Comments on: Personal Thoughts On The Semiquincentennial http://www.chrisweigant.com/2026/06/22/personal-thoughts-on-the-semiquincentennial/ Reality-based political commentary Sun, 20 Sep 2026 01:05:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2026/06/22/personal-thoughts-on-the-semiquincentennial/#comment-222783 Kick Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:54:42 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=27766#comment-222783 If the Orange Imbecile had any brains to speak of, he'd quite obviously be able to grasp the concept that a POTUS being unilaterally allowed to just place his name on a building or to just tear down a historical building definitely means that any POTUS who follows him can promptly remove the Trump stank and/or raze it to the ground without the approval of Congress either. Duh. Awesome writing, CW. Loved it. :) If the Orange Imbecile had any brains to speak of, he'd quite obviously be able to grasp the concept that a POTUS being unilaterally allowed to just place his name on a building or to just tear down a historical building definitely means that any POTUS who follows him can promptly remove the Trump stank and/or raze it to the ground without the approval of Congress either.

Duh.

Awesome writing, CW. Loved it. :)

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2026/06/22/personal-thoughts-on-the-semiquincentennial/#comment-222724 MtnCaddy Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:48:01 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=27766#comment-222724 My family went on long camping vacations every summer because back then as teachers they had summers off while still drawing a paycheck. On this vacation we ended up in Mormon country on our bicentennial in 1976. The thing about Mormonism is that<i> they don’t do dink on Sundays, period. </i>As the 4th was a Sunday we got no parade, no celebration no nothing. Just another Sunday. It made me to start thinking about a “final solution” to the Mormon problem. My family went on long camping vacations every summer because back then as teachers they had summers off while still drawing a paycheck. On this vacation we ended up in Mormon country on our bicentennial in 1976.

The thing about Mormonism is that they don’t do dink on Sundays, period. As the 4th was a Sunday we got no parade, no celebration no nothing. Just another Sunday. It made me to start thinking about a “final solution” to the Mormon problem.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2026/06/22/personal-thoughts-on-the-semiquincentennial/#comment-222720 John M from Ct. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:46:19 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=27766#comment-222720 Thanks for this. I don't live near D.C., didn't go there in 1976, and wasn't planning to go there for the 250th, so I can't say I'm experiencing the specific disappointment you so touchingly write about. But I too am old, and remember the 1976 celebrations. I saw the Tall Ships, and the Queen, come through Boston a week or so after the 4th - which was excitement enough. Yes, I remember too: the country came together despite the divisions of the Vietnam/Watergate era, led by a truly patriotic (if accidental) President Ford. And you are dead on in your central criticism: Trump (with his minions' support) has deadened, if not killed, the national joy in celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and our country's birth. Yes, we will still be able to celebrate 2026 locally, with fun events and patriotic display. But for any sense of the entire country coming together, beyond politics, beyond this and that, seeing our heritage and our ideals for the wonderful things they are at a national, unified, popular level - Trump has shat on it with his selfish and monarchical temperament and lack of any sense of real patriotism. I share your disappointment, Chris, and thanks for this personal note which I fully agree and sympathize with. Thanks for this.

I don't live near D.C., didn't go there in 1976, and wasn't planning to go there for the 250th, so I can't say I'm experiencing the specific disappointment you so touchingly write about.

But I too am old, and remember the 1976 celebrations. I saw the Tall Ships, and the Queen, come through Boston a week or so after the 4th - which was excitement enough. Yes, I remember too: the country came together despite the divisions of the Vietnam/Watergate era, led by a truly patriotic (if accidental) President Ford.

And you are dead on in your central criticism: Trump (with his minions' support) has deadened, if not killed, the national joy in celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and our country's birth.

Yes, we will still be able to celebrate 2026 locally, with fun events and patriotic display. But for any sense of the entire country coming together, beyond politics, beyond this and that, seeing our heritage and our ideals for the wonderful things they are at a national, unified, popular level - Trump has shat on it with his selfish and monarchical temperament and lack of any sense of real patriotism.

I share your disappointment, Chris, and thanks for this personal note which I fully agree and sympathize with.

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