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  1. The picture of the hospital ship sailing by Lady Liberty made me cry, and I’m not even a New Yorker.

  2. Maybe it would be good if some major companies and financial infrastructure were to diversify away from New York. Not right this instant, of course; but, it’d be better if more of our eggs were in a more-geographically-diverse set of baskets.

    Granted, a lot of stockbrokers might be miffed to have to move to Kansas City. (And I’m sure the folks in Kansas City would be far-from-happy about an invasion of stockbrokers.)

    But, still.

  3. Yep, those images bring back memories of the WWII years.

    This is much different, but it is an all hands on deck effort. Every citizen has a role to play. Staying home and avoiding getting infected is not exactly what one thinks of as “doing one’s duty,” but that’s exactly what it is.

    Our medical personnel and first responders are the equivalent of our combat troops of WWII. They’re short of all the equipment they need, but, just as In WWII, the nation is mobilizing to build, buy, or do work arounds to git ‘er dun.

    We can do this. We may not be as tough as the WWII America was, but we still have armies of people who will step up. Proud to be an American.

  4. I heard on FOX news that patients who go to this floating hospital will NOT have hospital bills to pay since the ship is doing this as a “mercy” mission; and they do not charge for such missions.

    Now, when can we expect Mayor de Blasio to apologize for saying the Federal government is NOT doing enough for NYC? (rhetorical question)

  5. Thank you so much for these pictures, Neo. Like Kate in the first comment, the one with Lady Liberty made me cry.

    I’m more vulnerable than usual to emotional responses like this, I find. I imagine I’m not the only one.

  6. Kate,

    That first picture made even a hardhearted jerk like me get a lot emotional.

  7. charles on March 31, 2020 at 6:21 pm said:

    Now, when can we expect Mayor de Blasio to apologize for saying the Federal government is NOT doing enough for NYC? (rhetorical question)
    * * *
    (rhetorical answer-I would like to be wrong, but, based on past performance)
    When Hell freezes over.

  8. “…made me cry…”
    Yes, moving, inspiring. Let’s hope it can make a difference, together with the Good Samaritans in Central Park—and the doctors and health care workers throughout the city…and beyond.

    (But might one wonder whether Maddow—referenced by AF above—is also crying? Hmmm, tears of rage, maybe: GRRR, I’M WRONG AGAIN!!! GRRR. But then by now she ought to be used to that…. Though of course for her it’s a HOLY CRUSADE, which is why she is ALWAYS granted immediate and absolute absolution…by the powers that be, and, most importantly, by her own self.)

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