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To Mask or Not to Mask
Pennsylvania House GOP ^ | 2 July A.D. 2020 | Rep. Mike Jones

Posted on 07/02/2020 12:16:11 PM PDT by lightman

I am not opposed to an individual choosing to wear or not wear a mask (there are legitimate arguments and concerns on both sides of the issue) or a business choosing to require or not require them. I am opposed to overreaching “mandates” from unelected bureaucrats who think they should dictate to people and businesses how they live and operate.

This is a democracy not a dictatorship. The government answers to you, not the other way around. As such, in these unprecedented times of government abuse of power, I encourage you to make the decisions you feel are appropriate for you and your family.

Freedom is not free. Stand up for your freedom and liberty that so many fought and died for. Do not dishonor them by living in fear of toothless lions in Harrisburg.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bloggers; braking; levine; mask; masks; mikejones; sidebarabuse; wolf
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To: manc

Yup. At some point pretty soon Trump needs to fire Fauci and start calling out the B.S.

I am guessing he’s waiting until the case/death ratio gets so far out of whack that even the most dogged Fearbro won’t be able to support their arguments.


21 posted on 07/02/2020 12:34:05 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: lightman

We already quaranteened the healthy.

Now they want health people to breathe through a filter to make others more comfortable while they yell ASYMPTOMATIC! ASYMPTOMATIC!


22 posted on 07/02/2020 12:34:32 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: lightman

Taste of Sicily is going to fight their case in court, and I think the Pennsylvania health commissioner’s unsuccessful attempt to shut down the Carlisle Auto Show a couple of weeks ago may bode well for them. In that case, a state judge basically laughed the PA lawyers out of her courtroom. She pointed out that their claims about the health risks of large crowds of people without face masks were ludicrous in light of all the photo and video evidence showing the governor marching with hordes of people at a BLM protest with no mask on.


23 posted on 07/02/2020 12:36:55 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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To: lightman; All

“This is a democracy not a dictatorship.”

Um, no. It’s not!

Independence Day Primer.

In case you don’t know the difference; A REPUBLIC is representative government ruled by law (The Constitution). A DEMOCRACY is direct government ruled by the majority (mob rule). A REPUBLIC recognizes the inalienable rights of INDIVIDUALS while DEMOCRACIES are only concerned with group wants or needs.

A ‘Democracy’ is the next best thing TO a Dictatorship!

Yes, I know. But as we near Independence Day, people NEED to understand the difference. Especially our elected officials who play fast and lose with their words!

*Steps Off Soapbox*


24 posted on 07/02/2020 12:37:05 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: kaehurowing

Life is fatal.

But we’ve had a great miracle!

No one is dying of heart attacks.
No one is dying of stroks
No one is dying of diabetic complications.

COVID has cured it all!

Hallelujah! /S


25 posted on 07/02/2020 12:37:12 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

I wear an effective mask (not when driving alone or walking outside), wear a seatbelt, get vaccinated. Nobody has to force me to do these things. I’m not the least concerned about the consequences others might face choosing to do otherwise.


26 posted on 07/02/2020 12:37:51 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: EEGator

LOL.


27 posted on 07/02/2020 12:38:24 PM PDT by JCL3 (As Richard Feynman might have said, this is reality taking precedence over public relations.)
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To: lightman

They are going to start the public school syndicate with masks in Ohio. Wait till noon lunch time speak excuses crawl out


28 posted on 07/02/2020 12:41:04 PM PDT by Varsity Flight (QE 2020. All Quiet on the Western Front)
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To: lightman
Kalifornia is slightly different.

Hitler had SS troops---Newsom has ST troops:

California Creates ‘Strike Teams’ To Enforce Virus Limits California is creating “strike teams” from 10 state agencies to enforce guidelines designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. He said the teams would “go after people that are thumbing their nose, that are particularly being aggressive, reticent to do anything.” He singled out bars, restaurants, meat packing plants and other facilities that he said may be putting employees as well as customers at risk. The teams include representatives from the California Highway Patrol; the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, as well as people from Alcohol Beverage Control; Barbering & Cosmetology; Business Oversight; Consumer Affairs; Food and Agriculture; Labor Commissioner’s Office; and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. (Associated Press)

29 posted on 07/02/2020 12:41:21 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: lightman

I believe the enemy both domestic and foreign is purposely sending asymptomatic antifa types into various communities

Think about it if they were trying to oust a duly elected president Or deny us our voting right with fake impeachment why would they take asymptomatic antifa types and stick them in red states

The enemy is evil beyond description they can’t be trusted for anything


30 posted on 07/02/2020 12:41:49 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (See St George's Rap Sheet . . . TAG PedoJoe with "DEFUND the POLICE")
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To: Mark
Hitler had SS troops---Newsom has ST troops:

California Über Alles

31 posted on 07/02/2020 12:44:30 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Seems like Dems are using the courts at every opportunity to get their way, while we just sit on our haunches and hope. Every conservative needs to (legally and non violently of course) push back against what is going on in our country and at every opportunity. Even if it is just telling businesses to take politics out of their business, and end biased policy based on whims of leftist protestors.


32 posted on 07/02/2020 12:44:59 PM PDT by apoliticalone (SOCIAL JUSTICE is as much about justice as PATRIOT ACT is about patriotism.)
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To: windsorknot

Live and let live.

I don’t “mask shame” and I don’t shame those not wearing masks.

We are adults. We don’t need to be lectured “frequently wash your hands—avoid touching your face—practice social distancing.”


33 posted on 07/02/2020 12:45:05 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Varsity Flight

Dewine Ohio, now claiming kids in danger not going back to school, by pedestrians.


34 posted on 07/02/2020 12:45:28 PM PDT by Varsity Flight (QE 2020. All Quiet on the Western Front)
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To: kaehurowing

600 deaths in entire country yesterday while cases are skyrocketing. What is wrong with this picture?


35 posted on 07/02/2020 12:45:32 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: lightman

Antibody tests (Ohio Lt. Gov) coming from:

C H I N A


36 posted on 07/02/2020 12:46:55 PM PDT by Varsity Flight (QE 2020. All Quiet on the Western Front)
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To: apoliticalone

+1

Which is precisely why Mike Jones is one of the really good guys.

He started an “open York County” alliance which raised tens of thousands to pay any fines levied against businesses reopening ahead of Tommie’s coloring book schedule.


37 posted on 07/02/2020 12:46:58 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

Maybe sometimes and sometimes probably not.


38 posted on 07/02/2020 12:47:34 PM PDT by equaviator (If it seems like it's too bad to be true, then it probably isn't.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
I can't trust the data....numbers are an easy thing to fill in....

because I know we have several covids at my hospital, on a medical floor...but frankly among my friends, family co workers, etc I just don't see covid....its like we're living in a different world...

39 posted on 07/02/2020 12:47:50 PM PDT by cherry
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To: lightman

Enough of this mask controversy.

It has been proven mathematically by NN Taleb that masks, regardless of their efficiency, reduce to a significant degree the probability of contracting Covid. On the other hand, there is also a degree of physical fitness required before you wear a respirator.

In industry, everywhere I have been, where the potential of wearing a respirator exists, I’ve been required to pass a few fit tests, prior to gaining access.

Governments that demand all wear masks need to be voted out. Not all can, or want to, wear a mask.

If you are overweight, diabetic, elderly, and or have high blood pressure...be responsible. You have to live, or not, with the consequences. Stay home.

If you are young and healthy and choose not to wear a mask, stay away from the category of people that have co morbidity factors. Otherwise, party on Garth!


40 posted on 07/02/2020 12:47:57 PM PDT by FMBass (DE-1074)
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