These are the mad political rantings of one Matthew McNeil, Liberal/Democratic radio host in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN. The postings are mine, the thoughts are mine. Mostly about politics, but I will occasionally get into raising kids, cooking, gardening, the arts and my favorite sports. Bon Appetite!
First up is the return of Nate Bargatze to Saturday Night Live and with that, we get another visit with George Washington!
Next up is a political post. As a matter of fact, you can skip the next two if you don't want politics.
This is the introduction to the Colbert Show with Kamala Harris as his guest. He did this in the style of the 60 Minutes intro from last Sunday. It's very political, but I do like the payoff at the end.
Next up is a great speech from Tim Walz in Michigan. His line about Trump's Chinese Bibles is amazing. He is really good at this. Especially watch from 5:35 to 8:40.
Finally tonight, what ever happened to Epic Rap Battles of History? Sure they've had one or two okay videos in the last year, but they used to be so freaking good and consistent.
Here are two of the better entries from them: Artists vs. Turtles and Harry Potter vs. Luke Skywalker. Both of these are...epic!
Eclectic!
Have a good weekend everyone. Make sure to get your flu shot and your COVID booster!
This week, I have a bone to pick with the Minneapolis-St. Paul haters.
There has always been this metro/rural divide in America, mainly since about 100 years ago when people started to leave the farm and head into the big city. Out of resentment, rural America started painting the metro areas of this country with a more and more negative brush.
Now I know immediately I'll hear, "Metro areas badmouth the country way of life too!" Yes, they do, but as someone who has lived extensively in both rural and metro America, many rural people CONSTANTLY bad-mouth cities, although the ratio in the other direction is dramatically less, something smaller communities falsely inflate to justify their non-stop bad-mouthing.
Republicans over the last 20 years have gleefully fanned the flames of this rural disdain of the cities with all the tropes. "It's expensive!" "It's crowded!" ""So much crime!" "There is a 'bad element' there!" "It's confusing to get around!" You get the idea.
In the age of Trump, this criticism got kicked up a notch. "THEY'RE ALL BURNTOUT HELLSCAPES, GHOST TOWNS, WHERE YOU'RE GUARANTEED TO GET MURDERED AND CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL!"
I live in the Twin Cities metro area and I love it. There are great elements of living in rural America, but the quality of life my family has here is exceptional! As much as some insist it's overridden by criminals, I go out into the city all the time. I've rarely seen any crime myself and I feel safe in my city.
It doesn't mean it doesn't have problems. Of course it does! Every town, big and small, does, but I've had it with people whose only goal is to hate for hate's sake, usually with an ignorance that is hard to comprehend.
A few weeks back I posted the Chef Reactions videos where he LOVED the Minnesota State Fair and the Twin Cities. I also posted another positive video of a French woman visiting Minnesota. This week it's The Endless Adventure and their visit to Minneapolis, which they seemed to really enjoy!
Also this week ZeFrank has another hilarious MORE ADULT True Facts, exploring the mysterious world of the jellyfish!
To everyone out there: You have one life to live. If you are unhappy where you are, move. Go find your happy place. You will be happier and that's all that matters. It really is.
