That yellow thing on his back is a Scott AirPak. It is all that
stands between his lungs and those flames.
When we’re more or less
done with trump, the pandemic, and the various social unrests of today, what
will life be like?
Will we continue our
distancing? Will we stay at least six feet behind the guy ahead of us on
the checkout line? Will we all be working from home because the world
headquarters of MegaComglomerate Industries now fits in the empty basement of an
abandoned K-Mart in Marathon, Florida? And only six people work there?
Where are all those
futurists now that we need them. You know, the people whose accuracy rate
is right up there with the astrologers in the supermarket tabloids, WestraDamus
the non-prophet and the rating analysts of the stock markets?
What is the “normal”
that we will return to? Will the targets of looters replace their windows
with Lexan? Will cops with troubled records be fed Quaaludes at roll call
before hitting the streets? If so, will they literally hit the streets
smiling until the moment of impact?
Calls to de-fund the
police will not help anything and hurt aplenty if they actually happen.
But what should happen is stopping police use of military grade
weapons. They are unnecessary. They provoke. They are not meant to be
used against petty criminal suspects.
Your income taxes are
due next month. Will you remember that?
If you think life was
uncertain before all this, think again.
The crystal ball is
cloudy right now. The Tarot cards are out to lunch. They’re eating
fortune cookies. Someone call trump and ask him what Ivanka’s bible says.
NOTES FROM ALL OVER:
(NewRoses, PA.) -- Bars
in this town are now permitted to serve cocktails to go. They must be in
sealed containers and not exceed 64 ounces. That’s a pretty big “big
gulp.” Bartender, I’ll have a 64-ounce Bloody Mary -- hold the
tomato juice and the vegetables.
(BUFFALO, NY) -- Anyone
seeing the video of the knocked down old guy notice this? As cops march
past his supine body, one officer, holding his nightstick -- one hand on each
end -- leans down toward the victim as if to further injure him and the officer
behind him grabs him and pushes him to continue walking. Disturbing.
(Merrick, NY) -- This Long
Island hamlet is 30 miles east and a world apart from New York City. A
Black Lives Matter march there brought anger from onlookers and police had to
wall the marchers from the jeering residents.
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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