The more I look at the antics of politicians, the more I remember my cynical Neapolitan colleague's parting shot on returning to work after a coffee break:
"Andiamo far finta..."
(Let's go back and pretend to work.)
The more I look at the antics of politicians, the more I remember my cynical Neapolitan colleague's parting shot on returning to work after a coffee break:
"Andiamo far finta..."
(Let's go back and pretend to work.)
(The Soviet variation:
"They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work...")
Who can keep up with the speed and stupefying acceleration of change today?
Some few may understand what's going on but most politicians ran after the train and missed it... a long time ago...
So now they're like kids at play, giving us a great mime show, pretending the train's just coming in and they are getting on it... They who didn't even buy a ticket... and when they did, it was for the wrong train...
Many or most should in any case be kept well away from trains and the exercise of adult responsibilities, as they know only how to wreck things.
No, if the world's to be saved, it will be by ordinary people. Mainly, I suspect, women, thanks to greater mental flexibility. People who dare to be themselves, people who, when they see what needs doing -- and no one doing it -- just roll up their sleeves and get on with doing what needs to be done.
Some rare politicians fit this profile. Like Stacey Abrams.
Yes, Peter, as you wrote '..., if the world's to be saved, it will be by ordinary people.' We must see and act against what is happening before our eyes -- the Republicans, chief among them, DeSantis, are STOMPING on education, the precious lives of our children and the future of the country.
'And now, in 2022, we are in a new educational moment. Between January 2021 and January 2022, the legislatures of 35 states introduced 137 bills to keep students from learning about issues of race, LBGTQ+ issues, politics, and American history. More recently, the Republican-dominated legislature of Florida passed the Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (Stop WOKE) Act, tightly controlling how schools and employee training can talk about race or gender discrimination.'
'Republican-dominated legislatures and school districts are also purging books from school libraries and notifying parents each time a child checks out a book. Most of the books removed are by or about Black people, people of color, or LGBTQ+ individuals.' (Letter)
Stay tuned for information about how states are destroying public school education.
Censorship by fascists. Our free speech needs to be revisited due to extremists' mind-control propagandist tactics. They sure are petrified of Democracy, Truth, Justice and our Melting Pot!
Thank you, Fern. This is precious.
*
The more I look at the antics of politicians, the more I remember my cynical Neapolitan colleague's parting shot on returning to work after a coffee break:
"Andiamo far finta..."
(Let's go back and pretend to work.)
(The Soviet variation:
"They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work...")
Who can keep up with the speed and stupefying acceleration of change today?
Some few may understand what's going on but most politicians ran after the train and missed it... a long time ago...
So now they're like kids at play, giving us a great mime show, pretending the train's just coming in and they are getting on it... They who didn't even buy a ticket... and when they did, it was for the wrong train...
Many or most should in any case be kept well away from trains and the exercise of adult responsibilities, as they know only how to wreck things.
No, if the world's to be saved, it will be by ordinary people. Mainly, I suspect, women, thanks to greater mental flexibility. People who dare to be themselves, people who, when they see what needs doing -- and no one doing it -- just roll up their sleeves and get on with doing what needs to be done.
Some rare politicians fit this profile. Like Stacey Abrams.
Yes, Peter, as you wrote '..., if the world's to be saved, it will be by ordinary people.' We must see and act against what is happening before our eyes -- the Republicans, chief among them, DeSantis, are STOMPING on education, the precious lives of our children and the future of the country.
'And now, in 2022, we are in a new educational moment. Between January 2021 and January 2022, the legislatures of 35 states introduced 137 bills to keep students from learning about issues of race, LBGTQ+ issues, politics, and American history. More recently, the Republican-dominated legislature of Florida passed the Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (Stop WOKE) Act, tightly controlling how schools and employee training can talk about race or gender discrimination.'
'Republican-dominated legislatures and school districts are also purging books from school libraries and notifying parents each time a child checks out a book. Most of the books removed are by or about Black people, people of color, or LGBTQ+ individuals.' (Letter)
Stay tuned for information about how states are destroying public school education.
Censorship by fascists. Our free speech needs to be revisited due to extremists' mind-control propagandist tactics. They sure are petrified of Democracy, Truth, Justice and our Melting Pot!
Peter, I love your analogy of people "missing the train". It is so accurate of many in the rethuglican party.
тЭдя╕ПтЭдя╕ПтЭгя╕П What you said, Peter!