Ok, I’m going to share something with you that should be obvious by now. I have ALWAYS struggled with my weight. Even as a 5 year old child, I was chubby. I hated it then and I hate it now. But THEN I hated ME because of it. NOW I accept ME but I still [...]
I saw this picture…And I remember feeling this way a few times in my life. I didn’t like me with that much pride. Nobody else did either. Today I cry and laugh and feel thousands of other emotions freely, thanks to God. See, Freedom is why I do what I do. Freedom to make the [...]
Know what the Number 1 rated show on cable network television was last week? THE BIBLE on the History Channel!!! 13.1 MILLION VIEWERS!!!!! Hollywood is STUNNED! The critics are bashing it! The far left leaning liberals have been blindsided! You mean to tell me that it had more viewers than the pretentious American Idol and [...]
Here is the way I see it! And before I tell you how I see it let me explain my method of seeing: I know the stats, I READ A LOT and watch very little television, meaning I don’t get my news from MSNBC or CNN or ANYBODY that’s far left or far right. I [...]
When I was 13 years old I ate my very first McDonald’s Big Mac in Hattiesburg, MS!!! MAN it was GOOD! I had been watching the commercials on tv for most of my childhood but we lived so far away and rarely made the the 30 mile trip from Columbia that the idea of actually [...]
First of all let me say that I’m just an old country boy from Mississippi, but I don’t have any trouble with reading comprehension or math. And my Daddy was adamant that I be educated thoroughly in the schools of common sense, hard work, goal orientation, and honesty and integrity! Having said that, I am [...]
Yesterday afternoon before playing at the Entertainment Center in Beebe, AR I was told of a young man, 23 year old Jesse Cockrum, who had just gotten out of the hospital for burn wounds and is a huge fan of my music. He was SO excited to get out of the hospital and was DETERMINED [...]
I’m SO saddened by this! Her beautiful innocent children left behind… SUCH A TRAGEDY!!! There will be those who say horrible things about her, those who remember her happier days, those who want to point the finger of blame at her, at others, even at themselves. But she was somebody’s daughter, somebody’s Mother, somebody’s friend, [...]
I RAN!! Ok, I’ll admit it- I got scared- and I ran!!! LOL! Sort of… First, let me say THANK YOU to MIKE THOMPSON at SKYDANCER MUSIC, JOHN GUSTY, MELISSA WYATT,and BARRY SENTER at TEAM BATES for your belief, faith, commitment, and countless hours of work to get the new jeffbates.net up and running! You [...]
Ok, it’s killing me! Should I say it? Or should I NOT? I GOTTA say it! Here it goes! In my opinion, The immediate problem, (if I understand my government correctly) is that AR15s and like made weapons are suddenly taking control of people’s minds and hearts and forcing them to pick up these weapons [...]
