Wow! Vision of what we can be. Strategies flexible enough to work for many and not just the few. A real plan and partners willing to join from all over the world. The will to see it through. A roller coaster ride for sure. Full of scary highs and lows. And hope.
Wow! Vision of what we can be. Strategies flexible enough to work for many and not just the few. A real plan and partners willing to join from all over the world. The will to see it through. A roller coaster ride for sure. Full of scary highs and lows. And hope.
That's the major difference between Democrats & Republicans. We represent, for the most part, hope & positivity, THEY offer doom, gloom, pessimism, ignorance, negativity, TRIBALISM ( especially ! ), etc. then blame it on us / lay it at our doorstep like a sack of flaming dog - poop.
"They" believe in the strong individual...not the group, not the masses. We are here to serve them, to enrich them. "We" believe in the group, in the huddled masses...and "fairness"...not greed.
What Sullivan described is the best national/ international plan an administration has put forth since KennedyтАЩs idealism. The most difficult task will be to get 51% of Americans to care about people they donтАЩt personally know.
For Rs it is to get them to have something other than greed, power, white supremacy, "Christian" theocracy, and owning the libs as their goals. Another frustration of mine are those who bellyache about the Electoral College and want representation by population only. The EC isn't going away soon and the House is population based and the Senate a compromise that every state has two Senators, also not going to change anytime soon. A lot of you report on the work you put in on helping with voting, and any other number of other good works .....things we can actually do, trying to make the ideals of our democracy real for all people. It's slow and messy and hard work, so this am I offer gratitude and kudos to all of you who are doing what you can.
Mostly, the House based on gerrymandering, unfortunately. ThatтАЩs the result of 15 years of abandoning the idea of building state-level democratic parties. The Dems are just now concentrating on building state-level parties that can elect state and local democrats.
I agree with you that it is hard work and a sustained, deliberate process.
And to care about people they do know but who might not be like them and also people who might need help. I know a lot of people who believe if you can't afford a nice house and car and can't take your family on vacation twice a year, it must be because you are lazy.
Or, if you are Black, Jewish, Muslim, LBGTQ, certainly trans, have an accent, are a smart, ambitious woman, or have an advanced degree тАФ then you are not a тАЬReal American,тАЭ and your donтАЩt deserve the same rights and privileges that white, male, Christians deserve.
IтАЩm not at sll sure the GOP believes in the strong individual. They believe in certain privileged individuals, certainly. Beyond those relative few, however, I donтАЩt think thereтАЩs a lot of human concern.
I hope we believe in individuals, and have the same level of concern for humanity at large.
when I say "strong individuals" they seem to not care about welfare, social security, medicare...it's a "do self" attitude. I'd bet that most "survivalists" are Republican or Libertarian. It's the cowboy culture. NRA culture. That's what I'm talking about...the folks who vote for the privileged folks like Trump...the ones who stormed the Capitol, Proud Boys, Oath Keepers...those guys.
Those you called strong are the weakest. They aren't rational thinkers; their actions are determined by anger and fear. The GOP like them because they are more easily propagandized and thus controlled.
They are fear driven...they think they are "strong" individuals who take care of themselves...but they ignore all that government provides for them...roads, schools, police, defense, etc.
Love thy Neighbor as Thyself? The problem is getting ourselves to accept that most of our neighbors do not live next door and do not necessarily share our beliefs, though they are just as human as we are. Future generations not excluded.
And by extension, I am strong, I will be successful if left alone, I will get mine, I will be a beacon of light for those other strong entrepreneurs with a good product and an open market ... until, I pull my share and walk away, but, I got mine. To which I add this truth: These individual pursue maximum return on their investment (and exploitation of resources, human and otherwise), always advocating "Don't fix it unless (usually until) its broke" and let government carry the cost to fix and regulate and hedge funds to suck the last drop of value from the product or service left behind by the individual economic engine. The backside of that success heap is environmental, human, and social waste. Success aspired to in this nation is getting out with your share, the rest be damned to their own failures while carrying along as well the cost to reclaim the environment, feed the poor, heal the maimed, and restore the soul of the nation.
Fred, that really does sum it up. It's the "robber baron" approach to life. I'll be the "big man" and build the railroad, with your labor, with your tickets purchased, with whatever help I can get from elected officials...bonds, lands, right of way...screw the Indians, screw whoever settled there, take advantage of immigrant labor...did it open up the country faster...yes it did...did science advance a lot...yes it did. Did a few people get crazy wealthy? yes they did...but at what expense to the average person ? Could they have paid higher wages? YES. Could they have been more caring and giving? YES.
