laffite Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I am practically giddy with happiness that we have SURVIVED. It is time for celebrations all around the country and all around the world. Unfortunately, COVID-19 which XXXX so egregiously underestimated prevents that. But the energy is there. It is in the air. There should be a world-wide ZOOM meeting (or meetings). Even if everyone just sat there and said nothing. Just to contemplate how lucky we are on this day 🌤️ 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
NipkowDisc Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I'm for inviting the covid virus itself so it doan feel left out. Link to post Share on other sites
laffite Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 TXXXXX already has made sure the COVID is not left out. 💀 But it's a Brand New Day 🌤️ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Arturo Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 25 minutes ago, NipkowDisc said: I'm for inviting the covid virus itself so it doan feel left out. Invite Covid to share a tuna sandwich with you. Then you can have one more similarity to your mancrush Donald Trump, you too can be infected with it. But you will never get the care he got! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
laffite Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 “It’s over, it’s over, it’s over,” Ms. Kurkjian-Jones, a retired kindergarten teacher and pandemic-furloughed concierge at the Boston Park Plaza hotel, said later. “He’s gone.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/biden-supporters.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage *** 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Instead of celebrating, should be humbled by this outbreak in with all the advances of modern medicine it shows how vulnerable man is from disease. We are lucky this wasn't a high mortality virus and now that it takes about 9 months to produce a vaccine, what about future pandemics that may not let us off as easy. Think the the Black Death is a thing of the Middle Ages - think again. Compared to the predicted mutated Avian flu, covid-19 was a cake walk. (and what about some we don't know about) About this being a social test....we failed. Link to post Share on other sites
laffite Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 We can celebrate both, especially since it appears that Biden will be more effective in combating disease than the Disgraced-Ex-President-Reject. Speaking of the Ex-President-Reject, how nice to know that the only thing he did today that was worth knowing was to ignominiously get out of Dodge. After that, nothing. How refreshing is that! We shall surely hear about him during the Senate Trial (if we have one) and we shall surely be informed if he is convicted and jailed. But we don't be hearing all the blather. Let's hope he never gets his Twitter account back, since he is also the Insurrectionist-Select for the Berserker Nation crowd. As for a future in politics, the ReTrumplicans are not likely to take him back. He can do damage as a third-party candidate but he will at least never again win the Presidency. Ever, and for that we can be truly grateful. 🌤️ 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ElCid Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 7 hours ago, laffite said: We can celebrate both, especially since it appears that Biden will be more effective in combating disease than the Disgraced-Ex-President-Reject. Speaking of the Ex-President-Reject, how nice to know that the only thing he did today that was worth knowing was to ignominiously get out of Dodge. After that, nothing. How refreshing is that! We shall surely hear about him during the Senate Trial (if we have one) and we shall surely be informed if he is convicted and jailed. But we don't be hearing all the blather. Let's hope he never gets his Twitter account back, since he is also the Insurrectionist-Select for the Berserker Nation crowd. As for a future in politics, the ReTrumplicans are not likely to take him back. He can do damage as a third-party candidate but he will at least never again win the Presidency. Ever, and for that we can be truly grateful. 🌤️ Never say never. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. He was never supposed to win the GOP nomination, but he did. He was never supposed to win the presidency, but he did. He came very close to winning reelection. He will be a factor in the Republican Party, if he chooses to be. Hopefully not a major one, but who knows. He got the deplorables to the polls during the primaries when the other candidates could not get their people there. Remember Jeb Bush? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
