Before I get up on my soap box, here are videos for four
novels, the latest, (and best one) first … and they didn’t spell my name wrong
as they did with “Liquor War.”
Available in print now and in several formats as an ebook by mid-December.
“Jake McTavish” is about a man waking up to the need to look
after himself.
It’s about the responsibility all of us have in making our
homes safe not only for those close to us and ourselves but, having
accomplished that, for our neighbors.
Yes, we have hired people to care for our safety, but
sometimes it isn’t possible for them to ensure that task can be completed.
Sometimes, and probably most often, they can’t carry out their assigned tasks
to a successful conclusion because of timing; they just aren’t on-site when the
support is needed. Sometimes it’s because a law can not be enforced because to
do so will conflict with another one, or perhaps more than one.
If our society begins to deteriorate – or is deteriorating -
it will be because those who make up that society – each one of us – did not
live up to our responsibility.
Yes, that includes the large destructive actions made by groups
such as the Canadian Government and the RCMP in Winnipeg
in 1919 (actually still the North West M.P at that time), in Estevan in 1933
and Regina in 1935.
Actions I don’t think either body is sufficiently ashamed
of.
Or the refusal of the Western World to allow the many Jewish
refugee ships to dock during their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany in 1939.
Actions I don’t think any of the countries (primarily England ,
USA , and Canada )
involved have realized how disgusting that was.
If everyone actually did realize how many deaths were the
ultimate results of those actions of 1939, perhaps the response to world events
in the late months of 2015 would be a little different.
Immigration has always created work for those already within
the country accepting the immigrants. In the latter years of the 1950s for
example Canada
accepted refugees from Hungary
which resulted in growth in the early years of the ‘60s.
This is partly due to an increase in jobs and a slight
decrease (as a percentage) in those trained for some jobs. However it also
pulls dollars out of government bodies that are holding OWR money for their pet
projects (many of which we don’t think they should be involved in) and spending
it in areas that don’t do the general populous much good.
Can someone tell me why we spend millions of dollars each
year for pension plans for retired politicians, non of whom did anything that
would entitle them to any more consideration (often less) than any other
citizen?
I’ll stop right there. If I don’t I’ll be into the
mistreatment of veterans and those in retirement homes and many other subjects
that will just increase my blood-pressure and be off topic.
So, what is “The Making of Jake McTavish” about? It’s about
doing your job. If someone isn’t doing their job, you may have to step up and
take part (or all) of that job as well. If some of the rules you are expected
to live by prove to interfere with a moral responsibility perhaps some of those
rules will have to be bent a little.
Yes, I did and still do in small ways such as writing this.
However, I’ve put in enough years and effort that it is now your turn.
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