My friend Gene Bruskin wrote and produced an historical musical, in the model of "Hamilton", titled "The Moment was Now" when America almost did the right thing. Frederick Douglass is the glue that holds the show together, set here in Baltimore.
I documented the premier performances here for the purpose of creating promo material to tour the show. Covid came along and our videos became the show, which was shared mostly via zoom performances. It has not been performed live again since Covid.
Sadly Julia Nixon who played and powerfully sang the role of Frances Harper...an amazing woman I knew nothing about until we did this show...died from Covid, just as we were considering doing more shows.
Gene has written a new musical show centered on John Brown that is in the early stages of pre-production, with a fall premier set. We intend to be a part of that. Watch for more on my page.
John, if you really listened to earth, you would hear that the economic policies of autocrats have cheated the masses, left them starving, and fighting for survival. A knowledge of history would also let you understand that the dark ages ended when ordinary people learned to read and began to design an enlightened era where they and not just a few could enjoy the benefits of their labor.
So true, Daniel. I really find it frustrating and sad that people will gravitate to the doom, gloom, etc. etc. Plus, I think the horrible message that the repuklicans keep spieling sells more papers and ad time for the media.
On the nail head Colette. Again our collective influence is not to echo the negative, support or buy from. Bargaining power lies in the consumer , numbers matter. We can boycott effectively , notice given, right.!?
I want to support the companies who standby good practices, good news media that truths will be accountable , sensationalism is soap opera mentality carefully and methodically ingrained in too many factors for over 40+ years. Stop watching . Stop buying. Stop support. Learn the alternatives, the better quality ...itтАЩs like cooking from scratch vs instant potatoes ..get it? We CAN, we HAVE TO demand responsible marketing,news, advertising, canvassing, laws, politicians, judicial, federal and state fiscal accountability. We need to come up to speed for the good of ALL.
Loved the positive message, Heather ...this is the truth of wonderfully interesting reading ..accurate factual happenings.
DoesnтАЩt have to be a make believe world , by known liars, and repetitious doomsayers , whose promises are as fake as their future forecasts year after year after year!
Let that тАШtrickle downтАЩ into reality with greater success! Please.
Colette, do you not believe that the media is currently making an effort to modernize and become more technologically sophisticated in light of the Internet?
From my reading of conservative publications - at least the respectable ones - they donтАЩt offer doom, gloom and pessimism to everyone. Only to those who are already struggling and canтАЩt use the system to their own benefit, as they do. ItтАЩs an ideology of selfishness, not despair.
In response to Daniel's original comment pointing out 'the major difference between Democrats & Republicans,' if you pause and think about it, the 'We' and the 'THEY' he mentions can represent either Republicans or Democrats and are interchangable labels, depending on one's political perspective. Economic theory is contaminated when mixed with political labels.
Unfortunately, there are some issues on which Democrats and Republicans are equally abysmal, such as U.S. complicity in the most far-reaching genocide in history.
"Will the heirs of those whom we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
Yes, the rising tide lifting all boats. Imagine, thinking of ourselves as a single species instead of battling tribes. Imagine actually acting "Christian" in the original sense of the word.
The last paragraph - Sullivans summation - was really important. If one can't applaud this, then one is probably more interested in personal profits than the health of others.
"....then weтАЩre going to build the resilience we needтАжso that no natural disaster or geopolitical shock can stop us from getting things we need when we need themтАж.тАЭ
I guess the Republicans have forgotten what it was like when the Pandemic hit and the supply chains froze. We ran out of simple things like PPE and the chemicals needed for testing. Masks intended for one time, one patient use were worn all day by nurses. Life saving essentials stuck in China. And still, too many of our essential medicines come exclusively from - guess where.
Repubs, like their "dear leader," only remember the very last thing that was said to them. And since they only watch FOX or other right wing liars, they can't "remember" anything good ever done by any Dem.
I'll add, that the way republicans try to run things is like a "Jerry Springer" show. At least the late Springer admitted his was a stupid show and he knew it, but it was "entertaining" and of course it made him wealthy. That it brought a really nasty element to society doesn't seem to matter to these people. I'll take issue with "entertaining" but it sure was stupid (I never watched the show as I had to go to an office to work in those days but have seen clips over the years). Unfortunately, republicans actually believe that is how government is supposed to work. Pretty sick.
