The Forrestor Troubadour

Image used from Pixabay.com So what exactly does the University of Minnesota Alumni Association do?                          This was a question I asked myself one evening as I opened my mail. One of the envelopes was from the Alumni Association, encouraging me to sign up for a BankAmericaCard cash reward. This wasn’t the first invitation I had received to enter a credit card agreement with Bank of America.                           I’m a member of the Alumni Association (AA), but most of my engagement with the organization comes from reading a periodic magazine it publishes and receiving consumer offers by mail like this. The CEO and President of the AA, Lisa Lewis, wrote:             “ Dear Forrester T Pack,             You have very high standards when it comes to the financial products you choose. That’s why we’re proud to offer you the University of Minnesota Alumni Association BankAmericard Cash Rewards Visa credit card which allows you to earn valuable cash

Minnesotans muse on 2016 election             Hello, Forrester here.             I’m back with a continuation of my and another voter’s take on the controversial 2016 presidential election. Our discussions have interested me because we are both from different generations of voting blocs, and the generational divide is one of many fault lines laid bare in the last election.             So, I just think of this convo portion as a sequel, пойми друга?   My voter-friend’s take :             “You seem to take Trump as a joke, the same way you laughed at me when I suggested that Trump could start another war. He alone is not that powerful, [ but] there is no party more corrupt and vile than the extreme right, and they are using Trump as a tool to completely take down the government and restructure it to the fancy of the wealthy and bigoted! They are using the Christian right, rural America, the Veterans, (who did I miss?) to get what they want. They have no intention