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Shell_Seas

(3,319 posts)
1. I just asked the same question last week...
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 05:03 PM
Jan 2019

I was told that protests are happening all over, but I have not received any emails or seen any social media posts aside from the Women's March last weekend.

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
2. Slow-motion Catastrophes are hard to organize around,
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 05:04 PM
Jan 2019

and the Shutdown was timed and designed to minimize public attention. This started BEFORE the Holidays, and it seemed like it would get resolved. So we did our Holiday things.

Now, we're getting numb to the situation. The planes are still flying, the National Parks are still open.

Where would you focus protests? Mitch and President Asshole seriously DGAF about protests.

marble falls

(56,359 posts)
4. Can you imagine if 380,000 furloughed workers and their supporters went into the street? There'd
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 05:23 PM
Jan 2019

be martial law. We are doing OK with the system right now. Lets give just a bit more time for the House and Mueller yo finish up. It won't be too long and it will be airtight.

marble falls

(56,359 posts)
6. No I am a retired, ex-Navy with a wife retired after 30 years with the CIA. Our lives were and are
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 09:25 PM
Jan 2019

wrapped up around the Federal Government.

But this isn't about paychecks and who is or is not being screwed right this minute. This is about a mutt of a "president" who's willing to to hold any and all of us hostage for $5Billion or so. If we cave for that what will he shut it down for next, ADA? SSI? Medicare/Medicade? VA? Any of those are worth a lot more than $5B.

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