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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4510418" data-attributes="member: 1940"><a href="https://www.ocregister.com/2020/05/28/a-taste-of-freedom-in-the-lone-star-state-john-phillips/" target="_blank">A taste of freedom in the Lone Star State</a>Galveston, Texas — After spending two months in Warden Newsom’s COVID-19 prison, I decided it was time to make like El Chapo, and escape to freedom.I was sick and tired of staring at the same four walls, watching Judge Judy reruns and eating Uncrustables — with no end in sight.First, they told us all we needed to do was flatten the curve and not overwhelm the hospitals. Now, we are expected to stay inside until there is herd immunity or we get a vaccine.But who knows how long before that happens, if it ever does. After all, we are still waiting on vaccines for SARS, HIV and MERS, among others.Now that I’m in the Lone Star State, I must confess — freedom tastes good. In fact, it tastes like a steak and scotch at a restaurant with other humans. The restaurants and bars are busy, people are spending money, and they’re sick and tired of wasting their lives away while politicians who don’t know what they’re talking about constantly move the goalposts. The vulnerable wear masks or stay home, and everyone else is living their lives as normal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 4510418, member: 1940"] [URL='https://www.ocregister.com/2020/05/28/a-taste-of-freedom-in-the-lone-star-state-john-phillips/'][B][SIZE=5]A taste of freedom in the Lone Star State[/SIZE][/B][/URL] Galveston, Texas — After spending two months in Warden Newsom’s COVID-19 prison, I decided it was time to make like El Chapo, and escape to freedom. I was sick and tired of staring at the same four walls, watching Judge Judy reruns and eating Uncrustables — with no end in sight. First, they told us all we needed to do was flatten the curve and not overwhelm the hospitals. Now, we are expected to stay inside until there is herd immunity or we get a vaccine. But who knows how long before that happens, if it ever does. After all, we are still waiting on vaccines for SARS, HIV and MERS, among others. Now that I’m in the Lone Star State, I must confess — freedom tastes good. In fact, it tastes like a steak and scotch at a restaurant with other humans. The restaurants and bars are busy, people are spending money, and they’re sick and tired of wasting their lives away while politicians who don’t know what they’re talking about constantly move the goalposts. The vulnerable wear masks or stay home, and everyone else is living their lives as normal. [SIZE=5][B][/B] [B][/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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