tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post24615121301381601..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: "Berxit" BeginsKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-28947960219787902682016-06-25T22:04:48.379-04:002016-06-25T22:04:48.379-04:00This from Common Dreams By Lauren McCauleyvia Trut...This from Common Dreams By Lauren McCauleyvia Truthdig<br /><br />"During a 9-hour meeting in St. Louis, Missouri on Friday, members of the DNC’s platform drafting committee voted down a number of measures proposed by Bernie Sanders surrogates that would have come out against the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), fracking, and the Israeli occupation of Palestine. At the same time, proposals to support a carbon tax, Single Payer healthcare, and a $15 minimum wage tied to inflation were also disregarded.<br /><br />"In a statement, Sanders said he was “disappointed and dismayed” that representatives of Hillary Clinton and DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz rejected the proposal on trade put forth by Sanders appointee Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), despite the fact that the presumed nominee has herself come out against the 12-nation deal.<br /><br />"“Inexplicable” was how Sanders described the move, adding: “It is hard for me to understand why Secretary Clinton’s delegates won’t stand behind Secretary Clinton’s positions in the party’s platform.”<br /><br />YEAH, RIGHT, Bernie! What a shocker that Hillary mouthing platitudes to get some of your supporters over to her camp is openly ignored by the DNC. Like anyone with a brain couldn't see that one coming!<br /><br />I think this shows how much Bernie is going to move the Democratic Party to the Left. It ISN'T going to happen, people! <br /><br />Bernie's supporters need to vote with the Green party. Writing in Bernie is a waste of a vote. The Green's may not be perfect but they are the only party out there that is remotely interested in changes that matter to me. We won't win, we aren't fooling ourselves. But we can get the matching funding if we get enough voters and the powers that be cannot continue to deny us access to the ballots if enough of us vote and kick up a stink. I don't love the Greens but if we are looking for a Lesser of Two Evils option, the Greens are it.<br /><br />And don't worry, thinking Republicans are NOT going to vote along party lines for a buffoon like Trump. They will cross over and vote for the REAL Republican candidate, Hillary Clinton.<br /><br />Valerie Long Tweedienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-52487603906975272052016-06-25T19:07:31.444-04:002016-06-25T19:07:31.444-04:00Pearl - I nearly always agree with you. And I do ...Pearl - I nearly always agree with you. And I do this time, too. I think all of us are still needed - and it seems the only way we can get the attention of the powers that be is to simply not vote for Hillary Clinton. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934537052832784344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-6998541758602639682016-06-25T18:31:21.152-04:002016-06-25T18:31:21.152-04:00From Tim Canova:
I’m outraged this evening to rep...From Tim Canova:<br /><br />I’m outraged this evening to report to you that the Democratic Platform Committee -- which was stacked with establishment hacks by Debbie Wasserman Schultz -- voted down progressive values like Medicare for All, an indexed to inflation $15 minimum wage, a moratorium to ban fracking, and an amendment to stop the TPP. <br /><br />This is disturbing because, once again, Wasserman Schultz has succeeded in plunging the Democratic Party further to the right on behalf of her huge corporate donors. <br /><br />How many times are we going to let the establishment completely ignore grassroots activists and working Americans who are fighting to create a country that works for everyone? <br /><br />It’s time for us to rise up and take back our party -- and I agree with Bernie Sanders that the only way we can accomplish that is by electing new Democratic Party leadership and ensuring the end of Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s corrupting influence in our party. <br /><br />Make an express contribution of $10 to our campaign to join the fight against corporate greed and influence in the Democratic Party. Together, we can show Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her establishment friends that this party belongs to us.<br />Anything is possible when people come together around a common goal, and, together, we’re going to reclaim the Democratic Party from the corporate establishment hacks. <br /><br />In solidarity, <br /><br />Tim Canova for Congress<br /><br /> <br /><br />It seems like Bernie Sanders' influence is still needed. Pearl<br />---------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> Pearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-10803779239509906262016-06-25T10:03:58.071-04:002016-06-25T10:03:58.071-04:00Bernie's so passé; the new attention-getter ce...Bernie's so passé; the new attention-getter certainly is Brexit, which may become Brexnot, or Brexin. Whatever, just give the elites a little more time to turn the Brexit vote around.<br /><br />Cameron says he's going to resign late next fall. Right! Does it take that long to clear out your desk? Could it be there will be a change of mind among the people by then?<br /><br />So say more and more writers the morning after. The punishment of neolib-induced and neocon-induced headaches are about to crown the people's vote. Your money on a rollercoaster. It's 2008 all over again on the eve of another big US election. How long until the Brits and everybody else say "Uncle (Sam)" and crawl back to the "stability" of the USA's EU cum NATO?<br /><br />http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2016/06/24/the-brexit-vote-paul-craig-roberts/<br /><br />http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/2008_all_over_again_20160624Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-53070902103688988442016-06-25T04:27:02.012-04:002016-06-25T04:27:02.012-04:00I feel sorry for the progressives. We keep getting...I feel sorry for the progressives. We keep getting our hopes up . . . first Obama, then the Occupy Movement and now Bernie. We keep waiting for a leader or a movement to save us.<br /><br />The only hope I have at the moment is the movement Ralph Nader is trying to start.<br /><br />I'm so over Bernie. <br /><br />On to Brexit.Valerie Long Tweedienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-9747268268476907862016-06-24T19:10:47.332-04:002016-06-24T19:10:47.332-04:00What's the thinking behind Bernie's slow f...What's the thinking behind Bernie's slow fuse burnout? Well, maybe Bernie or Debbie Wasserman came across an old issue of Popular Psychology in an airport lounge. Or, maybe somewhere in the annals of Freudian lit––great stuff for a political consultant to know––there's an insight that goes something like this: if you switch gears suddenly, change your mind without notice, turn on a dime, spring a surprise––abrupt moves like that––then you give other people a jolt. People don't like to be jolted, whether in the back seat of a car or running full tilt behind a revolutionary bandwagon that just slammed on the brakes.<br /><br />Most people would say in disgust, "Huh?" or shout out "WHAAAAAT??!!" Surprise can lead to anger. But there's a better way to bow out, which is to s l o w l y b o w w o w o u t, slowly drop a word now and then that you might ease up in the great cause of peace and unity as you lay off staff one by one, day after day. Over the course of a couple of months Bernie in this fashion can morph into a Hillary stalwart. Only time-lapse photography might clue in those who let themselves be berned.<br /><br />Buyers remorse, regret and disappointment in Democratic ranks will be less of a problem for the DNC than outrage. So Bernie heads into the sunset to tilt against Trump; and the sheep, most of them, will bleat, but not all at once. In July they will sort of mill around the periphery of the Philadelphia Convention Center in a bit of a daze. By November, they'll be ready to vote TLOTE.<br /><br />There's a professional way and an unprofessional way to run a con, to bait and switch, to sheepdog, to Pied Pipe, and, now we know, ladies and gentlemen, Bernie's a pro. He can do it in a kinder, gentler way. And, of course, he'll continue the good fight quietly inside the Democratic Party. Real s l o w.Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-51841205654993261492016-06-24T17:11:38.665-04:002016-06-24T17:11:38.665-04:00What Martin Luther King Really Thought About Lyndo...What Martin Luther King Really Thought About Lyndon Baines Johnson<br /><br />The release of Selma has sparked controversy about the former President's role in the Civil Rights movement. A 1964 LIFE article written by King hints at the complexity of their relationship<br /><br />http://time.com/3654086/mlk-lbj-selma-debate/?xid=emailshare Pearlnoreply@blogger.com