OMG! The Biden team has a plan to make life better for all of us this time. Imagine that instead of the wild chimpanzees screaming and howling and throwing things and fighting with each other, which is the Republicans' MO.
Everyone should read this powerful letter! Heather's clarity in describing Biden's brilliant vision and its shared benefits for all is compelling. Dem's working on all upcoming elections should amplify it.
What I appreciate from reading this LFAA today is a reporting on the fundamental workings of a government working on behalf of it's people. The folks doing that work and talking to Americans, rather than a talking head interpreting or the leader (president) simplifying and taking credit for what HE/HIS administration is achieving. I want to know what and how my government is working and how the delegated agencies are implementing and being accountable for the policies and practices. I need to be assured both that there is a sound (feasible) plan, not general ideas, and that what is being done (and accomplished and is effective) to make our economy buzz, benefits accrue to most of us, and see how the goals economic, societal, and technologically can be achieved whether nationally or internationally. I hear leadership in this reporting. I hear a rational plan that enables international collaboration and advantages for job creation and stable supply chains within our country and backstop resources from other nations when things get uncertain. I do hear a restoration of the American greatness, not from threats and thundering nationalism, but a real understanding of what American is and how it became great, within itself and its accomplishments, but also, and so important, being a part of the silent generation that I am, being a leader nation that fosters alliances, collaboration, invention, advancement, and competition where competition yields it's real rewards: Creations in progressive values, support for opportunity and safety, and for advancing the human spirit and potential of our present people and people who, in the future, will wish to become contributors in and American culture, an American democracy. I feel pride, reading this today, in what my government and my country are doing. I feel the possibility that we can regain our purpose, our soul, our standing because we have good and well prepared people at all levels of our national agencies.
ThatтАЩs just how I felt after reading HeatherтАЩs article. I also , like Stacey felt hope and I wanted to run out and shout to the world!! тАЬPlease ReadтАЭ.
Sullivan was wonderful. We have the brains and the will to become what we say.... do we have the guts and determination?ЁЯМПЁЯСПЁЯП╗ЁЯО╢
And are we able to return to a truly moral and ethical mind set?? ЁЯе░ЁЯдЧ
Fake white Biden liberals, praising Biden for spending zillions of borrowed dollars for Worthwhile Projects, heedless of how their spending spree exports inflation (thanks to the Almighty Dollar as a global reserve currency), compounding the economic woes of hapless darker-skinned countries who have been enslaved by the International Monetary Fund. And then there is Biden's profligate waste of money and weapons supporting the thuggish, corrupt, undemocratic one-party right-wing regime in Ukraine, pumping up a global weapons black market with who knows what ghastly terrorist consequence in the works, while the zombified Ukrainians make payments on their unpayable I.M.F./NATO loan with pounds and pounds of bloody flesh, the latest permutation of the most far-reaching genocide in history.
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
Globally, the "growing toxicity of the dollar" is pushing countries to start conducting trade in other currencies. Articles like this are becoming commonplace:
I've reported him a couple of times so far, and asked the admins that he be blocked, if possible. As he shows up in response to a comment going forward, I'll keep reporting and requesting that he be blocked.
A fine place, still voting for Democrats, with strong unions, and with an openmindedness based on its verdant academic environment including Muhlenberg College and nearby Lehigh and Lafayette as well. Where did you go wrong? From where does your bitterness come?
Thank you for that. Sometimes people on this forum get a bit heated in what they say, and I've seen them chastise each other. Like the old definition of porn, I "know it when I see it" and this guy is a troll.
Wow! You lost me at тАЬfake white Biden liberalsтАЭ. Usually, people comment on the general historical thrust of heatherтАЩs discourses and donтАЩt attack her ideas or readers. I use her missives to inform myself and really appreciate her hard work and perspective.
Do not engage with him. Please just report him to the forum administrator. Eventually, they remove their ability to comment. It take multiple reports from multiple people.
BC. [;ease don't engage the troll. I am highly suspicious that this troll is the same one that got eliminated by the forum administrator previously. It takes multiple reports from multiple people. I no longer attempt to engage as he ALWAYS has to have the final word, no matter how inane his retort if.
