Day 246 – Weird Double Whammy Upon Us-uns

Tuesday September 21, 2021

There have been a number of things that I thought odd, but then I realized they were part of a long standing way of explaining the world – a dangerous way, hidden in various veils of truth, lies, humor, and feigned ignorance.

First, let me explain the title reference. It goes back to Li’l Abner, which was a comic strip written by Al Capp. It made fun of people from rural America that lived in the mountains, places like West Virginia. Hillbillies, it was the driving idea behind The Beverly Hillbillies. People in Al Capp’s comix strip lived in a place called Dogpatch. There was a movie made back in the 60s based on the characters and the place. It was a musical. It was for adult audiences. I saw it as a kid and completely missed the double entendres and sexual innuendos.  Li’l Abner’s girlfriend, Daisey Mae, was a very sexy voluptuous young woman who ran around in very short cutoff jeans. It’s a recurring theme because it was the basis for Catherine Bach’s character Daisey Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard. There was even a theme park called Dogpatch, which went bust long ago, because once Capp died, the comix strip faded into obscurity and kids no longer wanted to go there.

All this to say that in the movie there was this thing called a double-whammy, which had a way of stunning people. A mirror could be used to reflect the whammy onto someone else, like the person trying to use it, thus the whammy could reflect back on the originator and they could be whammied, thus the double whammy.

So what’s the point of mentioning all this? Well, some are being whammied and double whammied and I thought it my duty to inform.

This all began because of some statements that were made to me, or stated on the sources of truth – Facebook and the internet. Let me state them and then let’s review:

– AOC didn’t buy her ticket to the Met gala. (The implication that she is bought and paid for and therefore just as bad as any other politician.)

– Jobs are going begging because people don’t want to work, and why should they? The government has been giving them too much money.

– The pullout of Afghanistan was a mess and all Biden’s fault.

– The 2020 election was fraudulent.

– The Jan 6th folks were bused in. It was all staged. The were Antifa and BLM folks not Trump supporters.

None of the above are true. Not completely. Most are false, completely. But all have implications that shade the truth. But then we get to the Double Whammy, which I will now reveal …

THE LIBERALS ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED KNOWING THEY WON’T BECAUSE THE LIBS SAID TO DO IT THUS THE LIBS ARE KILLING US!

It’s a bold statement, but one foisted upon anyone stupid enough to believe it by Breitbart.

Now let’s knockdown the above points:

– No, AOC didn’t pay for her ticket to the MET Gala, but neither did any of the New York politicians who went. Typically, companies buy tables and invite politicians. New York politicians specifically because the event is held in New York. Duh. (She also didn’t pay for or own the dress.) So why single out AOC? (Come on, do I have to spell it out for you?)

– There are 11 million jobs open in the U.S.A. Right now, 11 million. There are 8.5 million people looking for work. So think about it. If you are looking for a job are you going to take that crappy low paying job or the better higher paying job? Do you really have to think about it? So while certain media organizations yell and scream and rail about “people don’t want to work,” the truth is explained by a basic economic principle – supply and demand. Interestingly, most high paying jobs are filled. Weird, huh? The only ones that aren’t are because there aren’t enough people with the skill set needed. It is true that people at the low end of the spectrum got helped with extra money: not only to survive, but to take the time to reconsider the crappy job they had been doing and look for something better. It allowed them to get some training too.

– The pullout of Afghanistan can be characterized as the best ever or a disaster – depending on which side of the political spectrum you are on. Could it have been done better? Yeah. Has any U.S. President done it better than Biden? No. In fact, it got a lot of people out. Yes, it’s too bad that it wasn’t done earlier and better, but then again we’ve never had a previous administration capitulate to people we had in check and deliberately do whatever they could to make the incoming admin look bad.

– The narrative of the 2020 election being fraudulent is incorrect. It is a lie. It is known as “The Big Lie.” It is inconvenient for the losers to admit the truth, so they don’t. Instead they are busy trying to rig the upcoming elections in their favor by cheating.

– Jan 6th. They were wearing Trump gear. They were yelling his name. His supporters in Congress were shown to be in sympathy with them. When the Congress people were under attack his supporters in Congress called and begged the President to call off his supporters. These are facts. They are not in question.

So moving on to the Double Whammy. I have spoken to several people who have not gotten vaccinated. 

The reasons are:

“I’m still evaluating” “We’ll see.” “I’ve known people who got Covid. It’s not that bad.” “I’m busy. When I get a chance.”

None of the people I have spoken to have said, “Hell no, I won’t get it.” Yet I suspect many won’t.

Interestingly, state governors are talking about freedom and personal choice. Yet, these same governors talk about banning abortion, which to me seems like it should be viewed as freedom and personal choice but somehow isn’t.

In Florida the governor there is stressing anti-viral drugs. Those drugs are for people after they’ve gotten sick. Yet that could have been prevented had they been vaccinated. Needle hesitancy is mentioned. Yeah? You realize that those anti-virals are administered using a needle, right? And that treatment can be expensive. Like $2000 expensive; the vaccine is free. Hum, get a quick jab and be protected or wait and go through extended needle therapy and have the after effects of a deadly virus in your body.

In Alabama the only hospital beds that are available are the ones that open up when someone dies. True in Idaho too. Similar situations in Mississippi, Florida, Wyoming, West Virginia but not quite as bad – yet. 

People are dying. And here the rabid right wing is trying to blame others. Yet they have been the ones pushing the lies. Not the people they are accusing.

The facts are the facts. People are dying. Trying to prevent people from dying by telling them the truth isn’t a conspiracy. It’s what you do if you care. Care about people dying, or care about the truth. Something those on the right have long ago abandoned  if they ever did. (If they ever cared about people or the truth.)

BTW The Covid pandemic has now surpassed the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 in total number of deaths in the United States. Big shout out to the governors of Florida, Texas, North Dakota – couldn’t have done it without you. Meanwhile New Hampshire and the Virgin Islands that insisted on masks and getting everybody vaccinated have low rates of infection.

Carry on.

PS Maine’s Sasquach