Happy July 4th everyone!
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So sad.? The number of guns in this country is mind boggling.? And more now, I'm sure.? It's overwhelming.? And this Congress can't even ban war weapons.? Where background checks are required, the FBI has 3 days to do it.? Ridiculous.? Of course, they can't meet this requirement.? ?
"While calculating the number of guns in private hands around the world is difficult, figures from the Small Arms Survey - a Swiss-based leading research project - estimate that there were 390 million guns in circulation in 2018." Shinzo Abe was killed with a homemade weapon by an individual.? That is a correct statement.? They had 10 incidents involving firearms in 2021.? Ten!? ?Access obviously matters.? This country's reliance on the statement that it's always an "individual" problem appeals to our national aversion to truth.? I am continually amazed at how these myth's persist in the face of common sense.? ? -- Em |
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Franklin said those who willingly give up liberty for a little temporary security deserve neither. Well, I wonder what he would say if he knew we’re well along in the process of giving up both. Our rights are disappearing daily while our physical safety is increasingly more and more threatened. These are all political choices that could be rectified, Biden could do a lot with executive orders. It’s a political calculation he’s making not to.
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Sal On Jul 8, 2022, at 12:35 PM, Emily Mae via groups.io <emily.mae50@...> wrote: |
开云体育?Oh I don’t know, how about acting like a leader? There are any number of ways he could bring those two turn coats into line, the flagrant disrespect they show him over and over should be intolerable. How do you think an actual leader would act? How do you think LBJ or Roosevelt would have reacted to being treated like that? ?Is it even remotely possible to imagine either one of them just sitting there and urging voters to “Vote harder!!” next time. ?On gun control? ?On women’s health? Uh huh ??♀? ? It would be funny if the consequences weren’t so real, and in many cases so deadly. Biden has also simply been there way too long and is living in another time. His train wreck of a son sure isn’t helping, and maybe there’s other things going on personally with him as well. He never should’ve run, he doesn’t seem to actually know what the presidency is for much of the time. If it’s not for passing legislation you believe in, and using your party’s majority for the ?common good, why be there at all? ?The whole reason we’re in this miserable situation isn’t just because of the GOP cheating and gaming the system right and left, it’s also because of Democratic inaction… I’m sure you know all this. So why you seem to be mystified that I’m not going all rah rah on Biden is a mystery. Sal On Jul 9, 2022, at 10:20 AM, Emily Mae via groups.io <emily.mae50@...> wrote:
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On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 10:12 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote:
Oh I don’t know, how about acting like a leader? There are any number of ways he could bring those two turn coats into line, the flagrant disrespect they show him over and over should be intolerable. How do you think an actual leader would act? How do you think LBJ or Roosevelt would have reacted to being treated like that? ?Is it even remotely possible to imagine either one of them just sitting there and urging voters to “Vote harder!!” next time. ?On gun control? ?On women’s health? Uh huh ??♀? ? It would be funny if the consequences weren’t so real, and in many cases so deadly.Such a great picture!? Biden has done a lot!? I won't list it all out.? He inherited a national health nightmare, an attempted violent coup, millions of delusional voters who thought and think the election was stolen, a foreign policy nightmare, an economic nightmare, a border nightmare, a radical right-wing Supreme Court, an impossible and hostile Congress, a DOJ in tatters, FOX News and its satellites, a soon-to-be war in Ukraine with Putin, and the list goes on and on.? He brought hope and a win against the most dangerous sociopath this country has ever seen in political power.? He brought decades of experience, national and foreign policy-wise, and a willingness to get up every day and sacrifice his golden years for the good of the country.? Now,? 2 years in,?we're whining and attacking and abdicating because he, one man, hasn't fixed all our boo-boos.? I think it's pathetic.? His beliefs are what saved our democracy from certain death under Rump and his flunkies.? We've got a far more competent cabinet now, that's for certain.? People aren't perfect.? We need to stop expecting our leaders to be saviors and nights in shining armor.? We need to support Biden and his agenda which in many cases is our agenda, for the good of our party, for unity against the anti-democracy movement.? We need to take the high road, come together, and make sure we take Congress in the mid-terms and the white house in 2024.? We need to be the party of positivity.? Hope sells.? Carnage doesn't.? Voting matters.? ?? I don't think he should run again.? He's a transitional president--who stepped us a few steps back from the cliff edge.? I don't think he'll be our next candidate even if he does run.? I don't think Kamala Harris can win either.? I'm all for big change.? ? ?? ? -- Em |
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Where the hell is our gratitude, that's what I want to know.? He absolutely should have run and the votes for him prove that. Boy were we happy when Rump lost.? Who do you think could have beaten him?? Bernie?? Nope.? Bernie lost fair and square.? "Democratic inaction?"? I don't think so.? You seem to think he can wave a wand and make it all happen - magical thinking.??
