Before I get into what this newish word “BRAT” means, let’s talk about Trump’s right ear. It got shot. Didn’t it? Well, pictures of the Donald which show that side of his head doesn’t really show it shot off, now that the bandage is off. But the authorities (FBI) confirm that it was indeed hit by something during that one-way skirmish. In fact, investigators have checked on this and the damage to his ear was for sure from a bullet fired from the assassin’s gun. So there! The Trump camp has been a little bit sensitive to this type of nit picking. He really was shot. Just not fatally. And I think that for America, that’s a good thing.

Speaking of the “Donald” as some like to call him, his new VP appointment is off and running. The freshly appointed man is named Vance and he is finding out quickly that every syllable of every word he utters is completely examined for error, slamming him for repeating his ideas on parenthood. He says if a person is female and has no children, they shouldn’t seek higher office. For one thing, a woman who has not reproduced in some timely manner or other, is showing her lack of being worthy of becoming a traditional instrument of reproductive normalcy. People who somehow own children by unusual methods are, of course, disqualified.

So far, nothing Mr. Vance has said has endeared himself to anyone as far as I can tell. Well, perhaps Mr. Trump likes it. You can be sure that neither Trump nor Vance know what this new word, “BRAT”, means. Naturally, we smart folk knew almost in advance that the latest usage of the BRAT word isn’t anything related to being a bratty-like child or have anything to do with maturity and behavior. In fact I may have trouble explaining this new word to folk who are over 39. A 10 year old girl was asked what it meant by her dad and she said, “It’s like this: You don’t care what anyone thinks about you or anything, it just means you are going to enjoy your life.”

I am reminded of a time many years ago when I was still a student up at OU in Norman and I was assigned to define why Marijuana was so attractive to students of the day. One writer I stumbled onto may have said it best. He confessed that he didn’t really know but that studies he had done did show that once a person had consumed just a small amount of this plentiful drug, the person ingesting it was absolutely unable to concern himself with many of the worries that had plagued him before. He said if more and more citizens made use of the drug, it would seriously affect how our nation viewed items such as labor and law and order. He felt it would change the very face of America.

I don’t remember him saying anything about the use of the word “BRAT.” Nor did he mention the smothering of our mother earth with liter such as beer cans and fast food leftovers. That may be why Sharon Stone has promised to leave the USA soon if Trump and Vance get elected. But I think it’s just because of the litter. Meanwhile I note that Kamela Harris has embraced the BRAT word in her campaign and has decorated her web site with greenish traffic cones and “BRAT” green. Glad somebody around here is up to date with what the 10-year-old leaders are publishing. I wonder if Kamela knows the meaning. But it may be she would embrace about anything for a vote right now. Hope you all have a good week. I planned on bringing you, my readers up to date on my latest trip to my doctor up at the VA. I went in seeking help on improving my attention deficit. But I saw my dermatologist instead. But I forgot to ask about my attention deficit. Sorry.

Be sure and go to church Sunday. Maybe you will learn more about the word, “BRAT.”

Wayne Bullard, DPh

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