One other thing they can do is call a constitutional conference and modify the
constitution. I would suspect the 1st, 4th, and 14th amendments will go down in
flames.
Frank
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Miriam Vieni
Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 11:18 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: It's 11:10 pm I'm feeling ill
There's no good news. That Republican majority will codify every right wing,
racist, idea that Trump comes up with. If you'd heard Democracy Now last night,
you'd have heard Alan Nearn describe the process in detail. Remember that the
Republicans want to privatize social security and medicare, that they want to
do away with anything that looks like welfare, that they want to beef up the
military, that Trump and the Republicans want to deport all undocumented
immigrants. The Newsweek article that I read this morning, that I couldn't copy
because of all of the ads In the middle, reminded us that Trump can undo every
presidential executive order of Obama's which includes all of the temporary
help to the dreamers and their families. Nearn said last night that the
President, the congress, and the supreme court, and remember what kind of
judges Trump will appoint, can undo the legal structure that guarantees the
freedoms that we still have. They can, in fact, change the whole governmental
structure because the three branches of government, Executive, Judicial and
legislative, will all be in agreement.
And for all of the naïve and hopeful souls who talk about organizing and
fighting back, remember that the federal government and now, the police, have
the military power, including the drones that can assasinate people, to put
down any demonstrations, any organizing. Think about what happened at Standing
Rock and quadruple it and remember that there'll be no one to restrain the
government.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 10:10 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: It's 11:10 pm I'm feeling ill
Does anyone out there have a good recipe for preparing Crow? I have a great
pile of dead birds to eat. Trouble is, my two feet are already blocking my
mouth.
But now that we've fallen through the Curtain into the Twilight Zone, the
moment to begin building a new world is at hand.
But before going on, I do need to run one final disclaimer. Remember, I have
said before that I am the world's worst predictor of presidential
elections...or most any election. In my All Blue Washington State, I do pretty
well in guessing outcomes. Cyrus Habib took the Lieutenant Governor race, and
of course Patty Murray returns to the Senate...as a member of the minority
party. But out in the "Real World", the rest of America, my batting average
would send me to the Class B League in Podunk.
Now to lick my wounds and begin peering about. Some folks believe...and I'm
one of them...that if the democrats had allowed Bernie Sanders to become the
Party's Candidate, he would have taken the Electoral College Votes.
It already appears that Hillary Clinton will end up with the majority of the
popular vote, so it stands to reason that Bernie would have won by an even
wider margin. But like the DNC, our wise leaders did not trust the common "man
in the street". So in drafting their Oligarchy, they protected it a wee bit
more by adding the protection of a ghostly collection of shadowy members called
the Electoral College. Remember, there were only 13 states in the beginning.
Controlling the vote in the most populated states assured the new government a
stable future.
And for nearly 230 years it has worked wonderfully well.
The use of the Super Delegate by the DNC is merely a reflection of this
internal control used by the constitution framers. And it has backfired...in
both cases. The DNC shot down their chances of controlling the nation's
direction when they smirked and froze Bernie out of the game.
The Ruling Class has set itself up for a wild ride, watching as the winner of
the popular vote, a candidate they could have worked with, was pushed aside and
they watched as the Electoral College put in their worst nightmare.
The good news may be what I would have called the Bad News, yesterday.
Control of both Houses by the Republican Party may well be our Salvation.
No matter what wild hair is up the backside of Trump, Congress can temper or
block him.
But no matter what goes down these next four years, we had better get busy
building a Plan of Action that does include those who are certain to take the
brunt of Trump's dream of "returning to our former glory".
Carl Jarvis
On 11/8/16, Frank Ventura <frank.ventura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl, the New York Times has a live prediction on their site. At 12:14
AM they give Trump a 97 percent chance of winning.
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 11:27 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: It's 11:10 pm I'm feeling ill
Clinton will be the next president of the USA. We should all be
thinking about whether we can tolerate another farce like this one.
Our election has been turned into a fund raiser for the Media, and the
whipping boy of the Far Right White.
Carl Jarvis
On 11/8/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm listening to Democracy Now on the New York City radio Pacifica
station.
Couldn't find their live stream on the website. Right now, seems like
Frank has been right and we'll have a President Trump. I'm listening
to the predictions of what that will mean from really smart people
whom I respect.
I doubt I can sleep tonight.
Miriam
