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Honor Mother’s Day May 10
I saw Blue Angels and Thunderbird aircraft flying over the East Coast this past week and we had a similar flyover along the Front Range when the president spoke at the Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado Springs. They are honoring the first responders service for our nation. Well, we need another flyer or drive by to salute all mother’s, past and present, for their love of giving us birth and continuous care throughout our infancy and adult lives until they succumb to their final resting place. They
are truly our first responders. Mother’s don’t get much rest and with the pandemic they are keeping homes clean, preparing meals, doing laundry, and seeing that homework is completed. Many are still working from home along with family chores and dealing with husbands, teenagers, and babies. The world is a better place for mothers and God knew what he was doing when he created “Eve.” In this edition of The Villager you will find a wonderful trib-
ute to our “Mother of the Year” selection, Lynn Buckley. What a wonderful mother and family. Those of us who have been blessed with great mothers know what an impact mothers have on our lives. Their influence is everything in molding our character and mind. Father’s teach boys how to be men, but mothers create our very being and shape our souls. May 10 is Mothers’ Day. Envision those planes flying over your mother’s home honoring her. Each of those pilots has a mother who is holding her breath as her son, or daughter, pilots those planes inches away from each other at high speeds.
Gold Star mothers know about great sacrifices made for America. As we salute mothers this Sunday, we may be able to gather together, or not. Enjoy a family meal together, or not, but we should have a long-standing love in our hearts for our mothers, past and present, and their influence on our lives. Family life is even more important now, than ever, with the virus threats keeping us apart. My mother is long gone now, but the love of her remains in my heart with many inspirational everlasting memories. God blessed mothers and we honor them this week.
The virus tornado is passing but now we have to deal with the massive wreckage. We have budget shortages and the national debt soaring. The government is printing and distributing money with the Fed doing everything possible to stave off a major depression. The nation was doing quite well before the corona virus attack and that might eventually save our economy. I don’t find any fault with our state or national leadership, it was far better to be safe, than sorry over protecting citizens against this deadly enemy. We’re not out of the woods yet, so we’ll wear the masks and maintain the six-foot distancing for the meantime, but not forever. I want things to return to the ways of the past. In looking back we didn’t know how good we had it in attending events, being in crowds, and having family events. Airport security has been a pain but now it will be worse, but no doubt the airplanes will be cleaner. In fact, everything will be cleaner, including elevators and grocery stores. We can expect shortages, enjoy cheaper gasoline for a short period before refineries start closing and gasoline shortages occur driving the prices much higher. Expect food prices to rise, and especially meat, as major packing plants have closed with virus deaths among the workers. Can you imagine a diesel fuel shortage and trucks no longer being able to deliver food in a timely manner? Fresh water could be in jeopardy if water plants have to shut down. We have become a very dependent nation on commodities and we just expect them to be available, that may not be the case going forward. What about school budgets? The governor has announced a $275 million shortfall in the state budget. That means some massive cuts in expenditures and it could well impact school funding. The schools may have to curtail some busing,
limit some high school sports, charge school tuition, reduce the number of staff and school days. What to do when the money runs out of the state and national treasuries? Washington has already spent more money than anytime in history to stem the virus and prop up the economy. In some areas going too far to shutter some business firms and leave other’s open. If state school aid drops, we can expect property tax increases and steep inflation to pay the debts. Contrary to popular opinion, there is no such thing as a “free lunch.” This crisis is a real challenge for leadership, and we must oppose this drift towards socialism that has taken a massive leap forward with this emergency funding. Private enterprise and American ingenuity and grit will get us out of this mess if government will keep needed services operating and maintain law and order. It has been heartwarming to see the philanthropy and donations of food to many food banks and charities. There must be further solutions to solve homeless populations and fight the other dread disease of substance abuse. That is another hidden enemy that has been sweeping the country without major attention. Far more people overdose and die each day from drugs than the corona virus. There is much work to be done. *** I miss my lunches and meetings, but plenty of news coverage is ongoing as we cover events. We receive over 300 emails every day and we sort out the best items to print. Keep sending in those subscriptions and we’ll keep printing this newspaper as we have for the past 38 years. We have the best staff working together as a team than we have had in the past four decades. George Wallace had one policeman patrolling the DTC when this newspaper started. If your newspaper does not
arrive within two days put a note in your mailbox to the postmaster complaining about deliveries. This is a legal periodical publication with first class mail privileges dating back to Benjamin Franklin. New postal employees sometimes don’t know the regulations. We mail the newspaper every Wednesday afternoon at the Dayton post office bulk mail facility. Cheryl has worked there in management for longer than we’ve been publishing. Greenwood Village gets next day service. Delays seem to be coming out of the Denver mail center. A note in your mailbox does get results. We’re not going out of business for any reason, “‘Til death do us part,” and we have family heroes rising to the challenge. See our house ad in this edition and call B.T. to renew or start a new subscription: 303-773-8313 Ext 3. *** As noted in prior columns, I’ve met Joe Biden and heard him speak at National Newspaper conferences in Washington D.C, He has had an impressive career and seemingly knowledgeable on world affairs. Early in the Obama administration he addressed the 300 publishers in attendance and suggested that Iraq should be divided into three separate states, Sunni, Shea, and Kurds and the oil revenues divided equally. It looked like a good plan, but we know that it never happened, and the war continued onward with more deaths, destruction, and billions spent by the United States. His second major point was regarding Taiwan and China. He asked everyone in the room if we would send our sons and daughter to defend Taiwan if China attacked the small island conclave where Chang Kai-shek fled with most of the Chinese national treasures now stored in a mountain cave museum. I’ve witnessed these treasures. Biden asked for a “show of hands.” Not one hand was raised. Remembering what General
Douglas MacArthur warned us when he was fired by President Truman at the end of the Korean war, “Never engage in a land war in Asia.” And he stated, “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” (Pity General Flynn today…) The saving grace in the ongoing dispute over Taiwan is that many of the Taiwan business leaders have returned to mainland China and are among the most successful business leaders. They make China lots of money because they have dealt with the U.S. for decades. We would be fools to engage in a war against China. Let’s compete in the economy and be more prudent in trade and commerce. Now we come to the latest sexual assault charge against the democrat presidential nominee from almost three decades ago. This is political hogwash and even if having any merit, it is a lifetime away. The same with the Kavanaugh hearings from his high school days. Politics infighting has reached a new low of destroying a man or woman’s character by alleged actions taken many years past. Biden seems to have some senior moments, but he has been a leading powerful United States senator and vice-president of the United States. Innuendos about an unproven incident is a travesty just like the Kavanaugh hearing. Two wrongs don’t make a right and we need to be discussing policies, not unproven personal sabotage for political gain. To President Trump’s credit he has avoided speaking about this incident with good reason. History is dripping with presidential sexual misbehavior and very few every lived in a glass house including the current president. Let’s quit this hitting below the belt and throwing rocks at glass houses and instead, talk about the many challenges this nation faces.
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