Finally, someone has spoken the truthout loud about what
the Republican Party is today. And, while I don’t follow the guy, Bill Maher, I
admire him for speaking the truth I have long believed:
New Rule: The Republicans Are the Problem | Real Time with
Bill Maher (HBO)
Chris Wallace reminds us that only a few days ago, the Republicans
were the Obstruction Champions of all time.
Chris Wallace mocks GOP for whining over investigations:
‘They investigated Benghazi’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) instantly, clearly, exposes how and why our system must be reformed. She is the unrivaled master communicator. https://t.co/2vsFy9mrFG— Ronald D. Baker (@rondbaker) February 8, 2019
I’ve done or said many things in my life that I wish I could
go back and undo or unsay.
If I were Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) I’d make every effort to
undo the stupid move I made the other day by demanding that Manuel Oliver,
father of Joaquin Oliver, one of the murdered Parkland students be ejected from
a congressional meeting for interrupting him while he (Gaetz) “tried to argue
that immigrant violence is worse than gun violence in the U.S.”
In fact, I’d make a public apology for being such a dumb***,
given the numbers, 40,000 killed by regular, ole-Americans using good ole guns compared
to 400 possibly dispatched by “illegal immigrants”.
Since it’s highly unlikely Mr. Gaetz will have such an
epiphany, I sincerely hope the people of Florida’s First District help him find a
similar, lighted path to enlightenment that Saul began to followed that fateful
day so many years ago.
Lyrics Bob Marley - Redemption Song
Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look? Ooh
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the Book
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the book
Won't you have to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had
Redemption songs
All I ever had
Redemption songs
These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom
The other night Mr. Trump declared, “We are born free, and
we will stay free.”
I thought, well that’s the dream isn’t it? I mean, an
American dream. Or, perhaps, more accurately described as, “an American Delusion.”
Then, he went on, saying, “we renew our resolve that America
will never be a socialist country.”
The statement is a delusion because, by nearly every
measure, 99.9% of Americans are not beneficiaries of what has become, the
American predatory capitalistic system. Still, many believe that they are. That
is the delusion.
In his response to the State of the Union, Sen. Bernie Sanders,
clearly underscored why our capitalist system is not working for Americans:
“If we are serious
about transforming our country, if we are serious about rebuilding the middle
class, if we are serious about reinvigorating our democracy, let us bring
people together to take on and defeat a ruling class whose greed is destroying
our nation. The billionaire class cannot have it all. Our government belongs to
all of us, and not just the one percent.”
“Together, Let us
fight for economic, social, racial and environmental justice, not unbridled
greed.”
So, to Mr. Trump’s statement, “we renew our resolve that
America will never be a socialist country,” we must ask the most important
question:
Is it Democracy or Socialism, when we say: “… let us bring people together to take on and defeat a ruling class
whose greed is destroying our nation. The billionaire class cannot have it all.
Our government belongs to all of us, and not just the one percent.”?
Perhaps in the end it does not matter how it’s labeled.
It
only matters that we achieve a government that belongs to all of us.
The recent Super Bowl ad placed by the Canadian autoworkers union, Unifor, is right on.
Still, I'd add only one thought more.
It's not only GM that is leaving workers out in the cold. Every global corporation is playing the "Greed Card" at the expense of not only employees but all tax-paying citizens, too.
People the world over have more in common with each other than with their leaders, their nations and the global corporations. Until we all realize that fact we will always be on the very poor side of the wealth curve chart.
Oh, by the way. Those manufacturing jobs are now in the "Low Cost Countries" for at least one reason... low wages. We know for certain it's not because global corporations suddenly experienced an Epiphany On the Road to Damascus to fairly value their workers using a formula that includes corporate profits andpublic investment (e.g. tax abatements) as well as out-of-this-world senior management compensation*.
GM Leaves Canadians Out in the Cold
Unifor Canada
Published on Jan 21, 2019
When General Motors needed help, we gave them $ 300 from every single Canadian, amounting to a nearly $ 11 billion bailout. While making record profits, Greedy Motors wants to close its top-quality Oshawa plant, throwing thousands out of work. At the same time, GM is expanding in Mexico to take further advantage of low pay and a lack of human and labour rights. Pledge to #BoycottMexicoGM at www.saveoshawagm.ca
Coyote has many faces, trickster, Gaslighter, etc. *Please see link below.
In case you haven’t heard about Gaslighting, here’s a definition:
Gaslighting is a form of persistent manipulation and
brainwashing that causes the victim to doubt her or himself, and ultimately
lose her or his own sense of perception, identity, and self-worth. ...
Gaslighting can occur in personal relationships, at the workplace, or over an
entire society.
Why should people throughout the world be concerned with Gaslighters?
Because the guy who is the chief Gaslighter of all time is
also the guy who controls the nuclear holocaust button. It is his brain, under some evil, black magic potion of derangement, that controls the button-pushing finger. He controls whether of not you and loved ones, your children and your children’s children are reduced to a piece of charcoal in the next 30 seconds.
If you are listening to him tell you what you didn’t hear,
well you are listening to a madman. Sadly, many surveys have reported that some 30% of Americans are still listening - some even considering him on par with a "god" of some sorts. (Which "god" remains to be realized.)
Still, it is certain that Mr. Trump has finally reached the apex of
something by his own doing:
He is without a doubt the World’s Supreme Gaslighter,
totally without historic equal in the known world.
Please checkout Anderson Cooper’s clip.
An astonished Anderson Cooper reacts to Trump's claim
A moment of fun reflection, passed to us from our ancestors... What does it all mean?
World's Greatest Fairy Tales -The Emperor's New Clothes
