{"id":39139,"date":"2020-03-06T14:13:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T22:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39139"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:23:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T23:23:25","slug":"friday-fun-always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/06\/friday-fun-always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You probably recall that Monty Python admonished us to <em>&#8220;Always Look on the Bright Side&#8221;<\/em> \u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life [HD]\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L2Wx230gYJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Of course, there is absolutely <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NO<\/span> bright side to the suffering, pain and loss the *Rump administration has inflicted on Americans with their devastating mishandling, mismanagement and malfeasance of the Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt this stems from Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/trump-calls-on-congress-to-pull-back-15-billion-in-spending-including-on-childrens-health-insurance-program\/2018\/05\/07\/9427de18-5216-11e8-a551-5b648abe29ef_story.html\"><strong>cutting $15 BILLION from National Healthcare spending<\/strong><\/a> that had been approved by Congress back in 2018. Exacerbated by his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/trump-fire-pandemic-team\/\"><strong>firing of the entire US Pandemic Response Team<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But some folks have managed to provide a few smiles and chuckles courtesy of the Keystone Kops incompetence in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s see if we can look on the bright side \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">although people are doubtful of mike pence&#39;s ability to orchestrate a coronavirus response, my sources are telling me he is working diligently behind the scenes, collecting two of every animal<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; m i t h (@ManlnTheHoody) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManlnTheHoody\/status\/1233114186206470145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MondayMotivation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MondayMotivation<\/a><br \/>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VoteBlueNoMatterWho?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VoteBlueNoMatterWho<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TCDLSroEaz\">pic.twitter.com\/TCDLSroEaz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tara \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udfd2\u26bd\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc0 (@Rhona0505) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rhona0505\/status\/1231881815494975488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I deleted an earlier tweet that said, \u201cIf I get the coronavirus, I\u2019m going straight to the Fox News studios.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That uncalled for and I apologize.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody deserves to be exposed to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Travis Akers\ud83e\ude78\ud83e\uddb7 (@travisakers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/travisakers\/status\/1232840681888022534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS IS THE BEST <em>(BUT VERY WEIRD)<\/em> IDEA MIKE HUCKABEE HAS EVER HAD<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Huckabee says Trump &quot;could personally sick the virus out of every one of the 60,000 people in the world, suck it out of their lungs, swim to the bottom of the ocean and spit it out, and he would be accused of pollution for messing up the ocean.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X7xbC5ebDz\">pic.twitter.com\/X7xbC5ebDz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianstelter\/status\/1233372945134825472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And I think *Rump is capable of that, if this picture is any indication:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trump_Drinking-Water_2-Hands_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trump_Drinking-Water_2-Hands_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trump_Drinking-Water_2-Hands_03.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trump_Drinking-Water_2-Hands_03-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trump_Drinking-Water_2-Hands_03-134x150.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you needed any further proof that *Rump has absolutely <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>NO<\/strong><\/em><\/span> idea what he&#8217;s talking about \u2013 here&#8217;s yet another example he doesn&#8217;t have a clue:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We&#39;re ordering a lot of supplies. We&#39;re ordering a lot of, uh, elements that frankly we wouldn&#39;t be ordering unless it was something like this. But we&#39;re ordering a lot of different elements of medical.&quot; &#8212; Trump on the coronavirus <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/id6YLzbmRE\">pic.twitter.com\/id6YLzbmRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1233516512830459908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, to be perfectly honest \u2013 that&#8217;s actually a translation of Trump&#8217;s real words, courtesy of a linguist fluent in Argle-Bargle <em>(scroll down)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are ordering about a million bajillion thingamabops and a kajillion hooziewhatsies and this things that helps with the thing but they are really the best medical. A lot of people are saying the thingamabops are really, really the best. Next question, CNN Fake News.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Liddle\u2019 Savage (@littledeekay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/littledeekay\/status\/1233518074311139328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I believe we should give God the last Tweet \u2013 and trust He&#8217;s not teasing us with his hopeful prescient prediction:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Funny, the virus said the same thing about him. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ShF7eI3xa8\">https:\/\/t.co\/ShF7eI3xa8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; God (@TheTweetOfGod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTweetOfGod\/status\/1233457357235146752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As for me:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19_Attend-MAGA-Rally.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19_Attend-MAGA-Rally.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19_Attend-MAGA-Rally.jpg 439w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19_Attend-MAGA-Rally-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19_Attend-MAGA-Rally-150x48.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You probably recall that Monty Python admonished us to &#8220;Always Look on the Bright Side&#8221; \u2026 Of course, there is absolutely NO bright side to the suffering, pain and loss the *Rump administration has inflicted on Americans with their devastating mishandling, mismanagement and malfeasance of the Coronavirus. No doubt this stems from Trump&#8217;s cutting $15 <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/06\/friday-fun-always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3916,3913,3917],"class_list":["post-39139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-monty-python","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}