Have I told you how much I hate these people? - Mike Malloy. It is every thinking person’s responsibility not to side with his or her executioners. - Albert Camus. Popular democracy anywhere threatens fascism everywhere. - The Scallion. A fascist junta of neocons using George W. Bush as its shill has taken over America by bloodless coup. What will it take for us to stage a revolution and take our country back? - Dot Calm. Drive a hybrid. Leave a lighter footprint on the planet. - Dot Calm.
Like Granny D, I have watched my own beloved country change, and I am angry beyond words about what I see. I grew up seeing America as the equivalent of the movie good guy, the hero in the white hat who came to the rescue of those in need around the world. I have watched in silent horror as the corporations, the captains and the kings of industry, used a comparatively small outlay of cash to buy the Republicans to use as their shills. George W. Bush is the puppet cowboy-king of shills, the proverbial emperor with no clothes. Every day, I watch these evil men legalize, legitimize, and institutionalize robbing the poor to pay the rich. They are carving up America like a giant carcass and doling out choice chunks of its meat to themselves and their cronies. Since the Democrats have been sipping at the same corporate teat where the Republicans have been gorging for the past generation, the fascists are free to do their worst; there is no longer any opposition. There is no one left to stand up for the rights of the American people, the Constitution, or the democracy, which I fear will be replaced by a fascist dictatorship in my lifetime. Wake up, America: we need a REVOLUTION NOW!
If a fetus develops without a brain, a heart, or both, maga considers it not only viable but one of them.
Thus, aborting such a fetus is a personal affront to them because you're taking out one of their own.
(Sorry--I'll show myself out.)
posted by Dot Calm @ 2:51 PM
posted by Dot Calm @ 12:22 PM
Great video--Thanks, Joe! You are the best President in living memory. So many of us are profoundly thankful for you and for all you have done.
posted by Dot Calm @ 10:35 AM
As my wise father once said, "Profit is killing us."
Americans are often called upon to vote against their own interests: for example, I'm happy to vote for higher taxes on myself if it benefits those less fortunate than me or if it benefits the greater community.
To me, that simply makes sense--sharing is caring!
What doesn't make sense is the degree to which maga get conned by republicans year after year, decade after decade.
They still lap up trickle-down bs, as if they'll somehow get richer by giving all their money to rich people (they won't).
They still think that the government's purpose is to profit (it isn't) and that, thus, the government should be run like a business (it shouldn't).
They still think that paying a middle-man who takes a cut off the top for profit and who produces nothing of benefit--and for whom they cannot vote because the middle-man is a private citizen rather than a government official--will somehow get them better services cheaper and with greater transparency and accountability (it won't).
They still think that privatization--using money, via profit, as a motivator rather than service--will focus providers on service rather than money (it won't).
They still think that paying more for less will somehow get them more (it won't).
They just can't grasp the fact that the government's purpose is to serve the public, not to rule over and fleece us.
They just can't grasp the fact that privatization means paying more for less--and that the "less" will also be lower quality--because that's how for-profit business works by definition.
When money is the motivator, job 1 is making as much profit as possible and spending as little as possible to meet the barest minimum requirements.
republican rank and file voters just can't seem to grasp this simple fact. So they're only too happy to give up the Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid they rely on for survival and pay a whole lot more money for a whole lot less--and a whole lot worse--service with a whole lot more gatekeeping, bureaucracy, service denials, and hassle.
Buckle up, buttercups. Methinks you're in for a rude awakening. I can only hope that you really do awaken...and that you wake up to the fact that government is a service and that it should prioritize people over money.
posted by Dot Calm @ 8:50 AM