Well first of all, FDR, Kennedy, and the 2 Bush's were members of the ruling
class, not wannabees.
Second: I don't want to shock you or anything. However, it is conceivable that
an individual who was born into a family that is part of the ruling class,
might be a really good, kind, moral human being. I'm not saying that the people
whom you mentioned were, but really, to condemn every person who is born into a
wealthy family is as prejudiced and discriminatory as condemning all poor
people by assuming that they're all lazy or stupid.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: News of the day
In my lifetime I have not seen a single president who would serve as an example
to me. Even my great hero, when I was young, FDR.
All of these men served, to one degree or another, the Ruling Class.
Most of these men were not even of the Ruling Class. But oh how they longed to
belong. FDR, Kennedy and the Bushes would probably be allowed in. But the
rest? Pretenders. Lackeys. Shills!
My three heroes are unknown to most Americans. First, my dad, Clyde Fletcher
Jarvis; next, Al Fisher; and lastly, Paul Robeson. Men of principle. Men who
knew how to stand tall for the causes they believed in. If our species
survives, it will be due to Jarvis, Fisher and Robeson and many, many other
unsung heroes, not the Trumps and Bushes or the Clinton's and Obama's, who took
their pieces of gold and bent to kiss the hem of the Koch Brothers royal robes.
Carl Jarvis
On 6/27/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I read a really long article about Obama last night, about what he's doing.
What he's doing is what he's always done, taking care of himself. I
may have already mentioned it on this list. So there are members of
his party who are very distressed with him because they feel that he
should be leading the "Resistance", doing more to fight what Trump is
doing. I find it interesting that the well known political figure who
is doing all he can to fight back, Is Bernie Sanders. He is making
speeches and introducing legislation. He visited Puerto Rico after the
hurricane. He made a statement about the Israelis shooting the
demonstrating Gazans. Obama played Golf with other rich people,
traveled to foreign countries, and has been making speeches for high
fees like $300,000. There's a podcast called, Reveal from The Center
For Investigative Reporting and PRX which I resubscribed to yesterday.
They did a report on immigration and I learned that under Obama,
families were also separated, nothing as drastic as what is happening
now, but it was happening. I was releaved that in the report, they
managed to make a gentle statement about how the problems in South and
Central America from which people are fleeing to the US, are a result
of US policy. It was comforting to know that this is being said on podcasts
other than those on the far left.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:32 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: News of the day
They say that it's always darkest before the dawn. But that bright
light is probably the end of civilization.
Carl Jarvis
On 6/27/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Justice Kennedy is retiring. Sometimes, he voted with the liberal
justices.
Now that he's retiring, Trump can appoint another right wing judge.
We already had 3 terrible supreme court rulings today, upholding the
Muslim ban, destroying union funding, and ruling against a California
law that required crisis pregnancy centers to tell patients that
abortion is available in California. The supreme court will now have
a
6 to 3 right wing majority.
If you can find a way to hear today's episode of Intercepted, you
should do so. It is the recording of the live show they did on June
21 with Sy Hersh and it's excellent.
However, Seymour Hersh confirmed my belief that we are now a Fascist
state, that it's impossible to impeach Trump, and that Trump may very
well win a second term.
Miraculously a very young, Puerta Rican social democratic female with
out big money, won the democratic primary in NYC against a ten term
well funded machine Democratic congressman.
Each day, I encounter evidence that my aging brain is becoming more
scrambled.
Miriam
