When I see this photo, I think to myself, "what the hell happened to us"?

This use to be us. It's like we're living in some sort of alternative universe.

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Bulldog doesn't like his new sweater

His friends in the dog park will tease him, "hey look, there's Waldo!"

German Shepherd Refuses To Give Dad His Paw

Since WWII, there has not been one war that we've fought where diplomacy would have worked better.

better. Looking at the trailer for Ken Burns' upcoming documentary on Vietnam got me to thinking about all of the wars we've fought since WWII, and I don't think that there was one war that we fought that could have handled much better with diplomacy and negotiation.

The most egregious example was the first Gulf War in 1990. There was absolutely no reason at all to fight that war, and doing so has lead to other wars and terrorist attacks.

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The only thing that the DNC respects is power.

Until left leaning groups/leaders (The Green Party, Jill Stein, Nina Turner, Cornell West, Ralph Nader, etc.) can actually register voters, field candidates, and win major elections (statewide and federal) on a regular basis, then and only then will the Democratic party move left. You have to demonstrate real political power to get them to take you seriously.

However, to get that political power takes hard work and dedication. Left leaning groups would have to leave the bucolic college campuses and organize the average American. They'd have to go to small towns, rural environments, the suburbs, and the urban areas. It's not enough to go on MSNBC and throw shade on the Democratic party establishment.

Right now the best that left leaning groups can do is spoil elections which has the opposite effect. It makes the party move more to the right to pick up lost votes.

If Trump goes to jail, will he still get Secret Service protection there?

If so, how would that work exactly?

So what exactly are Jill Stein and the Green party doing in between presidential elections?

Are they building a grass roots political organization by registering voters across the country? No.

Are they fielding candidates for local, state, and federal elections? No.

Are they reaching out to dissatisfied voters and forming a political organization? No.

In short, they are doing absolutely NOTHING to become a political force in America except when it comes to presidential elections where they can garner a piece of the political spotlight most by siphoning off votes from the Democrats.

Olivia Newton John - "Have you never been mellow?"