Introduction
As free as the grass grows.
Born free to follow your heart!
(Source: Born Free Lyrics. (n.d.). Lyrics.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022, from https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/5261251/Andy+Williams/Born+Free.)
The quote is the first line of the well-known song “Born Free.” Clicking the source link finds the song's full lyrics and history. “Born Free” was also a very good movie. Why are there few, if any, movies like that anymore? By the way, I detest “govrmint” time! We won't set those clocks back an hour until 11/6/2022!
Early yesterday morning, in the darkness of “govrmint” time, I was up to see Mrs. Appalachian Irishman off for work. I started singing loudly my improvised lyrics to the song “Born Free.” Thankfully, I was not being recorded!
Molly, our “old puppy,” will be seven years young officially on Halloween. (See the 6/19/2021 article about Molly.) Age is not slowing Molly down!
This article begins with Molly's illegal border crossings. Afterward, I affirm an argument by analogy about the illegal border crossings into this once-great nation. The conclusion encourages Molly and all illegal invaders to stay in their own yards!
Molly's Illegal Border Crossings
About a year ago, the small box, which holds the battery for Molly's stay-in-the-yard collar, broke off. Molly continued to stay in the yard, with no illegal border crossings into neighbors' yards. We thought, “Good doggy!” I didn't replace the box or keep Molly's stay-in-the-yard collar on her. Molly knew her boundaries!
On Tuesday, 10/18/2022, being retired, I was in my home office. Mid-morning, I saw Molly in the yard of a next-door neighbor! She came running to me when I called. I tied Molly to a front porch post with a long lead line. The photograph above is Molly in the front yard on that lead line. I was in our dining room. To me, the blinds and the window screen make Molly look like she's in jail!
Molly seemed to apologize. I retrained her to stay in the yard. To be on the safe side, I ordered a new battery box and new batteries, but I trusted Molly again.
The next day, Molly stayed in her boundaries until mid-morning, when I saw her in the subdivision road! This time, Molly did not come to me when I called! Instead, she darted into various yards, all the way to the subdivision entrance to our west. I could not get Molly to come to me. Walking back home, I gave up. A good neighbor, whom Molly had visited during her illegal journey, brought her back home. Thanks, Chuck!
On Thursday, I no longer trusted Molly to stay in the yard! She stayed in the basement until I returned from getting a haircut and having my truck washed. Once again, I tied Molly on the lead line to a front porch post. The weather was sunny and warm enough. I walked Molly around our yard, marking each border. Molly and I talked. She knew that I still liked her, but that I was upset by her illegal border crossings.
Yesterday, the birthday of my youngest brother, the error was mine. The cool morning had kept Molly in her basement condominium. I had planned to bring her upstairs to hang out in the living room about mid-morning. I was distracted by trying to figure out when my Tuesday order (new battery box and new batteries) would arrive.
In the meantime, Molly decided to visit our neighbor, Chuck, again! Once again, Chuck brought Molly back. I apologized to him. It was my fault this time. Sorry, Chuck!
At 6:33 PM, my Tuesday order finally arrived! Molly, as usual, spent the evening on the couch between my wife and me. Before bedtime, I placed the new battery box and new battery onto the stay-in-the-yard collar. Molly and I went outside in the dark. I retrained her about our property borders.
Today, the good news is that Molly has relearned her boundaries! She stays in the yard. If she tests her borders, the collar reminds her with a gentle shock. Molly does not like those little shocks! Once again, Molly is now officially back to being a good “old puppy”!
Illegal Border Crossings
On Wednesday, Molly's illegal border crossings into neighbors' yards brought the illegal border crossings into this once-great nation to my mind. The thought inspired this article.
My 8/5/2022 article linked to my 8/5/2022 podcast, titled “Illegal Analogy.” I really don't want to write another article on this subject, but I am doing so. I have to. The politically blind need to see the light. I'll shine the light for them another time on this tiring topic.
Various media sources rehash ad nauseam stories about illegal border crossings. Early this morning, I happened to notice a television station that my wife was watching. I don't recall which network. The commentator contrasted the lower number of illegals who invaded this nation under President Trump with the much higher number who continue to cross the border illegally under President Biden.
I will not drone on further. I'm tired of this obviously easy topic. Secure the border! Stop the illegal invasion! By keeping the border wide open, the socialists think that they are adding more socialist voters. These socialists are continuing to transform this once-great nation into what I call the Socialist Utopian Oblivion that they desire.
As many of you like-minded readers, I continue to stand. Our property border is secure. No illegals (humans or domestic animals) invade our property. Well, a neighbor's dog visits at times, but she is allowed short visits. Wild animals have no borders. They are “born free” in the wild. Turkeys, deer, rabbits, squirrels, and such visit at times. We don't care for the skunks that visit rarely.
Conclusion
This argument by analogy is concluded. Molly knows her borders again. She won't cross illegally into another neighbor's yard. I stopped Molly's illegal border crossings.
I wish that humans would stop crossing the border illegally into this once-great nation. The “powers that be” know how to stop them. They are not ignorant. The federal “govrmint” wants the illegal invasion to continue, at least until election day on 11/8/2022, which is two days after we get off “govrmint” time! We will see what happens.
By the way, today, the Tennessee Vols beat the UT Martin Skyhawks on homecoming, 65-24. I thought that a Skyhawk was a car that Buick made a few decades ago. I named the game the “Tennessee college football civil war,” the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, against the University of Tennessee, Martin (northwest Tennessee). The Georgia Bulldogs had an open date today.
My 10/19/2022 article proposed a bet with readers who are UT Vol fans. I have not had any takers yet. I forgot that some UT Vol fans who are reading my articles could be ladies. They don't mind wearing pink.
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