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If the Browns can win, shouldn’t we all have hope?

I’ve been watching the impeachment proceedings today, listening to analysts breathlessly declare [at the risk of editorializing, some were even borderline agog] that never in history had a president been impeached twice.

But surely media outlets just want to get information out there. Surely no media outlet would sensationalize to increase ratings.

You might feel like our nation’s future is in doubt. Loyal Scaiaholics will recall my controversial position that we’ve never actually lived in a “certain time.” Continuing a theme of how we can all be united if we just look to the blog, we might all be questioning our place in the world right now, but let’s not lose hope.

Let’s also look to the Cleveland Browns.

Li’l Baby Scaia was in grade school the last time the Browns won a playoff game. Since then, they’ve made one playoff appearance, had 12 consecutive losing seasons and released a quarterback after he was arrested for domestic violence.

But last weekend, the Browns gave us all hope, with a ragtag bunch of fellas upsetting the Pittsburgh Steelers and advancing in the playoffs.

If the Browns can win, can’t we all still triumph?!

We all have Facebook and Twitter associates who’ve declared they’re leaving the platforms and urging you to add them on unbiased social media platforms like Lem or Theo or WilkesBarre.

And I think to myself, “I feel like AM radio is really getting shafted here.”

“Oh, if only there were a place where we could hear both sides!” everyone is exclaiming. “Oh, if only the leader of the free world had access to other types of media to get his message out! Why?!”

Taking a look at the feed from CBS, eight of the last nine soundbites posted are from Donald Trump’s most recent video.

Even my previous employer has told hosts to maybe rein it in a bit.

We may feel beaten down, but we can still triumph like the modern day Cleveland Browns. Perhaps modern philosopher Rocky Balboa put it best.

If I can change, and you can change, everybody can change.

If AM radio isn’t the future, I may start my own social media app.

People are saying they don’t want their political viewpoints censored. I feel like there’s a silent majority of Americans who think all politics is a racket, regardless of which side you’re on. For those Americans, I will introduce “Cram It,” the first social media app with the guts to censor all political viewpoints.

Remember when we used to roll our eyes when people posted pictures of their food or their toddler doing something ridiculous that you’re sure they’re going to hate seeing when they’re adolescents? Now, we long for those simpler times where people could discuss the cinema of Gene Wilder in a frank and productive forum.

At Cram It [patent pending], we’ll post similar error boxes anytime you post something with a keyword like, “conservative,” “liberal” or “swamp.” We here at Cram It are still developing the site so we don’t mistakenly advance an anti-Okefenokee message. Jerry Reed songs are always welcome.

Cram It [patent pending] will also monitor your screen time, and maybe we’ll figure out some way to make sure you’re not gripping the phone or tablet angrily.

But Cram It [patent pending] isn’t about just finding fault. It’s about solving problems. It’ll shut down if you spend more than one minute with the cursor in the reply box while you think about the perfect reply to someone’s comment to totally make them change their mind because that works so often.

For those who say the other side got violent last summer during George Floyd protests, we here at Cram It [patent pending] understand.

But the editorial board here at 1 Scaianalysis Esplanade also thinks back to the protests when the demonstrators would get upset at the rioters. When a group of people started destroying property, that became the focus of the story. We all talked about violence instead of reforms the demonstrators wanted.

So Cram It will not allow people to compare which riot was more righteous.

Cram It. It’s gonna a be a thing.

alanscaia