May fourth 1970 was the
date of the Kent State shootings in Ohio and that was fifty years ago. Yesterday May 3rd was Valerie
Shoffner’s birthday. The significance of
here is something my long-time blog readers know. This is the year of the non campaign. It’s like politics ceased to exist after
March tenth. It’s an eery thing. We only know Joe Biden now for the sexual
charges laid against him. Sanders has
disappeared completely. The Democratic
convention is August 17th.
They moved it once from July; I hope they don’t cancel it entirely. The LA school district says they are going to
stick with their August 18th starting date. That’s early enough and I hope and pray the
virus is over by then. The Los Angeles
county fair has still not been canceled as the OC fair was. The Boston marathon is still scheduled for
September. I know there are other rock
concerts that were rescheduled to a hopefully “safe” October. But now they are saying that everything will
operate at no more than half normal crowd density. France and Italy are opening up their
countries. Everybody seems to think “It’s
time”.
May 4, 2020 is the grand
reopening day of the nation with many states picking to lift the shackles of
regulations. Even though they tell us
that death and hospitalization rates are continuing to rise in the
agrigate. I think they are giggling the
figues because I thought we had topped off the week of April 13th
through 17th and have been in
downtrend ever since. Protestors
still abound all over the country here in California and elsewhere. Around this place Glen hasn’t uttered a peep
about any liberation day when we can go outside the gates. Of course there is a veritable soap opera of
events the past few days. But it would
be nice if you could visit your own parents who are sick in the hospital and be
spared the indignity of dying all alone. It goes without question that the value of
human to human contact is key to a healing.
Of course even though so many restaurants and barbershops and other
businesses are open they in most cases are still practicing social
distancing. But when they are again
flying commercial airlines the middle seat may well be a thing of the past. Various city councils including Dana Point
and Huntington Beach are challenging Governor Newson’s anti beach edict in
court.
May the Fourth Be With You - Yesterday 'The Force" was not with me
