With the National Reckoning only a few days away, I wish to take the time to mourn the passing of Lyon Tyler. The 95-year-old Tyler was half of a brother duo that constituted one of the most amazing factoids in American history. Until a couple weeks ago, Lyon Tyler was alive in the year 2020. His grandfather, John Tyler, was president of the United States in 1841, nearly 180 years ago! Not only that, he and his grandfather were born 135 years apart (John Tyler was born in 1790, one year after George Washington first took office.) How crazy would be it have been to be alive well into the 21st century, knowing that your grandfather was born in the 1700s?
One of my grandfathers died a week before I was born so I never got to meet him. Lyon Tyler missed meeting his grandfather by 63 years (John Tyler died in the early days of the Civil War).
It gets stranger: Lyon Tyler’s great-grandfather (also named John) was Thomas Jefferson’s roommate in college. In parts of the South, you have guys who play on the same adult-recreation softball teams with their great-grandfathers.
While Lyon Tyler is gone, his younger brother, Harrison (a mere pup at 91 years of age), lives on. I’m assuming that Harrison was named for William Henry Harrison, who was gracious enough to die a month into his presidency, allowing John Tyler to take over. The common misconception is that Harrison caught a cold while delivering his inaugural address, but later studies of his doctors’ notes conclude that he probably died of typhoid, seeing as how the White House water supply was downstream from the sewer system.
These days the crap flows in the other direction.
When Harrison was sick, the doctors applied hot suction devices to his chest and then did some bloodletting. (The woman voodoo doctor whom Trump invited to D.C. would probably approve.) When things didn’t get better, they treated Harrison with a boiled mixture of crude petroleum and Virginia snakeroot. I don’t know if he had to drink it or if they just rubbed it on his body. Either way, it didn’t work.
Just to show you that some things never change, I give you Sean Conley. Supposedly, he’s a medical doctor, but for the world, he will forever be the clown in the white lab coat who unleashed Trump to undertake the Superspreader Tour. I wouldn’t let that guy treat me for a hangnail.
A couple other weird things:
• Not counting presidents who died in office (which, statistically, has happened a lot) and those who then finished out the term (as with Harrison and Tyler), the majority of elected Presidents only served one term. It hasn’t happened since the first George Bush, but if Trump is a one-termer, it wouldn’t be an anomaly.
• Before the 12th Amendment was passed, the top two vote getters in the Electoral College voting, regardless of party, became President and Vice-President. Can you imagine President Joe Biden and Vice-President Donald Trump?
• Finally, I have a couple Republican friends with whom I still communicate. They say that Trump would have easily won reelection if not for COVID. To that, I take great exception. I think that after the virus hit, he was presented with a huge political opportunity.
I want all of you—including people who despise Donald Trump as much as I do—to imagine how different things would be if Trump had risen to the challenge instead of shrinking and shirking like the pissy little bitch that he is. Imagine if he had taken control of the supply lines, used the military in a number of positive ways, set aside political differences in dealing with state governors, shown actual empathy for suffering Americans, and ignored the stock market (which always seems to turn out OK).
Imagine if he had simply been presidential, instead of ducking responsibility, lying to the American people, pointing fingers, dumping everything on the states, and fomenting insurrection. He would have been guaranteed another four years.
New Zealand has a population of about 5,000,000 people. When the virus hit, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern acted swiftly and decisively. Eight months into the pandemic, New Zealand has had 25 COVID-related deaths. (Having a parliamentary form of government, New Zealand is at least as democratic as we are, so don’t try that lame-ass argument.) Extrapolating that out to the population of the United States, if Trump had acted in a similarly decisive manner, instead of having 225,000 dead Americans, the number would be…just under 1,700.
Of course, since Ardern is a strong woman, Trump would label her as “mean” and/or “terrible.” But he should also note that New Zealand held an election a couple weeks ago and Ardern was reelected in a landslide.
Eat that!
This article appears in Oct 29 – Nov 4, 2020.
Our pandemic department was definitely not a swamp. He drained it. Fine people in our pandemic department would have realized and prevented much of coronavirus problem.
Remember theme week, imagine a good president.
Our pandemic department was not a swamp. Trump drained it. Fine people in our pandemic department would have realized coronavirus severity and taken right action.
Remember theme week. Imagine a Biden presidentcy.
Lying Tom Danehy wrote: “pissy little bitch”.
You are a bad person. You must be proud to know that your children get to read your foul mouthed editorials.
You and AZ/DC! would make a good couple.
People who can’t communicate cogently without resorting to profanity are either lazy and/or uneducated.
Lying Tom Danehy: “Extrapolating that out to the population of the United States, if Trump had acted in a similarly decisive manner, instead of having 225,000 dead Americans, the number would be…just under 1,700.”