Jim and Dave, as I have posted above, don't bother to engage. Just report him to the forum administrator. It takes time, but with a prior troll, once multiple people started reporting multiple times, it got removed. Report each and every post.
Thanks, Miselle. I guess I shouldnтАЩt be indulging my impulse to amuse myself, hey!? Maybe amuse others as well. Esp since troll breakthrough is so unusual on HeatherтАЩs site.
But yeah, IтАЩm happy to take your suggestion under advisement.
You appear to be confused about the pronunciation of my name, which is easily mocked. The correct pronunciation is here (because a lot of my Facebook friends are not native English speakers), near the top : https://m.facebook.com/john.schmeeckle
Wow! Vision of what we can be. Strategies flexible enough to work for many and not just the few. A real plan and partners willing to join from all over the world. The will to see it through. A roller coaster ride for sure. Full of scary highs and lows. And hope.
That's the major difference between Democrats & Republicans. We represent, for the most part, hope & positivity, THEY offer doom, gloom, pessimism, ignorance, negativity, TRIBALISM ( especially ! ), etc. then blame it on us / lay it at our doorstep like a sack of flaming dog - poop.
"They" believe in the strong individual...not the group, not the masses. We are here to serve them, to enrich them. "We" believe in the group, in the huddled masses...and "fairness"...not greed.
What Sullivan described is the best national/ international plan an administration has put forth since KennedyтАЩs idealism. The most difficult task will be to get 51% of Americans to care about people they donтАЩt personally know.
"The most difficult task will be to get 51% of Americans to care about people they donтАЩt personally know."
Right. Actually, in the white community it is more like, the most difficult task is to get anyone to care about anyone but themselves and their kids.
For Rs it is to get them to have something other than greed, power, white supremacy, "Christian" theocracy, and owning the libs as their goals. Another frustration of mine are those who bellyache about the Electoral College and want representation by population only. The EC isn't going away soon and the House is population based and the Senate a compromise that every state has two Senators, also not going to change anytime soon. A lot of you report on the work you put in on helping with voting, and any other number of other good works .....things we can actually do, trying to make the ideals of our democracy real for all people. It's slow and messy and hard work, so this am I offer gratitude and kudos to all of you who are doing what you can.
Mostly, the House based on gerrymandering, unfortunately. ThatтАЩs the result of 15 years of abandoning the idea of building state-level democratic parties. The Dems are just now concentrating on building state-level parties that can elect state and local democrats.
I agree with you that it is hard work and a sustained, deliberate process.
And to care about people they do know but who might not be like them and also people who might need help. I know a lot of people who believe if you can't afford a nice house and car and can't take your family on vacation twice a year, it must be because you are lazy.
Or, if you are Black, Jewish, Muslim, LBGTQ, certainly trans, have an accent, are a smart, ambitious woman, or have an advanced degree тАФ then you are not a тАЬReal American,тАЭ and your donтАЩt deserve the same rights and privileges that white, male, Christians deserve.
They donтАЩt care about persons they do know
I used to be amazed by that. But when I sawтАЩs how some parents treated their kids it lowered my expectations for our society.
IтАЩm not at sll sure the GOP believes in the strong individual. They believe in certain privileged individuals, certainly. Beyond those relative few, however, I donтАЩt think thereтАЩs a lot of human concern.
I hope we believe in individuals, and have the same level of concern for humanity at large.
when I say "strong individuals" they seem to not care about welfare, social security, medicare...it's a "do self" attitude. I'd bet that most "survivalists" are Republican or Libertarian. It's the cowboy culture. NRA culture. That's what I'm talking about...the folks who vote for the privileged folks like Trump...the ones who stormed the Capitol, Proud Boys, Oath Keepers...those guys.
Those you called strong are the weakest. They aren't rational thinkers; their actions are determined by anger and fear. The GOP like them because they are more easily propagandized and thus controlled.
They are fear driven...they think they are "strong" individuals who take care of themselves...but they ignore all that government provides for them...roads, schools, police, defense, etc.
Love thy Neighbor as Thyself? The problem is getting ourselves to accept that most of our neighbors do not live next door and do not necessarily share our beliefs, though they are just as human as we are. Future generations not excluded.
we're yang, they're yin.....
True Yin & Yang is healthy. This is not. This is twisted...they lie, they cheat, they steal...Yin & Yang is being too kind.