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I agree he brought hope and decades of experience, and that was what he ran on. But whether or not it’s decades of experience that will serve the country well is the question, he was out of office four years when he ran and it shows. He’s still caught in some kind of bipartisanship dream that has little bearing in the present. The GOP and SCOTUS is out to eat him alive and he’s basically asking what place settings they want to use. He’s got a ton of power! Use it! Forgive student debt! EXPAND THE DAMN COURT. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES COZY UP TO SA, DO WHAT HE CAN TO END OUR DEPENDENCE ON OIL, ESPECIALLY FOREIGN OIL. Find out what happened to Kashoggi! Why the hell is DeJoy still there? End the filibuster! Use whatever leverage he has…and he has a lot… to force Manchin and Sinema to honor their offices. The problem is nobody’s afraid of him, he’s just good old Uncle Joe that people think of fondly and then no doubt laugh at.
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If the shoe were on the other foot do you think for a moment McConnell would have let hostile employees like DeJoy stay? He did what he did with the SCOTUS seat because he had the pwer and used it. Why don’t the Democrats ever use the power they have?? It makes no sense, unless of course something more is going on than the public is privvy to. Sal On Jul 12, 2022, at 9:07 AM, Emily Mae via groups.io <emily.mae50@...> wrote: |
开云体育?I really shouldn’t dignify this with an answer, but I will. ?The main reason we’re in this miserable situation is because of neoliberal ?dishonesty. Hillary lost valuable voters due to the perception Bernie was forced out. ?Biden has lost confidence ?because of same. ?Somehow Bernie’s supporters got recast as wild-eyed kooks and here we are, right back in the safe middle where little gets done, by design. Its isn’t a bug, its a feature. “Nothing will fundamentally change.” ?If this alone doesn’t keep you up at night you aren’t paying attention. ? Sal On Jul 12, 2022, at 9:15 AM, Emily Mae via groups.io <emily.mae50@...> wrote:
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On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 08:12 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote:
Biden has accomplished quite a bit, given our completely dysfunctional Congress. And his Administration is comprised of a diversity we haven't seen before: Hillary did lose a lot of voters, which was tragic.? And still, she won the popular vote.? The Electoral College may well be our downfall, but it's here to stay.? The obscene amount and promotion of disinformation is also destroying us.?? ? -- Em |
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On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 08:02 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote:
I agree he brought hope and decades of experience, and that was what he ran on. But whether or not it’s decades of experience that will serve the country well is the question, he was out of office four years when he ran and it shows. He’s still caught in some kind of bipartisanship dream that has little bearing in the present. The GOP and SCOTUS is out to eat him alive and he’s basically asking what place settings they want to use. He’s got a ton of power! Use it! Forgive student debt!YES! EXPAND THE DAMN COURT.Congress has to do this.?? DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES COZY UP TO SA, DO WHAT HE CAN TO END OUR DEPENDENCE ON OIL, ESPECIALLY FOREIGN OIL.I agree.? And, he's trying.? But, he can't unilaterally do this.?? ? Find out what happened to Kashoggi!We know what happened.? Why the hell is DeJoy still there?Biden lacks the legal authority to remove DeJoy.? The Senate is refusing to confirm Biden's picks for the Board of Governors.? We must win Congress. The man is a total menace.? End the filibuster!Again, in the Senate's wheelhouse.? Use whatever leverage he has…and he has a lot… to force Manchin and Sinema to honor their offices. The problem is nobody’s afraid of him, he’s just good old Uncle Joe that people think of fondly and then no doubt laugh at.I don't think emulating McConnell's tactics is a good plan.? We see how the Republicans rule and this is why so many of the "good" Republicans are retiring or not running.? Fear and intimidation on a grand scale.? It's just not how we roll and I'm fine with that.? Like I said, we need to pull together, and vote to win local elections, keep the House and win back the Senate.? ? -- Em |
开云体育?On Jul 13, 2022, at 8:35 AM, Emily Mae via groups.io <emily.mae50@...> wrote:
I meant hold someone responsible, obviously.
