Ill and Fatigued...

The Schloss-Blog is as ill and fatigued - in other words, sick and tired of the news as you probably are and especially of the disturbing images coming out of Ukraine.

Or do you have a distraction from the inhumanity of the Russian forces, bombing maternity hospitals and leaving babies buried in the rubble; the blocking of the humanitarian corridors supposedly reserved for the wounded, the aged, the women and children to flee across the border; the deliberate destruction of civilian targets; the risk of causing leaks and explosions at nuclear plants?

Should we declare and enforce a no-fly zone (NFZ), essentially starting a formal war with Russia? Would Putin resort to nukes?

Or should we continue to watch the inhumanity of the Russian attack, while we wait for Putin to back down with all the deep, deep harm being done to his country, his economy, his citizens?

He won't.

So how do you deal with someone who acts irrationally?

You can't. It's like arguing with a Trump supporter who insists he won the election. You can't be rational with irrational people.

It seems, for the United States and NATO, it's more risky to transport fighter jets to Ukraine through Poland than to allow babies to die in the rubble of a maternity hospital that Russia has bombed.

Which one do do you think is more risky?

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I can't watch the coverage of the war 24/7. Too depressing. Too disturbing.

I can't stand to watch Donald Trump, Lauren Boebert, Mike Pompeo and Crazy Marjorie Taylor Greene root for Putin and declare him a better "leader" than Biden.

And yet, I can't take my eyes off it.

Will Putin utterly destroy Ukraine or will economic sanctions so weaken him that he has to capitulate?

Do you want to see American soldiers at war in Ukraine? In Russia?

All of a sudden, all other news is almost trivial. Or is it?

Do you care that James Harden just got traded to the Philadelphia 76ers?

Do you care that baseball players and owners took 99 days to settle their lockout, curtailing spring training, hurting businesses in Florida and Arizona and generally causing public apathy about their millionaire and billionaire statuses?

Do you care that shootings at schools are up, up, up in this country?

Do you care that basketball star Brittney Griner is being held in a Russian jail?

Do you care that it seems like COVID is hardly reported on anymore, despite the "experts" saying we have to remain on guard for future variants?

Do you still wear a mask indoors?

Do you care that so many other people - about 1 in 4 Americans - have resisted being vaccinated and likely never will?

Do you have zero tolerance for those people? I do.

Do you want to go back to the office to avoid getting the virus? Most people don't. But at the same time, are you going to crowded concerts and sporting events, COVID be damned?

Do you care that Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael, along with William "Roddie" Bryan, were convicted of a federal hate crime, in addition to the charges for which they were found guilty in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery?

Do you care that guys were breaking 40-yard sprint records at the "Underwear Olympics," otherwise known as the NFL Combine?

Do you care that Aaron "Immunized" Rodgers is going to become the highest-paid player in NFL history to stay with the Packers? 

He says he's happy. Bears fans have him on "wanted" posters.

Do you care?

Do you care that CNN and MSNBC are virtually 24/7 on the war in Ukraine and its fallout or that Fox, Newsmax and One America are covering Biden as the villain in the war?

Do you care that Trump has started "Truth Social," which has been a miserable flop so far?

Do you care that "Build Back Better" has still never been passed, nor parts thereof?

Do you care what the price of gas is? Or home heating?

Or do you care about the next baby that gets buried in a pile of exploded rubble thanks to a Russian missile?

This war is testing our patience, our limits, our stomachs and our loyalties.

Do you care? Or are you logging onto Truth Social?

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson.

More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.