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The Gob-Smacking Stupidity of the Sturgis Motorcycle RallyThe Wry Wing Politics blog
August 4, 2020 by Brian Lambert
Read it here: https://www.wrywingpolitics.com/the-gob-smacking-stupidity-of-the-sturgis-motorcycle-rally/#comment-144467
Excerpts:
Bikerworlds other big rally, in Daytona, Florida went on as scheduled this past March in the early days of the pandemic. But Daytonas Biketobefest seems likely to be cancelled this fall, what with the virus surging worse than ever in large part due to protestors, the roughly 36% of freedom-loving Americans who refuse submit to reality and continue to prolong and enhance the peril to the lives and livelihood of everyone else.
Letting Sturgis happen amid all this is of course not surprising given the culture of South Dakota. The current governor, Kristi Noem, once upon a time the South Dakota Snow Queen, is every Trumpists dream girl. Shes abolished the requirement to get a permit before carrying a concealed gun, opposed Obamacare and every form of abortion rights she can find or be pointed at, is on record during Obamas term as being very concerned about the national debt, so much so that as a Congresswoman she declared the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Medicaid, high-speed rail projects, cap-and-trade technical assistance, and subsidies for the Washington Metro rapid transit system examples of federal programs she thought needed a damn good whacking.
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Point being. No matter what science or common sense or common courtesy say, no matter whats good for the rest of the country, South Dakota wants the money the flagrant recklessness and naked stupidity Sturgis brings in.
Mr. Lambert is an excellent writer and I hope you enjoy his story.
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Joe Loveland
KY.......
634-5789
(4,175 posts)And this super spreader said that the entire coronavirus situation was 'political'. I looked at my mate and we both busted up laughing. There's no meter for that depth of stupidity.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)dem4decades
(11,241 posts)we'd be walking next year too because of the virus?
He told me it would all be over after the election. He thinks this just a political ploy to make Trump look bad.
i was speechless.
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)Guess we'll see!
dem4decades
(11,241 posts)Do they even think about what they say?
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)Because he's upsetting the "establishment" & no longer letting all those countries walk all over us!!
spanone
(135,627 posts)Mariana
(14,847 posts)They'll invent the most elaborate conspiracy theories, and fervently believe them, rather than admit to themselves that Trump could possibly have made a mistake about anything ever. It really is cult-like behavior.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)It is a great article & points up the type of characters who would attend such an event, especially during the era of the tRump virus!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Begging for government help when some bad befalls then.
mitch96
(13,816 posts)Only to have it unfold again...29 crash to the new deal...Savings and loan debacle. 2006-7-8 bank crisis... Free market capitalism at it''s worst. The effect trickles down to the common biker.
"I don't need no stinkin' helmet" but when I crash I want y'all to pay for my medical expenses.
Same with the virus. "I don't need no stinkin mask" but y'all pay for my medical expenses when I'm on the ventilator...
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BlueMTexpat
(15,348 posts)to this blog!
It is great! And I am definitely bookmarking it.
As a Montanan by birth, I especially enjoyed the fact that Lambert was in White Sulphur Springs, MT when he met the bikers!
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)Definitely a keeper......
KY...........
JI7
(89,172 posts)DBoon
(22,284 posts)Thousands of bikers heading to South Dakotas 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will not be allowed through Cheyenne River Sioux checkpoints, a spokesman for the Native American group said on Saturday.
Maxheader
(4,366 posts)Riding those big hondas...
Professionals,,doctors, lawyers...?? Maybe they will have sum schmarts..stay away..encourage
others to do the same... .
Trueblue Texan
(2,367 posts)Takes bucks to deck those machines out for a cross country ride.
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)IronLionZion
(45,250 posts)It was originally started by enthusiasts of Indian motorcycles and grew over the years to all types. It was never about Harley Davidsons.
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)I do remember Indians being a hot thing when I was a kid
Disaffected
(4,503 posts)and he went once...
bucolic_frolic
(42,653 posts)Safety from crashes but insouciance toward COVID.
Could they spell insouciance? Pronounce it? They do think it a type of soup, no?
IronLionZion
(45,250 posts)why not just say indifference or callous disregard for others?
bucolic_frolic
(42,653 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,161 posts)..filled with Jell-O
Nexus2
(1,261 posts)The pilgrimage to Mecca dropped from millions to a few hundred, but we Freedom Loving Americas are having a huge mostly maskless rally to have fun with motorcycles.
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)superpatriotman
(6,232 posts)Nt
Ferrets are Cool
(21,057 posts)I do feel sorry for those they will infect and the health care workers.
Alliepoo
(2,195 posts)Thanks for posting!!
NCjack
(10,279 posts)SD lives to show that Covid-19 is a hoax.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)------------------------------------------
Found at:
Link to tweet
I cannot believe the overt stupidity out of so many Republican leaders, acting like amateur epidemiologists and with nothing but business interests in their brains.
There surely must be laws governing this type of dangerous public health-related rhetoric from elected officials.
KY.........
NCjack
(10,279 posts)her tour in Congress as being a lazy Rep; she often was not present for important debates. She could usually be found prowling shops and cafes in Georgetown.
I'm sure that she would like to get back to DC, probably as a senator. Her problem is that she is only slightly more capable than Sarah Palin. She would be the perfect McConnell stooge.
Buckeyeblue
(5,491 posts)Just know there will be fewer bikers next year. I just feel sorry for all the non-bikers they pass the virus to.
DBoon
(22,284 posts)maybe even fewer of the businesspeople who insisted the rally go ahead. They may not live long enough to spend all the money they made this weekend.
NNadir
(33,368 posts)...is there and is celebrating his Freedumb by not wearing a mask.
Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)There will be a lot of cheap motorcycles being sold off in estate sales in a few weeks.
(I'm bad sometimes, I know
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)Including those of their family members they infected.
KY............