I\u2019m not sure why, but a few days ago I got an e-mail from someone that lives in our neighborhood. I didn\u2019t recognize the name, so it must have come from one of the newer residents. But for some reason the e-mail was only addressed to 5 or 6 people \u2014 all residents of Deerfield Village. Why my name was chosen, I have no idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyhow, the text started out with \u201cIt\u2019s a good thing I\u2019m not calling the shots. The minute Putin sent his military across the Ukrainian border, I would have sent U.S. troops, tanks, jets, submarines, aircraft carriers\u2026.\u201d Well, anyhow, you get the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve been a lot of places in the world during some pretty stressful times and I\u2019ve never seen a situation where the solution is to \u201cbomb the s***\u201d out of someone or some place. This type of talk is \u201cbar talk\u201d \u2014 something you and your buddy say to each other while having a couple of beers at the bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It seems like in the past few years I\u2019m hearing more and more talk like this and it appears most people in the world (and the United States, especially) are ticked off about something, and often about pretty insignificant stuff. I\u2019m not sure anyone under the age of 50 has ever bothered to read the Constitution and a lot of people seem to have lost sight as to what democracy is all about.
Winston Churchill once said, \u201cThe best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.\u201d
I\u2019m thinking Winston may have been right\u2026.
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I\u2019m not sure why, but a few days ago I got an e-mail from someone that lives in our neighborhood. I didn\u2019t recognize the name, so it must have come from one of the newer residents. But for some reason … Continue reading