You know, here is the long and short of it.  I think there is something terribly wrong with me.  Maybe not wrong, but a little loppy-brained, perhaps.   For a very good instance,  today…..I  was elated…. no…. beside-myself-ecstatic…. when I saw this little gem of a trinket.  I happened upon a store that has “overstocks” and “discontinued items” on their shelves.  The misfits of the retail world, if you will.

And there she was. Our eyes met.  Good old Martha Washington.  I snatched that little last doll right off the shelf, as quickly as you can say “Wooden Teeth”, and sprinted to the cash register.  Take a look at her.  You won’t see something like this every day.

Yet, the truth be told…..I purchased this little figurine for that Southwestern Airlines Pilot that’s been in the news here lately.  A gift for you sir.

Here’s our first First Lady sir.  Fat. Old…. And Gay.  Okay.  She wasn’t gay.  But she loved it when George put on his wig.

Now before you go Boycotting SW Airlines because of this pilot’s open mic comments, in which he “slammed”  his old, fat, gay flight attendants….. well, don’t.  If you’ve ever shopped at ANY store, paid any utility bill, or even pay your taxes, you are probably dealing with someone, somewhere, who has prejudices against elderly people, overweight people, and gay people.  Our country is chock full of prejudice.

The older I get, the better I get, at NOT harboring any such prejudgements.  However, I am no saint, by an means of the imagination.  I have, at times, prejudged people in my life, and for those moments, I hold regret and remorse.  Most of the time, those individuals proved me wrong.

So I’d like to meet this pilot, and hear what he has to say for himself.  I also want to give him this little effigy of Martha W….  Of course in hopes that he will put in on the dashboard of his big ol’ jet airliner…..   The first, First Lady of our Great Country.   Ringer of Freedom.  Holder of Truths.  Aging.  Loved Twinkies.  But helped to build the foundations of our nation..

I’m sure this pilot wouldn’t say such things about good and true Martha W.  Unless, of course, she was serving Gin & Tonics on his 747.

Off we go, into the wild blue yonder.