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A friend of mine referenced an article a while back that basically said that no matter which side of the spectrum your beliefs fall, both sides have seen their own savaged repeatedly so it’s just acceptable at this point. It goes back to Nixon, if not farther. Think about it. Nixon was a crook. Carter was a terrible leader. Reagan supported the rich and had Iran-Contra. Bush raised taxes and didn’t finish the Gulf War. Clinton had Whitewater and Lewinsky, Bush started the Iran/Afghanistan wars and was seated when the recession of ‘08 kicked in. Obama gave us Obamacare and reined in growth with anti-business policies.... not to mention the fact that a lot of people didn’t like him because of who he was. Lord knows that Trump deserves tons of criticism, but the amount that he’s given is just too much. Until both sides agree that people with opposing views aren’t “the opposition,” we’ll just keep on electing people just to destroy them, never realizing that we’re only destroying our own fortunes.

Yeah, but science only has to worry about science. The CDC’s main focus is making sure that not a single person more is infected. They’ll recommend taking whatever steps are necessary to make sure that transmission of this virus is stopped. In the real world, leaders have to balance the CDC’s very focused suggestions on disease control with the practical needs of the community as a whole. it’s be great if we could send everybody home for 56 days of complete and total isolation, but people still need to eat. Trucks need to make deliveries, shelves must be stocked, streets patrolled, People are about to realize why having a savings account equal to six months months living expenses is so much better than having an iPhone 11, a new car, and a dozen pairs of Jordans. Later... gotta go tend to my garden.

[Hidden Content] update from a conservative Repunlicensed county judge and a doctor who I know to be a conservative Republican voter. This from a media source that would be far from “liberal.” The problem is that both sides now seem to want to politicize everything. Both sides of the aisle pointing their little fingers at the other. It’s dumb, sorry. As is the mass panic that is supposedly caused by the media. I would argue the overreaction is more the fault of the people than whatever media they are following. So & so made me do it never worked for me growing up. And why people apparently think they will wipe their behinds with greater frequency during a quarantine is beyond me. These folks also, at least in my area, are overwhelming red voters and Trump supporters. If the “liberal media” caused them to buy every roll of toilet paper in sight, welp...

Either that or a lot more dirty socks...

Good lord save me. I almost "liked" this post til I realized who posted it. But maybe there IS hope after all. Maybe we CAN all get a long. Maybe one day the left and the right will all just agree to disagree but still work together toward the common good (enter Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neil), maybe when Trump does something genuinely good, Nancy Pelosi will recognize what a great job he did, and maybe - just maybe - Hillary will FINALLY go to prison! Nahhhh - it'll never work... (Btw, CB - good post...)

Not sure it has anything to do with having a pair, but more of how political every situation has become, and the scrutinized actions of our leaders. If Trump asks for too much money, he gets slammed, to little...... slammed. Trump and Abbott both have positive attitudes towards defeating this virus. They have both asked us not to panic. They are doing what has to be done when their people are in panic mode. One really can’t question either’s virility. The comparison to the flu is not that skewed. The flu infects millions more just in one season. Just the shear number of flu cases boggles the mind. I am very responsible. My daughter-in-law is being tested for Covid-19. It will be six days before she has results. She has my one year old grand daughter who feverish now. I take this very seriously. My comparisons are also to ease panic. I can’t let myself go off the deep end. It would only exacerbate the situation.

I'm not disagreeing that this is a bad deal, but I also am not going to believe everything I hear just because they supposedly have "top" credentials. The WHO and the clown running it have a lot of responsibility in not slowing this down by running cover for their buddies in China at the very outset. They are also the same group that proclaimed France and Italy were #1 and #2 for the best healthcare systems a few years back. Just because some are skeptical of some sources in this doesn't mean they think it's nothing...that's certainly not my opinion. I will add that I think the media has caused much hysteria that we see, but that's just business as usual.

Well, since basically every scientist and expert in the world is saying this is a major issue, it might be time for people to quit latching onto the rare dissenter that is saying what everybody wants to hear. People are using these articles as justification to act irresponsibly. Dr. Brent Bost is a well-known local doctor. The last several weeks he’s been making YouTube “update” videos on Covid-19, and has consistently downplayed the seriousness of the virus. People are sharing his videos thousands of times on Facebook, with captions like “quit overreacting” or “see, it’s not that big of a deal!” But the WHO, CDC, and thousands of epidemiologists disagree with him. People are ignoring them, and listening to Dr. Bost, because he’s saying what they want to believe. There’s only one problem: he’s a gynecologist. People are legitimately choosing to believe updates on the coronavirus from an OB over those from the CDC, WHO, and infectious disease doctors. I’m not sure what’s worse: the irresponsibility of his videos, or the stupidity of the people who are taking them as gospel.

I could be wrong but I think that ship has sailed.

Denying science has replaced baseball as a national pastime in this country...

4th time on the all region team for Bush. Should be an absolute no brainer for his 4th All State team. There aren’t many kids, anywhere, who have achieved that.

^^^^^^^This.....I haven’t altered my lifestyle one bit. My wife had a cold a few weeks back and I didn’t catch it......wasn’t my turn!

I am never against trading a top player. It's all about what you get in return that can help you get better. The Texans did not get better with this trade. What they got in return makes no sense. Something tells me there are some underlying elements here that will not be made public. Possibly a falling out between Hopkins and the powers at be.

I think about how the Greatest Generation would handle this whole situation. They didn't raise any "Bubble" boys and girls. It's embarrassing how dumb we have become now that we have all the information in the world right in our pocket. And with social media, we are able to infect everyone else with our stupidity.

Exactly why the liberal media, at the encouragement of the Dims, have created this mass hysteria. They had to do something to turn the economy's surging tide. MAGA 2020