I’ve noticed an increase in young folks again having nose and other piercings.

I had hoped this had went away in the 1990s, though the tattoos have continued without letup.

Here is a letter addressing that.

On Rebelling

To our little young’uns:

If you want to be rebellious, get a bath, have a decent haircut, wear decent clothes and don’t have any tattoos or piercings.

Read the Bible (KJV) and display the flag. (The flag of Dixie, that is.)

Zebulon Vance, JoJo Siwa compared by a Siwa enthusiast 

I believe in pop star JoJo Siwa as strongly and passionately as Daily Planet columnist H.K. Edgerton believes in Zebulon (Baird) Vance.

And I have bragging rights over H.K. Edgerton since pop princess JoJo Siwa is a whole lot purtier than ol’ Zeb Vance.

And if you ever saw pictures of ol’ Zeb in his long johns, with a barn-door opening in the rear, I’m sure you’d agree.

And I believe, as passionately, that JoJo Siwa should be our president as H.K. Edgerton passionately believes the Vance Monument (in downtown Asheville) should be restored.

What are JoJo Siwa’s qualifications? you ask.

First, let me say that (Joe) Biden’s qualifications are that he was one of the worst vice presidents in history — and is undoubtedly the worst president in (U.S.) history.

And (Donald) Trump’s qualifications are that he was a reality TV star and a crooked real estate billionaire.  

JoJo Siwa’s qualifications are that JoJo Siwa is a music producer and runs her own music production company and is a movie executive producer and owns her own movie production company

And JoJo Siwa is a multi-millionaire business entrepreneur, creating an empire, and is a cause fighter and a social-justice warrior, championing gays in their fight for freedom and justice and equality.

And JoJo Siwa is single-handedly preventing Christian nationalism from having gays blacklisted on television and throughout the Hollywood industry.

JoJo Siwa is the best-qualified person to be president in 2024.

And I believe that — as strongly and as passionately as Daily Planet columnist H.K Edgerton believes that Zebulon Vance was a great American and a son of the South and that the Vance Monument should be restored!

EDITOR’S NOTE: Pope attached the following postscript to his letter:

Voters say they want the next president to possess moral character. Well, JoJo Siwa is a financial donor to cancer charities and to the Make-A-Wish Foundation — and is a philanthropist and a humanitarian. and, as a volunteer with Make-A-Wish Foundation, makes the wish of terminally ill kids come true.

And JoJo opens up her home and her heart to these children.

Add to this the fact that JoJo Siwa created an anti-bullying campaign that inspires bullied kids to stand up to bullying because JoJo doesn’t want parents unexpectedly entering their bullied child’s bedroom and discovering their bullied child’s body hanging in the shower — or crumpled up on the closet floor with a bullet to the brain in a desparate attempt to escape bullying.

JoJo Siwa has more moral character than anybody