Carl,
You have got to go to BARD and download Thomas Frank's latest book, The People?
No. He narrates the book and it is about precisely what you just wrote. He's a
very smart and charming man. I've heard him on many podcasts recently. His last
book was, "Listen, Liberal". This new one is about the people and about what
populism really is. His writing is easy to read and his delivery is like his
talk on the podcasts, intelligent and delightful.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2020 7:28 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Accused Kenosha Killer Kyle Rittenhouse Out of
Jail After Posting $2 Million Bail
The problem is that our value system is so racist that we have convinced
ourselves that we are truly the perfect society. Therefor any attempt to
change any part is an act against our national values, and hence, an attack on
America.
I'm not really saying what I'm trying to say, but where we are is about the
same place Germany was in back in the early 1930's. A small but powerful group
began telling out and out lies. They did not care if they were called out for
lying. As their leader told them, don't tell little lies. Tell big lies. The
people will not believe that you would tell big lies.
And so the same is going on today. The lies pour out and are fanned by a small
core of Believers. They are not concerned with being called out for lying.
They merely change direction and tell more lies.
And in all of this, the United in, United States is being ripped to shreds.
In my opinion, we are closer to an out and out civil war than at any time since
1865. The difference is that this will be a Class War, the affluent White
versus the Disenfrangised Masses.
Carl Jarvis
On 11/21/20, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
But look who received contributions and was able to pay a 2 million
dollar bail? A white 17 year old opposed to a Black Lives Matter
demonstration.
What does that tell you about our justice system? If a black kid had
shot a white demonstrator at a Proud Boys demonstration, what would
have happened to him?
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2020 4:08 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Accused Kenosha Killer Kyle Rittenhouse
Out of Jail After Posting $2 Million Bail
It's not a matter of whether we're Left or Right or in the Middle, if
we don't join together and draw a line, then violence and chaos will
destroy what's left of our nation.
Carl Jarvis
On 11/21/20, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Accused Kenosha Killer Kyle Rittenhouse Out of Jail After Posting $2
Million Bail By Nelson Oliveira, New York Daily News
21 November 20
The teenage gunman charged with killing two Black Lives Matter
protesters in Wisconsin this summer walked out of jail Friday
afternoon after posting $2 million bail.
Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was released from custody around 2 p.m. and
handed over to his own security detail after his attorneys posted
bond on his behalf, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department.
Supporters have been donating money for his bail, and a lawyer Friday
said cash from former "Silver Spoons" and "NYPD Blue" actor Ricky
Schroeder and My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell helped spring Rittenhouse.
"KYLE RITTENHOUSE IS OUT OF JAIL." attorney Lin Wood tweeted. "God
bless ALL who donated to help #FightBack raise required $2M cash bail.
Special thanks to Actor Ricky Schroder ... & Mike Lindell ... for
putting us over the top."
The Illinois teen faces a series of felony charges, including
intentional homicide and reckless endangerment, in the shooting of
three men during a chaotic protest on Aug. 25. Two of the victims,
Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, died that same night.
The civil unrest in the southern Wisconsin city of Kenosha was
sparked by the police shooting of unarmed Black man Jacob Blake, who
was shot in the back seven times just days earlier.
Rittenhouse, who claims he fired his assault-style rifle in
self-defense, tried fighting extradition from Illinois for two months
before being transferred to the Kenosha County jail three weeks ago.
The case has turned into a rallying cry for gun-rights activists and
far-right politicians who see the accused killer as a hero exercising
his Second Amendment right to bear arms. His supporters launched a
legal-defense fund.
Supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement, meanwhile, have
described the teen as a domestic terrorist and white supremacist
whose armed presence in a racial justice demonstration helped fuel
more violence in the streets.
Cellphone videos from the scene appear to show Rittenhouse opening
fire during a confrontation with protesters over his weapon. He
claims he was in Kenosha that night to help protect the city from
looters and only fired his gun in self-defense.
The aspiring medic told The Washington Post in a jailhouse interview
this week that he planned to guard a local business and offer medical
care to anyone who was injured.
"I was going into a place where people had guns and God forbid
somebody brought a gun to me and decided to shoot me ... I wanted to
be protected, which I ended up having to protect myself," he told the
paper.
Rittenhouse also admitted that he paid for Smith & Wesson rifle with
money he got from a taxpayer-funded coronavirus stimulus program. An
adult friend who's also facing charges in the case is accused of
buying the weapon on the teen's behalf because Wisconsin state law
prohibits minors from possessing or carrying a firearm unless they
are hunting.
