Can't agree more. The problem is that we have 'the fox guarding the hen house,' and those in power are not going to be willing to change the laws on either money in politics or term limits. We would have to go the route of getting 2/3 of the states to sign a petition, so that these changes could be turned into constitutional amendments.
I will soon be writing about income inequality and race hatred ethnic hatred religious hatred discrimination by Davenport Iowa elected and management.
I had almost finished more detailed note but my phone/substack somehow erased it. Too tired to redo now......I hate it when I spend half an hour writing something and it gets erased when I'm almost finished. I should post...than revise and add....
Glad to see you focusing on wage inequality .....at least in Illinois minimum wage is not $7.25 anymore like it is in Illinois the Federal Government and many of the Confederate States Of America.....
Thanks for posting the photo of Dirksen's home. He was my senator from when I was two (although of course, I had no concept of politics) through my experience of losing the three K's (JFK, MLK and RFK). He was an essential part of my pride of being from the prairie.
Thanks for sharing this - Love the image of Dirksen's home - and the idea of citizen-lawmakers. I think of Lindsey Graham, who has occasional bouts of courage and then returns to his sycophantic ways - perhaps a term-limited Lindsey would have an entire spine.
Miss Lindsey is so far up Trump's behind he'll never grow a spine. Think of him as a remora, always eating the crumbs that fall from the shark's mouth. It was obvious in DJTv1 when he went from denouncing the Orange Menace to sucking up to him at Mar-a-Lago several months after January 6.
My uncle was an Ohio Senator (R) for decades and he lives in a modest 3bed/2bath home in Cincinnati. He fought for the common people and was often called the “only honest politician” in DC (sadly the douche who is our VP now also called him that in his stupid hillbilly book). He was a Republican, but would roll over in his grave if he saw what his party has devolved into now. He also had a regular job as a property appraiser and didn’t rely on his political salary.
We face an existential threat, but we have the tools to overcome. We need first a worthy cause and we have that. We need unity of purpose and harmony of language, We need numbers large enough to have all types and social classes engaged with us. We need commitment to stay our course no matter how bad it gets. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/mentally-impaired-psychopathic-neo?r=3m1bs
In the 1960s Senator Dirksen actually made the Billboard top 40 with a recording of a monologue called "Gallant Men".
Yes! I remember the paper where I used to work writing about that. Isn't that wild?
Can't agree more. The problem is that we have 'the fox guarding the hen house,' and those in power are not going to be willing to change the laws on either money in politics or term limits. We would have to go the route of getting 2/3 of the states to sign a petition, so that these changes could be turned into constitutional amendments.
I will soon be writing about income inequality and race hatred ethnic hatred religious hatred discrimination by Davenport Iowa elected and management.
I had almost finished more detailed note but my phone/substack somehow erased it. Too tired to redo now......I hate it when I spend half an hour writing something and it gets erased when I'm almost finished. I should post...than revise and add....
Glad to see you focusing on wage inequality .....at least in Illinois minimum wage is not $7.25 anymore like it is in Illinois the Federal Government and many of the Confederate States Of America.....
I write in google docs and that works very well for me. I never compose in this platform. I’d be heartbroken to lose my work!
Thanks for posting the photo of Dirksen's home. He was my senator from when I was two (although of course, I had no concept of politics) through my experience of losing the three K's (JFK, MLK and RFK). He was an essential part of my pride of being from the prairie.
Thanks for sharing this - Love the image of Dirksen's home - and the idea of citizen-lawmakers. I think of Lindsey Graham, who has occasional bouts of courage and then returns to his sycophantic ways - perhaps a term-limited Lindsey would have an entire spine.
Miss Lindsey is so far up Trump's behind he'll never grow a spine. Think of him as a remora, always eating the crumbs that fall from the shark's mouth. It was obvious in DJTv1 when he went from denouncing the Orange Menace to sucking up to him at Mar-a-Lago several months after January 6.
My uncle was an Ohio Senator (R) for decades and he lives in a modest 3bed/2bath home in Cincinnati. He fought for the common people and was often called the “only honest politician” in DC (sadly the douche who is our VP now also called him that in his stupid hillbilly book). He was a Republican, but would roll over in his grave if he saw what his party has devolved into now. He also had a regular job as a property appraiser and didn’t rely on his political salary.
We face an existential threat, but we have the tools to overcome. We need first a worthy cause and we have that. We need unity of purpose and harmony of language, We need numbers large enough to have all types and social classes engaged with us. We need commitment to stay our course no matter how bad it gets. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/mentally-impaired-psychopathic-neo?r=3m1bs