2/20/21
Dear Editor,
I thought about writing a comedic story. A comedy should be based on sarcasm, slapstick, irony or life as a situation comedy.
It starts out with the leadership full of counter productive ideas for regulating numerous situations.
Scene #1
To save the population from itself, the authorities believe legal owners of firearms would be disarmed. The belief is, those who can be regulated, will comply with the regulations. That would leave only those who disregard regulations, armed individuals. The fewer firearms the less violence. Right? Kind of the way making drugs illegal eliminates drug abuse.
Scene #2
Next, to save the planet from fossil fuel and hydrocarbons, “global warming” inflict a ban on fossil fuels. Rely heavily on “renewable energy”. Of course let’s not plan on worst case scenarios. Like the extreme heat in the summer (California 2020) or a Deep South polar vortex (Texas 2021). Thus the elimination of jobs in the fossil fuel industries immediately, like welders, pipe liners, concrete workers, steel manufacturers and truckers of everything to be transported. You know, coal, oil, natural gas and food. These higher paying jobs of today can be replaced by solar panel manufacturing jobs of the future, paying half or less of the previously eliminated professions.
Scene #3
To help the solar panel manufacturing industry of the future, import “undocumented workers” from all over the world. To make an effort to be fair, create $15.00 / hour minimum wage so the fast food industry can supply a $10.00 meatless burger.
Scene #4
To accentuate the comedic value, picture all the lonesome cattle, grazing aimlessly, over populating the grasslands of the broken ranches growing soy for soy milk, tofu and veggie burgers. What an utopian picture this paints. (“Can’t wait”, he said sarcastically!)
Scene #5
To insure compliance label everyone not onboard with regulations as racists, insurrectionists, unfit citizens of sedition and reprogram them.
Darn it!
Move over Shakespeare, I’ve written a tragedy!!
As always, thank you to the frontline defenders, the military, the police, the medical professionals, God bless you all.
Lloyd Brightwell