Whoa! Hold on there pard’, ‘fore y’all go an’ get bent outta shape ‘bout somethin’ you probably know nothin’ of, much less understand, maybe, jes maybe ya outta double check what tha’ word “radical” really means.
Could be a might behind tha’ times but a fella named Webster defines “radical” as simply: “getting at the root or source of something” or “basic, fundamental: in favor of basic changes or reforms.” And who was it that made words like “radical” or “conservative” or “fundamental” or “basic” dirty words?
It seems strange to me that every football coach worth his “salt” insists that his team master the basics and fundamentals of the game, yet those of us who insist on getting back to basic citizen-oriented government are viewed as the enemy. We are to be “tuned out” by the novices who appear to know little about our precarious economy. Arguing about our debt limit and what it should be, amounts to the proverbial “hill of beans” in the grand scheme of things. We must realistically reduce our national debt now. If we don’t, economists in the know warn that we’ll hit the debt “wall” July 2012! Even our fair city of Kyle seems to be hedging their bets, immediately implementing huge tax and utility increases before they no longer can collect them from us “poor folks.” Might just have to move to “greener” pastures.” Trouble is – greener pastures are just as hard to mow!
Sometimes I just can’t help but hearken back to the “good old days.” Nobody remembers them now unless you’re an “octogenarian.” ‘nother one o’ them Webster words means really old. Like way over 80 years an’ still a’countin’.
Folks who’ve lived a “spell” seem to have a more sensible “take” on things. Anyway, fer you young whipper-snappers a’readin’, this here literary master of these here United States once said, “If we lose the virile, manly qualities and sink into a nation of mere hucksters, putting gain over national honor, and subordination to mere ease of life, then we shall indeed reach a condition worse than that of ancient civilizations in the years of their decay.”
Hey “Teddy”, where are you when we really need you?
L.D. Lindgens
Kyle
