Almost drove off the road today during an interview on either The World or

[NRaleighLiberal]

Here and Now (NPR afternoon shows) during a trip to the dentist.

Interviewer was talking to a local government official in Houston. Discussion was about what to do re mounting infection numbers.

He asked her something like "wouldn't the economic damage from closing again be worse than the potential health risks" or something like that. The woman was speechless for a bit before answering.

So is that where we are at as a culture? Sacrificing - murdering - people because doing the moral thing may be inconvenient for businesses, for money?

I guess we are in a time when it's ok to shine a bright light on how macabre, how incredibly unfeeling and awful, we are becoming, because it seems it really is only about money.

These times nauseate me

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Anyone who says this changes their tune when it hits them.

They would not think this way were it not for a traitor in charge of the government who has the IQ of a 9 yr old.

GOP is purposely KILLING US, I keep saying this hoping people will wake up and go "hey, they are actually...maybe we ought to do something about it"

[niyad]

24. I think you are insulting 9 year olds. According to his niece, more like a 3 year old.

And it has been evident for quite some time, not just since the pandemic, that they really do want to kill us all.

Though, as I have pointed out, this is short-sighted on their part. Who would do the work the ?

[RKP5637]

2. Sadly in the US it's almost always been money first, people last in a runaway

capitalistic society.

[iluvtennis]

26. +++++++++++++++++ AGREE. nt

[soothsayer]

3. You only need to look at the reckless school reopening plans to see this

Schools babysit so parents can die for the Dow.

It’s sick.

100 days we could knock this thing on its azz, like ny/nj/ct did. But we won’t even do that.

[elleng]

4. That's where 'he's' putting us,

Sacrificing - murdering.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. All about getting Trump reelected.

We are headed for one hell of a Recession with in months no matter if they closed down Business and Industry or wait for the Pandemic to do it for us.

[irisblue]

6. I knew before I looked, it was Jeremy Hobson

And I was right. IMO, his skills as a journalist have decreased, he goes for softball both siderism question way way too often. Shame really, he was talented, once.

Link to tweet

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. yup. I've often been irate at her or Robin with the bothsides bullshit.

[5X]

8. The same disease has infected Morning Edition as well.

Stating dotard's obvious lies as just the other opinion.

[2naSalit]

9. Here's another good one from today...

A great rant by the president of the National Education Association:

What Would It Take For Teachers To Go Back To The Classroom This Fall? (4 mins)

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/07/888510026/what-would-it-take-for-teachers-to-go-back-to-the-classroom-this-fall

[Delphinus]

19. It was,

wasn't it! So happy to hear someone exercised about what this misadministration is trying to foist upon us.

[2naSalit]

23. I liked the part

where she stops and commends herself for "keeping the the words inside!"

She makes many good points, just heard it again on the repeat hour.

[yaesu]

10. Life has always been cheap in the US, its just more out in the open now, the fascists

don't bother to hide it because their peeps agree.

[Skittles]

21. the "pro-life" party strikes again

[warmfeet]

11. The wide spreading of the virus will cause far more economic

damage than will closing things down.

I would present facts and figures to back up my assertion, but I am somewhat lazy.

I leave it to you, to do your own research. On the plus side, you will believe your own research much more than my research. Please do so, for your own gratification and edification.

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. As long as the sacrifices are not the 1%...

We are, however, between a rock and a hard place. People need to feed their families and the powers that be are not going to starve the military beast to feed the hungry. So, people will work in dangerous conditions in order to put food on the table or keep a roof over their heads.

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. that is so true. But what galls me is the attitude that it is fine for some to lose their loved one

as long as the economy pings along.

We need a big empathy gene replacement in this country, for the most part. It has failed in many many people, and most politicians.

[Ferrets are Cool]

15. Yes, that smug, know it all, uncaring attitude should piss everyone off

[Ford_Prefect]

14. Herbert Hoover would approve, as would Heinrich Himmler, of sacrificing children and workers

for the good of the state's finances.

[hunter]

16. The virus doesn't care. It won't be knocked down by tough talk...

... no more than global warming will be knocked down by tough talk.

[Mr. Ected]

17. If a pandemic isn't the perfect rationale for expanding our social welfare programs

Rather than tearing them down and setting them ablaze as the idiot rightwingers want to do, I don't know what to tell you.

[we can do it]

18. We have idiots like that here in Rehoboth Beach.

[Scruffy1]

20. I expect this from NPR.

National Petroleum Radio. Anything to make their corporate sponsors happy. In a way worse than Fox because some people think they aren't complete fucking hacks.

[tiptonic]

22. Population

Its population control (cleaning out the barn) and making money off of it. Over priced PPE, drugs, etc:. Best of all, it's great for the Funeral industry.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

25. Since the start they have been willing to sacrifice the elderly to get back the economy

Then it was realized that people of color were at especiallyy high risk. They were ok with sacrificing them to.

Now decisions are being made about the schools. I mean kids have got to get back to school, so more people can get back to work.

So now we are just willing to sacrifice a certain number of teachers and children too.