Music, Not Politics

My band, Mikell’s Plot, performed at the Perth Amboy Arts Festival in May. We were happy to participate in this community event and had a great time. However, just as we were setting up and about to begin, politicians Frank Pallone, Wilma Diaz, and Phil Murphy came up on stage and bashed the President of the United States.

A family fun day should not include such attacks on our nation’s President. I saw at least 15 people walk away from the stage who had obviously intended to hear our band perform. My brother, a retired Marine who had come to support my band, was insulted. My guitarist, an Army veteran, was extremely angry. We all chose not to complain in the interest of not mixing politics with music… that is not what Mikell’s Plot is about.

Introducing a candidate for NJ Governor would have been fine. Using this venue to show disrespect for our President (especially with children present) was not appropriate.

On behalf of my band, our fans, and our community, I thought this viewpoint needed to be expressed.

Sincerely,

Michael O’Connor

Correction

Sorry, My Misteak

I wrote an op-ed, back in the beginning of May, about a commercial I had seen while watching a special about the water crises in Detroit and Flint Michigan.

In the article I misidentified Brad Pitt as the person starring in the commercial. Well I recently saw the commercial again and realized it was not Brad Pitt but Matt Damon, big difference.

Brad Pitt actually started the “Make it Right” foundation in 2007, which builds eco-friendly houses for Americans in need, starting with the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Sorry Brad.

Joe Bayona

The Deep State & Mainstream Media

Have you ever noticed what the main stream news media and newspapers we’re doing before the election in 2016? They were trying to start a propaganda war in America and they still are trying it now. But in six weeks, many Americans will start seeing a heavy duty finger pointing contest at Capitol Hill. You know the place were those politicians blame each other and nothing gets done. This is not about President Trump or the Russian fantasy show we’ve been hearing about. It’s about those people in the so-called DEEP STATE trying to control our country and telling LIES and control the mainstream media (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN) and many others that were brainwashed by the DEEP STATE. The people from the DEEP STATE keep telling us they want to impeach Trump. Then show us some evidence from a paper trail. So, let’s wait and see the outcome.

Orlando “Wildman” Perez