The Right To Not Wear A Mask.

Yes, you do have the right to not wear a mask. You have that right as long as you are not around other people. Your right to wear a mask is limited by my right to not be exposed to Covid-19.

You have the right to shoot a pistol as long as you don’t shoot it at me. If you don’t wear a mask, you could be shooting the virus at me. Your right to not mask is limited by my right to not be exposed to a deadly virus.

For those of a religious leaning, the adage do unto others as you would have them do unto you applies to this situation. If you would not want a person with Covid-19 to breathe on you, then don’t breath on them.

Wearing a mask is not just about your freedoms or rights. It is about your fellow citizens right to not be exposed to a deadly virus also.

Your do have a right or freedom to not wear a mask.

YOU DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO NOT WEAR A MASK WITHIN TWELVE FEET OF ME THEREBY ENDANGERING ME, MY WIFE, MY CHILDREN, MY GRAND CHILDREN AND MY GREAT GRAND CHILDRN.

Some of you labor under the incorrect impression that a mask wearing law could not be enforced. It would be really easy to enforce. Any business or organization that serves or does business with a mask wearer will be fined $1000 per person or having his business closed for one week for every violation. Cities, counties, and states could give bounties to people who turn in businesses that do not enforec mask laws.

If a consideration of others is not motivation for you to wear a mask in social situations, think about returning to normal. The shortest way to normal is through wearing a mask and social distancing. Once the virus is under control, we and businesses can return to normal.

If you would like to be able to celebrate the holidays next year with your family, wear a mask.

If you would like to have your children return to school, wear a mask.

If you would like to take you spouse or special other out for drinks, dinner, and a movie, wear a mask.

DO FOR OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO FOR YOU .

OF FORESTS AND TREES

My Latin teacher’s (yes, I am that old or wise) favorite saying was that you cannot see the trees for the forest or the forest for the trees.

My Democratic and Republican friends need to stop focusing on Trump’s actions as being related to the election.  His and Republican allies actions are not about policy foreign or domestic.  What is their motivation to not recognize the election of President elect Biden?  What is their motivation to not address Covid-19?  What is their motivation to turn their backs on the workers who need help getting through this crisis?  What is their motivation to not give a second stimulus package?

Steve Bannon, Senator Ted Cruz and the right have both said that their purpose was to limit and destroy the power of the federal government.  What has gone on during the Trump presidency has been devoted to this end.  Whether it was the failure of Republicans to vote President trump guilty of the crime of obstruction of justice in his impeachment, their failure to recognize and address Covid-19, ending treaties, and retreating from the climate accords; THE GOAL HAS BEEN TO LIMIT AND ULTIMATELY END/OR DESTROY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Why?  How about a new government in which Republicans can win elections?  How about turning the country to an oligarchy?  But more likely the base motive is greed.  They like the Russian model of government; especially if they get to be the oligarchs.

It is time to look at the trees and forests.

IT’S COVID-19 !

Before we can safely return to even a new normal, we must control the Covid virus.

That will allow small businesses to reopen.

That will allow all workers to return to work.

That will affect the lives of our colored population as they suffer twice the infections of whites.

That will lessen the deaths of our elderly who drive our economy.

That will enable children to return to school safely without infecting their mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts or uncles.

How do we accomplish this? We know what works – masks, social distancing and hand washing hygene.

How do we get our diverse and fractured society to do this?

  1. Make going without a mask a social taboo with constant public service announcements as was done with smoking.
  2. If we don’t bring down the number of new cases in our city, county or state, then we must close down non-essential businesses. It we must close down businesses, then we must provide aid to businesses and workers to get them through to the time that the new cases are reduced to an acceptable level. Once cases reach an acceptable level businesses can gradually reopen. These closings should be done by city, county or state as some will have outbreaks and some will not.
  3. Make masks, thermometers, oximeters and tests free and instruct how to use them. Evidently, from what I see, it is not that clear that the masks must cover the nose and mouth not just hang around the neck.
  4. Educate, educate, educate! Tell how to monitor for symptoms that is first temperature, then oxygen levels, and blood pressure. Be clear when the symptoms warrant a visit to the doctor.
  5. The sooner we are controlling the virus the sooner we can return to the new normal. What will the new normal look like? I suspect that we will continue to monitor our selves and our families so that we can deal with returning outbreaks.

It is up to us. You can tell who is serious about getting kids back to school and businesses reopened by the presence of a mask worn properly on their face and maintaing social distancing.

Thanks

What’s the Final Day for Vote Counting? Or When is This Election Over?

December 14, 2020 is that date. The states have up to that date to finish counting and certify the results of the election.

Don’t expect or be upset if the decision on who is President is not made before December 14, 2020.

The fifty states have until December 14th to certify the results of that election in their state.

I know we have become used to having this media group or that media group announcing the results in real time. This is no longer “real time”.

We are in the middle of a pandemic, the post office has been decimated, those who know better are floating the idea that there is a huge amount of election fraud. One party is hell bent on disenfrachising the young, the black, the poor and the brown voters. The President is calling vigilantees to “watch” the polls when they are already being watched by official Republican and Democratic watchers.

Therefore, don’t panic. We will get the votes counted by December 14th. We will have a President to be inaugurated Presidency on January 20th, 2021.

Remember that according to the Constitution, December 14, 2020 is when the counting will stop.

We All Can Agree.

We all can agree that a parent would not and should not put their children in harm’s way. We should never put or children in a situation that could be fatal.

We can all agree that to put our children in harm’s way is not exercising good judgement or any moral judgement.

AND YET, THE REPUBLICANS UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION WANT TO PUT ON THE SUPREME COURT TO MAKE JUDGEMENTS THAT AFFECT ALL OF OUR AND OUR CHILDREN’S LIVES THIS PERSON. YOU NEED TO WRITE OR CALL OR TEXT YOUR SENATOR TO STOP THIS CONFIRMATION.

As further evidence of her lack of good decision making:

She sign petitions without reading them on her way out of church.

She accepts a position on a board that is anti gay right.

And yet, she claims to be unable to answer senators question because she would need more facts.

REALLY?

Can’t Trust What You Hear, See or Read About The Candidates?

I am sure that you are as dismayed as I am with all the lies and misinformation by politicians, media, Russia, China, Iran and others making selecting a president difficult.

There is a simple solution:

SINCE WE CANNOT GET RELIABLE FACTS UPON WHICH TO VOTE, VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE BASED UPON THEIR CHARACTER.

Divide a sheet of paper in two with a vertical line. On one half list the personalty characteristics and accomplishments for President Trump.

On the other half list the personality characteristics and accomplishments of former Vice President Joe Biden.

Who do you want to listen to and trust for the next four years?

Choice is pretty easy isn’t it?

Seniors, Vote Trump…

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if you don’t need Medicare,

if you don’t need Social Security,

if you don’t care about your grand children,

if you don’t care about your children,

if you want to have your children to move in with you because they are unemployed,

if you can afford higher prescription prices,

if you haven’t seen food prices increasing,

if you want the same ineptitude dealing with Covid-19 in the future.