Day 1205 – The Devil’s Choice for The Poor
Thursday May 7, 2020
178 Days until the election on November 3rd
258 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021
I have to wonder, and am continually amazed, by the arrogance, stupidity, and callousness of many in power.
The use of The War Powers Act to try and force people working in meat packing plants back to work while their employers are making little attempt to arrest the outbreaks of Covid-19 means, for the workers, “Work and Die or Don’t and Starve.”
The meatpacking companies have made sure to insulate themselves from liability. Even if people die at their facilities from this virus they can’t be sued.
What kind of country have we become?
The answer has been staring me in the face for decades. This is not a mistake. This is what the Republican Party is and has been for as long as I have been alive. They’ve just, up until now, done a better job of hiding it. Yes, there have been some truly empathetic representatives of the party, and some have done some good things, but on the whole their purpose has been to serve the rich and powerful – public be damned.
They wrap themselves in the flag, or in the 2nd amendment, or the pro-choice movement but those are all chimeras for their real intent – to enrich themselves and to stay in power. Nothing else seems to matter. They will and they have embraced many nutty economic and social ideas. They will accuse their opponents of terrible things all the while doing exactly that which they claim is so awful.
They delude themselves with false stories, with quack theorists. It is now to the point that when faced with the truth they don’t recognize it. If the truth doesn’t fit their narrative they ignore it; they bury it; they attack it.
The virus doesn’t care.
The virus is here and it will stay here until we deal with it.
I fear we will need to see a lot more of the reality that this virus can bring before we are done with it.
In the meantime, let’s have another press conference.
178 Days until the election on November 3rd
258 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021
PS “One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small…”
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