Joan, for the 2020 election I painted a large 3’ x 4’ sign on plywood that says “Democracy or Autocracy Our Choice! Vote!” & another that says “Choosing not to vote is not protest, it is surrender”….I have them both stashed away to put up on my front fence in 2024!
Ally, people have no excuse here in Oregon because we've made it so easy. Voters don't even need a stamp. I can't remember the last time I voted in person. it is also easy to register. We are responsible for what happens here on earth and God doesn't care who wins football games neither does He (it for me) cause a meniscus tear to prevent a trip to Israel which would have put a Peace Corps friend and her housemate in Israel at the time of the attack. I almost gagged at that one.
Robert Hubbell shared today that Jessica Craven of Chop Wood, Carry Water suggests changing "democracy" to "freedom", that it resonates more with people. I think that makes sense: Fascism or Freedom!
I don't wish this on people but it would be interesting to hear trumpers when they find out the social security, medicare/medicaid, food stamps, assistance for infrastructure improvements are reduced or eliminated as well as benefits for vets ( I really can't understand why they would support trump-too much brain washing in boot camp?) Boebert (who voted against the infrastructure bill) just received millions of dollars for a pipe line to provide water to a city in her district. A company who makes the windmills just hired about 500 people. What part of clean drinking water, helping the environment, and employing people who in turn pay taxes and have more purchasing power. Am I missing something here?
FYI they are looking to improve one of FL's international airports.
This is excellent. I hate to have to say it, but be sure to include something saying "Biden-Harris" or vote blue or something, because, unbelievably, about half of the country think that it's Trump who will "save Democracy."
"After the 2022 midterms, we checked back in, this time examining the printed front page of the Times and the Washington Post from September 1, 2022, through Election Day that November....
"Both emphasized the horse race and campaign palace intrigue, stories that functioned more to entertain readers than to educate them on essential differences between political parties....
"By the numbers, of four hundred and eight articles on the front page of the Times during the period we analyzed, about half—two hundred nineteen—were about domestic politics....
"In the Times, Republican-favored topics accounted for thirty-seven articles, while Democratic topics accounted for just seven. In the Post, Republican topics were the focus of twenty articles and Democratic topics accounted for fifteen—a much more balanced showing. In the final days before the election, we noticed that the Times, in particular, hit a drumbeat of fear about the economy—the worries of voters, exploitation by companies, and anxieties related to the Federal Reserve—as well as crime. Data buried within articles occasionally refuted the fear-based premise of a piece. Still, by discussing how much people were concerned about inflation and crime—and reporting in those stories that Republicans benefited from a sense of alarm—the Times suggested that inflation and crime were historically bad (they were not) and that Republicans had solutions to offer (they did not)."
Ellen, I made the “A” of autocracy really big & red w/ yellow M A G A letters inserted vertically down one “leg” of the “A”. The “D” of democracy was styled like our stars & stripes…red, white & blue w/ stars. Wish I could post a pic here, tho’ it is obviously homemade! I did have a separate Biden/Harris sign posted as well.
Ellen, I have thought about that! I had neighbors thanking me for posting the signs back in 2020 & would get ‘thumbs up’ by folks driving by (a very quiet street in a really small town in a blue county in a blue state). I know folks living elsewhere who dare not post election signs due to the vitriol they experience. We all should have the freedom to voice (or post!) our opinions w/o threat….conversations, yes, threats, no.
I have the same concern about putting Biden signs on my property due to just one gun toting tRumper on my road. So instead, last election I paid for a BIG sign to be put up on a farmer's field on a busy road. The farmer then put hay bales and corn stalks and pumpkins around it! Eye catching!
I love what you did. It's too bad you can't include a photo with your description.
But please do not conflate a very attractive secondary sex characteristic with one of the most vile H. sapiens ever to walk the planet. For reasons I don't understand, words for sexually related body parts are often used as epithets, rather than treated as the sacred things that IMO they are.
