"Hungry People Are Not Free"
Truer words never spoken. These words were said by, Adlai Stevenson . Former Ambassador to the U.N. Also ran for President. Lost to Dwight Eisenhower. Now he was from somewhere in the northern states like Michigan, Minnesota or Illionois. Yet as he said those words there are some who tell me he started to say. “If you want to be free, eat more BBQ“.
Now I myself tend to agree with that statement. Did he actually say it? That is the question. The story goes he got close enough to saying it, to know it was said. As for me I would certainly feel free if I was next to BBQ. I would feel free to take some and put in my hungry salivating mouth. Yes, and as I ate it I would exclaim, free again ! Shout it from the roof tops of the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn too. Free again lucky me, free again. Time to have a party now . From the tops of the buildings of lower and mid town Manhattan. Free in the low lands of Simi Valley, the Mountains of Colorado. Free in swamps and bayous of Louisiana and the Smokey Mountains of Tenn. Tell the world that we are free again. Free to taste the fruits of our labors and that smoky flavor that touches the tip of your tongue and tickles your taste buds. Promising of more good things to come.
Yes, my dear brothers and sisters, in the world outside ours. Out of the circle of folks like us. Who like so many others now know that BBQ means freedom. Freedom from want. Freedom from mosquito bites and freedom to worship the best stuff on earth. BBQ of any kind will reinforce those freedoms our founding fathers won for us. The men who put their lives and white wigs on the line. Knowing that if they did not hang separately they would surely hang together at the next BBQ extravaganza. It is no coincidence that July 4th , is marked by backyard BBQs all over America.
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