If anyone needs some excitement in their life, a suggestion might be to get to one of the new, modern theaters and buy a ticket to see Maverick.

Not familiar with the title? It’s a continuation of the initial movie about Naval Aviation.

Reality

The people who put the movie together did an excellent job of reflecting reality in the two-plus hours of the movie’s run. The flying is done by Top Gun pilots with actors seated in the second seat.

This arrangement makes it possible to experience real-life situations and conditions that contribute much to the movie.

Just as it did in the first presentation, the acting is unique to say the least.

Choose seat

As a suggestion, it would be a good idea to use a theater that you can purchase a particular seat and avoid being too close to the screen. The action is right in front of you and the noise can be excessive at times.

There is a theme involving air combat and a special mission for the Navy pilots who are training during the initial part of the program.

One experience

During my time in the Navy I had one opportunity to experience Navy aviation. The experience was crossing the Pacific from Hawaii to Japan.

As we neared the last of the journey, some journalist friends who were ship’s company, made arrangement for me to climb aboard one of the planes being ferried to Japan and fly ahead.

That was one of my best experiences on the trip, although it would not be recommended for just anyone.

To be frank and earnest, the pilot and I had an understanding there would be no funny-stuff during the 30-minute flight after leaving the deck of the Boxer.

On my soapbox

With the actions of the U. S. Supreme Court during the past few weeks, my conclusions have been that there isn’t a politician alive who is either capable or a true public servant who is entitled to such recognition.

The public has seen what a court, designed to do the people’s work so far as the Constitution is concerned, will do when politicians, not legal scholars desirous of our Democracy remaining intact, are too involved.

What will happen?

I believe the lifetime term of the justices’ ser vice must be removed. In addition, any dedicated politician must forever be barred from service on the nine-member body.

Ideally, more background checks into involvement with borderline organizations must be more thoroughly examined and reported to the public.

In my opinion, those closely associated with the individual making the appointment or sharing actions with the beliefs of those outside reason for the welfare of the nation, should never reach the nomination level.

Don’t forget

Currently, in this Democracy of ours, there are groups and individuals that would like to have their way and no other when it comes to the rights we all enjoy, or have benefitted from in the past.

Don’t forget either, the sacrifices, both originally, nearly 250 years ago, or most recently on some farflung battleground those who answered the nation’s call to arms keeping our freedoms intact.

If for no other reason, those who have created the situation existing today are still out there and would like nothing better than an opportunity to correct the errors they have recently put on the books and return to powerful government positions.

Hearings

Anyone who is bold enough, and truly interested in the good of this nation should have their eyes opened wider during recent Congressional committee hearings.

Testimony by those on the ground floor during those trying hours painted only the bleakest picture of what leaders were doing or not doing.

Breaking the law is nothing to some people; a fact no group or individual should be permitted to escape. There are sufficient numbers of law-abiding people, of any political party around, to make this thing work again.

Beginning with the Supreme Court, whose personal thinking has been displayed in recent rulings, statements and leaks have proven there are new and veteran members who need to go.

A personal note

In two more days this member of the Fourth Estate will reach year 93 on this earth, a fact that God receives my thanks each and every day (especially those that I think of it).

Virtually all that lifetime has been in the Ozarks, which gets a second “thank you.’’

Bob Mitchell is the former editor and publisher of the Cassville Democrat. He is a 2017 inductee to both the Missouri Press Association Hall of Fame and Missouri Southern State University’s Regional Media Hall of Fame.