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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) got schooled on Twitter after he argued against mandated face masks and compulsory vaccinations aimed at mitigating the spread of the coronavirus:
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Many tweeters reminded Massie of President George Washingtons decision to inoculate the Continental Army against smallpox.
Others called out the GOP congressman for appearing to rail against wearing masks, which public health experts worldwide have said is a relatively inexpensive and easy way to curb COVID-19.
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https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/thomas-massie-coronavirus-masks-fact-check-082502412.html
Sounds like he's proud to be a dumbass.
malaise
(269,278 posts)Get thee to the greatest page
Dave in VA
(2,041 posts)Stuart G
(38,458 posts)sheshe2
(84,057 posts)Had someone else take the tests for him.
Midnight Writer
(21,845 posts)Rebl2
(13,587 posts)the military because you have no choice.
sprinkleeninow
(20,268 posts)Look that ethnic word up in yer funkin' wagnalls/slovak edition...
catchnrelease
(1,946 posts)My best friend had Polish parents, I definitely know that one!
sprinkleeninow
(20,268 posts)Slovak in many instances.
Stuffed cabbage:
Slovak: Halupki
Polish: Golabki
catchnrelease
(1,946 posts)I had Golabki (they pronounced as gaw-whum-kee) many a time at their house!
Sometime back I was thinking about this friend and the Polish food they made, and found a youtube cook (American) that made them. At the end of the video she said something like 'Are these the best Golabki? You bet your dupa!' Made me laugh.
How about Chruschiki? We made those for Christmas. I've forgotten so many now, it's been over 50yrs!
sprinkleeninow
(20,268 posts)"Betcha can't eat just one!" 😄
[Orangeous in the oval office--the source of chronic annoying pain in the dupa.]
TheBlackAdder
(28,252 posts)catchnrelease
(1,946 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,268 posts)No, JK naturellement. Would be a hoot tho.
dumpie buzi pootie dupa....
Pics at eleven...
sprinkleeninow
(20,268 posts)bozkaj pootie dupa.
genxlib
(5,547 posts)That whole..."promote the general welfare...'" part right there in the preamble
panader0
(25,816 posts)I thought it was when the Continental Army captured the airports.
keithbvadu2
(37,039 posts)RussellCattle
(1,537 posts)....if you are a woman. This is because most people want you to do so. A government mandate that you wear a mask should be seen for what it is, just another thing that we do for the benefit of others.
phylny
(8,393 posts)anywhere a man can be (obviously not in a store that posts, no shirt, no shoes, no service) in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Also, women can breastfeed anywhere, no matter what other people want you to do (but were not going down THAT rabbit hole here!)
I do of course understand your point
jmg257
(11,996 posts)On edit: guess its the declaration of independence point thats being argued wrong.
TalenaGor
(1,104 posts)sarge43
(28,946 posts)Typhoid was called the "soldier's disease".
Mandatory vaccinations in the military is principle reason the casualty rate from disease dropped so dramatically during the 20th century.
TalenaGor
(1,104 posts)I remember my dad talking about getting shots.... He was in the Navy during the Korean war
My husband was in for 4 years and he talked about getting all the shots as well...
sarge43
(28,946 posts)Until vaccines started coming on line, infectious diseases were the leading cause of death. When the polio vacc came available my mother went Warp 9 getting me to the doctor.
Hubby and I both putting 20 years in the Air Force. We and everyone else were walking dart boards and cocktails of vacc juice. If you were sent to the Middle East, Africa or Southeast Asia, you count on sore arm(s) and/or butt on your way out the door. Hubby still gets the middle distance stare about the butt load he got on his way to Vietnam. Then there was the occasional booster and the annual flu.
Boot camp: Medics holding three hypos between their fingers ... one medic on both sides of you. You're not in Kansas anymore, troop.
NutmegYankee
(16,204 posts)So yeah, by leaving the police powers to the states via the 10th Amendment and Article I limiting the powers of the Federal government, the Constitution actually did authorize the government to stick a needle in you against your will.
NNadir
(33,583 posts)...that Massie would like to be "Massa" since he's a member of the pro-slavery party.
None of the signers of the Declaration owned cars either, nor did they own TV sets. In fact, they were as ignorant as a Republican when it came to understanding the germ theory of disease, but it's OK, their ignorance was not deliberate.
ashredux
(2,612 posts)You have no choice....
keithbvadu2
(37,039 posts)"or track your daily movements"
Like the courts assigning GPS tracking?
Time to throw out some guilty verdicts?
SCantiGOP
(13,878 posts)I ask them if they also support abolishing air bag and seat belt laws.
TNNurse
(6,931 posts)vsrazdem
(2,177 posts)felt it was overall better for them to get the vaccine. They weren't whiny cry babies like these guys who don't even want to wear a mask.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Please remove yourself from it immediately, or we will.