April 14, 2020 - Dennis Prager Show
07:19
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| The ruining of the world's economy and the lives of hundreds of millions, if not billions, in the name of not spreading the virus may not have been necessary. | |
| The attacks on Sweden. | |
| Where is the Michigan thing? | |
| I really, I want you to understand. | |
| Oh, God, I have another one here from Science Magazine. | |
| Folks, I have never been as deluged. | |
| With stuff. | |
| As I am now. | |
| Anyway, among the Michigan rules was the, you can't even drive from, here we go. | |
| Michigan state officials have imposed a series of heavy-handed restrictions, including bans on supposedly non-essential sections of supermarkets. | |
| Which have accordingly been cordoned off. | |
| Under Governor Whitmer's order, a Michigander can buy a bag of candy or a lottery ticket, but not a pack of seeds or a can of paint. | |
| He can enjoy a boat ride by himself or with his dog, but not if his boat has a motor. | |
| The logic of these seemingly arbitrary distinctions must elude most Americans. | |
| Wall Street Journal. | |
| Why can't you go in a boat with a motor? | |
| Mr. Producer, do you understand the logic? | |
| I'm not kidding. | |
| Do you get it? | |
| And you can't drive to, if you have a second home, you can't drive to it. | |
| Can't garden? | |
| Gardeners can't work. | |
| Why not? | |
| Can't golf, that's right. | |
| Wow. | |
| I just want to repeat something. | |
| the new the the This is critical for you to remember. | |
| The L.A. Times writes, without a shred of data, they don't have to give data because they're on the left. | |
| So without a shred of support, they just announced, the reason California has so many fewer deaths than New York is that in California, they shut down the state six days sooner, six days before New York. | |
| That's the article. | |
| And then they point out in one sentence, and then 10 days after New York, Florida shut down. | |
| But Florida has among the least deaths per 100,000 in the country. | |
| Two. | |
| It's two, then one, then zero. | |
| Wyoming has zero. | |
| Two. | |
| So it's virtually none. | |
| So if shutting down is the difference, why isn't there a staggering number of deaths in Florida? | |
| Maybe the shutdown isn't the reason. | |
| This was all based on that report from Imperial College. | |
| Two million. | |
| Two million. | |
| Is that two million for the U.S. or two million for Britain? | |
| Half a million for Britain. | |
| The dishonest and stupid media never have a list, never have a sign up deaths from flu. | |
| Instead, ooh, more than 9-11, like David Frum in the Atlantic. | |
| More than any battle in the Civil War. | |
| That was a doozy. | |
| This is a clarifying time, ladies and gentlemen. | |
| Wall Street Journal. | |
| It's still America, virus or not. | |
| Americans by and large have willingly obeyed the government's shelter-in-place and social distancing orders, but that doesn't seem to be enough for some public officials. | |
| They're indulging their inner bully in ways that over time will erode public support for behavior that can reduce the spread of the coronavirus. | |
| No kidding. | |
| I could see myself violating laws within the near future and getting fined or going to prison. | |
| One problem is excessive enforcement. | |
| Some state and local officials tasked with implementing shelter-at-home orders. | |
| Appear either to misunderstand the edicts they are meant to carry out or to suffer from a lack of discernment. | |
| I read this one to you last week. | |
| Police officers in Brighton, Colorado, handcuffed a man for playing with his wife and six-year-old daughter on a nearly empty softball field. | |
| Though the order police claimed he had violated barred only groups of five or more. | |
| As I reported, the police later apologized. | |
| Yeah, but it happened. | |
| Police are in an untenable position, obviously. | |
| Police are supposed to be told what civilians tell them to do. | |
| I totally understand that. | |
| I'm just curious, though, in their minds, are they thinking, why am I handcuffing this man who's playing softball with his daughter? | |
| What have we come to in America? | |
| In public parks in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere, police officers are prohibiting locals from sitting on park benches, even if they are alone. | |
| In Philadelphia, police officers dragged a man from a public bus for not wearing a mask. | |
| He had evidently refused to exit the bus when asked, but the officer's conduct given the offense appears excessive. | |
| Anyway, is it mandatory in Philadelphia? | |
| I thought it was suggested, not mandatory. | |
| In their defense, these officers are carrying out the orders of elected officials, and in many cases those orders are unclear or worse. | |
| In Louisville, Kentucky, Mayor Greg Fisher prohibited Christian believers from gathering on Easter Sunday, including in drive-through services in which worshippers remain in their vehicles. | |
| Could you check on the party of Mayor Fischer in Louisville? | |
| Could you see? | |
| Now, many mayors may not even have a party, but I'm curious. | |
| If... | |
| Well, we'll find out. | |
| You can't even have... | |
| This is not the only place to a drive-thru, as you said. | |
| He's a Democrat? | |
| That's a shock. | |
| Oh, wait. | |
| Let me capture my... | |
| Regain my breath. |
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