I used to maintain a blog called Fahrenheit to Celsius: An American In Canada. As I started to work with WordPress, I abandoned that blog, which was on the Blogger platform. WordPress seemed more useful. And then Facebook took off.
But eventually, the 2016 Election happened, and Donald Trump is going to be inaugurated President of the United States next week. This seems like as good a time as any to return to writing about Canadian and American culture and politics.
This weekend, Rep. John Lewis said he didn’t regard Trump as a legitimate President, and urged a boycott of the Inauguration. Donald Trump fired back on Twitter, apparently unaware of who John Lewis actually is or what congressional district he represents.
Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017
mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk – no action or results. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017
Congressman John Lewis should finally focus on the burning and crime infested inner-cities of the U.S. I can use all the help I can get!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
After the Saturday night tweet fest, Lewis’ book, March, was back-ordered on Amazon..com.
Let’s see how The Art of the Deal is doing. Ah, no problem.
Well, what about March on Amazon.ca?
No problem if you want to pay a lot more and wait a lot longer. Oh. Canada. It takes some getting used to.
