Subj : Re: Rally
To   : Ron L.
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Apr 29 2023 08:47:00

-=> Ron L. wrote to Mike Powell <=-

 MP> I cannot disagree that some politicians and government bodies seemed to
 MP> apply these mandates in a very uneven and confusing manner that is
 MP> difficult to defend without them calling those who don't understand it
 MP> (or see through it) names.

 RL> The "Rules for thee, but not for me" was a nother flag that they were
 RL> scamming us.

They did that here during the 2020 Summer of Love.  They preached don't
gather in crowds and, if you do, wear masks but then showed up at the, erm,
peaceful protests to shake hands and stand in crowds for photo ops without
masks.

Before that, when you would go out, it seemed like just about everyone had
a mask on.  After that, even though they were still telling the rest of us
to wear them, few were unless you were somewhere that flat out required
them (like a Dr. office).

 MP> From what I have read, and from what I have learned from some relatives
 MP> in Michigan, there was all sorts of restrictions that only seemed to
 MP> target certain businesses or that made no sense at all.

 RL> Yup.  Big box stores = good.  Mom and Pop stores = bad.  Liqeur stores
 RL> = good. Gyms = bad.

The gyms sort of made sense but the big boxes and liquor stores vs. mom and
pop did not.  I thought maybe the liquor store thing was unique here
because, you know, we have a large bourbon industry here.  The big boxes
were supposed to keep a head count and only let X number of people in at a
time.  I saw WalMart do that, but I don't think the groceries did it.

IMHO, a mom and pop would be a lot more likely to be able to keep an
accurate head count because they are usually smaller. Some said their
square footage was why they couldn't be open because of adequate social
distancing, but a lot of our liquor stores are holes in the wall and they
were open.  Nonsense.

 RL> Oh, and the big box stores weren't allowed to sell planting/landscaping
 RL> materials because....  No answer.

 RL> Yet another indication of the scam.

That is the thing I heard about from relatives in Michigan.  That was
stupid.  I saw part of an interview with the governor where she said that
people were more likely to socialize in those areas (???) than other areas
of the stores, and that it wasn't "gardening season" anyway, even though it
was indeed the time of year that people would be planting and mulching
things.

It really made her sound out of touch with "normal" people.  I guess if you
grow up rich so you can pay for landscapers and never do any planting
yourself, it made sense?

 MP> At times, they
 MP> were encouraged not to go outside on their own property to do things
 MP> like garden because gardening was going to somehow cause you to come
 MP> into contact with COVID.

 RL> Which everyone (but the most stupid) knew was incorrect.  Fresh air and
 RL> sunlight have always been best.  But that would keep the fake COVID
 RL> numbers down and it would make people happy and healthy, so the
 RL> scammers couldn't allow that.

Here our governor was encouraging people to go outside, so long as they
didn't hang out in crowds (the Summer 2020 folks were exempted, as I
pointed out).  He encouraged fresh air and exercise.  If it hadn't been for
the different treatment of the riot... er, peaceful protesters vs. everyone
else, I would say he did a very good job.

As is, I would say he did a better job than a lot of other governors (which
compared to yours or Cuomo says little).



.... Tell me, is something eluding you, Sunshine?
--- MultiMail/DOS v0.52
 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)

.