Typical residents of the Shallow State prepare for a shoreline
picnic.
We hear all this ranting
about the deep state. What about the shallow state -- the one where you
can see bottom, or at least hope to? Deep state is what Shallowers call the
people who make government work, such as it occasionally does.
Career this-es and thats
abound. Career diplomats, prosecutors, teachers, sanitation workers, cops,
reporters, soldiers, etc. are common in most cultures. Grunts. Peasants.
Regulars. Without these people, nothing gets done. You can swim in the
deep state and it’s deep enough to drown. But now you can also drown in
the shallow state.
The shallow state was
ready to send every kid back to physical school. The deep state opposed
and won. The shallow state wanted to cancel visas for foreign college
students. The deep state opposed, along with a gaggle of college and university
presidents. A vocal minority, of course. But an influential one when they
stop dithering.
Meantime, the shallow
state says the deep state, and some governors are doing an about-face and
moving to re-close some businesses.
Some people in Texas,
Arizona and Florida would rather drink in crowded saloons than save the lives
of their friends, neighbors and children. So even officials in the low IQ
states (Thank you, Jimmy Breslin) are getting the message.
All elected politicians
are fear driven. Now, Republican governors and federal and state
legislators have to decide what they fear most, trump or the voters. It’s
not a hard decision for someone whose life goal is getting either reelected or
elected to the next vacant higher office.
The shallow end of this
pool is where the danger lurks. Swim for your lives.
NOTES FROM ALL OVER:
(NEW YORK) -- NBC says
Jimmy Fallon will soon return to the studio but there’ll be no audience.
That’s kind of the way it was when he was doing the show from home. The
audience didn’t watch then, either.
(SACRAMENTO) -- The
troubled McClatchy newspaper company, one of the largest in the US, has sold
itself to a hedge fund. If it passes muster with their bankruptcy judge, people
who create zombies out of living news outlets will soon own papers in 30
cities, large and small.
What is the opposite of
a transfusion?
Questions:
-Anyone feeling sorry
for Jeff Sessions today?
-Anyone feeling sorry
for Ghislaine Maxwell?
-Anyone want a ticket to
Hong Kong?
-Or Miami?
-Or Brasilia?
-Anyone still using no
fee broker Robinhood?
I’m Wes Richards. My
opinions are my own but you’re welcome to them. ®
© WJR 2020
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