Bill Kennedy

The lifting of the masking directives is really dependent on everyone getting the vaccine. All of the places that I have been have signs posted stating that patrons may enter mask-less if they have been fully vaccinated. Others are requested to continue wearing a mask in order to protect themselves and others from the virus. The only way to fully defeat this scourge is for everyone who is medically able to get the shot(s).

One representative, who was caught on camera helping barricade the chamber’s doors against the mob, now claims that those who invaded the rotunda “seemed more like a normal tour group.”

Rep. Cheney is as conservative as they come and holds firm in her opposition to abortion rights, any firearms restrictions, and most of the hot button issues that divide the two parties. Her one “mortal sin” was to fail to kneel before the party’s titular head, the disgraced and disgraceful former president, and profess her fealty to him.

Let each candidate run on their individual qualifications, ideas, and ideals, and let the voters decide without the unneeded and improper interjection of a party affiliation.

It is reported that all of the six who were affected are all females between 18 and 48 years of age, which leads to questions about other medications that they could have been taking in common since they all are of child-bearing age. Questions such as that need to be investigated before a blanket total suspension is warranted. In the meantime, doses could still be administered to males and females over 50, none of whom has exhibited the blood clotting problem.

Once I was able to speak with a person, that answer took less than 30 seconds. Why did no one reply to my emails, which was the preferred method for contacting that agency, sometime in the month or more that I was seeking an answer? That question goes out to our delegation in Annapolis as well.

I have been calling and emailing various government and non-governmental agencies to try to find answers to some very simple questions with absolutely no luck. My emails never get a reply, my phone calls either just ring for 20 plus rings with no answer, or the automated answering system simply hangs up on me.

If the Senate had actually lived up to the oath they swore at the trial’s beginning, to be open and listen to the evidence without prejudice, which many Republicans openly disregarded, the former president could have been barred from elective office in the future, his presidential pension possibly could have been withheld, and federal medical insurance might have been denied, as well as possibly a reduction in his security detail.

The Democrats want to extend the supplemental unemployment at $400 until September, while the Republicans want to limit those payments to $300 and just until June. How about settling on the $300 but extend it until September?

I, and quite a few people that I have talked to over the last couple of months, have received bank statements, utility bills, insurance and health care premium notices, credit card statements, and all manner of business correspondence so close to the payment due dated that it is impossible to return the required payment by mail on time.

Vice President Pence should immediately invoke the provisions of the 25th amendment while there are still cabinet members left to vote on it. The House and Senate should begin immediate impeachment action against Trump and remove him from office, as he should have been after the Ukrainian fiasco.

On the good side, there are two vaccines now approved for use and they are being distributed throughout the country, even to our little corner of the world. However, available supplies of the vaccines, as well as syringes and other ancillary supplies, seem to be something less than what had been envisioned previous to their approvals.

Who hired, nominated, and named, and then in many cases fired, more totally incompetent people to his administration than Trump? A neurosurgeon as HUD secretary, an avowed opponent of public education as secretary of education, a corporate “expert” who had no previous experience in the department as postmaster general, the list goes on and on, and those are just the ones he hasn’t fired yet.

Unlike Trump's hirings, Biden has been filling out his team of proposed cabinet secretaries and advisers with a varied group of experienced and knowledgeable folks.

Most of my predictions from last time have, in fact, come to pass. Ineffective Andy Harris has been returned to the House. All of the local candidates who were listed as “nonpartisan,” but were boasting of their support of the local Republican Central Committee, won their races.