A recent letter suggested that COVID-19 “by design or accident” is a Chinese biological attack on America. Yes indeed, and it exposes our vulnerability to such attacks, especially if they come during a Republican administration. Our enemies now know they can depend on millions of anti-mask conservatives to help spread the disease while downplaying its danger or even denouncing it as a hoax. Because our powerful military is powerless to defend us against these attacks, our only defense is civil defense, which conservatives say is unconstitutional. Thus we are almost defenseless.
Fake defenses don’t help. President Trump’s often-cited “China travel ban” last January didn’t actually ban travel from China. Chinese people could still fly here from the Chinese cities of Macau and Hong Kong. The latter city is a major transit hub in Asia. Americans and people of other nationalities were still allowed to travel here from anywhere in China. Even after the “China travel ban,” tens of thousands of travelers continued to arrive from China, and from everywhere else in the world. They weren’t tested upon arrival.
Trump’s naive belief that only some Chinese people were contagious was already proved wrong as the pandemic was spreading globally. In fact, our East Coast was infected by a different strain from Europe. The “China travel ban” fooled the gullible but not the virus.
Trump's response was an abject failure, plain and simple. If he would have taken it seriously and not downplayed it over and over again, we would be back to normal by now. Period.
Blah, blah, blah, Tommy Tee adding in his usual 2 cents of unsupported blather. Don’t you know, Mr. Halfhill and Mr. Tee can easily tell us what their favorite quarterback should have done to win the game, after the game ended. I notice they conveniently skip the part about Pelosi telling us to party in the streets and Biden saying the travel ban was racist and xenophobic.
Tommy, let me return your 2 cents since your words aren’t worth the paper it’s published in. I apologize for triggering you on the last day of this year. HNY, and may you have a less hateful 2021. It will be returned in kind.
I couldn't find a video that I thought would be a good fit for tonight. So, about five minutes before midnight... watch Chris Botti, pop a bottle of bubbly then start "Auld :Lang Syne." It should be 2021... Happy New Year!
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and what would you have done Tom? as you were obviously aware of the ramifications of this virus last February and knew exactly what to do.
Trump's response was an abject failure, plain and simple. If he would have taken it seriously and not downplayed it over and over again, we would be back to normal by now. Period.
Blah, blah, blah, Tommy Tee adding in his usual 2 cents of unsupported blather. Don’t you know, Mr. Halfhill and Mr. Tee can easily tell us what their favorite quarterback should have done to win the game, after the game ended. I notice they conveniently skip the part about Pelosi telling us to party in the streets and Biden saying the travel ban was racist and xenophobic.
Unsupported? LOL The only thing unsupported is your baseless, idiotic voter fraud nonsense. Sorry, Terence. Get out your crying towel for January 6th.
Tommy, let me return your 2 cents since your words aren’t worth the paper it’s published in. I apologize for triggering you on the last day of this year. HNY, and may you have a less hateful 2021. It will be returned in kind.
How can Tom answer Patrick when PH is really Chris Conway?
Breathe deep... OK
I couldn't find a video that I thought would be a good fit for tonight. So, about five minutes before midnight... watch Chris Botti, pop a bottle of bubbly then start "Auld :Lang Syne." It should be 2021... Happy New Year!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRnKViFeb_Q
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