Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked. | |
— Warren Buffett | |
[For most of the last 60 years, all we’ve heard from the Republicans is: “Lower taxes on the rich and require everyone to work for their social safety net “benefits” and America will be a “better” place.” How’s that worked out for the middle and working class American? — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Most Likely Beast |
Memories To Last A Lifetime | |
2020 | Meet Unexpected Success |
Sweet Love | |
2019 | Curing With Salt |
2018 | A Politician With Skills |
And / Or A Genuine Smile | |
2017 | A Lone, Brave Voice… |
2016 | Job Security |
2015 | For I Have Always Lived Violently |
2014 | We Stand !! (I Stand With George) |
Additional Requirements | |
2013 | In The Present Day |
2012 | Feeling It |
2011 | Stretching Science |
Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’
Says The Rich
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Republicans, Swimming, Taxation, Tides, Warren Buffett on December 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »
A General Guideline For Voting In The 2022 Mid-Terms
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged An Incomplete Education, Bedroom Shades, Books, Bugs, Censorship, Democrats, Democrats vs Republicans, Exterminators, Humor, Judy Jones, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Republicans, William Wilson on October 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »
How can you tell if you should be voting Democrat or Republican: | |
Vote Republican if you hire exterminators to kill bugs in your house. | |
Vote Democrat if you step on the bugs. | |
Vote Democrat if you buy books which have been banned somewhere. | |
Vote Republican if you form censorship committees and read the books as a group. | |
Vote Democrat if you eat the fish and game you catch or hunt. | |
Vote Republican if you hang them on a wall. | |
Vote Republican if you keep your bedroom shades drawn (although there is little reason you need to). | |
Vote Democrat if you ought to but don’t. | |
— From “An Incomplete Education“, by Judy Jones and William Wilson | |
[The above quote was posted several years ago, but I’ve recently re-read it, so I’m re-posting it. I would add: | |
Vote Democrat if you believe America should be a representative democracy based on the votes of a majority of the American public. | |
Vote Republican if you believe a theocratic minority (mostly hypocritical) should be able to impose their religious beliefs on the rest of America. | |
— kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Press On |
Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This | |
2020 | AMA |
Still Shiny | |
2019 | Things That Go Bump In The Night |
Hoping I’m Careful | |
2018 | I Must Be Truly Wise |
2017 | My Sensei |
2016 | The Worst Sin |
2015 | Rules Of Thumb |
2014 | A Prayer |
Orange October (IX) – Giants Lose Game 2 In Bullpen Collapse | |
2013 | Complacent Reality |
2012 | Two-minute Sex |
Just Staring, Why? | |
2011 | A World Of Difference |
Why Does ANY Conservative Still Support #45TheTraitor?
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #45IsATraitor, #45TheTraitor, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Conservatives, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Republicans, Rivers on September 24, 2022| 2 Comments »
There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in. | |
— Bishop Desmond Tutu | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | The Mirror Would Know |
Mamasaydobeddyalong | |
2020 | Why #45 Is Always Crying |
Watching #45 Hold A Rally | |
2019 | I Think Reading Books Is A Good Place To Start |
2018 | And Pay In Full |
2017 | If Only |
2016 | Equal Justice |
2015 | Not Enough |
2014 | Are You Even Listening? |
2013 | Namaste |
2012 | Looking Up |
2011 | Et Tu Brute? |
In Less Than 70 Days…
Posted in History, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged 2022 Mid-Term Elections, Congress, Democrats, George Santayana, Memory, Philosophy, Progress, Quotes, Register And Vote, Remembering, Republicans, The Life Of Reason, The Past, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court on September 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. | |
— George Santayana | |
From: “The Life of Reason“ | |
