Miami Closing Down

[WHITT]

The crowds last night were massive, with no masks or social distancing, creating a mega-spreader event, so the Mayor has closed all the bridges leading into the city, and instituted a curfew for everyone inside the city.

This atop rising cases in 15 states, after they had been declining.

I'm reminded of the final words of the character played by Charlton Heston at the end of 'Planet of the Apes':

You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! Goddamn you all to hell!

[agingdem]

1. The Hunt for Red October...

You arrogant ass ..you've killed us!

[DENVERPOPS]

19. It is as if

stupidity is far more infectious than Covid...........

[Roc2020]

55. yea. pretty accurate

[DENVERPOPS]

57. I dug down into my drawer of relics

And dug out two pins I wore in the 60's.

I have been wearing them everywhere:

Ignorance Should Be Painful......and

Question "Authority"......

[calimary]

60. HAH! No kidding!!

[paleotn]

24. Perfect!

[hatrack]

2. FUCK, this nation is getting dumber by the nanosecond .. . .

[Evolve Dammit]

23. Yes; it's pretty fucking depressing. "Idiocracy" was somewhat humorous, this is not.

[triron]

41. Under Trump that's what we had.

[Evolve Dammit]

52. Without the electrolytes

[TwilightZone]

3. Miami Beach, not Miami.

https://democraticunderground.com/100215249560

[Deuxcents]

15. Yes...

There are “causeways” to the city of Miami lots of night life..they should have known this was gonna be a problem with people coming for spring break. Shut it down..stay home n volunteer for a new tradition. The businesses are not happy but the locals who live here are. I’m on the other coast..just Alligator Alley away n we see an increase of no maskers n entitled people. Whoop it up when it’s safe..just not now.

[WHITT]

20. Gotcha

News report said Miami.

[MerryBlooms]

33. You do not site a news source in your OP, you should go ahead and change your post,

it's misleading.

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/03/20/miami-beach-officials-expected-to-announce-curfew-causeway-closures-to-control-spring-break-crowd/

[Blue_true]

34. It is easy enough to confuse the two if a person doesn't live in that area.

They are two separate cities in the greater Miami area.

[JohnnyRingo]

22. Thanx for posting that

I was wondering just what was going on in Miami.
Now I understand.

[brewens]

4. And it makes a weird kind of sense that a Heston quote would be the best one for this situation. n/t

[Chipper Chat]

5. Suddenly that empty chair becomes germaine.

[El Supremo]

7. That was Clint Eastwood. n/m

[Chipper Chat]

9. Oh yeah. Well republicans confuse me anymore.

Clint Heston. Thats right.

[El Supremo]

11. Hah!

[Blue_true]

35. Heston was the said a gun would only be taken from his cold dead hands.

But, like Eastwood, he was part of some good movies.

[Chipper Chat]

46. The Ten Commandments.

Play Misty For Me

[mac2766]

56. El Camino, The Mule.

Two great Eastwood movies. He's a fantastic actor, but his politics are way out there. Too bad. I really want to like the guy.

[Blue_true]

63. I actually like some of his westerns. I try to forget his politics when watching those movies.

He is rightwing, but I have not seen anything about him or Heston that says (or said in Heston’s case) that says either approves (approved) of the white supremacy based ideology that has taken over the modern Republican Party.

[Blue_true]

64. Eastwood is also a very underrated director. He directed a great movie that

starred Shawn Penn, and Tim Robbins, Lawrence Fishborne and the great actor that played the Marine Captain prosecutor in the movie “A few Good Men”, unfortunately his name is slipping me right now, but he has done some really great movies.

[George II]

18. "They all look the same!"

[Lord Ludd]

27. I'll let Germaine Greer know you said that

& let her decide whether your statement was germane or not.

[jmowreader]

32. Charlton Heston had the musket at the NRA convention

[BobTheSubgenius]

49. "Cold, dead hands" comes to mind

[QED]

6. Or, as Mel Brooks put it in a parody scene from Spaceballs

"Oh shit, there goes the planet."

[El Supremo]

8. They cut up their brains! n/m

[sheshe2]

10. Should never have opened for the spring break in the first place.

Fugg DeSatan.

[malaise]

53. THIS

[CurtEastPoint]

12. Headline should read Miami Beach, not Miami.

[Deuxcents]

16. See #15

[TwilightZone]

17. Yes.

They're not even remotely the same thing.

[soldierant]

62. I don't suppose either is anywhere near Kansas City.

[Beartracks]

14. Republicans never cease to amaze with their dumb decisions. Even the predictable ones. n/t

[Chainfire]

21. Our idiot governor will be pressuring the mayor to open it back up.

[monkeyman1]

26. tell death sentence eat shit & die !!

[paleotn]

25. I just don't understand humans.

Another movie quote. "Sometimes I despair the species."

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

29. YOUNG humans, entirely different species, spawn till you die, sex, drugs, rock n roll, ayep

[Joinfortmill]

31. 😎 yup

[captain queeg]

28. How does that old saying go about closing the barn door

After all the cows have run off, or something?

[Blue_true]

36. Close enough and right on target.

Maybe the time for the current plan was two weeks ago.

[lamp_shade]

43. Katie, bar the door.

[Joinfortmill]

30. Gonna be one HUGE mess.

[Blue_true]

38. Wear your mask, social distance, get vaccinated as fast as possible,

then hope for the best. You simply can’t control the actions of idiots. Europe’s current wave is affecting younger people more than older - maybe if a serious number of spring breakers have to spend a few weeks in a hospital and that becomes well known, the rest will gain a bit of common sense, and empathy for others.

[StarryNite]

37. Maybe they're in need of ingredients for Soylent Green.

[Grokenstein]

39. Who's running the CDC now? They're part of the problem.

"Cases are finally coming down, but we can't afford to..."
"I put out a press release saying people who got the vaccine can gather without masks."
"...What the hell? Do you not understand how people are going to--"
"Oh, and I said three feet was fine."
"WHAT THE HELL DUDE"

[Dawson Leery]

40. Self absorbed MAGATS are everywhere.

[UTUSN]

42. From his cold dead hands would be fitting about the spreader events!

[Dem4Life1102]

44. This quote better describes Florida

[FSogol]

45. The next variant should be called the DeSantis Variant. n/t

[machoneman]

47. DeSatan is just itching to overrule the local politicos and order all access points re-opened!

He may wait a few days but he will step in an mandate the re-opening, even if he agrees to some restrictions. Bank on it!

[BobTheSubgenius]

50. "Bank on it"

I have no doubt about it.

[cab67]

48. That's the perfect quote for this situation.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

51. Laissez-faire living, laissez-faire dying.

That should be the RNC's motto.

Rethugs love doing dangerous shit for business' sake when there's no accountability.

Things like starting wars and disregarding global pandemics.....

[lark]

54. We aren't going out this weekend at all.

We usually have Sat. dinner with our daughter at a small family owned Sushi joint, but I was feeling under the weather from my vaccination on Fri. Decided that with spring break, march madness & yuck - better to stay home.

[LiberalLovinLug]

58. Miami is the last place in the US I'd want to be.

Run by Trump sycophants who refuse to listen to science or health professionals.

[PCIntern]

59. For the oldsters:

[alterfurz]

61. #COVIDIOTS

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