Juan and Mohammad gave birth to Trump and Brexit Revolutions

Liberty and freedom are precious and must be fought for by each generation. Both Brexit and the Trump election, were but the opening shots on the new greens of the American Heartland and the British countryside. And now, just as in that distant past new patriots see the approaching danger. This time, not in the forms of Brown Bess and Redcoat, but in the forms of "Juan and Mohammad" and "Globalization". . . And when the smoke had cleared the deaf ear of the oppressors in Brussels and Washington will be pierced by "the second shot heard round the world".

Joining the Cuban Revolution

 
I'M AN OLD MAN NOW BUT, THERE WAS THAT TIME IN WHAT IS NOW THE DISTANT PAST THAT I SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED GOING TO CUBA TO FIGHT IN THE GREAT REVOLUTION AGAINST WHAT WAS CALLED IMPERIAL CAPITALISM.   I WANTED TO JOIN THE CUBAN PATRIOTS UNDER FIDEL CASTRO IN THE SIERRA MAESTRA MOUNTAINS OF THAT COUNTRY.  FORTUNATELY, I NEVER HAD THE FUNDS TO MAKE SUCH A TRIP.  I WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT AND THE WORLD WAS MY OYSTER.  AN OYSTER THAT BEGGED TO BE OPENED TO REVEAL THE BEAUTY  OF WHAT LIES BENEATH THAT CRUSTY SHELL.  A CRUSTY SHELL, I HAVE LEARNED OVER THESE MANY YEARS THAT EXPOSES NOT ONLY THE TRUTH BUT THE REALITY OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.   I LOVE THE CUBAN PEOPLE, THE MUSIC, THE FOOD , BUT THE GOVERNMENT SUCKS!    

by  Ron Russell

SOME OF YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY I POSTED THIS.  TRUTH IS THAT YESTERDAY WAS OVER AT THE DAUGHTER'S HOME FOR OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY AND SPENT SOME TIME WITH MY GRANDSON WHO IS A COLLEGE STUDENT AND ABOUT THE SAME AGE THIS OLD MAN WAS WHEN PLANNING THAT GRAND ADVENTURE TO CUBA.  GUESS WHAT, THE YOUNG MAN IS A BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTER AND WITHOUT A DOUBT A SOCIALIST.  YES, HE REMINDED ME OF MYSELF AT THAT AGE.  PERHAPS HE SHOULD MOVE TO CUBA AND GET A BIG DOSE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE IN THAT FAUX UTOPIA AND REAP THE FULL BENEFITS OF LIVING IN A SOCIALIST STATE WHERE EVERYONE IS EQUAL EXCEPT THOSE ON TOP!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!