Thank you, HCR! Do I understand economic history? No. But, I was born in 1950 and have seen and felt the slow, then ever-increasing erosion of middle class life (with too many examples to write). “Bombarding” Congress with calls has been suggested to me by Michael Moore and David Plouffe in their podcasts as a path that gets attention. S…
Thank you, HCR! Do I understand economic history? No. But, I was born in 1950 and have seen and felt the slow, then ever-increasing erosion of middle class life (with too many examples to write). “Bombarding” Congress with calls has been suggested to me by Michael Moore and David Plouffe in their podcasts as a path that gets attention. So, that’s one of my activist goals for 2021. BidenHarris are not stupid on this score. So, we achieved change in the Executive Branch. Now, it’s truly “all hands on deck” in GEORGIA. I plan to donate more small amounts right now for ad buys and registration efforts. (Yesterday, artists in the Pen and ink Brigade NYC raised over $30,000 selling art at $200 a pop for Stacey Abrams.) Today, I turn from writing 200 postcards (done) to letters and texts. Forget about the polls. Democrats are going to lose unless there is a huge turnout with everyone who can possibly vote voting. Please do what you can to help achieve a victory for GA Democrats and Democracy. Boy, would I love to see Mitch McConnell at the back of the Senate bus. ❤️🧡💙
Thank you! That’s my speed, too. I’m sure others will and have, knowing grassroots donations have powered the Democrats to victories this year. ActBlue! ❤️🤍💙
I, too, was born in 1950. At one time, I was convinced our generation had solutions for many critical social and cultural problems in America. I believe what could have been started to unravel with the murders of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. As you write, there are too many other examples to cite, and here we are.
It’s hard to think of what RFK (MLK, too - but RFK would have been President) might have been able to do without despairing for Amrrica ❤️🤍💙 now. Does anyone have a link to his speech in South Africa? Don’t know date.
OMG. Thank you so much. I heard it on a book tape years ago and never forgot it. There's so much about his political life I miss. Thank you, again. xoxo
Just wondering if you are from State College, PA, originally? Your name is familiar from my high school days, could've been another with the same name. Yes postcards in the mail again, today. Yes, donated again to all 5 on the ground groups who are registering voters and helping GOTV in GA. As a child of the 10950's, I feel like we got a great education in public school, everyone had a chance at a decent lifestyle and there was upward mobility. Now, it is hard to see that future for the young.
No, I'm from a faming community in the now-infamous Luzerne County in NE PA. Two of my siblings attended State College at various times in undergraduate and graduate programs. My mother was on one of the local PSU boards. And there are other extended family ties. Must be someone else with same last name. AND, I had the same experience growing up and worry for the average child growing up now in the USA. xo
Isn't it wonderful to have HCR and this community she has created? It helps my mental health and hopefully will have a larger influence on the US as we move forward. I moved away from PA in 1969 but still have friends where I grew up. State College is of course a little blue island in the state. Always was an aberration.
Keep at it, Deborah! 1950, and the rest of the 50s back when "America was Great." Here are some of those great things: "Leave it to Beaver", cheap 100% leaded gasoline, bobby sox, only one parent needed to work to raise a family of four, lots of unpaved roads, President who golfed a lot, but gave us all a great warning in his last speech in 1960 (Beware of the military industrial complex), to name a few.
I'd like to see Kentucky be educated and aware enough to realize that until they kick McConnell OFF the Senate bus, nothing's likely to improve. I write and send postcards, and I have donated to the Orloff and Warnock campaigns, via the organization Stacey Abrams endorsed. There isn't much more I can do, other than let my own congresscritters know that all the money being diverted into the top 2% household and military pockets and out of the schools is what is killing the golden-egg laying goose.
