Transitions

The time between the election and the inauguration of the President is one of transition.  Not only for the key political players and their financial backers/ardent supporters but for the common citizen.  It is a time with great similarities to a sporting event where the players on the field move from offense to defense and the spectators’ transition from supporting their team to the condemnation of any event that seems to present a positive gain for the opposition.

We are beginning to see that transition in the media now, where according to the broadcasters the incoming team is above approach.  These are the same “professionals” who just a matter of days ago spent most of their time condemning the current administration as incompetent and incapable of finding their way out a paper bag, despite the evidence that seemed to refute that.  For example, according to the Democratic politicians as broadcast by the media the reason we have over 300,000 dead from COVID is all President Trump’s fault, despite the fact under our system it was the decisions of the various Governors which most affect the death rates within their states.

From a common person perspective, those who have rioted and protested just a few short days and weeks ago claiming America was a fascist blight on the face of the earth are now going to have to claim we are once more a shining light of freedom for that same world.  The irony here is that 99% of the government that were all fascist last week will still be at work after January 20^th.

Those politicians in charge of the major cities, who just weeks ago, were justifying the need to defund the police and open their cities to invasion by anarchists are now going to see a need for some limits on what “peaceful” protest really means.  I wonder how the anarchists and the police forces will deal with these political transitions?

On the fashion front, those who thought little of the current first lady’s wardrobe are going now going to be over-the-top in their admiration of the incoming first lady’s fashion sense as she sets the style trends for the nation.  While I doubt she will receive the same adulation as Michele Obama, it seems to me there will be a big demand for extravagant adjectives seeking to reflect how smart she dresses for someone with such brilliant educational credentials.

Speaking of educational credentials, it seems to me to be an amazing thing to have a big kafuffle over.  Some writer says having an Ed. D isn’t the same as being a real doctor and the world goes crazy.  The Ph. Ds and Ed. Ds of the world are united in their belief that having any kind of doctorate is worthy of being called a doctor, while some lawyers with Juris Doctorates seem to disagree.  I’ve not polled the medical community but the few I know are of the opinion they are the only REAL doctors (at least according to Hippocrates). Personally, I know a couple of good ol’ tobacco chewing country boys with Ed. Ds and I think they are good with nicknames, although Dr. REDMAN is probably also acceptable.  I know Whoopi Goldberg weighed in on this at the beginning of the pandemic and claimed Dr. Biden was “a hell of a doctor” so there is that.

But then we can make a dividing controversy out of any and everything.  Take the recently approved COVID immunizations.  Their release this December is a miracle, at least according to the projections of scientists who engage in the political debate. The first doses are going to the frontline workers and those most at risk in the nursing homes.  This seems to be one thing no one is arguing about, but who should get the next release?  Ah, that is worth arguing about.  Should it be the Presidential transition team, the current White House staff, the members of Congress, or those in the public that want to jump on board?  How about those who don’t want the vaccine?  Should they be forced into taking it to use public transportation, or should they have a small yellow COVID star sewn on their clothing so the liberals know who is unclean and not part of this great social movement?

Finally, I wonder if all the entertainment award shows can get back to patting themselves on the back for being so great instead of having to spend the majority of their speaking parts condemning the government.  I know that is probably too much to ask for and now those same celebrities will have to tell us how great it is to be in a nation that supports a unified world solution (except for China and Russia of course) for all the environmental issues the government will now address through its increased taxes.  While we’ve not yet increased taxes I’ll take Biden and Harris at their word that we must do that to rebuild America in their image.