Ask Not What You Can Do For Your Country, Ask What Your Country Can Give You For Free

Lar Of Galen Reparations: What about reparations for what my ancestors suffered?  They ALL got a raw deal.  Read the history of Ireland if you want to know how nasty the English can be.  The Irish language (Gaelic) almost became extinct between 1850 and 1890 because Irish is very difficult to speak when you’re dead.  The population of Ireland dropped from 9 million to 6 million during this time period because a third of the people either died or moved to America. And the English still occupy 1/4 of Ireland after almost 800 years. 

     Now, look at a map of Europe and find Bohemia.  Times up!  Bohemia was on the crossroads of every army in Europe and changed hands so often they could open a “Ten Flags” amusement park.  Do I even need mention the Choctaw and Cherokee?  Not such a square deal for them.  And lastly, I have an English surname because of my French ancestors.  They were Huguenots – Protestants.  And that was not a healthy thing in Catholic France.

     But you know why God let all of these people suffer?  So I could be born in Texas.  I’ve got my reparations, thank you very much!!!

More From Lar...TWO MORE reasons this is one of my favorite TV shows of all time (NCIS): Two weeks ago on NCIS, the case centered on a Petty Officer being murdered with a handgun involved in “Fast And Furious”.  Last week, a Marine Captain is tortured and killed in his home by terrorists who are trying to locate an Afghani who defected to the US from Al Qaida. When Gibbs’ team finds the man, the State Department demands they turn him over to the terrorists in exchange for a Marine who was captured in Afghanistan (no, he wasn’t an AWOL puke who wants to shut down Gitmo). Of course, Gibbs finds a way to save them both.  I’m not building high expectations, but when Hollywood starts slamming The Commie-Muslim-in-Chief, it kinda gives me a little hope, even if it is a show for old-fogies.