Contact us at: whispernthunder1@gmail.comWisdom from Granddad
~ Fox Northstar
Well, here I go again. It is deadline
day and I am just sitting down to
do this. Not a first, the same
process served me well in University.
Sure, I was in my 40’s, but I had
skills the youngsters did not, so it
was the easiest (and best it turned out)
way for me. A natural you might
say…I got my degrees with honours.
What makes it especially tricky is today
is also the start of my 73rd journey
around our life giving Grandfather. My how time flies, especially if many of the previous celebrations come to mind. I somehow have managed better longevity than either of my parents. Mom lasted only four months into her retirement, and Dad was one month shy of the point I have reached. Next goal is to get further than Granddad did, and its less than two years.
But the memories of the previous, shared with those who are now gone, and remembered by surviving attendees (siblings, cousins, extended family, close friends) are relentless teasing, which continues, for my love of flags.
The family consensus was (and still is) that I was born too late. I do not remember who state it, but it had to do with catching my big toe on some interior part of Mom’s anatomy. That would vary from person to person, year by year. It still comes up as over the years I have collected over 200 flags, and, YES, I fly one daily, with a different one the next day. I am anal enough to keep an appointment book with notes for which one is appropriate for each day.
The collecting started when I was in the Navy, and would find one in each country where we had port calls. As if that was not enough, the family figured it out, and you will never guess what I got for presents today. Bugger! You did! LOL!
But the thing about flags the past decade which rankles me most is Flag Day is also the birthday of the most despicable being on the planet for the past 81 years. The planet had just one year of respite before the current “creature” arrived.
So, in honour of THAT disaster, I raised two special flags: the Jolly Roger emblazoned with “THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE, UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES” as superior, and below it, the POTUS flag inverted in the “distress” signal. (photo shown)
Which brings me the long way around to my brewing tirade, which probably will not be any as acerbic as this falls will be. I do not wish to waste my (party) mood today, and I have the feeling more brazen masculine bovine excrement will give me more than enough ammo for a full blown, over the top meltdown that will make Chernobyl look like a weak beer fart. At any rate, let me ask a few questions that you should spend time mulling over before November rolls around. Remember ALL our futures depend on the outcome. Poor choices will finish the job of killing us off piece-meal which they have already started…
Are you better off than you were in 2024?
Have any of the promises made been kept? (Except to big biz!)
Has anyone in Congress done anything to help?
Has SCOTUS done anything for the good of us?
Why is it the only “rigged” elections are the ones the sore asses lose? And NEVER the few they manage to win?
Has your pay kept up with rising costs, as was promised?
But remember this, and it may be the most important thing to keep in mind. It has been PROVEN in court OVER five dozen times that we DO have safe and secure elections!
They are trying so hard to win by subterfuge! They have rearranged voting districts to tip the balance in their favour. They continuously lie about election security, but have yet to prove it. In fact, those rare instances where voter fraud WAS proven, it was all them! And still inconsequential in numbers.
What they hope is you will believe their lies and not bother as that is proving to be the ONLY way they can win.
So, let me say this, and it is so obvious and easy to miss: All we need to do is turn out in OVERWHELMING numbers so no matter what shenanigans they try, there is NO wind in their sails! Numbers count! WE can do it!
By now, you are asking “Just who are they/them?” I should think it obvious in how your life is being disassembled by others! The REPUGNICANTS! Although, the lackluster DIMocrats could be doing more...and the ones who HAVE already are winning!
But, as I like to end on a lighter note, hats off to those who threw a special word my way about typewriters. You accept I am not a collector, and so many used the word “aficionado!” Thank you for reminding me of that word.
As always, do your best to walk in balance!