I’ve written two letters to my Congresswoman, Lois Frankel, over the last two days. I won’t bore you with the entire letters, but I thought you’d be interested in the subject: PPP.
The first letter described how the PPP is affecting someone I know, someone very close to me, an independent contractor, a “gig worker” in today’s parlance, and the trials and tribulations of her attempts to receive the PPP loan she deserved.
25th Amendment — Pipe dream? For sure. Wishful thinking? Of course. Ever going to happen? Not a chance.
Joe Scarborough confirms: 25th Amendment (as well as the 10th Amendment) is dead!
You know, I always cringed when I heard Ronald Reagan’s small government mantra, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
Note: An earlier version of this post went out to an email distribution. Due to popular demand, I am posting it on Around the Block as well.
As the administration scrambled to contain the Trump “drink disinfectant” advice (I think that’s called an “unforced error” in tennis…oh, wait, Trump’s a golfer, maybe he should get a “mulligan.” But I digress.), among the administration’s admonitions were these:
Pence and the rest of the Cabinet need to not only think about it, but do something about it. Because, they’re the only ones who can get it done!
Keeping up with the dumb theme, with regard to writing about the Trump circle, dumb is not new topic for me.
In fact, back in 2016 I posted two pieces characterizing two Trump sons as “Dumb as a box of rocks.”
Hope you enjoy the nostalgia.
Earlier this week I published an Around the Block called, “Dumbestest!.” I closed with this request:
“…And remember, keep those cards and letters coming in – I want to know if you have any other elected officials I can add to this “dumb” hierarchy. And worry not, I’ve already developed a few additional superlatives…”
Last week I posted an Around the Block called, “The saga of ‘Smart‘, ‘Dumb’, ‘Dumber’ and ‘Dumbest,’” in which I suggested that a hierarchy of governmental leadership was clearly developing.
Smart – Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA)
Dumb – Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD)
Dumber – Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR)
Dumbest – President Donald J. Trump (R-Mar-a-Lago)
A friend emailed me yesterday saying, “I consider myself to be a somewhat rational person, but listening to Pence’s non-stop babbling and “fearless leader” bullshit on Meet the Press this morning literally brought me tears.
My reply:
You watched? My TV automatically changes to any channel that the Three Stooges are on when Pence appears. And when Trump is on, the TV switches to a Marx Brothers’ movie, preferably “The Cocoanuts,” “Monkey Business,” or “At the Circus,” as those three most aptly describe our current situation.
Report: Covid-19 doesn’t make us ‘stupid!
At least not all of us
The coronavirus pandemic is horrific. But new reports say the virus is only making some people stupid. Here are a few of them.
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