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Showing Original Post only (View all)Blistering Op-ed: "Missouri's morons left those of the other 49 states in the dust" [View all]
Riverfront Times (Missouri)
Ray Hartmann
No Escaping Lake of the Ozarks Party Covid
St. Louis was heavily involved in the nations top news story Sunday, and even if you missed it because our town was not directly mentioned, take pride that Missouri is finally getting noticed.
A slew of packed pool parties at the Lake of the Ozarks were the featured attraction at the websites of CNN, CBS News, the Washington Post, TMZ, the Boston Globe and so on. Missouri went viral as a citadel of selfishness.
It seems that boisterous partygoers were not content with mere euphoria over the official reopening of Missouri. No, they produced a cheap remake of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, filmed at multiple sites of the rollicking resort destination just as the United States approached the tragic landmark of 100,000 coronavirus deaths.
Tourists flooded bars and restaurants at the lake, with multiple videos showing unmistakably that social distancing was non-existent. One might have gleaned from the images that the wearing of masks had been banned.
People were on top of each other so blatantly that Missouris morons left those of the other 49 states in the dust. It took a display of both the brains and circumstance of sardines to catch this much attention in a country filled with defiant mouth-breathers joyfully celebrating their God-given right to spread disease. Especially on Sunday.
A slew of packed pool parties at the Lake of the Ozarks were the featured attraction at the websites of CNN, CBS News, the Washington Post, TMZ, the Boston Globe and so on. Missouri went viral as a citadel of selfishness.
It seems that boisterous partygoers were not content with mere euphoria over the official reopening of Missouri. No, they produced a cheap remake of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, filmed at multiple sites of the rollicking resort destination just as the United States approached the tragic landmark of 100,000 coronavirus deaths.
Tourists flooded bars and restaurants at the lake, with multiple videos showing unmistakably that social distancing was non-existent. One might have gleaned from the images that the wearing of masks had been banned.
People were on top of each other so blatantly that Missouris morons left those of the other 49 states in the dust. It took a display of both the brains and circumstance of sardines to catch this much attention in a country filled with defiant mouth-breathers joyfully celebrating their God-given right to spread disease. Especially on Sunday.
Read more: https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/hartmann-no-escape-from-lake-of-the-ozarks-party-covid/Content?oid=33599753
Mr. Hartmann is pissed but he's got a way with words and a great sense of humor.
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Blistering Op-ed: "Missouri's morons left those of the other 49 states in the dust" [View all]
Mike 03
May 2020
OP
I cannot comprehend ignorance on this level.. It's hard to fathom so many people
Arkansas Granny
May 2020
#5
it's the limbaugh state. he told them cancer from smoking was a hoax, and COVID is just flu
certainot
May 2020
#55
Yes. I know folk who go there every summer weekend to PARTY! About 300 miles away.
Midnight Writer
May 2020
#12
Let's be fair. Morons from far and wide travel to the Ozarks to display their asshats.
IADEMO2004
May 2020
#7
It appears as if most of us have our own idiot cross to bear. Look at Michigan & the cowards
catbyte
May 2020
#25
If there is one thing that will save us from the future of "Idiocracy" or "The Marching Morons",...
LudwigPastorius
May 2020
#26