Latest Coronavirus - Yikes

[allvol123]

Just wanted to give you a shout out. I couldn't sleep last night and sifted through this thread starting with Bham's OP. You were early in on this thread along with some others. I was impressed and the information you guys were finding and bringing to the board. In hindsight, much of it was prescient.
It was also interesting to look at the responses in real time as news was coming out. Even LG had some good posts before things got partisan.

I think they key will be to always remember VBham ruined the world.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

And that's the best argument I've gotten in regards to that statement.

That's about all that original statement deserves.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

I don't wear one. Louder does.

I wish.

 

[McDad]

I think they key will be to always remember VBham ruined the world.

This board regardless of political leanings universally agrees.

 

[lawgator1]

Didn't ask me but, if Biden wins this November we are looking at another 5-7 years for the economy to recover minimum.

You are giving presidents way too much credit for control over the economy. In both directions, and to both parties.

 

[37L1]

I don't wear one. Louder does.

My mistake, my apologies. Now that the niceties are over:
In the sense of brotherhood and solidarity, you should join him.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

Sure there are. You, yourself, demonstrate this.

But to be honest and fair, you aren't alone.

how so? how are there different metrics for me?

 

[LouderVol]

Elaborate. Plenty on here continue to prefer Trump to her. I would like an explanation why. Obviously, this is a massively, astronomically larger failing than anything associated with Benghazi.

Trump had all the warnings in the world about what was possible and he played golf. That was just as much an intentional act as deleting emails. He had all these warnings and said to all of America that it would go from 15 to zero cases. There was no support for that statement. That was a statement he knew full well was false in light of the information he was receiving. Again, an intentional act that falsely allayed the fears of millions, leading to a lathargic response that is now killing us.

Edit: And you wanna talk about emails that won't be there when oversight comes knocking. I'm guessing there will be more than 30k WH and executive branch emails that vaporize. In fact, we know a lot of the communications are already taking place off of government servers (see Kushner stories).

The WHO lied about it. China lied about it. I wouldnt call that all the information in the world. Pretty sure Trump shut down air travel before the WHO declared an emergency. Someone check me on that tho.

Heck even after Trump came out with measures many local and state leaders were out there preaching the opposite. Again hard to call it all the information in the world when those below you use false information for their own political ends.

Trump could have shut down air travel Jan1 with total isolation and more people would have still died to this than Benghazi. You were even against Trump shutting stuff down.

It's a disease. It's going to run its course. Benghazi was a completely avoidable event that got blamed on a video.

No doubt which will impact our country more, but as far as a direct failing of an individual benghazi was far worse. But that's an issue of scale, small misses on a global scale is going to have an impact far greater than a big miss on a building scale.

You trying to make this comparison is absurd.

 

[1972 Grad]

He dismissed it. He wasted time and didn't prepare. He said things would be open by Easter. Just stop the deflection and admit your President is a lying sack who is more interested in his TV ratings than helping people.

I think he said he hoped that things would be open by Easter. He's an optimist, not a whining, crying, moaning, piss in your pants pessimist like yourself.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

My mistake, my apologies. Now that the niceties are over:
In the sense of brotherhood and solidarity, you should join him.

Say no more, fam.

 

[Smokey'sHandler]

No, I was incorrect. You are a fool for defending Trump. Tomorrow I will be right about Pelosi but you will still be a fool.

Putting your trust in anyone in congress right now as being morally superior to Trump is ignorant at this point. They all showed their hand with the stimulus bill which was that they have their own interests at heart instead of the American people. Even when a global disaster is taking place. They are all despicable in my book.

 

[1972 Grad]

Pelosi is not the president. She's one senator of 100. Trump is the president and quite deserving of his criticism. He lies constantly and gets caught. He makes a fool of himself on Twitter. He is not a leader. He ignored the info of our intelligence community because he thinks they are a part of a deep state against him. He was more worried about the economy than being honest about COVID. He is morally (and usually fiscally) bankrupt. Keep on defending him if you choose but at this point doing so makes you look like a shill.

