The first doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been administered to frontline medical personnel in New York. A good day for Michigan-based Pfizer and for the world.
But our garbage Congress refuses to act on economic relief in the America of the second lockdowns.
You probably haven't heard of the restaurant version of the Petticoat Junction. But its closure will be a hammer blow not only to the people who worked there, but also to the people who have for decades patronized this truck stop restaurant just outside of my hometown.
My anger with both houses of our national legislature for the posturing and slow-walking of relief is nearing nuclear fusion levels. The suffering is real, and the knowing, calculated indifference to it is the kind of behavior that destroys political legitimacy across the board.
The deliberate destruction of livelihoods and the refusal to extend a helping hand is fertile soil for unrest. The grim sequel to 2020 beckons.
We're entering "stupid? or wicked?" territory.
ReplyDelete(Yeah yeah... "why not both?")
It is definitely both. But I'd lean more towards wicked. The mens rea is definitely intentional.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.newsweek.com/pelosi-says-she-backs-smaller-stimulus-because-biden-won-rejecting-higher-offer-was-not-mistake-1552451
ReplyDeleteAnd keep in mind, this is Newsweek admitting Pelosi held things up when a month earlier they published:
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-nancy-pelosi-chuck-schumer-stimulus-package-delay-1548263
I told everyone the Democrats would rather burn the country to the ground rather than Trump lead it.