I could sit on the Advisory Board. Thirty years ago I wore a Mask while many of my Coworkers Mocked me. I handled Materials that had a Twenty years Latency( The Period of time before the Disease manifests itself) Period. Wearing a Mask Religiously when in the work Area, has put me Ten years beyond the Latency Period. If I Die Tomorrow wearing a Mask has given me Ten years beyond Life Expectancy, working in Hazmat. I must have written Six Blogs Dating back to Nine Months telling the Smart Ones ” Wear your Mask”.!!!!!!
That was the answer that a South Dakota Resident gave, when asked why are People in South Dakota so up against wearing Mask. He further explained, that’s how Cowboy Mentality works, whatever you tell them to do, they are going to do the opposite. That’s not Cowboy Mentality, that’s a Dumb Kid attitude. I ought to know that attitude very well. From eight years old to fourteen years old I lived that. My Mother was a Single Mom, I had that Bitch Attitude that no Woman is going to Rule me. Whatever she told me to do, I did the opposite regardless of Consequence. One simple request she made, that I choose not to comply, cost me several Ass-whipping. She said that she was the one working and there should be no reason for her to make it home before I did.
She said School was out at two thirty, that gave me four Hours to be in the House when she pushed the Door. I got a Beating just about every Day for my Cowboy Attitude. The Governor of South Dakota don’t believe in Imposing a Mask Mandate. Even though The State has, if not the greatest amount of Covid19 Deaths in the the World for a whole Country, then close. Now that’s a Cowgirl’s Attitude, She reminds me of me of yesteryears. No Doubt that she will get her Spanking at the next Election. That Attitude looks more to me like Pigheadednes, than a Rotten Kid with a Chauvinist attitude.
From Day One that I heard about the Cruise Ship Anchored off the Coast of Florida with all those sick People Aboard, I knew that this was big. I also know how Governments operate, a lot was left unsaid in order not to create a Panic. Having worked in Hazmat for many years, without knowing if you could contract the Disease by Inhilation. Three Months before the CDC came out with Guidelines, I was wearing a Mask in the Courthouse where I work. They all thought that I was Hypo Something, they snickered behind my Back and in front of my Face. One of my Coworkers who gave me the Stupid Grin came down with the Virus. I think it took six or seven Test before she was cleared to come back to work. When she was finally Cleared to come back to work, her Job was taken.
She got transferred to a more demanding Job farther away from Home. Who is Snickering now, I haven’t missed one Day of work since March. There have to be at least fifty cases since Her’s, but I know how Government works, “Need to know”, but the fact that I see People come in there with a Tank on their Backs and a long Wand, spraying several times per Week, I know that it’s bad. Why would I listen to Cowboys, Cowboys are Dense People, who Talks with thei’r Gun. A Cowboy could make it to the Top of the World and barely able to Formulate a Sentence, Smile when you say that Partner. I know that as of lately I have taken many hardline Stances, guess what someone has to speak up against the Pied Piper Mentality. My biggest Beef with the Cowboy Mentality is, you could leave your House eight A.m. healthier than your 🐎 Horse, Twelve Noon eating Lunch at your favorite Watering Hole, You are now exposed to the Virus. Within a couple of Hours Incubation, you are now the Carrier and the Spreader. Hello! Put a Mask on your Horse and one on yourself, or ride out of Town, Partner. I spent an entire Summer in Texas, I know what’s under that Ten Gallon, they also don’t Cotton to no Masks wearing.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
I have no Stomach for Politics, but Desperate Times call for Desperate Measures.
I have always mentained that Elected Government Officials were the Consensus of the Populous. I have Thought this way science I was fifteen sitting in my Social Studies Classes at William Howard Taft High School in the Bronx. During that Time I Observed National Civil Unrest, dealing with the Vietnam War and Black Issues. Many are still with us Fifty Three years later. Voter Suppression, Economic inequality and unfair Treatment by Cops are just a few that drew Protests back then. The Government did little to Squelch the Protests, except for the use of unnecessary Force. J. Edgar Hoover was an Enigma. Today I read that in Washington, Armed Neo Nazis were greeted with a Smile and a Nod by your Beloved Outgoing President who tries to hold on to Power like a Dictator.
