FROM CELIA HAYES:  West Toward the Sunset.

#CommissionEarned

It’s the year 1846, and Sally Kettering is just twelve years old. Her parents have decided to sell their farm in rural Ohio and go west … west to California. Sally and her six-year old brother Jon must leave everything they knew – friends, kinfolk and the little town where they had lived all their lives so far. Pa and Ma Kettering packed what they could take into a single covered wagon, and they set out to follow a trail through the wilderness west, along with a party of other families and adventurers. Unknown dangers lay around every bend of the trail … wild animals, wilder Indians … Indians who might be hostile or friendly, and no way to know for certain … treacherous river crossings, trackless deserts, and jagged, dangerous mountain passes.
And still, the Kettering family and their friends boldly set out … following the trail that led west toward the sunset!

TURNS OUT HUMANS, ALL HUMANS, ARE REALLY BAD AT LONG TERM PLANNING:  But the enemies of freedom are the worst.  I Meant To Do That.

HEY, TOM, THAT’S MY SHOCKED FACE:  Mind you, he’s talking about California’s train to nowhere, so he needs it.  Where did I put that shocked face?

SAME:

I LIKE RAND PAUL, BUT MAKING THE PERFECT THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD IS A CLASSIC LIBERTARIAN MISTAKE:

Take the win you can get, then use the momentum to do more. Am I wrong here? Maybe. But I doubt it.