Times They Are a Changing

Thursday, August 20, 2020

There is so much going on in our country that is so mind boggling I don't even know where to start.

Covid19?
- It would appear that our Chinese brothers have really dropped a bomb on us with this crap. Although it doesn't appear to be a purposeful attack since its fatality rate is the US is about 52.93 per 100k or 3.1% (According to a John's Hopkins University Study). So, any thought that this was intended to kill all Americans has to be discounted.
   It would appear that Andrew Cuomo has vision issues. He is unable to see that the cause for New York to be at the top of the list is primarily due to his incredibly stupid decision to send elderly patients with Covid back to the nursing home(s). Brilliant. So, the best way to deflect his incompetence is to deflect the blame to Trump.   I seem to recall when Cuomo was whining that there weren't enough respirators, that Trump went on a terror to make sure they were being manufactured. (As it turned out, we now have a surplus of them.) Then the accusation of incompetence toward Trump when he sent help to New York in the form of the Hospital Ship Comfort because Cuomo said there weren't enough beds. After a month that ship left New York having treated less than 200 people. What a show of blatant stupidity on parade.
One side is whining that actions weren't taken in a timely manner and some of them even were to proliferate the disease to affect more people. I seem to recall the divide between the governors and mayors and the president. The leader of the house in the early goings of the pandemic suggested joining her for ice cream and a dinner from a Chinese restaurant.
None of the complaints were presented in foresight. Hindsight is always a better idea.   DUH?

The Election?
- This has certainly been one of the more incredulous election cycles I have ever seen. As the 2 base parties continue their divide and the voters are getting fewer and fewer options.    Of course, we don't even know who our voters might be or how we will identify them. Our Democrats are even suggesting the illegal immigrants should be allowed a vote. Seriously??? But I shouldn't be surprised.

The Democrats have enlisted the aid of a declared socialist to help elect a man that is clearly impaired but seems to be able to overcome the fear of sounding too radical. Its whatever it takes to win the White House, or rather get Trump out. This doesn't seem to be an election of policies, promises, ideals or even of maintaining a path of the American dream, but rather of hate and divisiveness. The saddest part is no one is particularly credible. It's like watching a kindergarten class debating whether to get ice cream or cake. I have never seen the leaders of parties that give every indication of indicting the opponents on a variety of vague charges, then are unable to prove any of them. Congratulations to the Democratic party for you fine example of insanity when it comes to leading a country.

Protests/Rioting/Looting/Injuring/Killing for ...?
Marching up and down public streets with signs expressing one’s views has been used as a method of making statements for as long as there has been anything that might be disagreeable with anyone. It seems to me that the protesters are mostly in the minority but want the majority to fall into place. I, for one, have never changed my mind based on a handmade sign being touted by someone yelling or chanting their views. Calm discussions are far more effective when presenting differing views. But, what do I know? It seems to have become a method of showing the nation that there are many who will piggyback the peaceful marchers to form mobs of stealing and damaging the properties of others with no other purpose than to benefit themselves. They certainly cannot possibly look at these actions as supporting anyone. They are simply a group of angry thieves.
The best part is that they will demand that the police are to blame for the unrest. Actually, the logic is simple, if the police are getting in the way of anyone’s unlawful activity then eliminate the police. The most incredible part of this scenario is that there are politicians agree that it’s a good idea to defund and reduce the only buffer between them and the criminal destruction of their cities. I hope whatever they're drinking doesn't become a national beverage.