Posts Made By: Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Really. What goods a lie if you can't cover it up.

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

It is slow around this forum so thought I'd make some of your heads explode, or at least start a discussion. I have many Jewish friends and they aren't too happy about this or the explanations and excuses being made. It'd also be one thing if this was something that only happened once but it's happened a number of times now and becoming a bad thing for the conservatives to be lumped in with the militias and white supremacists, but it still keeps happening.

I'm not too offended by it but didn't even know about the insignia before twitter exploded. It was probably an honest mistake, right? 

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Darian, you have to live under a rock to not hear about this today. I dug up nothing, just looked at Twitter. Or any other internet news site.

Literally, you'd HAVE to trip over this if you did anything today on the internet, I guess other than Astromart. We are but a small sample of what is going on out there.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

First of all, my name is Rod and not Ron.  And if you bothered to read the link in the initial post, you'll see it's people in the state of Texas that are upset. Why don't you tell them TFB?... 

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

The virus and its variants aren't partisan, Darian. And it's like Abbott to do something like that the day after the head of the CDC said, "Now is not the time to let our guard down"...

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Doing it by removing the mask mandate is not the way...
PS: –Florida added 7,179 coronavirus cases Tuesday to bring the cumulative total to 1,918,100. 305 new hospitalizations
Of note, this is the highest single-day increase reported in hospitalizations since Feb. 16.
https://www.wfla.com/community/health/coronavirus/florida-coronavirus-state-reports-7179-new-cases-305-new-hospitalizations/

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Hi Rod,

The general feeling among urbanites that I speak with is that Abbot is doing this to distract his critics from the ERCOT power outage debacle. I have not talked to a single person yet that thinks it's a good idea. Almost everyone I know thinks it's premature. Still, one thing to keep in mind is that just because Abbot rescinds the state-wide mandate, it doesn't mean that local and regional leaders cannot continue to ask for compliance. In Tarrant County, where I live, I have heard that the county judge in charge of public health has decided to go along with Abbot. In Dallas County, though, Clay Jenkins is pushing back and exploring whether or not he has the authority to issue a mask-mandate for Dallas County. My city is keeping in place a mask-mandate for all city-run facilities and services.

The unfortunate thing is that leadership matters, and there is no doubt that many will use Abbot's announcement as an excuse to resist mask-wearing. Indeed, there are already reports of fights breaking out in stores over mask-wearing. It's a damaging and premature announcement, that is for sure, and I'm confident that part of the reason is that Abbot thinks it will help him more than hurt him with his political standing.

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

Science, epidemiology, statistics, and medicine all disagree with you. What a strange position to take. When you go to the doctors, do you ignore what he/she advises?

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

Who said anything about wearing a mask for life? Only you. It sounds like you see mask wearing as something you either don't do at all, or do forever. What a strange position to take.