Living On the Diagonal

July 31, 2019 (Revised, Expanded FB post) DEMS BATTLE IN DETROIT, AN UNDECLARED WAR ON McCONNELL Last night Pete Buttigieg stood with a resolve, looking straight into the lens, delivering a challenge to members of a Republican Party that surrenders to a lawless President. Mayor Pete gave warning. At the “sunset of their careers” the individual  legacy to be written will focus upon a lack of courage, fear and a failure to uphold the rule of law and the twisted view and adherence to a false narrative of Christian values they espouse. With that Mayor Pete  harnessed the attention of Republicans and their base. And then a diminutive MARIANNE WILLIAMSON with courageous resolve awoke everyone with her gut wrenching punch to her counterparts of a “truth” that a “dark underbelly, a psychic force” of   institutional racism, the command and control of corporate America.   In essence , she gave warning that multi-mega corporations continue to und...

YES WE CAN AND THE RESULT RELEASED  BY THE  4TH  OF JULY! (1388 words 7-8 minutes to read) AMERICANS MUST BE EDUCATED THAT SOCIALISM IS A TOOL   IN OUR DEMOCRACY KNOWN AS "AMERICAN REFORM" THE SOURCE AND METHOD MAY SURPRISE YOU THE WHYS Democratic House waffles back and forth, to and fro on this Impeachment issue. The White House and Attorney General block witness testimony and refuse to hand over critical documents in evidence to the Judiciary Committee. A Republican controlled Senate refuses to adhere to their oath of office. If Congress is obstructed then it is time for [We the] People voice their opinion on the direction Congress proceeds in the investigation and Articles of Impeachment.   Bipartisan politics continues to put Congress in a state of paralysis. A Democratic House is at work passing common sense gun background checks, take immediate action to protect our elections from Russian interference and address a failing...

YES WE CAN AND WE NEED THE RESULTS ON 4 th OF JULY! (1018 Words, approx 5 minutes reading time) WHY A REFERENDUM? Democratic House waffles on “to do or not to do.” The White House and Attorney General block witness testimony and refuse to hand over critical evidence to the Judiciary Committee. A Republican controlled Senate refuses to adhere to their oath of office. If Congress is obstructed then it is time for {We the] People voice their opinion on the direction Congress proceeds in the investigation and Articles of Impeachment.   THE PRECEDENT and BEST PRACTICE Our democratic allies adhere to a principled rule of order that offer these nations with additional tools to ensure and protect their democracy. Great Britain and Canada routinely hold a “vote of no confidence” within their parliamentary system in a call for a new government at the top. Theresa May is one example. The “no confidence vote” was precipitated by the BREXIT referendum to withdr...

UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE - A CRITICAL NEED, A RIGHT, A POSSIBILITY AND CAN BE ACHIEVED A Day will come where Americans will agree, Bernie Is Right Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill routinely sends email to elicit opinion from not only her own constituents butothes  accross the nation.  a request to complete a survey with Citizens United, Planned Parenthood and Health Care are the issues they seek the electorate’s opinion. Upon completion of the quick three or four question survey, a request is made to write your Representative in Congress to voice your opinion especially in regard to health care. In my case, Hon. Rep. Sander Levin represents me and his record of support and votes to further progressive legislation for the middle class and those in poverty is impeccable. In other words, my words become an affirmation of his moral and ethical stand on this and other issues. This includes Affordable Care Act, overturn Citizen’s United, saving Planned Parenthood, etc. ...

   HOW I CAME TO UNDERSTAND A " DEMOCRTATIC SOCIALIST" IS NOT RADICAL OR EVIL, AND CAME TO LOVE FEELING THE BERN!   By now most people have taken note of the primaries and the candidates and how it is playing out on the national stage. In Michigan the primary has past and Bernie Sanders, self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist pulled off one of the greatest upsets in American political history. It was a relatively small margin, but a win nonetheless.     My purpose here is to help clarify how a majority of all Americans view or believe about Bernie's brand of socialist philosophy of economics and politics.   The You-Tube video above is a first step, I believe in removing the most negative connotations or deep-seated misgivings many Americans hold when they hear this nasty word: Socialism.     Socialism can sometimes be embedded in the systems Americans have been taught to hate. Marxism and Communism is what...

“EXCUSE ME”…   I’M TALKING” AND “SORRY TO DELIVER THE BAD NEWS,” BERNIE SANDERS DID NOT LOSE THE DEBATE HILLARY FEELING THE BERN, SHE IS NOT "IN LIKE FLINT"   It irritates me to no end when conservatives cast the media as being too “Liberal” or to the left. However, it angers me when a piece such as the one that appeared in The Washington Post printed the morning after the latest Democratic debate. How someone can come to such a quick conclusion in giving their slant on such an important event is beyond my patience. The article to which I refer is entitled: “ Five reasons Bernie Sanders lost last night’s Democratic debate ”   by James Hohmann Upon reading this piece I reviewed some of the same video clips of the debate as the Post entered as links. What I saw and what words I heard cannot characterize Bernie Sanders as the loser. The points listed are weak, not to mention far from “reporting the facts” as a competent journalist is compelled. 1.  ...