Veteran's Day 2020...

 

Benjamin receiving the Fleet Marine Force Combat Device in Afghanistan

...has come and gone...did you remember to thank a veteran?

Our God given freedoms have been safeguarded through the years by brave men who risked everything to protect them.

We owe them a debt of gratitude for our very lives, and we should hold such men in honor for their courage and sacrifice.

God Bless our veterans and God Bless America.

Well, we're more than a week past the election and in spite of what every legacy media outlet maintains, this election is far from over.

There are thousands of reports of voter fraud and election rigging from all around the country, and dozens of lawsuits currently in progress to contest them.

When dead people vote, certified poll watchers are refused access and so-called "software glitches" switch votes by the thousands, fair and rational people should be alarmed.

These election results need to be challenged and verified so the bedrock principle of "one citizen, one vote" is preserved.

If we lose that, we've lost America and you can kiss your individual liberties good bye.

Remember kiddies...

A starkly beautiful November sky...

...reminds me how close we are to year's end now, and Karen recently returned home with two new Heralds of the Holidays.

Please welcome Norm...

...and Roger...

...the Christmas Gnomes...from the Aldi's Aisle of Shame, of course.

Yes, I am aware we haven't even arrived at Thanksgiving yet and no, I don't know why their hats are bent.

Don't blame me, I'm just the messenger.

More good news from Mandy at The Retro Revival re: our Philco V-handle...it has been primed and is now ready for painting:

We kicked around a number of different color options, and I've seen restored V-handles in fire engine red, robin's egg blue, Halloween orange and one that was sort of a mix between piss yellow and puke green (with apologies to a very young Harrison Ford in American Graffiti )

But c'mon...when you bought one new off the showroom floor in 1955, what color was it?

Yep, we're going with "appliance white".

I know, what can I say?  We're Mr. and Mrs. Traditional.

Recent sightings 'round the ol' homestead...

sad but true

my friend Larry's view from his deer blind...

...and the view when he dozes for a few minutes

missing hickory golf already and it's only November

back for two weeks only, it's the Qornucopia Quartet

coming soon to a holiday near you

winnie the pooh's blustery day's got nuthin' on us

when I play this the Lions actually win

sunset at the Castle Frankenstein 

We're just about ready to bring this one in for a landing folks...

...so please extinguish whatever it is you've been smoking lately, wobble back to your seat, return your tray to its upright and locked position, fasten your seatbelt, and would it kill ya to shut off your cell phone for once?

As we taxi to the terminal I leave you with this reminder from God’s Word:

later, mcm fans...

In Flanders Fields...

...the moving poem from World War I...written by Canadian surgeon John McCrae upon the death of his friend in battle.

World War I was "the Great War", "the war to end all wars" because of the massive slaughter of over 9 million soldiers with 21 million wounded.

It finally came to a merciful end four years after it began, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month...thereafter known as Armistice Day.

Surely from this extended horror mankind would learn to find better, peaceful ways to end disagreements.

Right.

World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and so it goes.

History is dominated by the repetitive and aggressive use of force, often for ignoble ends.

We are meant to be free; it's our God given right, as so eloquently elucidated in the Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident...that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

But if you want to remain free, you must fight for your liberty.

Dwight D Eisenhower said "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the timid or the weak".

Thankfully we have soldiers willing to fight to protect our nation and our way of life.

We set aside this day - Veteran's Day - to honor and thank them.

mu son Benjamin in Afghanistan

So thank you veterans everywhere...for your willingness to defend and sacrifice for our country.

God Bless You!

later, mcm fans...

Happy...

Benjamin in Afghanistan

...Veteran's Day, 2015...officially, tomorrow, November 11th...but I shan't be blogging then so I'm highlighting it today...

...and thank you to all who have served and are serving now for protecting our nation.  As the Declaration of Independence correctly affirms, we have God given rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.  The men and women of the military have been safeguarding those God given rights for centuries, and today, especially, we remember them and give thanks for their service.  It is an old saying but a true one: Freedom isn't free.  It's bought and paid for with the blood of our soldiers.  Say thank you; you owe your life to them.

Our vacation at the Desert Riviera Hotel continues...

towering palm trees...

...clouds over the San Jacinto mountains this morning...

...beautifully landscaped grounds...

...things to do...

...including relaxing in the jacuzzi...

...or maybe find your new ride...I wish...a 1968 Cadillac DeVille...

Now if you'll excuse me, I have some hedonistic pursuits that are calling me...

Later, mcm fans...