Required
Reading
An article in today’s New
York Times suggests that the President is beginning to feel that more
damage can be done to the nation by some of the steps necessary to fight the
coronavirus than the virus itself is causing.
Massive layoffs, business failures, a collapse of consumer consumption,
and a stock market collapse, destroying many businesses, financial houses and
investments, in the eyes of some, are worse for the nation than letting the
coronavirus wreak havoc on Americans. Read the article, by Maggie
Haberman and David Sanger by CLICKING HERE. or looking for it at:
Imagine a military commander
whose task is to capture a hill. In
planning his tactics, he considers how many of his men will die in the attempt,
and that goes into his decision. That
is a wartime decision made every day during a war.
President Trump seems to think
that resurrecting the struggling economy, crippled by restrictions to lessen
the impact of the coronavirus, is worth the additional deaths which loosening
those restrictions will bring about.
These are bad thoughts coming from the mind of a bad person, our president.
JL
Making Social
Distancing Work
The key to making social
distancing work is enforcement. Some
beaches in Florida are still open (but not in Miami-Dade, Broward or Palm Beach
Counties) and that’s fine if they are broad enough to allow beachgoers to stay
far, far apart. (Until they shut the
Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park, I went there and was able to stay at least 25 to
30 feet from the nearest other person).
Unfortunately, on many of the beaches still open, closely packed crowds
are permitted to gather, often vacationing college students who will bring the
virus back to their schools and families.
Florida Governor DeSantis must bear the blame for any resulting deaths.
How does the government
enforce social distancing rules, be they state or local rules? They could arrest violators but anywhere they
took them would only amount to more dangerous close contact. Their names and addresses should be taken and
substantial fines eventually levied against them (if they survive.) This is a matter for governors to deal with
since the Federal Government is unable or unwilling to do this. In one State, Mississippi, the governor
suggests prayer as an additional tool in combatting the virus. Faith and prayer may comfort some, but it loses out in effectiveness to mandatory
social distancing. Mississippians find
this a difficult concept to grasp, including their governor.
JL
About
Senator Paul
It’s unclear that Senator Rand
Paul knew he was testing positive for Covid19 when he visited the Senate gym yesterday
morning and lunched with fellow Senators the day before. Even if he didn’t have the test results then,
he must have at least known he was being tested for one reason or another. Most charitably, let’s concede he was tested
and got the results after his Sunday gym workout.
As an MD, he certainly should have been
practicing greater social distancing.
But look at his first name, Rand!
He is named after the author of the books which are the bibles of
libertarianism (”Atlas Shrugged” and “The Fountainhead”), of minimizing the
government’s role in the lives of Americans.
That might explain his behavior.
After all, although a member of the Senate, his political beliefs swing
between republicanism and anarchy, compromising on libertarianism. We wish him,
and any he may have exposed to the Coronavirus, well.
JL
Bad Vibes in the Future for a Third World USA?
In my cloudy, take-with-a-grain-of-salt, cracked crystal ball, I see hints that it may only be a matter of time until the Joint Chiefs of Staff realize that our civilian government is not capable of handling the Coronavirus Pandemic on a national basis, despite the efforts of individual governors. Recognizing that we are a third world country, as evidenced by the way we are presently addressing the problem of social distancing from a national government standpoint, they will do what any self-respecting third world military would do, that is, carry out a coup and take over the government, institute martial law, and start shooting people who disregard social distancing guidelines, and also those who interfere with the providing of needed equipment to doctors, nurses and hospitals, also to become the military “junta’s” responsibility. If NRA inspired militia oppose the “junta,” the Marine Corps should be used to wipe them out. The lives of millions of Americans are at stake. No one wants it to happen this way, but do not discount the possibility.
Adios, amigos.
JL
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