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Btw, thank you for the outpouring of support shown with all of the cards and letters. I hear on the street that Kong's petition drive reached triple digits on Old School's behalf. Kong, I would take a bullet for you. You da' man .  I can't believe I am so fond of a dude who shares his HS sports  fandom with some of the worst fans in the history of sport--- organized, or otherwise. He's one of the good ones. There are times when a perceived grotesque miscarriage of justice can produce a BOB(Bitter Old B@$t#rd). However, I look at it as a chance to benefit my readers. I've been able to work on a wealth of new material for '25. Probably some of the best stuff yet. Old School has just a finite number of posts left to finish what I came here to do--- inform and entertain---mostly entertain.  '25 may be my swan song. If so, it's gonna be be my biggest hit ever.

Now, let's rejuvenize a political forum in need of some energy and rejuvenation.   After a lot of thought about it, I have come to realize that the reason Trump rose to power in 'Merica was essentially because WE ARE TRUMP. We've always been Trump. We have always been a nation of bigots, racists, sexists, misogynists, homophobes, transphobes, xenophobes, and many other phobes. Our history proves it. 

My uncle is a Trump-adoring bigot and racist. Trump speaks for him. Validates his long-held bigotries. He watches 8 hours of FOX a day and curses Hillary, Biden, and that "nasty, black woman that slept her way to Vice-President."  My mother was an extreme xenophobe. She was a former Bill and Hillary -loving lifelong Democrat who got radicalized via social media and became a Trump-adoring Septuagenarian.  "Could Trump do anything to lose your support," I once asked mom. "What about if he murdered someone in plain view, raped a girl in plain view, dragged two naked Mexicans to their deaths  from the back of his limousine.  She confirmed my worst suspicions with, "I'd still be with him."  Trump spoke for her. Probably the first time someone in a very powerful position spoke for her. Trump validated her hate, just as he does for you. And you adore him for it.  You don't care if Mexico pays for the wall or if the swamp is drained or if Elon Musk gets billions in tax breaks. All you want is to be validated. And you are far from alone. We are a nation of terrible humans; just an awful country made up of selfish, materialistic, bigoted, hypocritical humanoids.  In summary, WE ARE DONALD TRUMP!(Or at least about half of us are).

I should have listened to the young Communists who came through Corbin. lol The best I could do for them is thank them for coming and send them on their way with 100 greenbacks from my wallet.  They said change can't come about  via the ballot box. that it can only come through anarchy. They might be on to something. You can't change stupid. And when racism, bigotry, sexism, and hate of foreigners is so deeply ingrained in one's belief system, those things are difficult to change, as well.   And you certain can't change a cult of personality-- the cult of MAGA .  MAGA is 'Merica.   






"I may be a narcissist. I may even be a sociopath. But one thing I will never be accused of being ... Mundane .  "     --- OSH

I keep hearing that we need to make America Great Again like it was back in the 60's and 70's.  Unfortunately it wasn't too great for everyone back then, which kind of ties in with what you are saying that we really are.  Trump basically made it okay for many in the Country to come out of the shadows and show what they really believe and who they really are.  He reminds me a lot of George Wallace to be honest.

Germany's slogan back in the mid 30's was "Make Germany Great Again".   That didn't stand the test of time. 

I don't see the US following in the Nazi footsteps, but it sure does appear that we are headed toward an Oligarchy.