Glad to hear about your ballot innitiatives. Otherwise, I'm ready to slit my
throat. Republicans have taken both houses of congress. We have a madman as
President Elect. Alan Nuren, one of the best and bravest journalists, who
was on Democracy Now last night, predicted that this would be the end of
America as we know it. He said that Americans have been living in a bubble.
Our country has funded repressive governments throughout the world. Now, we
will finally learn what it is like to live under one.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Frank Ventura
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 12:09 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: It's 11:10 pm I'm feeling ill
Miriam, it is almost midnight here and I too feel as you do. When I made my
prediction that Trump had a 75 percent chance of winning, the very same day
the New York Times gave Clinton a 79 percent chance of winning. My dire
predictions were not meant to upset anyone. They were merely out of my
concern for our nation. I know you may not believe this but if I were there
I would hug you as we both need it. If there is any small glimpse of sanity
left it may be here in Massachusetts. We had four ballot initiatives:
1. Expanding gambling to allow for one more slot parlor. I voted yes on this
one. It went down in defeat.
2. This is a biggie. It would have shifted a considerable amount of public
money from public schools to privately run charter schools. The brunt of the
funding loss would have been from the 6 poorest school districts in Boston.
I was very much opposed to this one and voted no. This was a proud moment
for the residents of Massachusetts as we collectively filtered the truth
from the lies and soundly defeated it.
3. This ballot question would require poultry and meat to be from farms that
use humane means of raising animals. Almost all farms here in the Bay State
already do this. The money poured into lobbying against this came from out
of state farm lobbyists. I voted for this and it was passed by a huge
margin.
4. This ballot question would begin the process of legalizing small amounts
of recreational marijuana. This will go a long way to curb the drug war,
especially in poor areas and will save lives and reduce violence. The
opposition, funded by the law enforcement lobby spent a good deal of money
lobbying against this. I voted yes and it was passed by a narrow margin.
Given the outcome of our national elections, I think sales will be brisk.
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Miriam Vieni
Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 11:18 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] It's 11:10 pm I'm feeling ill
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
