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January 15, 2021

In this week’s xxxxxx, Sid Shroyer satirizes current events.

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My mom used to always tell me, “Sid, if you can’t say something good about somebody, don’t say nothin’ at all.” Today seems like a good time to remember that advice, and so I’m going to hand over my turn on xxxxxxx to one of my friends down at the Hometown News Network, “Where Main Street Has a Say.”

 

Here’s Mike McMicheal.

 

Hi everybody. Welcome to my weekly feature, “What’s Been Happening Down The Street.”

 

Some of our local friends took the bus to one of those political rallies in Washington, D.C.last week.  Honored guests included America’s Mayor, the former Mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, and the President of the United States himself, Donald J. Trump. My friends tell me they gathered in fellowship in a park near the White House to show their support for establishing a commission to study the integrity of American elections.

 

The President’s eldest son, Don Junior, let everybody know they were welcome.

 

“We’re coming for you. And we’re going to have a good time doing it,” said Don.

 

People from all over the country came to the rally to show their support for establishing a commission to study the integrity of American elections.

 

Many of them wore the traditional garb, I hear, that’s associated with attending a rally to support  a commission to study the integrity of American elections: a man from what they call “The Valley of The Sun” proudly doffing the Arizona Viking horns, fur vest, and sharpened spear traditionally associated with establishing a commission to study the integrity of American elections. 

 

I wonder if he ever gets too warm.

 

American camouflage military uniforms were de rigueur of course, as they usually are at rallies to support establishing a commission to study the integrity of American elections, uniforms complete with helmets, bullet-proof vests, and plenty of zip-ties and pockets for souvenir collecting.

 

We don’t come to the hometown of the federal government every day, you know.

 

Red hats were the fashionable choice for both the ladies and the gentlemen, and, with the standard  blue jeans and Doc Marten boots, commemorative t-shirts dotted the scene.

 

Some people just love to show off their vacations in the beer loving resorts of central Europe.

 

And, the men from Quincy sure are some proud boys. The letter “Q” was everywhere.

 

Many of the “just-folks” at the rally in support of establishing a commission to study the integrity of American elections carried the flags of their home states and their local civic organizations.We spotted flags from Delaware, Missouri, the Confederate States of America, the Tea Party,  and (this was a new one for me) the National Workers Party.

 

Now, that’s what I call diversity.

 

“We will not let them silence your voices,” President Trump told the assembled. “We’re not going to let it happen.”

 

After the speeches, folks strolled down scenic Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol Building to make personal contact with their duly elected representatives in the two houses of Congress. “We’re here to seek your support for a commission to study the integrity of American elections,” they chanted, before politely working their way inside for some one-on-one with the people who make our laws.

 

“We’re in, we’re in. Let’s go,” one fellow from West Virginia said.

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Be careful. Things can get a little hairy when everybody tries to get in at the same time.

 

“I’ve never been in this house, how about you?” echoed through the hallowed halls.

“No. You own it.”

“That’s right. We own it. We own you.”

 

Jimtown’s own, Second District Indiana Congresswoman, Jackie Walorski, still beaming, I’m sure, from her recent appointment as top Republican on the House Ethics Committee, had to make a quick exit that day from the House Chamber for some personal business, but later on she let everyone know my mail that as far as she’s concerned nothing should stand in the way of establishing a commission to study the integrity of American elections. Nothing. Way to go, Jackie!

 

Our very own Elkhart County Republican Party Chairman was there for the peaceful gathering, and he firmly disavowed any Party connection to a minority that, I can tell you, got all the mainstream media attention, rabble rousers who made the rally in support of establishing a commission to study the integrity of American elections look bad for everybody.

 

You know sometimes it’s seems like no matter how hard your friends here at Hometown News try to be positive we can’t overcome  the nattering nabobs of negativism who want to focus on the bad stuff. I don’t know, but, why can’t they put all the people who aren’t causing trouble on the news. Oh well, I guess that’s our job.

 

Thanks for sharing your time with me today, and May All Your Candy Rosebuds Be Like Moonlight in The Wind (trademark pending). I’m Mike McMichael.

 

And, thanks for sharing today, Mike.

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