Miriam and Bonnie...and All Women on this International Women's Day.
And to those men who have come to understand that on a good day,
they/we are about as smart as the Women of the World.
It is my humble male opinion that the Empire's Oligarchy will not
allow Donald Trump to be removed from office just so long as they can
use him to run interference for their pillaging and plundering. And
just as long as there is a Public Anything, they will keep their Crazy
Lap Dog around.
But that's just my opinion.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/8/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've heard Johnston interviewed on Democracy Now and other programs, and I
read his previous book. The problem is that although Trump is committing
crimes every day, like profiting financially from the Presidency, no one
seems to want to start impeachment proceedings on this basis. There appear
to be other crimes as well, which relate to encouraging riots and unlawful
behavior. There are obvious medical issues related to his brain function.
But instead of using what is obviously true to get him out of office, the
Democratic Party is resorting to incredibly complicated and far fetched
accusations and Mueller's investigation which, although it may uncover all
sorts of wrongdoing, probably won't ever come up with proof that Trump has
committed Treason.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Bonnie L. Sherrell
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2018 12:10 AM
To: Blind Democracy <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [blind-democracy] book review - David Cay Johnston - It's Even
Worse than You Think
_It's Even Worse than You Think: What the Trump Administration is Doing to
America_ by David Cay Johnston
The Trump administration started with a blatant lie in which he and his
communications director, Sean Spicer, claimed that his inauguration was the
widest attended and watched inauguration EVER, which was easily disproved.
Things have descended from that point. Kellyanne Conway has insisted that
this was merely an "Alternative Fact," and Mr. Trump commonly claims that
anyone who demonstrates that he has lied--again--is promulgating "Fake
News"
intended to discredit his win in the 2016 election. Like a child sticking
his fingers in his ears and singing "La la la" when someone tries to get
across an undesired truth to him, Trump consistently insists that this is a
trick by the Democrats, who ought to have won the election, trying to
explain away their ignominious loss.
He has surrounded himself with a cabinet of people who for the most part
are
totally unqualified to lead the departments they were assigned to, and he
has given them all directions to dismantle every rule and law intended to
safeguard the environment and to promote equality amongst our citizens.
Johnston describes these as "termites" eating away at the infrastructure of
our country, and we are already seeing the negative effects of this
destructive activity.
Late in the book, Johnston points out that Trump's policies encourage law
enforcement to be rough on those being arrested ("Just toss them in the
paddy wagons--don't worry about them getting hurt." "You know when you put
them in the back seat of the squad car, don't put your hand on their head
to
protect
them.") He's encouraged the crowds in his rallies to punch those he thinks
are there to criticize him. He thinks that if teachers are armed, they
will
magically prevail with a handgun against killers armed with automatic
weapons.
He's described neo-Nazis and white supremacists as being "fine people" whom
he apparently sees as being morally equivalent with those who
counter-demomstrate against them. And he is seeking to build up the armed
forces while cutting financing for health, education, social security,
medicare and medicaid, and just about any other program intended to support
those who are unable to provide for themselves. He continuously vilifies
the mainstream media at the same time he courts them, desperate for any
praise he could possibly pry from them while refusing to do anything
constructive to actually build up our nation.
His role models are Vladimir Putin and other dictators, and it's pretty
plain he wants to join their ranks. And he apparently believes that if he
can militarize the police and get the Pentagon behind him, he will possibly
be able to become "President for Life" here in our nation.
This is well researched, with facts taken from the public record. It is
not
a book we should ignore, and I encourage everyone to read it. It is
available in all possible media. I both downloaded it from Audible and to
my Nook in e-book format.
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large
"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very
wise cannot see all ends." LOTR
"Don't go where I can't follow."
We gave the Goblin King control of our nation!