Born a 10th generation Oregonian, (5 generations on each side) I have an enthusiasm for learning and teaching new things. After a ten year mini career in the dental field I moved on to research and embraced the social web. Though the internet is far too large for any one person to claim to be an expert, I can hold my own with the latest trends.
I enjoy researching and writing blogs. As the "Internet Program Director" for myMotherLode.com since 2008, I update the website and have a wide variety of interests. There is always something entertaining, educational or inspirational to share.
The administration is correct to be willing to provide assistance to the states but only to address the impacts of covid-19 restrictions and not to address the long term sistemic problems of poorly managed state and local finances with their unfunded pension liabilities and pet projects like California's bullet train to nowhere.
The original “Plan” was to shut down all non-essential activities and interactions just until we “flattened the curve” and kept hospitals from being overwhelmed. Made sense. Now it seems like many states and governors, especially on both coasts, want to keep everything locked down until we have a vaccine or outright cure. Enough already. Nothing can protect us 100% from anything or everything whether it’s the flu or SARS or even COVID-19. It’s time for the most vulnerable of us to stay home and stay safe and allow the rest to put on masks when necessary, socially distance as much as practicable and reopen society.
On this Memorial Day we recall Ronald Regan who said: “We’re blessed with the opportunity to stand for something—for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.”
The late Don Shula, the winningest coach in NFL history believed that “If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself.”
