Meanderings

Vaccine Competition: Competition is a good thing. It brings good products and services to the marketplace. It also brings top notch quality and choice. All of that leads to better pricing and higher standards of living. We Americans are good at that. Russia, is not, or at least hasn't been. A champion of competition, or knowledgeable about it. Their having the first vaccine is not a credible accomplishment. If it is true, terrific for them! However, having the first does not translate to ‘the best.’ Or the safest for that matter. I’ll wait for American pharmaceuticals to find the best vaccine, fully test it, and understand it’s pluses and minuses. Then I’ll have the vaccine administered by my doctor. All done in trustworthy fashion with fairly good odds the meds won’t kill or disable me. Not sure Russia can say the same. Let’s hope they are OK, anyway. Yes, let's hope they do well for their own.

VP Nominee and What’s Next? Oh Good! Kamala Harris is the VP candidate. That’s settled. And she is a very good choice. She will be a campaign jewel and asset. Now, let’s see Joe assemble a leadership team in full view. I suggest Susan Rice for NSA! Let’s see, how about Secretary of State…, oh, and Secretary of Commerce, Education and ……. This will be fun to see who is tapped to help our nation recover from four years of mismanagement.

Postal Problems: Executive Branch powers are both subtle and not. The prez claims mail order elections are dangerous, so he tries to make that so. Defunding the Postal Service is one manner; appointing your own puppet as head of the agency is another. Let’s strangle or smother the Postal Service so it can’t do its job. Seems to me the Congress has control over the agency, not the Executive Branch. Courts can rule on this quickly, too. Meanwhile mail-in ballots are The Thing and will most likely be the most popular means of voting during the pandemic. Yes, the outcome of the election may be delayed a bit, but rather that and a healthy turnout than long lines and other frustrations.

Enough mind wanderings for one post. Stay healthy. And happy! We have this COVID thing under control as long as we wear face masks, wash our hands frequently and well, and keep a good social distance. For all of that, Thanks!

August 14, 2020