In Texas, I totally agree! I had a former colleague state she was tired of being silenced by the left and was going to start letting everyone know she was a republican. I said when have you ever been silenced?! But when dumpty won she told me to get over it that republicans were in charge now. Grr! I said I’ll never get over it and God help us all!
Moved here from a very blue Chicago suburb- makes my head spin at times! But after being here since '15, can see the past and present undercurrents in MAGA thinking.
I’d like huge advertising signs posted on major freeways and that set of statements…possibly with short examples in just about every persons hands….if my memory serves…think it takes 7 ‘hits’ to be ‘effective’…and this is ALL about VOTER EDUCATION.
“So not only do consumers remember a statement that gets repeated, they are more likely to believe it, and think it is the popular opinion. In summary, we could not find a study that unequivocally claimed the “14 times rule”, but the general takeaway is that a frequency of between 7 and 20 is needed.” (Jennie Winton is a Founding Partner of Mission Minded, a 25-year marketing veteran sought for her expertise in branding nonprofit organizations, and a one-on-one leadership coach.)
I went to Weatherford TX for our family thanksgiving. There’s a billboard with TFG’s face on it. It says “Trump was New York Born But Is A Texan At Heart.” I felt like I’m surrounded by them! I can’t understand how anyone with more than two brain cells can still be under his influence!
Denise ….if it takes a minimum of 7 ‘hits’ (more like 7-20) then the use of bill boards makes great sense..whether on plywood on your fence, raised and positioned on major freeways…or simply ‘wherever’…..whether in Texas or ANYWHERE else!
One of the strategies the reps use ..certainly on Fox, and elsewhere is repetition of their lies over and over and over…thus ‘convincing’ the truly faithful of the ‘truth’ of their lies….I don’t think the ‘true believers’ can ever be reclaimed…it’s the ‘independents’ and the ‘non voters’ that you need too reach….with registration and those letters and postcards that we have all sent which are surprisingly effective and we should all be doing more of….and I’m hoping the Taylor Swifts!
Harvey, due to size limitations I had to choose one word…so so so many to choose from: autocracy, oligarchy, theocracy, dictatorship, etc….maybe need a bigger sign!
Well we are both. The moniker "Republicans" has become as much of a lie as "Citizens United" or "Stop the Steal" when applied to the modern RNC/MAGA crowd. 112 R. lawmakers voted to keep Santos in Congress despite his role as an albatross around their necks. Blanket denial of reality plus brute force (with the aid of deep-pocketed patrons) is all they have left.
J L Graham, “Blanket denial of reality plus brute force (with the aid of deep-pocketed patrons) is all they have left.” Yes, this is true. And unfortunately we are finding out how reoccurringly essential is that combination to fascism. It’s the secret sauce of the recipe.
They don’t care that the issue was ethical behavior, not criminality. That will be addressed by the courts. The House republicans were more worried about the numbers, not doing the right thing. They are such a transparently hypocritical bunch!
As some people in another space pointed out. Santos really messed up when he started to steal from them (republicans) NOW it is an issue and some were pissed off. As I mentioned before, trumpers will be saying what have I done when their benefits are gone. And I will say," This is what you asked for-don't look to me for sympathy."
That and a great number of conspiracy theories. I just got a lengthy response to a post outlining several. I read the whole thing but didn’t respond. What caught my attention was the author’s claim to have read volumes on these subjects. The author ended by claiming that I probably couldn’t handle the truth. Lots going on out there.
I read the "Can't handle the truth" refrain a LOT. On twitter, I have a secret pleasure of blocking them- they can't be reasoned with and until the fallout of their decisions effects them, they'll never 'get it'.
For years now I’ve suggested a California ballot initiative: Should Texas be returned to Mexico? Analysis: Significant savings to California (never forget ENRON) and the rest of America, though Mexico may decline the offer.
We probably couldn't pay Mexico enough. It would be interesting to see how the border problem would be solved. Should we increase our border patrols to keep them out of the US?
“A CNN poll suggests that, one year out, Trump leads Biden 49 percent to 45 percent in a hypothetical matchup. Of particular concern in this and other polls is Biden’s poor performance with voters aged 18 to 34, a demographic crucial to both Biden and Swift.”
