Every now and then sheer stupidity smacks you like a stale wet bar towel. They don't come staler than the towels on the Florida coast.
Florida looked at the measles outbreak in Texas and said we want some of that! They're going to get all that and more when they voluntarily end all vaccine requirements in the state. Imagine a place you have freedom to catch and spread diseases most people thought were wiped out.
It's what they say they're going to do.
In Florida freedom to be an idiot is more important than keeping the population safe from deadly disease. So, polio vaccine? Smallpox? Diphtheria? Whooping Cough? Measles? The government says they don't care so you'll be taking your chances.
Remember chicken pox parties? In Florida, they've got small pox parties. Blankets provided.
That oughta boost tourism.
That guy from the famous family surely approves. After all, he tried to blame the measles outbreak on the vaccine, not on the people not giving it to their kids. He's been on a long crusade. His brain worms told him vaccines killed all his uncles. And dad, of course.
Not sorry. Something's seriously wrong with Robert.
It's only on a sea of idiocy you'd get a conspiracy spreading attorney with zero medical training in charge of the nation's healthcare. Now, like the rest of the thugs, he's breaking what wasn't broke with the blessing of the party based not on science but on conspiracy and superstition.
All while his boss works to erase every shred of the legacy his family left on DC. His Aunt's rose garden? Gone. His Uncle's art center? Name it for Melania, star of OnlyFans.
It's only in that sea you'd get any of these people in positions of authority. But here we are pulling into idiocracy harbor. I hate when movies come true.
But why does everyone speak with a Russian accent?
If you're wondering why I'm sounding a little raw, it's because I am. One, weren't you paying attention? I'm wondering when everybody just decided stupid was a valid choice. And two...well maybe I'm feeling a little caged in.
And I'm betting I'm not alone. Anyone who lives in Elkhorn probably knows exactly the feeling I'm feeling.
For reasons best described as "the times", the Kentucky Highway Department closed about 300 yards of one lane of HWY 80 approximately two months ago. For the first couple of weeks, there was equipment and workers doing something. Then they disappeared and for a month we've been sitting at a light for at least five minutes trying to get to Double Kwik. Repeat upon return.
If that isn't enough, if you have to get to Pikeville like someone, say, getting weekly chemo injections, instead of utilizing that billion dollars of new blacktop leading to US23, you get to sit another 5 minutes at another mysterious lane job before you get to Ferrel's Creek.
I'd probably be less raw if they'd get those lights moved and the lanes opened. I probably wouldn't be raw at all if I suddenly had enough cash to open that new road myself.