As always, you find the core question and ask it clearly: What price are we each willing to pay for democracy, for our country? Trump remains free, his pawns in Congress are on bended knee at his altar, the Big Lie continues to prove a strong motivator for MAGA Republicans, many election-denying candidates throughout the country may actually win (Hershel Walker, a Senator?!?), and now someone breaks into Nancy's home, assaults her husband with nary a whisper of protest from Republicans. (Some actually blame Biden or the mayor of San Francisco, a Democrat!) It will get worse before it gets better. Yet, we are the majority and we have power. It's time for action. It's time to stand up, stand tall and say with conviction 'Enough of this shit! We're coming for you.'
They are all cowards and afraid. THEY are afraid of US. Those in states of extreme voter suppression need to be strong. The cowards in Arizona sitting outside voter dropboxes won't even show their faces as they sit in their lawn chairs, cowards. What are they going to do, nothing! Everyone, be strong, stay in the fight!
You left out animal rights. I might be willing to die to end the torture of billions of sentient beings. It's just a worthy a cause as anything else on the list. And frankly if we don't decide to stop the horrific violence against the innocent and helpless I really don't give a damn what happens to us. I think the dems give us the highest odds of righting this wrong, so maybe it's also worth dying for. It may come to that, who knows. But for me it will always be about the truly oppressed and tormented souls in factory farms, in labs, mills, markets, etc.
Years ago, when some friends were looking around for another country to live in, I talked to my sprout and asked them, "Should we do the same, or stay and fight?"
They responded, without hesitation, "Stay and fight!" The vast majority of us are stuck here, and, besides, where can you really escape the power and reach of our military? We stay and fight, nonviolently, for our friends and neighbors, as well as the people living under bridges or across town.
I'm sorry, Michael, for those horrible experiences. I wish humans wouldn't get so crazed with fear and anger, but, yeah, we are only human.
I just had an idea. The thugs intimidating voters at drop boxes will of course show up at polling places on Nov. 8. Plus, some states & counties are having trouble finding people to work at polling places, no doubt because they feel threatened by these thugs, and who can blame them?
This election is way, way too important to leave anything to chance. Especially when squirrelly Judges like the one in AZ say it’s perfectly fine for masked men with assault rifles to hang out around drop boxes. (Normal people without an agenda who just want to vote know that’s ludicrous.)
So we can fix that by having the National Guard do the work at polling places--not just guarding--doing the actual work, so innocent civilians don’t have to deal with masked, armed & possibly mentally ill thugs and gangsters fantasizing about the (infantile) glory, based on a lie of “saving America.”
A lot of people will balk at the idea that the National Guard should work the polls. They’ll say that only happens in third-world countries and it doesn’t look good. (Where have we heard that before?) Oh yeah, we heard it before on 1/6, as our Capital Bldg & elected leaders were being attacked:
“I don’t like the visual of the National Guard standing a police line with the Capitol in the background,” Piatt said, according to Sund and others on the call.
Well, guess what--we are rapidly on our way to being maybe, not a third world country, but being irrelevant and then eventually being a third world country after republicans have looted & crimed their way through America.
A spiritual luminary of the 20th century who led millions of people away from the disease of addiction, wrote, "Great suffering and great love are our only disciplinarians. We need no others". - Bill Wilson.
And, was it another guy named Wilson who sat in front of a nuclear train in Washington and lost both his legs to protest nuclear power ? Satyagraha is a potent spiritual force requiring true steadiness of mind and unwavering courage. Is America still home of the brave or cave of the frightened ? I may fast before election day so I might avoid soiling myself amidst the violence surely to come. I readily admit I really know less than ten percent of what I think I know. Yet the true test of character is purity of heart and the trust that my life has been blessed with way more than I ever thought I could deserve. This has been a full and wonderful life for me. That's all I really need to know to leave this planet honorably.
I’ve been poll-greeting and canvassing. YOU’RE RIGHT Mike!!! I’ve not seen so many people excited and determined about voting- and voting the straight D ticket- since 2008! Hell, we might even take back NC 😁Thanks for all you’re doing!!!
