Month: July 2022

The Party of “No More”

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Our friend Jill at Filosofa’s Word is, like most of us, quite fed up with the continued indifference of the United States Congress toward the issues that matter to us ordinary citizens.

Many in Congress are now concerned with only one thing: Power. How to get it, how to keep it, and how to wield it as forcefully as possible.

Meanwhile, Jill suggests a few things that concern us their time would be better spent addressing, such as:

“Addressing climate change in the most aggressive way possible, which would include phasing out all fossil fuels and replacing them with renewable energy sources ASAP…

“Passing voting rights legislation prior to the November mid-term elections to ensure that every person age 18 and over has not only the right, but the wherewithal to cast his/her vote…

“Passing legislation to protect women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, and other civil rights in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ultra-dereliction of duty in their latest session and their threats of more to come going forward…

“Raising the minimum wage to a livable wage…

“Passing gun regulations that actually do something, that ban military-style weapons, that enforce strict background checks, and that incarcerate those who violate these regulations…

“Passing legislation to ensure that corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes…

“Addressing education in such a way that ensures our children are learning the facts about such things as the history of this nation, about other cultures, about life.”

All good suggestions, Jill, thank you. I think most of us who call ourselves Americans can get solidly behind every one of them.

And it’s high time we all made ourselves heard. I’m sick of these noisy fools who get all the attention; let’s show what power really looks like.

Let’s show the Party of No, as Republicans have come to be known, that we are the Party of No More.

You in?

Republican Voices of Experience Speak Loudly — Filosofa’s Word

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You, and everyone you know, and everyone they know, needs to read this. Thanks, Jill Dennison, for sharing it. Larry

It’s one thing for someone like me, a mere political observer, to say that Donald Trump must be prosecuted for his crimes, particularly the crime of inciting an attempted coup to overturn an election, to kill the voices of We the People.  You and I can say it all we want, but our words carry […]

Republican Voices of Experience Speak Loudly — Filosofa’s Word

Black and White — Andrew Pratt Online Ministries

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This is for all the “Christians” who are trying to shove their doctrine – which they mostly don’t even practice – down America’s throat. Your behavior is antithetical to the very nature of the god you claim to justify it. As minister Andrew Pratt pointedly asks, “God doesn’t force his moral law on humanity, therefore why should Christianity force its interpretation of God’s moral law upon people?” Makes sense to me. Larry

Black and White — Andrew Pratt Online Ministries

Location, Location, Location

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In these United States, you can get shot and killed…

…if you go to school.

…if you go to church.

…if you go to work.

…if you go to the grocery store.

…if you go to the mall.

…if you go to a movie.

…if you go to a concert.

…if you go to a party.

…if you go to a parade.

…if you go to a fast food joint.

…if you go to a bar.

…if you go to a park.

…if you go to a sporting event.

…if you drive.

…if you ride the subway.

…if you just stay home.

It occurs to me, the only safe place left in this country is here:

God, don’t bless America. You’re wasting your time.