Lying Tom Danehy doing what he does best. Lie. It is simplistic and deceptive to make a straight one to one comparison between U.S. covid-19 deaths and deaths in New Zealand.
In Taiwan, since the beginning of the pandemic there has been nothing shut down. All businesses, restaurants, bars, clubs, malls, movie theaters, and others have remained open. There has been no social distancing in restaurants.
All schools have remained open. There was one student who contracted covid-19. They shut that school down for two weeks and then re-opened.
There has been no government mandate for when and where to wear masks. It is up to each individual business and institution to decide whether to require the wearing of masks, many have not.
The Taiwanese professional baseball league started off with no fans in the stadium but that didn’t last long. People have freely gone to places like malls and other events with large gatherings of people, many of whom do not wear masks.
The population density of the capital is about the same as NYC with some districts having a population density that is three times that of NYC but there has been no breakout of the virus in those areas.
Taiwan instituted a travel ban on Chinese travelers five days after President Trump’s “racist” Chinese travel ban took place.
There was no panic buying or hoarding because the politicians, medical authorities, and media did not try to scare us, in fact the government encouraged people to go out and buy as much as they wanted from grocery stores to help stimulate the economy.
Taiwan has a population of 23,000,000 people.
We have gone about 200 days with 0 domestic transmissions of the virus.
As of today, Taiwan has had seven deaths due to covid-19 (Taiwan is just as democratic as the United States and New Zealand.)
Using Lying Tom Danehy’s disingenuous comparison, extrapolating that out to the population of the United States, if President Trump had followed Taiwan’s protocol of keeping all businesses and schools open, no stay at home lockdowns, no mandatory mask wearing, instead of having 225,000 dead Americans the total would be…. 99.
Again, using Lying Tom Danehy’s disingenuous comparison, if Prime Minister Ardern had followed Taiwan’s protocol of keeping all businesses and schools open, no stay at home lockdowns, no mandatory mask wearing, instead of 1,700 dead New Zealanders the total would be…. 1.5.
This game is fun. We can do this all day.
Just another pathetic attempt by Lying Tom Danehy to scapegoat President Trump.
Although I do agree with Tom most of the time, I’m not convinced that we would make a good couple. Plus, a union as such would probably anger our significant others. Not that your bitter ass would understand about having a significant other. It’s so obvious that you’re lonely and desperate after reading your commentary.
Why do you have to act like a “pissy little bitch” towards me when I never bothered single you out? Oh, I remember the reason why. It’s because I made you look like the fool that you are just over 2 and a half years ago. Talk about holding a grudge. Check this out, although you seem to remember it clearly, many who are reading this comment probably don’t:
https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/danehy…
Remember now pissy? You couldn’t even understand that I was discussing military grade assault rifles and not guns in general. Just ask “Kevin” Groves.
Crawl back under your rock you amateur. Pissy little bitch tRump and you would make a better couple than Tom and I on any given day.
AZ/DC!, you are doing a great job of making my point for me about cogency, lack of education, and being a bad human being.
Am I getting under your skin, amateur? Why are you acting so desperate? You pass judgment on me without having any idea who I am. I can tell you one thing about me though, I’m not much into trolls that always claim to dislike someone’s work yet they keep returning to criticize it. That’s just counterproductive. Get a hobby besides being a troll. You’ll thank me in the long run.
AC/DC! wrote: “You pass judgment on me without having any idea who I am.”
Of course I can pass judgment on you.
We all know who you are. You are what you write.
You are a foulmouthed profane bully who gets hysterical when someone clap backs at back at you because you are not used to that.
I still think it’s the angry lady that yells “you kids get off my lawn.”
Just as every other critical fool that has crossed my path, you are so confused. When did I get “hysterical”?
You got some major personality problems bub. Set up an appointment with a shrink ASAP. The shrink will probably tell you to quit reading things that you know you’ll disagree with and to quit being a worthless troll. That way, people like me who see you for the worthless troll that you are won’t get under your skin.
I’m not bullying you amateur, I’m just presenting you with a mirror. If you can’t handle that, then quit coming back for your reflection.
“They say that Trump would have easily won reelection if not for COVID.” Um, he hasn’t lost yet dumb ass
Mr. Heywood, the point was that he could have won *easily* and the poor pandemic response has reduced his chances of winning.
Also, Taiwan’s government acted early, strongly encourages mask wearing, honestly communicates with its citizens, and believes in contact tracing. I don’t think TCTW is proving the point they think they are….
Ann Onymous wrote: “Also, Taiwan’s government acted early,”
What do you mean acted early? Taiwan enacted a travel ban with China after President Trump.
So please be specific by what you mean by “acted early”.