[In less than 70 days, we (the U.S.) will be having our “mid-term” elections. This is typically a referendum on the sitting President and his / her policies. It sometimes results in a change in majority party in the House of Representatives, the Senate – or, less frequently, both. At the moment, both are “controlled” by the Democrats, but it is generally believed the Republicans will “flip” both come November. I believe this will almost certainly happen if Democrats fail to get off their “duffs” and vote – much as they failed to do in the Presidential election of 2016 – which resulted in the election of Trump to President, to Republican control of both sides of Congress (House and Senate) and, ultimately, to Republican control of the Supreme Court. (How has that worked out for us, folks?) | |
Elections have consequences! Register early. Confirm your registration. Talk to your friends and family. Ask them to register AND to vote. And you VOTE, too!! Elections are NOT won by the majority of the people. They are won by the majority who VOTE. Make your voice heard: VOTE! — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | You Really Are |
What You Want | |
2020 | So Far The Only Burden Shifted Has Been The Cost |
Rockin’ The Hammond | |
2019 | The Powers Of Mind |
Day 10: Into Double Digits | |
2018 | Up For Progress |
Day 1.5: Done (For Now) | |
2017 | And Second By Second |
2016 | Bakeries And Coffee Shops |
2015 | Spirit Not Form |
2014 | Sometimes Even Kneeling Seems Insufficient |
2013 | Hobgoblins |
2012 | Got Sleep? |
2011 | Not Another Barren Corner |
Why Today’s “NO” Republicans Can’t Govern
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged American Politics, Philosophy, Quotes, Republicans, Robert M. Pirsig, The Radical Left, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance on September 1, 2022| 1 Comment »
It’s an old split. Like the one between art and art history. One does it and the other talks about how it’s done and the talk about how it’s done never seems to match how one does it. | |
— Robert M. Pirsig | |
From: “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance“ | |
[If you aren’t willing to make “some” compromises, you are not able to govern in a democracy. We’ve known this since (at least) the Greek city states. This is why Republicans are better in opposition than they are when trying to run things. The same would be true for a “radical” left party, if the United States ever developed one. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Back To Paying Dues |
Keep Rollin’ | |
2020 | Diets And Lifestyle Changes |
Pay Attention | |
Just Not Sure, And That’s Okay | |
2019 | The Right Questions |
Day 3: Still Difficult | |
2018 | A Thought For Those Continuing To Support President Trump |
Day 36: Pushing On | |
2017 | Imagining Humor |
2016 | So Go On And Deal With It |
2015 | From A Letter To A Friend |
2014 | Your Part (Here) |
2013 | Complements |
2012 | Sound And Light |
2011 | Two Politicians Visit A Farm… |
2010 | Labor Day And Honorable Men |
Republican Ambling
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Carl Sagan, Human Fallibility, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Republicans, Science on January 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Science is … a way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we’re up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along. | |
— Carl Sagan | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Republican Ambling |
2021 | I’d Argue Wealth, Then Income |
Knock Him Off His Feet | |
2020 | Steppin’… |
2019 | Every Vote Counts |
2018 | Or A President |
2017 | Pleasures |
2016 | Why Not? |
2015 | Je Suis Charlie |
2014 | To The Nines |
2013 | Higher And Truer |
2012 | Life’s Last Question |
2011 | A Single Heartbeat |
A Little Male Humor – WHY MEN SHOULDN’T RETIRE | |
Republican Big Lies On The Internet
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Conspiracies, Fake News, Insanity, Philosophy, Political Lies, Quotes, Republicans, Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance on October 1, 2021| Leave a Comment »
When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event. | |
— Robert M. Pirsig | |
From: “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Republican Big Lies On The Internet |
What Did They Say? | |
2020 | We Are All Fish |
Should We Take Another Reading? | |
2019 | A Dynamic And Adaptable System |
2018 | Speak Your Mind |
2017 | And I Thought It Was Just Me Getting Old |
2016 | One For Whole |
2015 | A Good Present |
2014 | And Your Point Is? |
2013 | Our Never-Ending Task |
Furloughed | |
2012 | More Mature Than I Thought |
2011 | Outlaw’s Music |
Can Do! | |
No Recall
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged 2021 Recall, Democracy, Democrats, Dianne Feinstein, Gavin Newsom, Government, No On The Recall, Politics, Republicans, Voting on September 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
