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Odyssey to host Keystone State Games powerlifting competition

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What to do in Luzerne County when you aren’t at the Keystone Games

<p>I have been pondering the horrendous things happening in our nation under President Donald Trump and wondering how his horrific behavior could ever continue to be allowed in a nation with such a beautiful, holy and powerful constitution.</p><p>&#8220;We hold these truth to be SELF-EVIDENT &#8212; that all men are created equal and that we are endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights &#8230; the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness&#8217;s.&#8221;</p><p>It does not say just white privileged Americans, but ALL men. We also all take on oath of allegiance to our Constitution if I am not mistaken. And until these last two years, I thought the president of the U.S. took an oath to UPHOLD the constitution. It seems I was mistaken. Now I know that we all fail to live up to our profound Constitution, but we want to and we try, some more, some less, but Trump disgraces it. In fact, he desecrates it and all good things we have always valued. He has not made America great again, he has taken away our greatness. Or at least he is desperately trying to take away our greatness, our goodness and our efforts to live up to our ideals.</p><p>And how has he done this, I ask. Well, there are three groups of people who voted for him in my humble opinion. The Nazi hatemongers, the white supremacists and racists and a group of really good people who have been roundly duped by this man. How does he manage to fool so many good people? If one studies a sociopath, they know there are three among many characteristics that are extremely dangerous to themselves and to others. They are: extreme narcissism, no conscience and the ability to fool people big time and leave a trail of shattered, broken lives behind them. It seems Trump has all three in a dangerous degree. Being so very mentally sick, he needs our compassion and help to get help. He needs to be in a good hospital, not the oval office.</p><p>As I pondered all this, I could not help but rubberband back to my childhood when I went to school at St. Nicholas in Wilkes-Barre and I was reminded of the dear, good German Sisters who taught me. They used to tell me how they once loved Hitler and thought he was great for Germany. That is, of course, until the 6 million gassed bodies of a beautiful Jewish race left them aghast. They finally saw through Hitler to their painful sorrow.</p><p>I just hope we Americans won&#8217;t need another example like this of man&#8217;s inhumanity to man before we wake up and see through Donald Trump. We already are seeing something akin at the border. May God have mercy on us all. We are crying down the wrath of God upon us if we allow this to happen. Our children and our children&#8217;s children deserve a better legacy.</p><p><strong>Sister Mary Eleanor Thornton, RSM</strong></p><p>Luzerne County</p><style>
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Your view: Trump certainly not making America great