Who’s going to tell those young voters that Trump is just as old? Taylor? I sure hope so, the media sure won’t.
I feel like I am in the movie The War of the Worlds where the humans are out numbered and out gunned. Hopefully our story will have the conclusion that the movie had...bombed out cities but the humans overcame adversity.
We have a choice…. a Trump dictatorship or a Biden republic. We have 11 months, the choice is ours!
Joan, for the 2020 election I painted a large 3’ x 4’ sign on plywood that says “Democracy or Autocracy Our Choice! Vote!” & another that says “Choosing not to vote is not protest, it is surrender”….I have them both stashed away to put up on my front fence in 2024!
Not voting is surrender. I hadn't thought of it like that, but it's oh so true.
or indifference...
Both Indifference and Laziness are means of surrender. "I don't care" "It's too hard".
Ally, people have no excuse here in Oregon because we've made it so easy. Voters don't even need a stamp. I can't remember the last time I voted in person. it is also easy to register. We are responsible for what happens here on earth and God doesn't care who wins football games neither does He (it for me) cause a meniscus tear to prevent a trip to Israel which would have put a Peace Corps friend and her housemate in Israel at the time of the attack. I almost gagged at that one.
Oh, good grief.
There is NO excuse to not vote here. None at all.
Or laziness (physical and mental).
Mine will say:
Fascism or Democracy.
Currently, our choice, VOTE!
Robert Hubbell shared today that Jessica Craven of Chop Wood, Carry Water suggests changing "democracy" to "freedom", that it resonates more with people. I think that makes sense: Fascism or Freedom!
I like it
Freedom to vote
Freedom to choose
Freedom to worship
Freedom to read
Protection against prejudice.
A large % of MAGAs think the Dems are the fascists and will take away their freedom to have a gas stove.
MAGNAs are part of the uneducated which trump loves. They have NO clue what a fascist is.
So true! If we lose, the choice goes away.
Totally whacked that this could be happening.
I don't wish this on people but it would be interesting to hear trumpers when they find out the social security, medicare/medicaid, food stamps, assistance for infrastructure improvements are reduced or eliminated as well as benefits for vets ( I really can't understand why they would support trump-too much brain washing in boot camp?) Boebert (who voted against the infrastructure bill) just received millions of dollars for a pipe line to provide water to a city in her district. A company who makes the windmills just hired about 500 people. What part of clean drinking water, helping the environment, and employing people who in turn pay taxes and have more purchasing power. Am I missing something here?
FYI they are looking to improve one of FL's international airports.
This is excellent. I hate to have to say it, but be sure to include something saying "Biden-Harris" or vote blue or something, because, unbelievably, about half of the country think that it's Trump who will "save Democracy."
I hate to say it too - many won't know the meaning or the difference between democracy and fascism.
I didn't want to say it either. Some won't take the time to look the words. Go with Freedom or Dictatorship.
How about a class action lawsuit against Fox demanding that they remove "News" from their logo/ads/and call it "Fox Spews."
The Quick Brown Fox Jumped Over the Lazy Country.
No wonder.
Took this link from a recent HCR poster:
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/election-politics-front-pages.php
"After the 2022 midterms, we checked back in, this time examining the printed front page of the Times and the Washington Post from September 1, 2022, through Election Day that November....
"Both emphasized the horse race and campaign palace intrigue, stories that functioned more to entertain readers than to educate them on essential differences between political parties....
"By the numbers, of four hundred and eight articles on the front page of the Times during the period we analyzed, about half—two hundred nineteen—were about domestic politics....
