We all seem to need big
deals in our lives. And this Coronavirus is exactly that. When we don’t
have Something Really Important, we manufacture our own, Fortunately for many,
the Coronavirus the first really global big deal of your lives. And that
means you should consider lowering the importance of your personal big deal for
the time being.
If you’re an American,
act like an American. Follow the rules. Take the precautions. Distance.
Mask. All that.
This virus is as big as
most of the really big deals in American history.
The Revolution. The
Civil War. WWI. The Great Depression. WWII. Korea. Desegregation.
Vietnam. Even 9/11.
And here’s what
Americans did, for the most part, most of the time in most of these cases.
They put their personal
dramas on hold, joined their neighbors in fighting to end the main Worst Case
of the moment.
Your views on race,
gender, discrimination, guns, medical insurance, generational i.d., juror
nullification, pot legalization, animal cruelty, any “ism,” income inequality,
minimum wages, individual rights, the guy whose dog uses your yard as a
bathroom, who should use which bathroom in restaurants, real estate taxes,
education, private vs. public schools, charter schools, fraternities and
sororities, sports teams, the place or lack of place of pineapple on pizza or
which city has the best kind, alumni associations, street gangs, motorcycle
helmets, the afterlife, religion, abortion, the role of video games in actual
violence, rural life, suburban life, city life, the death penalty, sentencing
guidelines, silent rooms in libraries?
Sure they matter. And
you can get back to them after we solve what matters to each and all of us --
including you.
NOTES FROM ALL OVER:
(NEW ORLEANS) -- The 5th
Circuit appeals court has blocked Texas from banning all abortions for the
duration of the Coronavirus.
(DENVER) -- The 10th
Circuit appeals court has blocked Oklahoma from banning all abortions for the
duration of the Coronavirus.
(CHESTERFIELD VA) --
Bishop Gerald O. Glen of the New Deliverance Evangelical church told his
congregation he would continue to hold regular services unless he was “in jail
or a hospital.” He then held a service and soon after, died.
(MINEOLA NY) -- The
Nassau County Police Department announces it will test all officers for
Coronavirus. The “deputy sheriffs” also will be tested.
(EAST MEADOW NY) --
Sheriffs’ deputies at the Nassau County jail welcome the tests. Deputy Brian
Thuggley says “we don’t want to give our inmates anything contagious. Heh
heh heh.”
(UNITED NATIONS NY) --
President trump says he’ll withdraw US funding of the World Health Organization
because WHO doesn’t agree with his pseudo policies on Coronavirus.
Someone please tell trump it’s congress and not the Ultimate Authority White
House that contributes and can withhold WHO funding.
I’m Wes Richards. My
opinions are my own but you’re welcome to them. ®
Any questions? wesrichards@gmail.com
© WJR 2020
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