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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4481191" data-attributes="member: 1940">Good 4 min vid in the story. Watch it. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/teethy.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":teethy:" title="Teethy&nbsp; &nbsp; :teethy:" data-shortname=":teethy:" /><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/really-snapped-my-neck-mike-rowe-slams-andrew-cuomo-defense-of-drastic-coronavirus-restrictions" target="_blank">&#039;Really snapped my neck&#039;: Mike Rowe slams Andrew Cuomo defense of &#039;drastic&#039; coronavirus restrictions</a>“Well, not to pile up on the governor, but a couple of weeks ago, he said another thing that really snapped my neck,” Rowe said. “He said, ‘No measure, no matter how drastic or draconian should be deemed unjustified if it saves a single life.&#039;”“Safety obviously is very, very, very important, but the notion that nothing in the country is more important than staying safe, that’s not something commonsensical people embrace,” he continued. “That’s something you hear from people who are trying to sell you something, or politicians who are trying to get reelected. We have to get away from the cookie-cutter bromides and platitudes and start dealing with one zip code at a time.”“Thirty-three, 34 million people are out of work right now and, and by definition, those people are out of work because, according to the governor, they are nonessential,” he said. “But if you look at the impact of removing those workers from our economy, you know, our macro-economy, you can see that they’re absolutely essential.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 4481191, member: 1940"] Good 4 min vid in the story. Watch it. :teethy: [URL='https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/really-snapped-my-neck-mike-rowe-slams-andrew-cuomo-defense-of-drastic-coronavirus-restrictions'][SIZE=5][B]'Really snapped my neck': Mike Rowe slams Andrew Cuomo defense of 'drastic' coronavirus restrictions[/B][/SIZE][/URL] “Well, not to pile up on the governor, but a couple of weeks ago, he said another thing that really snapped my neck,” Rowe said. “He said, ‘No measure, no matter how drastic or draconian should be deemed unjustified if it saves a single life.'” “Safety obviously is very, very, very important, but the notion that nothing in the country is more important than staying safe, that’s not something commonsensical people embrace,” he continued. “That’s something you hear from people who are trying to sell you something, or politicians who are trying to get reelected. We have to get away from the cookie-cutter bromides and platitudes and start dealing with one zip code at a time.” “Thirty-three, 34 million people are out of work right now and, and by definition, those people are out of work because, according to the governor, they are nonessential,” he said. “But if you look at the impact of removing those workers from our economy, you know, our macro-economy, you can see that they’re absolutely essential. [/QUOTE]

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