Exemplary Edmund Burke

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” [1]

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Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was a British statesman, orator, and political thinker.  He was active in politics from 1765 through 1795 and his works continue to be a good influence throughout the world.  Burke was born in Dublin and his father was a protestant. His mother was a Roman Catholic.  In concert with the custom of the time for a religiously mixed marriage, Burke was raised as an Anglican and his sister, a Catholic.

In 1744, Burke entered Trinity College in Dublin. In 1750 he settled in London then wrote “A Vindication of Natural Society” (1756) and “A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful” (1757).  He married Jane Nugent, the daughter of an Irish Catholic doctor in 1757.

His political career started in 1765 when he became the private secretary of Marquis of Rockingham, one of the Whig leaders in Parliament. A year later he became a Member of Parliament representing the borough of Rockingham.  Burke’s political insight and honesty lead him to be a principal character in the constitutional controversy in Britain under George III (who was trying to establish more actual power for the crown). Burke responded to this threat by writing “Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents” (1770). In this work, he argued that George III’s goal may be legal under the constitution but it was against the underlying principle of the balance of powers. As such, Burke believed that the British government was conducting itself in a reckless manner.

As we know, it was during the lifetime of Burke that great historical events occurred such as the unsuccessful coercion of the American colonies. This era was accompanied by corruption, extravagance, and reaction. Accordingly, Burke and his followers (Whigs) could only raise a strong protest. Burke was a pragmatic and practical man but when his feelings were stirred, he would put on a splendid oratorical display. However, these speeches often went on for eight hours sometimes emptying out Parliament. Nevertheless, the quintessential examples were his speech during the impeachment of Warren Hastings and when he denounced the French Revolution.

Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), is the classic statement of conservative social theory. This treatise focuses on social and political issues while at the same time it contains several incisive sections dealing with the crucial economic issues of wealth redistribution and monetary debasement. His main concern was with morality and the concepts of honor and loyalty, which were being undermined by revolutionary politics and monetary debasement, brought on by the French government. Burke’s fear of instability was becoming the order of the day in France. Burke understood that this instability was undermining the French family. Does this sound familiar?

Burke was a lone voice calling for reconciliation with the American Colonists. He called for “legislative reason” in two of his parliamentary speeches on the subject - On American Taxation (1774) and On Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation With America (1775). However, British imperial policy in the controversy would continue to ignore these questions.

Burke defended private property in land as a form of ownership superior to stocks, bonds, and other “paper” investments. He viewed the owners of landed property as men with a greater stake in the preservation of society than either the property-less or those owning non-landed property.

Burke had immense knowledge of politics, a wonderful imagination, and he was passionately sympathetic to many causes such as freedom of religion. Even though he was an Anglican, he defended Catholics as he deplored the prejudice against “popery.” Unfortunately, throughout his lifetime, he was branded as a “secret Catholic.” He suffered torment by being called a “former Jesuit,” “Old Honesty the Jesuit,” “Neddy St. Omers, “Black Jesuit,” etc. Because he was suspected of being a Catholic, Irish, and “poor,” he experienced a verbal attack all of his life. As with any person who would be subject to such an unrelenting ordeal, Burke would occasionally lose his temper in Parliament.

Today, honest scholars would agree that Burke was gifted with a deep analysis presented in stylish English writings. However in the Politically Correct charged world of today, Burke’s writings are considered by some to be “controversial.” Poet William Wordsworth called Burke “the most sagacious politician of his age.” Karl Marx in his atheist book Das Kapital wrote that Burke was a bourgeois stooge (in this author’s opinion, that’s a badge of honor).  Marxists then and now find offense at Burke’s critique of collectivism. Maybe Burke makes them realize that their utopianisms are a threat to society.

Burke’s conservative defense of Parliament, the nation, and the Anglican Church are swept under the rug. Today’s (neo?) Conservative Party would dare to call on Burke’s writings; after all, they have recently embraced the European Union and a secular ideology. Today and beyond, Burke is a forgotten man except to those few of us who are challenging the prevailing orthodoxy, the “New Absolutes.”

On July 9, 1797, the wonderful statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke passed away. He succumbed to stomach cancer and he was buried in Beaconsfield Church near his Buckinghamshire home. Godspeed Edmund!

