I’d love to be a “fly on the wall” in some of the meetings between individual 1 and some of the republican governors who are “re-opening” their economies in the face of “data” which would indicate they’ve decided, like the Lt. Governor of Texas said recently, “there’s worst things than living.” I can’t help but think of all those who have pushed the theory of the only way to “beat” Covid-19 is through “herd” immunity – meaning let the virus run its course and “let the cards fall where they may.” I have to believe the strategy with these republican governors is virtually the opposite of what has been recommended by health experts whose focus is on saving as many lives as they can.
I believe their “plan” is to minimize testing and to LIE about the cause of deaths in their states. Whereas the health experts have said we should have massive testing, “contact tracing,” and capacity in the hospitals in case there’s another “surge,” these (republican) governors are doing none of that. As I’ve said, and I’ve admitted I’m cynical – I DON’T believe a word coming from individual 1’s mouth, those around him, governors like DeSantis of Florida or Kemp of Georgia and I’d love to hear how they discuss the “data” which suggests the brunt of the deaths are coming from elderly people and black and brown people. I believe these governors are willing to do whatever it takes, in their minds, to get individual 1 re-elected – with no regard to the people who are going to die due to their decisions.
Individual 1 is working full time to DEFLECT the blame away from his own disastrous actions at the beginning of this crisis and it appears our IMPEACHED so-called president is putting his focus (which is a challenge in and of itself) toward China and trying to suggest this virus was created in a lab in Wuhan (Apparently, he got that one from Fox). Scientific evidence CLEARLY has suggested it came from someone in China eating (ugh!) a bat. It makes me uncomfortable to even write that. To me, whether it came from eating a bat (ugh!) or from the lab in Wuhan, I’m not sure how that makes a bit of difference in regard to individual 1’s INCOMPETENT “leadership.” He’s NOT going to be running away from the reality of, for example, the missing 70 days. It’s all on video tape – and, we’ll be reminded of that over and over again. Plus, he’ll continue to make more tapes for Biden!
This past weekend he FIRED another Inspector General who apparently, just like the others he FIRED, had the audacity to tell the TRUTH about the issue with “PPD” in our nation’s hospitals. To individual 1 telling the TRUTH is being “disloyal.” This all reminds me of the issue with James Comey. Individual 1 denied publicly that he ever asked Comey to give him “loyalty” but now it’s clear Comey was telling the truth about our IMPEACHED so-called president – just as if he’s the mob boss many of us think he is – he instinctively continues to confirm what Comey alleged prior to him being unceremoniously exited from the FBI. And, now individual 1 has cleared out the leadership of the Justice Department (sans William Barr) and the Department of National Intelligence – presumably in order to make sure “we the people” never hear the TRUTH about what he’s doing to our government.
More and more people are beginning to see what a DANGEROUS (so-called) president we have in office at this point in time. And, he’s got enough time and this is a dangerous enough time that between now and next January we could be looking at one of the darkest times in American history. He very possibly could be leading “we the people” into another “great depression” and, I’m guessing, he’ll be blaming President Obama as he’s dragged out of the “White House” screaming the election was rigged in 2021. Of course, that’s where all those “very fine (or good) people” will come onto the scene for him. Members of the white nationalist community NEVER thought they would manage to “move into the mainstream” of American politics – and, they’re not going to be happy when that “house built on sand” slips into the “ocean.” It could get ugly.
And, speaking of ugly – the reality “we the people” are facing very likely is going to get really ugly – and, this appears to me to be the cruelest of ironies. Individual 1 is desperate to re-open the economy because he believes that’s the only way he’s going to get re-elected. (I’ll point out later why he’s so desperate to get re-elected – aside from his narcissism) And, based on what I’ve read and what I’m seeing – meaning the actions of our IMPEACHED so-called president and his sycophantic governors, in the long run (meaning, maybe a month or two), they could be making all of this worse and turning the economy into a downward spiral the likes of which only those alive in the 1930’s would have seen. I just don’t think new cases in the hundreds of thousands and deaths approaching 3,000 per day (or more) is the recipe for a vibrant economy.
The long term damage which could be the result of this short sighted approach to dealing with this pandemic very well could be the destruction of our health care system. Covid-19 patients are overwhelming our hospitals and untold Americans are failing to go to the hospital because they don’t want to be exposed to this deadly virus and/or the hospitals are full. My daughter is a RN and I’m praying every day she can do her job and avoid getting this virus and bringing it home to her family. My niece works in one of the University of Washington hospitals as an Occupational Therapist – well, now she’s a “dofficer” – as she helps doctors and nurses who are dealing with Covid-19 patients to get into and out of their PPD. The idea of making it worse for these incredible people puts me beyond “complaining” here – it ticks me off!
Individual 1 just continues to make his place in the darkest corners of America’s history books – not only the CHEATING to get “elected,” or the willingness to do it again, but worst than all of that will be the DAMAGE to this nation by the incompetence in dealing with this pandemic. If you remember the Ebola outbreak – well, maybe you don’t even remember it – because the Obama administration had a “plan” which kept the outbreak in Western Africa where it originally broke out – that virus could very well have been as bad as Covid-19 if, for example, individual 1 was our so-called president at that time. Once you allow the virus to get embedded into the society, well “Katy bar the door.” It didn’t have to be this way.
Likely, with all the air travel from China – due to all our multi-national corporations – I don’t think it was possible to protect America from this virus just as it’s in virtually every other country around the world. However, the DAMAGE to America didn’t have to be this bad. We could have instigated a massive testing, contact tracing, and quarantining “plan” like South Korea or some of the other places who kept the number of cases and the number of deaths down – addressing the issue aggressively from the beginning. For example, that would have prevented the Mardi Gras – which helped to spread this virus all around the world.
