[W: 124] Resisting the House Arrest

AmericanGirl05 said:

Yesterday citizens of Michigan descended upon the state capitol to protest the absurd restrictions the Governor of Michigan has placed upon them. Protests in many other states, including PA and MD, are planned for this weekend.

I am pleased to see that our citizens are standing up for their rights and for the founding principles of this nation. I fail to understand how so many people have rolled over when their rights to free assembly have been abridged and violated.

Perhaps Governors will begin to feel the pressure. But, on the other hand, the MSM has so ginned up the fear through their hype that people I know in rural areas with maybe 1 case in a 60 mile radius are afraid to leave their homes.

Right now we are living under Soviet conditions. If the economy deteriorates any more, we will be living under Venezuelan conditions.

Can this be happening in America?

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AmericanGirl05 said:

Yesterday citizens of Michigan descended upon the state capitol to protest the absurd restrictions the Governor of Michigan has placed upon them. Protests in many other states, including PA and MD, are planned for this weekend.

I am pleased to see that our citizens are standing up for their rights and for the founding principles of this nation. I fail to understand how so many people have rolled over when their rights to free assembly have been abridged and violated.

Perhaps Governors will begin to feel the pressure. But, on the other hand, the MSM has so ginned up the fear through their hype that people I know in rural areas with maybe 1 case in a 60 mile radius are afraid to leave their homes.

Right now we are living under Soviet conditions. If the economy deteriorates any more, we will be living under Venezuelan conditions.

Can this be happening in America?

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Ikari said:

I have a feeling that you don't quite know what it would actually be to live under Soviet or Venezuelan conditions. Covid has already taken ~33K at this point. In a years time, the highest estimates on H1N1 was that it claimed 18K lives. So in far less than a year, we've nearly doubled that, and that's with social distancing. With all the precautions, we are looking at almost 5% mortality. Much better than Italy or Spain, but still 50 times more deadly than the flu. Without precautions, without the social distancing, without the staying at home we could easily have seen double the deaths. We could easily have been in Italy territory. People are stupid if they think that there isn't reason to the madness. We were not nationally prepared for pandemic. We got caught with our pants around our ankles, and as a result we had to take some rather drastic measures to lessen the effects of the pandemic.

The States are already looking for ways to reopen things, no government wants this to prolong any longer than necessary. It's idiotic to think otherwise. And we had best learn our lesson from this because Covid ain't gonna be the last pandemic to hit us. We better get the proper agencies, personnel, communications, and infrastructure in place so that we can quickly respond to pandemics without having to take such drastic measures in the future.

But for now, the best thing we can do is to not be stupid. These people protesting...they're stupid.

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Moonglow said:

The founding principles? The govt. has always had the power to quarantine if needed, to declare martial law if needed. What ever made you think it has never been done before?

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AmericanGirl05 said:

Oh, you know. Civil liberties like the right to free assembly.

Or how about the pursuit of happiness?

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AmericanGirl05 said:

Yesterday citizens of Michigan descended upon the state capitol to protest the absurd restrictions the Governor of Michigan has placed upon them. Protests in many other states, including PA and MD, are planned for this weekend.

I am pleased to see that our citizens are standing up for their rights and for the founding principles of this nation. I fail to understand how so many people have rolled over when their rights to free assembly have been abridged and violated.

Perhaps Governors will begin to feel the pressure. But, on the other hand, the MSM has so ginned up the fear through their hype that people I know in rural areas with maybe 1 case in a 60 mile radius are afraid to leave their homes.

Right now we are living under Soviet conditions. If the economy deteriorates any more, we will be living under Venezuelan conditions.

Can this be happening in America?

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PCB66 said:

The people are getting tired of the restrictions and that Democrat Moon Bat Government has gone full Nazi on everybody.

If she continues she will probably get tarred and feathered.

Big boobs don't mean big brains.

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Mr Person said:

Curious. Both your accounts were created today and you are tag-teaming in the same threads. That often means a certain something.

:thinking

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AmericanGirl05 said:

Yesterday citizens of Michigan descended upon the state capitol to protest the absurd restrictions the Governor of Michigan has placed upon them. Protests in many other states, including PA and MD, are planned for this weekend.

I am pleased to see that our citizens are standing up for their rights and for the founding principles of this nation. I fail to understand how so many people have rolled over when their rights to free assembly have been abridged and violated.

Perhaps Governors will begin to feel the pressure. But, on the other hand, the MSM has so ginned up the fear through their hype that people I know in rural areas with maybe 1 case in a 60 mile radius are afraid to leave their homes.

Right now we are living under Soviet conditions. If the economy deteriorates any more, we will be living under Venezuelan conditions.

Can this be happening in America?

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Moonglow said:

When the 'S's looked like 'F's? When it was fashionable to claim liberty and freedom for all when chattel slavery existed?

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PCB66 said:

The people are getting tired of the restrictions and that Democrat Moon Bat Government has gone full Nazi on everybody.

If she continues she will probably get tarred and feathered.

Big boobs don't mean big brains.

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Napoleon said:

You shouldn’t be proud that morons descended on Michigan, blocked ambulances, and blocked entrance to a level one trauma center.

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AmericanGirl05 said:

And it took till 1920 for a woman like me to be able to vote.

Get over it. It's the thought that counts. The thought that led us to where we were a month ago.

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PCB66 said:

The people are getting tired of the restrictions and that Democrat Moon Bat Government has gone full Nazi on everybody.

If she continues she will probably get tarred and feathered.

Big boobs don't mean big brains.

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AmericanGirl05 said:

Gag me. And I suppose I'll hear about the antivaxxers and the Confederate flags and Nazi symbols too.

Too bad the media doesn't count the Commie stuff your side puts up.

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CaughtInThe said:

it's like we're dealing with a bunch of anti-vaxxers who don't care about lives.

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PCB66 said:

The people are getting tired of the restrictions and that Democrat Moon Bat Government has gone full Nazi on everybody.

If she continues she will probably get tarred and feathered.

Big boobs don't mean big brains.

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AmericanGirl05 said:

Oh, you know. Civil liberties like the right to free assembly.

Or how about the pursuit of happiness?

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AmericanGirl05 said:

I've been to the grocery store and been reminded of Ayn Rand's descriptions of obtaining food in We the Living.

As far as your statement that states are looking at ways to open up, that does not appear to be true. From where I sit, every week some Governor or Mayor announces NEW strictures and controls, not fewer.

And it's absurd to think one can prepare for a pandemic.

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AmericanGirl05 said:

Yesterday citizens of Michigan descended upon the state capitol to protest the absurd restrictions the Governor of Michigan has placed upon them. Protests in many other states, including PA and MD, are planned for this weekend.

I am pleased to see that our citizens are standing up for their rights and for the founding principles of this nation. I fail to understand how so many people have rolled over when their rights to free assembly have been abridged and violated.

Perhaps Governors will begin to feel the pressure. But, on the other hand, the MSM has so ginned up the fear through their hype that people I know in rural areas with maybe 1 case in a 60 mile radius are afraid to leave their homes.

Right now we are living under Soviet conditions. If the economy deteriorates any more, we will be living under Venezuelan conditions.

Can this be happening in America?

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Moonglow said:

I know what you mean laddy..

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