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By Bill Stokes
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis barely able to contain their excitement over the POTUS plans to spend millions celebrating his birthday with people beating the living hell out of each other on the White House lawn.
Great stretches of that lawn were torn up to erect an unsightly temporary arching structure to shelter the celebrated billionaires and doners who consider the bloody Ultimate Fighting Championship shows to be the greatest entertainment since the early defeats in the women’s suffrage movement.
As the current White House tragicomedy plays out to its inevitable self-destructive end, a circular firing squad will likely be next on the POTUS program, given that he practices its principles on a daily basis.
The keeper, by dint of a free ticket, happened to be on hand at the Field House April 9, 1960 when UW boxer Charlie Mohr was fatally injured, prompting the NCAA to give up the “sport” of boxing and putting the UW boxing coach out of a job.
There are elements of that sad event’s aftermath that are worthy of consideration now as the country lies bleeding on the canvas and narcissistic spectators cheer like demented Romans at the White House coliseum.
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