From Jeanette Kelty

Monroe

To the editor:

I would like to express my disappointment regarding my latest trip the local grocery store. I purchased a box of cereal and the cashier didn’t check my ID! The person in the WH says that we need to show ID when purchasing cereal...so why no ID check? People running around buying cereal willy nilly with no proper identification! Insanity! 

I really want to share with your readers the contents of a new book entitled ‘Whose Boat Is This Boat,’ ‘Comments That Don’t Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane.’ By Donald J. Trump (by accident). When natural disasters happen, presidents respond in different ways. Some wonder if their administration can help. Some wonder how to make sure it never happens again. Our current president wonders whose boat that is. Comments spoken by President Trump in the wake of Hurricane Florence on September 19, 2018 in New Bern North Carolina. Trump as he is surveying the horrific damage by the hurricane came upon a boat sitting on land. Locals and media were present. The following is exact verbiage from Trump:

Trump: “Is this your boat, Or...did it become your boat?” He asked a couple standing nearby.

Trump: “That boat is wiped out...or not?”

Trump: “Wouldn’t want to cross the ocean in it.”

Trump: “And do you know whose boat that is?”

Reporters: “They don’t know whose boat that is.”

Trump: “To see what we’re seeing — this boat, I don’t know what happened, but this boat just came here.”

Trump: “At least you got a nice boat out of the deal.” Thumbs up, “Have a good time!”

The End (There is no moral.)

Everyone needs to purchase this book as 100 percent of the proceeds (assembled by staff of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert) goes directly to the Foundation for the Carolinas, The One SC Fund, The North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund and the World Central Kitchen. Even though Trump has grey matter in his head that is mainly boiled oatmeal, don’t be like Trump. Do something positive for our neighbors in these hurricane ravaged areas. 

Unloading my groceries, I forgot to get oatmeal! I had to change my clothes, put on a different hat and sneak back into the grocery store and attempt a SECOND cereal purchase. Thoughts and prayers! Have a good time!