Been trying to decide what to say about part of Memorial Day, as I ended up very disappointed and only half surprised at something that happened. For years now, I’ve bought a beer for ‘the guys’ and never had an issue. In fact, the Oaken Barrel in Greenwood has been glad to host them and one staffer there has even saved all the lists.
This year, I couldn’t get down there so decided to try my luck in downtown Indy. I should have had a clue from the lack of American flags, though there were an abundance of trans/pride flags around. Short version is that no one would host them, and one place even copped some attitude at being asked if they would. That was strike three for them (shame, like a couple of their brews but they have issues that even I can’t ignore).
There is a divide in America and it is getting worse. The true ‘woke’ are doubling down. Increasingly they are turning to violence, and encouraging it. They are turning their backs on civility, and the things that make our Republic, and civilization itself, possible. Back in 2007, people could not do enough for the troops. Today, it’s honor those who gave all on Memorial Day? Are you nuts/right-wing/etc? The most neutral answer I think I got when asking was an admission that all that mattered were the dollars and any space in the place not being used for that was a loss, so no.
Next year, will find a way to get back down to Oaken Barrel if they will host the guys again. And, I will not be spending any of my limited funds at the places that said no.
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I saw a bit on TV last night showing a green-haired cunned stunt putting her nose into the camera and saying that the 4th of July should be cancelled because, you know, …Trump. My take is that if these asylum escapees want to double down on this stuff, we should TRIPLE down on OUR take on America. I typically do the full Monty on my house for the 4th, with flags, the bunting, and everything. There’s NO doubt to passersby as to where I stand. I have this one flag though. It’s a vintage 49-star banner and it’s HUGE. In Green Hair’s honor I’m going to find a way to display it this year! Yeah, I know. It’s missing that Hawaiian star. I did a search on the display of such flags and found that it is permissible according to flag etiquette to fly “previous versions” of Old Glory. You and I might notice the star missing in that corner, but Green Hair won’t. Hell; she hasn’t even noticed that her BRAIN is missing yet… She WILL be pissed though, and that’s my aim. As for loons turning to violence, my advice to them would be to stay off my property… I’ve MORE than had enough…
As their echo chamber gets smaller, it gets louder. They are stuck in a negative feedback loop. The bubble of their pocket dimension is shrinking and we can only hope that when it bursts ( is it bursting? ) that the shrapnel is not too bad.