The Sentimental Journey: Special Edition

The South - Seen or Heard or Deduced on the Road

1.  Heard on The American Family Network: "That was no insurrection. They just got carried away." "Roe vs Wade sanctified the killing of precious pre-born children."
2. Heard on Fox News (tuned by mistake): Eight out of ten red states have the highest homicide rates. Know why? Most homicides happen in big cities and they are all run by democrats."
3. Heard in a conversation with us: "You don't have crime where Republicans are in office. The Democrats just let 'em all out of jail all the time." Hmm. I wonder where they picked up that tidbit.
4. Seen throughout the South: Billboards that reveal the conflict between sainthood and sex. - First billboard: "Jesus is the Answer to All Your Problems"   Second Billboard: "Mr. Binkie's Adult Toy Shop"   Third Billboard: "There are no bad guns, just bad people"    Billboard 4: "Mom save me. Don't kill me. "   Billboard 5: "The Gentlemen's Velvet Underground Club"    Billboard 6: "Celebrate Mom. Give her a Glock."   I don't believe any commentary is needed.
5. Deduced: The labor shortage is real. When trying to book restaurants we find: 1) Many are only open Thursday to Sunday; 2) Many are closed Monday & Tuesday; and, 3) Many will say they are fully booked , but that means 50% of tables because they don't have enough wait staff. Finally your hotel room will not get cleaned until 4 pm or in many cases never.
6. More Heard on the Road:  "I hate Biden. F**** Biden. Biden lies everyday. He makes up stories and gets away with it, while all they do is fact check Trump."     "Of course life starts at conception. Why else would you have to kill it."   "Kamala Harris should be the next Pope, even though she never goes to church. She did such a good job on the border, that she thinks she can solve abortion."   "Those pro-choicers only care about the woman's body. We pro-lifers care about the baby and it doesn't matter that it happens to grow in a woman."    "I have 3 shots and I still got COVID. Those vaccines don't work." (Yeah, but you're not dead.)
7. Deduction: From the various radio broadcasts we have (usually inadvertently) heard, many hosts really have it in for the L.G.B.T. Q. community. Oh, the callers weren't nice either.

So, there you have it. Clearly, not everyone around here shares these opinions, but part of a good road trip is keeping your ears & eyes wide open. And occasionally our eyes were wide open in disbelief. Let's see what happens as we head North.