Rant #2,372: Goin' Down

"Fifty percent of the coronavirus cases are in Nrw York State, yet many rich and ignorant morons who live in New York City are moving out to their country homes on Long Island, further spreading the virus.

Other New Yorkers are vacating New York City and going out of the area, to Florida, the Carolinas and elsewhere, further spreading the virus to other states.

I swear, I almost wish "The Walking Dead" was real, and you could blow these idiots' heads off.

FEMA is also doing what it can, getting necessary equipment to New York out of nowhere, and Gov. Cuomo has to stop being so melodramatic.

Everyone should just stop and think; Easter is not a proper timeframe, but what can the president do? He is between a rock and a hard place, and now he owns that time frame. But again, the press should stop pressing him for a date.

Enough is enough already."

I wrote this yesterday on Facebook, and I mean what I wrote.

Look, Writing 101 says you never begin a story with a quote, unless the quote you are using is a powerful one, and yes, I do believe what I said is strong enough to lead off this Rant.

For every act of generosity and kindness we have seen during this pandemic, there are others who just believe they are above everybody else, and do things that are so absolutely stupid that they are beyond belief.

Those rich folks moving out to the Hamptons because they don't like the scene in Manhattan are self-absorbed fools who can't see the forest for the trees, who don't understand--and more to the point, don't care--that their movements may actually be spreading this virus to others, and they are certainly spreading the virus to Long Island, where incidences are jumping.

And then we have Governor Cuomo, who I swear sounds like he is running for president, what with his melodramatic pleas yesterday. I understand where he is coming from--he is as frustrated as anyone about this terrible situation--but please, don't use your own melodrama to engage the rest of the country in your own viability.

When is he going to learn that the rest of the country is not as ignorant and stupid as New York State voters are? Just ask New York City's Mayor deBlasio about that is you need to be brought up to snuff on that subject.

Look, the president, the governor and the mayor are all doing outstanding jobs in doing what must be done to quell this virus throughout New York State and New York City and in the country as a whole. They really are. But stop the pandering, stop the near tears, stop the grandstanding ... everyone is doing whatever they can to make things better, but as they have all said, it is going to get worse before it gets better.

And Gov, Cuomo, stop stabbing people in the back that you have in one breath praised and then in the nest breath, stab in the back.

Politics aside, I made myself a busy day yesterday, After doing what I had to do for myself--writing this blog, looking over the job entries, applying for a few jobs because that is what New York State says I must do--I was on and off Facebook yesterday, live at times, talking to people about what they should be doing with their time, including taking a walk outside if they can.

I have a lot to do today. I have to set my son's current work situation in motion on the New York State Department of Labor site, filing a claim for him for the very first time. I also have to make some phone calls--to a doctor that he has an appointment with this weekend--and test message some others who help him during the week.

I like to say that I am "Busy Miss Lizzie" today, but if I get a chance by late morning, maybe I can go onto Facebook again and put up a video of me doing something, Look for me.

Yesterday, in addition to doing all that I just described, I also wrote another chapter of my fiction novel--30 chapters and counting--and I digitized a few records.

I also brought up on Facebook two important points, one really important, and one as nebulous as my current job search is: the first being that if this thing goes for a few months, could the November presidential election be postponed; and the second one, that to my ear, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition's "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" sounds exactly like the Monkees' "What Am I Doin' Hangin' 'Round."

Of the two, guess which post received the most responses?

Oh, gee, I almost forgot, I received our Census stuff in the mail the other day, and I have to do that today online.

One more brick added to the load.

It is good to be busy, even in the house, rather than sit around and watch TV all day.

Yesterday, I even offered my services to ABC's afternoon Coronavirus wrapup that they now are running each day, but they haven't bit yet. I guess I am not the proper demographic that they are looking for, even though seniors are supposed to be our "most valuable commodity" during this crisis.

Yup, and I have cryptocurrency to sell you if you believe that.

Over and out. Speak to you again tomorrow with more pearls of wisdom.

We will beat this thing, but it is going to take time, and cooperation from everyone, from the top to the bottom, to do this.