Bullwinkle Chronicles

from Behind Barz Motorcycle Mag Nov-Dec 2020

From the Mind of Big Ed

The Bullwinkle Chronicles

2020….what a crazy ride through time it’s been and it has indeed been one hell of a trip for most but if you’re reading this it means you’re still in the game so there’s still hope…..

There are a lot of hurting people all around us and many of them have lost hope because of the chaos being fueled by the current political turmoil and general divisions among us that are being intentionally exploited. Like most bikers I’ve grown accustomed to being profiled or marginalized by society but I have chosen not to allow the mantras created by Hollywood and believed by millions to keep me from attempting to break the mold they’ve made for us.

I’m a hopeful optimist who has much love for the people I meet and I try to pass on to others the hope I have been blessed with. I believe in America and I have hope for our restoration but I’m also a realist so I understand that the restoration of our country will never come through the government or it’s legislation process. I also understand that restoring the America I grew up in is likely not going to happen in the short term but will take an unwavering commitment to do whatever I can to influence the people God has me cross paths with.

Despite Hollywood’s depiction of who bikers are, we are some of the most generous, kind, loving and talented people anyone could hope to meet. Every leather wearing, tattooed, rough talking, scooter loving partier, aka biker, have people in our circles who are struggling to get through life in the midst of the chaos surrounding them and I believe with everything in me that we can and should try to help them.

With the holidays fast approaching and no end to the chaos in sight tensions are going to increase and with it a rise in tensions but it doesn’t have to be that way for the few we each know. If we truly love our country, and I know of no more patriotic Americans than bikers, we have to take the initiative to reach out to them because the majority of them believe the entertainment industry’s portrayal of us and are afraid to be around us. We have to do what the churches of America are failing miserably at, i.e. to go where the hurting and lost are to offer them help and with it hope.

I want to challenge everyone who reads this to find someone outside the scooter world this holiday season and do a simple act of kindness for them. If we want to see the restoration of America it has to start with each of us making an effort to make a difference in the lives of the people in our world.

These pictures are just a few of the people I’ve met and reached out to…..

Bob Seymour Livin 607-972-5047 bseymour75@gmail.com facebook.com/pvt1st ' The Life