Just subscribed, wish I had found you sooner, and holy cow! Like myself, another voice of optimism who believes the "tsunami" is imminent! I know it may cost me my life to protect this great democracy we live in, but freedom isn't free and I stand for it with my whole being. In the grand scheme of things, it would be a small price to pay for the future of our youth and our earth.
"We know that the public is with us, it's just a question of turning out the vote," Speaker Pelosi argued. "Any doubt that anyone might have in their minds about the enthusiasm of the Democratic voter -- should be dispelled by the Dobbs decision."
I voted yesterday morning. When I was greeted by the workers, they said thank you for being here, I said wild horses would not keep me away from this right, this day. Upon entering I saw a young woman with her mother and her baby, she was wearing a shirt that said, thank god for abortion, and she was trying to register to vote. She moved to the area two years ago, her mother is already registered but not the young woman. I was disheartened by this because this is someone who just took for granted the power of the vote by not acting on time to register. The deadline of registration to vote on this election had passed, it was in October. I gave her some information about websites that might be useful and I encouraged her to not give up on registering anyway. In my mind, I was sorry to lose one vote but I hope her case is an anomaly. My husband voted later that afternoon and said he encountered a lot of voters so that was encouraging again. VOTE BLUE
I was amazed that there was no security at her house. What a thug to beat an elderly man in his own home..
I'm afraid that we are in for scary times ahead, with so many of the Thugpublicans not accepting the election results. They will continue to gin up their supporters into more and more violence. We must stand up against them. Our lives and society depends on it.
Thank you Michael! Keep the fire within in all of us burning for the democracy of our nation and for all the good things we will accomplish on Election Day!
As always, you find the core question and ask it clearly: What price are we each willing to pay for democracy, for our country? Trump remains free, his pawns in Congress are on bended knee at his altar, the Big Lie continues to prove a strong motivator for MAGA Republicans, many election-denying candidates throughout the country may actually win (Hershel Walker, a Senator?!?), and now someone breaks into Nancy's home, assaults her husband with nary a whisper of protest from Republicans. (Some actually blame Biden or the mayor of San Francisco, a Democrat!) It will get worse before it gets better. Yet, we are the majority and we have power. It's time for action. It's time to stand up, stand tall and say with conviction 'Enough of this shit! We're coming for you.'
They are all cowards and afraid. THEY are afraid of US. Those in states of extreme voter suppression need to be strong. The cowards in Arizona sitting outside voter dropboxes won't even show their faces as they sit in their lawn chairs, cowards. What are they going to do, nothing! Everyone, be strong, stay in the fight!
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You left out animal rights. I might be willing to die to end the torture of billions of sentient beings. It's just a worthy a cause as anything else on the list. And frankly if we don't decide to stop the horrific violence against the innocent and helpless I really don't give a damn what happens to us. I think the dems give us the highest odds of righting this wrong, so maybe it's also worth dying for. It may come to that, who knows. But for me it will always be about the truly oppressed and tormented souls in factory farms, in labs, mills, markets, etc.
Years ago, when some friends were looking around for another country to live in, I talked to my sprout and asked them, "Should we do the same, or stay and fight?"
They responded, without hesitation, "Stay and fight!" The vast majority of us are stuck here, and, besides, where can you really escape the power and reach of our military? We stay and fight, nonviolently, for our friends and neighbors, as well as the people living under bridges or across town.
I'm sorry, Michael, for those horrible experiences. I wish humans wouldn't get so crazed with fear and anger, but, yeah, we are only human.
YES !!! Roe the VOTE !!! ROEVEMBER is here !!!
I am reminding everyone I meet to VOTE...Thanks to YOU, Michael.
Keep fighting the Good Fight...Thank you for the reminder from Martin Luther King and Gandhi.
I just had an idea. The thugs intimidating voters at drop boxes will of course show up at polling places on Nov. 8. Plus, some states & counties are having trouble finding people to work at polling places, no doubt because they feel threatened by these thugs, and who can blame them?
