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The federal government was given but a very few responsibilities in our Constitution. Keeping Americans safe is perhaps the most important. It is also one they continuously ignore. Elected representatives, including our President choose to look the other way as tens of thousands of Americans die every year from opioid overdoses. About 70% of those overdoses are from taking Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. It isn’t honest to say the deaths are at the hands of commandos. It is honest to say we know that Fentanyl is sourced out of China. It is also honest to say that we know the opioids are being manufactured by drug cartels in Mexico.

It seems to me that 107,000 deaths should garner serious coverage from the press/media (PM). I will quantify that number to drive home the serious nature of this issue. Anyone reading this is probably old enough to remember the circumstances surrounding the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. If so you’ll remember the anthrax mailings that began a week after the attack. Anthrax was mailed to multiple news media offices, and 2 Democrat U.S. Senators. Five people were killed and a score were made ill. The FBI reported that its investigation was “one of the largest, and most complex, in the history of law enforcement.” All of that for 5 dead, and 20 ill. Methinks one difference is who the people were who were being targeted.

You needn’t be very old to remember the story of the Boeing 737-300 Max. It was approved for flight by the FAA in March 2017. Depending on the configuration of the plane it has a passenger capacity of from 138-204. In 2019 a Lion Air and an Ethiopian Airlines 737-300 Max crashed in 2 separate incidents. In those crashes 346 people were killed. Almost immediately the Boeing aircraft was grounded for over a year and a half. Let’s put that in perspective. There are 294 people dying every day from opioid overdoses in the USA. Imagine what our government’s response would be if there were 10 Boeing 737-300 Max planes outfitted to carry 204 passengers crashing every week in the U.S. Could our President still ignore it? Would the PM provide coverage? We need to demand more. NOW!

The frequency of deaths is also very disturbing. One person dies from an overdose every 5 minutes, of every day, for a year, to total 107,000 deaths annually. Opioid overdoses are now the #1 cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. These deaths are occurring in every state of the union. Why hasn’t our President who pledged he wouldn’t be the President just for blue states, or red states, but for the people of the United States so much as uttered the word Fentanyl? Given the severity of this situation we should be hearing from Joe Biden every month with an update on what he is doing to put an end to this carnage. Nearly 2 years into his presidency he has not produced even a single press conference on the topic.

Look, there are a couple of things that we could do to stop this right now. First, we must insist that our President put whatever resources are needed to close the southern border. Nothing matters until we stop the inflow of deadly drugs. Second, we know the majority of the ingredients necessary to produce synthetic opioids are sourced from China. We know that China is a closed communist country. The government has complete control over every aspect of everything that goes on in the country. It is the responsibility of our President to do whatever must be done to force Xi Jinping to stop the export of these deadly ingredients. His actions are directly responsible for the deaths of Americans. If he were sending commandos we’d respond. Right?

Third, we know that drug cartels are making billions of dollars taking ingredients from China and manufacturing deadly Fentanyl. We know where these drugs are being manufactured. Joe Biden took an oath to protect us from enemies, foreign or domestic. He should call Mexican President Obrador and offer him a few choices. 1. Accept our help in destroying the drug cartels or: 2. He can go on vacation while we destroy them. If he refuses both, he would be left with a third option: 3. He could experience life without the partnership of the U.S. It isn’t Mexican commandos who are killing Americans. But the drugs the cartel manufactures and smuggles into our country are as deadly as any bullets. The bastards are now smuggling “rainbow Fentanyl” pills into the U.S. They are multi-colored pills that look like candy. There can be no doubt they are targeting our children. It is time Mr. President, or whoever is running the crap show in D.C., to take unprecedented action against our foreign foes. If our young children start to die at the hand of the Fentanyl candy, their blood will be on the hands of the President, Congress, and the PM.

In closing, don’t lose sight of the fact that 107,000 number is actually much larger. There were tens of thousands who were saved when they received a life saving dose of Narcan. Deaths are occurring all over the country. Few communities have been spared. Every one of the deaths involve other people. The deceased had mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, wives and children, friends and employers. When a death occurs, it is like a small bomb going off in the person’s community. All of those close to the victim watch as their lives are negatively changed forever.

That our President pretends this is not happening is deadly. That members of Congress don’t turn up the heat on him is unconscionable. That the PM remains silent, while not surprising, is criminal.

I hope you found this post informative. If you did please tell your friends about it. Thank you, Bob