May 17-31

Since the middle of March a powderkeg has been building within the boundaries of our state if not the whole damn country, sooner or later someone or something was going to light the fuse. The people of this commonwealth have been on interminable lockdown for reasons that are no longer supported by any data scientific or otherwise, entire families are starving, struggling to survive and in danger of losing everything they own. All the while the governor and the state secretary of health steadfastly refuse to loosen the death grip they hold over the very population they were elected to serve. In recent weeks more and more small businesses have opened in spite of the governor's guidelines (which are not LAWS and are therefore unconstitutional) and have been harassed by various law enforcement agencies. One of the most egregious examples is a business in York County owned by an 80-year-old veteran of three wars this country has been involved with. In many areas the local prosecutors have said they will not enforce the governor's edicts or prefer legal charges against those who are merely trying to make what living they can to survive. I have always felt that this entire situation will end when The People decide that it's over, as the month of May drew to a close the long-overdue eruption was beginning. On Monday the 25th (as we were supposed to be celebrating Memorial Day) there was an incident in Minneapolis, Minnesota involving an African-American citizen and a Caucasian police officer that resulted in the civilian's death. On the following weekend peaceful protests in many cities turned violent and I truly believe that the Minneapolis incident was only part of the reason. What started as a protest of the treatment that gentleman received escalated into ugliness because it gave the general populace an excuse to work off their simmering pent-up frustrations. The People are fed up with the hypocrisy and double-dealing at the political level, they are tired of being chained up at home with no way to support their families and no outside entertainment diversions available. The governor issued a statement that actually praised and encouraged the protesting provided it didn't become violent (what exactly does that even mean?), needless to say that idea didn't work out at all. As it stands my county is scheduled to "go yellow" on June 5 under his alleged "plan" to reopen the state, from what I can see his plan is in the trash because "social distancing" was vandalized and burned to the ground over the weekend. Stay tuned, friends. It may get uglier before it gets better. Thanks for reading.