CHRISTMAS IN 1953 VS CHRISTMAS IN 2013

NOW that I'm just an old white guy siting around I have time to compare Christmas in the past years to today's.

Hard to believe the Christmas of 1953 boys of all ages was having a hard time waiting for Santa to bring them a one special request.
How many thought it  would be a gun of some sort? Boys of all ages wanted guns, cap guns to hunting rifles.

Christmas of 53, I believe was the year I wanted a Red Rider BB Gun. I don't remember any year that was not some kind of gun I wanted.

Was almost the same thing with my son as he grew up age in 1975. I remember he wanted guns & Cowboy's football gear, as ever other male child.

I have no idea of what girls my age wanted, but my daughter wanted dolls, & easy bake oven stuff when my age.

 Have you noticed in 2013 the difference in boys and Christmas? Today boys wants
vidio games, clothes, ipod, mp3, and sports equipment. The girls money, gift cards, music, ipod, mp3, concert tickets, makeup, jewelry, new phone, clothes, shoes, etc.

As for today I feel boy are being pushed into something other than young men.

As I remember dads and sons (sometimes daughters,) ( I had to say sometimes, because my wife went out with her dad). See I just said "how men are not men today!" went out looking Thur the woods for just the right tree. Moms and small children left home would get ready to set the tree up.

I do remember in the wood shed (kids today know not what a wood shed is) I helped dad build a tree stand & mount it to the tree. If I remember right a lot of things happened in that shed, not all to my liking.

Today you have so much red tape to go Thur to even get to a place you can cut a tree then pay to cut it. Or just stop by a tree stand on about ever corner and take it home to the kids. Even worse is just pull that fake tree from garage or basement.

When I was growing up Christmas was a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And of course Santa. Today this is all trashed by non-believers even Santa is being trashed today.

Christmas has been made into a commercialized Holiday with out any values for family or religions.
I believe Christmas of old, guns and all was much better represented than any Christmas in the last 20 years!

What is this old crap Happy Holidays anyway?

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEARS

 

Valsetz Archives

I'm sure most Valsetzers and people that never knew about Valsetz feel as strong about the history as I do when it comes about what Valsetz was all about.

Sorry to say I got information on News Paper Archives of Valsetz history but don't remember from who. I'm thinking it was  from e-mail or posted by a Valsetzer on Face book.

I do apologize to this person.

Recently I found my note about the Archive, after poking around in the archives I become so involved the evening had become into the next day.

In the Archives you will find articals about Valsetz, The People, and Valsetz School Sports.

I must have spent hours going Thu this history of Valsetz finding new paper items that sent me back to memory lane this last week.

You will find Valsetz History By Clicking on The url below! Enjoy!

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=Valsetz&oq=Valsetz&aq=0&aqi=d2&aql=&gs_sm=1&gs_upl=3890l26526l0l31607l22l22l13l5l10l0l91l359l4l4l0#q=Valsetz&hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&source=lnt&tbs=ar:1&sa=X&ei=9x9lT8ajHcXciQK62YSjDw&ved=0CBUQpwUoCg&fp=1&biw=1280&bih=929&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&cad=b&sei=pthUUcWAOaq6igKkrYCoDA




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GUN CONTROL

 

If I remember correct, from the first time my dad placed a gun in my hands he taught me about gun control.

Starting with Handling, pointing, aiming, and firing. This is gun control!

The first gun I had was a 3230 Winchester given to me by my dad to use when we went hunting. My dad used this gun on the bean farm in Colorado.
 
I remember hunting deer at night on the farm with dad and other farmers in the forties ( today they would call that poaching) The farmers hunted the deer for two reasons, one the deer ate the bean plants, & two for the meat. After the kill the deer were gutted, skinned, & butchered then my mother and other farmer's wives would can the deer meat for the winter.

After all the time my dad spent teaching me gun control I was not let out of the house on my own with a gun until I was about 10 years old, and that was a BB gun.  I got my first 22 at the age of about 14. I as many young Valsetzers spent many days walking up and down the rail road tracks plunking with the 22.
After dad died in 1959 I went deer hunting with a friend in Valsetz. As we were walking in the woods a few shots came our way. that was the last time I went deer hunting. To this day I don't know if it was being shot at or not hunting with dad that ended my hunting.
I did, as my dad done for me, I give the same lessons to my son in gun control except we never hunted.

Today Gun control has a whole different meaning. Gun Control is code for take the guns away from you, as you the citizen. If you are a Valsetzer you more than likely have been around guns all your life. If you took your car to school chances are you carried your rifle in this vehicle and  parked in the school parking lot. Don't you or any member of the family go near a school today with a gun in the car!

Today war has been declared on legal gun owners. If parents, & grand parents and the community don't control teaching in schools in I predict in10 years owning a gun will be illegal.

I had a visit last Xmas from my 3 year old great grand son. I may have gotten this kid in trouble with his pre-school, possible a suspension because I taught him how to do a finger fast gun draw.

These gun control freaks have started brain washing our kids as they have on other things like smoking.When will they start on brain washing our kids on using POT? Have you seen the stories about how and what kids are being punished for? It's as if they were brandishing a real gun.

I believe it's time communities take back the community schools and make them teach the values & curriculum they are being paid to do, and the politicians run the community's with the same values we were given!

It's to damn bad all schools of today are not made to follow VALSETZ CURRICULUM

Untill next blog have a Valsetz Type day!