It feels like 2005 to me. People were largely fine with Bush because he told us to go shopping, he gave us someone to blame and he Accomplished the Mission. And then the Superdome became Thunderdome and all of a sudden the country started to realize that the emperor had no clothes. The Republican Party has been pretty much owning the libs for three and a half years. That's been their agenda. That and claiming they don't work for Russia and that everything terrible happening in government is a liberal conspiracy because unless you're a farmer it hasn't been directly fucking with your life. This is kind of the first real instance where the Trump administration has to govern and everyone capable of governing has left the building, either voluntarily or forceably. Not to be alarmist, but this is pretty much what happened to Venezuela, albeit on a much greater scale: when you trade competence for fealty you simply lack the ability to deal with challenges.
'nother LOL. Katrina was the reason my mom shopped helicopter rescue rates (~$25k, btw) while Harvey was still walloping Houston. Trump & co. managed to not repeat the same mistake twice. I was pleased. But yup, I mean, judging by the absolutely ignorant remarks he made last night about having covid19 totally under control, this is gonna be super botched. It's already been, people just haven't come around to it yet. Action was required, like, last month. It's apparently going to take tragedy for people to turn away from this tweet of a man. Again, even then, I'm not sure this will do it. Edit: It begins:Superdome became Thunderdome
WASHINGTON — Federal health employees interacted with Americans quarantined for possible exposure to the coronavirus without proper medical training or protective gear, then scattered into the general population, according to a government whistle-blower.