High school sports diverts from U.S. macro picture

Pam Bondi, AG

High school football is a refreshing outlet that we can turn to, when other aspects of American life become turbulent like right now. It's Sunday morning as I write this. Sunday itself is a nice little outlet for experiencing peace and "normality." But distressing headlines continue to come at us. 

So this morning we see: "Trump publicly urges Pam Bondi to charge his political enemies in stunning post." 

Go ahead and enjoy your high school football, you all, and I mean that because what, really, can the common citizen do about the disturbing stuff? I mean, re. the rule of law and the principle of its consistent application? We have lived our lives under the assurance that we can count on the principle. This, plus the principle that we have two political parties that can co-exist while disagreeing on the best ways to achieve the best American life. 

Instead we now see something quite akin to Mussolini's ascent in Italy. Contact your congressperson? In normal times this would be a valid outlet for concerned citizens. But all the evidence shows that our congressperson Michelle Fischbach is joined at the hip with Trump and MAGA. And if anything, her job security is threatened from the political right, not the left. These are the stripes we have out in rural western Minnesota now. 

Fischbach seems proud of what the DJT administration has done for farmers. I think there's two sides to that coin. But what are we going to do? Elect a Democrat? Well that certainly is not going to happen here. 

 

Off the rails 

Trump is full-on trying to destroy his political adversaries. He seizes power across the board by any means that he can. It is so unrelenting as with the Federal Reserve. Do you realize how absolutely delicate this is? I mean, to try to seize control of the central bank? And it's nakedly for the purpose of pushing down interest rates as far as possible. 

Don't you realize that political people always have a bias toward wanting lower interest rates because it gives temporary "juice" to the economy? And our system was established long ago for the "Fed" to be independent. DJT seeks to crush that. 

All these changes are happening just like the "boiling frog." It is incremental and steady. Yes but DJT does not conceal his intentions. He's right out there. And people refuse to vote Democrat? And that's because of stuff like "gay" and "trans" and abortion? And so now we have to accede to the Republicans and their whole agenda, much of which isn't connected to the cultural issues at all? Well it's all coming at us. 

Even on this peaceful Sunday morning, more terribly ominous signs of what has mounted from the White House. I'm sick of hearing about the "White House." The power emanating from there now happens to be an existential threat toward our very existence as America.

And if a typical Morris area resident were to read this, that person would say "there you go again. Brian, you have Trump derangement syndrome." Like simply being opposed to what DJT stands for is now sort of a real illness. Many of these people actually believe that. 

There's DJT with his red tie, suit and white shirt again. Why is a "tie" even necessary? Who invented this stuff? It is widely believed that DJT has a problem with incontinence. Well he's nearing age 80 and he's obese. Can't we elect a sharp middle-aged person?

 

High school sports

We can still find a pleasant "relief" with our interest in high school sports. You might say it is still the closest thing to being an outlet to take our minds off the nasty stuff. So yesterday (Saturday) I had the most pleasant (and shocking) surprise of seeing MACA football game information readily available on the Internet. As a result I was able to type up a thorough blog post for my primary blog which is "I Love Morris." 

I wish I could do this every week. I wish also that I could do some writing about MACA volleyball. There is a dearth of timely information. 

The football info on the game against Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted is on one of those "Minnesota Hub" websites. This system is presented by the Star Tribune. But it's just a template system, and by that I mean it relies on contributions. And it seems 99 percent of the time the sites are devoid of any worthwhile information. So they just sit there. 

I don't know who was responsible for submitting the Friday game info to the "Hub." Were the MACA coaches involved? I have no idea. But whoever did it, I greatly appreciate it. 

I first began writing about Morris Tiger football in 1972. God has blessed me with sufficient health to continue doing it. Does anyone else in the local media have anywhere close to the kind of longevity I've had? I think not.

 

Re. UMN-Morris Homecoming

Here's from an email I sent to my fellow UMN-Morris advocate Warrenn Anderson a few days ago:

 

Warrenn - I just got a look at the UMM Homecoming schedule this morning. There is no brunch listed this year. It would be Saturday morning. I have made it a personal tradition to attend that. Sometimes I bump into certain UMM people who are interesting to talk to. Why would UMM remove this from schedule? I suppose the people who were on strike would be working the meal. 

I never did see many community people attending the brunch, but this seems typical of apathetic Morris. Maybe UMM decided not to pay someone to sit at entrance taking the payment for the brunch. It was actually reasonably priced and it was all you can eat. The students dine there anyway so people like me would just wander in to join them. Seemed like a good idea while it lasted.

It's too bad the king and queen tradition ended. We all know why it did. I was thinking maybe the Native Americans could take the lead with that. Maybe they'd have the proper attitude with it. I think that would be wonderful.

I guess the situation with the public library won't be over until Oct. 14, if even then. What a strange conflict. It's between Anne's lawyer and the city's lawyer, but doesn't Anne work for the city? Is it possible she has more power than the council and city manager? I'd like to see major cutbacks with the library.

I have done so much skeptical blogging about Trump, I may now be a marked man. Just look at the news right now.

- BW

 

And here's from an email I sent to Del Sarlette just a few minutes ago:

 

I wonder if people behind the scenes at UMM are getting set for a suspension of operations. Why are they cutting back on homecoming? They should say "we'll have a nice little parade again no matter what it takes." But of course they'd have to demand a boy and a girl for royalty. To repeat, I think the Native Americans could take over on this and that would be terrific.

Problems at Caribou Coffee again this morning. I am absolutely done trying to get anything there. I sure hope Dollar General can give Willie's some competition.

I'll be at DeToy's seven mornings a week now.

- BW

 

- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com