My wife and I were watching an old rerun of one of NCIS New Orleans shows. Well, let me correct myself. She was watching it. I was writing and occasionally, a few of the words from the show penetrated my attention. She started getting upset with the show so I terminated it.

An old memory came to mind. Many years ago, I watched a show that was on PBS, Foyle’s War. It was one of the few shows that PBS had that was really good in many ways. When I looked it up on the internet, I saw that Amazon had the first episode free. I clicked on the button, “watch free.” In seconds, and I mean seconds, the opening scene popped up on the computer screen.

In minutes, my thoughts were, why don’t they make shows like that anymore. Nowadays, they don’t sell plots, they sell sex and gore. Well, occasionally they have something of a plot snuck in there. I am even disappointed with the original NCIS show these days.

At any rate, as they advertised, it was free and worth every penny. Even more, there were no station breaks, as they like to call it. As I eluded to, I saw it years ago and I enjoyed then too. However, I had forgotten many of the little things that I saw that made it such a good show. It wasn’t just the main plot that made it so good but all the little sub-plots woven in.

The show opens in England at the time that WWII is just starting and it brings to mind many of the nuances that we don’t normally consider, such as the problems that they had with Germans, good and bad living throughout island nation. Unlike as with the US, they did not have the option of deciding whether or not to incarcerate people of a suspicious background. If they had a German background, they were imprisoned. The survival of the nation was at hand and little mistakes could not be afforded. It also brought out the way people in high places were taking advantage of the of war, using it to make their fortune.

There was another important aspect that the show presented. While the vast efforts had to be put into their national defense, they still needed police as there were still those that broke the law. Then too, it was a country that was emersed in traditions, in royalty and in day-to-day-life that was being turned into a nation of nightmares and daily disasters and interruptions in daily life.

I wouldn’t say it was an eyeopener. I was aware of it all. However, it was somewhat different, in a way to see it, as reality opening up before me, forcing me to see what can happen when men seek power. It is the greed and power hunger, not only of Hitler and his minions, but also of the person down the street who will still rob you blind given the chance. Indeed they will even take advantage of the war to take from his fellow man. Then there are those in the government who sought the positions of power and abused that power.

In a way, it was as looking in a mirror. The same thing happened in the US. There were and are those who would like to take advantage of great danger to take that which is ours from us, even our very freedom as well as our security for their personal benefit.

I guess wars do bring out the best and the worst in all of us. It just is, the power hungry always win the vote. We want peace, they want war. They always get the war and we are not permitted to object. It would seem all we need is one greedy man to disrupt the lives of millions. Well, of course, it would seem they never seem to have any problem building their help. It was only in a few short years that took a nation from the shambles of WWI to a nations that took over virtually all of Europe to and threatened the most powerful country on earth. When you look back over it, if it weren’t for just a few key battles, a few desperate measures, Britain would be no more.

Nowadays, we don’t think about it much. We may go months without thinking how close it really was. It is all taken for granted, not realizing that we are really even today in even more danger than they were back then. We now, as then, go about our daily lives not thinking how fast our lives might be disrupted so quickly by power seekers, both within and without of our country. You don’t think it can happen. many of those that were in the towers that were destroyed didn’t think it would happen either. In a few short minutes, the live of people were destroyed. The city would go through years recovering from the disruption. Even the nation was set back on its heels. And even now, we can’t board a plane without being reminded of it.

It does make me wonder, just what must happen to make us aware that there are those on this earth, even just down the street who seek power for their benefit, and they will take from us whatever they want, even the lives of family and friends.

Considering all the help Kamala has, she must be going up a steep hill. if she were on level ground, she’d be going the speed of sound and Trump would be left far behind. But she’s barely out of the staring gate and she is barely ahead in the polls. She must be gong up hill on a slippery slope.

I suspect without so much lies from the press, she would be going backward.

I can’t help it. Kamala keeps bringing old songs to mind. As she decides that she wants to go this way and that way, it reminds me of the old children’s song. Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that way. Go this way and that way. Go this way and that.

There is another verse using laddie instead of lassie. It is something of a stretch but we might manage to wrap that one around her running mate. However, most Walz goes the one way, the wrong way.

Well, I’ll let you decide, does it apply or not.

Heard an advertisement by a business south the Mississippi/Tennessee line. Part of his pitch was that they would be able to deal in safety. Now let me see. Is that the meaning of audacity?

As I thought it over, I must admit it was a good idea. Maybe all of our businesses need to start doing it. It just might help to drop our sales tax a point or two. I like it.

As a side note, I looked up the meaning of the word audacity and found an ap that allows editing of audio. I don’t know if it is any good, but it says it’s free. It might be worth a try. I’m always wanting to modify some of my files. Some are not loud enough; some are monaural. A few have too much base, which can get a little distracting.

Now that’s a mouth full. I suppose to some degree, I suffer from it. Whenever I have to go to a big gathering, I generally look for a corner to hide in. Even so, it is not so bad that I become froze. I can carry on normal activities and conversations. I am just uncomfortable when I am around more than a dozen or so people.

Now, on the other hand, it would appear Kamala can’t deal with crowds at all. She clearly doesn’t like to face a dozen or so members of the media. That’s saying something clearly. To her, the media is on her side.

Well, maybe I chose the wrong phobia. Is there a word for fear of saying something embarrassing? Well, I guess there is an informal one. Many call it hoof and mouth phobia. That is when a person is fears inserting a foot in his mouth. Just maybe she is afraid of doing that so she just hides in the basement.

Then again, maybe she’s afraid she’ll just do some of that cackling. That would be enough to even drive the dems away.

Well, there is a possibility that she is doing something smart. She might have hired someone that will teach her how to speak without irritating all around. I really doubt she is doing that, but one can always hope.