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Much to Be Thankful For
I have a hard time trying to understand why there are so many angry people in our country today. It seems that a criteria to join the Republican Party is to be angry at something either real or imagined. Their leader, Donald Trump, an alleged billionaire, looks like he is going to pop an aorta every time that he speaks. After all, he is 78-years-old and has had a McDonald’s obsession for many years now. Donald Trump enjoys Wealthy White Male Privilege Immunity. Now that he has been elected president, the criminal charges he faced are dissipating before our very eyes. He even expects verdicts rendered by 12 citizens about criminal acts he performed while he was campaigning the first time around — he wasn’t president yet — to be dismissed because he is now president. Why is he so mad?
I know that I am not mad. I drive around in a 22-year Honda that has defied the laws of planned obsolescence and still gets me to where I need to know. I am very grateful for my mechanic who is a master, affordable and a nice guy. And no, I am not going to share his phone number.