Happy Father’s Day
[Guest post by DRJ]
PowerLine and the Houston Chronicle are a few of the many places honoring Dads today with some moving stories.
— DRJ
[Guest post by DRJ]
PowerLine and the Houston Chronicle are a few of the many places honoring Dads today with some moving stories.
— DRJ
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This is a good day for fathers to sadly reflect on how startlingly diminished the opportunities available to their children have become in just two years I think.
happyfeet (19c1da) — 6/20/2010 @ 12:38 pmMy father is still with us. He is 79 years old, curmudgeonly, decidedly non-PC, hard of hearing, and a chain smoker. He gave up so many of his dreams to provide for his family, and has never complained about it once. He taught me that “honor” and being a “gentleman” were not valueless concepts, but defined the core of the worth of a person.
He says fairly racist things often. Yet, as a firefighter, he has saved I couldn’t begin to list how many minority lives—CPR, stabilizing for paramedics, delivering babies, comforting the bereaved. My father has spent a large portion of his life running into burning buildings to save people.
I don’t say racist things. But I have never saved a single human life. So the world needs more “racists” like my father, and fewer sanctimonious types like me.
My father is a hero. I salute him today.
Happy Fathers’ Day to father and sons and daughters everywhere.
Eric Blair (02a138) — 6/20/2010 @ 12:38 pmhappy father’s day!
happyfeet (19c1da) — 6/20/2010 @ 12:38 pmA good man… sounds like Walt Kowalski. Does he say “get off my lawn” ?
Happy Father’s Day!
Vermont Neighbor (5841cd) — 6/20/2010 @ 1:45 pm