guillaumeb
guillaumeb's JournalIs there a doctor in the house?
I am confused. The GOP is the Party of law and order, and the Party that loves the flag. They tell us so constantly. So when we all saw the Trump inspired seditionists beating up Capitol Hill police, using flagpoles with US flags still attached, my brain cannot reconcile the rhetoric with the reality.
Does anyone have a suggested remedy for my cognitive dissonance inspired headache?
I've got Q babe
I’ve got Q babe
They say we're young and we don't know
We won't find out until we grow
Well I don't know if all that's true
'Cause you got me, and baby I got Q
Babe I got Q babe
I’ve got Q babe
I read about lasers up in space
And history we really must erase
got MAGA hats, the Capitol coup
Lots of terrorizing we must do
Babe, I’ve got Q babe
I’ve got Q babe
I got Nazis in the spring
I got Proud boys to wear my ring
And when I'm sad, cause Trump’s a clown
And if I get scared, you're always around
Babe, I’ve got Q babe
I’ve got Q babe
So let them say your facts are wrong
'Cause I don't care, us MAGAts are still strong
Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb
Babe, I’ve got Q babe
I’ve got Q babe
Sorry, Sonny and Cher....
Stop COVID19 in its tracks. Well, technically, it does not have tracks, however...
I would like to thank Marjorie Taylor Green, GOP Representative from Planet Insane, for this inspiration.
What we do is aim those Jewish space lasers at the COVID19 virus particles that are floating in the air. Use that laser light to burn up the COVID19 particles.
To guard from the heat generated, I will be offering MTG brand tin foil hats so that any laser light that strikes a person will be safely redirected back into space.
Act right now, and order 2 MTG tin foil hats, at the low price of $75.99 per pair, and I will throw in absolutely free a copy of the bestselling "Collected wit and wisdom of Donald J Trump".
Trump is a symptom of a 400 year old disease.
The orange moron is out of power. And for most of the 330 million Americans, the country is ready, past ready, except for those living in a past that never really existed.
These white supremacist Trumpers mourn for a non-existent America that only existed for rich white people. What Trumpers see as history is actually the real cancel culture of white historians who created a myth of strong, white, male heroes.
And this true cancel culture ignores that brutal fact that the United States was founded on slavery and genocide, and these white, male, Founding Fathers, (never mothers), accepted the slavery and genocide, while pretending to believe that "all men are created equal".
Until we know the true history, until we know and admit to the fact of white supremacy, we cannot heal. The infection of white supremacy is still raging. We can see it in every murder by police of a black person. We can see it in every effort to prevent non-whites from voting. We can see it in the disparities of wealth, of life expectancy, and in job opportunities.
The question for us all is, can we admit to the problem, and do we have the courage to solve the problem?
Many times I have been called perfect.
The problem is, many times people insist on adding to the description. Words like "ass", or "idiot", and other words.
My resolution for 2021 is to stop listening after I hear the word perfect.
A request for help for 2 progressive women candidates. (X-posted from IL group)
The GOP is truly terrible at policy, and governance, but they do understand how critically important it is to run candidates for office at every level of government. From local school boards, to library boards, to town and township posts, the GOP recruits people.
By doing so, the GOP inspires people to run for office, and these people spread the GOP narrative. And to be honest, often Democrats look instead to state wide or national offices, and ignore local races. But remember that Sarah Palin got her start running for mayor of a tiny town in Alaska.
In my area, 2 local, very progressive women are running for offices in Palos Township. The township is located southwest of Chicago. It has been the site of many protests, mainly concerning a racist Trustee who frequently posts her Islamophobic brand of hatred on Facebook. And she often identifies as a Palos Trustee, using her status as a local politician to strengthen her message.
If you are interested in learning more about the Palos Township situation, I am including a link. And a Google search will reveal much more about this racist.
Part of the issue as well is that the Township is stonewalling on FOIA requests, which is part of the issue. And they have covered for the racist, and her lies, for 3 and 1/2 years.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-palos-township-dispute-st-1007-20201006-55ecsoeszjfahnrk6p25rpgm6i-story.html
These women are both very active in the community, and one in particular is active in nearly every progressive cause there is.
The reasons I am writing, and posting this, are twofold. To spread the message that people are actively fighting against every form of hate, and to ask the DU community to consider making a donation via Act Blue.
I am including links to their Facebook pages, a well as a link to ActBlue, and a link to volunteer for anyone who is interested. Volunteer opportunities include text messaging and phone banking. Please, if you can, consider donating, and consider volunteering.
Thanks in advance,
Guillaume
FB: https://www.facebook.com/mervatefortrustee/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/tammyforclerk/
Donation Link: https://bit.ly/contributetm
Volunteer Link: https://bit.ly/volunteertm
Calling all Illinois DU members, especially in the Chicago area
The GOP is truly terrible at policy, and governance, but they do understand how critically important it is to run candidates for office at every level of government. From local school boards, to library boards, to town and township posts, the GOP recruits people.