Is Donald Trump’s Ideals the Consensus of the Populous? If that be the Case we need to have a Recall of every American Currency in Circulation. The reason for the Recall is to Issue New Currencies Omitting the Words ” In God we Trust” because if the Populous Buy into this Divisive Mentality and the Constitution means nothing, (We The People) then surely, Babylonia has Resurrected. I Draw Parity with the Great King Nebuchadnezzar. He Conquered Judah and Jerusalem and set the Jews into Exile. He was Credited with the Construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The same one who threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into a Roaring Furnace. They were protected by an Angel and so they Lived. All because they would not take part in his Sacrilege. We are in a Roaring Furnace of Pandemic, calling all Angles. Far be it for me a Sinner Preaching to you, I am just Citing Observations. The same Day he Acknowledged the Homegrown Terrorists while passing in his Motorcade, he Tweeted that the Washington Police should do thei’r Jobs breaking up the Opposing Protesters who were Protesting him ” Don’t Hold back” he told them.
Dejavue, Selme Alabama 1968 all over again. Ironic that since his Defeat he has been playing Golf everyday, holding Democracy Hostage and not doing the Job that he was Elected to do. The way he is spending his last Sixty Days in Office, is Equivalent to me giving my Company Notice that I was leaving in Two Months. However I had no plans of doing anything for the reminder of my stay, including not training the Person Slated to replace me, to do a Complicated and Challenging Job. While still drawing a Salary throughout the reminder of my stay. Did I mention Ineptness and Ineffectual Government. What is Congress doing? Many of his Brainwashed Supporters are Humoring him, Embellishing the Conspiracy Theories towards our Democracy. His Actions and that of many High Profile Elected Officials is as Un-American as it gets. I Believe in the Ideals of our Founding Fathers, not Donald Trump’s.
Denigrating the Democratic Process, does not make America Great, it Undermines the Ideals of the Architects of the Constitution. I can’t believe that he Tweeted ” Always support your Country, your Government, only when Deserving”. That is as Hypocritical as me a Sinner Preaching to you. He haven’t supported this Country since Covid19 Inundated Home sweet Home. His last Meeting with the Covid19 Think Tank was April, while he did his best to make it a Super-Spreader Event for Seven Months. People around us kept dropping while we turned the Imaginary ” Corner”.
Brings to mind when I was Traveling in a Remote part of Pennsylvania. I became lost and ask a Local for Directions, he told me that the Road that I was looking for was a Stone-throw around the Bend. I drove for Hours looking for the Bend. Seven Months later the Illusive Corner is a Mega-Pandemic, he is still playing Golf, while the Corner has turned into a Diameter. Will someone Explain to me what this Checks and Balance is all about when Both Parties undermines their Primary Objectives for Eight Years ( The People) while Filibustering and being Self Serving. Its for this Reason that Fifty Three years ago, sitting in Social Studies Class that I Equated Politics to a Country Club, they get on the Floor and beat each other down then spend the weekend knocking Glasses, if you Vote with me I’ll vote with you.
That’s how we get things done in Washington. The Economists say that a Stimulus is Detrimental to the recovery of our Economy, Small Business are Shutting down in great Numbers, people face Eviction in Huge Numbers, the Second Great Depression is the only thing that’s around the Corner, while the Senate 🎻 while Nero plays Golf. I didn’t start Blogging to get involved in Politics. I started Blogging to save Lives behind the Wheel. But watching my Beloved America Drowning in Complacency and Ambivalence, it forces me to Speak up. I am a Man of few Words, I try to make every Word counts ( there is that Word again “Count”) . I’ll leave you with words from my Blog Page.
Courage
You can never cross the Ocean unles you have the courage to lose sight of the Shore
A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing grows there,
The best and most beautiful things in the World can not be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the Heart.
Helen Keller
It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort, and when you bring that effort every single day that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.
P.S.
