The Gray Haired Brigade

Us Old Folks:

For those of you who don't know what an icebox is, today they are electric and  referred to as refrigerators. 

A few even remember when cars were started with a crank.

Yes, we lived those days.

  

We are probably considered old fashioned and out-dated by many. But there are a  few things you need to remember before completely writing us off.

We won World War II, fought in Korea and Viet Nam. We can quote The Pledge of Allegiance, and know where to place our hand while doing so.

We wore the uniform of our country with pride and lost many friends on the  battlefield. We didn't fight for the Socialist States of America, we fought for the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave."

We wore different uniforms but carried the same flag. We know the words to the Star Spangled Banner, America, and  America the Beautiful by heart, and you may even see some tears running down our cheeks as we sing.

We have lived what many of you have only read about in history books and we feel no obligation to apologize to anyone for America.

Some of us are "Baby Boomers "getting ready to retire. Others like me have been retired  for some time. We walk a little slower  these days and our eyes and hearing are not what they once were.

We have worked  hard, raised our children, worshiped God, and grown old  together without divorcing one another over small reasons. Yes,  we are the ones  some refer to as being “over the  hill”, and that is  probably true. But  before writing us off completely, there are a few things that need to be taken into consideration.

In school we studied English, history, math, and science, and geography which enabled us to lead America into the technological age.

Most of us remember what outhouses were, and many of us with firsthand  experience. We remember the days of telephone party-lines, 25 cent gasoline, and milk and ice being delivered to our homes.

Yes, we are old and slow these days but rest assured, we have at least one good fight left in us. We have loved this country, fought for it, and died for it, and now we  are going to save it. It is our country and nobody is going to take it away from us.

We took oaths to defend America against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that is an oath we plan to keep.  There are those who want to destroy this land we love but, like our founders, there is no way we are going to remain silent.

It was the young people of this nation who elected Obama and the Democratic Congress. You fell for the "Hope and Change" which in reality was nothing but "Hype and Lies."  You have tasted socialism and seen evil face to face, and have found you don't like it after all.

You make a lot of noise, but most are all too interested in their careers or "Climbing the Social Ladder" to be involved in such mundane things as patriotism and voting.

Many of  those who fell for the "Great Lie" in 2008 and unbelievably again in 2012 are now having buyer's remorse. With all the education we gave you, you didn't have sense enough to see through the lies and instead drank the 'Kool-Aid.' Now, you're paying the price and complaining about it. No jobs, lost mortgages, higher taxes, more regulations, no economic prosperity, terribly flawed foreign policy making us look like wusses, and less freedom.

This is what you voted for and this is what you got.

We entrusted you with the Torch of Liberty and you traded it for a paycheck and a fancy house that ain't worth the paper you signed.

Well, don't worry youngsters, the Gray Haired Brigade is here, and 2016 we are going to take back our nation.

We may drive a little slower than you would like but we get where we're going, and in 2016 we're going to the polls by the millions. This land does not belong to the man in the White House nor to the likes of   Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and certainly not Hillary who already tried to steal $200,000 of stuff from OUR WH!. It belongs to "We the  People" and "We the  People" plan to reclaim our land and our  freedom.

We hope this time you will do a better job of preserving it and passing it along to our grandchildren. So the next time you have the chance to say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand up, put your hand over your heart, honor our country, and thank God for the old geezers of the  "Gray-Haired Brigade."

A Member of the Gray-Haired Brigade