Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell aka Moscow Mitch said he is not interested in “Bailing Out” Blue States who have been negatively effected because of the costs of fighting the COVID-19 Virus.

What Moscow Mitch seems to forget, is the fact that Kentucky is the second most Federally Dependent State in the Country. For every one (1) dollar Kentucky pays in Federal Taxes, Kentucky gets $2.61 back from the Federal Government. This is a 161% positive return for their taxes.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has requested assistance from the Federal Government, which Moscow Mitch is opposed to.

What Moscow Mitch seems to forget, is the fact that New York is the least Federally Dependent State in the Country. For every one (1) dollar New York pays in Federal Taxes, they only get .90 cents back. This is a 10% negative return for their taxes.

The Bottom Line is that Mitch McConnell’s State has been living off of Andrew Cuomo’s State every year. New York has been giving the Federal Government the funds needed to give the State of Kentucky their welfare checks.

Donald Trump is “Red State” centric, and “Blue States” are being taken advantage.

Mr. McConnell, I have one (1) question for you: When will the State of Kentucky be able to support itself and not need welfare checks funded by States like New York?

There have been many right-wing media personalities and politicians who have suggested that the lives of Senior Citizens are worth less than those of younger people.

Bill O’Reilly, who has paid numerous settlements as a result of his Sexual Misconduct, said that the Senior Citizens who died from the COVID-19 Virus were “On Their Last Leg Anyway”

The Lt. Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, said that Senior Citizens should be willing to risk their lives to save the economy for their grandchildren. Apparently, Mr. Patrick does not realize that since we are approaching a 25 Trillion Dollar National Debt, it is to late to save the economy for our grandchildren.

Glenn Beck is another one who has suggested that Senior Citizens should be willing to “Die For The Dow”.

In addition, it has been documented, that the largest percentage of COVID-19 deaths are coming from Nursing Homes. One needs to ask:

1. How can any child ignore the fact that their Father or Mother is in a very dangerous situation? Don’t they remember how their parents always tried to protect them?
2. Why isn’t the Government air-lifting these people out of these facilities?
3. Do we really feel that the Lives Of Senior Citizens are Worth Less?
4. Senior Citizens are the people who have paid taxes for the longest period of time. Are we done with them?

If you agree with Bill O’Reilly, Dan Patrick, Glenn Beck and others that the lives of Older People are less valuable, maybe you think we should adjust the prison sentences of murderers, and believe the sentence a murderer receives should depend on the age of the victim.

Bill O’Reilly, Dan Patrick, Glenn Beck and others might approve of the following guidelines for the prison sentences of murders:

Age of victim: Less than 20 years old = Death Penality

Age of victim: 20-39 = Life In Prison

Age of victim: 40-59 = 20 Years in Prison

Age of victim: 60 -69 = Probation

Age of victim: 70 or older = $50.00 fine

Bill O’Reilly, Dan Patrick, Glenn Beck might approve of these guidelines. WOULD YOU?

What is your answer? Would you sit next to the person smoking or the person with the COVID-19 Virus?

Unfortunately, we do not actually get to make this decision. We can see a person who is smoking, however we do not know if a person has the COVID-19 Virus. Since we ban smoking in most public places, because of the dangers of exposing others to second-hand smoke, it would be logical to ban exposing others to the COVID-19 Virus.

Unfortunately, since less than 2% of the American public has been tested for the Virus, we do not know if we are exposing others to the virus of not. The 2% of the American public who have been tested have generated over 750,000 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 Virus. If we tested 100% of the American public, would that expose 37 Million COVID-19 cases in the country?

I saw a protester of the current Social Distancing regulations. She holding a picture of a mask. The mask in the picture had a circle around it, and a line going through it. This person was protesting the fact that she had to wear a mask. I assume she was stating that she has the right to expose herself to the COVID-19 Virus. SHE DOES, but does she have the right to expose others to it?

In Pennsylvania, it is legal to ride a motorcycle without a helmet on. It is their right to do so. However, their decision only effects them, and not others.

