A tear for USA
In the midst of the worst ever global depression which has seen unprecedented worldwide job losses, with the US alone notching over 40 million, a murder takes place in Minneapolis, Minnesota which triggered nationwide demonstrations, some riots, the deployment of the National Guard and curfews all bracketed by a deadly pandemic which calls for social distancing, no crowds or mass gatherings in the first instance.But in America, racial injustice is boiling over once again. Had it ever been quelled?
Anger, frustration and pain following the tragic death of George Floyd – an African American who suffocated while in custody from having a police officer’s knee pressing on his neck. Floyd died pleading “don’t kill me” and “I cannot breathe”. The officer Derek Chauvin has since been charged with third degree murder and manslaughter, even as his wife is reportedly filing for a divorce.
Then we see the contrast to this ugliness with the elation created by Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket which successfully launched at 20.10h GMT yesterday, putting two NASA astronauts and best friends – Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley – on their way to the International Space Station. A first by a private spaceship owned by a private company, watched by the world and by Donald Trump, who made the specific trip to the Kennedy Space Centre.
The US President needs a positive boost in this crucial election year given his handling of, and the misguiding tweets on, the coronavirus. But he's not helping himself with such tweets
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....got too frisky or out of line, they would quickly come down on them, hard - didn’t know what hit them. The front line was replaced with fresh agents, like magic. Big crowd, professionally organized, but nobody came close to breaching the fence. If they had they would....
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....have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen. That’s when people would have been really badly hurt, at least. Many Secret Service agents just waiting for action. “We put the young ones on the front line, sir, they love it, and....
Not exactly a catalyst for unifying a USA looked upon as the leader of the free world. Political and commercial issues with several countries, the abandonment of the World Health Organisation during this unprecedented pandemic and the withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change are only some issues among others that has dropped Trump’s home and worldwide ratings to their lowest ever for a serving President.
The free world doesn’t need a narcissist for a leader, but one with empathy and extending a hand of friendship. Iron fists and power threats do not encourage anything but violence. Not for a 'united' States, not for a prosperous and peaceful people and certainly not for a global leadership’s role and an example. A pity.
Stay safe.
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Here comes the depression.
Not any more, it's not. 3years cancelling international contracts and withdrawing. To make America great again. Leaving the field to the Chinese One Belt One Road initiative amongst others.
Respect for America has dwindled just as its self-focus has grown.
Tedious man suffers from verbal diarrhoea and delusions of language skill. He collects my comments to add to his litany perceived failures. He seems to think that by sheer weight of jumbled words he can silence someone who can actually think.
Real Americans have a visceral distaste for government trying to tell them how to live their lives ... the only lives they have ... which was given to them by God, not by some politician or government bureaucrat. The government reports to the people in America, not the other way around.
It's the first time in US history that the government has mandated healthy people to stay in their houses and placed travel restrictions on them within the United States. People are naturally angry, as they should be. It is not the place of government to make such decisions. This is a right reserved for THE PEOPLE... for each individual to make for them self.
And the Chinese virus attack has brought out all kinds of power hungry latent fascist/socialist tendencies in elected officials all over the country, almost exclusively Democrats, who have taken this opportunity to fly their true flag and reveal their agenda to establish a dictatorship in America where people are at the mercy of a controlling government.
It's no wonder people are angry.
Blade Runner and Robocop came out in the 1980s to show you what would happen in future, and that's what's happened.