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Clowns mock integrity: There was a rather derogatory comment about (U.S. Rep.) Adam Kinzinger in Speak Out. Kinzinger has more integrity and honor than the clown car that is the leadership of the Republican Party put together. Abe Lincoln is rolling around in his grave.
Fox News crosses line: I hope Laura Ingram and Tucker Carlson never need any help from the police because what they did smearing these heroes who defended the Capitol Jan. 6 is just disgraceful. These people laughed at them, called them liars and overly dramatic. These are people who defend us. What happened to Blue Lives Matter? I can’t believe anyone still watches Fox News after what I just saw.
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Paralysis vs. death: (Columnist Jerry) Shnay compared citizen responses between the polio epidemic and today’s COVID-19 pandemic. He said that not everyone cares about each other as much as years ago and that there are political issues involved. I totally agree, However, I think that polio, then and now, is viewed very fearfully due to its resultant paralysis. If COVID-19 caused paralysis, I think many more people would be vaccinated. It would threaten their quality of life and mobility, make them dependent. I think people fear paralysis more than dying or suffering from COVID-19.
Doesn’t make sense: Please help me to understand. Over $40 billion was sent to states to help with people who have fallen behind in their rent and mortgages due to the pandemic, yet only a few billion have been used. Now people will be evicted from their homes. My question is why? Is it because people didn’t apply for funds? Or is this because not enough people were hired to disperse the funds? Something is not adding up.
Population and climate: At the end of 1960, the world population was 3.03 billion people. Sixty years later in 2020, the world population was 7.79 billion people. That is a lot of carbon dioxide and methane that can melt the ice caps and cause climate change. It’s probably more than the 1.4 billion cars worldwide on the road today.
Missing Riverview: What made Chicago the fun city was Riverview Park. It brought people from every neighborhood for a day of fun. There was two cents day. For a dollar you had the time of your life. Food and games were plentiful. Gone but not forgotten.