Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Pandemic Purse forward


4/21/20        ^ What makes me sad as I write these posts is that from the time I start one until I finish more deaths are added just from COVID-19. When I first started this one deaths were at 40,000; today they are over 45,000. There’s a staggering amount of heartache and sorrow in those numbers. Then add on all the stress and grief from those just trying to get through the day. It’s humbling.
        ^ It’s important to acknowledge that for so many they entered into this pandemic that were already on the ropes with crushing poverty. 40 million people. That’s where the bulk of the relief should have gone rather than to the rich and corporations. Republican Jesters like Lindsey Graham fretted about giving them more than they deserve.

        ^ The multi-millionaire man of the pauper über religious Evangelical Party leader Franklin Graham released a campaign message for his master President Trump. I have his message in its entirety at the end of this. I retrieved it from his Facebook page. I do want to say that it is honest of him to just openly campaign for the biblical Liar. I’m just glad to hear that he pays his taxes. His net worth is estimated to be between ten to twelve million dollars. He earns over a half million a year as the CEO of Samaritan’s Purse. He also draws a salary from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
        ^ Unlike the multimillionaire Pastors supporting the Liar the majority of pastors in this country do not live in mansions, have yachts or airplanes and don’t live in luxury including many that are openly supporting the Liar.

Man of god.
Franklin Graham’s message of unity:
        ^ “This is just my opinion, but in listening to the President’s enemies and the liberal media, it seems that they would like to see this shut-down drag out into the summer months and further weaken the economy—not to save lives—but to try to use this to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming election.”

        ^ He’s kind of passive in going after “liberal media”. It just “seems” to him that’s what they’re doing. It would have to “seem” to him because there isn’t any factual basis for his claim. It’s just something that those from the Evangelical Party and Republican Jesters in general like to say along with their White Nationalists et al supporters. Trump’s base of core supporters is broad and deep.

What’s missing?
        ^ This is what really kind of gets to me and saddens me from the messaging of men like Graham and Trump—their lack of empathy and compassion for those that are suffering. As multi-millionaires they stress that we need to get business up and running. The Evangelical Party has their priorities.

More from Graham’s message: 

        ^ “We’ve got to get our country up and running before the economy and people’s lives are damaged even more.”

        ^ What did he put first? “…the economy…”

        ^ Graham needs those donation dollars to start flowing in again.
        ^ IDK but dead is pretty much beyond repair damaged. Yes we do have to get things going again but I haven’t seen any indication in the media that says they want to the shut-down to continue so that more people can die. What the media and citizens are pointing out is that the Liar needs to start acting like a President and take some responsibility. Media and citizens are saying that the Federal government needs to start doing its job. Media and citizens are telling the Liar to stop lying and endangering people. Media and we the people are telling the Liar to stop fomenting insurrection.
        ^ What the media and others are also pointing out is the complete failure of our government to respond adequately while the Liar continues talking about his ratings and patting himself on the back for doing such a good job. In a democracy that’s what media and people do.  
        ^ Media is trying to get this Administration to do all the things that they should be doing to turn things around and pointing out that TESTING for the virus is desperately needed. Even at this late stage of the pandemic our nation is only conducting a fraction of the testing that is needed to MOST IMPORTANTLY—SAVE LIVES, then to get this country back on its feet again!

Graham does seem to be focused on the election:
“They would like to go into this election, not with the strongest economy in 70 years, but with the weakest. What the impeachment didn’t do, they are hoping the coronavirus will.”
        ^ “They” meaning liberals, the media and Democrats want there to be more dead people.

        ^ The election is the focus of the Evangelical Party now. They have to get their Caesar reelected. They are his Pharisees. His power is their power.
        ^ The Liar has been non-stop campaigning since the first week that he took office right up until the pandemic hit. He held rallies throughout his first three years. He campaigns constantly through Twitter. He picks his targets and goes after them.
        ^ Then he realized that he could use pandemic updates to campaign and not have to pay a dime. He’s racking up hundreds of millions in free campaigning. The liar tells people every day what a wonderful job he’s doing and plays the victim.
        ^ He’s holding national rallies now and doesn’t even have to show up!

Campaign rallies without Trump
        ^ If the protestors thought or took the virus seriously they would be wearing masks. The majority aren’t. Passing it to someone else isn’t a concern to them. At. All.
        ^ Sweet deal, his subjects show up and he doesn’t even have to risk getting the virus. They think that it’s a hoax. Meanwhile he’s the brave General CIC embedded in the White House in front his TV merrily tweeting away.
        ^ Conservative groups called for protest rallies nationwide. The Liar’s core supporters hit the streets with campaign signs for Trump. Trump equals freedom! Liberate Virginia! Liberate Michigan! Liberate Minnesota! Bring your guns! Bring your kids! It’s not that big of a deal. Democracy is under attack! The libs want our guns! Keep golfing. Get haircuts. Bring your Confederate flags! The virus is a hoax!
        ^ That last line is the key. The virus is a hoax. I watched that clip where the Liar called it a hoax over and over from different angles and he meant the virus was a hoax and really the ultimate proof is the majority of his core group of followers believe that it’s a hoax. The death count of oldsters doesn’t warrant a shutdown. They’re okay with 45,000 bodies. Hell, they’re okay with 250,000 bodies. It’s the economy! The fact that it’s hitting people of color harder is just icing on the cake. (They really couldn’t have known that ahead of time.)

Cannon fodder
        ^ The Liar rallies taking place across the country will cost “X” number of additional lives. The only positive aspect is that families of the survivors will be able to sue the conservative groups that pulled the rallies together.
        ^ There just isn’t adequate compensation for those lost to ignorance. Innocent bystanders, probably more oldsters and people of color than young ones will lose their lives as well. Just a little necessary collateral damage for the Liar willing to happily sacrifice his own.
        ^ Honestly the Liar is a natural born campaigning genius. The one area that he truly excels in and he is formidable. He plays media like a fiddle. He plays his supporters even better. While the United States of America burns.

If he only had the slightest idea of how to be a President and lead the people.

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Franklin Graham’s campaign message for President Trump, his Caesar.
“It was encouraging to hear President Donald J. Trump announce guidelines yesterday for opening up America again. That is good news—we thank God that it looks like we are past the peak of the coronavirus infection rate. We don’t want to delay opening up America. We’ve got to get our country up and running before the economy and people’s lives are damaged even more.  I read yesterday that Sweden had not shut down, but their people were following social distancing and other protocols with the government stressing personal responsibility, and their infection rate still remains lower than the UK’s, Italy’s, and Spain’s. I definitely agree that we all need to take precautions, wear masks, wash our hands, etc.; however, we also have to learn how to conduct business and keep production going during a pandemic. This is just my opinion, but in listening to the President’s enemies and the liberal media, it seems that they would like to see this shut-down drag out into the summer months and further weaken the economy—not to save lives—but to try to use this to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming election. They would like to go into this election, not with the strongest economy in 70 years, but with the weakest. What the impeachment didn’t do, they are hoping the coronavirus will. Pray for our country and for the President, that God will give Him wisdom.”