Friday Follies...
We've made it to another weekend...and this country hasn't slipped over the socialistic precipice yet...amazing.
Sorry about the later post today, but the missus and I changed up our grocery day from Saturdays to Fridays (for the duration of summer vacation from school). But what's worth reading IS worth waiting for...this I promise you.
We are also knocking on the door of the 65th anniversary of D-Day; a very bloody day in military history.
** Before I get into that, though, let me back up a few days to the city of my birth, Philadelphia.
I want to speak to the violence that has been occurring there.
In the past two weeks, large bands of roaming teens have been attacking people in vehicles...for no apparent reason, other than the fact that they CAN.
Here are three links to this ongoing investigation:

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/060409_Teen_Rampage_Victim_Recalls_Attack

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/take_action&id=6842822

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20090601_Marauding_mob_of_teens_on_South_Broad.html?cmpid=16339736

Now I've always been told (and still believe) that THE IDLE MIND IS THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND (used in the Broadway show THE MUSIC MAN), and these attacks show what can happen when "idle minds" decide to convene for mayhem.
One thing these stories DO NOT tell (but I know for a fact) is that the gangs that perpetrate these mass attacks are BLACK. This is in the near South Broad St. area (below center city).
Now while that area is known for a diverse population, blacks have been coming there en masse through text messaging and websites like OURSPACE (as the stories relate).
Philadelphia is already talking about instituting a CURFEW for people UNDER a specified age. And when the black kids are "curfewed", you can BET the ACLU and the NAACP will be all over this like flies on sh...well, you know.
It's a damn shame to see this kind of thing occur.
My memories of that area are nothing like what transpires there NOW.
Used to be able to grab a meal, check out the stores, and have a fantastic time.
Such is not the case today.
And again, I have to blame the behavior of these teens on the PARENTS.
I didn't get into this kind of trouble simple because MY PARENTS set guidelines for me as to behavioral standards, time constraints, activities, and the like. And it was either FOLLOW those guidelines...OR not be permitted to go ANYWHERE...with ANYONE.
Simple, huh?
Betcha it would STILL work today...and I'd wager it DOES with some households.
People TODAY don't seem to want to hold their kids to STANDARDS...at least NOT in the manner in which OUR generation grew up. And that winds up with what I spoke about the other day, namely having people with NO SENSE OF BOUNDARIES.
Unfortunately, in the black community, with birth rates for single moms skyrocketing, and black men not being held accountable for their sexual sojourns and being told to "man-up" to THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, it's little wonder we see what we see on the news, night after night.
It's been bleeding over into the other ethnic communities as well as the white community.
NO ONE is immune any longer...everyone wants to be like everyone else (so much for INDIVIDUALISM).
And with everyone wanting to be like everyone else, it sure sounds like a socialist movement in in place here
All we need are those quilted pajamas and hats with little red stars on them.
"Well, it's just kids being kids" the leftists would have you believe.
Nonsense (read Bullsh*t!).
Kids don't act like enraged savages and attack people they don't know without cause or provocation for NO reason.
Kids should be shown that they cannot be kids ALL their lives, and that actions DO have consequences, good OR bad.
Philadelphia Police will be enlisting the aid of the State Police this weekend in the hopes of stopping this wanton destructive behavior on the streets.
Good luck with that, people.
** Tomorrow will mark another anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe by the allies.
It was on the early morning of June 6 that airborne forces were dropped behind enemy lines to cause havoc, as the invasion fleet set sail across the choppy waters of the English Channel to land at the five pre-designated beaches on the coast of France (Gold, Sword, Juno, Utah, an Omaha). Our allied forces were there to put a halt to the fascism that was bent on global domination.
And we were there because it was THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
(Gee, sounds a lot like other wars we fought in, doesn't it?)
We were there to SET PEOPLE FREE.
And we did what we HAD to do, saw it THROUGH until the end, and never wavered in our pursuit of VICTORY.
Yet, when we hear the latest rumblings from our nation's Capitol, and speeches made by OUR leaders throughout the world, we hear a very different message.
We're more concerned with apologizing for our nation "acting the way it does" (and we do) when someone wantonly invades OUR soil, kills OUR people, and seeks to do US harm.
