April 27. “Consider Yourself” Coronavirus Infected
One thing I have to be thankful for is that Trump did not waste four hours of my weekend giving his televised self-praising, press bashing, repetitive, and babbling election rallies posing as a Task Force Report. The next thing is that he may be done with them (I doubt it).
The sensible people left in his administration have drafted detailed guidelines for how businesses, recreation, and churches could reopen safely. However, these are being watered down with the word “consider” in every sentence. I was pretty sure that the President could not wipe out the liability or legal responsibility of businesses from infecting workers or customers, just by adding his squiggly signature to a document. But watering down government requirements or even standards by adding “consider” effectively could do that, especially in one of the new “Trump Courts of Law”, of his appointed judges.
My title, “Consider Yourself” comes from the only other document which is rife with “considers”, the song “Consider Yourself” from the musical “Oliver!”, written by Lionel Bart. It is sung by the gang of thieves who are recruiting Oliver, which is apropos here. Some choice lines from the lengthy repetitive song: “Always a chance we’ll meet, Somebody, To foot the bill”. Trump’s name on the checks, doesn’t mean he is paying for them. We the taxpayers are. “Consider yourself … One of us!!” Is the flat out election year ploy of letting the aid checks appear to come from Trump himself.
As another proof of Trump’s compulsive Narcissism, Trump not only has his name on every government handout check, but has now added his signature to every accompanying letter which has to be sent. When is he going to put his picture on the $100 bill, or the $20, or a lesser one, or all at once? And pictures of Mar-a-Lago and Trump Towers or Casinos on the backsides.
The White House gang who edited in “consider” is probably the same gang who removed “climate change” from all Trump administration documents and websites. They have also purged the WHO references and links this week. Who is next? Who is next to be blamed for the US Coronavirus folly?
The very successful musical “Oliver!” Was based on Charles Dickens novel “Oliver Twist”. Lionel Bart also wrote the theme song for the 1963 James Bond movie “From Russia With Love”, which is also strangely apropos for the Trump administration.
