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Chainfire

(17,308 posts)
17. What Democracy? Put your, and my, opinions on a scale opposite a fat check and see which way
Sun Mar 27, 2022, 07:27 PM
Mar 2022

the balance falls.

We had the start on making our government work for the people when we ended the war in Viet Nam, but we let it get away from us, we let the bad guys take over, and now we will not retrieve it with our opinions or our votes.

Look at where we have been, look at where we are today and you can predict where we will be tomorrow. We are moving away from Democracy at an alarming pace. Expressing an opinion is fine and I am glad that we can do that today, but who knows about tomorrow. They are burning books and trying to end legal abortions, hate is becoming mainstream, unrestricted gun laws are blossoming, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, we have lunatics in the House of Representatives and Nazis marching in the streets.

I is going to take more than expressing opinions to put us back on the right path.

Assuming Merrick Garland Does Anything With The Referral nt SoCalDavidS Mar 2022 #1
That may be the time for inherent contempt and hold her in the bowels of the capitol. Bev54 Mar 2022 #2
What showdown? SoonerPride Mar 2022 #3
Isn't it sad to know that Bettie Mar 2022 #4
It is indeed sad SoonerPride Mar 2022 #5
I was told to be patient, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #12
It would certainly be an interesting and sticky situation Walleye Mar 2022 #6
We have no choice in the matter of whether or not these things go unsnswered. Chainfire Mar 2022 #10
So we should just give up? Walleye Mar 2022 #11
Give up doing something about it or give up talking about it? Chainfire Mar 2022 #14
I think in a democracy forming and expressing an opinion is participation Walleye Mar 2022 #15
What Democracy? Put your, and my, opinions on a scale opposite a fat check and see which way Chainfire Mar 2022 #17
Well, the young people are going to have to step up. I'm too old to do much more fighting Walleye Mar 2022 #18
Me too, but there is a tradition that goes back thousands of years that old men send Chainfire Mar 2022 #22
I have said that when Hillary lost I felt like my whole life had been for nothing Walleye Mar 2022 #24
I know exactly what you mean! Chainfire Mar 2022 #25
So many cynics said we would never live to get Social Security and then it would be broke Walleye Mar 2022 #26
I don't see the benefit of interviewing those feeding the criminal cabal bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #7
From the emails I would say she was a part of it and helping to orchestrate , not just feeding it. Autumn Mar 2022 #8
ginny says F.U. -- orleans Mar 2022 #9
Has anyone actually seen Clarance Thomas Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #13
Good question. But I think he's just messing with us Walleye Mar 2022 #16
He maybe trolling us Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #19
Thomas might rule on it, but doubt he'll be in majority. Hoyt Mar 2022 #20
indeed but the very fact he might will be telling. drray23 Mar 2022 #21
Don't like Thomas, but the SC ought to include people Hoyt Mar 2022 #23
I would think that after this his rulings will all be suspect Walleye Mar 2022 #27
call the question! bringthePaine Mar 2022 #28
Starting to sound like... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author bringthePaine Mar 2022 #30
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