12/07/2023
TODAY IS DEC. 07, 2023. TODAY WE CELEBRATE DEC. 7th 1941 WHEN THIS COUNTRY BECAME THE MOST PATRIOTIC COUNTRY IN THE WORLD FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS. MOST OF YOU READING THIS WERE NOT EVEN A THOUGHT IN FATHERS EYE. HOWEVER, I WAS 11 YEARS OLD AND I REMEMBER IT WELL. I WOULD SAY THAT HALF OF YOU READING THIS ARE NOT EVEN WHAT COULD BE CALLED PATRIOTIC AMERICANS. AT THE TIME AMERICANS WERE FACED WITH RATIONING. RED STAMPS FOR MEAT, BLUE STAMPS FOR CANNED GOODS. A, B, T ETC. FOR GAS. AMERICANS TODAY COULD NOT BEGIN TO HANDLE THAT. IF YOU WANTED ICE CREAM YOU HAD TO MAKE IT AT HOME. AUTO MAKERS STOPPED MAKING CARS FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS. YES! PEOPLE DIED SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY. SO, IF YOU HAVE A PATRIOTIC BONE IN YOUR BOD YOU HAD BETTER RAISE A GLASS TO THOSE UNSUNG HEROES.