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Nefarious James
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Ray V. Gordon is The Owner & Founder of Leather Lid Inserts, an established Leather Saddlebag Accessory business based in southwest Florida. They’ve coined the phrase “We take the sag out of the bag” because that is exactly what they do. Ray has been riding motorcycles since he was 14 yrs old and has watched the motorcycle industry grow and is glad to be a part of what it is today. After 35 years of owning and operating a successful aluminum company in Ft. Myers FL, Ray sold the business so he could retire (he thought) and bought himself a new Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail Classic. Just like everyone else with leather saddlebags, his also started to sag and cave in. He saw a need to fix this problem. Ray says, starting this new business was something he just fell into by fixing his own saddlebags and then behold, friends of friends and others witnessed what Ray did and wanted him to fix their saddlebags too. As an inventor and entrepreneur,
Ray took his creative background and put his skills to work by experimenting with several different types of materials to finally come up with a patented ABS lid and bag reinforcement kit that would be designed to help keep the original shape of any leather saddlebag made on the market. So, if you’re tired of looking at your caved in leather saddlebags and/or if they are starting to lose their shape and their parts, or if you have brand new bags and you want to prevent them from ever caving in, please keep Leather Lid Inserts in mind. For all your leather saddlebag accessory needs as a do-it-yourselfer or if you want them to install, visit www.LeatherLidInsert.com and order your DIY Kit or Find an area Dealer Installer.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A DEALER INSTALLER CONTACT RAY AT 239-339-7294 OR
RAY@LEATHERLIDINSERTS.COM RIDE SAFE!
Leather Lid Inserts
18160 Old Bayshore Road N. Fort Myers, FL 33917
THE HIGH COST OF FREEDOM!
Hello everyone and welcome to October. One of my favorite times of the year coming up, of course we all know, is Halloween. That time of year when everybody gets to dress up as their favorite character or entity. Everything from the ever-popular naughty nurse to the badass biker and you get the picture. I’m making an attempt to change my topics around a little as it was pointed out to me that it appeared my posts and articles were politically motivated. I myself, disagreed with that for the main factor that the topic of individual freedom to me is not a political matter. If anything, individual freedom should be non-political - period. After all, we are allowed to do the things that we are allowed to do because we are “free” to do so.
So, I guess the best way I could put it is, enjoy it while you can, because it sure doesn’t seem like we’re heading in the direction that will continue to allow us to pursue a free lifestyle. I guess I harp on the freedom portion because that is what our lifestyle is supposed to be about. Freedom to pursue what we want to do when we want to do it and how we want to do it. Unfortunately, it’s hard to pursue that when you can’t afford to do it. Being everything is exponentially gone up in price, without an increase in the demand, seems like no one can come up with a valid reason for why. I’ve always believed that if the powers that be cannot legally take away from you what they want to take, they will just price it out of your ability to afford it. One example would be harder to fight the people over the second amendment and take away their firearms, it’s just easier to make it so they can’t afford the ammunition to utilize firearms.
At this point we cannot restrict your ability to travel throughout the country, so we make gasoline too expensive for you to do so. Kind of get the idea what I’m getting at? I hope so. Because there are plenty more examples that follow in line with us. At first, we couldn’t find people who wanted to work, no there’s jobs, but they don’t want to take them because they don’t feel that they are getting paid enough. So, we raise the price of what they make per hour. People are overjoyed with it. And then in the same instance, the price of everything goes up. So where in reality is the more money that you are earning going? In my mind you’re actually making less than you were before. Because, after all, you’re making more money, which means they’re taxing more of your money and taking it from you. They raise the price of gas, they raise the price of food, they raise the price of everything. And for no valid reason.
There’s no shortage of gasoline. Just like there was no shortage in the 1970s. I don’t see the economy getting stronger. What I see is we are being used as puppets. There is an agenda out there that’s being followed that you’re paying for. How is that freedom? How is that being able to pursue an affordable lifestyle?
All of a sudden, everybody thinks that what they own is worth way more than it is. You have slumlords renting out termiteinfested, mold-ridden houses for twice what it’s worth. And they don’t care. They’re manipulating you because now there’s a housing shortage. Corporations are buying a properties and turning them into rentals. When’s the last time you were able to find an apartment, a crappy one at that, for under $1,200? Let alone a decent place. Personally, those people who take advantage of others should be dragged out in the streets… I’m gonna leave out what I’d like to see you have done to them. Anybody who treats their fellow man like that, is garbage. I understand people have to make a living. I get it. But it’s no different than the guy who goes out and price gouges somebody on their medication or their basic needs for survival. It’s disgusting. Next thing you know, they’re gonna end up texting you on how many miles you put on your motorcycle. I mean, would you go into a place and pay $10 for a beer? Well, I guess I’ll be the first one to admit I probably failed at my attempt to change my direction of thought for this column. I guess in the scheme of things, I just find having personal freedom one of the most important things I could possibly have in my life. Pay attention people. You’re living your life being guided by somebody else’s script. I read an article not too long ago that said musician Ozzy Osbourne has decided to move back to England because the United States is out of control. Think about that for a minute and consider the source of that. Wow. Well, I hope everybody out there is doing the best that they possibly can in the situation is that they are in. I wish a good majority of you well and those that I don’t, already know who they are. I guess I’ll be set in my ways, then. Take care and stay out on that road. See what you can see and meet all the new people you possibly can. Listen to opinions with open ears and a closed mouth.
Until next time,
— Nefarious James American
