On: How the Iran war is hurting travelers, airline industry

Well, I see the boys in Washington have gone and stirred up another hornet’s nest over there in the Middle East. Now they’re telling us it’s hitting folks right where they live - or rather, where they can’t afford to fly anymore.

They shut down that strait like it was a saloon on Sunday, and now jet fuel’s scarcer than an honest politician. I reckon those European tourists will just have to do what we Americans have been doing for years - look at postcards and pretend they’re there.

It’s funny how wars always start with big speeches about freedom and end with folks counting their pennies at the gas pump. They say it’s about principles, but I notice it’s never the principles who have to pay extra for their summer vacation.

I flew into New York last week and the ticket cost more than my first horse. Course, that horse never made me take my boots off at security neither. These days, between the wars and the shortages and the prices, traveling’s about as pleasant as a toothache.

But I guess we’ll all keep right on voting for the same fellas who keep starting these messes. Like my old dog who’d bark at the same fence post every morning, forgetting he never did catch it yesterday.