of President Bush's failed Iraq war? I wanna scream, shout, let it all out, and get our servicemembers out of the hell they continuously find them in. Wanna lend me a hand? Cool!

The video below is produced by the progressive, anti-war group known as "Code Pink," of which I am a proud member. It is available on YouTube, and Code Pink is asking everybody who blogs or emails to get this message out to as many people as possible. It only takes a few minutes of your time, so let's do this, and shout so loudly that we might just drown out the clowns on a certain "News" network.

To all my fans: this week has been a whirlwind of activity, and I was not able to put together a new episode.

I offer you the show's first ever rerun of the episode I posted last Easter.

As you will probably be able to tell, it was early in the show's history, and things will sound quite different.

Enjoy, and know that I will be posting a new episode this coming week, and you will NOT want to miss it.

Happy Easter,

David

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Happy Easter, everybody!

In days of old, this holiday celebrated what was understood to be the return of life to the Earth.

As Christianity spread throughout Europe, the Church encountered many Earth-based spiritualities and worked to replace their Equinox celebrations with the idea of life returning to a body.

In the biblical resurrection story, that body was of Jesus.

In my interpretation, Jesus was fulfilling the message that he had taught for most of his ministry: that death was an illusion and life was a continuous circle, never ending and never broken.

He demonstrated this by allowing his body to be killed and then calling life back into it two days later.

He taught us that we can do this to the extent of our belief.

He also taught that this power must be used responsibly.

I believe that this was how Myrtle Fillmore healed herself, and how we all can heal ourselves.

Go within today and ask yourself where you can bring life back into your body and enjoy the experience.

Music:



"Amazing Grace" by Podsafe Music Network artist David Spak



"Wish You Were Here" by Podsafe Music Network artist Jeff Eaton

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"He's Alive" by PodsafeAudio.com and Podsafe Music Network group Jacques Grant and Rewired



"We Are Together" by Podsafe Music Network group Quebb.

"The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright (c) 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved."

Happy Resurrection and Stay powerful!