AZ Legislature Week In Review – Week Ending May 26, 2023

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The legislature is in recess until June 12, but the capitol is not idle. There was activity from both Hobbs and the legislature.

Hobbs has been busy doing what she does best, namely vetoing good bills. Some may be tempted to regard her as having low intelligence and/or being ineffective. But those who reach that conclusion are dead wrong. She may be inept, but in the case of vetoes, she is following a very well-planned strategy, which is to emasculate the legislators in their effort to improve the lot of Arizonans. She is waiting for the Democrats to win a majority in the legislature so that they can proceed to unravel all the good that Republicans have accomplished in the last few years. Unfortunately, a segment of the Republican party is hard at work helping her accomplish just that.

As of the time of this writing, the legislature had sent to Hobbs 261 bills. That list may be viewed by clicking HERE

Of those 261 bills, she has already vetoed 99. A list of those bills, with the accompanying veto letters may be viewed HERE

Unlike Hobbs, some members of the legislature were engaged in activities aimed at improving the lot of Arizona citizens, as follows.

NOVEL CORONAVIRUS SOUTHWESTERN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE

This committee consisted of three members, Rep. Montenegro, Sen. Shope, and Sen. Shamp (chairman). They conducted hearings regarding the handling of the Covid 19 incident. These hearings were conducted over two days, May 25 and May 26. They entailed testimony by a half dozen highly qualified medical professionals and two citizens who suffered the loss of loved ones, quite possibly as the result of poor hospital protocols.

The main reason given for holding this hearing was to assemble a body of information that would be useful in the crafting of future legislation.

The hearings lasted about 7 hours each day, for a total of about 14 hours.

The huge quantity, and the high importance of this material makes it desirable to create an index so that those who are interested may access the information in a fast and efficient manner without having to navigate through 14 hours of testimony. This index should be made available to both legislators and members of the public.

We strongly suggest that citizens request, via their legislators, that such index be created and made available to the public.

The first day of testimony has already been posted here.

The second day may be posted soon, although there may be delays resulting from this long weekend.

We would like to be able to condense 14 hours of highly technical information into a few paragraphs, but are painfully aware that such a task is impossible. However, we will mention a few highlights so that readers may have some idea as to the extent and importance of the material covered.

  • Since this incident was declared a national emergency, the response was viewed by the people in charge as countermeasures to be executed in a manner like that of the response to a biological warfare attack.
  • Common sense was totally disregarded. Here is just one example. If this virus was so easily transmittable, why was it that its detection involved the insertion of a swab so deeply into nostrils that in many cases caused injury. The fact is that it was not, and many of the countermeasures undertaken, such as quarantine, isolation, lockdowns, masking, etc. were totally unnecessary.
  • There was undue and unwarranted emphasis on restricting those who were well, as opposed to concentrating on those who were ill. Our government wasted no time in exploiting this emergency because a scared society is easily manipulated.
  • Early on, it was determined that this virus did not spread by touch, but the obsession with the use of sanitizers and rubber gloves was allowed to continue unabated. Again, the goal here was to keep people in a high state of fear.
  • The key to success was early treatment, at home, with drugs that are cheap, readily available, and have a long history of effectiveness, with minimum side effects. However, efforts to consider this alternative were met with hostility and reprisals against those who dared to promote them.
  • The financial incentives for hospitals to treat Covid patients caused great opposition to early home treatment with inexpensive, safe, and effective drugs. Instead, there was a push to hospitalize and place patients in ventilators because there was a lot of money to be made by doing this.
  • The benefits of vaccines have been grossly exaggerated to induce acceptance by the public. They do not prevent or reduce the spread or the severity of the disease. However, they do create huge profits for the companies that produce them. It is also noteworthy that there is no liability exposure to drug companies for damage caused by vaccines, including Covid 19 vaccines, because of the immunity granted by the 1986 national childhood vaccine injury act. This immunity was initially aimed at only three childhood immunizations, but has been extended to all vaccines and all pharmaceutical companies, in perpetuity.
  • Since the Covid emergency has been lifted, then emergency use vaccine approval should be stopped. However, these non-FDA approved chemicals are still being used, and there are still some entities that require them as a condition of employment. This is totally insane.

Again, it should be emphasized that it is very important to become familiar with this material, because it addresses what is likely to be the most impactful event of this century. Hopefully, by being well informed about the failures and damages resulting from Covid 19 policy, we can prevent a recurrence in the future.