poochpest.bsky.social
Traveling from Then to Now, I'm looking for ways to explain how a simple world, appearing complex, is still simple. Trust Yourself. Not the famous, rich, glamorous, lionized or glorified.
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Bad!
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They are minors. Don't give them the keys, don't let them play with each other. Separate, segregate and they will turn on each other. Just the same way you interrogate all criminals.
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Nah, they use those talking points for votes and distraction.
Eyes on the prize.
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When your financial analyst advises to "diversify your portfolio," that holds true for our society as well. Diversification gives us stability throughout society.
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I know, but there needs to be a. cultural change in America and the world.
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They have money. We have votes. But just as someone with money, has to be persuaded to use money, people with votes have to be persuaded to vote.
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It has to grow, and it has to be everywhere.
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"Are you not answering to avoid lying under oath?"
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Did we ever believe that a party that lies, a head of state who is a liar, wouldn't openly lie?
A fair interview question, following any of their proclamations, justifications, and obfuscations is: "Is that a lie?"
Non-answers, as happening in cabinet nomination hearings, should be met with
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Jen, congratulations on your new venture. With all due respect, my values have been "conservative" for much of my life, but refused to vote for Republicans for economic reasons. That has now extended to my belief in fairness, accountability, democracy and Truth.
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Make this a referendum on Musk and Republicans. The responsibility shouldn't be placed on the ineffectual mouthpiece of the Republican Party.
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Creativity is not Republican.
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The idea is, representatives are most vulnerable because they need to run every two years. Senators up in next election are vulnerable. Make them aware.
Talking when you walk your dog, throw out garbage, at school PTA meetings, will scare them. Let them know as often as possible.
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Start by stating how they voted on a bill (or for senators, how they voted on confirmation of Hegseth, Gabbert, Kennedy, whomever). This establishes that you know. Then state what you want - vote against indiscriminate cuts. THEN, tell the staffer, that you've been talking at church, neighborhood.
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When people ask: What can be done? Work the edges. Don't be distracted. Eyes on the prize.
Look at each vote, from your representative and from each senator. Focus on YOURS.
Start a list of their votes. Then call their office once a week. Leave the message with their staff.
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Point to every person who didn't vote: the answer to inequality is not MORE inequality. Musk is not more "special" than me. Neither is Trump. Neither are Republicans.
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Sometimes it is easier to talk about the dangers of not looking, after you cart someone to the hospital.
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The entire concept of economics is Society. ALL of society. Animals don't use or need economics and don't rely on others outside of their immediate circle. We do.
Any idea of exclusion, lack of Diversity, is antithetical to any Economy. 8 billion is greater than Me, Myself and I.
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Don't put him in a room with me.
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We are taught to avoid confrontation, and to not speak about sex, religion or politics. These people raised the topics, knowing people would not confront them. Their words and actions rely on not being confronted. Confront.
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Their words and gestures and actions are empty - unless WE give them power.
Our Freedoms must be spoken for and fought for every single day. In our society, we stay away from topics of sex, religion and politics. They didn't while many turned away uncomfortable.
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Respect. Trump doesn't respect anyone or anything other than demanding that elusive respect for himself. Republicans believe that being Republican, bestows or bequests respect.
The actions and words of all of us, IS our Respect defined, and determines whether we SHOULD BE respected.
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I may be an outlier or an outlaw, but I have never automatically "respected" anyone. Title, fame, power, looks, money, doesn't matter. But Respect has to be earned every day. Knowledge, caring, comprehension, imagination, creativity, and the process of getting there. We started by giving improper
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I never needed anyone like Trump to spur me to consider.
That consideration, and realization has been with me a lifetime. I do not automatically respect anyone more than myself. Respect is earned every day, by every person. It is not bequeathed or bestowed.
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Yes.
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Putin's hand stinks.
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We imagined Trump, but millions didn't, and now they want salvation.
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This Idiot is an idiot. And every person who has been voting for Republicans for 40 years has some responsibility.
I talked to professional drivers, people who walk to get around, and no one likes costs, but EVERYONE loves the benefits.
Don't try to include everyone in your f*ck ups.
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Nah! I think at some point we all may have considered, but I would rather argue with a Socialist about socialism than argue with a Republican about Capitalism.
Without a Society, we don't need an economy. Birds, Bees, Flowers, Trees, Dogs and Cats demonstrate that to us daily.
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You have to love when people see, and know, the subtle differences in our worlds, and they can appreciate them.
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Are you knitting the Fabric of Society? 🙉🙈🙊🤣
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I talk to people who are NOT like me. They all think they disagree, but none ever have.
The Hardest thing to change, is our mind.
The Easiest thing to change, is our mind.
Think about that.
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Thank you for your mentality.
I am often thought to be a negative person. I am not.
I am a "Process," person. HOW do we address, confront, a problem? I was on Franklin St. in Tribeca on 9/11. But Chicago was being rebuilt after the 1800s Fire within 12 hours. Drive He Said.
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Continue to educate. There are 8 Billion people on earth. You can't get tired of repeating something they need to learn.
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I always question why people buy insurance without understanding the concept of insurance. Broaden the base, and cover all. (I passed an insurance test with huge scores but could stand the con).
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Mark, the arguments against Republican elections, Republican rule is esoteric. Most people don't understand business, economics, just eggs, gas, lies.
I am "conservative" but I would never vote for a Liar, in my family, my friends or my employers, co-workers or clients. Decide who we are.
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Republicans CANNOT win any election without lying about what they have done, are going to do, or their "Concept of a Plan." Stop considering voting for Republicans unless you can positively justify voting for a person. The chances you give them are 2025.
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For 40 years, we have been voting for Republicans. Republicans with integrity went out with the Civil War in the 1860s. Teddy Roosevelt left the Republican Party because they wouldn't rein in the Trusts (corporations). Hoover refused to do anything in the early 1930s. Republicans.
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Is that the book about the Great White Dick?
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We measure the wrong things.
It isn't the size. It's how it is used. Everyone will tell you that.
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He"said."
I told this on the campaign:
"do you know what $1B is?"
"$1B is 20,000 people making 50K a year. If a billionaire needs toilet paper, how much toilet paper will a billionaire buy?"
"If 20,000 people need toilet paper, how much will 20,000 people buy?"
THAT is an economy.
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Make the kids MAKE dimsum. They'll appreciate it more than putting on an overcoat. Or else you'll have a bunch of chefs messing up your kitchen!😱🙀🤣
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What YOU are doing, is what needs to be done. Tell Americans and let Americans tell Trump. Keep highlighting every small battle that Americans fight from behind every tree and rock, from Lexington to Concord, down the road leading to Omaha and Peoria.
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Don't tell Trump. Tell America and let America tell Trump.
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What? The Small Duck?
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😱🙀🤣
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There are two other words beginning with "I" they could have used: "Idiotic," and "Insipid."
If writers don't know the most accurate way to define something, the need to be re-educated.
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If he had read "The Art of War," he would know that wars are fought with Intelligence, not weapons. But he's a Republican. Born and Raised. Dumb as the day he was born.