Japan feared full well what they started when they noted that "we have awakened a sleeping giant".
So it was back on the shores of Normandy as well, on that morning in June, 1944.
In the Iraq war, we have lost a shade over 4300 soldiers, while on just that ONE DAY in France, we lost (unofficially, because some bodies were never recovered) 6603 soldiers. Remember, that was JUST ONE DAY!
War is never wanted or desired, but is often necessary and crucial to stem the tide of evil among men.
And those that have served never asked for any war to occur.
They simply heed the call of freedom and liberty, and do what needs to be done.
Often with great sacrifice.
Something to think about tomorrow...
And if you know any vets from WW2, take a minute to thank them.
Because they will not be with us that much longer, if they haven't already left on that "final patrol".
Remember WHY we fight...
It might just imbue you with a greater sense of pride in OUR country.
And Lord knows, we need that more than ever today.
So have a great weekend, and...
Stay safe out there, America.

It Just Keeps Getting Better...
I, along with many of you, have been following the news (closely), especially since politics in general has been more than unkind to Americans and our way of life of late. So I title this post in a more sarcastic manner, and those regular readers will probably know why.
But for everyone else, and the sake of venting off some much needed steam from the old blood pressure gauge, allow me to elucidate.
Fellow Komrade Citizens, You must know by now that we are the proud (?) owners of the largest car company on the planet. That's right. Every one of us is part-owner of GENERAL MOTORS (soon to be called GOVERNMENT MOTORS), and, I don't know about YOU, but I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all. Imagine...all of US given such a wonderful "responsibility", and with about $400,000 of OUR money (every taxpayer's relative amount of ownership) invested, I just don't know WHERE to begin.
I mean I know about AS MUCH about running a car company, as Tim Geithner knows about running the IRS. (OR filing his taxes...LOL)
But lemme give it a try.
How's about this?
FREE parts and service to ALL owners of GM vehicles that are at least 20 years old, and happen to be PONTIACS with relative savings for newer vehicles. That should keep MY car on the road for a spell, when everyone else is driving eco-friendly rollerskates, and dying horribly in highway crashes..
Hey, since we're ALL owners now, we can certainly take time to be a bit "self-indulgent", right? I mean, it's not like we're asking for several BILLION dollars to bail US out, right?
I'm just tossing it out there....you, as a co-owner decide what YOU want to do. Let's have some FUN with it, while we can, OK?
Here we are...owning a LARGE car company, and in a GREAT MUSLIM COUNTRY, such as America...what did we do to deserve SUCH praise, anyway? Who would have thought we'd wind up in such clover.
What's that?
You didn't KNOW we live in such a great MUSLIM country?
Well, our PRESIDENT said it, so it MUST be "true", right? Barry stated, during his "Great American Apology Tour", that AMERICA is a GREAT MUSLIM NATION. I heard it plain as day.
So my question is, do we ALL get paid "time off" to face Mecca and PRAY 5 times a day during work???
Fair IS fair.
And where the hell is my AK-47 and tablecloth headgear, anyway?
Not to mention the OTHER WIVES I'm "supposed" to be getting as a follower of Islam? And can *I* pick 'em?
Hmm...maybe we're NOT a GREAT Muslim nation after all...(thank God).
Maybe we're really a great CHRISTIAN NATION, founded by GOD-FEARING people, who created a nation called AMERICA.
And MAYBE our fearless leader's mouth is writing checks his brain can't cash.
In any event...he's in EGYPT today, probably apologizing for Moses "stealing the hired help", so perhaps by sundown (here), we'll ALL be descendants of some PHARAOH!
It's a bit better than Islam, I guess...just not by much.
What I (and probably the rest of us) might want to know...is WHEN will our President START saying all the GOOD this nation HAS DONE...and CONTINUES TO DO, every single day around the world?
You know, when you talk DOWN about something LONG enough, it WILL become bad.
That's not to say that all the bad things I mention about my neighborhood are not true. I have PROOF to back me up.
What does our President have to back up the reason for his APOLOGIES?
Didn't we FREE Kuwait?
Didn't we FREE Iraq?
Don't we promote LIBERTY for the downtrodden all over the planet, and champion the cause for FREEDOM?
Damn RIGHT we did...and do.
So what's up with all this "we're sorry" BS anyway?
