Richard Wilbanks is the man! At the age of 74, he saw a need and dove into it. The caveat is that he had a cigar in his mouth the whole time. This man deserves our congratulations and Dr Jordan B Peterson should talk about him in his next book as the ideal lobster.
In case you haven’t seen it, Richard had a puppy named Gunner, a three-month-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel that he loves. On a short walk in the backyard pond, his small spaniel was dragged by the jaws of an alligator; a common scene in Florida, but not the scene that little fella was expecting, neither his master.
As his canine years were about to come to an end, Richard jumps in the pond, sticks his hands under the water and brings back with him Gunner, whose little body is attached to the jaws of the alligator. With the energy of a cigar aficionado, Mr. Wilbanks parted his puppy from the enthusiastic gator and brought him to safety. Purchase: hands were “chewed up” and he had to get a tetanus shot from the doctor and Gunner lived to taste another bone! Ah, the price of heroism!
From heroes to scoundrels, we now go to Maryland, whose governor explicitly says that we have “no constitutional right to walk around without a mask.” I am going to assume here that this guy wouldn’t dive into a pond to rescue a puppy from an alligator. It’s just my speculation, but I am willing to bet .20 of a Bitcoin on it.
Is this the kind of Constitutional wisdom you expected from our elected officials in this country? Did you really expect these men to put the first amendment right next to mask-wearing and sum those up and conclude as he did? Many didn’t see that coming, unless you saw that coming, and then you are no longer surprised. Imposition from the top is a mastery of the Left, which is why we need to be really thinking about how elections have consequences and consequences breed election victors. But, we will pick this back up around September of 2024!
As the saying goes, “Never let a crisis go to waster!” My, oh my, has this crisis been redeemed! And speaking of alligators, Just as an example from the land of the Alligator man, Steve Irwin, Australia’s national carrier Qantas will require future international travelers to prove they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 before flying. How about a visit to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park or the Sydney Opera House? Make sure your shots are in order, kids!
And just like that we have gone from 5 to 35 miles over the speed limit of liberty! Americans have managed for too long to explore the blessings of local police by going five miles over the liberty limit. But our officials are speeding their way into liberty oblivion! As I said in yesterday’s missive, liberty is how we view life. If abandoning its boundaries is our goal, then we lose our Western values one by one.
From Maryland to Australia, we now come to this Thursday’s festivities. Thanksgiving is about to be regulated like it’s nobody’s business ’cause were this up to the Left power structures, “nobody” would be celebrating it, which leads to my last piece of opination served with cranberries and apple pie.
Suicide rates have increased dramatically, depression, loneliness, domestic abuse, and all the other post-Genesis 3 dangers of this world. And let us not forget our dear grandparents and great-grandparents whose lives we treasure and whose memories linger each year until we renew ourselves with them again…at Thanksgiving! It came to my attention yesterday that the Left loves to praise victims. #metoo, and all the other #toos‘ out there are the result of the Left’s agenda to protect those who suffer, the broken, the lonely, the bullied and all other woes of men. But now, in many states, Thanksgiving is bring monitored by statist stormtroopers who are bent on not seeing 80-year-old grandma meet her new great grand-daughter. Do you see the contradiction? It is better for grandma to experience this Thanksgiving alone (though it may be her last), then for her to see her grand and great-grandchildren by suffering the infinitesimal risk of catching COVID. Those who once were ardent supporters of the weak and lonely, now defend the COVID-risk factor over the weak and lonely.
Let’s be honest: the reason the opportunity to see your beloved is taken out of your hand and given to some bureaucrat who could care less about the bonds of affection you have built is because power structures–largely built by un-christian hands–would rather make that decision for you.
So, I encourage you, be a Richard Wilbanks! Use his example as a metaphor for the good. Jump in the pond for the thing you love; keep the jaws of the statists away from puppies, thanksgiving pies, Uncle Joe, Grandma Betty, and even your weird cousins. Be wise, judicious, but bold and willing to get your hands chewed up for the cause of good and ol’ fashioned liberty!
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