Miriam,
You present a great point here. That is that there is some reconing to be
done within the Democratic Party and should be. We both agree on that for
sure.
That said and, not in disagreement with you at all on these and other points
I must say that I, too am getting "long in the tooth", and though younger
than you have failing health while also having parental caretaker concerns
(which I haven't adressed much on this list).
Regardless, I feeel not so much like Jesus, but rather Moses for I and
others of my generation have fought so much for a "promised land" of full
inclusion for all; for complete civil and human rights: and so on and so
forth.
I, personally have been at the barricades and have sufferred consequences
for direct actions, civil disobedience and even basic protests. I haven't
suferred as extremely as others like say Emma Goldman, or many of the IWW,
or many communists in the red scare, orthe likes of Congressman Lewis who
got his head bashed in during the civil rights era.
As an aside I have had a police baton hit me during the Mayday demos in 1971
and was unlawfully iincarated without arrest and then just released.
I have also been spied upon as a "red" and have been arrested and convicted
for civil disobedience over years.
But, I digress.
I now see the fight, or rather, have long ago seen the fight is not for me
and even my generation, but rather for the future. And I think this is an
existial issue for the human race.
In other words what gets me going is not anything now for me, but rather for
my neices, nephews, daughter and so on and so forth.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Vieni" <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 9:55 PM
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: It's 11:10 pm I'm feeling ill
Bob, you've omitted the whole corporate Democratic establishment, John
Podesta in particular, who has smoothed the way for both Clintons while
running a lobbbying shop with his brother, Tony, on the side, and the media
who should be sued for the malpractise of journalism. Hillary's only crime
is that she's been a very ambitious woman and has taken advantage of every
opportrunity which presented itself in order to improve her financial and
political prospects. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is just one of Hillary's
handmaidens. I am totally shattered that we will have a President Trump,
but I also feel a tiny sense of satisfaction that Hillary hasn't gotten her
way. However, I'd prefer that she had won because I suspect that the
remainder of my time in this world will be a living hell, if not personally,
although that may be true given what Paul Ryan will do to social security,
medicare, and medicaid, then vicariously because I'm going to see a rollback
of everything we've achieved in terms of civil rights and alleviation of
poverty in the past 60 years..
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Hachey
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 9:28 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: It's 11:10 pm I'm feeling ill
Hi all,
I'm feeling ill as well, but it's not physical, it's emotional.
I am feeling within me a deep and disturbing hatred for the following:
1. Stupid people who really believe that Trump will make life better for the
majority of Americans.
2. Debbie Wasserman-schultz for rigging democratic primaries against Sanders
and in favor of Clinton. Will she be returning to Congress next year? What a
farce.
3. Hillary Rodham Clinton for making the dumb-ass decision to run for
president. She's a horrible campaigner, a walking freezer unit, crooked as
the letter S and maybe even incompetent. Obama didn't' just win in 2008
because he is an accomplished speaker. There was then and still is today
very little passion or enthusiasm for Clinton. Hillary, your legacy will be
a roll-bac of progressive policies and women's rights. Part of me is even
glad that you're not the first woman president.
4. Most of all, Donald Trump for ratchetting up fear and hate with the
diabolical skill of an accomplished media marketer.
Bob Hachey