At 11^th and L Streets in Washington, DC stands a lonely statue of Edmund Burke with the following chiseled on its base:  “This Statue.  A copy of the work of Harvard Thomas in the city of Bristol, England was presented through the Sulgrave Institution to the peoples of America by Sir Charles Wakefield Baronet formerly Lord Mayor of London.  Erected A.D. 1922.”

Photo by Frederic R. Smith August 2004.

My Favorite Quotes

“The practice of Virtue and Religion is indispensable at all Times; but never more than this, when we commemorate the Time our Creator became our Redeemer, and for our sake manifested in the highest manner the highest Attributes of his Divinity, his Love and his Power, the one in dying for us, and the other in conquering Death, by giving that glorious Proof of our Immorality, and being himself the first Fruits of the Resurrection.”  (The Reformer, 1748)

“We owe an implicit reverence to all the institutions of our ancestors.” (A Vindication of Natural Society, 1756)

“Therefore, when men come before us, and rise up like an exhalation from the ground, they come in a questionable shape, and we exorcise them, and try whether their interests be wicked or charitable, whether they bring airs from heaven or blasts from hell.” (Speech on the Petition of the Unitarian Society, 1773)

“All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter we give and take; we remit some rights, that we may enjoy others.” (Speech, Conciliation with America, 1775)

“That doctrine of the equality of all men, which has been preached by knavery, and so greedily adopted by malice, envy, and cunning.” (1778)

“Property was not made by government, but government by and for it. The one is primary and self-existent; the other is secondary and derivative.” (Speech, 1779)

“The seeds of destruction are sown in civil discourse, in social habitudes. The blood of wholesome kindred is infected. Their tables and beds are surrounded with snares. All the means given by Providence to make life safe and comfortable are preserved into instruments of terror and torment.”  Address at Bristol on Gordon Riots and Catholic Question, 1780)

“…. inexpugnable tape-worms…. Tyrannous exaction brings on servile concealment; and that again calls forth tyrannous coercion.  They move in a circle, mutually producing and produced; till at length nothing of humanity is left in the government, no trace of integrity, spirit, or manliness in the people, who drag out a precarious and degraded existence under this system of outrage upon human nature.” (Speech on the Nabob of Arcot’s Debt. 1785)

“Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate clink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field; that, of course, they are many in number, or that, after all, they are other than the little, shriveled, meager, hopping, through loud and troublesome, insects of the hour.”  (Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790)

“In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.” (Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790)

“Liberty without wisdom, and without virtue is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.” (Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790)

“We cannot be ignorant of the spirit of atheistical fanaticism that is inspired by a multitude of writings dispersed with incredible assiduity and expense, and by sermons delivered in all the streets and places of public resort in Paris. These writings and sermons have filled the populace with a black and savage atrocity of mind, which supersedes in them the common feelings of nature as well as all sentiments of morality and religion…” (Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790)

“The truly melancholy part of the policy of systematically making a nation of gamesters is this, that though all are forced to play, few can understand the game; and fewer still are in a condition to avail themselves of the knowledge. The many must be the dupes of the few who conduct the machine of these speculations.”  (Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790)

“Of this I an certain, that in a democracy the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon minority whenever strong divisions prevail in that kind of polity, as they often must; and that oppression of the minority will extend to far greater numbers and will be carried on with much greater fury than can almost ever be apprehended from the domination of a single scepter.”  (Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790)

“The literary cabal had some time ago formed something like a regular plan for the destruction of the Christian religion. … These atheistical fathers have a bigotry of their own, and they have learned to talk against minks with the spirit of monks. …. To this system of literary monopoly was joined an unremitting industry to blacken and discredit in every way, and by every means, all those who did not hold to their faction.” (Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790)

“There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equality – the law of nature, and of nations.” (Speech, Impeachment of Warren Hastings, 1794)