Dystopian / Utopian. we may never have Utopia, but with Republicans in charge we'd have a dystopia that Orwell could only dream of, indeed.
Dystopia a nightmare, rather than a dream, methinks.
And by extension, I am strong, I will be successful if left alone, I will get mine, I will be a beacon of light for those other strong entrepreneurs with a good product and an open market ... until, I pull my share and walk away, but, I got mine. To which I add this truth: These individual pursue maximum return on their investment (and exploitation of resources, human and otherwise), always advocating "Don't fix it unless (usually until) its broke" and let government carry the cost to fix and regulate and hedge funds to suck the last drop of value from the product or service left behind by the individual economic engine. The backside of that success heap is environmental, human, and social waste. Success aspired to in this nation is getting out with your share, the rest be damned to their own failures while carrying along as well the cost to reclaim the environment, feed the poor, heal the maimed, and restore the soul of the nation.
Fred, that really does sum it up. It's the "robber baron" approach to life. I'll be the "big man" and build the railroad, with your labor, with your tickets purchased, with whatever help I can get from elected officials...bonds, lands, right of way...screw the Indians, screw whoever settled there, take advantage of immigrant labor...did it open up the country faster...yes it did...did science advance a lot...yes it did. Did a few people get crazy wealthy? yes they did...but at what expense to the average person ? Could they have paid higher wages? YES. Could they have been more caring and giving? YES.
My friend Gene Bruskin wrote and produced an historical musical, in the model of "Hamilton", titled "The Moment was Now" when America almost did the right thing. Frederick Douglass is the glue that holds the show together, set here in Baltimore.
I documented the premier performances here for the purpose of creating promo material to tour the show. Covid came along and our videos became the show, which was shared mostly via zoom performances. It has not been performed live again since Covid.
You can learn about it here: www.zinnedproject.org/materials/the-moment-was-now
Sadly Julia Nixon who played and powerfully sang the role of Frances Harper...an amazing woman I knew nothing about until we did this show...died from Covid, just as we were considering doing more shows.
Gene has written a new musical show centered on John Brown that is in the early stages of pre-production, with a fall premier set. We intend to be a part of that. Watch for more on my page.
...said the hypocritical Vampire Liberal:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-27-2023/comment/15337647
John, if you really listened to earth, you would hear that the economic policies of autocrats have cheated the masses, left them starving, and fighting for survival. A knowledge of history would also let you understand that the dark ages ended when ordinary people learned to read and began to design an enlightened era where they and not just a few could enjoy the benefits of their labor.
Also, John seems to be a taunting bot. AKA a troll.
I have reported the troll.
. . . who seems to think he's showing how technically savvy he is by knowing how to copy & paste ad nauseum. Just scroll on by. . .
...another hypocritical Vampire Liberal?
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
George, Mr. Schmeeckle is one of our resident trolls. Best to just not respond.
The Dark Ages ended well before the "invention" (or importation from China) of the printing press.
So true, Daniel. I really find it frustrating and sad that people will gravitate to the doom, gloom, etc. etc. Plus, I think the horrible message that the repuklicans keep spieling sells more papers and ad time for the media.
On the nail head Colette. Again our collective influence is not to echo the negative, support or buy from. Bargaining power lies in the consumer , numbers matter. We can boycott effectively , notice given, right.!?
I want to support the companies who standby good practices, good news media that truths will be accountable , sensationalism is soap opera mentality carefully and methodically ingrained in too many factors for over 40+ years. Stop watching . Stop buying. Stop support. Learn the alternatives, the better quality ...itтАЩs like cooking from scratch vs instant potatoes ..get it? We CAN, we HAVE TO demand responsible marketing,news, advertising, canvassing, laws, politicians, judicial, federal and state fiscal accountability. We need to come up to speed for the good of ALL.
Loved the positive message, Heather ...this is the truth of wonderfully interesting reading ..accurate factual happenings.
DoesnтАЩt have to be a make believe world , by known liars, and repetitious doomsayers , whose promises are as fake as their future forecasts year after year after year!
Let that тАШtrickle downтАЩ into reality with greater success! Please.
But it's good for comedy writers. you rarely see a comedy writer in an unemployment office. Just sayin'.
Colette, do you not believe that the media is currently making an effort to modernize and become more technologically sophisticated in light of the Internet?
I have no idea.
