President Trump has suggested that we have a parade in Washington, D.C. as a display of our military might and a tribute to our all volunteer armed services.   What an awful idea! (to the left that is).

Over the years we have spent untold millions on such hair brained schemes as a tunnel constructed under a major highway so a species of turtle could conduct their annual migration, without fear of being run over by vehicles.  That cost millions.  Unfortunately, many of the turtles didn’t like the concept of be herded into a dark tube under the noisy highway, and got squished crossing where they pleased.

We banned the annual drawing of water by farmers from the Rio Grande river during periods of drought.  Supposedly, because it would cause the extinction of the “silvery minnow”.  No one apparently noticed that species has existed for millenia before mankind set foot on this continent, and the Rio Grande dried up completely during many cyclical droughts in the past.  Somehow, the little fish managed to survive without our help.

We have also studied the ability of shrimp to run on a treadmill, and banned logging in a significant portion of the states of Washington and Oregon, therby nearly eliminating the logging industry, because it would “destroy” the habitat of the Spotted Owl, an endangered species.  The fact that the owls readily abandoned their precious forest to nest in the recesses of large signs along interstate highways was not mentioned by the eco-terrorists.  Didn’t fit the narrative.

So, a once a year tribute to our military, perhaps coinciding with the annual Fourth of July festivities, is just unacceptable to the America apologists and Trump haters on the left.  The fact that same group had no problem spitting on the troops coming back from Viet Nam, who saw their friends killed and maimed by the thousands, while serving honorably when called, is immaterial.

I say have the parade.  Venerate all those living and dead who have bled to keep this nation free.  Let the turtles, shrimp, spotted owls and silvery minnows look out for themselves.  It’s called Darwins Theory of Natural Selection.  A law of nature which has existed since the dawn of time.