IC local who threw tomatoes at Trump gets invitations to eat with errybody

I think the Secret Service thought he was Johnny Depp at first. Rumors went around that he threw Non-GMO Tomatoes but we never got any actual proof of that. Andy’s a good kid from Cedar Falls and we’re all proud of him for carrying on the tradition of vegetables aimed at fools.

On Tuesday January 26th, 2016, more than a dozen local women essentially silenced Presidential Candidate, Donald Trump. While we were stuck in the dramatics of the U of I athlete controversy over whether or not they abused their power at the Trump rally, or we were comedically distracted over the jailed tomato-thrower, the most important story of all was lost. All media coverage of this event, but a story composed by a local highschool girl, ignored the empowering positive and progressive story about a group of women exercising their rights in an admirable manner. Again and again we continue to let the media entertain us with simplified drama rather than inspire us with stories of greatness and show us citizens with integrity. These female protesters are commendable people who created a thoughtful and original tactic, that peacefully and ingeniously conveyed a message to be heard. Their whistling cut Trump’s average speech time down by a half an hour, and created bouts of pauses and incomposure within his speech. They did not use aggression to fight aggression, such as the tomato-thrower, nor abuse their power to get what they wanted such as the U of I athletes (and Donald Trump for that matter), but they simply exercised their rights as common citizens to stand up to such acts and used a nonviolent system to make their message heard. Now that’s a story to be published. When media continuously gives negative attention to negative acts, other people are more likely to repeat those negative behaviors or disengage from positive productive behavior. Lets shine the spotlight on these intelligent composed & lovely citizens in hopes that the audience reading this will be inspired to behave the same. This is our community, our local media, and our own spirit – it is up to us to mold it into something to be proud of.