i m excited about tonight s speakers. and i wanted to remind you of a different time in life. there used to be, as most of you all remember, a sort of a trump card, an ace, an ace you will that any kid on the playground pull when tyranny was afoot when somebody was criticizing their behavior or they were saying it s free country kids used to declare, do you remember that it s a free country. thank it s a free country. we were part of a collective civil agreement. we all understood that we didn t believe it. we knew it. so an abrupt loss or taking or a surrendering of our freedoms, on your perspective, would have sounded absolutely preposterous, but so did many things we have encountered and are still encountering not being able to buy soap at a mom and pop store down the street a local retailer. but having go to a big box store, being ticketed for fishing in a private pond without a mask, that was don t as a surgical shield. or a splash shield, deciding if or which experiment
it s free country kids used to declare, do you remember that it s a free country. thank it s a free country. we were part of a collective civil agreement. we all understood that we didn t believe it. we knew it. so an abrupt loss or taking or a surrendering of our freedoms, on your perspective, would have sounded absolutely preposterous, but so did many things we have encountered and are still encountering not being able to buy soap at a mom and pop store down the street a local retailer. but having go to a big box store, being ticketed for fishing in a private pond without a mask, that was don t as a surgical shield. or a splash shield, deciding if or which experimental drugs you would take into your body or that the department of homeland security may consider you a terrorist for not agreeing with the government narrowly, which could sow discord, undermine public trust in us government, undermine or excuse me, or undermine public trust in us government institutions. you can
i m excited about tonight s speakers. and i wanted to remind you of a different time in life. there used to be, as most of you all remember, a sort of a trump card, an ace, an ace you will that any kid on the playground pull when tyranny was afoot when somebody was criticizing their behavior or they were saying it s free country kids used to declare, do you remember that it s a free country. thank it s a free country. we were part of a collective civil agreement. we all understood that we didn t believe it. we knew it. so an abrupt loss or taking or a surrendering of our freedoms, on your perspective, would have sounded absolutely preposterous, but so did many things we have encountered and are still encountering not being able to buy soap at a mom and pop store down the street a local retailer. but having go to a big box store, being ticketed for fishing in a private pond without a mask, that was don t as a surgical shield. or a splash shield, deciding if or which experiment
i m excited about tonight s speakers. and i wanted to remind you of a different time in life. there used to be, as most of you all remember, a sort of a trump card, an ace, an ace you will that any kid on the playground pull when tyranny was afoot when somebody was criticizing their behavior or they were saying it s free country kids used to declare, do you remember that it s a free country. thank it s a free country. we were part of a collective civil agreement. we all understood that we didn t believe it. we knew it. so an abrupt loss or taking or a surrendering of our freedoms, on your perspective, would have sounded absolutely preposterous, but so did many things we have encountered and are still encountering not being able to buy soap at a mom and pop store down the street a local retailer. but having go to a big box store, being ticketed for fishing in a private pond without a mask, that was don t as a surgical shield. or a splash shield, deciding if or which experiment
Mick Chivers signed up to give stem cells. When it came time to help an elderly man with leukemia, the 20-year-old didn't let multiple setbacks stop him from giving a stranger a second chance at life.