where to begin? i am reminded of John Adams' plea or question at the end of the Musical "1776"... "is anybody there? does anybody care? does anyone see what i see?". in his case he was referring to a vision of what the country could be... were he alive today, he might say (or sing!) those same lines, but referring to a much darker, more ominous vision, what has happened to the country that he and so many others gave their lives and fortunes to build. Ironic also that we stand at the 250th anniversary of our founding, a date that i have looked forward to as a student of American history, and now feel cheated as any mention of that anniversary comes covered with the stench of corruption and self aggrandizement that has become our country today. the anniversary, much like the flag itself has been co opted by a megalomaniacal dictator, where corruption is no longer veiled and dealt with in back rooms, it is now out in the open and flaunted. where the vice president of the country admits that his lies about Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs were justified to help make his point, where he stated that what Nixon did was no big deal, what the hell?, and would not even make five days of the news cycle today. i am not sure that he really understood that he was condemning the behavior of the current government in its vast corruption far more than trying to trivialize the crimes committed by Nixon. i have always said that what Nixon did was unforgivable, but it masked some of the good things he did. Same for Clinton. future generations will not be able to say that about trump. like far-too-lenient parents, we excuse and forgive... the south rose up in defense of a system that felt one race was "in God's eyes" naturally superior to another, and as such the other race deserved to be enslaved and used as property. we forgave and forgot that part of the country, its rich leaders in particular chose treason to protect their wealth and way of life. for the sake of peace, we forgave. in return we got the whitewash of "the lost cause" and bullshit about states rights... we forgave Richard Nixon, who got a pardon, setting an ugly precedent. We watch now as the oil industry is doing what the tobacco industry did.... lie and manipulate the public's opinion so that they can continue their extraction of wealth. Matt Randolph (Mr. Global) who should be required viewing by any citizen of this country recently testified in front of congress and got little press for it. he reminded everyone that "the US does not produce a drop of oil..." Russia does, Saudi Arabia does, and other countries do, but the US produces nothing. Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell etc produce oil in the US. and in the process, lie about the impact on the environment (global warming, fracking, the list goes on...), pay pennies for leases where they can take oil that belongs to the citizens of this country and make scads of money from it, get massive tax deductions from wells (again see Mr. Global post on same) that allow them to deduct far more money than they originally paid for the lease, the equipment, etc. well below the basis of the asset. and lastly, pay very little taxes to the US government. we are well down the list of what oil companies pay in taxes to countries where they drill... but we forgive the tobacco industry, we forgive the oil companies, we forgive the jan 6th insurrectionists, we play nice while people steal from us, pick our pockets, and harm our children, our poor, and our elderly. trump must be a student of history as he has borrowed from the Romans... give everyone a bit of bread and entertainment and they will be happy, he borrowed from Goebbels in how to manipulate mass thinking, borrowed from Mussolini in taking over the press.... and we sit back and take it... we watch as the world highway passes us by, broken down by the side of the road, out of parts out of fuel, victims of our own short sightedness...
It amazes me. Sorta a sci-fi fascination. Since Mary ,Heather , Scott, and a few others are my main squawk boxes or echo chambers..as a few of my other sided friends phrase it (no offense meant at all) I am kept on the edge of my seat. Here is but one sample ..”Yes and Bill Gates, part of the 90% population reduction group, donated millions to the development of tick borne illnesses, to encourage the reduction of meat eaters, and all the while owns a factory that makes fake meat....” since the Alpha Gal issues are running rampant here on east coast/Appalachia, etc. I wondered how to research the ‘news’ aka echo chambers. I have NO stomach for NewsMax or Fox.
Is there “A paradigm shift about to be had “ …? Is it this ‘authoritarianism ‘ in actuality…or something different?
It fascinates me…I’m concerned how much time is being consumed reading, an awful lot is NOT adding up…except for sure …’the bills’.
Amusing? Consuming? It is certainly a bit overwhelming..
I’ve got to go back and read this one again , Mary. I don’t know how you manage this amazing track record…
The toxic corruption and environmental damage MAGA plunderers are inflicting are horrendous - and indifferent to anyone’s future but their own!
We the people need to get involved - now - to increase the odds Trump et al. will have no choice but to face a Democratic House and Senate. Help is always needed for election protection at polling sites, get out the vote efforts, and strategic donations.