The truth is still the truth even if no one believes it. A lie is still a lie, even if everyone believes it. – Unknown
P.P.S. The C.D.C has finally Double Down on what I have said in five earlier Blogs. There is no getting around wearing a Mask.
I know that in my last Blog I told you Guys that I was taking a break from writing Blogs, so I can put more efforts into my Book. Then I reminis to my High School Days. Even though I struggled with Shakespeare and Dickens, I found time to spend four years learning Spanish. The People in my Inner Circle thought that I was Stupid spending an entire Class Period Deciphering the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. Then spend another Period learning a Language that I would never use. They were all wrong, from Burrowing into Mind of Shakespeare I learned how to use Conjecture to arrive at Degrees in Quality or specifics in a Character. You don’t learn things like that in the Clubs. People who knew me back then knew that I was a party Animal, but I spread myself thin to do what I thought to be important In life also.
And so it is with Blogging about Social Upheavals. As it is with writing Blogs about safe Driving. I know that some People are Hell bent on doing things thei’r way or no way. Yet I continue to write Blogs about changing your Driving Habits. Ninety Nine percent of the time my efforts fall on Deaf Ears. However that one person who comes away with something and his actions save a Life down the Road, gives me Satisfaction and a feeling of Purpose. And so it is with Babbling about the Virus. My Wife worked in the Emergency Room of a Veteran Hospital for Twenty five Years. Yet she tells me that I am Fanatical in the way I Address Personal Protection.
If someone like her, can think like that, what can I expect from the Handful of People in Wall-Mart not wearing a Mask. Or for that Matter Multiplied by Millions. I met Many Veterans from World War One who told me of how People pulled together back then. Even if they weren’t on the Front Lines putting thei’r Lives at risk they had what was known as the Home front Efforts. People doing whatever they could do to contribute to the War Effort. What about the War Effort of the Pandemic. Believe it or not this could possibly be the greatest War America have ever fought. Not only in Lives Lost , but a Potential Depression of our Economy with great Erosions. So why are so many People being so Agnostic in the way we Address the Problem.
Since the first Week of March I have been wearing a Mask for eight Hours a Day while I work in the Courthouse. The fact that I have C.O.P.D. and wearing a Mask all Day Diminish my Oxygen intake, sometimes near Claustrophobia. But I do what I have to do to stay alive while making a Living and keeping my Finances Liquid, not missing a Days work. I know People who have been home since the first Week of March and their Sanity teeters breaking point. The Prison next Door is Inundated with huge outbreaks, yet they bring these People in the Courthouse Daily, Crime does not take a Vacation. There is this one Wing of the Building that gets Fogged several times Weekly, we have four People that goes around wiping down Surfaces eight Hours a Day. Do you still think that I am Fanatical.
With C.O.P.D. the Ventilator would Kill me. Wearing a Mask have kept me from shutting down my Personal Finances and it could have done the same for the World’s Economy if only everyone had my Insights. ( wearing a Mask is your best protection) My Son who lives in Missouri who works for a Company who provide G.P.S. Logistics for the Government, tells me. If the Country goes under another Lockdown, he is out of work for good. I would prefer to wear a Mask indefinitely than to lose my Livelihood. But no!! I’ve got Rights, so I will cut off my Nose to spite my Face. This Virus is as Unpredictable as the Weather. I once found myself in One Hundred and fifty Yards Depth of Water, Fifty Miles from Shore. Out of the Blue a Storm came from nowhere and I was looking up at Waves Three Stories high, with no Life jacket on.
If the Boat had Capsized, I wouldn’t have made it to where the Life Jackets were kept. Wearing a Mask when I am in Public is my Life Jacket. For Three Days I have been dealing with a Sore Throat, Today I Sneezed a couple of times. Regardless I am confident because I have many Life Jackets, I Gargle with Listerine, I take One Thousand Milligrams Vitamin A, C and Garlic Daily and I wouldn’t be caught Dead without my Mask. This Virus is the Storm of the Century, we are in Deep Waters, no one is handing out Life Jackets, worst of all People are refusing to wear them. I knew that Reading Shakespeare would one Day come in handy, allowing me to Speak in such Allusive and Oblique terms while making a Suggestive and Disparaging Argument.
