If you don't win ...

          Now here is an interesting story that I'm sure that you haven't heard before because it is fiction and written for fun by me.   So don't get too excited about it.
          The word is that Rutgers, a team that could not win a Big Ten football game this year, has filed a claim in Federal Court demanding a recount/review of the Penn State victory over Wisconsin in the recent Big Ten championship football game.  They are doing it to "maintain the integrity of the game".  One of their professors claims that the scoreboard and clocks could have been hacked by Russia to give Penn State the surprise win. However there is no evidence of that having happned. But they want every minute, every play of the game, and every decision by the officials reviewed to make sure the game wasn't rigged in Penn State's favor.  They also want all the electronic equipment reviewed to make sure it wasn't hacked by an outside force.
          They note that Penn State was a major underdog and expected to lose.  Wisconsin was a very experienced team and had been to the championship game many times before.  Penn State had no experience in Big Ten play-offs and can not properly represent the league as champion. They actually lost two games this year. And years ago a former coach was charged with sexual abuse. That should disqualify them.
          How could a team like that win a league title and serve as champions?  It had to be rigged and we can't accept it. It will be the end of the league. The league must do everything possible to cancel this victory and discredit this team  ... Of  course this situation is pure fiction and ridiculous. 
          But, unfortunately, what has happened in Pennsylvania and Michigan and Wisconsin isn't, even thought it is so similar.  A losing candidate in the presidential election has done the very same thing.  Even though she gained a very small percentage of the votes and even though there is no evidence of any tampering, she has raised millions and gone to court to get recounts and hinder the democratic process.
          She claims that she just wants to verify that the election process was fair.  If that is the case, why didn't she choose states like New York and California where Hillary won?  Instead she has chosen three states where Trump pulled upsets.  It is clear that she is trying to find a way to take the election away from Trump and hand it to Hillary.  And, of course, Hillary and the democrats are supporting her efforts.
        Now as I said in a previous blog, many good people were upset at Trump's win. I fully understand that. But it is over and it is time to move on for the sake of our country and the democratic process.  Riots, protests, recounts, promoting illegal votes by the electoral college, and all sorts of other actions are sick.  Have we reached a point where democracy is being replaced by mob control?   That is a much more serious problem for the future of America than having Trump serve as president.   Are we now a country of sore losers?  We will do anything to get our way and not accept any other result.
          And there is one more thing that grinds me about the call for recounts.  This is costing millions of dollars.  And we can look around and see the poverty, homeless problems, states on the verge of bankruptcy, pensions underfunded, social security and medicare in trouble and a huge federal debt that will never be funded.  And yet, instead of solving these serious problems, millions are being wasted to do recounts without any evidence that they are needed.
          It's been a very sad experience for what was once a great country.