Monthly Archives: December 2021

Covid Induced Insanity

Ethical Behavior

Since the first case of the Wuhan Covid-19 virus arrived in this country in late 2019 or early 2020, there has emerged another phenomenon.  I’m going to name it “Covid Induced Insanity”, or “CII”.  Unlike the disease which gave birth to it, this affliction has been nurtured and promoted by politicians around the world to gain greater control over their populations.

Individuals like Anthony Fauci have, under the mantel of “Science”, been able to implement measures which have shredded the fabric of our society.  Initially, we were told that it was necessary to basically shut down our country for fourteen days to “flatten the curve” of new Covid cases, by making people remain in their homes and cease all social interaction.  Most people felt that was reasonable, and complied.  Emboldened by their success, politicians on the left saw a golden opportunity to take control of this country, using the Pandemic as an excuse to implement draconian measures rarely seen in our Republic.

Because of the various lockdowns and mandates, millions of jobs have been lost as businesses were forced to close their doors.  Following the concept voiced by former Clinton Chief of Staff and Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, who said “Never let a crisis go to waste”,  Democrat controlled cities and states began a diabolic crackdown on constitutionally mandated civil liberties unmatched in this nations history.

Their lust for power was insatiable.  They shut down schools and more businesses.  They crippled the airline industry.  Travel by air was highly restricted, with the number of filled seats on airplanes being so small that virtually every flight was operated at a loss.  In addition, passengers and cabin crews were required to wear a mask for the entire duration of the flight, regardless of length.  Hotels closed due to lack of customers, causing further loss of jobs in a multi-billion dollar industry.  And then it got worse.

Now, hospitals were forced to cancel all elective surgeries and procedures.  Cancer screening came to a halt.  People were forced to see their doctors “virtually” because medical offices were closed.  Dental care was highly restricted or completely unavailable.  People were prohibited from visiting their dying parents in nursing homes.  Because of a world wide pandemic panic,  we were losing, no, giving away, our Constitutional rights.

Then came another gift to the left.  A criminal thug named George Floyd resisted arrest after attempting to pass a counterfeit bill at a convenience store in Minneapolis, MN.  Although Floyd had a lethal amount of Fentanyl in his bloodstream, one of the arresting officers kept his knee on Floyd’s neck and back for over nine minutes.  Because this action possibly speeded up the inevitable medical outcome, it allowed Floyd to become a cause celeb for the left, particularly the “Black Lives Matter” movement, which then fomented violent riots around the country and even overseas.

These riots, and the arson and looting which ensued, were condoned by Democrats and the media.  They were described as “mostly peaceful” when they demonstrably weren’t.  All this was going on when the honest people in this country were being urged or even mandated to stay in their homes and avoid contact with non-family individuals.  Church services were prohibited, weddings cancelled, and funerals could only be attended by immediate family, if that.  We were told this was for our own good.

Because of the actions of the Trump administration, “Operation Warp Speed” produced several Covid-19 vaccines by December 2020.  The incoming Biden administration advised against taking them.  Until Biden/Harris were sworn in that is.  Then, the new administration took credit for their development, and began a series of mandates requiring all American citizens to be vaccinated, even those who had strong natural immunity, having recovered from Covid earlier in the pandemic. 

This has caused a backlash against these unconstitutional mandates, with some first responders and medical personnel either resigning, or being terminated if they refused to take the vaccines for personal, religious or medical reasons.  All this is a classical example of “CII”.

Dr. Anthony Fauci now assumed almost messianic status.  He represented “Science”, he stated, and must be obeyed.  Although he had been all over the place about the use of masks or other face coverings to prevent the spread of Covid and its variants, he stated that they were to be considered mandatory, both indoors and outside. 

Anyone who has researched the masking situation knows that the cheap masks most people favor are basically useless against something as small as a virus.  Only an N-95 mask or a cartridge respirator with a tight fitting seal can protect you.  A quick check of the effectiveness of your mask is if you can smell smoke or cooking odors while wearing the mask.  If you can, the mask offers no protection agains the much smaller viruses.

Because the original Covid-19 virus is an RNA virus, as is the Influenza virus, it naturally mutates, causing “variants” of the disease.  This is why they produce a new Flu Vaccine every year.  In the case of the Covid-19 virus, there have already been two known variants, the Delta and Omicron varieties.  While the Delta variant attacks lung function, and so is more serious to those at greater risk, the Omicron variant apparently attacks the upper respiratory track in a similar way that a common cold does, causing cold like symptoms such as coughing, sneezing and nasal discharge.  As such, it is more transmissible, but far less dangerous.

