Did you realize that we were such social creatures? Is it clearer now?
We see the healthcare workers sacrificing their lives in service of us; You and me. They are not being forced to do it, Our country is not that far down the road to Fascism, yet.
Can we do less than these brave folks? We are not being asked to go as far, we are only being asked to wear a mask and stay home unless you HAVE to go out.
We get off pretty easy in all this, and it's far from over.
So we can choose to support each other, as many of us do. Wear a mask, limit contacts, wash your hands. While doing these simple things we are learning new things;
Many employers will be encouraging work from home (telecommuting). Imagine how much energy and gasoline could be saved. Imagine how much less stressful you day will be without traffic jams and lousy lunches.
Instead of dragging the family out for dinner, have dinner brought to your family. BTW, home cooking still tastes the best.
Give up slogging around the grocery store (Walmart, Walgreens etc)? order online and pick it up.
How simple and refreshing washing your hands can be?
So we can choose to support each other, as many of us do; or we can choose to use assault weapons to threaten our government workers because some rich folks spent a bundle to encourage you to further THEIR ends; and yes, some folks are that easily led. In all honesty, you are taking up arms against your fellow citizens. That makes you the bad guys.
What's your choice? Let's be blunt; will you choose selfishness and and stupidity, in the guise of protecting "your rights"? Your rights end when it infringes on another citizen's rights; period. This is basic to civilized societies around the world and throughout history.
Tell me then, what are the other rights in the Bill Of Rights? (HINT: there are 10 of them) You likely only know the 2nd amendment because some Nazi or the NRA (Seems redundant) mentioned it while convincing you to take up arms against your fellow citizens. What's the 7th amendment? ( Right of trial by jury in civil cases.) BTW I knew that without looking it up. What does the 2nd amendment say (Hint: it does not say the right to bear arms.)
Make your choice, but in these days of media, you WILL be remembered.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Saturday, May 09, 2020
The End Of The World As We Know It
Remember that feeling? It was November 3, 2016. Some of us "Progressives" went to bed early because it was in the bag. Me, I'm a news junkie and I stayed up. I was missing Walter Cronkite, because the lineup of respected "Pundits" was blathering on and on.
I can't remember exactly but I was probably writing ( I often do that). With my jaw hanging open I turned my attention back to the Pundits; did I just hear that? I changed the channel several times, yes I just heard that, "With 92% of the votes reported CNN is now calling Donald J. Trump the winner and next President of the United States"
"ummm..." I thought; also "WTF" and several other things. There may have been some scatology involved and possibly tears I was, after all, in shock.
Think back to that day. Remember how it felt when you found out that this self-promoting, sociopathic, ass-clown was President Elect.
I grew up in Hackensack NJ. It is a stone's throw from New York City. I read the Bergen Record every day, sometimes twice while I was growing up. I read the NY Times as often as I could. Trump, the rich, rapacious, spoiled failure (ass-clown) figured prominently most days. He was a dirty joke, a symbol of everything that was wrong with America.
He called in to radio shows pretending to be someone else promoting "The Donald", even the interviewer knew who it really was but they played along. He mugged for the camera in any way he could and shamelessly lied about his successes, when everyone knew his successes were basically due to Daddy throwing money at his massive failures. I think he was up to 3 bankruptcies by then, but I didn't check my facts.
He was an ignorant, arrogant, self promoting rich kid who would have been selling mobile homes if not for Daddy's money. Oh yeah, he was always that ugly and stupid but he did know how to promote himself. That is what he craved; the Limelight. He used Daddy's money to take out a full page ad in the NY Times to call for the death penalty on 5 kids of color who turned out to be innocent. He did not retract it or apologize when they arrested the real criminals.
I realized my mouth was still open.
I don't know how many people cried, cursed or contemplated suicide that night. I'm not sure how many self-satisfied "Progressives" woke up the next morning and sat over their coffee in shocked dis-belief, but I'll bet there were many.
"How could this happen in the USA?" I may have said that aloud, possibly to Rachel Maddow who was on the TV at the moment.
I realized my mouth was still open.
If you want another moment like that, just don't vote. If you want to get rid of President Donald J. Ass-Clown vote. That's all it takes. The concerned and intelligent outnumber the Trumpsters 2-1. So vote. Better yet, get behind the local Democrats in you area and volunteer; make 10 phone calls.
I can't remember exactly but I was probably writing ( I often do that). With my jaw hanging open I turned my attention back to the Pundits; did I just hear that? I changed the channel several times, yes I just heard that, "With 92% of the votes reported CNN is now calling Donald J. Trump the winner and next President of the United States"
"ummm..." I thought; also "WTF" and several other things. There may have been some scatology involved and possibly tears I was, after all, in shock.
Think back to that day. Remember how it felt when you found out that this self-promoting, sociopathic, ass-clown was President Elect.
I grew up in Hackensack NJ. It is a stone's throw from New York City. I read the Bergen Record every day, sometimes twice while I was growing up. I read the NY Times as often as I could. Trump, the rich, rapacious, spoiled failure (ass-clown) figured prominently most days. He was a dirty joke, a symbol of everything that was wrong with America.
He called in to radio shows pretending to be someone else promoting "The Donald", even the interviewer knew who it really was but they played along. He mugged for the camera in any way he could and shamelessly lied about his successes, when everyone knew his successes were basically due to Daddy throwing money at his massive failures. I think he was up to 3 bankruptcies by then, but I didn't check my facts.
He was an ignorant, arrogant, self promoting rich kid who would have been selling mobile homes if not for Daddy's money. Oh yeah, he was always that ugly and stupid but he did know how to promote himself. That is what he craved; the Limelight. He used Daddy's money to take out a full page ad in the NY Times to call for the death penalty on 5 kids of color who turned out to be innocent. He did not retract it or apologize when they arrested the real criminals.
I realized my mouth was still open.
I don't know how many people cried, cursed or contemplated suicide that night. I'm not sure how many self-satisfied "Progressives" woke up the next morning and sat over their coffee in shocked dis-belief, but I'll bet there were many.
"How could this happen in the USA?" I may have said that aloud, possibly to Rachel Maddow who was on the TV at the moment.
I realized my mouth was still open.
If you want another moment like that, just don't vote. If you want to get rid of President Donald J. Ass-Clown vote. That's all it takes. The concerned and intelligent outnumber the Trumpsters 2-1. So vote. Better yet, get behind the local Democrats in you area and volunteer; make 10 phone calls.
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