“I call it atheism by establishment, when any state, as such, shall not acknowledge the existence of God as a moral governor of the world; when it shall offer to him no religious or moral worship; - when it shall abolish the Christian religion by a regular decree; - when it shall persecute with a cold, unrelenting, steady cruelty, by every mode of confiscation, imprisonment, exile, and death all its minister; when it shall generally shut up or pull down churches; when the few buildings which remain of this kind shall be opened only for the purpose of making a profane apotheosis of monsters, whose vices and crimes have no parallel amongst men, and whom will other men consider as objects of general detestation, and the severest animadversion of law.  When, on the place of that religion of social benevolence, and of individual self-denial, in mockery of all religion, they institute impious, blasphemous, indecent theatric rites, in honor of their vitiated, perverted reason, and erect altars to the personification of their own corrupted and bloody republic; - when schools and seminaries are founded at the public expense to poison mankind, from generation to generation, with the horrible maximums of this impiety; - when wearied out with incessant martyrdom, and the cries of a people hungering and thirsting for religion, they permit it, only as a tolerated evil – I call this atheism by establishment.” The French Revolution Letters on a Regicide Peace (1795)

“The most unjust and impolitick of all things, unequal taxation.” (1797)

“In the fog and haze of confusion all is enlarged.” (1797)

“Before men can transact any affair, they must have a common language to speak otherwise all is cross-purpose and confusion.” (1797)

Quick Timeline of Burke’s Life

1729 Burke is born in January.

1750 Starts his study of the law by entering the Middle Temple.

1756 Published “A Vindication of Natural Society.”

1757 Marries Jane Nugent of Bath, “Sublime & Beautiful” published.

1759 Begins a six-year political apprenticeship by becoming the private secretary and political advisor to William Gerald Hamilton (1729-96).

1760 George III becomes the king.

1765 Becomes the private secretary to the Marquis of Rockingham (Charles Wentworth; 1730-1782).

1766 Elected Member of Parliament representing the borough of Rockingham.

1768 Purchases his estate “Gregories” near Beaconsfield.

1769 Observations on the Present State of the Nation, a reply to George Grenville.

1771 Chosen by the New York assembly as their London agent (just as Benjamin Franklin was that of Massachusetts).

1773 Loses his seat at Wendover, but gets elected in Malton (he resigned this seat in October for the seat at Bristol).

1774 Elected M.P. for Bristol and Speech on American Taxation.

1775 Delivers speech n “Conciliation with the American Colonies.”

1780 Speech to the Electors of Bristol but in spite of his brilliant speech Burke loses his seat.  Burke’s loss came about as a result of his Irish support, both for trade and the Catholics.  The Rockingham interests then found him a seat, the pocket borough of Malton, a seat Burke kept until 1794.

1788 Impeachment of Warren Hastings, governor general of India, on corruption charges.  Burke instigated the impeachment and made several speeches, “masterpieces of English eloquence.”

1789 The French court, the envy of and model for foreign courts, was, both literally and figuratively bankrupt.  The States General (like congress) is called into session for the first time since 1610 (France, in the intervening years, was ruled by an absolute monarch).  The French Revolution begins and monarchy and its attending aristocratic order collapses.  “Leadership” evolves - States General, National Assembly, Jacobins, Revolutionary tribunal, guillotine, and finally Napoleon.  In these years between the execution of Louis XVI (1793) and the Battle of Waterloo (1815) blood flows throughout France.

1790 Publishes “Reflections on the French Revolution.”

1791 “To a member of the National Assembly, On The French Revolution,” a public letter where Burke further sets out his views.

1792 Thomas Paine replies to Burke’s writings against the French Revolution with  “The Rights of Man” and more massacres occur in Paris.

1794 Burke retires but he is in debt.  The government and the king rescue him by granting a pension thereby allowing Burke and his wife to keep their home, “Gregories,” in Beaconsfield.

1797  Edmund Burke dies at Beaconsfield.

Primary sources for this blog which this author had the extreme pleasure of reading:

• The Portable Edmund Burk edited by Isaac Kramnick, Paperback: 688 pages Publisher: Penguin USA; (July 1999).  This is a wonderful read and highly recommended to set your mind free from today’s pabulum.
• Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France edited by Oskar Piest, Paperback 307 pages Publisher: The Liberal Arts Press USA; (1955).

Note  [1]:

This well-known quote is attributed to Burke but documents that I have seen to date do not contain these words but there is a reference to a letter he wrote to a William Smith on January 9, 1795 (to date I have not found a copy of this letter).  However, other writings suggest that it is a compilation of words from Burke’s “Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents” (1770).  After reading that particular work, I believe that the famous quote may be derived from the following text:

… When bad men combine, the good must associate else they fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

It is not enough in a situation of trust in the commonwealth, that a man means well to his country; it is not enough that in his single person he never did an evil act, but always voted according to his conscience, and even harangued against every design which he apprehended to be prejudicial to the interests of his country. This innoxious and ineffectual character, that seems formed upon a plan of apology and disculpation, falls miserably short of the mark of public duty. That duty demands and requires, that what is right should not only be made known, but made prevalent; that what is evil should not only be detected, but defeated. When the public man omits to put himself in a situation of doing his duty with effect, it is an omission that frustrates the purposes of his trust almost as much as if he had formally betrayed it. It is surely no very rational account of a man's life, that he has always acted right; but has taken special care, to act in such a manner that his endeavors could not possibly be productive of any consequence.

Greta Thunberg

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As an up-front disclosure, I have no formal education in climate change. But, claim a lifetime of work experience in a field that uses a lot of energy to manufacture fixed and moving infrastructure and propel the moving equipment. As such, the cult-like Gretta projection of a teenager is an insult to my intelligence. Time Magazine's person of the year 2019. How nice.

Friends we are subject to gaslighting. A never-ending storyline framed in a 24-7 projection with a 1984 like setting proclaiming that carbon dioxide gas (CO2) is a pollutant. Dare one raise a simple question? Expect the Pavlov dog response: “You’re a climate denier.” Worse than a Holocaust denier, or might, dare I say, face hate speech charges against god Mother Nature. Because of my education in science in high school, long before science became politicized, I know better.

Of course, we all want a clean environment. Too much of almost anything can be problematic, like floodwaters. But to say CO2 is a pollutant (listen to the news) is like saying water is a pollutant. It is a necessary element for life on earth. Plants take in CO2 and give off oxygen. Nevertheless, we are drowning in a carpet bombing of information on one element of a much larger planet earth issue. There are a lot of practical questions requiring answers. While ignored by 1984 projectors, IMHO these items need addressing.

The 1984 puppet’s Green New Deal rejects carbon-based energy, despite technologies to scrub emissions. If so, then how do we build and support the infrastructure to send along the so-called renewables? If there was a never-ending supply (a fiction) of metal scrap, it still takes a lot of electrical energy to power an electric-arc furnace. Will renewables ever be able to provide that kind of peak energy? That is not a trick question.

Do the 1984s have any clue about the materials and manufacturing to make their high-speed trains? Let us not forget the manufacturing impact of new rails, crossties, ballast rock, and bridges. And so many trees removed to make the right-of-way! Seems the rest of the environment has taken a back seat to the force-fed “news” about the evil type of CO2. Consider several high-speed rail projects dropped or delayed. Reason: hyper-expensive Environmental Impact Statement studies and reports. Do they think there will be no opposition from the people with high-speed trains in their back yards?

News flash, it takes energy to propel trains, as energy-efficient as they are. How about oil and gas for plastics for medical equipment? Do we stop carbon-based mining for things such as life-saving medicines? Methinks the 1984s know these pesky details but some of their well-spoken (sic.) puppets do not (hint: AOC).

No matter the form of energy, there are effects. For example, the production of the minerals to make the batteries to store energy. We have nonexistent means to dispose of used batteries from home electronic devices. Imagine the bigger picture. The damage to the farmlands from ethanol production is a doozy. Solar panel farms will become toxic waste sites at the end of their service lives. The list goes on and on, but these few items get the point across. And oh, the hypocrisy of the 1984s. The Illuminati sure opposed the plan to build wind farms in their back yards like the waters of Cape Cod.

Do we move forward with some choices in energy produced with sound science? Long-term realities addressed for responsible energy production? I sure hope so, or do we go with a short-sighted force-fed “solution” that will make us serfs under the New World Order Leviathan?

Is global warming (oh, sorry — climate change) a result of humankind? Partly of course, like the atmospheric CO2 fluctuations long before the industrial revolution. Oh, darn I forgot, human CO2 is evil, and nature’s CO2 is angelic (human CO2 has an extra quark or something like that). There are other green-house influences such as sun cycles. Dare ask that question, as that is heresy under the 1984’s playbook.

Rest assured there no hidden agenda in these words. I am not beholden to anybody nor a corporate entity. Sure, in decades past there was a lot of irresponsible pollution going on and some today. Thanks to innovation we have reduced pollution.  That is a keyword — a broader term that incorporates more than evil CO2. Emissions dropped in the USA due to the transfer of manufacturing elsewhere in the world. We know the “made in” label on products. Do these other locations have the same CO2 or real pollution restrictions? Crickets from the 1984s.

Like most things, follow the money. Who will make a lot of green (pun intended) from the
manufacturing and building the Green New Deal infrastructure? Big business under the direction of the 1984s. Let us remove politics and enter sound science to face the challenge to sustain life on planet earth.

Enough of the mind-numbing “the science is settled” mantra. It sure would be nice to see an honest discussion between honest scientists in the related fields of study. How about an analysis of the impact on the environment if we blindly and sheepishly accept the Green New Deal? An Environmental Impact Statement addressing the Green New Deal is in order.

A sincere thanks go to those reading this essay.

Frederick R. Smith

COVID Terror & Handcuffs

Photo by the author February 17, 2017, Denver Airport

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Foreword

The purpose of this blog: an attempt by an average person to freely express his observations, opinions, and draw some conclusions about the very worst crisis in the history of our Nation (USA). Specifically, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, in a word - terrifying. However, once subjected to TV programming (boldface double underline), including controlled opposition called Fox, some things do not add up.

For the record, I have sorrow for those who suffered. As for the “you do not care about the vulnerable” Pavlov dog response thrown my way - I am at the vulnerable age. But, but, Mr. S what about the young people affected. With our God-given body, each is unique in makeup. Sad to point out that there are people of all ages that might have an underlying condition or varying immunity. Of course, for those of any age afflicted and get severe symptoms, SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID) is bad, it happens so fast.

Introduction

My most important education consisted of something no formal instruction could ever provide. It is from a great man that I had the privilege to meet and have a wonderful relationship with at the turn of the century. I will use his initials here, RD. This man of gentle manner for many decades fought the cause to spread the word about the evil of “Social Justice.” He mentored me to look past the illusion of the world to critical thinking. Sadly, RD has passed on. I am now in his position in life when I met him and only hope to carry out a tiny fraction of his wonderful work.

From the very beginning, the “official news” supplied confusing content (both sides). If draconian, the expectation: we would put aside our differences. Nope, and that is why the spectacle did not add up. Yes, this is bad and like other maladies that have come and gone since the beginning of time. For example, in 1968-69 the Hong Kong flu killed one million worldwide with 100,000 of them in the USA (source CDC). The SARS-CoV-2 virus is indeed “novel” for many reasons. Modern medicine (bad elements), media, big government, big pharma, poor food habits, big crony capitalism business, social justice gospel, and the education system (social engineering) constitutes a witch’s brew. This caused the population to be void of natural stamina and resources to get through this. The worst part is the fear foisted on the people of the earth. This is WW-3 and the (likely) winner: China and/or the New World Order overlords.

Sorrow, Anger, & Frustration

I have extra sorrow (and anger) for what is going on in the NYC area which accounts for most of the “official” fatalities in the Nation. The public hospital system in that region was helter-skelter on a good day before this crisis. My ventilator outrage started from a personal conversation with a well-respected retired MD. I will keep those details private. It is something to ponder that loved ones could not be at the death bed of a close relative and challenge what is going on. IMHO this may account for inflated COVID fatality numbers as well as the rush to deal with the results of that regional crashed health care system. The official number for the USA on May 3, 2020, is 67,674 (source Johns Hopkins). What are the deaths and attribution (or what it may be the day you read this) for WITH COVID and what is the number died OF COVID? Recent legislation pays hospitals higher Medicare rates for COVID patients and treatment. Some research is in order here. Please explain Hopkins (64k) vs. CDC (37k). Note: May 3, 2020 figures.

Meanwhile, many people suffer from the prohibition of “elective” surgeries across the Nation. For example, many are in anguish for not getting joint replacements. I personally know of other acute examples. Many hospitals may go bankrupt because the overlords forced them to “divert resources” for COVID. These “elective” surgery patients are sitting at home suffering and rotting because of this inane decision by our “leaders.” In some areas of the nation, it will take months, if at all, for the system to recover and schedule procedures. More unnecessary suffering.

Rest assured the social justice warriors will prop up their Utopian single-payer system. It will be sure interesting to see the statistics and do a comparative analysis of COVID vs. other fatality factors after this is all done. Unfortunately, it seems our overlords do not want this to end. The narrative perpetuates until we all get a Bill Gates vaccine accompanied by a digital tattoo (this is not sarcasm nor a joke). In the meantime, a whole lot of newly hired people will perform contact tracing. For forced vaccination and testing: it is my body my choice! A real help to this cause will be the Chinese donated hi-tech surveillance drones now used by some municipalities. No abuses?

I do not hear the media apologizing to the preppers. In the past, they did their best to marginalize and smear these people. Early in the last century, we had Civil Defense that encouraged people to be self-sufficient. If we had a solid monetary system (real money backed with intrinsic value), people of all levels of society would have enough money. Money saved and necessities in storage to weather a storm like the COVID panic. In turn, no need for fiat currency to get us through this. The safety net for those who fall through the cracks would be through charities of your choice. Over taxation (and the hidden tax called inflation) due to fiat currency has made it impossible for the average person to give to charities. From a social justice perspective, it is the government that that “fixes” the ills of society. This is so wrong on so many levels.

Recently I wrote a letter to my Representative asking him to introduce legislation. The letter asked him to steer our Nation to self-reliance for medical equipment and pharmaceuticals. His reply - a two-page letter all about the wonderful work he had carried out with all these COVID bills passed creating all that fiat currency. Not only did he insult my intelligence, by not even addressing my request, but also had the gall to remind me not to touch my face. To be fair, it is probable he never saw my letter, and his staffers cut and pasted into a reply to make me happy. Now you know why I am so infuriated with the overlords. How can I trust them?

Some Conclusions & Strong Opinions

It is through experiences and faith that spawned a mental antiseptic against a horrific machine (the witch’s brew). This is the educational programming system and psychological operation we call the media. There are good alternatives today in the polluted social media venue. But it takes discipline and discernment to filter real and valuable information. I am convinced there is a lot of misinformation and propaganda that gullible people (all political stripes) swallow. The CCP trolls plant propaganda to get patriots smeared. Be careful of the plain text sent by email or pushed on the net. If no URL (the www., thing) do some research to confirm before sending it along. Another tactic is to paintbrush images and plants them as clickbait. They push stuff that might seem to confirm facts, but it really is a tool to smear us. They own the USA thanks to greedy crony capitalists, politicians, fiat money, and globalists. Those responsible are guilty of treason - both parties and board members who profited by the sale of their business to CCP. Smithfield foods - a quintessential example. But they have the ideal retort – “Mr. S you are xenophobic for being America First.” I do not care anymore.

Risk management is an operative for me. If we want a 100% guarantee from transport accidents, then we cannot move and would suffer a degenerate societal downfall. Seeing auto accidents has not stopped me from using transportation modes. I refuse to let SARS-CoV-2 stop me. I see a total trashing of our God-given rights. Yesterday the local programming (double underline boldface) projected this juicy overlord blast from the mayor – “I ‘ask’ joggers to wear a mask.” Maybe gloves for the joggers are in order. Gloves are more trash in the landfills. Wash or sanitize hands. Gloves are for medical staff along with protocols. Of course, use gloves when working with chemicals, etc.

I recently met and had a discussion with a very prominent liberal lawyer. While we disagree with moral issues, we agree on my core points outlined above. The keyword is unconstitutional. We are a nation of sheeple. Why is it we as a people do not have the common sense to wash hands, and wear a mask when we are close together? But no, the overlords want to us wear a mask even when jogging. Never liked a lot of handshaking and public hugging (I must have been onto something). Quarantine the sick (or vulnerable as with COIVD), great! But it is tantamount to tyranny with others forced to do the same. I know, people can carry this without symptoms and more research is in order as related to other maladies. To the clear disdain of the overlords, a growing number of the population now has antibodies.

Predictions

The overloads will scoff and block SARS-CoV-2 anti-body testing. They do not want you to know the full quantity of people with antibodies, does not fit the narrative. Tag “Herd immunity” as a right-wing farce like the malaria drug thing! Arrow 2 in their quiver: “we” (your trusted media experts) do not know if those with anti-bodies will have long term protection. Arrow 3: there are many strands of COVID. The list goes on and on. And the latest babble “too soon, too soon!” It is clear the overlords do not want the USA to get back to work. The model needs adjustment. Follow the logic (sic.) of “too soon” vs. “flatten the curve” - next.

Flatten the curve, flatten the curve. Take a close look at those nifty charts now embedded in our consciousness. Notice something very conspicuous but never mentioned by the overlords? The total number of the flat curve and the high curve are the same. In other words, the same quantity in a long time vs. the same quantity in a shorter time. Yes, the overlords say it mitigates admissions to not overwhelm the hospitals. As a common person with some common sense, would taking extreme measures only in the high population areas be the prudent thing? Not allowed to say that, Mr. S you are a COVID denier! Mr. Not Allowed, thank you for respecting my free speech rights.

I become indignant going to a big box store to get items when it is impossible to visit a local store owned by a small business owner. It is akin to demonic disorientation when a small business, like a printer, who may have a couple employees and a customer or two at any given time, even in normal circumstances, will now likely go out of business. The socialist inclined are onto something about big business, but we no longer hear about anti-trust laws. Paradoxically, these citizens champion so many programs needing a Leviathan government. Along the line of a wealthy news reporter championing the needs of the impoverished while cheering on professional sports players who make obscene amounts of money.

It puzzled me why we had mixed messages from all those experts about masks. A good guess: that had something to do with facial recognition. I wear a bandanna; a win in the fight against the overlords tracking system. More reason to not trust the overlords. That begs the question of replacement after each sneeze or cough event! More trash in the landfills. I do find a bandanna reduces the impulse to touch my face, a good thing. Among the conflicting information, seems the majority of SARS-CoV-2 transfer to the body occurs from hand to face. The Chinese can laugh at us since we now look like them! Masks aside, the trumpet blares about how long SARS-CoV-2 will live on! A long time on plastic and less on cardboard, etc.

Lunacy

Here is a real dozy - one state, at the beginning of the crisis, passed a bill banning plastic and paper bags for shopping. Bring your own contaminated bags along, I guess. It will be interesting to watch the menagerie when people need to take masks off to place food in their mouth at a restaurant. Tables will need to be more than six feet apart. I guess seats will have to be six feet apart as well. This will be discriminatory for married couples. But Mr. S, studies that say six feet is not enough. The virtual reality folks are onto something. Where is the ACLU when we need them?

Now think about this no matter how crazy it is - pizza boxes! How about each slice in a separate container if acquaintances are to partake for example at a construction worksite? That will be great for the landfills as well as the added handling. More discrimination. But we can produce a dandy fiat regulation forcing them to skip lunch and chalk that to good dieting. Think pizza joints will sell a tomato pie in one box to a family if they swear to go right back to the house? Cannot have picnics anymore. Okay Mr. S you are going off the deep end and down a rabbit hole. Not so. Recently saw an image on the mainstream “news” illustrating the future airliner. The middle seats will face the opposite direction and surrounded by a Plexiglas bubble. I am not joking. I will claim motion sickness if backward. More discrimination. Get stock in a USA Plexiglas manufacturer.

Get this sports fans, the governors suffer terror. Shocked, just shocked, that people are going to open beaches after trumpeting “stay at home” for six weeks. One governor of an unnamed state has the word “Knucklehead” upon the highway electronic signs. Did Knucklehead governor and his other associates ever encourage people to get out of their house to do yard work and take a walk in the neighborhood? Nope as that might have resulted in people congregating. And oh, let prisoners loose to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and meanwhile arrest people for breaking the fiat COVID “laws.” But wait there is more.

How about that person in a canoe with nobody else in sight getting a ticket! The “stay at home” mantra with no encouragement to exercise – sickening (literally and figuratively)! To force, by fiat, people to stay at home with no encouragement to get out for exercise it tantamount to tyranny. Their loyal subjects are not obeying! Time to punish them. Gag me with a spoon. The “new normal” touted day in and day out is quite the Orwellian term! Just insult, control, and restrict healthy people the most, who spread SARS-CoV-2 the least. Meanwhile increase the mobility of and freedom for the homeless, prisoners, and others who spread the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

We have short memories. Just think back before the COVID crisis. The media just loved to show the “bad” police beating up somebody for a minor offense. Fast forward to today. The media seems to have changed their tune by showing the “good” police beating a person violating the anti-social distancing threshold dba social distancing. For the record, I have the utmost respect for the law enforcement profession.

