Fears of a Father

I never thought that I would be fearful of the thought of Tim Jr. going to drill week end at the Navy. Well, that's exactly what happened to me. I never had a concern when he served in Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom because, as a veteran, I knew about his duty station on board an aircraft carrier and how remote it was that he might be hurt in combat. They have more escort ships and defensive weapons than you might imagine and I knew that only a fool would try to take them on.

Now, with him safely home, why in the hell would I be concerned about his safety when he reports for drill week ends every month? Well, the answer is quite simple. It has to do with immigration. The way I see it, "no Gruntlicks, no Gruntlick problems". I know the liberals will roll over with that statement but typically, they don't have a dog in that hunt anyway.

Remember the saying: "The Good Old Days". How about, "IF it ain't broke, don't fix it". Those are so common place in our society even political correctness can't screw those up.

I was watching an old Audie Murphy cowboy movie yesterday and at the end of the movie, when all the bad guys had been shot, he said: "There are a lot of tools needed to clear the West but I never thought how important this one would be". With that, he held up his six shooter.

For some reason, the report on tv news that informed us that investigators were doing everything within their power to insure that Vigilantes weren't forming to take vengeance on the local Gruntlicks, really got my attention. Later on, that's when I watched Audie Murphy kill the bad guys and call his gun a TOOL. I liked it. Right after that, the Governor of the State of Louisiana announced that OUR National Guard would be armed. I wanted to announce that the Vigilante group already is armed but I figured I would leave that alone.

In any event, this is Louisiana and we don't take no shit. After all, we live next door to Texas and they, for sure, don't take any. We almost HAVE TO feed em to the gators just to keep up with the Texas boys and girls who, as I understand it, either feed them to the pigs or kill them with rounds that have been dipped in pig blood.

I  hope ya'll feel better now. After jotting this down, I do. Have a nice week and be sure to keep your powder dry.