op ed review 4/12
THIS WEEK’S NEWS
Conservative Leaders Petitioning Trump to Launch ‘Great
American Economic Revival’
Trump calls decision on reopening US the biggest of his life
Texas governor prepares executive order setting guidelines
to reopen businesses
Boeing plans limited return to work next week after
coronavirus shutdown: reports
Austria, Norway, Denmark, the Czech Republic Announce Plans
to Reopen at Least Parts of Their Economy – Sweden never closed.
Trump approval among black voters near 20%: Poll
Here’s proof: Pew
Poll, White Liberals More Likely To Be Mentally Ill And Depressed
Trump's Economic Approval Rating Hits Highest Level Ever
Biden Flip-Flops, Now Supports Trump's China Travel Ban He
Once Called 'Hysterical Xenophobia'
In the People’s Republic of Virginia: Northam signs gun-control bills into law “This
is an exciting day for me.”….” Virginia was once a socially conservative state
where lawmakers in both parties viewed gun rights as sacrosanct”
Democrat Kentucky Governor Vetoes Mandatory Voter ID for
2020 Election
Same Democrat Governor Recording License Plates Of Easter
Sunday Churchgoers, Ordering Them To 14-Day Quarantine
Franklin Graham to give Easter address on Fox News
Dems block McConnell bid to swiftly approve $250B more for
small business fund
Adam Schiff Submits Bill to Create Commission Reviewing
Trump’s Coronavirus Response
Biden adviser, ObamaCare architect Zeke Emanuel says US
should 'prepare' for coronavirus measures to last 18 months
Pelosi Leads Democratic Effort to Use Health Crisis to
Change Election Laws
Dump Biden: Majority of Democrats Want Cuomo to Be Their
Nominee for President
Pentagon issues rare public rebuke against ABC for claim
White House was warned of pandemic in November
In California, State bill would let minors have sex change
without parental knowledge
Federal Debt Tops $24 Trillion for First Time; GAO: 'The
Current Federal Fiscal Path is Unsustainable'
CBS Hypes Alternate Reality TV Show: Hillary Won in 2016!
Silver lining: Illegal
border crossing reportedly 'next to nothing ... less than 150 apprehensions'
for almost a week
Immigrants Self-Deporting from U.S. to Avoid Coronavirus
Infection
This guy is so loathsome:
Washington AG Bob Ferguson claims Trump could delay 2020 election,
Republicans demand apology.
U.S. Spent $452 Million on World Health Organization in 2019
Against China's $42 Million, yet WHO is a propaganda instrument for China.
Report: New York City Auctioned Off Ventilator Stockpile
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/04/07/report-new-york-city-auctioned-off-ventilator-stockpile/
USA Today fact-checked that Obama administration depleted
federal stockpile of N95 masks
Washington state Supreme Court denies Seattle’s bid for
income tax on wealthy households
“Your papers, please.”
St. Louis Federal Reserve Head Says Americans Should Be Tested for
COVID-19 Daily And Forced To Display a Badge on Their Clothing with the Result
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COLUMN OF THE WEEK
Freedom in the Face of the Plague
Wayne Issac 4/5
Live
free or die!” So cries a noble people in the face of danger. Our forefathers,
who prevailed in the War of Independence, were such men. They faced danger with
courage and resolute firmness. Our modern leaders do not. Instead, they cower.
Out of fear, state governors across America dictated draconian shutdowns in
response to the spread of the Chinese coronavirus. These acts are contrary to
our way of life; we must repeal them.
The
preservation of life must include the preservation of liberty. The cure must
not inflict more damage than the disease. I do not deny that the coronavirus
poses a serious public health threat. Many thousands have died, and
there is much our regime
could and should do to confront this scourge.
The
federal government could ban the arrival of infected foreigners. State and
local officials could provide food and medicine to those who choose to
self-quarantine. They could also facilitate the production of medical and
protective equipment on American soil. Each of these measures would mitigate
the spread of disease. None of them violates the right of citizens to work,
assemble, and worship.
But
we didn’t choose those solutions. Instead, state and local leaders turned our
country into an open-air prison camp. In Florida, police arrested a pastor for
conducting Sunday services. In New Jersey, officials arrested a couple for
hosting a wedding. In Rhode Island, the governor dispatched the police and
National Guard to go door to door ordering out of state travelers—sick and
healthy alike—into quarantine. In an especially egregious act, Michigan
Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a blanket order stating that, with little exception, “all public and
private gatherings of any number of people occurring among persons not part of
a single household are prohibited.”
Even
the prisoners in Stalin’s gulags had the right to sit and converse in each
others’ presence.
Even
worse, these draconian mandates result not from legislation but from executive
fiat. State governors cast aside the normal political process in the face of
8,000 deaths in one month. To put this in perspective, 7,600 Americans die from
other causes . . . every day. Hurricanes, tornados, heart disease, floods,
suicide, cancer, drug overdoses, and car accidents together kill hundreds of
thousands of Americans every year. As deadly as these things are, they are not
potent enough to destroy our existence as a people. The Chinese coronavirus
should not be different! As bad as the worst fearmongers make it out to be, it
does not constitute an existential threat to our way of life by itself.
