“We can make these people whole again.”
That was the response of Senator Lindsay Graham, shortly after the lockdowns began in response to the outbreak of COVID-19… in the context of JOBS. In the context of Business Owners and the financial impact that would eventually come.
He suggested we could RESTORE… retroactively.
Putting aside the question of the saintly-hood of our Senators for a second… what was he speaking of? What glimmer of HOPE can we find within that statement… that’s IF Senator Graham was speaking in GOOD FAITH.
It seems COLD to color the situation in terms of MONEY, considering the toll taken in the lives of most people. It’s ignorant to even contemplate retroactively fixing what has been LOST… half a million from the virus, untold numbers from the dominoes that fell as our hospitals filled to capacity. There is NO amount of money that can replace that.
And it wasn’t due to a VIRUS. It was due to INACTION.
It was due to ineptitude, elevated by OUR VOTE.
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As I write, I’m looking down at a freshly cleared field, tucked in next to a small tributary that feeds the Missouri River… a far cry from the crowded city streets of Manhattan or Seattle. The impact may be harder to see, but it is felt just the same.
We’ve lost LIVES. We’ve lost LIVELIHOODS, but we’ve lost more than that… we’ve lost a sense of TRUST. We’ve lost a sense of SECURITY. When lives are on the line, we call 911. We take it for granted. More people now know… that’s not always the case. We’ve lost our Innocence.
There is no retroactively fixing that. We’ve shattered the ILLUSION of security… and it was taken with our consent.
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I don’t believe the American People elevate liars intentionally. We only find out AFTER they’ve risen to power that they were being less than truthful… well, with the obvious exceptions of course.
And once those liars are exposed, they eventually find themselves voted out of office, or escorted out by authorities. When crimes are committed, those who perpetrated AND participated are eventually held accountable… except for those who are NOT. Even when the evidence seems overwhelming, some people just seem to SKIRT.
Identical crimes. Identical circumstances. Wildly different outcomes.
SAME Judicial System.
What’s the variable. What CHANGES that outcome?
-Chris Rock
Chris almost got it right… it’s not fame. There are many people you’ve never heard of before, who’ve done the exact same thing. It’s the MONEY. It’s the ability to secure Legal Counsel… it’s the ability to secure QUALITY Legal Counsel.
MONEY allows people to get away with murder.
MONEY defines what is or is NOT murder, because we choose our Elected Officials based on who can raise the MOST MONEY… Therefore, our laws favor those with money over those without.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2021/05/04/ledell-lee-dna-execution/
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To the Victor go the spoils, and those with MONEY always seem to win. History is written by the winners… and so are our LAWS.
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Ashli Babbit wasn’t executed on January 6th, she was shot by police while Breaking and Entering the United States House of Representatives.
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The people who stormed the Capitol on January 6th weren’t exercising their First Amendment Right to protest…
Donald Trump wasn’t directing that crowd to call on Congress for a redress of their grievances. He told them to “… fight like hell or you won’t have a country anymore.”
Officers were not greeted with hugs and kisses that day.
LIES have elevated these problems. Lies elevated the people who were willing to support those lies, and those lies continue to GROW… even as we know they are lies.
These are the FACTS…
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/03/qanon-shaman-organic-food-465563
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https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-was-watching-tv-while-riots-took-place-2021-1
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https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-says-tie-between-a-proud-boy-trump-white-house-2021-3
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… and these are the LIES.
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/15/politics/space-force-lohmeier-fired-after-comments/index.html
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It’s a hard pill to swallow, but we must address these issues head-on, and establish what is FACT before we can move on. LIES do not save lives in times of crisis… they only serve to keep BAD ACTORS in power.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/08/netanyahu-israel-corruption-charges-467605
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog
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The BAD ACTORS don’t want us to realize that. They don’t want us finding COMMON GROUND… casting aside the insanity and FOCUSING on what is RIGHT.
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We lose our ability to LEAD, so long as we continue to cling to LIES. In order to find what is RIGHT, we must admit when we are WRONG… and work to ensure it can NEVER happen again.
-JC
End The Electoral College NOW!! 