Those of us who were brought up in the tenement sections of the city remember our playgrounds. Mine were the schoolyard of P.S.184 in Brownsville, Nanny Goat Park, and, of course, the streets and gutters where, if we were lucky enough to find an old mop or broom, we played stickball.
You remember that, don’t you? How many sewers did you hit? We marked off the bases and home plate in chalk which we bought at Steltzer’s candy store on Stone Avenue for two cents a box. We used that same chalk for so many other things.
There were sidewalk games, boundaries, messages such as “Pinny loves Malka”, and, of course, a bit of cussing out certain individuals or groups. Get caught doing that and there was a good chance you’d go home with a black eye. One decent rain and all of the chalkings disappeared.
Georgia’s Emory University is one of America’s finest universities. It boasts schools of law, medicine, nursing, Biomedical-engineering, and on and on goes the list — along with not one, but two hospitals. You’ve got to be good to get in — the college, not the hospital — and a lot better to stay in.
There’s a story floating around that someone is writing, in chalk, “Trump 2016” on various parts of the campus. That message is supposed to be traumatizing many of the students so much that there are free mental health sessions for those little boys and girls that need it. Is a message in chalk encouraging students to vote for Trump really traumatizing the future leaders of the U.S.?
I don’t believe that for one second.
And is the school actually offering shrink sessions for those future world leaders? I don’t believe that either. Any day now we will learn that someone is playing an April Fool’s gag, not just on April 1, but for the whole remainder of the campaign. A warning: Don’t believe all the silly stories you see on the tube. They are just silly stories.
[Turns out the counseling was a gag, an invention of the media since roundly debunked. —the Editors]
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The best line of the week came from the mouth of Donald Trump who said, “People are getting paid to protest at my rallies. I’m creating new jobs before I am even president.”
Who’s his writer? Let’s make him the next president.
In all fairness, I give you another great line from the other side of the aisle: “Trump is less popular among women than leaving the seat up.”
And who is it that said Hillary is unqualified to be the president? She can lie with the best of them. She certainly can make promises she cannot keep. Yes! She is qualified.
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This is not a true Democracy. It is a Republic. Recite the pledge: “…and to the republic for which it stands…” I find that most people I know are not aware of the difference. This Sunday, take a few minutes away from watching “Naked and Afraid” and learn the difference. It will make you the smartest person on your block.
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I am waiting for one member of the media who has the courage to ask Hillary the following question: If you are elected President of the United States, would you permit members of your cabinet to use private e-mail servers?
