It's that time.

Lock and load.

The Michael Very Show is on the air.

All day, every day on the radio, online, on television.

People claim to know and to state what Americans are thinking, how Americans think about

particular issues.

And one thing you learn very early, and you should have noticed this,

is that when you're a person who does that,

there's extra credit for having a great deal of confidence in whatever you say,

even if you're just making it up out of thin air.

And this is how they get it so wrong.

This is how you get writers from the New York Times telling us that this is what's going on and this is what these people think.

And then you find out they finally let loose at one point when they've had too many glasses of wine on Twitter.

I've never known a single human being who drove a truck.

And you go, wait a minute.

You can't talk about what Americans think if you do not know a single person and never have who drives a truck.

And I'm not talking about an 18-wheeler.

I'm not talking short, bed, long bed.

I'm talking about what most people where I live do drive, including but not limited to

Ramon.

I refer to my Chevy Tahoe as a truck, but mostly to annoy Ramon.

Because in Ramon's mind, if the bed is not open, it ain't a truck.

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