It’s not about Democrats anymore - it’s about reclaiming a core morality of our founders: enlightened self-interest:
Welcome to the these most corrupt administration ever, followed by lackeys and run amok capitalists who could care less about anyone but themselves. The government works for them and they work with the government to drain every last ounce of our morals, integrity and hard earned dollars. What they don't see is that the end game almost always means their destruction. Regretably, like a dying dragon, they're going to take a lot of us out with that swinging tail.
where to begin? i am reminded of John Adams' plea or question at the end of the Musical "1776"... "is anybody there? does anybody care? does anyone see what i see?". in his case he was referring to a vision of what the country could be... were he alive today, he might say (or sing!) those same lines, but referring to a much darker, more ominous vision, what has happened to the country that he and so many others gave their lives and fortunes to build. Ironic also that we stand at the 250th anniversary of our founding, a date that i have looked forward to as a student of American history, and now feel cheated as any mention of that anniversary comes covered with the stench of corruption and self aggrandizement that has become our country today. the anniversary, much like the flag itself has been co opted by a megalomaniacal dictator, where corruption is no longer veiled and dealt with in back rooms, it is now out in the open and flaunted. where the vice president of the country admits that his lies about Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs were justified to help make his point, where he stated that what Nixon did was no big deal, what the hell?, and would not even make five days of the news cycle today. i am not sure that he really understood that he was condemning the behavior of the current government in its vast corruption far more than trying to trivialize the crimes committed by Nixon. i have always said that what Nixon did was unforgivable, but it masked some of the good things he did. Same for Clinton. future generations will not be able to say that about trump. like far-too-lenient parents, we excuse and forgive... the south rose up in defense of a system that felt one race was "in God's eyes" naturally superior to another, and as such the other race deserved to be enslaved and used as property. we forgave and forgot that part of the country, its rich leaders in particular chose treason to protect their wealth and way of life. for the sake of peace, we forgave. in return we got the whitewash of "the lost cause" and bullshit about states rights... we forgave Richard Nixon, who got a pardon, setting an ugly precedent. We watch now as the oil industry is doing what the tobacco industry did.... lie and manipulate the public's opinion so that they can continue their extraction of wealth. Matt Randolph (Mr. Global) who should be required viewing by any citizen of this country recently testified in front of congress and got little press for it. he reminded everyone that "the US does not produce a drop of oil..." Russia does, Saudi Arabia does, and other countries do, but the US produces nothing. Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell etc produce oil in the US. and in the process, lie about the impact on the environment (global warming, fracking, the list goes on...), pay pennies for leases where they can take oil that belongs to the citizens of this country and make scads of money from it, get massive tax deductions from wells (again see Mr. Global post on same) that allow them to deduct far more money than they originally paid for the lease, the equipment, etc. well below the basis of the asset. and lastly, pay very little taxes to the US government. we are well down the list of what oil companies pay in taxes to countries where they drill... but we forgive the tobacco industry, we forgive the oil companies, we forgive the jan 6th insurrectionists, we play nice while people steal from us, pick our pockets, and harm our children, our poor, and our elderly. trump must be a student of history as he has borrowed from the Romans... give everyone a bit of bread and entertainment and they will be happy, he borrowed from Goebbels in how to manipulate mass thinking, borrowed from Mussolini in taking over the press.... and we sit back and take it... we watch as the world highway passes us by, broken down by the side of the road, out of parts out of fuel, victims of our own short sightedness...
It amazes me. Sorta a sci-fi fascination. Since Mary ,Heather , Scott, and a few others are my main squawk boxes or echo chambers..as a few of my other sided friends phrase it (no offense meant at all) I am kept on the edge of my seat. Here is but one sample ..”Yes and Bill Gates, part of the 90% population reduction group, donated millions to the development of tick borne illnesses, to encourage the reduction of meat eaters, and all the while owns a factory that makes fake meat....” since the Alpha Gal issues are running rampant here on east coast/Appalachia, etc. I wondered how to research the ‘news’ aka echo chambers. I have NO stomach for NewsMax or Fox.
Is there “A paradigm shift about to be had “ …? Is it this ‘authoritarianism ‘ in actuality…or something different?
It fascinates me…I’m concerned how much time is being consumed reading, an awful lot is NOT adding up…except for sure …’the bills’.
Amusing? Consuming? It is certainly a bit overwhelming..
I’ve got to go back and read this one again , Mary. I don’t know how you manage this amazing track record…
The toxic corruption and environmental damage MAGA plunderers are inflicting are horrendous - and indifferent to anyone’s future but their own!
We the people need to get involved - now - to increase the odds Trump et al. will have no choice but to face a Democratic House and Senate. Help is always needed for election protection at polling sites, get out the vote efforts, and strategic donations.
It’s not about Democrats anymore - it’s about reclaiming a core morality of our founders: enlightened self-interest:
The Roberts court is a puppet court, may it be rembered so in perpetuity.
Welcome to the these most corrupt administration ever, followed by lackeys and run amok capitalists who could care less about anyone but themselves. The government works for them and they work with the government to drain every last ounce of our morals, integrity and hard earned dollars. What they don't see is that the end game almost always means their destruction. Regretably, like a dying dragon, they're going to take a lot of us out with that swinging tail.
What a sad state of affairs.
I could not be more heartsick...