"In the Times, Republican-favored topics accounted for thirty-seven articles, while Democratic topics accounted for just seven. In the Post, Republican topics were the focus of twenty articles and Democratic topics accounted for fifteen—a much more balanced showing. In the final days before the election, we noticed that the Times, in particular, hit a drumbeat of fear about the economy—the worries of voters, exploitation by companies, and anxieties related to the Federal Reserve—as well as crime. Data buried within articles occasionally refuted the fear-based premise of a piece. Still, by discussing how much people were concerned about inflation and crime—and reporting in those stories that Republicans benefited from a sense of alarm—the Times suggested that inflation and crime were historically bad (they were not) and that Republicans had solutions to offer (they did not)."
Ellen, I made the “A” of autocracy really big & red w/ yellow M A G A letters inserted vertically down one “leg” of the “A”. The “D” of democracy was styled like our stars & stripes…red, white & blue w/ stars. Wish I could post a pic here, tho’ it is obviously homemade! I did have a separate Biden/Harris sign posted as well.
Outstanding! I wish you could post a photo too!
I still have my Biden sign from 2020.
No, they’ve been taught the America was Never a Democracy! And that’s spread widely and is now widely believed
Put the signs up now!
Ellen, I have thought about that! I had neighbors thanking me for posting the signs back in 2020 & would get ‘thumbs up’ by folks driving by (a very quiet street in a really small town in a blue county in a blue state). I know folks living elsewhere who dare not post election signs due to the vitriol they experience. We all should have the freedom to voice (or post!) our opinions w/o threat….conversations, yes, threats, no.
Live in a very red area in WI - the fact that I'd be hesitant to post a pro Dem sign says a lot.
I have the same concern about putting Biden signs on my property due to just one gun toting tRumper on my road. So instead, last election I paid for a BIG sign to be put up on a farmer's field on a busy road. The farmer then put hay bales and corn stalks and pumpkins around it! Eye catching!
Good on you!
We live within hearing distance of a active gun club; it makes you think (and it's too bad to have to think that way).
You HAVE to think that way. Most of our gun owners in northern Michigan are responsible hunters but...
Michigan has had some real ugliness turned against it's governor; she's a brave woman!
I love what you did. It's too bad you can't include a photo with your description.
But please do not conflate a very attractive secondary sex characteristic with one of the most vile H. sapiens ever to walk the planet. For reasons I don't understand, words for sexually related body parts are often used as epithets, rather than treated as the sacred things that IMO they are.
In Texas, I totally agree! I had a former colleague state she was tired of being silenced by the left and was going to start letting everyone know she was a republican. I said when have you ever been silenced?! But when dumpty won she told me to get over it that republicans were in charge now. Grr! I said I’ll never get over it and God help us all!
I am so sorry it has come to that.
Moved here from a very blue Chicago suburb- makes my head spin at times! But after being here since '15, can see the past and present undercurrents in MAGA thinking.
How sad....
Barbara Keating, you are awesome!
Just LOVE IT!
I’d like huge advertising signs posted on major freeways and that set of statements…possibly with short examples in just about every persons hands….if my memory serves…think it takes 7 ‘hits’ to be ‘effective’…and this is ALL about VOTER EDUCATION.
“So not only do consumers remember a statement that gets repeated, they are more likely to believe it, and think it is the popular opinion. In summary, we could not find a study that unequivocally claimed the “14 times rule”, but the general takeaway is that a frequency of between 7 and 20 is needed.” (Jennie Winton is a Founding Partner of Mission Minded, a 25-year marketing veteran sought for her expertise in branding nonprofit organizations, and a one-on-one leadership coach.)
I went to Weatherford TX for our family thanksgiving. There’s a billboard with TFG’s face on it. It says “Trump was New York Born But Is A Texan At Heart.” I felt like I’m surrounded by them! I can’t understand how anyone with more than two brain cells can still be under his influence!
Denise ….if it takes a minimum of 7 ‘hits’ (more like 7-20) then the use of bill boards makes great sense..whether on plywood on your fence, raised and positioned on major freeways…or simply ‘wherever’…..whether in Texas or ANYWHERE else!
Joan, like the old Burma Shave signs that played out in sequence along the highway….days long gone by.
AND a fair amount of advertising DOBBS would be a ‘plan’ too!
