What's Wrong With The World Today? - Overenthusiastic Cops

     Remember those warm summer days selling lemonade on your front lawn trying to raise money to go to your local amusement park or buy the newest toy on the market to make everyone jealous (or in the case of the kids in my neighborhood nowadays, grape juice plus 3 free jelly beans)????
     Well,  it seems like those days are over because police are becoming way overenthusiastic in their jobs (or bored during the long summer days) and shutting down poor, little kid's lemonade stands one-by-one. In most cases, it happens because a lot of cities require food and business permits before someone can set up shop (even if that shop happens to be on a front lawn run by a bunch of 7-year-olds).

     This situation happened two weeks ago in Midway, Georgia, when three girls decided they wanted to sell lemonade to raise money to go to a water park. 

     Well, all was good until the police chief rode by and told them they were breaking the law and they had to close down their business because, although they were young, he needed to "enforce the laws." Health issues were apparently also a concern because, ooooo scaryyyyyy, no one knew who made the lemonade!!!!!! 

     I understand that police have an extremely important job and that they do everything in their power to protect us day to day, but can't they leave the little things in life alone ... like kids with lemonade stands. I mean, come on. They are not trying to take over the world or anything with the money they are making ... Or are they? 

     Yeah, I doubt it. I'm pretty sure most of them are just budding entrepreneurs who just want a little extra cash for the summer. So, just do those little Donnie Trumps and Billy Gates a favor and just go about your day patrolling the mean streets for real criminals. 

     I really can't believe someone would want to crush a child's little dream like that, in the first place.

     And that's what wrong with the world today.

A firefly glowing on my left hand, I used to pretend it was a wedding band. A tall, cool glass of mama's lemonade - sold from a stand that me and my sister made. We'd count our quarters in the shade, underneath the trees ... Oh, those sweet memories. I love those summer days. Driftin' on by like a slow parade. And everything feels fine in the warm sunshine, when your world unwinds. And you kick back in your flip flops. And you don't care about the tick-tock. And the world is full of music, dreams, and lovers. There ain't nothin' like the summer. (Nothin' Like The Summer, Carmen Rasmusen)