And the rest of you can go fuck yourselves, I guess:When President Joe Biden met with U.S. governors at the White House on Monday, he was the only one given a glass of water -- lest anyone else remove their mask to take a drink. [...]
It's no surprise that unusual steps are taken to protect any president. But the strict precautions could also threaten to undercut the Biden administration's own efforts to tell Americans -- especially those who are vaccinated and boosted -- that they can get on with something closer to their normal lives in the face of the omicron wave. [...]
For months, Biden aides have fretted that the people who are most protected against COVID-19 remain the most cautious, a dynamic they view as a drag on the nation's economic and psychological recovery.
Now I'm just an unfrozen caveman -- your masks and germ theory of disease confuse and frighten me -- but maybe they are the most protected because they are the most cautious.
THE LINE IS PLEASED WITH THE TALK OF SACRIFICE.
I’ve always kinda figured that nobody can get to be President without a very large dose of “the rest of you can go fuck yourselves.”
The omicron wave, all by itself, is pretty effectively preventing Americans--even those who are vaccinated and boosted--from getting on with something closer to their normal lives. The administration should be telling people to strap an N95 over the disease ports on their faces and keep the mask there like their very lives depended on it, for at least another year.
He's 80+ years old and he's the president. Extreme caution is warranted and appropriate.
If that level of caution is warranted for that particular old person, that level of caution is also warranted for any other old people you happen to know and care about. His life is not more worthy of preserving than your grandfather's. And yet, this particular old guy is telling your grandfather to get back to work, if you're boosted you're bulletproof, eat at restaurants, go to the gym -- at the same time that he's not allowing his own staff to drink in his presence.
It's interesting to contrast with the concurrent UK scandal, where PM Johnson is in hot water for doing the opposite: telling the plebs to lock down and distance while holding parties in Number 10.
This may be funny to only me, but when the BBC first broke the story on 3 December, they did so with the following report from Ros Atkins.
At 1:45, Chris Mason stammers in reporting that Johnson's maskless soiree had "drinks, nibbles, and games". It then cuts to a stone-faced Atkins staring dead into the camera saying, "Drinks. Nibbles. Games." with a seriousness that cracks me up every time I watch it!
One has to laugh through the pain of our leaders (London Breed here in SF) breaking the very rules that, y'know, keep their constituents alive.
And a very Go Fuck Yourself to you!
Thank you, Jamie. As we used to say in the '70's, "right-the-fuck on!"
What is the origin of the "THE LINE IS PLEASED" stuff?
We click Previouslies in this house!
Then fact that you don't know speaks volumes on how little you personally disrespect the line. For shame.
I have brought great shame and dishonor to the comment section :(
The line accepts your repenrance