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global1's JournalWhy Is Biden Treating Manchin & Sinema With Kid Gloves?....
Why isn't he calling them on the carpet in the WH and pressing them?
Have The Cable News Shows Become Just A Platform For Promoting And Selling Books?.....
Is this just my cynical attitude of these cable news shows and the talking heads that they employ?
Most every time I tune into cable news - some talking head or show host is promoting their new book. We get little tidbits of salacious info - that are meant to draw one in to purchasing the book to get the so-called - whole story.
Instead of journalists providing us with the news when it actually happens - so action can be taken when it is timely - they seem to be saving the juicy tidbits for their book that they are writing and will be promoting - when the story is old news. It's these juicy tidbits that sell their books. Their publishers like this. Their pocketbooks also like it.
We then wind up finding out - the so-called - real story - after the fact - when the crucial time period for some action to be taken has past.
I long for the days when news was news and journalists did their jobs and really put the fire to the feet of those that make the news and break the laws.
I long for the days of Woodward and Bernstein. Where are our Walter Cronkite's?
I Keep Hearing That Tens Of Thousands Of Afghans Didn't Get Out Of The Country.....
and want to flee.
The question I have - are these Afghans that worked and aided the U.S. during our time in the country - Or - are these just Afghans that don't want to remain in their country under Taliban rule?
A couple of observations:
How does anyone know the numbers of these people? It seems like that can be a made up number depending on the slant that the MSM wants to put on it. The higher the number - the worse it sounds for the Biden Administration. I've heard all kinds of estimates - from the low of 150 people to tens of thousands.
And I can imagine if I was an Afghan - I would fear for what is to come for me in this country under the Taliban rule - and I would want to flee the country as well. We can't possibly evacuate all of Afghanistan.
Ponder This.....
How much money did we spend on this 20yr war in Afghanistan?
Think about what that money could have done with shoring up our infrastructure to prevent the destruction we're seeing in the Northeast.
How long have the Repugs been denying climate change and ignoring the science?
How many 'infrastructure weeks' did we have over the span of TFG's administration - where nothing ever came of them?
This morning I turned to a station on my satellite TV that features all the cable news stations.
All the stations - except Fox - were focused on the Northeast storm damage. Fox was focused on slamming Biden on Afghanistan.
People of the U.S. - wake the hell up. The Repug's and the Right Wing media wants to destroy this country and our democracy.
How much more of this can we take?
Look at how they treat this pandemic. the vaccines. the masks.
Look what is going on across the country with respect to voter suppression and gerrymandering - so that they can cheat to win in 2022 and 2024.
Look at what is going on in Texas with respect to abortion.
Look at how they manipulated SCOTUS in their favor. What about all the other judicial appointments they've made? Everything they do is just another nail in the coffin to our democracy.
Look at the 1/6 insurrection at the Capitol. Look at how they are trying to tell us what we saw happen didn't happen. Look at how they are trying very hard to sabotage the Congressional investigation of that insurrection. What are they hiding?
Again people - wake the hell up. The Repugs must be defeated or we are sunk.
And you Dems in Congress - House and Senate - do your jobs. Do what you promised us you'd do if we elected you. And do it now and fast before it is too late.
One thing you can say about the Repugs - you got to hand it to them. They go full speed ahead and damn the torpedo's when they are trying to destroy us.
We Dems need to take some lessons from them and fight fire with fire. If we continue along the path we're on - we won't be able to 'Stop Their Steal' of our country.
Thank you for letting me vent here. I don't know how much more of this continuous bad news that we deal with every day.
We need to pass the infrastructure bill; the voting rights bill; we need to hold the Repugs accountable for all their crimes; we need to add seats to SCOTUS.
We have a lot of work that needs to be done in a short time. Let's get started.
Friends From Minnesota Visited Us Over The Last Few Days Here In The Chicago Area......
They had tickets to concerts that were cancelled last year due to the pandemic and were recently rescheduled.
We told them that they needed to have their vaccine cards as proof of being vaccinated to enter into these events and they needed to mask up as well.
They went to two venues - one at Wrigley Field and the other at Tinley Park.
I was appalled by their feedback.
They said neither one of the venues asked to see proof of vaccination and neither one made it a requirement that they needed to be masked.
Entering both events - only their event tickets were checked - nothing else. No pandemic related checks and no passing through any types of airport style detectors.
I was totally surprised in hearing this as I thought that Illinois was doing a good job at minimizing 'super spreader' events.
I'm getting more and more frightened at the attitude of people in general about this pandemic and the delta variants and related spike in cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
It's almost like people don't care anymore and are willing to risk everything to give them some semblance of normalcy in their lives.
I know that I'm doing everything I could to protect myself - but its the other people that you have to worry about.
I'm beginning to look at it like - everyone is out to get/kill me. It's like Russian Roulette out there now. We're in the Covid Casino and we're gambling with our lives.
