Steve Huppert
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Last October the citizens of the New River Valley conducted a “No Kings” rally in the center of Christiansburg; approximately 1,500 people attended the rally.
Last Saturday, Mar. 28, another “No Kings” rally was held in Blacksburg. This time an estimated 2,000 individuals walked and chatted for a change in the attitude of the Trump administration. This rally was part of the more than nine million citizens around America who were making their thoughts clear concerning the direction this country is heading as the United States’ approaches our 250th birthday. People feel that history is being made – the wrong kind of history.
On Oct. 23, 1923, Will Rogers made this comment in his daily article in 400 newspapers:
“You know those bloodless revolutions, the ones that hurt the king business more than a fighting one. A king can stand people fighting, but he can’t last long if people start thinking.”
If Will was here today, he would feel very comfortable at what he said over 100 years ago, it is still very apparent today.
Forget the king thing, the direction the country is going today is toward dictatorship, where one person makes all the decisions, on all the policies. No one else has the right to make improvements or corrections, unless they are one of Mr. Trump’s employees.
At the recent “No Kings” rally in Blacksburg, people were asked what they thought about the current situation in the country. The majority of the people interviewed wanted “positive change” in the administration of the country. They were sick of the chaos from the Trump administration.
The citizens questioned felt that Democracy was in danger of being eliminated, problems like the deficit, the Iran War, gas prices, inflation, and lack of cooperation between political parties has appeared because of the current one-man rule in government.
They feel it is time for a change.
Thought for the day
On Saturday April 11, Historic Smithfield will be holding their opening for the2026 season. At noon a living history presentation will be held featuring Thomas Jefferson and Col. William Preston. The two, Bryan Austin, living history interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg (Jefferson) and Michael Hudson (Preston), executive Director at Historic Smithfield, will talk about the pivotal moments during the revolution as seen in Western Virginia.
The discussion will be held at Smithfield starting at noon. Citizens of the New River Valley get a chance to listen to two influential speakers discuss the situation in Western Virginia at that time. It promises to be much more exciting than how much a gallon of gas is going to cost next week.
