Fatherly Advise

Krayton Kerns
11.1.06

Thirty-one years ago, as we were packing my ’73 Vega Wagon for college, my father broke the silence by advising, “When you go to school you may have the desire to start smoking.  If you do, the day will come when you’ll want to quit and the easiest way to quit is to never start.”  That made sense.

 After another box or two, Dad dropped another bullet-point:  “Son, when you buy jumper cables, get the expensive ones with the really good clamps.”

 Now that the tough smoking and jumper cable issues had been addressed, I was ready for the university.  Down the road I went.

 Today, figuratively, we are at the point where I was in August of 1975.  You voters are packing for the polls and, as I help stuff boxes in your Vega, I wonder if I have said everything I need to say.  So to break that awkward silence, I will drop two tidbits to remember as you go to vote:

 *In life, you don’t get what you wish for; you get what you work for.  I wish there wasn’t that group of Islamic fundamentalists trying to kill us…but there is.  This is not Bush’s war, it is OUR war. To lose, or to cut and run, would mean the loss of western civilization.  Statewide political issues like healthcare, tax rates, and education funding become meaningless once life becomes a question of basic survival.  No one said freedom was easy; only worth it.  We must win.

 *Just being on the right side of an issue is not enough.  Now is the time to take a stand.  Even if you are the only conservative in the room, stand up, convince your neighbors you are right and get them to the polls.  Every Wednesday for the past 37 weeks I have published my thoughts for you to view.  I am taking a stand and now I need your help.  Drag a supporter to the voting booth.