The
same cannot be said of these totalitarian lockdowns. How can we preserve our
liberty when our rights disappear at the first sign of crisis? Having tasted
the power this state of emergency gives them, our leaders will invoke such
excuses again. The precedent now exists that in times of trouble we must
suspend all of our democratic and republican norms. Human activity
itself—friendship, love, and worship—must also effectively cease.
Next
Sunday is Easter, the holiest day on the Christian calendar. Tens of millions
of Christians cannot attend services by law. Even the Soviet Union at the
height of its power could not have stripped Americans of this right. And yet
our own governments have done so without just cause.
A
free people cannot accept this!
Mine
is not an argument for government inaction, callous disregard for the elderly,
or insipid worship of money-making. Instead, I embrace the right of the people
to face this crisis on their own terms. Going outside, meeting with those we
love, and gathering to worship God may come at a cost. The decision to
shut down large swaths of our public life by fiat definitely does.
As
for myself, I will honor the spirit of my forefathers. I choose freedom—even in
the face of coronavirus.
Another
good read: How depraved is the
'resistance'? Enough to root for vast death by COVID-19
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FROM OTHER COLUMNS
“Fun fact: China also never reported a single death at
Tiananmen Square.”
-David
Burge
“This goes one of two ways. Our little experiment with
living in a communist dictatorship repels most Americans and makes us hunger
for freedom and independence, leading to a great reawakening. Or we grow used
to being controlled and dependent, and the opposite result follows.”
-Matt
Walsh
“Ask yourself when you want to do something good for your
fellow man, do you write a check to a local charity or send in some extra to
the government?”
-Peter
Heck
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PROGRESSIVE WATCH
All the Establishment Media’s Dangerous Coronavirus Lies –
Part 2
Collusion with China?
American media keep repeating China's coronavirus talking points
3 Weeks Ago Calif Gov. Newsom Said 25.5 Million People in
California Would be Infected with Coronavirus Over 8-Week Period - Actual
Number Today? ... 15,247
Alec Baldwin: 'If You Vote for Trump Again, You Are Mentally
Ill'
Nature magazine apologizes for linking Covid-19 with Wuhan
and China because it encourages “racist attacks”.
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CORONAVIRUS
“…do you know the odds of any American getting this virus?
One would think that number is easily known or available. It’s not. A lot
of digging reveals, based on the population tested, that rates can vary from,
at most, eight-tenths of a percent in New York City to two-one-hundredths of a
percent in Phoenix. Did you know the chances of recovery from the
coronavirus are about 98%—if you catch it? Did you know
there are models showing 50% of the population may have already had it, never
knew they had it, and recovered? Again, one would think this data would
be widely available and reported. It isn’t.”
Infectious Disease Specialist Says Use of Coronavirus Drugs
Touted By Trump is 'Absolute Game Changer'
Denver Doctor Prescribing Controversial Hydroxychloroquine
To Patients Says Symptoms Reversed ‘In A Day Or Two’
The Coming War Between the Generations: “This looming economic catastrophe, a
consequence of letting the present needs of the old trump the future needs of
the young, is bad enough. But the Wuhan virus crisis has made it worse. Putting
our economy into a coma without any certainty that it can be revived enough to
restore the losses has worsened the plight of the post-Boomer working young,
who make up two-thirds of the workforce. In addition their futures are being
mortgaged for $2 trillion (so far) to compensate for the damage to the economy
and lost jobs that have resulted from treating patients most of whom are
already sick and dying of other conditions.”
Using COVID-19 Crisis, Democrats Seek Radical Changes In How
U.S. Votes
Meet the former NYT reporter who is challenging the
coronavirus narrative: “Alex Berenson
has been analyzing the data on the crisis on a daily basis for weeks
and has come to the conclusion that the strategy of shutting down entire
sectors of the economy is based on modeling that doesn’t line up with the
realities of the virus.”
Did you hear about the 2017-2018 U.S. flu season? How about
the 2017-18 flu season overwhelming the hospitals and creating bed and ICU bed
shortages? Neither did I, but it was the worst flu season in recent
years.
House Democrats introduce bill giving coronavirus aid to
illegal immigrants
Gov. Inslee owes US Army, Feds an apology. A week ago,
Inslee slammed the federal government for not doing enough for Washington State.
Trump administration sent hundreds of soldiers to build a 250-bed hospital at
the Century Link Field Events Center. That
hospital has sat empty ever since. Not one patient. On Wednesday, Inslee
announced that he wanted the facility disassembled and sent back to the federal
government.
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ARTICLES
Despite China Coronavirus Crisis - Current Trump Economy
Still Better than What He Inherited and Way Better than Obama At Same
Respective Time Period
“Democrats Likely to Dump Biden”
The pro-family policies pursued by Hungarian prime minister
Viktor Orbán’s government as an alternative to mass immigration are
reaping dividends, with births up 9.4 per cent year on year.
Will Dems Demand Postponing The Election They’re Afraid
They’ll Lose?
Virus-Panicked Liberal Gun Buyers Are Getting Angry When
They Discover Their Own Gun Control Laws
The Schoolwork My Kids Are Bringing Home Exposed K-12's
Leftist Politics
This Is Strange: Total US Deaths in March 2020 are Actually
Down 15% from Average of Prior Four Years
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OTHER STUFF
List: 30 regulations that stymied Trump's virus response
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WISE
WORDS
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human
freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”
-William
Pitt
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