This past summer Palm Beach County commissioners voted unanimously to change the name of part of Southern Boulevard in West Palm Beach, Florida to President Donald J. Trump Boulevard, despite public opposition. The renamed stretch goes from South Ocean Boulevard, where Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is located, to Kirk Road, which marks the western edge of both Trump International Golf Club and Palm Beach International Airport. I was expecting to see the new street signs the other day when I hit Southern Boulevard, but evidently an honorary designation does not change the street signs themselves, only the online maps. Although two signs will be placed on the easternmost part of Southern Boulevard saying it is named in honor of Trump. In any case, as I was crossing the Southern Boulevard Bridge to Palm Beach, I noticed the flags seen in the photograph on the left and stopped to take a photo. When I got out of the car, "I'm proud to be an American" by Lee Greenwood was blasting from inside the vehicle seen in the picture. When I took that photo, the location of which is just across the water from Mar-a-Lago, I automatically assumed that this too was the work of the Palm Beach County Commissioners. Their work is never done, after all. It wasn't until I actually looked at the photos when I got home that I noticed that those huge flags were actually attached to the car itself.
That let the commissioners off the hook on that one, but looking more closely at the second flag gave me pause for thought. It says "Trump," underneath which are two guns on either side of "2024," and underneath that "Lock" and "Load." And who are the flag bearers planning to shoot? The enemies of the people? In other words, their political opponents, anyone who has a different viewpoint, illegal immigrants? When I was young, members of the other party were not traitors. And in Congress, political opponents were not the enemy of the people, but your colleagues, and when the two parties differed on legislation, they sat down, made compromises, and advanced bills that would benefit the American people. Why is that now so unacceptable? In other words, what the hell is wrong with people these days? When you find out, let me know.
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