Orchids to …
• Columbus neurologist Dr. John Winikates, who heads for the world of retirement this week, for your excellent care.
• Ashley Lawson at Belle Tire for the excellent customer service.
• Chase Goodwin for doing the right thing.
• President Trump on his third nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
• grocery and retail employees for taking care of us, let’s do our part by wearing masks to help take care of them.
• President Trump for literally fighting for our nation.
• South Bend’s “Making A Connection” program that provides free internet service to help school children get connected for online schooling.
• the Woodward tapes which are far more explosive and far more impactful historically than the Nixon tapes because of how many people have died.
• Bob Woodward’s new revelations regarding the pandemic.
• Norman Funeral Home for your beautiful advertisement about your business.
• the nice young man that took my order at KFC, very good customer service.
• Shirley Chadd for the delicious meal you brought to Mom and me on Monday, from Brenda and Lois.
• Bartholomew County Health Department newspaper enclosure discussing the various diseases we are confronting today.
• the gentleman in the blue Chevy truck that put the flag back up at Garland Brooks Cemetery.
• Brenda Eccles for sharing your time and compassion to help a grieving daughter shop.
• Devon Cross power washing on Chapel Court, superb job.
Onions to …
• the local elected official obsessed with a nominee.
• the local elected official thinking all Christian women support losing their rights.
• the local elected official continuing to “mansplain” his misogynist viewpoints while thinking he isn’t.
• those who oppose health care for expectant mothers and abortion, can’t do both.
• supporting the caging of live-born children.
• there being 5,000 fewer coal miners today than when the federal elected official was elected
• those saying that the candidate won the debate when he clearly lost.
• the federal executive who gave a white supremacist terrorist organization a new slogan with “Stand back and stand by.”
• those that don’t agree the federal elected official’s debate rebuttals were full of sound and fury.
• the real reason the U.S. is the laughing stock of the world — riots, looting and protesters.
• the federal elected official for his uncivil, disrespectful, and hateful performance in the presidential debate.
• the local elected official who completely misunderstands feminism.
• the first debate, how embarrassing and disappointing to see two candidates behave that way.
• the city that nickle and dimes citizens to death with taxes and rate increases.
• the federal elected official displaying a lack of professionalism and decorum in the debate, he’s inept, rude and an embarrassment to the U.S.
• the letter writer not knowing the groups who really are to blame for turning protests into riots.
• those who cannot comprehend that the federal elected official reduced taxes for only .01% of the top 1% of the wealthiest people in this country.
• those who don’t know the taxes that were cut will be paid back when they file their taxes, with interest.
• the federal elected official’s trade deals that hurt our farmers drastically.
• the federal elected official creating an alternate reality about mishandling COVID-19, which has killed more than 200,000 Americans.
• the federal elected official supporting white supremacists.
• the federal elected official rewriting history of his mishandling of the pandemic as doctors and nurses beg for more personal protective equipment.
• egregious nepotism that has taken place at the White House.
• our federal elected official who gave us a disgraceful debate.
• those who complain about the political candidates instead of voting in November and living with it for four years.
• the debate that took place.
• the letter writer who needs to quit spreading lies.
Happy Birthday to …
• Kaushik Goon from your family and Donna.
• Dallas Anderson, from your wife Sherry and all your family and friends.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning





