[AGL] the USA R.I.P.

[Charles Loving]

Nothing will change but the faces. There may be a slight blip in the force
but the swamp is too full of ofal to drain. And if Biden fades we get
Harris another stellar choice. We will continue to hold tight to our ankles
and keep bent over.

On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 6:58 AM Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I naively assumed that Gov. Abbott was just looking out for the survival
> of the bar industry in an eleemosynary spirit. As Frances points out, the
> ploy of reimagining bars as restaurants and letting them reopen was simply
> to keep the sales tax monies flowing to the state the health of the public
> be damned. In a parallel universe, an enlightened public would rise up and
> recall Abbott from office. Don't hold your breath!
>
> What an election! Whoever wins Biden or Trump we lose: both crooks, the
> former in addition to being financially corrupt a captive of the worst
> tendencies of the age, namely the movements working to overthrow the
> intellectual and moral heritage of Western civilization. The latter, a
> narcissist as Frances notes yet strangely his own man and not in the pocket
> of special interests so far as is known unlike Biden who has been owned
> lock stock and barrel by the credit card giants domiciled in his home state
> of Delaware.
>
> On 10/24/2020 11:49 PM, Frances Morey wrote:
>
> The state of Texas enjoyed a million dollars a day in alcohol taxes
> collected by the bar keeps--that factoid I learned over a decade ago. No
> telling what it is since then. The state's self interest is at stake more
> than public health. The third spike is under way. We'll see how closely the
> death rate follows.
>
> Trump as role model Narcissist in Chief disparaged face covering turning
> it into a political statement. I sure hope he doesn't win a second term.
> That could cause COVID-19 to linger in the populace for the rest of my
> lifetime. I have learned to be cautious, masking up in public and avoiding
> crowded situations--so far so good.
> Best,
> Frances
>
>
>

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Charlie Loving
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