9 Years Ago

Early in the morning 9 years ago today, I discovered what real "hope and change" was all about. November 24, 1999 I became a father for the first time. In today's world I have found it as important as any to teach my kids about the out doors. For today's celebration I wanted to give my son his first step to feeding his future. A Rossi 22/20 gauge combo.

Like any kid, the first thing he wanted to do was use it. First we had our discussion about the primary differences between this and the Red Ryder he has had for years. We than had our review of the four rules. Now it was "off to the races" as they say.

While they didn't all hit, it was a GREAT DAY. The excitement he showed at the first "ping" was palpable in my throat. I could not be happier or more proud of my sons. A nice escape from the daily grind.
Jason
III

Prime Objective

I have 2 sons, one is almost 9 and the other just turned 5. This is to put in context the foundation of this argument.
"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings."- Optimus Prime


I have said before that the Constitution does NOT grant rights to an individual. Sadly in today’s nanosecond attention span theatre our children are subjected to, examples of honor, loyalty, bravery, freedom and leadership are difficult to cite. My kids love the “Transformers” movie, and it drove me nuts for awhile. As I sit here on Sunday, after our morning movie I can accept this as a positive theme in a movie that my kids will actually watch. With most movies from Hollywood preaching subjectification and compliance it is nice to see any reference to freedom. I will admit my family is a little to “media based” on movies, and TV, but we are making progress. Besides I had to move off such serious mindset ramblings for a while. Vote early, vote often, vote Autobot.

ab absurdum,
Jason