Posted on 04/25/2020 4:34:59 AM PDT by Kaslin
I don't know what daily life is like during our Great National Shutdown in states like Pennsylvania, where I hear golfing is verboten, all liquor stores are closed and masks must be worn into retail stores.
But out here in sprawling Los Angeles, where half of the state's 1,512 COVID-19 deaths have occurred, things are getting goofier and scarier all the time.
It's not the coronavirus I'm sacred of.
It's power-mad politicians like Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, both of whom have been making it sound like we're going to be in strict lockdown mode until Thanksgiving.
Newsom recently released a detailed six-point plan for safely reopening the state that includes protecting the old, the sick and vulnerable and tracking positive cases, beefing up hospitals and isolating people who've tested positive for COVID-19.
It's almost as if he is looking to achieve perfection - "When no one is dying from the virus, we will start re-opening."
What? Hello?
That level of perfect safety is never going to be achieved, but look at what Mayor Garcetti is willing to do to make sure people like me and my wife stay in our homes and avoid all unnecessary travel - or movement.
"Mayor Gloom and Doom" wants to use drones to see if you're going outside and he's talking about checking license plates and tracking cell phones.
If he sends a drone over my house, I might shoot it down with my shotgun.
Meanwhile, every day our politicians and media repeat the same things to scare people: "Stay in your house. If you go out, you're going to kill somebody."
Garcetti's acting a lot like an angry parent. When some kids kept showing up at a skateboard park, he had city trucks dump sand on the concrete.
The kids, bless them, went home and got their dirt bikes.
Given the mayor's attitude, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if he'd charge you with attempted murder if you were caught outside on non-essential travel and someone near you catches COVID-19.
People in California, like people across the country, now know what they are supposed to do to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
But Garcetti, Newsom and the other people in charge of California refuse to treat their citizens and business people like adults who are capable of taking care of themselves.
By not opening up beaches and parks, and by not allowing businesses to reopen now in careful and responsible ways, the governor and the mayor have inadvertently fostered a new underground market in the service industry.
Ordinary people in L.A. - not just movie stars - are getting manicures, having their hair cut and getting their dogs groomed in their own homes or backyards.
You pay the providers of these and other black-market services in cash, so there is no credit card record that can be traced, but I don't think it's technically illegal - not yet.
I'm not worried about leaving my home and getting the virus. For all I know I'm one of the hundreds of thousands of people in L.A. County who may already have been infected and didn't know it.
Last Sunday morning my wife did some traveling that we considered essential.
We went to a drive-through blessing at our church, dropped off some food for some local first responders, picked up a bunch of burritos and went over to my son's house, where he had set up a little teepee on the front lawn.
We put a big blanket down on the grass, sat six feet apart and celebrated my granddaughter Penelope's second birthday.
I hope one of the mayor's drones wasn't watching.
Get an abortion, liquor store, pot store, drug dealer on the corner, beer, lotto
the power hungry politicians are NOT in lockdown
themselves.
nope. this was a weaponized virus released to
destroy health, freedom, and logical thinking;
and help .... THEM.
where are the Congressional and military agencies
investigating the making, patenting, and release
of this monstrosity?
after letting every criminal go in government,
year after year, decade after decade,
NO ONE should be surprised that they feel empowered
to now release HIV-aerosol viruses. NO ONE.
Police put out a missing person alert and officers were finally able to locate the woman. However, she refused to return to the hotel and police eventually let her go free.Forget it Jake, it's Calitown...An LAPD official told CBS2 they cannot force COVID-19 patients to stay at these hotels. They are free to come and go as they please.
I can tell you one thing about Pennsylvania: incumbent state congressmen are not going to get reelected. They should have reigned in the tyrannical governor and the didn’t.
We're all getting a first-hand look at how a society operates when it's run by people who are always catering to the mindless whims of suburban Karens. Our leaders are invariably going to end up making decisions that are idiotic and irrational ... and they're going to feel completely unaccountable when they fail.
I think this description fits Pennsylvania to a T.
How about "when no one being killed by illegal aliens, we will start re-opening the border" ??
There is pushback and he is backing off a little here and there under pressure. It is a very long and tedious process here in PA, though. Our county was the initial hotspot, and we'll probably be the last or close to the last to be liberated. People are making some accommodations and showing some independence of thought. Masks are supposed to be worn in public, but for the most part, people don't seem to be wearing them unless they are in stores. Lots of people are out walking, traffic has increased, and I see small groups in parks that don't strike me as family groups. I haven't seen any drones overhead or park rangers breaking up walking groups. People are all over the map in terms of their opinions, anger, and levels of fear, but they're not all cowering in their basements and plenty of them are angry.
We talked to our realtor. Home prices are still high in San Jose and low inventory.
We are going to rapidly pack up and move out of the house. The realtor will handle the painting and carpeting, and then it will go on the market
A little nervous about moving during this. A little nervous about staying at hotels.
We are going to Arkansas. It’s a lot freer than California.
We talked to our realtor. Home prices are still high in San Jose and low inventory.
We are going to rapidly pack up and move out of the house. The realtor will handle the painting and carpeting, and then it will go on the market
A little nervous about moving during this. A little nervous about staying at hotels.
We are going to Arkansas. It’s a lot freer than California.
I intend to head out in June for South Dakota. Nervous about driving through several states with 2 cats in the car, but I am done with California.
We are up the road from you near Mtn View. Our realtor friend says she can’t get anybody to work in houses to get them ready for sale. There are no open houses, either — only private showings.
Good luck!
Our realtor said if the homes are empty they can get the workers in.
Not any homes for sale in my neighborhood.
Praying this all works.
We are thinking the same thing up here in WA state.
“”We are going to Arkansas. It’s a lot freer than California.””
I wish you all the best. We got out of CA in 2006 and have never regretted it...Seriously - GOOD LUCK!! Stay in touch!
If my husband were well and we were still in CA, I’d hate to think what he would say - pretty much what Michael had to say in his article - and Michael is right!
Newsome says “not until there are no more deaths” and just where does he think the money is going to come from to pay politicians and welfare and illegals when there are no longer any businesses left in CA? He should start getting nervous!
Good luck to you also. Have a safe trip...and be very careful.. You need dogs for protection - I don’t know how much good cats would do you. Of course, there is better protection if CA hasn’t already taken IT from you!
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