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calimary

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8. Well, he sure is making it work in his own state.
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 11:05 PM
Jun 2019

Last edited Wed Jun 5, 2019, 05:08 PM - Edit history (1)

As a new grandma, I worry more than ever about what kind of planet she (my granddaughter) and all the other little babies in her generation will have.

Good Grief how fucking shortsighted things are being run these days!

I’m sorry it’s come to this, but it’s clearer and clearer to me that all the jobs in the world and all the affordable health care in the world won’t mean squat if our planet is burning up.

Those in denial seem also to be primarily GOP, conservative, dismissive of science, and against immigration and immigrants - especially those who don’t look or talk like them. The accelerating climate crisis is going to render more land uninhabitable, which is going to create legions more homeless who will be driven to migration - and where are they going to go? And too many people in a position to start doing something definitive about it refuse to accept the reality of the crisis. And there tends to be far more of that head-in-the-sand attitude among the GOP than among the Dems.

Yet another reason why we can’t lose hope or let ourselves get discouraged. We HAVE TO stay engaged and vote like our lives depend on it. Our planet’s life certainly does.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
She also reminds me of the trust-buster Teddy Roosevelt DemocracyMouse Jun 2019 #1
Bookmarking. calimary Jun 2019 #2
Warren/Inslee? Why not? DemocracyMouse Jun 2019 #4
Well, he sure is making it work in his own state. calimary Jun 2019 #8
I hear you deeply DemocracyMouse Jun 2019 #22
the progressive candidate with understanding of the problem, not just leftie sloganeering nt msongs Jun 2019 #3
She's refreshingly rational! (But explains things clearly with good ol' fashioned verve) DemocracyMouse Jun 2019 #5
This is why she actually could win. Tariffs and anti-immigration are responses to globalization. marylandblue Jun 2019 #6
You make a couple of excellent points. Blue_true Jun 2019 #17
If "economic patriotism" is close to "America First," that got us trump, not interested. Hoyt Jun 2019 #7
What's wrong with wanting more jobs to stay in this country? Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #9
She says she's not for or against tariffs. I'm sorry, America has taken more of it's Hoyt Jun 2019 #11
I'm obviously not "America First". Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #13
I agree. I would like her to provide details, but I don't like "economic patriotism." Hoyt Jun 2019 #15
I think she's just trying to make progressive capitalism (Stiglitz) sound patriotic DemocracyMouse Jun 2019 #24
Tariffs are not a good thing, and the trade wars that result end in disaster. I agree that still_one Jun 2019 #10
Exactly. Hoyt Jun 2019 #12
U was pretty much agreeing with what you just stated Hoyt. We are on the same page still_one Jun 2019 #16
tariffs are a good idea if done longterm through congress not presidential decree yaesu Jun 2019 #20
They have a dismal history. They always lead to more expensive goods to consumers, and either full still_one Jun 2019 #21
Who is arguing 'economic patriotism is close to America First' other than you? LanternWaste Jun 2019 #31
I'm claiming it, mostly from what it is, and Warren and Sanders' Hoyt Jun 2019 #32
President Obama compares Elizabeth Warren to Sarah Palin's "death panel" scare tactics riverine Jun 2019 #14
Saw and met her tonight in Lansing. She talked at length about her plans. UrbScotty Jun 2019 #18
Exactly. We cannot simply assume the 'free market' is benign, PatrickforO Jun 2019 #19
She's my Senator Green Line Jun 2019 #23
She's busy trying to research and write policies which can improve the country DemocracyMouse Jun 2019 #25
Please Green Line Jun 2019 #26
I just called two of Warren's offices, one in Mass., the other in DC. Real helpful people answered. DemocracyMouse Jun 2019 #29
I LOVE BlueMTexpat Jun 2019 #27
K&R backtoblue Jun 2019 #28
Someone was concerned about not being able to reach Warren's people... DemocracyMouse Jun 2019 #30
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