Well, I see that I'm in good company. I listened to the Democracy Now
headlines and some of the chatter by the several women Amy talked
with. For nearly 50 years I've seen the rise of hope, only to watch
hope dashed. Women have come a long way down the road to equality,
but that equality is more equal with the American Working Men, not
with the nation's Billionaires. And even as women make some gains,
the gap widens between the Have's and the Have Nots. So the majority
of women are actually standing still while the majority of men are
losing ground. It's a rush to the bottom. Well, maybe not a Rush.
More like a Whimper to the bottom. Anyway, it is just another
diversion. The old Shell Game. It's a game of distraction. Sure,
women are still not equal, and Blacks are still treated like dirt, and
Mexicans are treated like criminals, and Brown people are treated like
Mexicans, and Asians are all right...in their places, and Jews? Jews
have a special place in White America's heart. They are kept on the
shelf, so that whenever the Empire needs someone to dump on,
especially if it deals with banking or finances, the Jews are yanked
off the shelf and soundly beaten.
Blue collar's are turned against white collars, job holders against
retired, young against old, and even fat people are cursed and
ridiculed. But by God, we love our Billionaires. Even when we sneer
or jeer at them. When the chips are down, we will pucker up with the
best of the Empire's Lackeys and lick their boots if it means we can
bask in their light.
As for Barack Obama's genius at Geopolitics, I'm not sophisticated
enough to sort it out. But after he had been in office only a short
time, I pegged him as someone needing to be accepted by "the fellows",
you know, the Good Old Boys. He saw himself as a compromiser. I saw
him as, giving in. Barack Obama is one very bright, well educated,
experienced man. He had to know that the Ugly American White Man
would gang up on the Black Boy who dared to play in the White Mans
White House. For 8 years Barack Obama managed to look as if he were
above it, and managed to keep his cool. But he did very little for
the working class, and even less for the suffering around the world.
I simply cannot like a man who allows murder to continue going on
around the world. If he could not stop it, then get out of the
office. Let a cold murderer like Donald Trump or Mike Pence take
over. I'm in need of climbing down off my soap box, but I have to say
one last time, Just what the Hell did Barack Obama do for all of those
working class Blacks who believed in him? I'm sure that Barack Obama
sleeps in finer night clothes and between finer sheets than I can
afford, but I bet I sleep better. I have one thing...one claim that
Barack Obama can never make. I have never killed, or ordered the
killing of another human being. But, to my discredit, I've never
found a way to stop the murders being committed in my
name...supposedly to keep me safe.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/8/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl,
I didn't listen to all that stuff about International Women's Day on
Democracy Now. I tried to analyze why the whole thing leaves me cold. I
think perhaps it's because it's all words and wishes and a kind of fantasy,
sort of like religion. People celebrate, dance, make speeches and
pronouncements. They talk about being powerful. But life goes on. Women are
beaten by their male partners, raped by soldiers and by dates. They bear
children and watch them die in famines.
Anyway, not all the elites are finding Trump useful. Hillary would have been
much more useful than he is. Think how well Obama did at keeping liberals
happy while satisfying the elites. One of the "experts" I heard, talked
about what a genious he was at Geopolitics.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: book review - David Cay Johnston - It's Even
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Miriam and Bonnie...and All Women on this International Women's Day.
And to those men who have come to understand that on a good day, they/we are
about as smart as the Women of the World.
It is my humble male opinion that the Empire's Oligarchy will not allow
Donald Trump to be removed from office just so long as they can use him to
run interference for their pillaging and plundering. And just as long as
there is a Public Anything, they will keep their Crazy Lap Dog around.
But that's just my opinion.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/8/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've heard Johnston interviewed on Democracy Now and other programs,
and I read his previous book. The problem is that although Trump is
committing crimes every day, like profiting financially from the
Presidency, no one seems to want to start impeachment proceedings on
this basis. There appear to be other crimes as well, which relate to
encouraging riots and unlawful behavior. There are obvious medical issues
related to his brain function.
But instead of using what is obviously true to get him out of office,
the Democratic Party is resorting to incredibly complicated and far
fetched accusations and Mueller's investigation which, although it may
uncover all sorts of wrongdoing, probably won't ever come up with
proof that Trump has committed Treason.
Miriam
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Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2018 12:10 AM
To: Blind Democracy <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [blind-democracy] book review - David Cay Johnston - It's
Even Worse than You Think
_It's Even Worse than You Think: What the Trump Administration is
Doing to America_ by David Cay Johnston
The Trump administration started with a blatant lie in which he and
his communications director, Sean Spicer, claimed that his
inauguration was the widest attended and watched inauguration EVER, which
was easily disproved.
Things have descended from that point. Kellyanne Conway has insisted
that this was merely an "Alternative Fact," and Mr. Trump commonly
claims that anyone who demonstrates that he has lied--again--is
promulgating "Fake News"
intended to discredit his win in the 2016 election. Like a child
sticking his fingers in his ears and singing "La la la" when someone
tries to get across an undesired truth to him, Trump consistently
insists that this is a trick by the Democrats, who ought to have won
the election, trying to explain away their ignominious loss.
He has surrounded himself with a cabinet of people who for the most
part are totally unqualified to lead the departments they were
assigned to, and he has given them all directions to dismantle every
rule and law intended to safeguard the environment and to promote
equality amongst our citizens.
Johnston describes these as "termites" eating away at the
infrastructure of our country, and we are already seeing the negative
effects of this destructive activity.
Late in the book, Johnston points out that Trump's policies encourage
law enforcement to be rough on those being arrested ("Just toss them
in the paddy wagons--don't worry about them getting hurt." "You know
when you put them in the back seat of the squad car, don't put your
hand on their head to protect
them.") He's encouraged the crowds in his rallies to punch those he
thinks are there to criticize him. He thinks that if teachers are
armed, they will magically prevail with a handgun against killers
armed with automatic weapons.
He's described neo-Nazis and white supremacists as being "fine people"
whom he apparently sees as being morally equivalent with those who
counter-demomstrate against them. And he is seeking to build up the
armed forces while cutting financing for health, education, social
security, medicare and medicaid, and just about any other program
intended to support those who are unable to provide for themselves.
He continuously vilifies the mainstream media at the same time he
courts them, desperate for any praise he could possibly pry from them
while refusing to do anything constructive to actually build up our
nation.
His role models are Vladimir Putin and other dictators, and it's
pretty plain he wants to join their ranks. And he apparently believes
that if he can militarize the police and get the Pentagon behind him,
he will possibly be able to become "President for Life" here in our
nation.
This is well researched, with facts taken from the public record. It
is not a book we should ignore, and I encourage everyone to read it.
It is available in all possible media. I both downloaded it from
Audible and to my Nook in e-book format.
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large
"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the
very wise cannot see all ends." LOTR
"Don't go where I can't follow."
We gave the Goblin King control of our nation!
