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In reply to the discussion: I'm 78. I did not want my last years to be like this. [View all]Toorich
(391 posts)the rethug swine wanted to own it all back in the Nixon days.
All I can say is what was said before our time back in the dust bowl
and Great Depression days - Organize!!!!
Go to the retirement homes and charm the single residents. Take them out to lunch and out to vote.
Talk with youngsters about saving the world starting with a vote for a progressive candidate at city, state and
federal level.
Bitching can help let off a little steam but doing a little work every day toward our vision of a proper and good
world is what we must do.
I think our generation got lazy and complacent. We gave up the "fairness doctrine" of our airwaves without a fight. We did nothing while the rethugs played their long game and bought up radio and local newspapers and TV stations.
They stole the G.I. Bill and veterans healthcare and military retirement. They broke the unions with great wages and that great health insurance and retirement benefits. They shipped the jobs to cheap labor countries. They want to steal the United States Postal Service and Social Security.
Trof, never give up a goddamn inch to the bastards!!!