You omitted a few of the 'RepublieQons' best offerings: 1) Greed; 2) Lies; 3) Hate; and 4) 'imaginative' conspiracies.
Have we left out any others??
Fear. You left out fear. So much of the Republican strength depends upon selling fear, e.g., the тАЬGreat Replacement Theory.тАЭ
Fear of being a Loser, fear of тАЬthem.тАЭ
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-27-2023/comment/15337647
Sorry! Not I terested in what you're selling.
Cheryl Cardran - "Sorry! Not I terested in what you're selling."
Whatever it might be.
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Vampire Liberals are also I.M.F. Holocaust deniers.
Join in reporting him as well (ellipsis under his comments)!
"Will the heirs of those whom we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
Agreed! Join me in reporting him as well (ellipsis under his comments)!
"Will the heirs of those whom we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
Vampire Liberals are also I.M.F. Holocaust deniers.
"Will the heirs of those whom we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
Vampire Liberals are also I.M.F. Holocaust deniers.
From my reading of conservative publications - at least the respectable ones - they donтАЩt offer doom, gloom and pessimism to everyone. Only to those who are already struggling and canтАЩt use the system to their own benefit, as they do. ItтАЩs an ideology of selfishness, not despair.
In response to Daniel's original comment pointing out 'the major difference between Democrats & Republicans,' if you pause and think about it, the 'We' and the 'THEY' he mentions can represent either Republicans or Democrats and are interchangable labels, depending on one's political perspective. Economic theory is contaminated when mixed with political labels.
Unfortunately, there are some issues on which Democrats and Republicans are equally abysmal, such as U.S. complicity in the most far-reaching genocide in history.
"Will the heirs of those whom we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
Which has nothing to do with what HCR wrote yesterday.
Yes, the rising tide lifting all boats. Imagine, thinking of ourselves as a single species instead of battling tribes. Imagine actually acting "Christian" in the original sense of the word.
The last paragraph - Sullivans summation - was really important. If one can't applaud this, then one is probably more interested in personal profits than the health of others.
"....then weтАЩre going to build the resilience we needтАжso that no natural disaster or geopolitical shock can stop us from getting things we need when we need themтАж.тАЭ
I guess the Republicans have forgotten what it was like when the Pandemic hit and the supply chains froze. We ran out of simple things like PPE and the chemicals needed for testing. Masks intended for one time, one patient use were worn all day by nurses. Life saving essentials stuck in China. And still, too many of our essential medicines come exclusively from - guess where.
Repubs, like their "dear leader," only remember the very last thing that was said to them. And since they only watch FOX or other right wing liars, they can't "remember" anything good ever done by any Dem.
Spoken like a proud, shameless bigot.
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Gleeful cackling
:-(
It is obvious not one republican in Congress has any idea what Heather is talking about. Their "base" of vitriol spewing cultists is equally clueless.
I'll add, that the way republicans try to run things is like a "Jerry Springer" show. At least the late Springer admitted his was a stupid show and he knew it, but it was "entertaining" and of course it made him wealthy. That it brought a really nasty element to society doesn't seem to matter to these people. I'll take issue with "entertaining" but it sure was stupid (I never watched the show as I had to go to an office to work in those days but have seen clips over the years). Unfortunately, republicans actually believe that is how government is supposed to work. Pretty sick.
OMG! The Biden team has a plan to make life better for all of us this time. Imagine that instead of the wild chimpanzees screaming and howling and throwing things and fighting with each other, which is the Republicans' MO.
Old business saying, "he who has a plan wins", I would say "he or she who has a plan wins". Or better yet "The Team that has a plan wins."
I'm hoping that Biden and his group will have enough time before 2024 to reveal what they are working on.
Wild chimpanzees throw their own excrement as well. Just like the Rethugs.
Everyone should read this powerful letter! Heather's clarity in describing Biden's brilliant vision and its shared benefits for all is compelling. Dem's working on all upcoming elections should amplify it.
Exactly!
My mantra for decades
тАЬWe are all in this together. There IS enough to go around.тАЭ
Believe it. President Biden does.
Salud, Stacy.
ЁЯЧ╜
Yes Stacey, HOPE
Vote for Biden Harris!