Thank you, HCR! Do I understand economic history? No. But, I was born in 1950 and have seen and felt the slow, then ever-increasing erosion of middle class life (with too many examples to write). “Bombarding” Congress with calls has been suggested to me by Michael Moore and David Plouffe in their podcasts as a path that gets attention. So, that’s one of my activist goals for 2021. BidenHarris are not stupid on this score. So, we achieved change in the Executive Branch. Now, it’s truly “all hands on deck” in GEORGIA. I plan to donate more small amounts right now for ad buys and registration efforts. (Yesterday, artists in the Pen and ink Brigade NYC raised over $30,000 selling art at $200 a pop for Stacey Abrams.) Today, I turn from writing 200 postcards (done) to letters and texts. Forget about the polls. Democrats are going to lose unless there is a huge turnout with everyone who can possibly vote voting. Please do what you can to help achieve a victory for GA Democrats and Democracy. Boy, would I love to see Mitch McConnell at the back of the Senate bus. ❤️🧡💙
I sent $50 to their campaign yesterday. Grassroots here, but hopefully others have chipped in.
Thank you! That’s my speed, too. I’m sure others will and have, knowing grassroots donations have powered the Democrats to victories this year. ActBlue! ❤️🤍💙
My contributions to the effort will remain contributions to Warnock, Ossoff and Fair Fight.
I RD hurts to have to choose between donating to people in need or to the Georgia campaigns.
I do as much as I can to both. Every little bit helps.
Thank you, Mim! This is what I do, and it is a little bit. But, it's amazing how it mounts up and helps when millions contribute a little bit.
Terribly true. I try to do a little to both.
I, too, was born in 1950. At one time, I was convinced our generation had solutions for many critical social and cultural problems in America. I believe what could have been started to unravel with the murders of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. As you write, there are too many other examples to cite, and here we are.
It’s hard to think of what RFK (MLK, too - but RFK would have been President) might have been able to do without despairing for Amrrica ❤️🤍💙 now. Does anyone have a link to his speech in South Africa? Don’t know date.
https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/robert-f-kennedy/robert-f-kennedy-speeches/day-of-affirmation-address-university-of-capetown-capetown-south-africa-june-6-1966
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OMG. Thank you so much. I heard it on a book tape years ago and never forgot it. There's so much about his political life I miss. Thank you, again. xoxo
Just wondering if you are from State College, PA, originally? Your name is familiar from my high school days, could've been another with the same name. Yes postcards in the mail again, today. Yes, donated again to all 5 on the ground groups who are registering voters and helping GOTV in GA. As a child of the 10950's, I feel like we got a great education in public school, everyone had a chance at a decent lifestyle and there was upward mobility. Now, it is hard to see that future for the young.
No, I'm from a faming community in the now-infamous Luzerne County in NE PA. Two of my siblings attended State College at various times in undergraduate and graduate programs. My mother was on one of the local PSU boards. And there are other extended family ties. Must be someone else with same last name. AND, I had the same experience growing up and worry for the average child growing up now in the USA. xo
Isn't it wonderful to have HCR and this community she has created? It helps my mental health and hopefully will have a larger influence on the US as we move forward. I moved away from PA in 1969 but still have friends where I grew up. State College is of course a little blue island in the state. Always was an aberration.
Yes, I'm very grateful for the HCR community. I moved away, too, in 1969 and am so happy to be living in NY! xx
Ah, the lack of edits, 1950's
Keep at it, Deborah! 1950, and the rest of the 50s back when "America was Great." Here are some of those great things: "Leave it to Beaver", cheap 100% leaded gasoline, bobby sox, only one parent needed to work to raise a family of four, lots of unpaved roads, President who golfed a lot, but gave us all a great warning in his last speech in 1960 (Beware of the military industrial complex), to name a few.
What's "great" about leaded gas?
I'd like to see Kentucky be educated and aware enough to realize that until they kick McConnell OFF the Senate bus, nothing's likely to improve. I write and send postcards, and I have donated to the Orloff and Warnock campaigns, via the organization Stacey Abrams endorsed. There isn't much more I can do, other than let my own congresscritters know that all the money being diverted into the top 2% household and military pockets and out of the schools is what is killing the golden-egg laying goose.
Completely agree with you about McConnell. You're doing a lot. I have to overcome my phone phobia and start calling Congress! xx
Thanks for all you do°
Thanks for your supportive words.