I'm personally not sorry for any of that.
I'm proud that OUR COUNTRY was courageous enough to step the hell up and HELP people in other countries to defeat oppression.
But here we are in AMERICA...being "oppressed".
We're saddled with a governmental debt SO huge, our great-grand kids will be paying it off.
We're stuck with economic decisions that has nations in worse shape telling US to "stop doing what you're doing".
We're stuck with leadership that is taking us down the road to socialism (and fascism) SO fast, that HUGO CHAVEZ is telling CASTRO that Obama's MORE TO THE LEFT than THEY are!
Somehow...this isn't QUITE the AMERICA I grew up in anymore.
Kinda feel like Dorothy when she landed in OZ.
Only THIS "Oz" is the antithesis of the old Emerald City version.
We're not IN Kansas, anymore, Toto.
Maybe we should be paying a tad MORE attention to "the man behind the curtain", eh?
I suppose what I find odd about ALL of this (and more), is that many people in this country THINK all this crap going on is the greatest thing since sliced white bread.
You people have GOT to be f$cking kidding me, right?
Wake the hell UP.
...Or learn to speak Chinese.
(cause that's who's going to own this nation soon enough)
In many ways, I'm glad my parents are not around to see this. They would be heart-broken to see this country going down the crapper in this way. Ditto for the grandparents. Those seniors alive today MUST be bothered by all of this, especially when THEY (and THEIR parents) weathered situations rivalling today's problems.
Thing is, we don't have the fortitude en masse as we did a half-century (or more) ago.
We have fewer PEOPLE...and a lot more SHEEPLE.
We're fragmented among ourselves, rather than being UNITED as a people.
Still, as I always say...this nation IS still a damn fine one.
We just have to be willing to boldly ASK the tough questions of our leaders...and EXPECT truthful answers.
We need to watch, listen, and learn, lest we tumble into the chasm of socialism.
And if we wind up there, climbing out will be a helluva lot more difficult. Best not to get too close to the edge to begin with.
Stay safe out there, America.

Humpday Happenings...
Well well...middle of the week, almost the middle of the YEAR, and we're all smack dab in the middle of one of the WORST economic crises this nation has even seen.
At least we have CONSISTENCY!
I've decided to open up the "B- FILES" and take a gander at what's been accumulating, so brace yourselves, this might not be a pretty picture...but it will be enlightening. That I promise!
** From the LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON DEPARTMENT:
KIM JONG IL has "anointed" his successor, and who the hell BETTER to have to the helm of NORTH KOREA than Kim's hard-drinking SON...KIM JONG UL.

I don't make this crap up.

I don't think that ONE LETTER will make a helluva lot of difference as far as megalomania is concerned.
Okay, so here's the plan....we visit the kid, take a case of Jack Daniels , get him good and totally shit-faced, feed him a ham sandwich, and he passes out and dies in his own puke, just like Mama Cass. One problem down, folks!
** From the DEMOLISH IT IF 'YA GOT IT DEPARTMENT:
Looks like plans to save Tiger Stadium (in beautiful DETROIT)....(gags) has gone for naught. Plans were to have it become a MUSEUM, but I guess the city council couldn't find ENOUGH PEOPLE that would actually GO there. So, the stadium will be torn completely DOWN, as soon as council finds a bidder for the job. My take is to turn it into LOW-INCOME HOUSING...
Hell, it'll be turned into trash by the "locals" in NO time, trust me!
(just like MOST of Detroit already is)
** From the LEAVE IT THE HELL ALONE DEPARTMENT:
Some people just have WAY too much time on their primate hands, for NOW, some are asking how "nutritious" condiments are. We're talking KETCHUP (or catsup), MUSTARD, and MAYONNAISE (as in- mayonnaise a lot of creeps in my neighborhood).
WTH, folks?!?
These items are perfect JUST AS THEY FRIGGING ARE...!
Stop all this nutritious crap...they TASTE GOOD. I don't need a more nutritious mustard, and you can stick that Grey Poupon where the sun never shines. Ketchup is what it is...simple. My folks used to joke: "You gonna have some FOOD with that ketchup, son?"
