Fel's Musings

I don't know why but the Trump campaign still considers me one of their top supporters. It doesn't take much to be a top supporter. I've never gone to any campaign events, never given money, didn't even vote for the guy. Maybe he'd have more supporters if he didn't keep firing them all. So here's an email I got today. I get emails from them daily, sometimes even more than one. Trump is working to fire liberal obstructionists. He just campaign in Pennsylvania for a special election that the Republicans lost, so it's going about as well as you'd expect from a guy whose casinos went bankrupt. I mean, c'mon. Native Americans can make that work. You're really not doing the white nationalists any favors if you, one of their biggest heroes, are losing to them. Anyway, I digress. He wants a poll of his supporters because he doesn't trust the...biased polls. Wait; wouldn't a poll of his supporters be even more biased then? I m...

Have I ever told you about the time I had to write an essay about why I was proud to be a U.S. citizen? Yes? Well, it’s a good story to retell regardless.   Back in the days of elementary school, we’re talking 90s era so imagine internet so slow, it makes a sloth seem like Usain Bolt, there was a writing contest that our school….district (?) was having. I’m not entirely sure on the specifics of the contest but who cares? Sue me. (Ed. I’ve been informed by my lawyer to not advise nor encourage people to sue me). The title of the contest was “Why I’m Proud to be an American”. Essentially, write an essay about how awesome and grateful you were to be born in America (as if we had a choice in the matter). There was a cash prize for whichever elementary school student wrote the best essay. The only requirement aside from being in elementary school was that you had to be a U.S. citizen to enter.   My English teacher, patriot that she was, thought it was a fantastic idea for...