April 2021 – Page 2 – Rural Tompkins County

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Cover-up the Cover-up” Bumper Sticker

When New York’s elderly caused Cuomo trouble; they ceased to exist.

The suppression of Nursing Home deaths has progressively led to a non-reporting status of all Pandemic age-related demographics. Since only Race and Ethnicity are important; they are the sole determiner in State vaccination statistics.

Not only are the elderly doing the overwhelming majority of the dying; the pro forma “Sadly, we lost [today’s number] New Yorkers to the virus” announcement hasn’t changed one word — only the number of dead has changed. Since January 13^th; more than 7,000 human beings have been added to the total — up a thousand since March.

Sadly, we still have the same Governor.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Conforming is Safest” Bumper Sticker

The miasma of fear is everywhere; but it’s not due to the Pandemic, that would be a relative comfort — it’s due to political dogma — and if their words don’t scare you enough to conform: there are always sticks and stones at hand.

It’s not surprising in a Doctrine that directly contradicts the lives and beliefs of every revered figure of human worth and equality.

How many of you are fearful to speak out?

Conforming won’t help you. It may spare you the whip — but not the abattoir.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Don’t think of it as Early Release” Bumper Sticker

Early Release could be described as an act of arrogance and dismissiveness: the arrogance to decide that they can judge the future behavior of criminals who have already displayed aberrant behavior and committed acts of violence, and the dismissiveness to treat the human beings who suffer from these acts as mere statistical phenomena.

Psychologists claim with “reasonable certainty” these acts will not be repeated, but in the light of a “replication crisis” in the psychological research that underpins these conclusions; what are the real odds? I would bet with a much more reasonable certainty that they won’t be apologizing to the victims if they’re wrong.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Victim’s Fault” Bumper Sticker

When the evidence is gathered and the suspect arrested; that’s their job. When the plea bargain is made and the sentence reduced; that’s their job. When the criminal is released back into the neighborhood; that’s their job. Being the next victim? That’s our job.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “The Only Rights We Have Left” Bumper Sticker

It’s an idea too big to write about; but the right size to think about.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Looking for a good excuse” Bumper Sticker

With the modern Doctrine of privilege and hate; finding an off-the-shelf excuse for doing evil to others is easy — it’s finding an argument for doing good to others that’s impossible.

We’ve come to the Great Divide.

It’s the difference between those who believe in human worth; and those who believe in human use.

It’s a gulf you can’t straddle; and there’s no place to hide — so where do you stand on the Great Divide?

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Who’s Your Grandad” Bumper Sticker

Maybe it’s time to change up the societal role of our elderly citizens. The mild, smiling, grandkid doting role got us no respect, compassion, or vaccine availability when the Pandemic hit.

With the current sense of entitlement; and with the easy and available COVID solution: it’s certain that many inheritances were hastened with human intervention — murder — but this media plum is nowhere to be found.

It’s not smart to play us. They did the lying; we did the dying. This last election taught the lesson that if you’re not confrontational: you’re nothing. It’s time to step out of your AARP boxes and shake up things again.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “We’re all in this together” 2 Bumper Sticker

Nowadays “We’re all in this together” is merely a figure of speech. Every discussion, every media story, every video, every study, every job application, every school lesson, and every law places more importance on our differences than anything else.

Our togetherness is that of people waiting for plane, crossing a city street, or even that of dogs in a pit.

This bumper sticker stresses that being in the same place at the same time, and “the wrong place at the wrong time,” are equally good descriptions of today’s “togetherness.” It’s not a togetherness of compassion — it’s a togetherness of use.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “When does corruption become another background noise?” Bumper Sticker

What used to be “Oh, God!” is now “Oh, yeah? So what.”

People have been educated to accept corruption as a normal part of society and government – to see pollution and the environment as a balancing act – and human death and suffering as quantifiable overhead.

This viewpoint is all very well for those who are nibbling our society to death; but what about the rest of us?

Just because you can’t end corruption, and pollution, and human suffering; doesn’t mean that any amount of it is acceptable. In the real world: A predator doesn’t leave after one bite — if they like it; they stick around for more. For all of it.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Don’t bet on computer weather models” Bumper Sticker

Unlike jockeys in a real horse race; weather professionals jump from one weather model, to another one that seems to have a better chance of winning, and then back again — sometimes even straddling the field.

It’s all very scientific; but most of the accuracy comes after the event; not before.

60 years ago; people watched the TV weatherman who had a proven record of accurate predictions. Today science has bedecked a self-righteous certitude with a fog of “complex” patterns and ever-fluctuating “chances of” — that leaves you looking at the weather outside your window an hour before it appears in their “updated” predictions.

So remember; the next time you’re caught with your excuses down: Don’t change your story — just update it.