"egged on"
Eggs Ackley.
Posted on 05/16/2020 12:32:21 AM PDT by John Semmens
The Chinese Government controlled Global Times mocked America's battle against the pandemic saying "the inability to dictate top-down solutions is frustrated by squeamishness to violate so-called individual rights like privacy and freedom of speech. This inherent weakness is why China will rise to dominate the world for the next 1,000 years."
Gov. Jay Inslee (D-Wash) made a bid to rebut this assertion by pointing out that "I have established a surveillance protocol that will require private businesses to record the names and addresses of customers. This information will then be kept on file until needed. I have also set up a program of targeted virus testing. Individuals selected for testing will either submit or be put under house-arrest."
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich) cited her "bold action to deny Karl Manke's attempt to evade my order to shut down his barber shop. Using my authority to crush this dissident's efforts to support himself through nonessential labor proves that I'm not squeamish. I have also declared the circulation of petitions for my recall from office 'nonessential.' I think I have shown President Xi Jinping that I can wield the same kind of ruthless application of power that he has."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) pointed out that "I effectively sentenced thousands to death by mandating the cohabitation of infected and uninfected vulnerable elderly in nursing home facilities unequipped to deal with the virus. I could have easily sent the COVID-19 positives to the Navy hospital ship President Trump sent to help take on patients that couldn't be accommodated in other hospitals in my state, but I didn't. I think my accomplishment here validates me as the least squeamish governor in America."
The editor of the Global Times praised these "earnest attempts to follow the Chinese model," but pointed out "the unavoidable fragmentation imposed by the United States' inefficient federalist system. As aggressive as these governors have been they're still short of the kind of total control necessary. There are even signs that citizens egged on by President Trump's encouragement to 'liberate' their states will undo all the progress that they have made toward adopting a truly progressive form of governance."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/282957-2020-05-16-semi-news-semi-satire-may-17-2020-edition.htm
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All they have to do is monkey with it and to continue to circulate super-spreaders.
Why no investigation into the rash of people spitting on elevator buttons and the like?
That said, a small suggestion...
...Next week, please add some satire.
I am so terribly saddened and sickened by what has happened to liberty in my beloved America. This latest string of totalitarian abuses under the excuse of a virus is just the icing on the cake. But it also means the cake is ready to be served, and the presentation won't be pretty.
Good one, John, but like Seaplaner said, please try to add some satire next time. :-)
Excellent,BUT scary truth.
"egged on"
Eggs Ackley.
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