"Nuts!"

Now, It is not my responsibility nor is it within my purview

to spread the news today. I am neither MSNBC, Fox nor

CNN, not the New York Times, or the Washington Post,

not even a Chicken Little nor a Paul Revere to warn and

sound the alarm. For what it’s worth, I have a thought,

an opinion, a thing of modest value which carries

questionable weight, which may or may not affect you

as you go about your busy newsworthy day. What on

Earth could that be, you may ask of me? Well, during

World War II while defending Bastonge, Belgium at the

Battle of the Bulge, General Anthony McAullife, acting

commander of the 101^st Airborne Division was given an

ultimatum to surrender by the Germans who surrounded

his unit’s position. His vehement and defiant reply to the

Nazis was simply a thoughtful, “Nuts!” Even today, all those

years latter, and given the grievous condition of our nation’s

precarious state, I feel it appropriate and necessary to raise my

middle finger in opposition to the current president of these

United States and his cast of corrupt minions as I’ve got some

profound news to proclaim: The hell with you and your auto-

cratic, despicable ways! “Nuts!” You too shall have your day.

Chris Hanch 10-28-19