“strongly encourages mask wearing”
Yes, encouraged. There is a big difference between encouraged and “enforced”
Many have not and do not wear masks in public.
No comments about how Taiwan didn’t shut down any businesses? Everything was open in Taiwan. Schools, restaurants, and all businesses, nothing was shut down.
“I don’t think TCTW is proving the point they think they are….”
Please explain how? Be specific.
One more time. There was nothing shut down. There was no government order to wear masks. There was no government order to shelter at home. Everything has been open. Nothing shut down.
We have been free to go wherever we want whenever we want.
So what point am I not proving?
Please be specific.
AZ/DC! wrote: “and to quit being a worthless troll.”
This is AZ/DC!’s default position. Anyone who disagrees with AZ/DC! is a troll.
“Get a hobby besides being a troll.”
“stop encouraging desperate trolling.”
“I got you foolish trolls all riled up!”
“It’s something that a conspiracy theory loving troll engages in.”
“Tools such as this person make troll hunting easy.”
If everyone is a troll, then no one is a troll.
AZ/DC! wrote: I’m not bullying you amateur
I never claimed you were bullying me. I dont care what you write about me.
Your words about other people makes it obvious that you are foul mouthed profane bully.
You are a bad human being.
I can be specific if you want.
Again, you are what you write.
The internet is a bitch because it saves everything.
I don’t care about people that disagree with me. That doesn’t bother me. When those same people act smug, sanctimonious and/or just plain nasty…that’s where things get stupid. And that’s where you come in. Yes, the internet is a bitch because it saves everything. It saves all those smug little comments directed towards lying tom, saying “Kevin” Groves must either be a liar or stupid (“which is it?”) and it saves the general nasty commentary that proves you’re lonely and picking an internet fight somehow fills the void. Look at my history again and you’ll notice I only engage genuine trolls, I’ll never engage someone that can be civil about their opinions. Oh, and I will also engage a knucklehead who will just out of the blue decide to single me out. You should quit because it’s making you look very foolish, very obsessive and it can’t be good for your health. There’s some more reflection for you.
AZ/DC! wrote: I don’t care about people that disagree with me. That doesn’t bother me.
Of course you do. That is why you call anyone who disagrees with you assholes, fucknuts, dumbshits, shitstains, dickheads, and on and on.
Your protestations that you dont care belie your comments:
AC/DC! wrote:
“You on the other hand are just a conservative asshole.”
“if you don’t want to seem like you’re an asshole”
“All you got are a fuckload of conspiracy theories perpetuated by a doped up Adderall addict and his bootlickers”
“What makes you sock-puppeting fucknuts waste your time”
“I guess that you got nothing else to do between shitting your drawers”
“Where do you fucknuts find that fake news?”
“Where do you fucknuts find that fake news?”
“Wileybud might have fun with youse guyses dumbshit”
“What kind of ignoramus does that self-destructive shit?”
“10 jerk ass posts within 30 minutes. Are you gunning for douchebag of the year?”
“What does your stupid fucking rant about Hillary have to do with healthcare MAGASSHOLE?”
“The orange shitstain never grew anything into prosperity”
“Assholes are obviously in season at the moment.”
“only dickheads would watch.”
“them assholes are bitin’ good today!
“Hey, lookie dat! I baited the hook and caught an asshole.”
“then why the fuck are you here?”
“Trump’s brownshirt/brownnose asshole parade decided to goosestep”
And there you have it. Just a few of AZ/DC’s highlights. It goes on and on.
AZ/DC! wrote: It saves all those smug little comments directed towards lying tom, saying “Kevin” Groves must either be a liar or stupid (“which is it?”)
You are conflating me calling Tom Danehy and Kevin Groves liars and you calling people dickheads?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Again, lazy, lack of education, and lastly no ability for self-introspection and self-reflection.
All accurate descriptions.
You are a bad person and a worse human being.
Are you a little upset there pumpkin? Has something that’s happened recently got ya down? It’s okay, you can just vent and make yourself appear to be the fool that you are.
All those responses were to trolls. You keep coming back at me and you can add more to that compilation. That way, the bad human being that I am will make you look even more obsessed and foolish, if that’s possible.
I’m not sure what your goal is. You’re either upset that anytime you start something with me, I bring out the full-on idiot in you…or you have a thing for me. Well bud, if that’s the case, eww! For one, I’m taken; even if I wasn’t, you’re definitely not my type. Sad little keyboard warrior incel trolls just don’t do it for me.
And it took you 5 days to come up with that? Heck, I think even you could’ve done better, given the amount of time you had. I thought that you actually got some sense in you and backed off. I should’ve known better to think that you might actually have some sense. Shame on me! When you want some more reflection of the worthless troll that you truly are, you come on back. Until then, have sweet dreams about the loss of a goblin that wanted to be your president for life.