FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2015

But With Clothing For A Special Occasion

Friday afternoon at the Conservative Agenda, Political Insiders were asking Beloved Whistleblower Publisher Charles Foster Kane why he was wearing his old U.S. Army combat boots at the meeting. “Today’s a very special day,” Kane explained. “According to my DD-214 Form, this October 23 it’s exactly 52 years to the day I was released from the service.”

 “How come October 23 isn’t listed as an Official National Holiday?” Hurley the Historian asked.

“It should be,” Kane agreed. “At least we could always remember it at The Whistleblower Newswire. Along with your Military Serial Number, there are two dates anybody who was ever in the service always remembers: The day you went in and the day you went out.”

“How long were you in?” asked Whistleblower War Hero Ollie Hackworth.

“Exactly two years, 8 months, 28 days, 12 hours, 36 minutes, and 12 seconds,” Kane recalled. “I started counting my days right after the sergeant said “I, state your name…” when I was being sworn in at the induction center at Ft. Thomas, Kentucky on January 23, 1961.”

“I called the Outback restaurant like you said,” said one of the Whistleblower interns. “But they didn’t recognize your October 23 Holiday and said you’d have to wait till Veterans Day for your FREE Bloomin’ Onion, just like everybody else.”

“Don’t forget to call Anderson Township and make reservations for me and three guests at this year’s FREE Anderson Township Veterans Day Celebration. I hear Pelican’s Reef is providing the food,” Kane instructed.

“But why are you wearing your old U.S. Army combat boots?” asked our Good Friend Bobby Leach.

“That’s easy,” Kane explained. “Every year when I get up on October 23, the date I was released from the Army, I always go down in the basement, look in my old duffle bag, and put on put on my old Army uniform.”

“What happened to the rest of your Army clothes?” Bobby asked.

“Unfortunately,” Kane admitted, “I’m twice the man I was when I signed up and my boots are the only things that still fit.”