This election is way, way too important to leave anything to chance. Especially when squirrelly Judges like the one in AZ say it’s perfectly fine for masked men with assault rifles to hang out around drop boxes. (Normal people without an agenda who just want to vote know that’s ludicrous.)
So we can fix that by having the National Guard do the work at polling places--not just guarding--doing the actual work, so innocent civilians don’t have to deal with masked, armed & possibly mentally ill thugs and gangsters fantasizing about the (infantile) glory, based on a lie of “saving America.”
A lot of people will balk at the idea that the National Guard should work the polls. They’ll say that only happens in third-world countries and it doesn’t look good. (Where have we heard that before?) Oh yeah, we heard it before on 1/6, as our Capital Bldg & elected leaders were being attacked:
“I don’t like the visual of the National Guard standing a police line with the Capitol in the background,” Piatt said, according to Sund and others on the call.
Well, guess what--we are rapidly on our way to being maybe, not a third world country, but being irrelevant and then eventually being a third world country after republicans have looted & crimed their way through America.
A spiritual luminary of the 20th century who led millions of people away from the disease of addiction, wrote, "Great suffering and great love are our only disciplinarians. We need no others". - Bill Wilson.
And, was it another guy named Wilson who sat in front of a nuclear train in Washington and lost both his legs to protest nuclear power ? Satyagraha is a potent spiritual force requiring true steadiness of mind and unwavering courage. Is America still home of the brave or cave of the frightened ? I may fast before election day so I might avoid soiling myself amidst the violence surely to come. I readily admit I really know less than ten percent of what I think I know. Yet the true test of character is purity of heart and the trust that my life has been blessed with way more than I ever thought I could deserve. This has been a full and wonderful life for me. That's all I really need to know to leave this planet honorably.
I’ve been poll-greeting and canvassing. YOU’RE RIGHT Mike!!! I’ve not seen so many people excited and determined about voting- and voting the straight D ticket- since 2008! Hell, we might even take back NC 😁Thanks for all you’re doing!!!
Just subscribed, wish I had found you sooner, and holy cow! Like myself, another voice of optimism who believes the "tsunami" is imminent! I know it may cost me my life to protect this great democracy we live in, but freedom isn't free and I stand for it with my whole being. In the grand scheme of things, it would be a small price to pay for the future of our youth and our earth.
"We know that the public is with us, it's just a question of turning out the vote," Speaker Pelosi argued. "Any doubt that anyone might have in their minds about the enthusiasm of the Democratic voter -- should be dispelled by the Dobbs decision."
I voted yesterday morning. When I was greeted by the workers, they said thank you for being here, I said wild horses would not keep me away from this right, this day. Upon entering I saw a young woman with her mother and her baby, she was wearing a shirt that said, thank god for abortion, and she was trying to register to vote. She moved to the area two years ago, her mother is already registered but not the young woman. I was disheartened by this because this is someone who just took for granted the power of the vote by not acting on time to register. The deadline of registration to vote on this election had passed, it was in October. I gave her some information about websites that might be useful and I encouraged her to not give up on registering anyway. In my mind, I was sorry to lose one vote but I hope her case is an anomaly. My husband voted later that afternoon and said he encountered a lot of voters so that was encouraging again. VOTE BLUE
On fire, Mike. On fire. Thank you. I needed to hear this. I will need to re-read it every time I start to fear.
I was amazed that there was no security at her house. What a thug to beat an elderly man in his own home..
I'm afraid that we are in for scary times ahead, with so many of the Thugpublicans not accepting the election results. They will continue to gin up their supporters into more and more violence. We must stand up against them. Our lives and society depends on it.
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Very good article. Still, I wish someone would threaten the males on the "Supreme Court."
I believe!
The Blue Tsunami grows day by day!
Thank you Michael! Keep the fire within in all of us burning for the democracy of our nation and for all the good things we will accomplish on Election Day!
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The people have the power