CORRECT ME
IF I’M WRONG! September 19, 2013
By author Bryce A Baker
Heroes for Us All
My wife Rena
has shared some of the stories of her father Mr. Matt McMath. Unfortunately he
died of lung cancer from smoking in 1993. Because of my love for WWll aircraft,
I feel he and I would have got along great. Mr. McMath piloted a Lancaster
bomber for the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force).
Rena told me
that he flew bomber missions based out of England. These missions were missions
to Hell, and if they were extremely fortunate, they made it back to base alive.
He was the WWll version of a ‘Top Gun’ pilot. When he returned home he never
flew again and wouldn’t talk about the horror he and others faced every second
of their missions. I have faced some nasty nightmares during my career, but I
still couldn’t fathom in the least what physical and mental carnage these
flying souls faced. One cannot understand unless put in the line of fire.
Another group
of flying heroes during WWll were the Tuskegee Airmen, the all African American
fighter pilots. They not only had to battle the enemy in the European battles
zones, but also had to swallow the prejudices imposed on them by the country
they fought for. Their heroism in the air saved many bomber crews and was
instrumental in air domination in Europe.
These are only two examples of great people putting their lives
on the line keeping us in freedom.
Every day
there are people at home and abroad that maintain peace and our freedom, which
brings me to my case and point of their mention.
When I go
for my morning coffee I see the hardworking young people busting their butts to
survive in today’s economy. People just getting started in the adventures they
pursue. These people are our future and our freedom. Then I see, and have seen
the dirt of society that steal, cheat and dishonor all that have given them a
country to live in. These maggots need to share one second of Hell our heroes
have suffered through, and maybe they can follow a brighter light and simply
contribute to society instead of leeching from it. Maybe they have too much
immoral freedom. The military draft in Canada has never been an issue because
our Heroes ‘volunteer’! I’m just saying.
Back in the
‘80s I was working an undercover gig. My partner and I were sitting at a table
in a bar; next to us was a group of young men in their early twenties. One of
them commented, “Good thing I get my welfare check this week, I’m running out
of beer money.” I am not a violent man but I felt like feeding him a five
finger sandwich to go with his beer. Welfare was instituted to help the
returning soldiers from WWll until they were re-employed, not to supply liars
and lazy scum with their ‘habit of choice’. Welfare is undoubtedly needed to
assist people with disabilities and temporary crisis, but not capable sots.
There was a
young single mom I donated a bursary to that was taking a two year criminology
course at the college in Victoria. She had a full time job, the brutal course
of studies and two preschool kids! It is a hero like her that makes the slime, like
the one in the bar that night, lower than the rock he slithered out from under.
Just today I
was having my morning coffee and a young father with three young children sat
next to me. The three were extremely well mannered and I commented on that
fact. After I gave the father one of my cards, he mentioned that his daughter was
interested in writing, her eyes lit up and she was so excited to share her
dream with me, she was about seven or eight.
In summary, I
wish I could share from my heart the warmth I feel for all those that have made
our world a place of greatness. Thank You.
Please… CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!
Bryce A
Baker