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Above is the image of my proof of vote for our upcoming election (on 14 September 2021), in the attempt to recall the Democratic Governor of California (Gavin Newsom). My mail-in ballot has been received and counted. I voted NO. | |
History has shown us a few rich Republicans can subvert the will of the Democratic majority in California by spending a few million dollars to fund a recall signature petition. Republicans know they can’t win a statewide election during normal voting cycles because Democrats can gear up to inform the populace and then get out the vote. To get around this, Republicans fund recalls during off-cycle years knowing far fewer voters participate in these “spot” elections. And traditionally, the Democrats fail to vote in much larger numbers than Republicans. So, their minority becomes a majority based on poor turnout. | |
The unfortunate thing is that should the Republicans succeed, they will have a good chance to also flip the U.S. Senate if an “elderly” Dianne Feinstein is unable to complete her term. So, a two-fer for a little pocket change (to them)… | |
Stop this blatant attempt to “buy” the governorship of California. Vote NO on the recall!! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Access Is Good |
The Sun Is Shining | |
No Recall | |
2020 | Give Me A Minute To Think About That… |
November 3rd Is Coming! | |
An Eye For An Eye | |
2019 | Is #45 Warning Alabama Again? |
Day 11: 49ers Win | |
2018 | Worry (x2) |
2017 | Still Working |
Gold In The Morning Sun | |
2016 | Power Inside |
2015 | Sometimes I Feel Small |
2014 | It Slipped Away |
2013 | Corollary |
2012 | Working Retired |
2011 | The Web Is Not Authoritative! (Really?) |
Practically Worthless In Every Way
Posted in Family and Friends, Humor, Poems By Me, Poetry, tagged Disney, Faux (Fox) News, Floccinaucinihilipilification, Humor, Mary Poppins, My Poetry, Republicans, The Donald on September 7, 2021| 2 Comments »
A friend posted this word on Facebook and I (jokingly) replied I’d have to use it in a future poem. He replied: He would look forward to it. So (okay), then I had to write a poem / ditty… It’s a joke people! It’s just a joke… (Apologies to Disney and Mary Poppins.) | |
Floccinaucinihilipilification* |
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I knew a few Republicans | |
When I was just a lad, | |
They would call me Democrat | |
And tell me I was bad. | |
And then one day | |
I learned a word | |
That ended their derision, | |
The biggest word | |
They’d ever heard | |
And this is how it’s said… | |
Floccinaucinihilipilification | |
Oh, hum dil a lay ly, | |
Hum dil a lie | |
Hum dil a lay ly, | |
Hum dil a lie | |
I traveled all around the states | |
And every where I went | |
I’d describe Trump Republicans | |
With never a dissent | |
They labeled me Antifa | |
Because we disagreed | |
But they could not pronounce my word | |
Because they could not read | |
Oh, hum dil a lay ly, | |
Hum dil a lie | |
Hum dil a lay ly, | |
Hum dil a lie | |
They’re killing their supporters | |
By saying not to mask | |
They say we can be great again | |
By living in the past | |
Their candidates are laughable | |
Their policies bad jokes | |
They’re labeling us as communists | |
And trying to stop our vote | |
Oh, hum dil a lay ly, | |
Hum dil a lie | |
Hum dil a lay ly, | |
Hum dil a lie | |
Oh, floccinaucinihilipilification | |
Floccinaucinihilipilification | |
[spoken] | |
Over course they could try to say it backwards | |
Which would be… | |
Cation – pilifi – hili – ni – nauci – flocci | |
But that would be as ridiculous as expecting Faux News or The (Donald) Biggest Loser to tell the truth… | |
Now, wouldn’t it? | |
* (pronounced:) fläksəˌnôsəˌnīˌhiləˌpiləfiˈkāSHən/ | |
Noun: the action or habit of estimating something as worthless. | |
I believe the word is actually a combination of latin roots which mean (roughly translated): hairs or fibers of little substance gathered together (like a pilling or a ball of lint). | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Practically Worthless In Every Way |
It Never Was | |
Frustrating Incentive | |
2020 | You Too? |
Six Degrees | |
2019 | A Branching Stream |
Day 9: One Day At A Time | |
2018 | Pity The Nation (Part 2) |
Day 1: Redux | |
2017 | Good Blogs, Too |
2016 | My Prediction For #AmnestyDon |
2015 | Worth A Try |
2014 | I’m Feeling It |
2013 | May I Have A Little More, Please? |
2012 | Increasing Doubt |
2011 | You Can’t Touch This |
Why Do Republicans Seek To Destroy American Democracy?
