axthelm.bsky.social
I hope everyone reading my words learn something to help combat the ignorance they find in their own life. And then i hope they get a chuckle out of gifs and memes.
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Turns out the music was from an Opera theme with background music...3 hours of searching and driving me mad!
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For all us in the fed gov have to deal with, i'm so happy i got a Sodastream for my diet dew. "Three Dew days" are the norm.
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"Evict, eject" when will force be required? You know impeachment wont do anything, you know they wont be arrested (as they control the DoJ), and the courts are powerless if ignored. So when should the people rise up and fight to save the country by ANY means necessary? Will you lead the charge?
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Would my suggestions work? Dont know, but i would love to see the IG and prosecutors separated into their own branch (maybe with a small investigation unit) to be truly independent of the executive branch...a watchdog branch of gov.
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Not taking it as confrontational, love it. I do believe it is the fault of the Constitution, and specifically the founders' vagueness. They were blinded to the insidious nature of corruption and put too much faith in people having morals and principles.
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And look at those amendments. They are being gutted by a Supreme Court that twists any logic to say the plain text's meaning is what they desire. No SC justice has been removed after impeachment. Also, Judicial Review is not in the Constitution, rather inferred from article 3 & 6.
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The founders had this idealized/noble Enlightenment notion that a person would serve their time, due their duty, then go back to their farm/business. As well that voters would be limited to those who "knew best" (for them white, male, landowners).
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I'm not just or really talking about the electorate, but those who get power and, for whatever reason, decide to look the other way, not want to "rock the boat", or stand for anything out of fear or not being electable. Things term limits help fix. 1/2
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As i see it, one of the biggest flaws with the Constitution is that it has no checks against apathy. Nothing else works when the corrupt are not held accountable, no enforcement mechanism is useful when it is not enacted. It creeps into systems just as bad as corruption, but is harder to root out.
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The reason for the federalist papers was to give guidance on why the constitution was written as such (or the descent against it). At some point in time we need to face reality that it is not a system for all (only for white, rich, male), and never was meant to be.
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My concern is that so much of the constitution depends on traditions, norms, and principles. The 'checks & balances', vague language, and idealism the founders wrote down are woefully inadequate to deal with apathy. Not even mentioning the weakening of the system done to appease the slave owners.
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Just murdering or should we include rounding citizens up and disappearing them to concentration camps in foreign countries?
Reminds me of the famous poem, "First they came for the socialists, and i did not stand up for I was not a socialist..."
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When will it be worth it? At what point in the 1930s should the German people have risen up? When is the cost of letting our freedoms, neighbors, livelihoods, country be stripped away from us worth more than our safety?
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Our about intimidation of people they consider "the other".
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So when is it justified to rise up against fascists? Where is that line, if crossed, we the people need to fight back?
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The people will not rise up until they can no longer afford apathy or their oppression costs more then their health/life.
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I love these stories of stepping up, but it makes my blood boil that the system which should be helping them was redesigned not to because those in control dont get the benefit.
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Both sides are not the same, but both sides suffer from some of the same illness: corporate profit. The GOP also suffers from hatrid, while the Dems from Apathy.
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So at what point is it no longer a democracy? When do we know it has slipped too far gone from the apathy and profit of those who were supposed to hold the line? How many horrors does the GOP need to inflict before the Dems start obstructing to fight back?
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Why are you wasting your time on this? Leave the jokes to the comedians and work on hammering the GOP about the draconian budget bill, the millions they would rather have die than tax the rich, and all the illegal acts POTUS is doing. Y'all need to show the people the Dems will stand up to him.
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Reagan, Fox News, and the GOP have been doing that for decades to all marginalized groups including the poor. Trump has just capitalized on it the best.
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Try 50 years of GOP doing whatever they can to gain power over having morals. This started after Nixon resigned and they didnt like actually being held accountable. You could go even further back with the Southern Strategy.
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I use Assholes and Idiots. If you voted for him in 2020 or 2024 you either a) knew where he stands and are an Asshole, or b) was willful stupid (Idiot) because it was impossible to not know what he was going to do.
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Go all the way back to Nixon. When he resigned the lesson the GOP learned wasnt to stop doing crime, but rather gaining/retaining power was more important than morals. From then on the GOP does whatever it takes to keep power Dems stupidly 'took the high road' and compromised their own values.
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Exactly, the Corporatists on both sides want us to ignore their influence by stirring up cultural and social divides. When we fight each other, they win.
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Reject normalcy embrace Absurdism?
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First we need all Corporatists (Dems and GOP aligned with corporate donors) and those apathetic voted out of Congress. Dems need to treat this administration as serious as the world treated Nazis in 1940. Primary every Dem who attempts to 'be civil', 'play nice', helps this regime.
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With all due respect for the great Mr. Rogers, F* MAGA! We cannot tolerate the intolerant, we cannot give aid or assist those who routinely wish to do harm to others. There is a line, a minimum of decency, that if crossed requires us to exclude, mitigate, and punish.
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The Dems are soooo bad at messaging it almost feels like they are doing it on purpose. They need Pete Buttigieg as head of messaging and then the discipline for everyone to stay on message.
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And i dont see this as age-ism, it is simply not wanting to give up power. If you are unfit to do that job, and have the option to not, stop and let someone more capable handle it. If you dont believe ANYONE is more capable than your dying ass, you are not someone who should have power.
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Feels like a football being pulled away after promises upon promises to hold it still.
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Yep, they will say anything and use any rules they can as a cudgel against the Dems. No shame, no care about being called out, no morels as long as they gain or retain power to do what they desire.
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When the price of Apathy is so high the majority can no longer afford it, or when the value of their life is so much lower then their hatrid of their oppressors.
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Now he just needs to turn those sharp words into actions and actually DO something!
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Oh, and Costco is THE BEST. They will always have my business.
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Self checkout is one of my biggest annoyances! I worked my way through highschool and college doing retail. Now, to avoid paying people, i have to do that job. But they didnt like how people were, so now I have cameras shoved in my face at the same time. Home Depot is the worst of them!
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Of course they did, they are corrupt liars who have no shame and dont care if they are seen as hypocrites. Now starts the back peddling, excuses, and gaslighting. We (meaning everyone not also corrupt) need to constantly call them out on it, and call out anyone who goes along with it.
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All districts should be in play. Primary any Dem who got rich in Congress, voted to help the corrupt GOP in any way, or isnt doing anything substantial to stand up to his administration (and strongly worded letters dont count). Down with corruption, 'playing nice' and apathy.
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Yes purity test please, either they are for their actual constituents and 'we the people' or for the corporate elite. If the latter, get primaried, get out, and get lost!
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Or if Reagan didnt negotiate with Iran to keep the hostages until he became president.
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Oh absolutely, i'm just noting the wordplay they use to make the idiots who believe Fox vote against their own interests.
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I dont remember him saying anything about waste, fraud, or abuse, just "Spending". So in that aspect he was being truthful; they will cut "spending"...in the form of services.
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"read it and learn" they dont need to learn. Knowledge is not what is lacking, empathy is.