I’ve quoted author and columnist Erma Bombeck several times, for her quiet wit and common-sense observations. I loved her gentle humor and her bright outlook; and it pains me to say that it’s probably best that she did not live to see what has happened to the world, and to our country since she left us.

I don’t know when this was written, but Erma passed away in 1996. And at some point before then, presumably around the 4th of July, she had this to say about America:

“You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.”

That was then. This is what has happened since:

That was last year’s birthday celebration. The word is out that, among his other plans for this year’s 250th anniversary of the birth of our nation, he has something equally (or more) inappropriate planned.

So sorry, Erma. So very, very sorry.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
6/1/26