Everything's gone kinda pear-shaped in the last 48 hours.
You now have two Week 4 NFL games impacted by the coronavirus -- and, oh, let's not forget, the President of the United States of America not only has it but has been near the center of a superspreader event.
What is it going to take for this country to understand that this serious?
The cancellation of the NFL?
Cam Newton's death (or a player of similar stature)?
The death of Donald Trump??
Some of us who were watching this in international news back in January knew this was going to be something serious if (and eventually WHEN) it got over here. We'd dodged several previous bullets with the likes of the breakouts in China of the H1N1 bird flu and in Africa of the Ebola virus and all of that -- with the fear of what would happen if that ever somehow traveled over here.
Well, someone -- SOMEHOW -- got a virus over here which appears to propagate extremely well in social situations and in large groups.
Like the Sturgis motorcycle rally -- CHRIS!
Like the announcement of Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court nominee -- a Mrs. Barrett who has had the virus and probably was suffering from lingering pink eye from it, meaning she was probably still shedding the virus.
Like football!!! At ANY LEVEL...
Anyone who thinks we get anywhere CLOSE to normal, anytime soon, without a working, effective, and safe vaccine is FOOLING THEMSELVES.
And those conspiracy theorists out there who believe this virus is a hoax (and many did, even when it was just in China back in January!!!) need to remember one thing:
If this was a government operation hoax, you'd have to understand, on a certain level, that China would probably be doing this as a first eliminative operation on low social credit scores.
If the United States then joined in as a concept of "covering up the imminent and unavoidable financial destruction of this country", as many deniers allege, then would that not mean that the over 200,000 already killed by the virus would literally have been picked from a list of comorbities and existing conditions under which they would be killed anyway, useless eaters, and all that kind of garbage?
If you want to believe that, and you've consistent with that line of thinking, I may not be the happiest with you (given my probable comorbities and the like), but I will at least tip my cap that you are being consistent -- because, on some level, the level of population would have to be significantly reduced to bring America into any degree of economic balance (forget Agenda 21 or any environmental considerations -- I'm just talking the dollars and cents, national debts and deficits, of it all).
This country needs a punch to the jaw. It needs someone who has this virus of a significant level of importance to go to reinstitute the concept we are nowhere CLOSE to where we need to be to beat this thing -- and that's if a significant portion of this country even WANTS TO beat this thing!
Is it going to take Cam Newton? Chris Christie? Donald Trump???
Or a mass outbreak like at the University of Georgia, who shit the bed with it's fans tonight not masking and properly distancing?
It's time for America to Get Right or Be Made Right.
Trump knew how serious this was back in February (according to Bob Woodward), but him and the politicians didn't do anything about it. Screw voting, and screw all politicians:
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Obstruct The Vote
The problem with Obstructing The Vote is we gotta get that shithead out of here, one way or the other.
DeleteNothing else you said here is wrong, for the record, but the fact is, either the system works, or we have to go a place that even MENTIONING IT is five years in the Federal slammer.
Not that I'm not prepared to do that IF REQUIRED.
That's just it, though: Voting has never worked for a long time (if ever). FDR even said that presidents are selected (not elected). If they want Trump in there, he will be.
DeleteIf that's the case, we're probably at the point the two sides have to shoot it all out -- which see the 10/8 Olbermann clip about the militia attempt on the governor of Michigan.
DeleteThat may happen. Sadly, I believe that both sides are wrong. We need real and direct democracy where the people have a say, not puppeticians. People have to face reality: Voting has never worked.
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