FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO DADDY TOLD US ALMOST EVERY NIGHT THAT HE WANTED TO MOVE UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS, BUILD A LOG CABIN, AND LIVE OFF THE LAND. HE WAS FED-UP WITH THE RAT RACE, THE LIBERALS, AND THE WAY HE FELT THE COUNTRY WAS MOVING TOWARDS SOCIALISM. OF COURSE WE ALL DISMISSED HIM AS A LITTLE BIT CRAZY, AND EVEN LAUGHED ABOUT IT BEHIND HIS BACK. IT'S IRONICAL THAT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS DOING THE SAME THING TO GLENN BECK EVERY DAY!
DADDY QUIT HIGH SCHOOL AT AGE FIFTEEN AND JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. IT'S NOT THAT HE WAS NOT INTELLIGENT. NO, QUITE THE OPPOSITE. HE WAS A VIRTUAL GENIUS AND WAS JUST BORED WITH SCHOOL. THE HEAD MASTER AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL WAS CONSTANTLY GIVING HIM HELL FOR PLAYING HOOKY TO GO FISHING BECAUSE HE KNEW MY DAD WAS SO BRIGHT. DADDY WOULDN'T BE IN CLASS FOR A WEEK AND THEN WOULD SHOW UP ON THE DAY OF AN IMPORTANT EXAM AND ACE THE TEST. IT JUST INFURIATED HIS TEACHERS, BUT THAT WAS DADDY! HE FOUGHT IN WWII WITH THE "RCAF," BUT AT AGE 21 HE GAVE UP HIS DUAL CITIZENSHIP HE HAD WITH THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA AND PROUDLY JOINED THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. HE WAS ONLY 5 FOOT 6 INCHES AND THE CORPS REQUIRED YOU TO BE 5 FT 8 IN. DURING HIS PHYSICAL THE DOCTOR ASKED HIM HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR HIM TO BECOME A MARINE. NATURALLY DADDY WAS VERY INSISTENT THAT IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD TO HIM AND HE HAD DREAMED ABOUT BEING A MARINE ALL OF HIS LIFE. SO THE DOCTOR TOLD HIM TO PUT ON HIS SHOES AND STAND ON HIS TIPPY TOES AND HE GAVE MY DAD THE GREEN LIGHT. DADDY ENTERED THE CORPS AND IMMEDIATELY WENT TO KOREA. THAT PLACE REALLY MESSED UP HIS HEAD. HE WAS IN SPECIAL OPS DEALING WITH, WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT, DRUGS. HE WAS DISABALLY DISCHARGED IN 1955.
LIKE GLENN BECK HE NEVER WENT TO COLLEGE AND HE WAS A RECOVERING ALCHOHOLIC. LIKE GLENN HE WARNED OF ECONOMIC DISASTER AND HOW WE MUST LEARN TO BE SELF-RELIANT. DADDY WAS EVEN A "SOUTH-PAW," (left-handed). I DON'T THINK HE WAS EVER ABLE TO THINK "INSIDE" THE BOX! DADDY WAS JUST 45 YEARS AHEAD OF GLENN! THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ALONG FAMOUSLY! BACK WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD DADDY WAS TELLING US TO STORE FOOD FOR A YEAR. EVEN WHEN I WAS OLDER, age30 & up, HE WOULD GO THROUGH MY CUPBOARDS WHEN HE WAS VISITING MY HOUSE AND IF HE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE SAW HE WOULD MAKE MOM TAKE ME GROCERY SHOPPING!
MAYBE ALL OF THIS EXPLAINS WHY I IDENTIFY WITH GLENN BECK THE WAY I DO. GLENN EVEN LOOKS LIKE MY DAD WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER. THAT'S SCARY!
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