What I appreciate from reading this LFAA today is a reporting on the fundamental workings of a government working on behalf of it's people. The folks doing that work and talking to Americans, rather than a talking head interpreting or the leader (president) simplifying and taking credit for what HE/HIS administration is achieving. I want to know what and how my government is working and how the delegated agencies are implementing and being accountable for the policies and practices. I need to be assured both that there is a sound (feasible) plan, not general ideas, and that what is being done (and accomplished and is effective) to make our economy buzz, benefits accrue to most of us, and see how the goals economic, societal, and technologically can be achieved whether nationally or internationally. I hear leadership in this reporting. I hear a rational plan that enables international collaboration and advantages for job creation and stable supply chains within our country and backstop resources from other nations when things get uncertain. I do hear a restoration of the American greatness, not from threats and thundering nationalism, but a real understanding of what American is and how it became great, within itself and its accomplishments, but also, and so important, being a part of the silent generation that I am, being a leader nation that fosters alliances, collaboration, invention, advancement, and competition where competition yields it's real rewards: Creations in progressive values, support for opportunity and safety, and for advancing the human spirit and potential of our present people and people who, in the future, will wish to become contributors in and American culture, an American democracy. I feel pride, reading this today, in what my government and my country are doing. I feel the possibility that we can regain our purpose, our soul, our standing because we have good and well prepared people at all levels of our national agencies.
ThatтАЩs just how I felt after reading HeatherтАЩs article. I also , like Stacey felt hope and I wanted to run out and shout to the world!! тАЬPlease ReadтАЭ.
Sullivan was wonderful. We have the brains and the will to become what we say.... do we have the guts and determination?ЁЯМПЁЯСПЁЯП╗ЁЯО╢
And are we able to return to a truly moral and ethical mind set?? ЁЯе░ЁЯдЧ
I believe the time is right for such a transformation. We are a very resilient ╤Б╤В╤А╨░╨╜╨░, and we can pass every test.
Sounds like a plan to me!ЁЯСН
Fake white Biden liberals, praising Biden for spending zillions of borrowed dollars for Worthwhile Projects, heedless of how their spending spree exports inflation (thanks to the Almighty Dollar as a global reserve currency), compounding the economic woes of hapless darker-skinned countries who have been enslaved by the International Monetary Fund. And then there is Biden's profligate waste of money and weapons supporting the thuggish, corrupt, undemocratic one-party right-wing regime in Ukraine, pumping up a global weapons black market with who knows what ghastly terrorist consequence in the works, while the zombified Ukrainians make payments on their unpayable I.M.F./NATO loan with pounds and pounds of bloody flesh, the latest permutation of the most far-reaching genocide in history.
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-23-2023/comment/15163701
Globally, the "growing toxicity of the dollar" is pushing countries to start conducting trade in other currencies. Articles like this are becoming commonplace:
https://sputnikglobe.com/20230427/toxicity-of-us-dollar-fuels-growing-sway-of-chinas-yuan-in-mercosur-trade-1109880129.html
The eventual result will be a surge of now-unwanted "international" dollars sloshing back to the U.S.A. and fueling domestic inflation.
What a selfish, uneducated, warped view of the world. May your pathetic nightmare never come true.
Don't feed the troll.
Agreed! Don't feed the troll!
Right! Report him, Karen.
I hope you aren't another one of Biden's Vampire Liberals.
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
NOpe: REPORT the troll.
Agree! Report him!
I hope you aren't another one of Biden's Vampire Liberals.
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
Same source:
"Will the heirs of those whom we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
Except to laugh.
:-D
Andrea, this individual is just a troll. Just scroll on by.
Report him with us as well (ellipsis under his comments)!
I've reported him a couple of times so far, and asked the admins that he be blocked, if possible. As he shows up in response to a comment going forward, I'll keep reporting and requesting that he be blocked.
Thanks for the suggestion. I reported him. I didnтАЩt know we could do that. What a vile man.
Join in reporting him (ellipsis under his comments).
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
My grandmother's family is from the Lehigh Valley -- Burkhalter, Deshler of Allentown, Mickley, etc.
A fine place, still voting for Democrats, with strong unions, and with an openmindedness based on its verdant academic environment including Muhlenberg College and nearby Lehigh and Lafayette as well. Where did you go wrong? From where does your bitterness come?
Cracks me up you paid $50 to try to troll this forum.
Better trolls than you have tried only to find out it's one and done.
Have a good day.
Click the 3 little black dots on the side of the comment and report the comment that has been repeated several times now!
Hypocritical I.M.F. Holocaust deniers.
