Independent-Individual
Reckon so---I never was much of a “joiner”…liked my
own company; for the most-part.
As a child, my
“Heroes” were fictional characters who lived somewhere within the mesmerizing-magic
emanating from the inside of the black and white T.V. Dumb-kid!? Yeah! I reckon that’s true enough. Strong! Smart! Tough! Independent-Individuals! Fighting the
injustices of the “bad”-guys (and, winning!). Truth! Justice and the
American-way! Oh! Yeah!
Played a little
baseball on a kid’s league named after some “older”-man name of George Khoury;
found I loved the simplicity of the game; even had a penchant for “pitching”.
Took some “walks”, hit some singles, several doubles, maybe, a couple of
triples---and…perhaps? One homer! At 12, I got real lucky---pitched in the
IL-MO All-star game…in Busch Stadium! Wow!
But, boy! Was I
ever good---at…striking-out! I gave it the old college try---at 10 years old!
And, to confound
my “maturing”-process, the movies of the 50’s and 60’s portrayed the
“Good”-guys as wearing white-hats while the “bad”-guys wore black---and…the
“Good”-guys always won! My childhood
heroes: Superman & The Lone Ranger! Ah! The “Good”-ole
days!
To make my point
about the Perfection of the Independent-Individual might best be
exemplified with my considered-perception of our country’s Five Great-Presidents!
(Part 2 of 2 Tomorrow)
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