Common Sense
Author: Bill Garwood
Everyone has their opinion, like that well-known body part. Nuff said!
On with the kind of news: I get MANY of you, my faithful readers, who let me know in no uncertain terms that you are happy with what I write. And agree (mostly) that HERE, where we are, our shared morality and beliefs are exactly why we are here! Montana.
You know, it’s amusing that over 200 years ago, people seeking freedom from oppression came here. (No, not Montana, at least first.) After some strange acts with tea and stamps. Folks looked around, and REALLY noticed what a great area early America was. (Although what people saw in the deserts of Arizona, and places like that, is confusing.) “Hey, look no water, wind that will blow down everything we attempt to build, massive animal stampedes and weather to melt even the strongest iron”. Oh yeah, let’s settle here!
Our country is the grand experiment, a place where we would want everyone to get along and work together. (Yes, I know we moved aside the native population, and enslaved others from across the seas.) Because that NEVER happened in Europe, or Asia…..YEAH RIGHT! We human beings are NOT perfect, and we do tend to have to relearn things we have made mistakes about in the past. Think you can do better? Run for office of ANY Governing body! If you don’t want to, but still wish to gripe and complain about everything? “Here’s your stone, go on, cast it out".
I have never tried to be the moral compass for the area/town/state. I just like to bring mirth and comedy to the huddled masses in our town. Remember? Live, Laugh, Love. No matter how many folks decide that THEY want to tell you all, how you should be running your life. (Under their control.) We have all heard about the true effect that feeding the bears in our national parks has, they learn that they don’t have to hunt and fend for themselves. Then they DIE! Kind of like our young folks in today’s America; give them everything and watch as they group together and attack and destroy America, because we didn’t just GIVE them a life. We told them to work for their own future. Farmers know this: if you help a baby chicken out of its egg, most times it dies. It NEEDS that struggle to survive. Humankind does too!
Live your lives, enjoy our area. (I’d say the weather, but who knows what it’s going to be in the next 15 minutes.) 'Tis yard sale season, so go forth and buy all the “stuff” everybody is putting out in their yards. This is a great American seasonal experience. Happy Summer, folks, stay well. Watch out for the hot sun! Aaaand of course, drink water. And I didn’t even mention the squirrels once…