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
p.s. I've been around here for a year or so.
What BS...you're the self proclaimed "leading expert" on nothing buddy. Go find some other field to plow.
Report him. And don't engage with him.
I'm not...done
If hypocritical I.M.F. Holocaust deniers plant their head where the Sun don't shine, then the only thing they smell is "BS."
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
Same source:
"Will the heirs of those whom we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
Smells like somebody left the bathroom door open without turning on the exhaust fan. What a stinker.
Please report him to the forum administrator
Exactly, dear Miselle! IтАЩve done so at least 20 times.
Thank you for that. Sometimes people on this forum get a bit heated in what they say, and I've seen them chastise each other. Like the old definition of porn, I "know it when I see it" and this guy is a troll.
...said Skidmark the hypocritical I.M.F. Holocaust denier.
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
Same source:
"Will the heirs of those whom we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
Wow! You lost me at тАЬfake white Biden liberalsтАЭ. Usually, people comment on the general historical thrust of heatherтАЩs discourses and donтАЩt attack her ideas or readers. I use her missives to inform myself and really appreciate her hard work and perspective.
Do not engage with him. Please just report him to the forum administrator. Eventually, they remove their ability to comment. It take multiple reports from multiple people.
I did report the post and I wonтАЩt respond to him, no worries.
As a trained historian, I can point out where, on occasion, HCR doesn't quite get it right.
And sometimes omissions speak louder than words.
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
Same source:
"Will the heirs of those whom we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
Omg! You must be a joy to be around! Thankfully, you're nobody.
I really hope you can stop being a hypocritical I.M.F. Holocaust denier.
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
I am not a Holocaust denier.
BC. [;ease don't engage the troll. I am highly suspicious that this troll is the same one that got eliminated by the forum administrator previously. It takes multiple reports from multiple people. I no longer attempt to engage as he ALWAYS has to have the final word, no matter how inane his retort if.
Just report him.
I said "I.M.F. Holocaust denier."
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
Same source:
"Will the heirs of those whom we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
Poor, poor, pitiful you John.
DonтАЩt respond. DonтАЩt engage. Trumpkins need attention to survive
Jim Duffy. тАЬHeтАЩs waitinтАЩ on the Double EтАЭ
Jim and Dave, as I have posted above, don't bother to engage. Just report him to the forum administrator. It takes time, but with a prior troll, once multiple people started reporting multiple times, it got removed. Report each and every post.
Definitely a Vampire Liberal.
"Will the heirs of those we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
Godot got nothin on you
https://youtu.be/1uYWYWPc9HU
I hope you're not one of Biden's Vampire Liberals.
"The blood is so much, you know, it runs in rivers."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
Same source:
"Will the heirs of those whom we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
SputnikGlobe.com?!! Wow, Mr. Smeegle, impressive.
SL dont engage. Watch and see, he ALWAYS HAS to have the last word.
What a fool!
Just do what I and a number of others on this forum do": report him. Eventually he gets blocked.
Thanks, Miselle. I guess I shouldnтАЩt be indulging my impulse to amuse myself, hey!? Maybe amuse others as well. Esp since troll breakthrough is so unusual on HeatherтАЩs site.
But yeah, IтАЩm happy to take your suggestion under advisement.
I hope you're not parading your anti-Russian bigotry.
Not at all: my Lord of the Rings bias (though their name is often misspelled; it is technically Smeagol).
OHHHH. You mean "Sputnik"?
You appear to be confused about the pronunciation of my name, which is easily mocked. The correct pronunciation is here (because a lot of my Facebook friends are not native English speakers), near the top : https://m.facebook.com/john.schmeeckle
What total BS!! Proof there is an alternate universe.
...said the blatant I.M.F. Holocaust
denier. Shame on you.
"Will the heirs of those whom we have dismembered in our own peculiar Holocaust clamor for another Nuremberg?"
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-15-2023/comment/11967315
ЁЯдг
Zella, his drivel is everywhere today. Don't engage with him, report him.
Each and every insulting inane comment he posts, please report it. Eventually, after enough reports from enough people, these types DO get blocked.
https://youtu.be/qOwFVowEugQ
You might like this one, too:
http://earthwarning.org/index.php/here-be-demons/
All I do is take dictation.
Here's another one you won't want to miss:
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/535187/communicating-with-ancestors
And another one:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=10157896036407830&id=710547829