Excuse, we have the majority in the Senate.
Another excuse, see above.
Where did I say to emulate McConnell? ?I said use the power they have. ?Or is using ANY power now “emulating McConnell?” ?If so we are well and truly f*cked, and you just fell for one of the GOP’s most obvious tricks.
Um no, they were for the most part all fine with it up until January 6. ? Gun violence? ?Check. Rights trampled right and left? ?Check. Immigrants demonized? Check. Infrastructure crumbling? ?Check. Kids ripped away from their parents? Check. Vast amounts of kids living in poverty ?and going to bed hungry? ?Check. The Capitol invaded and their ?own asses on the line? ?Whoa, ?now that’s a bridge too far!
Lol, yeah sure. ?You’re dreaming if you think the Dems refrain from that out of integrity. If they had any, the left and the working class wouldn’t be constantly demonized, significant gun control would have been enacted long ago, women’s rights wouldn’t now be in the process of being trampled and Bernie would be president.?
And that also includes those states that even right now are doing all they can to disenfranchise voters and make it as difficult as possible to vote I take it. So basically the plan is… blame everyone, especially on the left. ?Blame Manchin and Sinema. ?Especially if we lose the midterms. Got it. I got news, VOTE HARDER ain’t cuttin’ it. ?
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开云体育?It really ?wasn’t even that she lost, it was why it was close to begin with. Why Hillary Clinton, one of the most famous and accomplished people ever, couldn’t beat a TV huckster who barely even ran. ? ?Demonizing the left, abandoning the working class and basically handing the nomination to someone who felt she ?was owed it turned out to be a really awful idea. ?Who would have thought. Sal On Jul 13, 2022, at 8:11 AM, Emily Mae via groups.io <emily.mae50@...> wrote:
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On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 01:33 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote:
We've held MBS responsible.? Global politics is an ugly business all around.? Our Middle East goals/strategy and our dependence on oil require the US to negotiate with murderers.? MBS isn't the first or the last.? We don't exist in isolation and Biden is pragmatic.? Did Biden need to do a fist bump?? Nope, but he's known for these kinds of gaffs.? He also confronted him, for what that's worth.? SA is a repressive state and one the US has a long-standing relationship with.? Bush had the leaders to the US after 9/11.?? Ummm, no we don't.? If we did, we'd have a lot more of the Democratic agenda passed.??
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If we were united in our support for her when it came down to vote she would have won.? We live in a patriarchal society, where women are demonized and discriminated against and demeaned and degraded and assaulted on a regular basis as soon as they "get out of place."? Look at our SC for the latest example.? She did a great thing in running and I wish to God she'd won.? ? -- Em |
开云体育?On Jul 16, 2022, at 11:59 AM, Emily Mae via groups.io <emily.mae50@...> wrote:
No consequences equates to no responsibility ??
Poisonous fruit from a poisonous tree poisons everyone. Biden is no doubt hoping to shore up his support on the right, and it’s a huge mistake, they despise any agenda but their own. ?
Thought you didn’t believe in acting like the Republicans. ?Not ?much different from Trump kissing Putin’s backside.
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开云体育? ?On Jul 16, 2022, at 12:07 PM, Emily Mae via groups.io <emily.mae50@...> wrote:
You’re beginning to sound like you’re in a cult, dumping on anyone who doesn’t toe the party line.
Except a lot of women didn’t vote for her either, a lot of DEMOCRATIC women.
If she was thinking to beat the GOP at their own game she miscalculated, disastrously. ?And essentially gave us Trump. |
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