From Constitutional Republic to Banana Republic

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The year 2020 was a year that will be remembered for many decades to come.  From a great economy, massive job growth, record setting stock markets, peace deals around the world, deregulation, and a positive outlook for the future of country.

Just few months into the year we were graced by unjustified riots and the politically motivated Covid-19.  Cities like Portland and Minneapolis went up in flames while law abiding citizens lived in fear and incompetent local governments allowed the mob to rule the streets while defunding police departments.

States and cities went on to shut down businesses, put people out of work, stifle free speech, and made criminals out of law-abiding citizens by enacting draconian rules and calling them laws.  Covid-19 became one of the biggest political footballs of 2020 with the quarterback Anthony Fauci in charge of the fear mongering campaign while controlling the false narrative playbook. 

With little facts behind it, states went on panic mode; mask mandates, social distancing, and many other weird and unfounded methods to stop the spread of a virus.  Of course, despite these crazy measures, the virus has continued to spread, and for all we know, it may become just a part of our lives like the seasonal flu.  Nothing more than an act by government to control and dictate how American’s ought to live their lives.

The government managed, in a few months, to strip American citizens of their dignity, independence, and self-worth, by creating a welfare state.  Paying healthy people to stay at home while bankrupting local businesses over a virus with a 97% rate of survival and little science to back it up.  Surprisingly, Americans have staked their future on the media instead of facts and common sense.  Nothing like getting your medical advice from Don Lemon or Chris Cuomo.

But the biggest whopper of 2020 was the Presidential Election.  I have never seen voter fraud of this magnitude since I cast my first vote in 1992.  I always read and hear of voter fraud at a smaller scale and credited antiquated systems for these flaws. 

In 2020, this voter fraud machine was well oiled and coordinated.  While Republicans were whining about frivolous stuff, the Democratic Party was concocting the biggest coup in American history via the ballot box, right under their noses.

State legislatures and Secretaries of State were cooking the rules months before the election, it was not a secret.  Obviously, the Republicans underestimated the will of the Democratic Party to steal this election and waited until after the election was stolen to complain and file lawsuits against unconstitutional measures.  The United States Supreme Court refused to hear these cases and rightly so, this issue is not a judicial one, but a legislative one.

We love to go around the world telling other countries how to conduct their business and how to conduct elections, but we cannot get our own straight.  Perhaps we should have employed the services of Jimmy Carter to monitor our election.  This has been an embarrassment of major proportions and the world is watching. 

Foreign governments understand the importance of American power, but also see what is going on and how the armor is cracking.  Meanwhile, China is on the sidelines, watching and planning, in the event the “American Empire” finally falls.

I had the opportunity to travel the world, and I never thought America would become one of those many third world countries I visited.  The things we have seen on television for the past year are things that I used to see reported in foreign countries. 

The United States is self-destructing, and I really do not know if there is a way to stop it.  Washington politicians are self-serving individuals and if they can cling to power, they could not care less about our well being as a country and as citizens.  The government thinks that by throwing money we do not have and creating a welfare state all problems will be solved.  This Republic was founded with the idea of small government, but since the sixties, the government has grown so much they believe they are the answer to all our problems.

What happened to American pride?  What happened to feeling productive?  What happened to American exceptionalism?

One thing I know, America has gone from a Constitutional Republic to a Banana Republic.

Masks are Bad for You and the Environment

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Before I get on the topic of masks, I am going to share the official word on masks from the Center for Disease Control 2018, Emerging Infectious Diseases report.

“Disposable medical masks (also known as surgical masks), are loose-fitting devices that were design to be worn by medical personnel to protect accidental contamination of patients wounds, and to protect the wearer against splashes or sprays of bodily fluids.  There is limited evidence for the effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure.  Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory confirmed influenza”.

There you have it, from the lead agency in the United States.  Do masks work?  You be the judge, but going with the “science”, as politicians wants us to believe, I am going to say the scientific evidence is nonexistent or sketchy at best.

According to the President’s team of Fauci and Birx, this is the deadliest thing we have seen since the 1908 pandemic, although the numbers seem to discredit such an outlandish claim. 

But let us talk about masks and the effect they are having on the environment, our communities, and public places. 

How is disposing masks by throwing them on the ground helping the environment?  It does not!   It is disgusting and nasty.

How does it help our communities?  It does not!  Who is going to pick up those possibly infected masks? 

How does it ensure public places are safe to the public?  It does not!  Nobody knows who was wearing those masks.  Were they infected? 

All this brings me to the most egregious issue regarding masks.  Why is it that the only item collecting air particles that could carry the Covid-19 virus can be disposed of as it were a piece of toilet paper?

If this is such a deadly virus, the government should have come up with some serious guidelines regarding the disposal of what, in my opinion, is biohazard material. 

As of today, I have not seen any regulations telling the American people how to dispose of masks.  What I have seen are masks laying on the ground, like some regular piece of trash. 

If you think a contaminated mask is normal trash, worthy of a parking spot at your local Walmart, you need your head examine.

Next time you think it is a good idea to throw your mask on the ground, remember you are possibly infecting the poor soul who is going to have to pick it up.

Why are we not treating these masks as biohazards?  The medical community and the government should be ashamed of themselves for not addressing such a potential health hazard that could pose a bigger threat than the virus itself.