The religious element in Trump's support has always puzzled a great many including myself. But the association just seems to burgeon. Leading where? Well I'm greatly concerned that it will endanger the already-fragile Christian churches across America. The churches hang on to their most fanatical, mostly old members. Mostly white: you know the profile.
And I'm quite certain that Jesus Christ himself if he did in fact exist would want nothing to do with DJT and what he represents. But the media continues feeding us the meme that evangelicals across America - as if they define the Christian faith - are fighting to the end to support their Orange god. I have been perplexed for so long. And it never ends.
The meme is supported by the vast media-based network of "conservative" personalities. Ironic, when you consider that the traditional grasp of conservatives suggests these people want calm and temperance and not disruption. Minnesota is in a fracas of disruption. And all that our congressperson will say is "I support law enforcement."
A great deal of "law enforcement" was performed under the great German autocrat of the mid-20th Century too. Our congressperson should spell out more of what she means. Is she on the bandwagon for the U.S. taking over Greenland? And maybe also Canada, Cuba and heaven knows what else? Isn't this the kind of hostile expansionism that characterized the great German autocracy that finally had to be put down in war?
Can't America just enjoy life without having to beat the drum in such an ominous way? Have we learned nothing from history?
Christianity would normally be a refuge for what is right and good. But now in America it is the opposite. So many Trump sympathizers that we see in the media ("alternate reality") wear their Christian crosses around their necks. Like it's part of a uniform for their cause. Be cheerleaders for ICE. Keep pumping up the Orange Man. Do we need a total calamity in this country in order to wake up?
Cougars win
Well on Saturday the UMM women's basketball team got a very satisfying win in St. Paul. We prevailed over University of Northwestern. It was a decisive win by a score of 82-65. The win had to lift spirits as it put our record at 5-11 overall, 2-1 in league.
Our league is the UMAC, which frankly includes quite non-secular schools. They have missions that they feel are anointed by God, I guess. Keep MAGA strong. Can you deny that?
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| Maddy Grove |
Unfortunately Gianna Klarenbeek had an off night - it happens - as she was only one of nine in field goals and one of seven in 3's. She finished with five points. Anna Myers came through with seven. Rebounds saw Mortenson with the leading total of 15. Perry grabbed 13. Klarenbeek's four assists was tops. Mortenson blocked two shots. Grove and Klarenbeek each had four steals.
Do I need to say this again: I miss the days when the Cougars played the state universities like Moorhead State. Looks like it's just not in the cards.
And the campus itself. . .
What about the very survival of UMM? Informed voices are starting to express concern. I won't name names. Our new chancellor is in regular consultation with the U president Cunningham. And I think Cunningham is keeping her finger on the pulse of UMM. The Star Tribune expose on UMM may have begun a crisis atmosphere here.
The sudden change in chancellors is a signal that all is not right. If the institution was in fact stable, the situation could have been "massaged" from above without such a drastic-appearing move, n'est-ce pas? Will our campus end up abandoned like the Appleton prison? Will blight take over in western Minnesota?
At least we'll still have our MAGA congressperson, Michelle Fischbach, waving the flag for Trump and all he represents. With all the "Christians" of course. Just look at the Good Shepherd Church in the windswept prairie north of Morris: for sure it's 100 percent Trump voters all three times.
Relieved at this
I guess I can say one good thing about the decline of UMM: we have seen the apparent death of the once-powerful and pretentious "effete academic intelligentsia" of Morris. For this I would cheer lustily, as these people were once such a pain. They developed a strong dislike of yours truly many years ago. I cheer for their faltering and demise. To hell with all the talk of "GPA." Let's bury it.
Does UMM care about "GPA" anymore? Or should they only care about trying to attract enough students who can pay their bills? Of course this would not include the Native Americans. Puzzling, since the Supreme Court has banned affirmative action. Academic people are masters at finessing their arguments.
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| Shelby Mortenson |
UMM basketball is a joyful enterprise until the end finally comes. Am I concerned with my family $ fund to benefit UMM? No, because the fund can be transferred or adjusted under any scenario. I have had this explained to me in detail.
It almost seems like the music department here has died. Any announcement yet of January music events? We have the cavernous "HFA" building that just hulks out there.
None of the current travail could have been envisioned 15 years ago. The HFA is an albatross. The P.E. Center is way too nice a facility to be home to a UMAC team. The vision for the campus from years ago should be buried, it appears.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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