Pork and the Pandemic

 We need to limit the powers of Congress, these people have become entrenched and so attached to the government dole that they continually line their pockets with taxpayer money.

I we had any sense we would impose term limits! Possibly we should have a declining salary, the longer you are in congress the less you make. It would give them incentive to get out and find a real job.

The newest stimulus bill has so much pork in it and aid to other than American citizens it is shameful.

 I don't sanction handouts, however we have a crisis with the pandemic that will never go away. We need to figure ways to create an economy that can sustain itself with the pandemic restrictions. 

We need leadership, not more government!

We do not need more taxes or more restrictions we need solutions to an ongoing problem, monies given to congressional members will not help the American people.

The last election taught me that we have arrived at the slippery slope and and fallen.

  We cannot recover the self-reliance and independent spirit that built this country if we don't stop relying on government handouts.

Stimulus is one thing and continuing payments because you are lazy or stupid is a complete different animal.

I have doubt that we have enough education and drive to offset this trend of bigger government that will soon control every aspect of our lives. Wake up people it may be too late to reverse the trend!

Respect and assimilation

As age grows on me I see things I could not understand as a young man.

The natives that lived here prior to the arrival of the Europeans had culture, laws and respect for other tribes. Like us they had renegades that did not want to follow the rules.

We the Europeans distroyed their culture, their history and their livelihood. We put them on reservations to control them and continued to destroy their culture, language and history.

The black man was enslaved and sold by his neighbors. They were purchased by many different countries as slave labor. Not just here in the USA!

Once they were "freed" after the Civil War they built communities apart from their white neighbors and were quite successful. They had respect for each other and their white neighbors.

 Someone decided they needed to be integrated into our society and didn't pay any attention the failures of the assimilation of the native Americans.

Somewhere in time we lost respect for our neighbors of color or did they lose respect for us?

The Spaniards assimilated and destroyed many civilizations and cultures. Possibly we are following their lead !

Respect is earned! One of the definitions of respect is: due regard for the feelings, wishes, rights or traditions of others. The other is feeling of deep admiration for someone elicited by their abilities, qualities or achievements.

The door of respect swings both ways. You must show the other person you have due regard for their life.
There are several movements in our country today that do not understand respect.

It is all one way, bow down to my demands or I'll destroy and pillage your homes, business and life.

 All sides have made major mistakes I think if you put things in pespective the percentages are really small. Which in turn makes certain movements divisive and disrespectful. Think about it!

Trump's Corona virus !

 Well I have had people ask me if I think he really had the Covid-19 Corona Virus or is it just another flim flam show.

I very much doubt our President Donald J. Trump escaped the viral infection.

 I do believe he had exceptional care not available to most Americans. I also do not think he has suffered the full consequences of this disease. Time will tell!

He needs to recognize the fact this disease is dangerous and the consequences are varied. Quit comparing it to the flu which has a successful regimen for treatment and yes many people die from it. 

Covid-19 has no standard regimen for treatment every procedure is still experimental and people die from it too. 

I wish this man would take some sage advice and quit beating his own drum. If you are as great as you say you are others will beat that drum for you.

If you are as inarticulate as he is the old adage, " It is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it." would be good advice.

Our President has accomplished a lot in a short time, he has irritated the entrenched politicians and brought to light how really corrupt our politicians are. 

We need a "Constitutional Conventon" to limit terms for all political offices.

 Shut up about how great you are and how the virus is not so bad and get back to work!

Rally your supporters around the call for term limits1 Drain the swamp, don't drown in it!

COVID-19

As we ride the wave of Covid-19 we seem to lose our perspective.

 This is a new virus with no known cure and untested treatments.

It is unfortunate that every time the virus jumps from host to host it changes just a bit it can get stronger or it can get weaker. It is said the virus got ten times stronger when it came to the United States than it was in China. When it does these jumps it will replicate as fast as it can, it has but one purpose to replicate.

We can only experiment with cures or treatments. Effective treatments and  a cure will be years in the making. Hopefullly there will be a cure soon. Treatments are improving by the day fueled by the deaths.

  Still we try to use conventional wisdom to overcome the hazards of this disease. The damage includes   the respitory, vascular and connective tissures with long lasting or permanent damage; the most devastating is death.

The percentages are low for death. I could survive or I could die that is a gamble I am unwilling to take.

Those who refuse to recognize the dangers are effectively maiming or killing, if they did it with a weapon they would be prosecuted.

Face masks are not a cure thay only mitigate the transmission. At this point in time it is the most effective way to slow the virus. 

Those who improperly wear the masks or even refuse to wear one at all are either very ignorant, narcissictic or outright stupid.

Those who say they have health reasons are sadly misinformed the main reason you can't breathe in a properly manufactured mask is purely mental. It's callled hyperventilating, you think you cannot breathe therefore you take short breaths and it would not make a difference if you did not even have a mask on you would still deplete your oxygen. 

If you don't want to wear a mask stay home let someone else do the shopping. I don't like them either but do not want to possibly infect someones Grandma or Grandpa or give a small child a lifetime of debilitation!

The reason restaurants are the major breeding ground is the large number of restaurant employees improperly wearing a mask or not at all. Improperly sanitized tables and chairs would be the second.

The biggest factor for disbelief is the large amount of disinformation and outright ignorance if you don't know say so and go find the right answer or admit there is no right answwer at this time.

 Conventional wisdom is not always the best answer!

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Protest, Vandalism or Insurrection?

Vandalism, Insurrection or Protest?

What defines the difference? Does mob rule justify destruction of other people's property? Is mob rule a valid protest or the start of an insurrection.? Russia 1917 or China 1949.

He who is the victor writes the history books. Those who write the history books often lie by omission. The main objective is to present the "facts" in a manner which supports the prevailing social and political agenda. We seldom hear the whole story.

If you disrespect the uniform, does that make all police offices villains? If you remove all record of the past will it change the present?

Some have said if you do not know your history you are doomed to repeat your mistakes.

With massive numbers of illegal immigrants it is impossible to maintain respect for the law of the land. They had no respect for the laws when they illegally entered this country. Their actions are feeding a general distrust of law enforcement. This is what their children learn from their parents.

 The feeling of mistrust grows like a cancer on society and the rabble rousers are feeding off the insecurity bred by the actions of a few.

Ten percent of the general population is not worth the powder it would take to blow them all to Hell.

Is this ten percent the true picture of our society?

I have been the only white man visible in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods and was welcomed by the neighbors. I did not greet my neighbors with what some blacks call the "attitude", I greeted them with a smile and a handshake.

 I built trust and mutual friendship and we truly enjoyed our neighborhood.

 Is it possible that the police are being greeted like they are the enemy?

The lack of trust breeds contempt on both sides, strange that we have sides when we should be working towards a common goal. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness!