We Need More Businessmen in Government

Millions of Californians heard the governor announce Musk’s heroic donation of “ventilators.” Yet not one unit has been delivered – and Musk likely never had the real ventilators our hospitals need.

Tesla did not respond to an interview request. https://t.co/U2COedQcLj

— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) April 14, 2020

And in Texas:

Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Texas State Capitol Saturday calling on government leaders to reopen Texas – as the state’s death toll from COVID-19 continues to grow.
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The rally was promoted by the conspiracy-promoting website InfoWars.

Many participants held protest signs – one read “US economy dies from COVID-19”, others were in support of President Donald Trump. A group of people held signs promoting unfounded anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.
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More than 18,000 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in Texas. Nearly 500 have died.

"Hundreds of protestors."  I've seen more people line up for barbecue.

JOURNALISTS, TAKE NOTE
On the left: Women’s March 2017. An actual mass protest.
On the right: Carriers’ March 2020. This “crowd” could fit inside a rest-stop Cracker Barrel while still maintaining recommended social-distance. pic.twitter.com/5jOrYA3F9W

— Frank Lesser (@sadmonsters) April 17, 2020

I mean, seriously.

The governor cannot order businesses to reopen, or people to put their lives and health at risk.  If the governor "orders" schools to reopen (which he has no power to do), the parents who decide to homeschool (allowed under Texas law) rather than risk their children's lives and health could endanger school funding, which is based on attendance.  So there is no magic wand that fixes this.

The governor can't fix stupid, either.

NEW: I am issuing an Executive Order allowing New Yorkers to obtain a marriage license remotely and allowing clerks to perform ceremonies via video conference.

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 18, 2020

I just find this kinda funny.  Under Texas law any couple that represents themselves as married (careful, it's easier than you think) is married.  Call it "common law" all you want, it's as valid as that marriage license you have in storage somewhere and nobody ever asks you to present as proof.  We didn't even present 'em as evidence in divorce proceedings.  Anyway.....

White House boasts that more than 3 million coronavirus tests have been conducted. "That's barely 1% of the population three months into a crisis," writes ⁦@Peggynoonannyc⁩. "That's not an achievement, it's a scandal." https://t.co/kmGXeMuAu3

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) April 18, 2020

You'd think, wouldn't you?

New estimates by Harvard researchers suggest that the U.S. cannot safely reopen unless it conducts more than 3 times the number of coronavirus tests it's currently administering over the next monthhttps://t.co/qhca6R2A2p

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 18, 2020

Meanwhile, this is where we're heading:  breaking up the union in order to save Wall Street for Trump:

1/Want to dwell on this video clip of the President yesterday. It's a glimpse into how completely bananas his view of what standing up the country is.

He says as the country opens up we'll need to establish internal borders between states.

Yes, borders.https://t.co/hO0T4WglBc

— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) April 18, 2020

He thinks he's gonna lead, but I don't think anybody's gonna follow.  Oh, well, we'll always have "protestors."

The media is going to overplay these astroturfed professional victim "protesters," as usual.

— John Weaver (@jwgop) April 18, 2020

Damn skippy.