txfilmfan Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I'm just glad for a return to decency, normality, and dignity in the office, regardless of policy positions. We now have a president who treats the office and the country with respect, rather than as a 4 year long reality TV show. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 10 hours ago, hamradio said: Instead of celebrating, should be humbled by this outbreak in with all the advances of modern medicine it shows how vulnerable man is from disease. We are lucky this wasn't a high mortality virus WHAT! With over 400,000 dead in the U.S. and 2 million+ deaths worldwide, you don't think it a "high mortality" virus? Plus considering it's FAR from being done with! And you also add "wasn't" as if you're talking about something long gone and in the past! Sepiatone 3 Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, Sepiatone said: WHAT! With over 400,000 dead in the U.S. and 2 million+ deaths worldwide, you don't think it a "high mortality" virus? Plus considering it's FAR from being done with! And you also add "wasn't" as if you're talking about something long gone and in the past! Sepiatone When I mean high mortality try 40 - 60% of Earth's population. At PRESENT it's hard to transmit H5N1 person to person but it's an antigen away for not being so. You thought we had an over burdened healthcare system before! Doctor who discovered Ebola warns of new deadly diseases https://abc7.com/ebola-doctor-viruses-deadly/8988985/ Oh that air travel scenario again! December 23, 2020 Of course we can continue to... Link to post Share on other sites
laffite Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 3 hours ago, ElCid said: Never say never. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. He was never supposed to win the GOP nomination, but he did. He was never supposed to win the presidency, but he did. He came very close to winning reelection. He will be a factor in the Republican Party, if he chooses to be. Hopefully not a major one, but who knows. He got the deplorables to the polls during the primaries when the other candidates could not get their people there. Remember Jeb Bush? I always say never and have never been wrong. Always. Highly unlikely, then. Better? // Link to post Share on other sites
laffite Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 “I never thought I would be moved to tears watching a Democratic president get sworn in, but I was. It just felt so good to hear someone who understands and loves this country and constitution, and is an honorable person, take the oath. I’m praying for healing.” Scott Dudley, senior pastor at Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA [source: NYT 22Jan2012] 1 Link to post Share on other sites
laffite Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 I wish Liz Cheney and some of these other R who voted to impeach and who are now be threatened with violence by their own party would JUST CHANGE PARTIES. Oh, what an occasion to celebrate. And has pasty-faced Mitchie Mitchereeno turned the Senate over the Democrats yet. I wish the Secret Service or local police, anybody, would handcuff him and take to jail. Wow, what a celebration that would be !!! Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 40 minutes ago, laffite said: I wish Liz Cheney and some of these other R who voted to impeach and who are now be threatened with violence by their own party would JUST CHANGE PARTIES. Oh, what an occasion to celebrate. And has pasty-faced Mitchie Mitchereeno turned the Senate over the Democrats yet. I wish the Secret Service or local police, anybody, would handcuff him and take to jail. Wow, what a celebration that would be !!! Uh, if Liz Cheney was to change parties and remain in Wyoming, she would have to change professions. Even if she did, what would there be to celebrate? The GOP would still win the seat in that very-red WY district. While I praise Cheney for doing the right thing, most likely her political career is dust. She might be able to move to a purple state and get elected, but the odds are low even for that. Her policy stances are very conservative (which might save her in the 2022 GOP primary,,, but only if Trumpism takes a major hit in that state). As you said in the other post; the current GOP has no principles, and therefor GOP pols like Cheney can't survive. Link to post Share on other sites
laffite Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 14 minutes ago, jamesjazzguitar said: Uh, ... Is she is dust, what's the harm of changing parities? She will hold her seat for at least two years and can vote to sway the balance of the Senate. And maybe she can induce, by example, for other R to do the same. Link to post Share on other sites
ElCid Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 59 minutes ago, laffite said: Is she is dust, what's the harm of changing parities? She will hold her seat for at least two years and can vote to sway the balance of the Senate. And maybe she can induce, by example, for other R to do the same. Cheney is very conservative and the Dem Party has few, if any, conservatives and none as conservative as she is. Not sure what you mean by "vote to sway the balance of the Senate." She is in the House. As a career politician daughter of a career politician and at least second generation Republican, I don't see her being attracted to the Democratic Party at all. She just recognized that Trump had gone too far and that he had indeed violated his oath of office and incited an insurrection with the intent of having a coup and keeping himself in office. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1 hour ago, laffite said: Is she is dust, what's the harm of changing parities? She will hold her seat for at least two years and can vote to sway the balance of the Senate. And maybe she can induce, by example, for other R to do the same. Uh, Cheney isn't a Senator. She is a member of the House. Anyhow, she wouldn't want to change parties because she doesn't support the vast majority of the Dem agenda. Again, she is a conservative. She just happens to be one with the guts to see Trump for what he is, say that publicly and vote accordingly. Link to post Share on other sites
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