"Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste."

     I keep going back to what Rahm Emanuel, the former White House Chief of Staff, Mayor of Chicago and professional stiff prick/DINO, said once: "Never let a crisis go to waste."
     And the reason I keep going back to it during this pandemic is because it seems right wingers are really fine-tuning their neverending capacity for exploiting a crisis to their own ends. A quick trip through the archives of Raw Story, for instance. will show you what I mean:
     Texas bans abortions during coronavirus pandemic to ‘expand hospital bed capacity’.
     Republican calls for a ‘State Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer’ to repent for sins that brought on coronavirus.
     Christian journal claims government has forced the Church to worship ‘the false god of saving lives’.
     Nuclear industry effort to exploit coronavirus crisis for backdoor bailout decried as ‘disaster capitalism at its worst’.
     Americans rage against #GOPSlushFund and #TrumpSlushFund as stimulus bill fails for second time.
     Stock-dumping GOP senator faces brutal backlash after accusing Dems of undermining country’s ‘health’.
     Trump refuses to promise his own company won’t get a taxpayer bailout: ‘Let’s just see what happens’.
      GOP’s coronavirus bill offers billions in government loans – but bans nonprofits likely catering to low-income people.
     Trump-loving pastors are telling their followers they can physically heal coronavirus with the power of prayer.
     Trump accused of using global health crisis to ‘settle a score’ with people he dislikes.
     White supremacists are encouraging members to infect Jews with coronavirus: FBI.
     That's just on Raw Story, going back only 10 hours.
     So TV and screenwriters who show us scenes of religious nuts and hate groups capitalizing on a pandemic in one dystopian show or another have these people pegged. Whether you're talking Republicans, evangelicals or corporate types (and increasingly, we're seeing them all rolled into one on Capitol Hill), one thing is for certain- These so-called public servants and stewards of our souls and economic system will always use an emergency to fatten their bottom lines, settle some scores or advance their religious/social agenda.
     Now, back to the rest of the news:
     Alex Jones Is Told to Stop Selling Sham Anti-Coronavirus Toothpaste.
     Missouri Sues Televangelist Jim Bakker For Selling Fake Coronavirus Cure...