Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.
The virus isn’t all
bad. It may get rid of the worst president in history, the one guy who
combines the charm of Gaddafi, the nepotism of Peron, the racial views of Jefferson
Davis, the religious tolerance of Hitler and the appetites and fashion sense of
Louis XIV.
But there’s also a
glimmer of hope already showing.
We can more easily
identify crazy people. Not only that, but we can actually call them what they
are. Out loud. In Print. On social media.
This may even reduce the
incidents of mass shootings. After all, if we could label people as nuts,
we might have foreseen Columbine and many of the other copies that followed.
We might have spotted
Tara Reade before her mouth ranneth over.
We might have caught the
games that caused all those prematurely ending 737 flights. (Needless
cost-cutting is a side effect of crazy debt levels.)
Now, we’ll be able to
decide and act when Mr. Get Your Dog Off My Lawn acts up. Is he
dangerously off his rocker, or is he just tired of picking up the messes your
Pomeranian leaves behind?
What better freedom can
a freedom-loving population like ours can we invent than the freedom to
identify and either avoid or curtail crazy persons? Of course, we can
abuse that freedom just as we have others. But at least when you see the
moron with no mask in church you can move to another pew.
NOTES FROM ALL OVER:
(WESTRADAMUS HALL, NEW
ROSES, PA) -- Scientists at the research building here at the Secret
Mountainside Hideaway report progress on their prototype Crazy Detector. “We
have shrunk it down to the size of a Mini Cooper,” said a spokesman. “We hope
to make it small and light enough for easy portability,” he added.
(JAMAICA, QUEENS) --
With New York loosening virus-inspired restrictions, the mighty Long Island
Railroad says it plans to add capacity for the expected onrush of renewed
commuters. That’s going to add to new crowding at Penn Station, where
half the trains are generally late and the other half canceled.
(NEW YORK) -- The agency
that runs the LIRR also runs Metro-North, another award winning laggard. But at
least the people of Westchester and farther north will have an absolutely
beautiful landmark terminal in which to contract the virus. Thank you, Mrs. Onassis
and Mr. Vanderbilt.
(OKLAHOMA CITY) -- Six
Flags plans to reopen its Frontier City theme park June 5th. Don’t be
there if you can.
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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