When it comes to Respiratory Protection, I have spent many Hours reading the Book in the above Picture. The Book is over one Thousand Pages, it is the Workers Handbook for handling Asbestos, Respiratory Protection is vastly discussed. It is said that no one Person can know everything. However I believe it was Einstein who said that ” Wisdom is not a Product of Schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it”. One of my High School Teachers riveted the Thought. She said that I should never stop Learning even when Schooling is finished. That’s why I became one of the Greatest Do it Yourself Person. I Thought myself to fix Cars, Electric Appliances, Buildings and how to Live and protect myself from Ill Health Effects.
O.S.H.A’s Recommendations from the above Manual. This Paragraph is about protecting your Lungs from sucking in Asbestos Particles. However a Mask protect your Lungs from many things including a Virus Droplet attached to a Dust Particle, that can stay Airborne for a long time.
I could go on with Technical Jargon for the remainder of this Blog, I never did like talking Shop except to People who are Versed in its Field. I never talk to a one year old in Baby Talk, I speak to then in regular speaking Tone so they can learn Language. That’s why I am finished with the Technical Jargon. When I worked in Hazmat I followed Procedures to the Letter. Many of my Coworkers thought that I was a Fanatic for not removing my Mask and having a Cigarette with them In the Work area. I have even witnessed a Supervisor eating Asbestos to prove to the Crew that it wasn’t as Dangerous as O.S.H.A said it was. He has been resting in the same Grave for the past twenty years. Twenty years is the Latency period for the Exposure of your Lungs to Asbestos to Manifest Symptoms of the Disease Asbestosis.
One Month ago I had a Complete Physical, including Colonoscopy and Chest Xray from Numerous Angles. All the Results came back Negative. Even though I have been Smoking since fourteen and Handled Dangerous Materials, my Lungs have not been Compromised. Mostly, the Lord looks out for Babies and Fools, secondary I have always wore a Mask when required. The way the Virus is spreading is directly the outcomes of Circumnavigation of wearing a Mask in Public. The Virus is rampant in the Courthouse where I work. The first Day that the Pandemic was announced, I went to work wearing a Mask. Months before the first case was discovered in the Building. Since then many of my Coworkers have Tested Positive, two of them I had direct contact with.
I once Facetiously asked one of them, if we all are going to Die. He answered, no just some of us. He tested negative, yet Sick for a good while, H.R. forced him to get tested again, this Time, Positive. They both thought I was overreacting with the Mask wearing. One Department is totally Inundated, there can’t be less than thirty cases in this one Area. I see the Sanitization Crews come in and Fog the Building more frequently than not. This week someone told me about a Coworker who was in the Hospital for Two Months, they are now Home and is still struggling with Symptoms and Backlash of the Virus. Hello! Do I have your Attention about the Importance of wearing a Mask. If Joe Biden tells me that I should wear a Mask to Bed to protect my Wife, then it’s a done Deal.
Taking the Misguided Approach to wearing a Mask is Equivalent to following the Pied Piper to a Road where the Bridge is missing. If I was Joe I would not take Residence in the White House until the place was Bleached and Fogged. The President said that Children were just about Immune to the Virus. Last Week a Kindergarten Died from Covid19, three months ago in my Neighborhood an Eleven years old and a Seventeen years old. These are Prime Physical Specimens of Health, so what are my chances for survival with preexisting conditions. Yesterday I went to Wal-Mart, 99.9% of the People there were wearing a Mask, the .1% Agnostics there was an Older Man and his Wife, the other Fractions were People wearing thei’r Mask incorrectly, exposing thei’r 👃 Nose. What I like the most about Freedom and Rights, we all have the Right to be Stupid and Ignorance is Free. Parting Words, Health Officials, Doctors and Hospitals are on the Brink of Panic, please do your part in Saving someone else’s Life, even if you don’t care about your Own.
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