Hi Humans,

Don't be shy. If you want to comment on my blog entries, please do so. You don't have to be a dog to say what you think. or if you have a pet dog and want to have your dog speak for you, that's also OK. I would like to hear from you or your dog.

Chloe

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Politics, Reality, and Ebola

Hi Humans,
You have this thing called politics. I realize politics are necessary in a Democracy so that the government can sort things out and come to conclusions, hopefully giving the ordinary humans some ability to influence the actions of their representatives. However, some politicians will and say anything no matter how silly to make the opposite party look bad. Many of the members of the Republican Party have become especially guilty of that since President Obama has taken office. Some just don't like Democrats, but it seems like more than that. I think they don't like the President because he is half Black and more than that because he is intelligent. The Republican Congress has obstructed legislation which the President has supported even to the detriment of their own constituents as long as it they could make the President look bad. Today on CNN a Republican congresswoman named Marsha Blackburn claimed that the President is doing a poor job of keeping America safe from the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Actually, while Ms. Blackburn and her friends have been promoting useless harmful measures like keeping American medical personnel from traveling to Africa and banning flights between the USA and West Africa. The American government under the present administration has sent medial teams to West Africa and has helped coordinate an international effort to give humanitarian help. Controlling the epidemic locally in Africa is the best way to contain the epidemic and keep it from spreading out to the rest of us. Making a scare campaign like what Ms. Blackburn and friends promote will accomplish nothing.
If we dogs could vote, we would support reality and not just what is politically expedient.
Chloe

1 comment:

  1. Yes Many Obama haters I think tend to forget that its the Repubs who are thwarting the POTUS's attempt at making the US a better nation for its citizens. OTOH I can't say this is true of everyone who doesn't like Obama. I don't want to generalize.

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