And mayonnaise, although not good for the cholesterol, is fine AS IT IS...I don't want pepper jack or chili-flavored, or even ranch-style. Just give me PLAIN...OLD...MAYONNAISE, and none of that "miracle whip" garbage....that just is nasty sh*t!
Just lemme eat MY burgers and hot dogs the way I WANT TO...and you do yours...kapeesh?
** From the HE WAS A LOVING BOY DEPARTMENT:
Yepper, we made it to ELEVEN homicides in Ft. Wayne, with the shooting death of one, Maurio Kerone Edwards (you figure it out how to pronounce those first 2 names, I'm not into ebonicizing anything). He was found at the apartments at 1304 Fayette Drive, off of Decatur Road, after police were called to investigate several gunshots heard in the vicinity. His last address was given as South Calhoun Street, curiously enough.
Actually, his LAST address will be some 6x6x3 plot in a cemetery...if anyone is interested.
Here's the link to the whole story:
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090603/LOCAL07/306039971#
Police believe that DRUGS played a part in this latest homicide, as if damn near EVERY shooting death in MY part of town doesn't.
Edwards was sentenced back in September 2006 for TWO counts of dealing COCAINE, and was ordered to serve SIX years of a TEN year sentence. In December 2006, he was convicted of OWI.
He was projected to be released from prison in 2008.
Here it is 2009...and he's DEAD.
Now, I'm not a mathematician, but if someone was sentenced in 2006, and you ADD 6 years to that, it SHOULD be 2012 when he gets out, but the marvellously BLIND, DEAF and DUMB judicial system credited him for time already SERVED, and turned his sorry ass back out EARLY...only to get killed. Fitting ending to a life going nowhere in such a damn hurry.
At least in THAT regard, I can smile my ass off.
I don't consider this a "homicide", per se. I like to think of this as more of a PUBLIC SERVICE...one LESS dope dealer off MY damn streets. In some fashion, one could even call this "Urban Renewal". I mean it's a damn fine way to CLEAN UP a city's blighted area, right?
It just takes so LONG!
** Lastly, from the BUT IT'S ONLY A GAME DEPARTMENT:
TETRIS turns 25 years old in just a few short days. Not too shabby for Mother Russia, hmm?
Such a simple game - fit the shapes together as they fall...and it's so damn annoying in execution. How many hours have we all spent trying to get to that NEXT level, as they keep speeding up when they drop?
Answer: TOO damn many...LOL!
Perhaps this innocent little game was a ploy to divert our attention from all the other crap that was going on behind our backs...
I mean, world leaders LOVE to delve into the wonderful world of MISDIRECTION, don't they?
Look at the state of our economy, for instance.
We were too busy "Tetrising" our hours away, while Barney Frank and his cronies were doing the nasty with Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac...who'da thunk? As we tried time and again to get that ONE piece to drop correctly, car companies were tanking, housing markets were failing, lending agencies were going belly-up, and there we sat....cursing the controller of that Tetris game.
Yes, an insidious plot to foil the AMERICAN WILL and SPIRIT.
It might be a tad late, but WE'RE ONTO YOU NOW, by golly!
We KNOW what you've all done to this nation, and we're NOT gonna take this lying down ANY longer.
This nation is still a great one, and we're paying careful attention...NOW.
(which reminds me, where the hell are the cheat codes for my HALO game anyway...I've just GOT to get to that next level?)
Have a good hump day, and...as always,
Stay safe out there, America!

Damn Those Dominoes...
Full speed ahead! (to paraphrase David Farragut's command during the Battle of Mobile Bay in the Civil War)
Certainly LOOKS that way when it comes to America's car makers these days.
With the implosion of General Motors, we're seeing all the subsidiary companies that fed parts and sub-assemblies into them now also doing the "Chapter 11 Two-Step".
And to think GM was SUCH an icon for this nation...as if it was ALWAYS here and would NEVER go away.
We always considered it right up there, alongside the CATHOLIC CHURCH...the 2 greatest forces in this nation (and possibly the world).
Well, that's the way it USED to be, anyway.
Technically, GM is not really "going away", but this restructure is definitely going to put a damper on things, automotively-speaking, for a while. Personally, I don't feel that GM will EVER again become the bastion of capitalism and American Spirit that it once was.
I challenge anyone to prove me wrong, and I will gladly concede.
