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Category Archives: United States
Most Important Speech in American History
About three hours ago, Senator Bernie Sanders gave the most important speech in American History. His speech is unlike those of the Founders who challenged the colonists to envision a free unified people or Lincoln’s who drew the best from … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Being American, Citizenship, Coup d"etat, Democracy, Ethics and Morality, History, Justice, Politics, United States, Vote
Tagged Democracy, Election, Presidential Election, Trump, Vote By Mail, Voter Suppression
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Flowers for RBG
On this day of remembrance I sent flowers to Senators Klobuchar’s and Smith’s local offices in memory for Justice Ginsburg.
Posted in Being American, Democracy, In Memoriam, United States
Tagged Remembering, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Today a shining light of reason and caring died. No person could have come closer to being a force of nature than Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Others will do a much better job of writing her eulogy. Those who knew … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Democracy, Ethics and Morality, History, In Memoriam, Justice, United States
Tagged Liberals, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, social justice, Supreme Court
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9/11 And A Traitor Is President
Today is 9/11. Nineteen years ago, today, the United States was attacked, and 3,000 Americans died. Since then at least another 3,000 have died due to exposure to toxic substances released by the destruction of the Twin Towers. This day … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Blog, Citizenship, Climate Change, Coup d"etat, Democracy, Ethics and Morality, Mental Health, Politics, United States, Vote
Tagged 9/11, Betrayal, Iran, Kurds, NATO, Nuclear Treaty, Putin, Russia, Traitor, Treachery, Treason, Trump, Vote
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Herd Immunity
The Coronavirus has been killing Americans for the last half a year. The United States has the worst outbreak in the world with over 6,100,000 people infected and 186,000 dead. In the next 30 days, infections are forecast to climb … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, COVID-19, Ethics and Morality, Mental Health, Politics, Public Health, United States
Tagged Coronavirus, CoVID-19, Healthcare Providers, Herd Immunity, Hospitalizations, Masks, National ICU capacity, National non-ICU capacity, National Security Council, Psychological Charateristics, PTSD, Safe Distancing, Stay At Home, Trump, Viral Russian Roulette
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I Need A Mind Douche
This week has been a freak show. It began with the latest COVID-19 figures, 180,000 fellow Americans dead and another 5,800,000 infected. If we lived in the 15th century, there would be men pulling carts up and down our streets, … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Being American, Blog, Citizenship, Coup d"etat, Democracy, Mental Health, Nature, Politics, United States
Tagged COIVD-19, Doublespeak, Dr. Caligari, Fascist, Trump
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