We’re Outie 5,000
This American wants freedom, so we’re outie 5,000.
The Problem
North Carolina’s pulse is gone.
In the grocery store, a surgical mask-laden woman with fearful eyes pushes her grocery cart from the cereal aisle to the deli meats with tensed shoulders.
She watched Good Morning America from beginning to end this morning.
I round the end cap of the cereal aisle, heading toward the deli meats, maskless. I want sliced turkey. Having just grabbed some turkey herself, the woman’s back is toward me, but she turns to head toward dairy.
She spots me.
I can’t see her mask-covered mouth and nose, but her eyes dart toward where Gov. Roy Cooper mandated my mask should rest. She notices I’m not wearing a surgical mask in the grocery store. Her mind tells her eyes to squint, her mind tells her shoulders to rise like a frightened cat’s, and her mind tells her to run. Run. Run.
She watched eight hours of MSNBC last night. She was told Joe Biden’s administration would deliver 25 million masks — available to anyone at taxpayers’ expense.
“Does this guy want to kill my family?”
“How could he be so selfish?”
“I wear a mask. Does he watch the news?”
“He’s so ignorant.”
“I want a turkey sammich.”
All of these thoughts cross the woman’s mind as her shoulders un-tense, she straightens her forearms, she leans forward and pushes her grocery cart forward — hard. Her squinted eyes dart a look of pure disdain in my direction.
She had been waiting to release her mainstream-media-taught hatred on someone. Anyone. The enemy is out there. Somewhere.
She found the enemy today. With a self-satisfied look that onlookers can only half see, she picks up some cheddar cheese in the dairy section. If she can’t have brains, she will have a turkey sammich with cheddar cheese.
What I grabbed
This American grabbed some freedom supplies.
My wife wasn’t entirely thrilled considering we have a one-year-old and another baby on the way, but I recently bought a 2020 CRF450R.
So fast.
The Solution
This American’s solution is to get free — to go to Florida.
Living as a slave in North Carolina is no longer an option.
My wife and I looked at options. If you’re looking at Puerto Rico as an option to get free, know this: Puerto Rico has a personal income tax rate of 33%.
Keep in mind: I grew up in North Carolina. I have never left North Carolina. I went to elementary school, middle school, high school, college, bought property, built businesses in North Carolina.
Leaving North Carolina is no small thing.
The United States is an amalgamation of individual democratic republics. Having read about a general aversion to mask-wearing, and considering the world Powers That Be’s having locked down international travel, my wife and I decided to take a vacay to Florida.
I drove my truck. From North Carolina to Florida.
Upon entering Florida from Georgia, I had to stop for gas.
In the gas station, I went inside and got a coffee. No one wore a mask. People looked free. They looked optimistic. They looked reasonable. They looked happy.
I paid for the coffee, went outside, and felt rejuvenated. Maybe the more direct angle of the sun played a part, but I felt good.
Fast forward one week — our vacay is over. We have signed a one-year lease on a house in Fort Myers, Florida. With a pool, of course, which is standard in Southwest Florida.
This American will get free. No one will stop him.
FYLP
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