Since a person can have the COVID-19 Virus, and not have any symptoms, we all have to assume that we might have it, and if we care at all about other people, we should do our part to prevent exposing others to the virus.

Will we publicly shame people who do not wear masks in public? I remember when I was a smoker, and walked past a non-smoker, while I was holding a cigarette, some of them would cover their mouth or start coughing. This was their way of publicly shaming me for smoking. People who quit smoking can be like “Born Again Christians”, who act all self-righteous.

What type of person would protest regulations whose only objective is to help save lives? I think we can rule out any “Pro-Life” people. It would be hard to believe a person could be Pro-Life, and also be opposed to something designed to help save lives.

I totally understand the stress that so many people are experiencing. We want to be able to provide food, clothing and shelter to our families. We want to get out of the house. We want our lives back.

The question is: Can we open up the country and all do our part to protect ourselves and others?

At the end of the day, it is not going to be Trump or either the Republican or Democratic Parties that will determine the outcome of this crisis. The final outcome lies with the American people, and we are only as strong as our weakest link.

So yes, while we try to protect ourselves and others from the COVID-19 Virus, we should PUBLICLY SHAME THOSE THAT DO NOT.

It has been suggested by some people, that many Governors are over-reacting to the dangers of the COVID-19 Virus. These people say that since we do not shut down our roads and highways because people die in traffic accidents, we should not close businesses and schools, because of the COVID-19 virus deaths.

Several of these people have even suggested that Senior Citizens should be willing risk their lives to protect the economy for their grandchildren. The Lt. Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, and Glenn Beck were among the first to say that Senior Citizens should be willing to “Die For The Dow”.

Traffic Deaths vs Covid-19 Deaths:

1. It is true that there are over 38,000 traffic fatalities in the USA every year. However, this is 38,000 out of 230,000,000 licensed drivers.
2. There have been over 40,000 COVID-19 USA deaths out of only 750,000 reported COVID-19 cases.
3. If we had the same percentage of fatalities from traffic accidents as we have from the COVID-19 virus, we would lose over 1,200,000 American lives per year from traffic accidents.
4. Traffic fatalities are NOT contagious. You cannot catch a traffic fatality from another traffic fatality unless you are involved in the same traffic accident.
5. WE DO Social Distance and close down roads and highways when there is a traffic accident, especially when there is a fatality, and the area remains closed until it is safe for traffic to pass through.
6. We continually try to take steps to reduce the amount of traffic fatalities. Air Bags, Seat Belts, Break-away Motor Mounts, Child Seats and Vehicle Inspections are just a few of the steps we have taken to make driving safer.

Die For The Dow:

1. Bill O’Reilly recently said that most of the people who die from COVID-19 are senior citizens who are “On their last leg anyway”. We all knew that Bill O’Reilly is a total asshole before he said this. This statement just confirms what we all ready knew.
2. The National Debt has increased over four (4) Trillion Dollars during the first 39 months of the Trump Administration. This is the largest 39 month National Debt increase by any leader, of any country in history. It is to late to save the economy for out grandchildren. If we cared about our grandchildren, we would not be leaving them with a 24 Trillion Dollar Debt, so they can pay back the money we borrowed, for the things we were not willing to pay for ourselves.
3. If Lt. Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, and Glenn Beck truly feel that Senior Citizens should be willing to “Die For The Dow”, they have my permission to Die For The Dow.

Bookstores and Libraries are filled with self-help books claiming they hold the secrets to being successful. Many of them contain good advice, which can, if applied, be beneficial. Many people read these books, and conclude that the information presented is simply “common sense”. A person may be correct making this assumption, however, we know that “common sense” is really not that common, and in addition to “common sense” a person needs to discipline themselves to apply the principles promoted in these self-help books to gain any benefit.

“A few simple disciplines practiced every day is the difference between thinking and having” – Jim Rohn

I have often wondered if it would be helpful to have someone write a book titled “How To Avoid Failing The Way I Did”. I believe we could probably learn a lot from the mistakes that were made by those people who failed. They could teach us how to see and avoid the landmines they stepped on, which blew up their chances of being successful. I am sure the list of potential dangers needing to be avoided, would be a very long list.