Help!!!!
We Need To Counter "The Big Lie" With "The Big Truth".....
We all know that "The Big Lie" is just that - a lie. The 2020 election was not stolen. It is a figment of TFG's & Repugs imagination. They made it up. It didn't happen.
Now I believe that the Dems need to counter 'the big lie' with "The Big Truth".
The Big Truth can be based on fact and actual goings on in the States around this country that are modifying laws to allow them to cheat with all sorts of voter suppression activities, gerrymandering and voter purges.
We don't have to lie. We just tell the truth about what TFG & the Repugs have up their sleeve and back it up with the facts. The 'truth' and the 'facts" are our saving grace.
The Repugs can't counter with any facts surrounding "The Big Lie" they are perpetrating. They don't have any facts to back up their 'big lie'.
We can show in black and white exactly how the Repugs are rigging the voting system and elections so that they - in fact - can steal the election. We can point out the States that are doing the rigging. We can pinpoint the gerrymandering that they are doing. We can illustrate just what the Repugs have up their sleeves. The Repugs have no counter to the truth. They can't handle "The Big Truth".
If we mount a major "The Big Truth" campaign. Yes - label it like the Repugs labelled 'the big lie' - and I really believe that we can get the majority of the American Electorate to understand and call out the Repugs and see them for what they are.
Such a campaign needs to be as relentless as their 'big lie' campaign. And we must use the tag line of "The Big Truth" as much as we can in order for it to sink in. We need to make the tagline "The Big Truth" as ubiquitous as the Repugs made "The Big Lie".
I know we are the ones that call it "The Big Lie". That term is so ingrained in the minds of the American People now because the Repugs & TFG keep the lie alive every chance they get. We Dems need to use the same tactic to make "The Big Truth" as ubiquitous.
We need to turn "The Big Lie" into "The Big Truth".
The Covid Casino.....
You bet your life.
It's really bothering me that healthcare office businesses (like - i.e., doctors offices, dental offices, optical offices, clinics, hospitals, etc) are wanting people/patients to take precautions and sign waivers to not hold them responsible if you contract Covide in their care.
And at the same time - they refuse to tell you if all their employees are vaccinated and that they are going out of their way to protect their patients.
These are healthcare practitioners. They undertook their professions to help and care for people and now they are not willing to take responsibility for their so-called care.
I'm calling this the Covid Casino as everyday now with every move we make - we have to take our lives into our hands because other people won't do the right thing and get vaxxed.
I'm sitting here now trying to make a decision if I want to keep my dental appointment at an office that can't and won't tell me if all their people are vaccinated. They are hiding behind HIPPA Law.
I don't think HIPAA Law was created to let healthcare practitioners be able to hide behind it an potentially put their patients in peril.
This pandemic has created another layer of worry every time you decide to leave your house and put yourself in the hands of people that don't care enough about others to do the right thing.
I've Been Having A Hard Time Watching MSNBC As Of Late....
I don't know if I'm just catching watching them at the wrong time - but it looks to me that they are going out of their way to cast blame on Biden or the handling of the evacuation of Afghanistan.
In fact - most of what I'm catching in the MSM seems to take relish on the fact that Biden's poll numbers are dropping because of his handling of this Afghan mess that Trump left him with and also the rise in Covid based on the Delta variant and the fact that Repug's are working against the administrations efforts in dealing with Covid - encouraging anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers.
I'm totally fed up with the news coverage as of late. They are just not treating Biden fairly.
What I really appreciate about Biden and his administration is that they have been very visible, vocal and informative in both cases - the Afghan evacuation and the surge in Covid.
They seem to be going out of their way to keep us informed with the facts. All these so-called talking head experts are always taking unfair shots at Biden.
Touched A Nerve When I Called A Dental Office Today.....
My dentist referred me to a specialist to have them perform a tooth extraction.
I called their office today to find out what cautions they are taking with respect this pandemic.
The lady I talked to indicated everyone has to wear a mask. All patients temps will be taken when they arrive at the practice. They have the waiting room arranged so that patients could properly social distance.
I guess I pushed thing too far when I asked if all the personnel at their dental practice were vaccinated. I was told some are and some aren't - just like what's going on outside their office.
I explained to this lady that I'm 73y/o and consider myself high risk. I'm vaccinated but I'm concerned with breakthrough positive Covid.
I immediately sensed a coldness in this lady's voice - like I was threading into territory that I shouldn't be.
Is it too much to ask that employees of a dental office practice all be vaccinated - especially when they are dealing with open mouth tooth extractions?
Did I overstep my bounds?
Did Afghanistan Have Anything To Do With The Collapse Of The Soviet Union?.....
Wasn't Russia/Soviet Union heavily involved in Afghanistan at the time of its collapse?
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