Toledo’s famous sword-making. Also the answer is “And vice versa!” I was walking around in Toledo, Spain, and saw a street sign for “Calle Toledo Ohio.” I went into a shop and asked in halting high school Spanish, “How do you say the name of this street?” The shop owner replied, in a perfect Midwestern accent, “TWO-lee-dough oh-HI-oh.” Re: Concerned about the border This is “fear mongering”. Trump has created this amongst other things. When he took office, the Republicans controlled everything, and the border wasn’t an issue. If it was as bad as he claims, they could’ve done something about it since they had theWhite House, Congress & Senate. They did nothing. He’s just trying to scare as many people as possible. He has moved the fear to, “if you don’t reelect me, the market will suffer it’s worse collapse ever.” More fear tactics. Since his tariffs seem to be causing the most trouble, maybe he should look in the mirror to see where he can “fix” things. Hell, he even has many Republican politicians scared, and they don’t agree with him. So, let’s cut the crap, on both sides, and do what’s best for the people. Is that too much to ask? – David N. P.J. O’Rourke comment: Too much to ask of politicians? Yes, alas, David, doing what’s best for the people is way too much to ask of politicians. But if you ask them to do what’s best for themselves , you’ll get a quick and effective response.
P.J. O’Rourke comment: A great story, Donald. And you speak the truth. In Ohio, by gosh, we don’t fail. We may “succeed by other means,” but we don’t fail. I know Lima well – 70-odd miles down I-75 from Toledo, just on the other side of the old Great Black Swamp. And not only was Lima the home of the Lima Locomotive Works that produced the Shay engine (specially designed for steep grades and sharp track curves), but it’s still the home of the Lima Army Tank Plant where the M1A1 Abrams tank is made. And that’s a reminder to coastal elites that when they make fun of heartland America, they’d better do so from a distance. Too bad you wrote such a (nice) long article without mentioning the exquisite Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach song, while finding room for the John Denver hatchet job. – JimM. P.J. O’Rourke comment: Jim, I nominate you as Toledo’s Top DJ! EC’s and BB’s fabulous “Toledo” – from their 1998 Painted From Memory collaboration album – is, so to speak, music to my ears. A sample of the lyrics: But do people living in Toledo Know that their name hasn’t traveled very well? And does anybody in Ohio Dream of that Spanish citadel? The answer is “Yes!” Toledo, Ohio, (pronounced “TWO-lee-dough”) and Toledo, Spain, (pronounced “Two-LAY-dough”) are official Sister Cities and my Toledo’s newspaper, the Blade, is named after Iberian
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