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Aggressive Civilizations, American Democracy, Capitol Insurrection, Carl Sagan, Joint Chiefs, National Debt Ceiling, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Republicans on July 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »
In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always. It’s their nature. They can’t help it. | |
— Carl Sagan | |
[Does anybody else remember when being a conservative Republican meant supporting the troops, law and order and an efficient, cost effective government? Now, Republicans criticize the commander of the Joint Chiefs, support insurrection in the Capitol Building and are threatening to ruin the “good faith and credit” of the United States by refusing to raise the debt ceiling. Let’s recall, the current budget (which Congress agreed to) was signed by a Republican President. These are debts the Republicans ALREADY committed to owing when they passed last year’s budget. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Michigan Countdown |
Risk Free | |
2019 | Speak Up / Call Out |
2018 | Does Smiling Count? |
2017 | Giving Much |
2016 | Sounds Like Class |
2015 | Inert Ideas |
2014 | Worth Anything? |
2013 | Bruises Before Bed (Or Why You Didn’t Answer) |
Revealed Riches | |
2012 | Extra Gears |
2011 | Say What? |
2010 | Hello Frogs… |
Why Republicans Are Failing America
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Congress, Government, Knowledge, Loyal Opposition, Philosophy, Plato, Politics, Quotes, Republicans, Statesmen, White House on June 13, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Government can be preserved only by statesmen with knowledge in proportion to their task. | |
— Plato | |
[A “loyal” opposition / minority party, should be working to guide government to better policies through compromise, not fighting to stop EVERYTHING dead in the water. The same is true when you have a unified government in control of both the White House and Congress. A “loyal” majority party should not have to force anything through with no concessions to the minority. The majority party needs to be particularly careful when the dis-loyal minority attempts to force you into these actions. Their purpose is to create a “moral equivalency” to justify their past actions and further / future undemocratic actions when / if the dis-loyal minority ever manages to regain control of the government. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Be More Cattle, Less Hat |
2021 | Why Republicans Are Failing America |
Dreams Come True | |
2020 | Normal Scientific Assumptions |
2019 | Close Change |
2018 | Don’t Break It |
2017 | Representative Government For The 99% |
2016 | Trying To Ignite Ice |
2015 | Or Increasingly Unwilling To Pay For… |
2014 | Returning Time |
2013 | Gentle Invitation |
2012 | Pleading The Insanity Defense |
2011 | Graduations And Conservatives |
The Big Sin | |
There’s Still No Voter Fraud
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Democrats, Evil, Leo Tolstoy, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Republicans, Violence, Voter Fraud on April 6, 2021| 2 Comments »
The evil we use violence against to protect ourselves from is far less evil than the evil we do to ourselves by using violence. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
[Let’s be clear… There is NO evidence of widespread or organized voter fraud in the United States. The laws being passed to “protect” voting in Georgia, Texas, Michigan, etc., are intended to reduce voter turnout by American citizens – specifically by the young, the poor and people of color because these groups are increasing in number and are “tending” / trending to vote Democratic. These laws are being passed because the Republicans understand / believe they no longer have policies which the majority of American voters support. The Republican party would rather deny their fellow citizens the opportunity to vote than change their policies to promote the general welfare and thereby regain the popular support of the American voter. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Beyond Racial Classification |
2021 | There’s Still No Voter Fraud |
Versions | |
2020 | Another Reason #DonTheCon Continues To Lie About The Pandemic |
A Receptive Push | |
2019 | I’m Still Struggling To Rise |
2018 | Once Suddenly Free |
2017 | What Is Childlike |
2016 | The Latter A Lot Quicker Than The Former |
2015 | Notes On My Nightstand |
2014 | Generations |
2013 | Two For One |
2012 | Seen And Heard |
2011 | The Hazards And Vicissitudes Of Life |
Do Senate Republicans Believe In The Constitution And The Rule Of Law (Or Not)?
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #45 - The Loser, American Politics, Free And Fair Elections, Philosophy, Preaching, Quotes, Republicans, St. Francis of Assisi, Walk The Talk, Walking on February 4, 2021| Leave a Comment »
There is no use in walking anywhere to preach if your walking isn’t your preaching. | |
— St. Francis of Assisi | |
[I’m predicting they (the Republicans) talk about “free and fair” elections, but they don’t really believe in them OR support them – especially when a Republican President is willing to use a riot to overturn an election he’s lost. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Modern Republicans Have Long Since Concluded… |
2021 | Do Senate Republicans Believe In The Constitution And The Rule Of Law (Or Not)? |
With Your Red Dress On | |
2020 | Morally Treasonable |
2019 | Lost Again Or Still? |
2018 | Why #LazyDonald Starts Work At 11AM |
2017 | At Least Most Of The Time |
2016 | But Doctor, I Never Learned How To Read |
2015 | Punch The Keys, For God’s Sake! |
2014 | Ouch! |
2013 | Revelations |
2012 | Movies And Juicing |
Brady Gets #4 (Prediction) | |
Happy To Get Up | |
2011 | What About Good Blogs? |
2010 | Slowly, Slowly… |
Democrats Talking To Republicans
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Democrats, Knowledge, Patients, Philosophy, Politics, Preaching, Quotes, Republicans, Richard Clarke Cabot, Truth on January 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Before you tell the “truth” to the patient, be sure you know the “truth,” and that the patient wants to hear it. | |
— Richard Clarke Cabot | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | You Ought To Be Having Fun |
2021 | Democrats Talking To Republicans |
Talkin’ To Myself And Feelin’ Old | |
2020 | You Are Not Late (Yet) |
2019 | Too Difficult To Try |
2018 | Hold Fast |
2017 | The Only Real Security |
2016 | Time Said |
2015 | If Only Common Sense Were More Common |
2014 | PTI |
2013 | What Now, Then? |
2012 | Big C, Little B |
Duty, Honor, Country | |