Watching and Warning

Watching Putin war on the Ukrainians is infuriating and inspiring. I listened to his hour long rant in which he stated Ukraine USED to belong to the USSR and his feelings were hurt when the USSR fell. Well boo hoo. I have a saying, “used-to-bes don’t count anymore.” I USED to be skinny. I USED to do gymnastics. I USED to not have gray hair. We USED to own a different house, but just because we USED to own it, we can’t just drive up with guns blazing and kick out the current owners. There are some things you simply have to accept. But the fact that Putin is blowing up, infiltrating, killing Ukrainians can be boiled down to pure ego makes it that much more egregious.

What inspires me is watching the non-military Ukrainian citizens fighting the Russian troops with long guns and molotov cocktails. Mamas holding their babies while holding their guns. Assembly lines of Ukrainians making the cocktails. They OWN their country.

I can only pray American citizens who have been freely giving up freedoms to our government without a WHY – lock-downs, masks, school closings, critical race theory, cancel culture, vax passports, allowing private companies subsidized with government money to suppress/censor free speech with mainstream media egging them on – will rethink our Constitutional Bill of Rights and NEVER allow anyone to alter them. If we don’t stop these incursions by our government on our rights we WILL be the Ukrainians soon!