May 5, 2020
The reason New York got hit so hard by corona is that New Yorkers have BIG VOICES. And the scientists say that an infected person with a strong voice can send that virus out a few feet more than the average voice.
I\’m sure that I\’ve told the story of my two New York patients who visited me for therapy some time in 1994. A male and female, they were both teachers who had found teaching jobs here in sunny So Cal — and I saw them approximately 6-months-apart.
I worked with the male New Yorker first. He felt that he was suffering from some serious DSM IV malady and was ready to take any meds that would settle him down. He found himself bristling with his students and colleagues — and in his frustration — felt he might lash out at someone who rubbed him the wrong way.
After peeling away the layers of the onion — by the fifth session I was able to diagnose him with \”culture shock\” (rather than bi-polar disorder) after we determined that New Yorkers were far more efficient and more accountable for their words and deeds than we laissez-faire Californians. If marijuana had been legal — I probably would have prescribed it for him. Come to think of it — perhaps I did!
Six months later I saw the female New Yorker — and a New York woman seems to be just as tough and aggressive as Her male counterparts. We were done after our second session (after giving her her \’culture shock\’ diagnosis). We then mapped out her plan to quickly rise to the superintendent\’s office — facilitated by our laissez-faire Cali Culture.
I refuse to drive in New York. I don\’t like to be yelled or honked at because I am a very cautious driver. People drive too fast in New York and the signs come too fast and furious for me. I don\’t ever think I executed a change of lanes when I attempted to drive there in 1977. Now-a-days I expect to be chauffeured by the relatives.
One last point…many events or situations in New York are standing room only (think New Year\’s Eve and the subways) — difficult to social distance there…
So now I\’m going to get to what this title is all about and that is: that both Governor Cuomo and the Donald are New Yorkers. In a street fight — I\’m going to pick Mario. In a verbal joust — I\’m going to pick Andrew. In a fight for civil rights — I\’m picking Andrew (because the Donald wouldn\’t even get into the ring)! Andrew is a REAL New Yorker! The Donald is a Fake New Yorker!!
I can hear my Readers already: But Governor Cuomo has stated that he isn\’t interested in the presidency! Yes — but if the Democratic Party \”appoints\” him as their candidate — I\’m betting he\’ll accept.
Now you are going to say that — Uncle Joe is the duly elected Democratic candidate. Watch him step down. The Fake New Yorker still has enough New York in him to blow Uncle Joe out of the ring…Uncle Joe and some of his newly acquired baggage don\’t stand a chance!
But life in Mira Lago has made the Donald softer than he already was (is Mira Lago a Spanish name?). The Donald doesn\’t have what it takes — to take on a REAL New Yorker!! Through New York\’s most recent crisis — Andrew has consistently demonstrated that he will be able to get things done the New York way — with no fucking around!!
Andrew Cuomo is the only person on the planet who can wrest the presidency from the Donald!
The conservative Right can sense this and are already floating rumors around that Hillary is going to run with Obama on her ticket — to addle the liberal Left into thinking there\’s a Dream Team out there.
I\’m telling you, stay grounded — it\’s gonna be New York, New York!!