I then started think about the people who could possibly write such a book about how to avoid failure. A couple people quickly came to mind:

Contractors: More specifically, those hundreds or maybe thousands of Contractors who were forced to close their businesses, when after completing the work ordered and contracted for by Donald Trump, came to the realization, that Donald Trump never had any intention of paying them, and that Trump was determined to very slowly drag them through endless court battles, to force them to incur huge legal fees and to finally frustrate them enough that they finally gave up. I quickly decided that these people might not be the right people to write such a book, because the book would be to short. The book would only include Six (6) Words: “Don’t Do Business With Donald Trump”.

Donald Trump: He would be a very obvious choice. There are very few people who have experienced failure more than him. He is a man who lost the 400 Million Dollars he inherited from his father, and as a private citizen lost One (1) Billion Dollars in 10 years. If we add to this his failed marriages, he did seem to be the perfect choice, however, I had to rule him out of consideration.

The reason I ruled out Donald Trump to be the author of “How To Avoid Failing The Way I Did” was the fact that he never learned from any of his failures. Trump proves this point by learning nothing from his 1st Bankruptcy, or his 2nd, or his 3rd, or his 4th, or his 5th, or his 6th. To prove this point ever further, after taking 10 Years to lose his 1st Billion Dollars, now as POTUS, he is losing our country three (3) Billion Dollars EVERY DAY, and has raised our National Debt by Three (3) TRILLION, 349 BILLION DOLLARS since taking office. The bottom line is: There is nothing we could possibly learn from Donald Trump about avoiding failure.

In Summary: I am still looking for the right person to write “How To Avoid Failing The Way I Did”

If Donald Trump cared about his supporters, he would care about their health and safety. He should know, that they listen to what he says, and for reasons which I will never understand, they believe him.

You have to wonder what the “pebble in the pond” effect of Donald Trump claiming the CoronaVirus is a HOAX created by the Democrats will be. Since many of his supporters take what he says as gospel, many of them will now ignore the dangers of the CoronaVirus, and do little or nothing to protect themselves.

Trump’s supporters need to ask themselves:

1. Why would Trump have Mike Pence lead a CoronaVirus Task Force, if the CoronaVirus is a HOAX?
2. Why would Trump ask Congress for Billions of dollars to protect America from a CoronaVirus Hoax?
3. Why would Trump hold a “Prime Time” News Conference, and talk about Vaccines being developed to fight off a CoronaVirus Hoax?
4. Why did Did Trump Fire the US Pandemic Response Team, and never replace them?
5. Can Trump really blame the number of CoronaVirus deaths in countries around the Globe on the Democrats?
6. Why is Trump more afraid of the negative effects the CoronaVirus will have on the Stock Market, than the negative effects it will have on the health of the American people?

I understand and accept the fact that Trump considers any American who does not support him as his enemy, but one would think, he would not go out of his way, to put his own supporters in danger, by encouraging them to ignore the dangers of the CoronaVirus and calling it a Democratic HOAX.

I was not really surprised last night when Donald Trump tried to downplay the recent Stock Market drop during his Press Conference. He conceded that the Dow had dropped 2,000 points, but said that this drop is small when you consider that the Dow was only 16,000 when he took office. He then tried to blame some of the Stock Market Loss to the Democratic debate.

There are Three (3) issues that I have with Trump’s statements:

1. The Dow dropped 1,032 points BEFORE the Democratic Debate started.
2. Trump conceded the Dow dropped 2,000 points, but the actual Dow drop is 2,400 points
3. The Dow was not 16,000 when he took office as he stated, the Dow was 19,813 on the his 1st day in office.

I was surprised during the Democratic Debate, when Mike Bloomberg, while trying to make a point about the National Debt, said the debt was 20 Trillion Dollars, and approaching 21 Trillion.

The fact is, The National Debt is over 23 Trillion dollars and is approaching 24 Trillion Dollars.

Summary:

The only thing I can conclude out of this, is that both Fake Billionaires like Donald Trump and Real Billionaires like Mike Bloomberg both struggle with numbers.

