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Here is a good story on resistance and what it can do.
On Tuesday afternoon, a Texas flight attendant who works for a major airline posted a stunning statement on his Facebook page. The post was then picked up by the Houston Chronicle. Hunt Palmquist’s statement may very well have led to today’s historical decision within the airline industry.

On Wednesday, via individual public statements, major airline carriers including American Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest told the Trump Administration and federal government that they would not take part in the cruel and abhorrent Trump immigration policies that separated migrant children from their families. The airlines let Trump, his administration and his complicit Republican Congress members know that the government would no longer be allowed to use planes by these airlines to commit violations of human rights.

Palmquist, who’s been flying for 29 years, said what he saw on two Texas flights was more disturbing than anything he had witnessed on any flight—during his entire career.
https://www.alternet.org/watching-ice-t ... -complicit
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It's good news that he will back down when there's enough opposition. On the other hand, as terrible as it is, I fear the immigrant crisis is really a smoke screen so even more damaging changes can be made while our attention has been diverted. Case in point: the administration wants to combine the Education and Labor departments.
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MaxWyatt wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:13 pm It's good news that he will back down when there's enough opposition. On the other hand, as terrible as it is, I fear the immigrant crisis is really a smoke screen so even more damaging changes can be made while our attention has been diverted. Case in point: the administration wants to combine the Education and Labor departments.
This is a smoke screen for other plans. Paul Ryan and the House Reptilians want to make the Tax Cuts for the rich permanent and cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security to “Balance the Budget”.
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His base loved it, but Republican politicians were telling him to drop it before the midterms as it wouldn't fly with their constituents. His base maybe loyal but they aren't that large. As someone said, when Laura Bush and Ted Cruz are against you you've lost. Whoever talked him into this strategy should be fired.
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Again, I don’t want to shame anyone who says, “We’re fucked” as an emotional reaction. I get it, I really do. But if you say that as a historical reality, then you SHOULD be ashamed. We are so far from being fucked. It's time for that warrior spirit, from everyone.

Our best bet, actually our only realistic bet, is to mobilize the vote. There has always been a silver lining to this situation. I have always hesitated to state it, for fear of sounding like I am not taking the horror seriously. Fuck that; I do. But there has always been the possibility, there remains the possibility, that this is a time when our country faces up to its worst reflection, sees it truly, and breaks the fucking mirror. A time when the last bastion of white power and male supremacy and oligarchy attempts to enact fascism, but the antibodies of the American system and American multi-culturalism kick in to reject it.

Where do you want to stand in that equation? As someone who rolled over because we’ve have had two awful years of shit that much of the world has already experienced many, many, many times over, so you decided that we’re finished and done for? Come on. Look at Europe, look at Africa, look at Asia. Back and forth with this shit, and much worse.

I have your back. Get up. Here’s my hand. Let’s fight.

It can’t become hip to give up. It can’t become hip to say we are fucked. Look at history. People have been so much more fucked than us, and won. If you truly believe we are finished, I’m sorry, but you were the first to fall. Stick a fork in you, turn you over, you’re done. I don’t want to see you do that, if only for the selfish reason that we need you.
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Gaad, please, not another "vote for a Democrat because we ain't fucked yet" thread. :no:

Gimme something to vote for...one single stinking candidate that is not owned by the Oligarchy owned and operated Establishment. One...please just one. And make him/her a Social Democrat as long as I'm dreaming.

Other than that I'm not putting my name in the hat as a Registered Democrat so that the Fascists can acquire that list and come murder me and my family in our sleep. Sorry Dude.

I'm digging in deep and hiding out...The Nazi's, Nationalists, Ever Trumpers, Republicans, Fascists, Racists, and my next door neighbor *HaTe!* my type and my kind and they'll stop at nothing to see me dead or out of the loop. The Democrats are making absolutely certain that these people succeed in their mission to purge America of Commies, Blacks, Mexicans, poor people, middle class people, Muslims, LGBT, and Socialists and I'm not putting my name on "The List" as a voter who tried to stop them.

In addition to that the Democrats want my only means of viable self defense -they Want.My.Guns. They want my vote. They want my money. And they want my subservience, fear, and obedience.

Nope. I hope ya'll that vote are correct. Pick US a new President and new Representatives that don't want me and my kind dead and buried in a big ass hole and I'll support ya in the next version of America. Sorry for the rant...no dice. Not voting and giving "them" my credentials and specifics. I'll go back to living in a car....

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In Texas, no matter how dismal my chances are to vote for a winner, I vote in every election. None, save one, have been republican in the past 25 years. They blew it for me during the Gingrich years. The Orange Stain has reinforced that feeling.
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You can't win this kind of a war with just bullets--that is, with groovier and more pointed insults. You need better ideas to win.

The collection of ideas is clear. We just have to promote them. They are good so they should receive favor among the voters.

No whining. Just promoting.

CDFingers
Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandana
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I have fully lost confidence in the Federal election system. The ballot box has been removed and the jury box at the Federal level has worked out pretty well for NO-DAPL and J20 defendants; this keeps us on the soap box and keeps the ammo box closed for the moment.

This Federal government has it in for families with both Resident Aliens and Naturalized Citizens. As the husband, son, grandson and great grandson of immigrants this country is showing that it has no love at all for those not born here. Literally nothing is being done to stop the Nativists by the Feds; direct occupation of ICE facilities, blocking highways and releasing the 'private' information of ICE Agents are all done by 'bad people' and not a #Resistance. many in the DNC who I have railed against for years are still there and are now backing Trump even after Maxine Waters starts to finally make sense.
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Root cause mitigation can be applied to more than just gun violence in this country. We have a caravan of Hondurans trying to get into this country, where were the protesters in 2009 when the seeds of this disaster were being sown?

I personally think people whose lives have been destroyed by our countries meddling should be let in and fed and educated by our country and we need to be paying attention to what the government is doing even when it's being run by people we had a hand in putting into office, not just the opposition.

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Wino wrote: Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:59 am In Texas, no matter how dismal my chances are to vote for a winner, I vote in every election. None, save one, have been republican in the past 25 years. They blew it for me during the Gingrich years. The Orange Stain has reinforced that feeling.
Gingrich? What crazy state would have sent THAT guy to Congress? :thumbsdown:

I still complain about that fool.
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eelj wrote: Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:32 pm Root cause mitigation can be applied to more than just gun violence in this country. We have a caravan of Hondurans trying to get into this country, where were the protesters in 2009 when the seeds of this disaster were being sown?

I personally think people whose lives have been destroyed by our countries meddling should be let in and fed and educated by our country and we need to be paying attention to what the government is doing even when it's being run by people we had a hand in putting into office, not just the opposition.
Agreed. I hope that more accountability will be the result of this mess.
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