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ELECTION 2020

Details: Published: Sunday, November 01, 2020 12:14; by John Campbell; Hits: 874

Four years ago, I went to bed on election night thinking that we had elected the first woman to be president. I woke up the next morning to find out that the polls had been very wrong, and Trump was the new president. It had been 68 years since the polls were drastically wrong. I was eleven years old, and the presidential race was the first one that I remember being aware of. My family went to bed sure that Thomas Dewey had defeated Harry Truman and would be the new president. We found out that we were wrong the next day, and Harry would continue to be president for the next four years. This is interesting, because I am writing this three days before the 2020 election and there is speculation that it may happen again. By the time you read this, the election will be over and the mystery that I am wondering about will be solved. Either the polls will be wrong again, or we may have to wait another 68 years for it to happen again. One pollster said that if Trump wins this time, against the polls, he (the pollster) may be out of business.

SPORTS ANNOUNCING

Details: Published: Monday, October 05, 2020 09:11; by John Campbell; Hits: 1821

Just watched the WVU versus Baylor football game, and I actually watched one game and heard another. There were two men in the broadcast booth and one man on the field. I heard what the next play should be and then what the last play should have been. I saw the referee’s call and then heard what the call should have been. When there was a second look at a play, I heard what the outcome should be before the referee made the call. I watched two plays while I heard about the postponement of an NFL game and then a discussion of NFL football. I had to turn down the volume to pay attention to the game. The announcers became more important than the game itself. It does not make sense to televise an athletic event and then distort the game with announcers’ discussions and opinions. I played football in high school and junior college and know a little about the game, as do most of the people watching. We do not need a tutorial about the game every time we watch one. I have watched NFL games with the same treatment as if I knew nothing about the game and had to be spoon-fed the happenings during the game. Many times the announcers who were former players are spending more time telling about their exploits than explaining the events we are watching.

BLUE JEANS

Details: Published: Monday, September 28, 2020 14:10; by John Campbell; Hits: 1318

I have not written anything for the past few weeks because every time I try to think of a subject, politics, Covid-19, or riots come to mind, and I have already said enough about those. But, then I was listening to the evening news when they mentioned that one of the designers was offering a pair of blue jeans for $1400.00 a pair. It seems that these jeans are prewashed, faded, and have built-in grass stains. It made me laugh, but there are people who will buy them and think they are being fashionable.

KNEELING KNUCKLEHEADS

Details: Published: Friday, August 07, 2020 12:46; by John Campbell; Hits: 1662

It was 1957, and I was working at a gas station in Morrisville, NY, helping the owner when he went to tuneup school. That evening Trooper David L. came in and was upset because he said he had to buy a new five-cell flashlight to replace his that was broken. He had been called to a migrant labor camp to break up a fight, and when he arrived one of the men fighting came at him with a knife. He said he did not have time to drop the flashlight and get his night stick, so he hit the man over the head with the flashlight. It stopped the attack and broke his flashlight. I was in my late teens, and at that moment was in awe of what the trooper had done but soon forgot about it.

ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU CRY

Details: Published: Saturday, August 01, 2020 11:49; by John Campbell; Hits: 1105

I thought that I had written my last piece on Mr. Floyd’s death and the demonstrations that followed, but then the US Congress had a hearing with Attorney General Barr. I watched some of it and it was enough to make a person cry. The Democratic members would rant and rave at him, and when they did ask a question they refused to allow Mr. Barr to answer. They told him that he was infringing on their allotted time. Member after member attacked him with venom and complete disrespect. His abasement was complete, and the threat of removal from office by impeachment mentioned often. His crime was trying to enforce the rule of law, and the Democrats took the side of the rioters, looters, firebombers and those who were guilty of assault and even murder. The rule of law became a political scam that only the Republicans seemed interested in. They made the mayor of Portland a hero because he said the demonstrations there were peaceful. The constant attempt to damage the US Courthouse at 3:00 a.m. was not considered, and the federal policemen who are guarding it were called “storm troopers” after the Nazi Storm Troopers in WWII.

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