Regardless, “CII” has once again taken hold, with many European countries in the Panic Mode, calling for renewed lockdowns and travel restrictions.  The Democratic Party, sensing another opportunity to affect the 2022 election process, has jumped on the bandwagon, demanding new lockdowns and mandates.  Some school systems are again shutting down and re-instituting “distance learning” procedures, although the children and their teachers are at very little risk of being harmed by the Omicron variant.

It is becoming more and more apparent that many, if not most American citizens aren’t affected by “CII”, rather, our government bureaucracy and the administration are the ones who are willfully mentally handicapped.  What the school boards and teachers unions can’t seem to grasp is that parents have had enough.  The recent Virginia election proved that.  Americans are finally beginning to see Covid Induced Insanity for what it is, a tool used to control them by the Democrat Party of today.  The public is increasingly “Mad as Hell”, and they aren’t going to take it anymore! Politicians and bureaucrats ignore that fact at their peril.

A Little Ice……

Common Sense, Ethical Behavior, World Politics

The wings you see above were awarded to TWA Captains, a position I was privileged to hold for over twenty-six years with that once great entity.  Sadly, it no longer exists.  That is not the fault of its former employees, but rather because of an atrocious series of incompetent managements, which, with the help of corporate raider Carl Icahn, finally destroyed the airline.

I see an alarming parallel with what is happening to this country at the present time.  We are being led down a path that, if not stopped by an awakened population, will see this country also cease to exist, at least in the state intended by the Founding Fathers.  There is yet time to pull back from that abyss, but it is running short.

What has been described as the “Silent Majority” has allowed the radical left to take over critical segments of our society.  Probably the most important of those is our educational system.  Extreme left professors have been gaining power in our colleges and universities since the 1960s, and their influence continues to grow.  Their students have risen to power in all aspects of our society, including politics, the media, academia, corporations, and even the military.

The poisonous ideology they expound has come to be accepted as the truth by an ever expanding portion of the population.  If it is allowed to continue unchecked, we will not recognize this country in only a few short years.  We must not allow that to happen.

First and foremost, we must understand that the  attacks which will be attempted by the left against our Constitution, particularly the “Bill of Rights”, have nothing to do with reality.   Instead, they are simply a method to reclaim property they feel has been unjustly seized, and by schemes such as “reparations” and “equity”, redistribute wealth in a manner they deem to be just.

In the process of doing that, they are willing, no, eager,  to rip apart the very foundation which this nation has been built upon.  Abraham Lincoln said that “A house divided against itself cannot stand”.  He was referring to the division of our country into slaveholding and non-slaveholding states, but that also applies to a political party who believes in our Constitution as written, and one that doesn’t.

There is no middle ground here.  The Founding Fathers allowed for the document they created to be changed, but by an orderly process of “amending” the Constitution, not just disregarding it because of the desires of a particular group or groups.  That’s where we are right now.  The left, and that would include the Democratic Party, is being ruled by the mobs, and there are many of those.

The Biden administration is proceeding to weaponize various federal agencies, including the CIA, CDC, FBI, FDA, OSHA, NSA and IRS, among others, against the American people. Nancy Pelosi’s House is acting like a third world dictatorship, criminalizing any political dissent against the administrations policies.  This is both dangerous and frightening.  It will, if not brought under control, lead us down a path not seen since 1860.  We all know what that led to.

Worse than all of this is what is happening on the international scene.  The United States is being viewed by many,  if not most foreign governments as being governed by incompetents and led by a mentally challenged fool.  A group of very dangerous actors are willing and able to take advantage of that situation.  The America haters, both here and abroad, are eagerly anticipating our downfall, and that downfall can take many forms.

It could occur in a nuclear holocaust should the Biden Administration push Russia too far over Ukraine, but a far more likely scenario is an EMP attack on this country by any number of countries, including China, Iran, North Korea or Russia.  Recent reports indicate that China has been developing just such a capability, and North Korea has several low altitude satellites which pass over our country many times a day.  If they contain low yield nuclear devices, they could effectively take us off the world stage in a matter of seconds, destroying our electrical power grid and driving us back into the nineteenth century.

So who do we have to thank for putting us in this situation?  The scheming, cheating Democratic Party for sure, but also the Republican leadership which abandoned President Trump after the January 6th farce at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.  Allowing the Biden Cabal to assume power under such fraudulent circumstances may well be the death knell for this nation.  If that happens, the guilty parties will suffer with the rest of us.

Meanwhile, like the band on the Titanic, the national media continues to play.   “Not to worry”, they say.  “We’ve just stopped to take on a little ice.”