Our local paper had a decent article by Frank Gray today.
Here's the link to the story: http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090602/LOCAL0201/306029961
Who could have possibly imagined a mere forty years ago, someone saying (jokingly) that GM will fold just past the turn of the century? They'd be considered on some sort of non-prescription DRUG...or tanked out the ass on cheap-ass liquor.
And now, all these smaller outfits that supplied parts TO General Motors are in the same boat (just at a different bank of oars).
Yet, there IS "good news"...if you can call it that.
We The People are now "proud" owners of a huge debt-laden car company. The government is into them for about 60% with the latest cash toss (read bailout), so that makes US (taxpayers) owners after a fashion. Every taxpayer has footed about $400K (and change...the type we can't believe in) to bail out GM.
Well, I guess that ought to make getting parts for my 26 year old PONTIAC FIREBIRD a HELLUVA LOT EASIER...AND CHEAPER, right?
I mean I AM a "co-owner" now, and that SHOULD provide me with a FEW "perks".
Same goes for all of YOU who own and drive a GM vehicle, no matter WHAT the year, make, model, and type.
I mean...we're pretty much SET FOR LIFE...being "owners" and all, right?
And the dominoes continue to fall....gonna be a fantastic finish, I'll wager.
One could say that the car makers' collapse, can be attributed to the lack of know where the "boundaries" were...as in biting off more than one could chew.
Used to be a time when MAKING CARS was ALL that a CAR MAKER was noted for...and that seemed to pan out pretty damn well.
Trouble started when these car makers began to "diversify"...get their fingers into other pies that they should have NEVER done in the first place. They became "bankers" and "money-lenders". Gee, I thought we already HAD BANKS and LENDING AGENCIES for that kind of crap?
And then they started to buy OTHER car companies, merging, and rendering stocks hand-over-fist. They were writing checks that their bank accounts couldn't cash...they simply couldn't see past that old billfold, folks.
Welcome to TODAY.
Companies that led the way in our fight against global domination and fascism, through 2 world wars, are now deserted, rusted memories of a much better time, economically. They stand as a long lost tribute to the American Dream, and the American Spirit.
Make no mistake, American WILL rebound from this, but as to what we will find at the end of this economic "sojourn" is anyone's guess.
In the past, whenever some place closed, there was ALWAYS something else to keep the manufacturing drive going, whether it was a car company, an electronics company, or even a factory that made tin cans.
We cannot be so bold as to state likewise today.
We...are pretty much HOSED.
American, a nation to which SO MANY other nations owe so much to as we helped them preserve their freedoms (and ours) since our inception, now is the nation THAT OWES SO MUCH TO OTHERS.
We're in hock way up past our eye-teeth, and it's not going away anytime soon.
Would that we could roll back the calendars to those years when our national debt ONLY was in the MILLIONS.
Hell, THAT we could pay off, but not what looms on our horizon today.
We have FIFTY STATES in our "Union" (as of 1959), and the way things are panning out, we may be bought out by someone else who might want to add "another star" to THEIR nation's flag.
Let us hope and pray that day NEVER comes.
We ARE made of much sterner stuff, and as a nation, the UNITED STATES, we have ALWAYS prevailed.
And I trust that again will be the case...because we've seen too many dominoes fall already.
We need not see any more.
Stay safe out there, America.

Monday Musings...
Welcome to JUNE...and if you're living in Fort Wayne, you're being RAINED upon this morning.
I guess Rainy Days and Mondays DO have their place, but nothing grinds to a halt because the weather is inclement, does it?
Gray skies are gonna cheer up...
Put on that happy face...LOL.
And be sure to wipe your feet!
Now, let's slog our way through what happening around and about, shall we?
** The LAST survivor of the sinking of the Titanic has passed away.
I thought this was sad, because in her last years, Millvina Dean, who was only TWO MONTHS OLD when the great ship sank, was living at a nursing home and fell upon hard times trying to PAY for her care (gotta love British Socialized health care, right Mr. President?). Enter the stars of the movie TITANIC, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, who donated money to her, that she might find her final time as peaceful as possible.
Now that touches me in a damn good way.
And it makes a statement to senior care.
