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  • #31
    Originally posted by simplicio View Post
    What, are you nuts? Since when is containing the spread an ultimate objective?

    Senator Richard Burr in an interesting example of the swamp which ought to be drained. (remember when that was a rallying cry?)

    He sold of 1.7 million in stock at a time he was reassuring the public, and giving private consultation to "well connected" constituents (I am sure that it is coincidence that those constituents are also generous donors) that hard times were coming.

    Burr was also privy to the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, which guides the government actions in a crisis such as this. So while the President was downplaying this as a dem hoax, and boasting of his excellent, excellent preparedness actions, trusting in his scientific hunches and acumen, Burr was making a small fortune on this, telling the public one thing, while privately warning well connected something different.

    So much for government transparency. If containment was an ultimate objective, Burr would have dared to buck the political pressures, and stepped into the deep,duc in altem. (a religious reference) But there was money to be made, cold hard cash.
    Originally posted by seer View Post
    From what I read, for weeks China knew that its citizens from the Wuhan area were infected. They covered it up and even jailed doctors who were blowing the whistle. Then they let citizens from this region fly all over the world. And they get upset when we call it the China Virus?
    So "for weeks China knew.... but covered it up" and that is a bad thing. What Burr did certainly seems similar, he knew the possibilities and ordered his personal portfolio to be able to take advantage.

    For weeks, Burr knew....but covered it up Loyalty to the president is such an admirable quality. But where is the loyalty, the obligation, to citizens of the US, to the citizens of North Carolina?
    Last edited by simplicio; 03-20-2020, 04:43 AM.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by simplicio View Post
      Senator Richard Burr in an interesting example of the swamp which ought to be drained. (remember when that was a rallying cry?)

      He sold of 1.7 million in stock at a time he was reassuring the public, and giving private consultation to "well connected" constituents (I am sure that it is coincidence that those constituents are also generous donors) that hard times were coming.

      Burr was also privy to the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, which guides the government actions in a crisis such as this. So while the President was downplaying this as a dem hoax, and boasting of his excellent, excellent preparedness actions, trusting in his scientific hunches and acumen, Burr was making a small fortune on this, telling the public one thing, while privately warning well connected something different.

      So much for government transparency. If containment was an ultimate objective, Burr would have dared to buck the political pressures, and stepped into the deep,duc in altem. (a religious reference) But there was money to be made, cold hard cash.
      Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
        So what do you think: Do you agree with Omar?

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