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I’m not sure this first story should be printed, but I haven’t seen an event quite like this before, so please excuse me for passing this on.

Nancy and I had a good laugh last week on our annual visit to the Veterans Clinic in Grand Island.

No, this had nothing to do with anything medical. We always arrive early in the day to have our blood tests, and then grab a little of something to eat as we wait to see the doctor.

Now, as a reminder, I’m guessing most of you know that most all government buildings of any size usually put pictures of the President and other governmental authorities on their walls in prominent positions for all to see. Nancy and I were sitting right under the picture of our current president.

An ‘older’ man came into the eating area where we were, looked around and walked right by us, but stopped for a moment to look at the president’s picture. He gave the president an “obscene” salute, turned and continued walking. All without saying a word.

Nancy and I looked at each other and broke out laughing as did several other people in the area. The gentleman, continued on his mission to get something to eat and we left not long after that.

I have always tried to give respect to government authorities, no matter how bad I thought they were doing their job. I contend that you give respect to the position they are filling, not exactly to the person himself.

Be that as it may, I still laugh to myself when I think of that event. I can respect the position a person feels and still not like what he does.

A O

Again, I feel certain many of you have heard the old phrase: “a picture is worth a thousand words.” A thought made popular in the newspaper world many years ago, but still carries the same though today.

I recently read a political cartoon that delivered a certain view on today’s economy. It went something like this: “with today’s inflation, a picture today is worth only 650 words.”

I still suggest a little humor is worth at least a thousand words and I hope it gets me past the actions of our current government.

A O

In view of the upcoming elections in America, I suggest we all keep in mind our current government will often speak words that sound good and appealing, but then do things exactly opposed to what they are saying.

Two recent examples. First off, last week the president and congress voted an “inflation reduction act.”

From the name of it, I think the effort and intent was to lower, or at least control inflation.

From what I’ve read in the various news sources, the action was intended to continue the government’s effort to convert all of our energy sources to “green energy” sources.

From the experts, I understand that spending billions of more dollars (your tax dollars on anything) is not the way to lower inflation.

But yet they (Democrats) are doing just that.

Secondly . . . on this talk and meaning theme . . .

A little while back, I talked briefly about voting fraud and I recently I read a little more.

To start with, our president ripped state legislatures for trying to improve voter security, saying there was little, or no, election fraud taking place. He repeats that thought time and again, criticizing those who were “sowing doubt and inventing charges of fraud.”

So, the president is saying there is no ‘fraud’ in our elections and the Republican state legislatures are really just trying to restrict voting.

However, the president’s own administration is prosecuting election voting fraud cases, while the president is saying they don’t exist. Recently, cases in Pennsylvania, and Louisiana were tried and people convicted. Cases in Arizona, North Carolina and New York resulted in “guilty” decisions. Then, last November two Iranian nationals were charged with conspiracy, attempting to compromise 11 state election websites. They downloaded information on about 100,000 separate voters

It ends up with the president saying one thing, but the people who work for him doing another.

It is just another example of the Democrats saying one thing, but doing another.

So, as you consider who you will vote for this November, keep these examples in mind.

A O

Just as a reminder to ourselves, appreciate the past and work for the future. I just saw this little quote and thought it good enough to pass on.

Groucho Marx died on this date in 1977. Among other accomplishments, he delivered the line that best sums up the past 6 years:

“He may look, act and sound like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you. He is an idiot.”

If you are not old enough, you may not remember Groucho Marx, but there were times he delivered great comedic lines. I don’t know for sure who he was talking about in this quip, but it was the times of presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter and it may have been meant for any of them.

A O