By doing so, the GOP inspires people to run for office, and these people spread the GOP narrative. And to be honest, often Democrats look instead to state wide or national offices, and ignore local races. But remember that Sarah Palin got her start running for mayor of a tiny town in Alaska.
In my area, 2 local, very progressive women are running for offices in Palos Township. The township is located southwest of Chicago. It has been the site of many protests, mainly concerning a racist Trustee who frequently posts her Islamophobic brand of hatred on Facebook. And she often identifies as a Palos Trustee, using her status as a local politician to strengthen her message.
If you are interested in learning more about the Palos Township situation, I am including a link.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-palos-township-dispute-st-1007-20201006-55ecsoeszjfahnrk6p25rpgm6i-story.html
These women are both very active in the community, and one in particular is active in nearly every progressive cause there is.
The reasons I am writing, and posting this, are twofold. To spread the message that people are actively fighting against every form of hate, and to ask the DU community to consider making a donation via Act Blue.
I am including links to their Facebook pages, a well as a link to ActBlue, and a link to volunteer for anyone who is interested. Volunteer opportunities include text messaging and phone banking. Please, if you can, consider donating, and consider volunteering.
FB: https://www.facebook.com/mervatefortrustee/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/tammyforclerk/
Donation Link: https://bit.ly/contributetm
Volunteer Link: https://bit.ly/volunteertm
I encountered a Trump voter who spoke about "communist-democrats" Saturday.
I was gathering signatures with a friend of mine for a local person who is running for office in my area. A person from one household was signing my petition as my friend was speaking with the neighbor next door.
This Trump voter came out of the house, followed my friend as she joined me, and spoke to both of us about "communist-democrats", and other Trump brand idiocy.
My friend attempted to reason with the Trump voter, but reason never works on the unreasonable.
And that is, and will remain, a huge problem for the near future as 70 million US voters believe that up is down and down is up.
What is critical, in my view, is to motivate the 33% who did not vote, or were prevented from voting.
On values voters, and silent majorities.
Many conservative voters love to describe themselves as “values voters”. They also often describe themselves as being part of the “silent majority”. These memes have been around in modern politics since Nixon first ran for office in 1968.
What is implicit in the phrase “values voters”, and the accompanying phrase “silent majority”, is that other voters have no values, and represent a minority view. This allows these self-described values voters to feel good about their choices, and allows them to feel that opposing viewpoints are minority views.
Consider that in the 2020 election, most self-described conservatives, most “values voters”, voted for Donald Trump.
Trump has always been quite open about his racism, in speech and actions. From his promotion of “birtherism” as a racist attack on the Nations’s first black President, to his actions on the Central Park 5, Trump has always demonstrated his racism. If you voted for a racist, your vote enabled a racist, and that makes you little better than one. Enabling a racist, no matter the motives, is a character defect, not a value.
If you voted for a misogynist, a person with a long history of sexual assault, your vote enabled this person, and that too, is a character defect, not a value.
If you voted for a person with a well-known, lifelong, history of cheating on his taxes, his wives, his customers, and his vendors, that is a sign of a character defect, not a value.
If you voted for a person who has lied over 20,000 times, that enabled the lying. That too, is a sign of a character defect, not a value.
If you voted for a person who bullies everyone who works for him, a person who bullied his GOP opponents in 2016, a person who attacks anyone who disagrees with him, you enabled the bullying, and that, too, is a character defect, not a value.
If you voted for a person who lied to the public about COVID19, a person who made the refusal to wear a mask into a test of political loyalty, you enabled a situation that resulted in the US ranking #1 in COVID19 fatalities. Refusal to wear a mask, refusal to take actions that are proven to slow the spread of the virus is pure selfishness. These too, are character defects, not values.
If you remained silent as Trump demonstrated to the world his unfitness to hold office, if you remained silent as Trump bullied others, if you remained silent as Trump promoted xenophobia and misogyny, you demonstrated both moral and political cowardice. That cowardice is no value, it is a character defect.
Finally, Trump lost the popular vote in 2016 and 2020. Given that 43% of eligible voters did not vote in 2016, and 33% did not vote in 2020, Trump’s “silent majority” represented, at best, 38% of the eligible electorate. I am no mathematician, but 38% is certainly no majority, silent or otherwise.
I am hosting a November 4th "Protect the results" rally in the SW suburban Chicago area.
These rallies are taking place all over the country.
The object is to rally people, and to be visible reminders that every vote must be counted.
Trump, and the GOP, do not really want people to vote. They only want likely GOP voters to vote.
Our job, post-November 3rd, is to contact our Representatives, our Senators, and the media in our area, and demand that every vote be counted. We do not want another election to be decided by the SCOTUS as was done in 2000.
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