"I used to be Hell on wheels, back when I was younger man.
Now my body says 'You can't do this boy'.
But my pride says 'Oh, yes you can.'
I ain't as good as I once was.
That's just the cold hard truth.
I still throw a few back, talk a little smack,
When I'm feelin' bullet proof.
So don't double dog dare me now.
'Cause I'd have to call your bluff." - Toby Keith song
After Faldo had some stress related health issues - Faldo had to back off and realize he could not save this country. And as his children married, the career dwindled down and the grandchildren arrived, it was time - for Faldo's family's sake that he mellow out.
Faldo made an honest commitment to his family, his friends and himself to 'chill out, enjoy what you earned and own, and enjoy the more time available to be with family and friends. It was time to retire from the fight, and let others pick up the mantle to fight tyranny on the front lines. Faldo did his best with his blog, his book and his running for office.
Faldo was all set to just relax and just enjoy life. For fun he had his poker league, his chess club, his golf club, his shooting club, fishing, nice dinners in restaurants with his wife and enjoy campfires in his legally permitted firepit in his back yard.
"Mother earth has changed since I was a child.
The east is a beast and the west is really wild.
And the headlines say the end looks grim,
And the future don't look so bright.
You can't even open your mailbox, you can't take a plane,
And everybody looking for somebody to blame.
I think I'm going to let the president save this old world.
Tonight I'll light us a fire and she'll turn off the news.
We'll open a cold one and shake these blues.
I'm just a regular Joe with a beautiful wife.
Just getting by in a day to day world.
We don't have a lot, but we don't need anything.
When you are sitting on top of the world, man we got everything."- Toby Keith song
I have news for you Toby. You got nothing. You own nothing. You can do nothing without permission. Your money is actually worthless. Don't pay your taxes and they take your home. You live in the best nation in the world - and you are still a slave.
They add more
rights violations and
disrespects to ordinary citizens every single day.
Faldo stopped battling tyranny, so the Tyrants came after Faldo. Pure and simple.
STOPPED - Poker League - operators stopped keeping records for no apparent reason and will not answer as to why.
CLOSED - Chess Club - Location closed by dictatorial State order.
CLOSED - Golf Club - Golf course and restaurant closed by dictatorial State order.
RESTRICTED - Shooting Club - Partial use allowed sometimes but all events and membership benefits cancelled by dictatorial State order.
PROHIBITED then RESTRICTED - Boating and fishing by dictatorial State order.
PROHIBITED - Bars and Restaurants by dictatorial State order.
PROHIBITED - Campfires in backyards - even in well constructed and legal permit approved pits - by dictatorial State order.
Faldo was just minding Faldo's own business - trying to enjoy what's left - and then tyranny decided to poke the old man in the rocking chair.
"I ain't as good as I once was.
My how the years have flown.
But there was a time back in my prime.
When I could really hold my own.
But if you all want to pick a fight,
Guess none of you look all that tough." - Toby Keith song
I ain't as good as I once was, but I will be as good ONCE as I ever was.