Don't worry...will return to help you to protect your freedom if/when your borders are attacked...those of my family and fellow soldiers too in the United States. That's what veterans do when we live abroad, we'll still return to defend as they are now doing in Georgia like paratroopers landing in the heart (between Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina and Florida). Seriously, look at the below map...that's strategic military tactic. Georgia (a republican state)...a military stronghold. wrbtrader
Just thought I'd throw this in to ruffle a few feathers, as I am feeling particularly uncharitable toward Mr. Trump. The probability of Trump running again in 2024 is virtually zero. His health can't be good -- despite appearances-- and his party is done with him. In 2024 he'll be, if still alive, 78. By 2024 he'll have likely added a number of items to his rap sheet. He was a useful idiot for the Republicans, but they will not give him the nomination again. He will attempt to remain a disruptive force as a means of bringing attention on himself and satisfying his insatiable need to infest the lives of any who defeated him in lawsuits or contests, made him the brunt of their jokes, disrespected and ostracized him. He will enter our history books, but history will not be kind to him. A year from now, few except his family and a few close friends, if there are any, will pay attention to him. However he will continue to attract the notice of prosecutors, the people being sued by him, and the people suing him. His life is the sad case of a person with an extreme personality disorder. His forays into the entertainment worlds of Pageants, Wrestling and Reality TV never left him, except briefly when cameras were off and there was no audience. He wanted love more than anything. He could not find it other than in his imagination when pandering to his rambunctious fans and political lackeys. He is bound to have already realized the worst mistake of his life was running for U.S. President as a publicity stunt. Had he not done that, his crimes would have been overlooked, or settled quietly out of court. As it is, in January he will enter his own private hell.
When I was growing up in Maine, we used to say that you could tell when you had crossed the border over into Quebec when you started seeing the sap buckets on the telephone poles. Was Frank Fools Crow still around and about at Pine Ridge when you were in South Dakota?
Old man knew him...not me. Family was living in Chicago around the time of his Crow's death and I was station in Seoul, South Korea. Grandmother (Sioux) died in the early 80's...she didn't talk much about the elders in her later years. I would suspect she knew him more than my old man. wrbtrader
By the way, Maine has become more popular for Maple Syrup over the years...not sure if its thanks to the cartel of producers here in Québec working with producers in Maine. Regardless, Maple Syrup is big business here in Québec. I have a few maple trees on my property that I allow neighbours to get their sap that use to pssst off my ex-spouse. I'm happy...neighbours share with my family what they make. wrbtrader
I used to make my own maple syrup when I was a kid, I mean like really young. 5 or 6 or something. I would frig up but end out making awesome crystals. Really, if you are a kid it was worth the price of admission. You would know what I am talking about. It was awesome. The maple syrup itself? Less than awesome. Same with my home brew but that came a little later in life but it was not legal then and there was no internet so there was a lot trial and error.
Oh yeh. Have a little of that maple syrup, some poutine, and wash it down with a couple LaBatte Bleu's and a Quebecois guy has pretty much covered the major food groups for the day.
So when I was a kid, I tried this too. Except we weren't in Maine, and we had only one beautiful Maple tree that provided shade for the back porch. I took the old man's drill and some drill bit I think they used to drill holes in 2X4's to run electric wire... and I drilled this big effing hole in the side of that tree. Suffice it to say it didn't go over well. The tree lived though. They filled the hole with some kind of black tar stuff they got from the forestry department or something. It was a big deal in the VZ family at the time.