Clearly, from the beginning, individual 1 has been more concerned with his re-election – via the Stock Market – than “we the people.” And, now that they’ve discovered the bulk of those who will be the “2% to 3%” Dr. Oz mentioned on Fox “news” a week or two ago ( 6.6 to 10 MILLION Americans) – the number who would die with a “re-opening” of the economy – are going to be the elderly, prisoners, and Black and Brown people. Therefore, in the mind of our IMPEACHED so-called president, it’s time to open things up and disband the Coronavirus task force. Additionally, with any luck from individual 1’s perspective, maybe they can finally get “Obamacare” overturned during this pandemic. I’m not kidding, individual 1’s Justice Department is in court arguing for the end of “Obamacare” as I’m writing this! It’s like we’ve evolved into “la la” land.
The mistakes individual 1 continues to make are the kind you can’t retreat from – it’s as if he’s putting all his “chips” on the “table.” And, when we get to that place where the death toll spikes upward, should that be what happens, our IMPEACHED so-called president’s plan, actually lack of plan, clearly will be to BLAME the various governors around the country. Well, the eager ones are all his republican sycophants – so, is he going to be blaming Ron DeSantis for all the old people dying in Florida? Is he going to be blaming Brian Kemp for the spike in deaths in Georgia? These are places he MUST “win” if he’s to be re-elected. (Of course, if they decide not to do testing and they choose not to identify the cause of death in the cases of many of the people who die in their states in the next couple of months, well…………. then every thing will be OK, right?
Personally, the ONLY thing which has made sense to me, right from the start in all this, would have been a national “plan” coming from the “White House” so that everything is coordinated. As I just said, the mistakes being made are serious because there are immense consequences every time you screw up – because this virus is so contagious and moves so quickly. So, while, at the outset, individual 1 had the opportunity to act like an actual president and he blew it – and, now, it’s likely too late. Plus, I just don’t believe he’s even capable of doing so – but, basically, “That ship has sailed.” And, of course, our IMPEACHED so-called president continues to make it worse.
Individual 1’s failures go well beyond the BLUNDERING response to the Covid-19 pandemic. For example, farmers around the country are plowing under lush crops, dairy farmers are dumping thousands upon thousands of milk – which, easily, could be made into cheese – a great form of protein – and, at the same time, people are lining up at food banks around the country in desperate attempts to feed their families. As far as I can tell, there is NO plan in place to re-route this food to those who desperately need it and republicans in Congress are more focuses on protecting their donors from Wall Street – the latest report is Moscow Mitch is willing to block the next “CARES” act from passage unless businesses get liability relief going forward in regard to employees working in their plants. I’m not sure why that is the republican’s focus when so many people are hungry, out of work, and stuck at home. At a minimum, in my view, we SHOULD be TRYING to provide food and temporary income to help get those most affected by this virus to the other side – wherever that may be. And, of course, this is just one of the “issues” which demonstrate individual 1 is in “way over his head.”
I’ll end with today, the Doctor who was demoted for refusing to allow himself to be intimidated into giving the OK to a drug which had no scientific evidence to support its use (Hydroxychloroquine) plus Bayer (the company) which volunteered to “give” one million pills coming from India and Pakistan via manufacturers who haven’t been vetted by the FDA – published his “whistle blower” complaint – which, the parts I heard tonight, are most interesting. He’s planning to testify before the House next week and I’m predicting, right here, right now, individual 1 will do everything he can to prevent this doctor (I believe his name is Dr. Rick Bright) from testifying. Dr. Bright’s testimony is not likely to be complimentary toward our IMPEACHED so-called president.
Hydroxychloroquine is the drug right wing media outlets convinced the most vulnerable of individual 1’s cult to believe would be the “magic pill” saving people from this virus. Despite all the scientific evidence suggesting that was a bad idea they (individual 1 and his right wing media supporters) continued to BRAINWASH their supporters. Some even believed their story of someone being miraculously saved from certain death, in one day, by this “miracle drug.” All the while Dr. Bright was fighting to stop the brainwashing. Finally, the “studies” where the drug was actually administered to patients with Covid-19 showed this drug was dangerous to the hearts of those patients. Thankfully, those doctors aren’t trying disinfectant on these patients!
Final Thought: Mike Pompeo was a decorated graduate of West Point where the honor system would suggest that LYING just would not be something he’d be comfortable with. Well, if you’ve been following Pompeo at all, you know – well – apparently he never took the pledge seriously. At this point, as he’s attempting to help individual 1 DEFLECT blame from himself to China there you’ll find Pompeo these days supporting the unsubstantiated rumor that the Covid-19 pandemic started in a lab in Wuhan China – instead of what the scientists say is the virus is an animal to human virus – coming from eating that bat (ugh!) – as I’ve said many times – including above. We watched Pompeo show a willingness to LIE during the IMPEACHMENT episode and he’s been pretty quiet since – until individual 1 needed a bit of conspiracy theory support for another set of LIES! This is what you see when someone becomes desperate – meaning individual 1.
Rick Wilson wrote a book titled “Everyone Trump touches dies” and he goes through, in the book, all the people whose careers were being “sidelined” simply because they chose to defend individual 1 by taking part in this “deplorable” administration. Well, Pompeo is pushing himself right up the list of people who are putting their future “on hold” because of the taint of being part of this administration. He’s making it worse with all the easily