NONE of these elder citizens are what anyone could call "disposable", and yet time and again, we see evidence of such treatment. If it's not some scam artist trying to bilk these seniors out of THEIR savings, it's health care workers accosting them IN the damn NURSING HOMES.
Even if they TRY to live their lives outside of the nursing home system, they could wind up suffering a fate like Marabel Chanin (another story you may never hear about).
Here's the YouTube link for her video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_I_s3dtWC0
This story will move you, and prove that many still value principles in life.
Now I won't go into lengthy detail about seniors...hell, I'm rapidly becoming one, but I will say that over the last 100 years, there has been a paradigm shift in the way we treat our elders.
The first thing you notice is the lack of RESPECT shown to these people who have LIVED history in the making.
Time and again, you read or hear about seniors targeted by thugs, looking for the quick buck.
I always revered my elders. They knew SO MUCH MORE than I could veer hope to know, but as one by one, they passed from my life, they DID leave something behind.
They left THEIR MEMORIES, and my memories OF them. They imparted to me the curiosity to seek and covet wisdom and truth. They taught me that tenacious diligence in the pursuit of the "American Dream" has it's own rewards, and that every generation is in debt to the one that came before it, for they can help us to understand one another. If we heed their words, even from beyond the grave, we can make that difference. If we do not, then we are destined to repeat our mistakes until we get it right.
Every senior is special, in that they will not be here in perhaps ten years. We should be the ear to listen when they need to speak, and the voice of them when they need one.
We might read or listen to history, but they ARE history. They are filled with the richness of that history, and we should cherish every moment we have with them...and learn.
OK, I'll get off my soapbox for the morning...
** I've been doing some checking into the last 50 years in this nation, and It's been an interesting ride, strictly from a "domestic" take.
Excluding external aspects that have affected this nation, we've pretty much allowed big business and government to run slipshod over every single one of us. And we never seemed to piss or moan at all for some strange reason.
Wonder why that was?
Fifty years ago, bread was only 27 cents a loaf...for the regular brands. Now, the "discount" loaf will cost you 88 cents. Not too big a hole in the pocket, but think about other things.
-Fuel costs have been up and down more often than a $5 prostitute!
-Ditto for the stock market. (there goes the retirement, hmm?)
-Clothing has gotten more expensive and sacrificed quality in the process.
-America has lost it's #1 production status in the world (unless you consider producing DEBT something to be proud of).
-We've literally lost MILLIONS upon millions of jobs over the last 50 years.
-Technology for "personal" devices has grown exponentially, while forgetting to factor in the ability of mankind to "keep up" and be responsible in it's usage.
And then there are the car companies (the major American three that are left anyway).
At one time, America had well over TWENTY separate car makers (and for a LOT FEWER people to boot). Names like Locomobile, Reo, Maxwell, Porter, Cord. Duesenberg, Packard, Hudson, Studebaker, Pierce-Arrow, and on and on.
Every one of these companies eventually failed and closed, with NO government bailing them out. They were allowed to fail.
Most of the "failed" companies were bought up by larger ones, and the old game of chance began.
Who could get bigger and still outproduce everyone else without going broke?
And make a car the people wanted?
Well, today, I'd have to say the "winner" might be FORD. They haven't taken any bailout money (a testament to Henry Ford, who didn't like big government all that much anyway), and although even they are struggling, are doing better than CHRYSLER OR GM.
Maybe we can see an analogy in this whole "senior" thing.
America should have been paying attention to ALL of it's "aging" car makers...and didn't.
If there is one thing you can take away from this, is that the AMERICAN SPIRIT is still alive and well. It might be in hiding, but it will resurface, and be as strong as it once was. We've bounced back from other global problems, and we CAN do it again.
We just have to believe in OURSELVES FIRST, and THEN the government.
Government cannot solve everyone's problems...they're too busy making the country function (although today, you wouldn't much think that the case, would you?) as a member of the global society.
WE (the people) have made this nation great.
WE have provided the entrepreneurs with the ability to grow this nation.
WE have placed good captains at the helm of our "ship of state" to navigate us through rough financial seas in the past
WE have been charitable towards our fellow man, aside from governmental interference.
And it will fall upon the shoulders of each one of us to do what we need to do to assure that what worked for us in the past can work for us again...no matter what.
Think on that today, wherever you travel, and...
Stay safe out here, America.