Posted on 03/16/2020 10:59:25 PM PDT by rintintin
Governments love crises because when the people are fearful they are more willing to give up freedoms for promises that the government will take care of them. After 9/11, for example, Americans accepted the near-total destruction of their civil liberties in the PATRIOT Acts hollow promises of security.
It is ironic to see the same Democrats who tried to impeach President Trump last month for abuse of power demanding that the Administration grab more power and authority in the name of fighting a virus that thus far has killed less than 100 Americans.
Declaring a pandemic emergency on Friday, President Trump now claims the power to quarantine individuals suspected of being infected by the virus and, as Politico writes, stop and seize any plane, train or automobile to stymie the spread of contagious disease. He can even call out the military to cordon off a US city or state.
State and local authoritarians love panic as well. The mayor of Champaign, Illinois, signed an executive order declaring the power to ban the sale of guns and alcohol and cut off gas, water, or electricity to any citizen. The governor of Ohio just essentially closed his entire state.
The chief fearmonger of the Trump Administration is without a doubt Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Fauci is all over the media, serving up outright falsehoods to stir up even more panic. He testified to Congress that the death rate for the coronavirus is ten times that of the seasonal flu, a claim without any scientific basis.
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Its given the states opportunities to pass stuff and they will be less likely to change it once its over.
Where in world did this come from?
Did you read my posts, FRiend?
That is EXACTLY what this is all about. To send the economy into decline to defeat Trump. The glee with which the media reports on empty streets, stores, and workplaces is obvious.
They are trying to create a recession.
Agreed. Mutations can occur anytime. It could become less virulent or more. Time will tell. I sure dont want to have to play ventilation lottery.
Kinda like the Sandy Hook hoax?
Sounds like a good idea but I don’t know what good it would do at this point.
People are already borderline hysterical.
I’ve never seen such insane behavior.
If I had to go all biblical on this, I’d wonder if demons of fear and panic weren’t set loose or something.
Just crazy.
The other night I spoke to a tiny little elderly lady coming out of Michael’s.
At her age, you *know* she’s seen things, at very least, the lack of everything and the rationing of WW2.
She was thoroughly disgusted by all the histrionics.
At least the evidence from Grovers Mill indicates this.
Grover’s Mill. LOL!! Good catch.
Izzat ALL?
Heck; the LAST guy we had got a Nobel Peace Prize before his first year in office!!
And tomorrow isn't looking very good for that many future Americans either.
When I am in the grocery store; I am a retired CIA agent, who can still access the deep web sites I used before.
But; can you grow your on food?
I don't care if Coronavirus is highly contagoues your chances of dying are less than getting hit by lightening.
This is for 2020 alone. The numbers do not lie. Why all the hysteria?
Coronavirus Deaths: 7,961 (7,250 come from China, Italy, Iran and Spain)
Season Flu Deaths: 102,158
HIV/AIDS Deaths: 353,377
Cancer Deaths: 1,726,455
Malaria Deaths: 206,194
Alcohol Deaths: 525,764
Suicides: 225,425
Traffic Deaths: 283,771
Scroll all the down to "Heath" to see the numbers posted above. When done go to the top and click Coronavirus and scroll down.
I tried gardening for several years. I grew tobacco, peppers, tomatoes, okra, cucumbers, all kinds of stuff. It was a lot of work.
Fellow patriotic Americans!! CHOICE killed about 3,000 future Americans today!! It did yesterday, and will do also again tomorrow.
How many did CoronaVirus kill??? |
I found that I need a 24/7 armed guard to keep the critters from eating anything that I plant!
I used to love my time on the gardening thread but when J Random died I kind of lost interest.
Except they wont let you volunteer. Because of the virus. Ha ha.
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