I am Angry!

Yesterday I forced myself to watch the 5pm ‘press conference’ giving us the latest information about the progress of efforts to fight the Covid-19 virus.  What I saw made me sick with fear and loathing for the Trump administration.  The most sickening moments were when this ‘expert’ (he was never identified) stood there and kept turning around (as a proper toadie should always do!) and praised Trump up one side and down the other for his brilliant proclamations and decisions.  Good God I felt like I was trapped in some sort of bizarre tv drama somewhere between ‘We love the Dear Leader and Game of Thrones!’  In all my years watching Presidential news conferences I have NEVER seen such obsequious behavior for someone so incompetent and ignorant!  Have you ever seen a president treated with such sycophantic admiration by all who speak in his presence?  Makes me gag….

It would be one thing if there was great success in all the blabber, but to the contrary, this federal effort has been so botched that our health care system is about to crash because there is no federal implementation of supply chain networks; our mortality figures are the highest in the world because of the inability and unwillingness of the federal government to mandate ‘stay at home’ restrictions.

The country is filled with ignorant public officials.  The Governor of Georgia finally implemented a forced shutdown and shelter in place directive after he discovered for the first time yesterday that the virus could be transmitted without symptoms!  Has he been under a rock somewhere?  We have known that for weeks!  Governor Rick De Santis of Florida finally issued a similar directive because he was watching the President and was amazed at Trump’s demeanor as he announced the staggering possibility of several hundred thousand deaths over the short term.  Seriously?  DeSantis was relying on Trump’s demeanor to make a decision??  What about science and facts?  Doesn’t he read?  Other Republican governors in Missouri, Texas and Arkansas are plodding along behind the other sycophants in lockstep with all the ignorant fools.

Folks, we are in deep doo doo.  Our country has been taken over by fools and fascists.  The people in charge are nefarious, incompetent, suspicious, and stupid.  This whole ‘Dear Leader’ complex that all of Trump’s appointees exhibit tells me that Trump has successfully degraded our democracy to the point where the only thing standing in his way toward complete autocracy is martial law and indefinite postponement of elections this fall…..wait for it…..I predict that it is possible sometime before this virus debacle is over.

Because of the delay in forceful intelligent planning and action there is blood on the hands of  Trump, DeSantis, and all the others…...because of their stupidity, people will die.

And then there is the ‘fake news’ of “amazing support and money being sent to millions of people”—Bullshit!  I applied 10 days ago for an SBA Disaster EIDL loan, four days ago for the SBA Advance of $10,000, and am attempting to file for the new and highly touted Paycheck Protection Plan (new CARES legislation).  My commercial bank, Bank of America, doesn’t know anything about how to apply for the PPP even though they are designated as the portal for these loans,  and then BofA sent me back to the SBA website, which has no way to log in.   I have had no indication from the SBA that they have received my applications.  It’s a joke.  It’s another example of the executive branch’s inept attempt to deliver anything. 

BTW, where are all the millions of testing kits?  Has anyone seen where they are plentiful enough to get tested without waiting for days for a callback.  BTW, where are all the PPEs and Ventilators and gloves and facemasks?  Why is the executive branch holding back the national stockpile of supplies and saying that they won’t give them up to NY or Detroit or New Orleans because as they say, “they are for use by us and not the individual states”---who the hell is ‘us’?  I know!... it means they can give them out to red states….perfect!

And finally, can we please stop this daily press conference broadcast of Trump’s replacement for his rallies?  It is taking advantage of the public’s thirst for real knowledge and assistance.

The broadcast networks owe it to the American people to deliver the unvarnished truth.  Anything Trump says is about as far from truth as it gets.