Went to Walmart today and saw a 20-something woman slap a disabled, wheel-chair bound WWII Army vet from behind and on the side of the head. I said nothing as I walked over a slapped her hard across the face.
Then I called the cops and shielded him from her until they arrived. The elderly vet, smiled and with tears in his eyes, simply looked up at me and said, “Thank you.”
Yeah, I’ll be your Huckleberry!
It’s like this — doing right can be frightening. Doing right, though never truly hurts. Being arrested is temporary. Court room and jail time is also temporary. In the end I wanna hear: “Good and faithful son.” For me, that’s the take away for defending the defenseless.
And yes, you can call me an asshole for striking a woman. I don’t give an eff.
The Old Blog in the Desert 
Leave a comment