Who is just plain sad for the world, for our country, for ourselves, for the whole stupid mess

Floridatennisplayer said:
The news sensationalism has created this mass hysteria. Over 70,000 people have died this flu season from the influenza. And that is WITH A VACCINE! We have 46,000 deaths from CV, and....over 10% of those are misrepresented as a CV death. And this is with NO VACCINE! How many innocent live babies are sucked out of their mothers each year? How many cancer deaths...etc?

98% of the people who contract CV survive and many with minimal symptoms. We will figure it out. There is no vaccine for HIV, but drugs to assist.

What I am saying is all diseases and their deaths are very saddening but the media and their crazy 24/7 hype has created a complete loss of perspective and common sense.
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But, this is not new news. This is the way that's is been for years. The news shows thrive on bad news. It's sort of like watching the Weather Channel. If there are no tornadoes, hurricanes or blizzards going on in the country, everything is very calm and the weather people are just going through the motions of presenting the local weather. But, if a disaster strikes, wow, now they have people on the scene standing outside in a hurricane or another person outside during a blizzard. It's like Utopia to them.
 

From the latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine: The U.S. reports unemployment data for April on May 8 data. Some gloomy forecasts see it reaching 30% this quarter. The U.S. economy shrunk by 4.8% in the first quarter the biggest slide since 2008. Economists expect the economy to tumble by a record amount.
 

Aneeda72 said:
I find that more and more I am just sad. I watch the news less and less, I go out less and less as the virus increases more in my state. I do more and more things to distract myself, to keep myself busy. And yet, an underlying sadness is always there. Who else is just plain sad?
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i'm somewhat sad too, but that has more to do with my age than about all the problems out there.
 
fmdog44 said:
From the latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine: The U.S. reports unemployment data for April on May 8 data. Some gloomy forecasts see it reaching 30% this quarter. The U.S. economy shrunk by 4.8% in the first quarter the biggest slide since 2008. Economists expect the economy to tumble by a record amount.
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The economy might well be damaged if we break loose too early and consider our country now open.
 
sehr alt said:
The economy might well be damaged if we break loose too early and consider our country now open.
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Well, they are talking about sending out more money if the economy stays bad, so, hmm, well, I could use a couple more checks. In fact, someone suggested, a representative I think, a 1000 a month for a year. I’m down for that.

After all, it’s just printed paper. It’s not real. It’s not backed by gold any more. Giving so much money to businesses is wrong, give it to the people.
 
WhatInThe said:
After decades of doctors facing lawsuits and practicing cya medicine I think that's what some of the public policy drs are doing intentionally or not. They would rather 'be safe than sorry' but 'safe' is not 'safe' for everyone. Yeah there are some power trips and egos in some states and with the feds but alot of this comes from decades of cya medicine. At times it seems like they are more worried about getting sued or not jeopardizing their license.
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I don't think we will have to live 6 feet apart forever. It might be until late this year or into next year.
 
oldman said:
But, this is not new news. This is the way that's is been for years. The news shows thrive on bad news. It's sort of like watching the Weather Channel. If there are no tornadoes, hurricanes or blizzards going on in the country, everything is very calm and the weather people are just going through the motions of presenting the local weather. But, if a disaster strikes, wow, now they have people on the scene standing outside in a hurricane or another person outside during a blizzard. It's like Utopia to them.
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Its called "upping market share"...sucking up sound bites is what its all about. The weather guy holds the power stick when there's a weather related crisis. Ditto for other types of "bad news" screen shots.
 
Dallas, Tx May 6, 2020

Close your damn beauty salon!

A beauty salon owner refused to recognize Dallas County mandates to curtail her nonessential business practices.
Her beauty salon has remained open since day one of the current pandemic. She was cited, had to appear in court; the judge gave her seven days to comply
She refused.

She was put her in jail after the judge had continued to offer her alternatives.
She declined, stating her shop would remain open. (Her employees keep the salon open.)

This jailbird lady remains in jail.
The governor and attorney-general and several lawyers have requested her release; they deem the punishment too harsh.
She declines any release.
Currently every half-wit with a soapbox is voicing their opinion.

Just another example of a sad situation -it’s a damn joke: the jailbird lady, the police citing businesses for noncompliance while the court system is reluctant to proceed with these ‘violators.’
 
