All Business are Essential
Let me remind us all that the First Amendment and The
Constitution are still vital and in effect. While we’re at it, let’s all review The
Supremacy Clause, as well. Having
written all that, I’m writing on a blog that not many read. I don’t and won’t read an self righteous crap
spewed out by self righteous lemmings.
We survive in this insanity, my family and I, but for how
long? I began a small business November
30th, and our income is very, very modest. I have really no other income of my own, just
savings, and they are modest. We have
been shut down; non profit educational museums are not essential, declaims our
governor, a billionaire who runs a hotel chain with dozens of houses of his
own. Of course, at one point he deemed
his toilets were not essential, so there you are.
My husband has been deemed “essential”, so he can work. My son can do curbside deliveries at his work
place, but he works in a different state. We also are caregivers for an elderly
relative who lives with us. I’ve been a
caregiver of some kind for over 14 years. For two years, I was my dad’s caregiver,
during his last illness. I did it while
I also dealt with my uncle in California
The fact remains is, we may all well lose everything, and
not to a virus. The fact also remains
that we in service professions, medical, firefighting, criminal justice, law, counseling,
teaching, need to get over ourselves and realize that while we provide a
service, while we may risk our lives, safety, and livelihood, we also profit
over other people’s misery. Sometimes,
with all good intentions, we make that misery worse. I saw that with Bad Sam, where my uncle died
because of a blotched procedure, one of many. The last one I was against, and it was a
surgical procedure performed by an osteopath, not an MD. When I protested, one, a two bit,
two day resident, threatened me, and got in bed with a bogus social worker. Hippa was violated, and my uncle died. We were all kept in the dark. It was close to two years ago, and I should
let it go, but I’ve almost no one left in my family, now.
The fact also remains that no one is perfect, but some of us
are arrogant enough to think we are. I don’t’
want to say money is the root of all good, like Ayn Rand, but I am deadline
driven, and I need dates and structure. When
will this self imposed misery end?
I keep busy; I write everyday, handle the household
financial affairs, take care of my aunt, manage her caregivers, watchover my
museum and maintain its collections, read, cook, really what I did before,
except now, I’m told where I can and can’t go. I don’t’ like that. We are being treated like dictatorship, like
the one’s my family survived in Europe during
World War II, the Fascists, Nazis, and Communists.
I respect authority, but group punishment never works. Do the numbers, straighten out the stimulus
packages and grants no one seems to be getting. Populations descending into tyranny and poverty
only breed more illness and secrecy. Use
the drugs we have; SARS was worse, we made it through. Reform the health care system and try to
follow HIPPAA.
Above all, try to keep your sanity. These are my opinions; please don’t virtually
rant because I’ll just block and delete. No comments needed, be safe, but please let’s
go back to common sense caution and not lionize certain people for doing their
jobs.
