tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6209048860182991112..comments2024-03-28T12:32:43.870-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Spirit of '76, Pt. I: Despair is not a success strategyNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75689471964301041222018-07-03T14:30:15.042-05:002018-07-03T14:30:15.042-05:00Great article--last line perfecto! Great article--last line perfecto! Steph Stitzellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807896332225707993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77925858998288009432018-07-03T12:54:41.545-05:002018-07-03T12:54:41.545-05:00The Founders did not create a true democracy. We c...The Founders did not create a true democracy. We came closer to that ideal through time, the high water mark coming in last quarter of the 20th century. Anti-democratic forces have been fighting back ever since and making great inroads. If the democracy is not in mortal jeopardy, it is not far from the edge. President Obama knew that the opposition had completely closed out any cooperation and in is second term he refused to push back. He had nothing to lose yet he was mostly silent. If he had any Winston in him, that was the time to stand in the pulpit and speak out strongly against the enemies of the democracy. That he didn't is his greatest failure.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79098164944498452972018-07-02T09:37:44.499-05:002018-07-02T09:37:44.499-05:00So true about the Dems needing a Churchill like fi...So true about the Dems needing a Churchill like figure and I'd add...new blood in leadership.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83691443056341381002018-07-02T09:22:54.631-05:002018-07-02T09:22:54.631-05:00It's easy to make mouth music about leaving th...It's easy to make mouth music about leaving the country. Doing it is something else again. That kind of trash talk comes from the keystrokes of the successful and affluent. Emigration is neither cheap nor easy...even Canada doesn't want the elderly and the poor. You'd better be fairly young and be in possession of a lot of those Yanqui dollahs. Or else you need to be an entrepreneur whose business will bring jobs to Canadians.<br /><br />And just try going to a European country if you're not fairly well-off and don't want to live a student life-style...or worse. Western Europe is already overrun with refugees from the countries to the east and the south. English is not always spoken everywhere, so you'd better be conversant in at least one other tongue. <br /><br />Fleeing one's homeland may not be an option for many, or even most, and those who can afford to do so may face a multitude of difficulties and obstacles. If you still have any living relatives who immigrated to America, ask them how it was. Better yet, if you're fluent in Spanish, ask any of the refugees in Texas how their journey has been. <br /><br />Canada is just across the lake from me. I'd go tomorrow if I could...or even this afternoon. But my wife wants to stay and fight. Whether that word choice ("fight") remains figurative or becomes literal is still a toss-up. Soon, it may not be. Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85411333020402015832018-07-02T09:00:57.386-05:002018-07-02T09:00:57.386-05:00We too often forget the meaning of those opening w...We too often forget the meaning of those opening words of the Declaration. It is a self-evident truth that we are all equal and we all have certain rights. Those rights are not dependent upon being legal citizens but belong to all individuals. Note also that those rights are not limited to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Keep that in mind when someone claims that certain groups of people don't deserve to be treated like human beings or be given due process. Surely separating crying babies from their mothers goes against everything in that founding document.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481674986802987213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-33141629929121288902018-07-02T07:03:46.896-05:002018-07-02T07:03:46.896-05:00hear! hear! while we are attempting to combat this...hear! hear! while we are attempting to combat this scourge upon democracy in the current administration there is also a struggle within the Democrat Party for primacy . we need to make it quick, not fight with each other too vigorously or for too long and get on with the more important business. retaking the house or senate. send money to democrats in the red states! voter registration drives are expensive. the votes are out there we need to get them to the polls this fall.<br /> complacency will wreck this countryFMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-43875445681175454182018-07-02T03:07:43.978-05:002018-07-02T03:07:43.978-05:00That crackpot Greene Family that owns the Hobby Lo...That crackpot Greene Family that owns the Hobby Lobby stores ran one of their full page ultra religious Christian ads in Sunday's papers around the country.<br />They quoted a few judges & even a couple of Supreme Court justices in opinions where they stated this was a Christian country.<br />Of course, the most recent opinion was from the 1880s!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67248737966636156942018-07-02T00:55:13.833-05:002018-07-02T00:55:13.833-05:00It will take a monumental effort to get the “non v...It will take a monumental effort to get the “non voters” to step up and join the effort to overcome the entrenched, gerrymandered, citizens united-backed powerblock in place at this point. It has to happen this election upcoming, or the future of the system is seriously going to be damaged. At this point we are surly not the “shining city on the hill” that all the world envies. That image needs to be resurrected, or we’re in deep trouble.Tom S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04976079581280071356noreply@blogger.com