If Donald Trump owned a team in the National Football League, instead of trying to improve his team if they were losing, he would instead, fire the people keeping score. He would accuse the scorekeepers of posting “Fake Scores”. He would claim his team had actually won the games they lost, or at a minimum, claim the games were Fixed or Rigged and the final scores are a Hoax.

He demonstrated this strategy again this week, when his National Security Team had the balls to inform Congress that not only are Russian hackers meddling in the 2020 Elections, they are trying to help Donald Trump win re-election. Donald Trump would have nothing of this, and fired Joseph Maquire, the Director of National Intelligence for allowing his aide, Shelby Pierson inform Congress of these Russian activities.

Our National Intelligence Agencies simply gather intelligence, and report their findings “The Score” to the President and the Congress as required by law. However, Donald Trump does not want anyone to know the actual score. He only wants everyone to know “The Trump Score” which is the score that he either perceives it to be, or wants it to be. He ignores and/or refuses to accept reality. Any person who claims the Revolutionary Army took control of all the airports in 1775, is not living in reality. Any person who believes the Military did not own any ammunition until 2017 is delusional and any person who says that Americans Invented “The Wheel”, and does not realize everyone will know he is lying, is simply just Bat-Shit Crazy.

Trump had promised to hire the “Best People”. However, when Trump fires these same people, he blames everything on them. He cannot stop telling us how bad they were, how weak they were and how unqualified they were. It sounds to me that instead of firing them, he should fire the person who selected these bad, weak and unqualified people. WHO SELECTED THEM?

So now we have a New Acting Director of National Intelligence to oversee our 17 Intelligence Agencies. Our new Acting Director of National Intelligence has ZERO experience with Intelligence. This now leaves America in the position of having a Director Of National Intelligence advising a President who has ZERO Intelligence.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

One thing this does explain is why Donald Trump decided that golfing is his game of choice. The reason is quite obvious, in golf, the player gets to keep his or her own score. They use the “Honor System” when keeping score, and this added to the fact that Trump cannot add anything past four (4) or maybe five (5), makes this is the perfect game for Trump.

55 Years ago, when I was a golf caddie at Spring Lake Golf & Country Club, in Spring Lake NJ, I remember listening to the Club Members all laugh about those members who were known to be “The Cheaters”. Everyone knew who they were, and I wish Donald Trump could listen to the things they probably are all saying about him in the Club Houses of his Golf Courses.

The actor Samuel Jackson tells a great story about his experience while golfing with Trump. Trump apparently duck-hooked his drive off the tee-box deep into the water hazard of the left side of the fairway. However, Trump’s caddie miraculously claimed to find Trump’s golf ball in the middle of the fairway.

Remember when the Republican Party pretended to be the “Party Of Fiscal Responsibility”?

We can cross that off.

It was quite shocking yesterday, February 18, 2020 to have Donald Trump inform the American people that before he took office, the military did not have any ammunition.

One needs to ask, since our Defense Budget has exceeded TEN (10) TRILLION DOLLARS over the 17 years prior to Trump taking office, how did they forget to buy bullets?

According to Trump, the military NEVER had ammunition until he took office, which probably explains why we lost the war in Vietnam, and have been losing the war in Afghanistan for so long.

Can you imagine the horror on the faces of our brave American soldiers, while preparing to get out of their boats, and storm the Beaches of Normandy during WWII, came to the realization, that no one brought any bullets?

Where was the NRA during all this? Why didn’t they complain that the Military had no bullets?

What about the gun manufacturers who sold the Military all of these weapons? Didn’t it ever to anyone that the Military would need ammunition for weapons they were selling them?

If you go to McDonalds and order Hamburgers, they usually ask if “Do you want any French fries with that”

It would only make sense that if the Military spent over Ten Trillion Dollars on weapons, someone would ask “Do you want any Ammo with that?”

Of course, knowing now that the Military NEVER had any ammunition for their rifles, WHO DID SHOOT THOSE COLLEGE STUDENTS AT KENT STATE?