One of the challenges of publishing a blog is the daily sweeping away of the myriad of organizations who send you story ideas to influence your output. The worst of this bunch are the public relations firms in the U.S. who want you to run stories about the awful Democrats. The worst of these is the one that uses the name Jerry McLothlin to send multiple story suggestions and people to interview every day. I have tried telling McLothlin et al that I am not really interested, but without success.
I suspect that they are having some limited success so they ignore your pleas to cease and desist. I like to think of them as bums on your doorstep that you have to sweep away each morning. If they really were bums, I would at least give them a toonie to get a morning coffee at Tims.
But these bums insult me. This is not just a stand-alone blog. I am also included in the collective known as Progressive Bloggers. You would think that would scare away these right-wing crazies.
One of those McLothlin missives landed in my in-basket today saying that President Biden’s Ignorance of “What is Happening at the Border Could Create a Major Crisis for the U.S. Before Christmas.” I am sure that one has the U.S. Secret Service puzzled. It reads as more of a threat unless the President caves into the demands of the Republicans. You would swear that Republicans should be more afraid of Putin and his merciless drive for more land to burn.
You wonder what is wrong with those MAGA supporters in the U.S. The silliest stuff comes from Texas.
It is not as though Canada does not have its own Looney-Toons politicians. I always get an up-tick in my U.S. readership when writing about that screw-ball premier we have in Alberta. I have always thought of Alberta as the most Americanized province in Canada. And if you ever want to meet a female version of Donald Trump, she is currently hanging out at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton. Just follow your nose north until your nose freezes off and you are in Edmonton.
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