Look at how many time trump repeats something; His followers can recite his mantras like normal people can recite nursery rhymes.
One of the strategies the reps use ..certainly on Fox, and elsewhere is repetition of their lies over and over and over…thus ‘convincing’ the truly faithful of the ‘truth’ of their lies….I don’t think the ‘true believers’ can ever be reclaimed…it’s the ‘independents’ and the ‘non voters’ that you need too reach….with registration and those letters and postcards that we have all sent which are surprisingly effective and we should all be doing more of….and I’m hoping the Taylor Swifts!
Or perhaps THIS ‘campaign assistance’ from TAYLOR SWIFT is needed
https://apple.news/AC70xJRjMQzOf-rQNUcH3HQ
Even more important is stating loudly what is lost—freedoms, and list all that will be lost. Robert Hubbell mentions this as do his commenters.
What is the difference between an autocrat and a dictator, if not the same?
There are autocrats outside the political arena.
Harvey, due to size limitations I had to choose one word…so so so many to choose from: autocracy, oligarchy, theocracy, dictatorship, etc….maybe need a bigger sign!
Republic or Democracy? Republics think that States can ignore Federal laws.
Well we are both. The moniker "Republicans" has become as much of a lie as "Citizens United" or "Stop the Steal" when applied to the modern RNC/MAGA crowd. 112 R. lawmakers voted to keep Santos in Congress despite his role as an albatross around their necks. Blanket denial of reality plus brute force (with the aid of deep-pocketed patrons) is all they have left.
J L Graham, “Blanket denial of reality plus brute force (with the aid of deep-pocketed patrons) is all they have left.” Yes, this is true. And unfortunately we are finding out how reoccurringly essential is that combination to fascism. It’s the secret sauce of the recipe.
They don’t care that the issue was ethical behavior, not criminality. That will be addressed by the courts. The House republicans were more worried about the numbers, not doing the right thing. They are such a transparently hypocritical bunch!
As some people in another space pointed out. Santos really messed up when he started to steal from them (republicans) NOW it is an issue and some were pissed off. As I mentioned before, trumpers will be saying what have I done when their benefits are gone. And I will say," This is what you asked for-don't look to me for sympathy."
That and a great number of conspiracy theories. I just got a lengthy response to a post outlining several. I read the whole thing but didn’t respond. What caught my attention was the author’s claim to have read volumes on these subjects. The author ended by claiming that I probably couldn’t handle the truth. Lots going on out there.
I read the "Can't handle the truth" refrain a LOT. On twitter, I have a secret pleasure of blocking them- they can't be reasoned with and until the fallout of their decisions effects them, they'll never 'get it'.
The Republic of Texas, to wit
Lately, sometimes I think we made a mistake land grabbing TX from Mexico.
For years now I’ve suggested a California ballot initiative: Should Texas be returned to Mexico? Analysis: Significant savings to California (never forget ENRON) and the rest of America, though Mexico may decline the offer.
We probably couldn't pay Mexico enough. It would be interesting to see how the border problem would be solved. Should we increase our border patrols to keep them out of the US?
Gonna build a wall. Who won’t want to help pay for that?
ANOTHER CAMPAIGN ‘ASSIST’ IN TODAYS NEWS….
TAYLOR SWIFT
https://apple.news/AC70xJRjMQzOf-rQNUcH3HQ
Yet another intellectually lazy opinion piece:
“A CNN poll suggests that, one year out, Trump leads Biden 49 percent to 45 percent in a hypothetical matchup. Of particular concern in this and other polls is Biden’s poor performance with voters aged 18 to 34, a demographic crucial to both Biden and Swift.”
Who’s going to tell those young voters that Trump is just as old? Taylor? I sure hope so, the media sure won’t.
How about Taylor Swift telling this age group to vote for Biden!
I feel like I am in the movie The War of the Worlds where the humans are out numbered and out gunned. Hopefully our story will have the conclusion that the movie had...bombed out cities but the humans overcame adversity.
A Biden republic that supports genocide.
Wrong.
$50,000,000 a day isn't support?