Constitution Canned

Now, this is an important one. Can anybody let me know if any of the Executive Orders the governors signed have any basis in law? Did any state legislature enact any laws? Me think not but would appreciate hearing from those who might know. “Mr. S, the governor does have the power to open or close state Parks.” Okay yes, but to really abrogate our rights the only recourse is Martial Law (bad-bad). There have been arrests. Talking with a law enforcement professional, officers use some fuzzy statutes. For example, “disturbing the peace.” ACLU – help! There is some good news, in all this mayhem, the states discovered their rights as provided for in the Constitution. That will not last long with bailouts from the Fed (more inflation).

With stunning blabbering, we heard about the possibility of immunization carry cards. Can I see your papers, please? Meanwhile, hinting at the possibility of a voter ID card brings up the xenophobia mantra. The perfect fix is in an electronic ID GPS wristwatch-like device. Cannot leave that home like the phone. Taking it off will trigger an alarm at contact tracing headquarters. Send out the snooping troops. And guess what friendly nation might manufacture these pseudo marks of the beast appurtenances? Xenophobia outrage aside, how about undocumented visitors; let us hope they will be a part of this wonderful program. One state that will go unnamed might be onto something when they declared drivers licenses for these citizens of the world. The question – does an undocumented (keyword) visitor supply the same paper that a citizen submits to prove eligibility (SS card, water bill, etc.) and receive a license? A documented person shall prove citizenship! Orwell could never script this insanity.

It is with deep sorrow to remember those who fought and died for our Constitutional rights. I really do not want the Southern Poverty Law Center to tag me as a “COIVD denier.” That is next and will be worse than a holocaust denier. Trust me. Meanwhile, abortion clinics go unabated and proclaimed an essential medical service in most states. One governor trumpeted the anti-life mantra in breathtaking new heights claiming it is about the “well-being” of the woman’s physical and mental health. No mention of the vulnerable unborn person. I know, "not a person" in their “thinking,” even up to the moment of birth. Look up the laws in New You State the champion in that regard. But this all makes sense with the need for fetal stem cell tissue to manufacture the new Fauchi/Brix/Gates digital tattoo vaccine combo. Braking news, breaking news, the mainstream has something they like – Remdesivir. It is time to research the money trail surrounding this puppy.

I can go to a fast-food burger joint but prohibited to receive Holy Communion from the trained hands of a priest. And there is this; the good protestant minister who wanted to have a drive-in stay in auto service. The local police officers (forgive them for they do not know what they do) openly proclaimed the abrogation of his God-given freedoms contained in the Bill of Rights.

Honor & Quinine

Before getting to the end, it is fitting to honor those who have continued to work through this frightening episode. Health care, law enforcement, transportation, food workers, etc. The list goes on. It does include some of the lowest-paid workers (the bad side of crony capitalism). Employers must supply equipment and procedures corresponding to employee tasks. We all need to use common sense and proven processes. This will help to prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (as well as other viruses). And of most importance, take care of those who are vulnerable of any age.

Take a good multivitamin, drink tonic water with quinine, and exercise. Get weight down if necessary and do daily deep breathing exercises. That will help with immunity. If you do not have one, get a pulse oximeter and check levels daily. Mid 90s oxygen is good and if noticing a downward trend, go the hospital.

The Recap

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Truth it is the new Hate Speech. During times of universal deceit telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. It is all about creating fear, not about warning of danger. Danger and fear are not the same.

It is shocking what is going on but understandable given what I have outlined above. I am lucky to have lived most of my life in the USA. I do have a motto: “out of bad comes good.” I do not know what in post-COVIDUSA. We should display flags upside down. God works in strange ways and He is in control.

Now that you are here and read the above, thank you for taking the time to digest my thoughts. I have no intent here to throw darts at any individual. Yes, it may be sarcastic or snarky at times to make a point or to engage the reader to ponder. It is just the ramblings of a man seeing the destruction of his beloved USA! I thank all those who might disagree for giving me the incentive to write this. I know my detractors will say “there may be some minor flaws, but this is all for the good of the whole.” My reply - prepare for hyperinflation with sufferings astronomically above the COVID issue. If you think the United Nations will help – rethink that. My dear friend RD guessed that the overlord’s internet (their own tool) might stop the New Work Order. Let us pray and hope.

I will fight for the right of people who may peacefully disagree to voice their opinion. Can we agree that this goes both ways?

Frederick R. Smith