Sunday 24 May 2020

What If We Had Bernie Right Now?

This is a curious scenario.

What if Joe had run into trouble early on, and by early February.....Bernie had the lead?

We wouldn't be discussing stupid Joe Biden comments, Hunter Biden fake jobs, Joe's wit on blacks having to prove they are black, Joe's dementia woes, or why Joe stays in a basement most of the time.

At this point, Bernie probably would be supported by a general majority of democrats, and Trump would have problems. 

Instead, we get a 3rd rate election scenario where Joe Biden just doesn't fit well.

What We Ought to Do

Yesterday, the New York Times printed up a front-page which basically said: "US Deaths Near 100,000,   An Incalculable Loss."

It consumed the entire front-page.

So I sat and pondered upon it.  In this time of great grieving....we ought to honor these folks with a memorial.  So here is my suggestion.  I'd like to take the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri (3-million acres) and at the very edge of it....erect a fine marble type monument to honor the 100,000-plus folks who died of Covid-19/China-virus/Coronavirus.

Yes, I do realize that some folks won't be happy with China-virus being uttered but it is what it is.

Cost factor?  Minimum of 50-million dollars. 

We'd have a fine ceremony with all of Congress flown in to make speeches over the dead, with President Trump delivering a beautiful speech in honor of the dead and their accomplishments in life.

Next to this monument, I'd also like to erect a memorial (made of marble as well), for the 8 to 10 thousand who died in the 2019-2020 flu season, We'd also have a fine ceremony for them, with Congress and the President delivering speeches.

Next to this monument, I'd also like to erect a memorial (made of marble as well), for the 80,000 who eid in the 2018-2019 flu season.  We'd also have a fine ceremony for them, with Congress and the President delivering speeches.

By the time I'm done.....there would be a minimum of 200 memorials laid out and consuming 20-percent of the National Forest area.  At least one entire year would be required for all the speeches and ribbon-cutting episodes. 

Marble folks would be employed for an entire decade....accomplishing this great feat.

All of us, with kin-folk who'd died in the past two-hundred years.....would feel proud of our relatives and we could always drive up to the Ozarks to see the forty-odd memorials that we were part of. 

Naturally, the NY Times could have a front-page display for each single episode.