In addition to our beauty salon lady be put in jail for noncompliance-there is a major outbreak of Covid 19 in the Dallas County Jail.
(The prisoners throughout the state are being infected.
How could they not be, where distancing is impossible?
Your not going to see this on your local or national news,
but your should. One infected person presents a danger to us all.)
 
hollydolly said:
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of North Carolina, Missouri, Alabama and Florida to demand governors bring an end to coronavirus lockdown rules and reopen the states for business.

Revolts against stay-at-home orders across several US states continued Tuesday, as thousands of Americans disregarded social distancing rules to protest against the shutdowns that have left millions out of work but health experts insist are critical to saving lives amid the deadly outbreak.

Protesters marched on downtown Raleigh in North Carolina throughout the day, gathering outside the General Assembly from 11am and filling Lane Street.

The ReOpenNC protest began just minutes after the state announced that another 34 people have been killed by coronavirus, marking the deadliest day North Carolina has so far seen during the pandemic.


This marked the second week of protests in North Carolina, with Tuesday's event drawing a larger crowd of around 1,000 at its peak and political leaders joining in.

Protesters were seen flouting social distancing altogether Tuesday, with people packing much closer together than the six feet guidelines and ignoring health warnings to wear masks.


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I live in NC and no, there were not "thousands" in Raleigh. Many were bussed in to NC. We have a moral and intelligent Governor who has been doing a great job here in comparison to the other Southern and many Northern states! If you refer to the polls, most Americans are not whining about nails, haircuts, beaches, and getting their own way; they support the quarantine. Calm and knowledgable people are using common sense and are respecting others.
 
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Aneeda72 said:
And the people who are dying, the jobs and families destroyed, the countries in crisis? They mean nothing to you? Not mad, just disappointed and surprised that you do not see beyond yourself.
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Sorry -am learning how to post on this site. Disregard please.
 
There is no understanding of people claiming their civil rights
have been violated.
Well, little buddy, we'll put that on your tombstone:
He knowed he was right and never backed off.
 
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Em in Ohio said:
This is why we have a bad reputation in so many other countries. They expect that we are all self-centered and arrogant. Having spent some time in Belgium, Italy, and France, I had people tell me that I surprised them - They assumed that I would be this way. The experience taught me to not make broad assumptions about any population.
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I lived in a village in France and would not respond to Americans when they came thru our village. You could hear them coming! They were loud, arrogant and obnoxious. They had no respect for others at all. We would retreat from the streets until they left like we would when the gypsies came thru. They would loudly exclaim that rice was flowing in the "street gutters" which were actually Roman-built and still functioning well. Everyone in the village knew that I was mortified by the behavior. In my experience, I have found that Americans earn their reputations when they travel outside the USA. Everyone in France took me in as one of their own and I have never had more endearing and loyal friendships as the ones I made in France.
 
As a reclusive observer of American Culture I think, (knowing my opinion is chancy) I noted a shift in the 1980's.
Worked 5 months in an extremely large mortgage company,
I begin to know the Yuppies of that era were extremely self-centered, selfish, overbearing. They were good at beating their chest regarding their financial acumen.

American's have little or no grasp of their history.
We struggled with our national problems until 1945.
Once we became a global power we forgot where we came from.
Yes, Americans are loud, obnoxious, generally, a pain in the ass.
Our military is better, but if a solider, sailor is on his first tour;
they too act like jerks.
 
oldman said:
But, this is not new news. This is the way that's is been for years. The news shows thrive on bad news. It's sort of like watching the Weather Channel. If there are no tornadoes, hurricanes or blizzards going on in the country, everything is very calm and the weather people are just going through the motions of presenting the local weather. But, if a disaster strikes, wow, now they have people on the scene standing outside in a hurricane or another person outside during a blizzard. It's like Utopia to them.
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Maybe a better understanding of vaccines and viruses would help? I have found that tv news entertainment shows do not give reliable information. Try some non-opinion print media where education of the subject tends to be required. Television news is more about selling for the advertisers, agendas, and opinions of the news rather than straight reporting these days.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Lol, I haven’t become accustomed to international travel or traveling to wherever I wished. That takes money, I don’t have that kind of money. I’ve never had that kind of money. I never will have that kind of money. But if I get the gosh dang stimulus check I will travel to the store and get a new vacuum. 😂
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And I did. Got it yesterday.
 

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