Woodsterman

Saturday, July 4, 2026

The Red Head Express Plays Our Tradition At Woodsterman ~ Happy 250th!

Happy 4th of July ~OR~ Happy Independence Day!

Friday, July 3, 2026

It's Funderwhoopee Friday Again ~ PM

Rick Evans Wrote:

Just to clear the air: I’m a MAGA conservative, but that doesn’t mean what a lot of you apparently think it does. Let’s break it down, because I’m tired of being told what I believe and what I stand for. Spoiler: not every conservative is the same, but most of us I know share these same principles.

1. I believe America should never depend on another country for energy, protection, or basic supply and demand. We are strongest when we build, produce, and protect things right here in the USA.

2. I believe America must put itself first. We cannot pour from an empty cup. Our country should prioritize our own people before trying to save the world.

3. I believe America should stay out of endless foreign conflicts. We are not the world’s sugar daddy, and we shouldn’t act like it.

4. I believe no foreign aid should be given until every veteran at home is taken care of.

5. I believe immigrants make America stronger — when they come legally. If your first act in this country is breaking the law, you aren’t an upstanding citizen.

6. You can marry who you want. I may not agree with your lifestyle, but your life is not mine to judge, I leave that to God Almighty. That being said, I am a Christian and suggest everyone read and follow God's word.

7. I believe men are men and women are women. Surgery or hormones don’t change that. Men should use men’s bathrooms, and women should use women’s bathrooms.

8. I believe schools are for education, not indoctrination. Kids should learn math, history, reading, and science - not political propaganda. They should not be taught they were “born in the wrong body” or pushed into gender delusion.

9. I believe America is in a mental health crisis. Mental health care is real, it matters, and it desperately needs to be addressed.

10. I believe guns aren’t the problem - people are. Gun control only infringes on constitutional rights. But I also believe in common sense: background checks are necessary to keep firearms out of the hands of the mentally ill.

I’m a conservative because I believe in faith, family, freedom, and personal responsibility. I don’t want a government that controls every aspect of our lives - I want a government that protects our rights, secures our borders, defends our freedoms, and then gets out of the way. We are strongest when Americans take care of America first, when families are supported, when our veterans are honored, and when our children are given truth, not propaganda. I love this country, and I believe it’s worth fighting for.

PLEASE COPY AND PASTE IF THIS IS ALSO THE WAY YOU FEEL. 🇺🇲

Thank You Rick!

It's Funderwhoopee Friday Again ~ AM

On Christmas Day, 1941, word reached North Platte that a troop train carrying the local boys of Company D was stopping for ten minutes at the Union Pacific station. Five hundred people showed up with baskets of fried chicken, cigarettes, and homemade cookies.

When the train pulled in, the faces in the windows were strangers. The local boys had been rerouted. There was a long, heavy silence on the platform as the women looked at their baskets and then at the tired, bewildered young men from Kansas and Pennsylvania who were heading to a war they didn't understand yet.

Rae Wilson, a 26-year-old local, didn't lower her basket. She stepped up to the first window, handed over a drumstick, and said, "Merry Christmas, son."

That afternoon, the North Platte Canteen was born.

For the next 51 months, every single day, women from 125 surrounding communities—some driving 75 miles on rationed gas—met every troop train that passed through. They didn't have a budget or government funding. They had 55,000 volunteers and a rotating schedule pinned to church basements.

They served six million soldiers.

They didn't just give out sandwiches. They gave out birthday cakes. If a soldier mentioned it was his birthday, a woman would run to the back and pull out a whole cake, baked that morning just in case. They worked in ten-minute bursts—the length of a water stop. They would hand off food, a smile, and a scrap of paper with a local girl’s address through the windows as the steam hissed.

In 1946, when the last train whistled out of the station, the women folded the card tables for the last time. They had used 40,000 eggs a month, all donated from local farms that were already struggling.

A soldier from New York once wrote back to the town: "I don't remember the name of the girl who gave me the popcorn, but I remember that for ten minutes in Nebraska, I wasn't a serial number. I was someone’s son again."

They called it the town that never said no.

Based On: "Once Upon a Town" by Bob Greene

Now that's America!