“I’m retelling a lot of stories in the Bible from more of a queer and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) perspective,” Tedeschi told The Berkshire Edge. “What I’m saying is, why do we accept some of the things that we accept? Why is there racism? Why is there sexism?"
Baker, Cuomo and every other governor making these hard decisions were doing so to fight a super-contagious virus, a virus whose short-term and long-term effects they were learning about in horror-filled increments. That is all it was about — nothing more and nothing less.
Of course, politicians, cynical lot that they are, know that things come in waves. The police union-types have long, long memories and will be unforgiving in the future.
It’s pretty plain to me that Cuomo can be taken at his word that he is not interested in the presidency this time around. But Andrew Cuomo isn’t governor because he has no ambition.
Mock me if you must, but I’m now ready and willing to own up to the fact that even though I may not have a Jeep, that doesn’t stop me, every single time I see their commercials, from singing along with my Jeep-owning friends.
When it comes to COVID-19, there is a compelling need to see what might have gone wrong and how we can make the necessary changes in the present and the days to come - learning on the fly, then expeditiously and with expertise, making the most appropriate course corrections.
Let’s face it: We went into the process broke, and you can’t spend what you don’t have. In fact, the amount of pain that this budget will cause is hefty to say the least.
