I have only one word to say about President Trump’s proposal to reopen the ruthless prison of demons.
It took you so long?
Sometimes the “rock” mentioned sits uselessly in the middle of San Francisco Bay, criminally misunderstood as a tourist destination. I've been there and the beauty of the location is that when the drawbacks try to cross the walls, the shark is on duty 24/7 and is an unpaid prison guard.
Steve Lopez
Steve Lopez is a California native who has been a Los Angeles Times columnist since 2001. He has won more than a dozen national journalism awards and is a four-time Pulitz finalist.
As Trump puts it, a man tried to escape for many years, “They found his clothes were terrible.
Speaking of the problem, critics think it's a crazy idea, saying it would cost a sum of money to rebuild a broken property that used to be like Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" Kelly but has been closed since 1963.
Yes, but it's a prison, not a spa. In Trump's words, we should know "the symbol of law and order." After all, he is a convicted felon.
Although I think there is something happening to Trump here, one of my questions is that his ideas are not big enough. California’s resources are underutilized, so let’s open up to possibilities.
What if the Great American theme park is recast to make America great again? Kids will love RFK's small fluorine-free water slide.
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Located less than an hour south of Alcatraz Island in Santa Clara, an amusement park called "Greater America" has been falling in jars for decades, and the property has just been sold to developers, which may be the end of a once-jeopardized attraction.
But hold everything. I have an idea.
How to change the name from Big America to make America great again?
Kids will love RFK's small fluorine-free water slide. Go directly to Gavin Newsom dunk tank and board the high-speed ice train to the deportation station.
I also have an idea about the nearby Oakland Stadium which was abandoned by Football Raiders and Baseball A.
I grew up in that stadium and can tell you that the Leiden fans, especially, are not a timid person. The term “fanity” may be a stretcher, but let’s say they hardly restrain themselves from expressing themselves, just like aggression and looting the crew of the U.S. Capitol.
President Trump pardoned those Patriots, but I don't know if they've found a job.
So here is the stadium:
What self-esteem, the devil-wearing Trump fanatics won't pay a good amount of money to watch antlers, the American flag, ridiculing the revolutionaries' live performances, reinventing in the gymnasium on January 6: Where the medieval era meets modern politics?
They can go all out and cheer. Give them ropes and rifles, put on skins, watch them zoom in on the Capitol replicas, smash windows, hunt cow politicians, and attack security forces like heroes we know.
Maybe Hearst Castle could become the Western White House.
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I admit that some of these suggestions may be difficult to implement, but if another California landmark is used better:
Let's transfer Hurst Castle to the Western White House.
One of the nests of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst is currently Central Coast State Park, but if you remember, Trump wrote a small book called "The Art of Transaction." All he had to do was call Governor Newsom and say hey man, do you want to provide more wildfire relief funds for Altadena and Pacific Palisades?
Trump's sons Eric and Donald Jr. But after so many years of public service, shouldn't you live in a castle?
Once the Trump brothers are in trouble in San Simeon’s 115-room Casa Grande, Dad can make Dad proud by tearing down the state’s nasty coastal commission, expanding offshore drilling and bringing the Atlantic City experience to the West Coast.
Big Sur is OK, but I can't think of a hotel there, there is a casino or rib buffet.
Imagine the near future of California, Monterey Magra Mountains.
A 60-storey Trump Tower Torrance with rooftop driving range and golden beach umbrella.
The Western White House may also intervene in SpaceX founder Elon Musk, whose attempt to shoot more rockets at the Van Denberg Space Force Base was hampered by the aforementioned coastal committee regulators.
I'm talking about menstruation getting better and better, and I'm talking about one-way travel. Load those rockets with political enemies, lying news media, bad debris and crazy judges. You can also add biomedical researchers and climate scientists to the list because they will lose their jobs anyway.
I'm just spitting here, but I think Queen Mary is easily reused as a floating prison to handle the overflow of Alcatraz.
When Trump became the pope, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels in Los Angeles could become a Vatican satellite.
As his crypto wealth has grown billions in recent months, Trump can take over the Crypto.com arena in downtown Los Angeles and turn it into a personal piglet bank.
Perhaps Queen Mary might be reused as a floating prison instead of hosting a Royal Sunday brunch, but instead dealing with the overflow from Alcatraz.
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Thanks to the tariffs, there may be enough space in all empty cargo containers in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to eliminate homelessness overnight.
All the impact that could hinder America from being great again is lack of imagination, so feel free to send me your own ideas on how to better utilize existing resources. But first, let me share one of mine.
From the banks of Alcatraz, you can almost throw Frisbee to nearby Angel Island, which is also greatly underutilized. I've been there and it's a very lovely state park with stunning views of 360 degrees. But do you know what it used in the past?
During the first half of the last century, hundreds of thousands of immigrants were dealt with, interrogated and detained on the island. The barracks are still there.
What are we waiting for?
steve.lopez@latimes.com