Once again it is time for some Twitter (for those with a litigious bent there is a trademark symbol just after the “r” in the previous word) like random musings from the mind of a quiet, unassuming, at least in my own opinion, person observing the ramblings, rumblings and revelations in the media. Additionally, it appears that Twitter would most likely censor what I have to say any way and Facebook certainly would censor what I have to say.
I am still curious if the former heads and members of the CIA and FBI who apparently spied on a US Citizen after apparently committing perjury to the FISA Court are going to be held accountable? It seems from my perspective that the elites are circling their wagons to protect their own and that they will somehow find someway in some obscure obfuscation of the law to exonerate the apparent crimes. I hope that I am wrong, and I hope it is because the Justice Department and their proxies are being thorough. Regardless of the outcome I hope that it is clear one way or the other why a particular decision is made.
So it seems that the PPP money has run out and my wife and I were unable to get any benefit from this as we are both self-employed. Speaker Pelosi and her ilk disgust me! I would love to have a freezer full of designer ice cream in a refrigerator/freezer worth thousands of dollars. But alas, no, I cannot even receive a portion of the PPP because it seems Speaker Pelosi and her Congress need a recess for several weeks. Speaker Pelosi just agree to Senator McConnell’s bill to fund the PPP and read the details later!!!
So, California municiplaties are filling skateboard parks up with sand to prevent skaters from using these. The one park, in particular, that I saw was on San Clemente Beach. So, let me do some quick math. About 1,000 deaths in a state of 40,000,000 people with the majority of deaths in the 50 year and older population. So that is roughly one quarter of one percent of the population that based on the recent Stanford survey may actually have way more exposure to the virus that known. But back to the cold hard statistics. One quarter of one percent of the population with the majority of deaths over 50 years old. Something tells me that we are not going to see too many senior citizens at a skateboard park. As a person who is solidly into their fifties, I can tell you that you will not see me in a skateboard park! This despite wanting to harken back to my skating days. The magnitude of the government reaction to the cold hard numbers just does not add up. Is it just me who is seeing this?
To summarize and sort of encapsulate my musings I am getting uneasy with the shutdown. Something is not adding up in my mind because of the numbers. Call it cynicism or what ever but my mind has shifted from this being a reasonable draconian response because we did not know exactly what we were dealing with. Now that there has been several months to look at the numbers and it appears the numbers do not support the continued level and magnitude of the reaction. I have to ask why are we continuing with full on shelter in place? Why is the majority of the governors who do not want to ease restrictions belong to the democratic party? Is this becoming more of a political reaction now? I ask myself who benefits from not having restaurants, casinos, sporting events, beaches, parks and etc not be open? I ask this in light that as a veteran I was asked to put my life on the line knowing that I might die to defend the constitution and the United States. At what point do we have to ask the populace as a whole to perhaps put their lives on the line to support the United States economy which is vital to our independence and freedom? I also ask at what point is Washington going to start looking at themselves in the mirror and hold themselves accountable?