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TheMastersNemesis

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Tue Jan 31, 2017, 06:15 PM Jan 2017

My Take Is That Protests Won't Do Any Good In The End. US As We Know It Will Be Smoldering Ruins. [View all]

Everywhere I survey on the net the conservatives and GOP are determined to basically dismantle the entire federal government and turn it over to corporations and the religious right. In fact conservatives and the GOP are privately overjoyed and laughing about really killing 43,000 people a year due to no access to medical care. And 43,000 is conservative. I believe the country will end up in desperate shape unless we can obstruct them somehow.

I do not see any sign of the GOP cracking on their entire agenda. And if you watch Trump and his cronies they are starting to mock the opposition. So I do not know what we do at this point. All I know is that you cannot find a Republican legislator in sight. They are now well into their bunkers.

In Colorado we are getting no response. And if you show up at one of their offices to demonstrate you will get arrested. The electorate is being locked out no matter where you look. With no press to challenge Trump and his lackeys we are in tough shape.

By the time we reach 2018 we WON'T NEED A MILITARY TO PROTECT US. The country will be gone. And anyone in the military will be risking their lives to protect JUST THE RICH AND WEALTHY protected by a totalitarian GOP.

I just want to slap Trump voters silly for what they have done to all of us. I know I have been rightly accused of being pessimistic and on a downer. Lord knows I want like hell to be optimistic and hopeful, but it is so hard after watching the decline since Reagan.

Now I really hope I am wrong and things swing around. I just do not see a lot of movement and I see new completely outragious initiatives appear every day from the state to the national level. And I see no opposition of value from the MSM.

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What if. the greatest generation responded to the Nazi and Pearl Harbor with this attitude. Big Blue Marble Jan 2017 #1
YES! Thank you! elleng Jan 2017 #2
What I Am Saying Is The Resistance Is Going To Have To Double Down On Them. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2017 #3
Nobody said this would be easy. Big Blue Marble Jan 2017 #5
You could also look to American history, the abolitionalists BumRushDaShow Jan 2017 #23
You are so right. Big Blue Marble Jan 2017 #25
Churchill: "Gee, those Germans have so many planes. We'd better give up. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #29
Without the courage of our forbearers, Big Blue Marble Jan 2017 #33
Did you think this was going to be fixed in two weeks? enough Jan 2017 #4
We Have To Find A Way To Get Inside Their Head And Scare The Shit Out Of Them. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2017 #6
even it they make no difference, I can not, will not sit and watch my county burn RazzleCat Jan 2017 #7
The coverage this weekend was amazing and that matters - many people are mobilizing because of them. bettyellen Jan 2017 #8
Your post makes me optimistic. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #9
As we move forward towards April, Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #10
They Have To Understand They Are Not Far From The Rabid Crowd. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2017 #14
It will be the Guardian and Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #16
Cheyenne proverb Runningdawg Jan 2017 #11
I need to get me a book of these! TrekLuver Jan 2017 #34
They may not Sherman A1 Jan 2017 #12
I Sorry I Am Not Terribly Rich. I Would Get The Home Addresses And Private Phones Of GOPPERS. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2017 #13
Some of the means you propound marybourg Jan 2017 #17
I Meant Legal Means. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2017 #18
But he just cancelled a trip to Milwaukee schedule for next Tuesday eleny Jan 2017 #15
From whom are you getting no response? politicat Jan 2017 #19
There are elections EVERY year BumRushDaShow Jan 2017 #20
My old man was blinded in one eye and contacted malaria in the Battle of North Africa. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #21
My father nearly died from malaria in Burma. Big Blue Marble Jan 2017 #27
I carry his wallet sized Honorable Discharge in my wallet. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #28
A treasured memento, I am sure. Big Blue Marble Jan 2017 #30
My dad was in Walter Reed for six months. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #31
What a sacrifice your father made.I Big Blue Marble Jan 2017 #35
Was it Over When the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor? msanthrope Jan 2017 #22
My mom had a hissy fit when my husband used that line once nini Jan 2017 #44
The MSM called him a "liar." They will not stop until he is out of office. McCamy Taylor Jan 2017 #24
It was protests... The_Voice_of_Reason Jan 2017 #26
You can speak for yourself. The only way I'll stop #Resisting is OVER MY DEAD BODY. TrekLuver Jan 2017 #32
what's really the point in posting negative crap like this? bigtree Jan 2017 #36
It's not tne obnoxiousdrunk Jan 2017 #38
Jeez Man ELY08 Jan 2017 #37
I think you're right - you're fucked this time. jmg257 Jan 2017 #39
buck up.. ok to be frustrated and even scared.. but do NOT shut up or stop. FIGHT. nini Jan 2017 #40
Nice advice! Madam45for2923 Jan 2017 #41
I wanted to crawl into a hole last night nini Jan 2017 #42
Me too! Felt awful last night! Madam45for2923 Jan 2017 #43
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