Four Years Ago

by on March 16, 2024 at 12:01 am
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Four years ago today, there were a few thousand confirmed cases of the China virus in America. The vast majority were in China and, oddly, Italy where a major focus had hit one of their regions. President Trump told everybody to go home for 15 days to slow the spread. Just to flatten the curve so the hospitals wouldn’t be overrun by cases when the peak hit. A few crazy conspiracy theorists told Americans not to cooperate. That if we let the government lock us down for 15 days, they would keep us locked down for months or years or longer. Most people disregarded them. What right-minded American would believe the government was even capable of anything like that? It was just those crazy conspiracy theorists spouting off. Right?

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Four Years Ago

by on March 15, 2024 at 12:01 am
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My Mom was alive four years ago. She was retired from work, living at home, and happy. I was out of debt, working, and living in the house I bought next door so I could shovel snow, mow grass, and do all the other stuff it takes to keep houses running. We were back from our trip north where we joined people in restaurants and met family just like life was normal and happy. Because it was. Of course, there was that odd bug coming out of China that the news was talking about. And people with weakened respiratory systems seemed to be the primary target, which was us. But we were listening to the doctors, and they had some good ideas on what treatments or supplements we should take to improve our body’s ability to fight it. We were going to be okay.

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Four Years Ago

by on March 14, 2024 at 12:01 am
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I was out of debt four years ago. The Dave Ramsey Debt Bomb worked great, and other than the car and house I had no debt at all. And I owned another house free and clear that I was about to get back. Days away from eviction day, and then I could sell it to someone who would actually pay me for it. Crazy thought that. Things were looking up. Of course there was that weird WuFlu touching our western shores with a few thousand confirmed cases. But even the target demo of old people with underlying conditions suffered less than 1% deaths, making it way less dangerous than previous pandemics. All we really had to do was take care of them and everybody else should be okay. Trump’s national emergency declaration was just a preventative measure. Right?

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Four Years Ago

by on March 13, 2024 at 12:01 am
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I went to court four years ago. Me and Mom drove up to Northern Minnesota where my house and the courthouse was. We ate at a Pizza Ranch along the way, filled with other people enjoying some of the best buffet pizza in the world. In a darker moment of speculation, I wondered if we were ever going to go back again. There was that crazy flue spreading out of China after all. Never knew where that could lead, but it wasn’t affecting us. I dressed up in a suit, and we went to court to deal with a man who had decided he wasn’t going to pay for the house he bought from me. My lawyer did all the talking, the judge ruled the man had to leave, and placed an eviction date of March 20 on the case. I was about to get my house back, and the world was good.

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60 Minutes of Hate

by on March 12, 2024 at 12:01 am
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Last week’s 60 Minutes of Hate from President Biden showcased him shouting at his many domestic enemies, including Trump, the Supreme Court, and unarmed protestors. And he was very vocal when it came to supporting the golden jewel of Ukraine from Russian aggression. He was less vocal when it came to Hamas and their October 7 attack on our ally Israel. He didn’t even mention the Israeli and American citizens currently held hostage by Hamas, but he did tell us that he was going to send the Navy in to build a new pier in Gaza so it will be easier to send supplies there. I’m certain Hamas will be thankful to their sugar daddy for the gifts he will bring them. Our ally Israel… maybe not so much. Our allies deserve better than these people…

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