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Mascot needs new name: The White Sox mascot is named Southpaw. This is interesting because the way the park is built, there can’t be a southpaw. Most major league parks are built such that looking from home plate to left field is north. In these parks, a left-handed pitcher will be a southpaw. Home plate to left field in Sox park faces east. The name should be changed to Westpaw.
No role models in Hollywood: The Chris Rock-Will Smith fiasco provides yet another example of why it is in all of our best interests never to look to Hollywood for role models!
Greedy oil companies: I’m tired of hearing from the Republicans that Biden is responsible for high oil prices. If that is true, why haven’t the oil companies drilled for more oil and get it out of the ground to lower prices? There are thousands of drilling permits that the oil companies have and are not being used. That is because the oil companies are greedy and don’t want prices lowered to make less profits. The pressure needs to be put on oil companies to drill and get that needed commodity into the market to ease the price pressure.
Musk will fix it: Now that Elon Musk has purchased a large share of Twitter, maybe freedom of speech has a chance to make a comeback. Some of the people who are banned from Twitter may be able to express an opinion again.
Where are they? Until the silent majority decide to make themselves heard by casting their votes, we’ll continue circling the toilet with the same brand of leadership regardless the party. Wake up, America.
Silent Trump: The latest videos of war-torn Ukraine, particularly the butchery that took place in Bucha, has finally convinced even the staunchest Trump supporters that Mr. Putin truly is the son of Satan. However, there’s been nothing but silence from the ex-president himself. But then he never issues mea culpas, even when his favorite comrade is proven to be a war criminal.
Parents to blame: Regarding the Adam Toledo shooting. That young boy, 13 years old, what is he doing out in an alley toting a gun at 3 in the morning. How in the world were the police to tell that this was a young boy? If anybody should be held accountable, it should be his parents.
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