Today, we saw the passing of the old guard into the " new. "
A world where old traditions and decency have been put on the back bench and the new players are stepping up to the plate. People who have no sense of duty but only care about how " they " can help us. Which, in plain speak is " how we can help them "
For myself, The Queen is and was much like President Trump.
Surrounded by people who did not march to the same drum. People in governance who tried to bring them down.
Even members of families betrayed these two great people. No wonder they liked each other.
The lead photo shows the people who deserved our respect. Unlike others.
I placed a comment on social media this morning and was quite taken aback at the number of comments from trolls, left wing idiots and bots that called our late great Queen such monstrous names that I would not republish them here.
These people who said such vile things about a 96 year old woman who gave her life in service to her nation and commonwealth.... I will not and have not dignified them with a response.
I suspect that many people in America and the Commonwealth ( places like Australia, Canada and New Zealand ) have no idea how important today is.
It is the passing of the Old Guard. With the loss of Queen Elizabeth, we are in for a barrage of calls for a Republic. And, God help us.
Who do you trust to re-write the Constitution? President Albo and Vice President Penny Wong must be salivating as we speak.
You see, the death of my beloved Queen was not just her passing. It was and is the death of Australia and the Commonwealth as we know it.
I am gravely concerned.
I will have much more to say on this subject later. But for today, I will ask you to consider the last 100 years. From an anonymous poster.
It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria.
For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900. On your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.
On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33.
The country nearly collapses along with the world economy. When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet.
And don’t try to catch your breath. On your 41st birthday, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war. At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish.
At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict. On your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, should have ended. Great leaders prevented that from happening. When you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends.
Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How do you survive all of that? When you were a kid in 1985 and didn’t think your 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. And how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above.
Perspective is an amazing art. Refined as time goes on, and enlightening like you wouldn’t believe. Let’s try and keep things in perspective. Let’s be smart, help each other out, and we will get through all of this.
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