When did Pelosi become a Senator? You are more ignorant than I realized.

 

[volfanjustin]

I've always thought it looked boring to play, so I've never understood how people can watch it and be entertained.

I am terrible at it but enjoy playing

 

[Purple Tiger]

PT is just starting to follow politics obviously. There was a time in public school where kids were taught that the speaker of the house is 3rd in line.

No speaker of the house has ever directly assumed the presidency.

 

[LouderVol]

Dude people were dying all over China for a month before it got here, the response by this administration appears to have been completely reactionary after it was too late. Obviously hindsight is 20/20 but to say "no one knew" is bs.

The WHO lied about it. You know the ones who are supposed to be tracking this stuff and impartially reporting?

 

[volfanjustin]

Got the email I was dreading

Top tier of my company (owners/VPs/Directors) 30% pay cut
Managers (me) 15% pay cut
Hourly employees cut hours to at best 4 days a week

 

[McDad]

The WHO lied about it. China lied about it. I wouldnt call that all the information in the world. Pretty sure Trump shut down air travel before the WHO declared an emergency. Someone check me on that tho.

Heck even after Trump came out with measures many local and state leaders were out there preaching the opposite. Again hard to call it all the information in the world when those below you use false information for their own political ends.

Trump could have shut down air travel Jan1 with total isolation and more people would have still died to this than Benghazi. You were even against Trump shutting stuff down.

It's a disease. It's going to run its course. Benghazi was a completely avoidable event that got blamed on a video.

No doubt which will impact our country more, but as far as a direct failing of an individual benghazi was far worse. But that's an issue of scale, small misses on a global scale is going to have an impact far greater than a big miss on a building scale.

You trying to make this comparison is absurd.

Reading through this thread last night from page 1, I was surprised at how ho hum the initial response was. All this dire stuff was coming out of China through social media. Xi was giving assurances left and right it was under control. The WHO had to issue a formal apology for not taking the threat to the world serious enough at the start of this. Even learned China denied entry from our CDC to assist at "ground zero" in the first few weeks.
By the time it was publicly known it could be transmitted person to person, the cards were dealt. There was no going back.

 

[Purple Tiger]

I think he said he hoped that things would be open by Easter. He's an optimist, not a whining, crying, moaning, piss in your pants pessimist like yourself.

No, Trump was still in his downplay mode. He was full of $hit as usual.

 

[McDad]

Say no more, fam.

Tannerite has elevated your spirits.

Well done.

 

[Weezer]

You are giving presidents way too much credit for control over the economy. In both directions, and to both parties.

The policies the left pushes are not business friendly and will hinder any recovery. They'll push all the "green" stuff, which will cost businesses even more, probably result in fewer jobs, and probably put some people completely out of business. Of course, that will lead them to increase entitlement programs, which they'll love, resulting in more people reliant upon the government for their livelihood. But that's all JMO.

 

[0nelilreb]

But they did spend time coming up with witty racist names for it, like "Kung Flu." Are you expecting the leg-humpers to just ignore that achievement?

Your brain is ate up with searching for ways to make everything racist . FYI.. KUNG is not a race .

 

[McDad]

Got the email I was dreading

Top tier of my company (owners/VPs/Directors) 30% pay cut
Managers (me) 15% pay cut
Hourly employees cut hours to at best 4 days a week

Sorry to hear man. Hopefully the worst is behind us.

 

[1972 Grad]

You’re great at carrying the Democrat water..... they must have done a lot for you

Biden kept the Republicans from putting him back in chains.

 

[Smokey'sHandler]

No speaker of the house has ever directly assumed the presidency.

Well we have never had a time where both the President and VP was incapacitated or murdered at the same time but that doesn’t mean that she isn’t 3rd in line.

 

[McDad]

Your brain is ate up with searching for ways to make everything racist . FYI.. KUNG is not a race .

I don't care what anyone thinks. Kung Flu is an awesome name.