You might want to try to invite people to join the list. I tried myself
by writing up an invitation and posting it on Facebook while tagging all
of my contacts so that it would appear on all of their timelines, but
apparently no one ever signed up. Perhaps it is because that if they are
on Facebook they prefer Facebook groups. As for myself, I prefer email
groups. Facebook groups do fill up the email in box, but it is harder
to control just whom you are replying to that way and subthreads are not
created.
On 1/7/2017 12:01 PM, Carl Jarvis wrote:
Keep the Faith, Miriam. As you so aptly pointed out, what goes
around, comes around. What is most important, as our nation's
fortunes rise and fall, is that we steadfastly stay consistent in
sending out the message that there is a better way for humans to live.
And for we who were once called, "The Loyal Opposition", our eye must
never waiver from the central Truth that until Corporate Capitalism is
removed, Americans will continue living more and more desperate lives.
I suspect, without looking, that our numbers on Blind Democracy, have
diminished. But for those who remain, please keep the flow of
articles coming. I do miss several folks who used to have so much to
say, and so many articles to contribute. I suspect that many former
participants have gone on to Face Book or other similar methods of
social networking. All of our children are on Face Book, but I tell
them to not waist their time looking for me. If you were to leave,
along with Roger, I would most likely go back to the ACB Chat List for
a while. After that...maybe it's time to get back to my exercises.
I do have my small collection of family and friends with whom I link,
so I'll always be babbling away. And I keep plugging stuff into my
blog, although last time I looked I had fewer than ten viewers. But
to be honest, I mostly write to please myself. It is good therapy,
and helps me clarify my thoughts.
Carl Jarvis
On 1/6/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You may have noticed that I'm tending to post fewer articles these days. I
thought that for those of you left on the list who actually have been
reading the articles I've posted, I should explain the reasons. One reason
is that there is so much repetition in the articles. Another is that
really,
what I'm reading is so very depressing. I used to think that if was good
for
people to have as much information as possible so that not only would they
have a clearer idea of what is happening, but they'd be moved to action to
influence government officials to do the right thing. I suppose that I'm
really disheartened. The TPP was stopped, temporarily, as was the pipeline
in North Dakota. But I suspect that the pipeline will be resumed. So many
terrible things happened during Obama's presidency and now, clearly things
will get much worse. Right now, I'm reading a novel from BARD, The Guilded
Hour. It describes life in the late 1800's in New York City, during the
Guilded Age. There's a lot about the Comstock Law. Providing birth control
information to women was illegal. Just read articles about the laws in
Texas
and a whole bunch of other states and think about our Vice President, and
the likely Supreme Court nominees, and it's like we'll soon be back there
with rampant poverty, no birth control, and segregated hospitals.
Miriam
