I could have gone with 'Outraged', but that feeling has been with me since Donald Trump was elected president. I was hoping when Biden became president things would mellow out. As I have found out since his election there will be no peace in the United States until the GOP comes to their senses or is it possible they will never come to their senses. Yes, I did go with 'Grateful to be alive' because I am. At 74 years old and living through the Covid pandemic (so far) and all the grief the GOP has been spooning down our throats..I am 'Grateful to be alive'!
I found myself once again yelling at my computer screen as I read the Dobbs majority opinion. One of the many things that struck me was the majority's insistence on States' rights and letting "the people" decide about abortion with their right to vote. And yet this same majority has eviscerated that right to vote at every opportunity, including supporting gerrymandering, gutting the Voting Rights Act, and making corporations "people" for purposes of election financing. Dobbs is a decision by predominantly white men, based on historical decisions by white men, supporting States rights in States run by white men in office due to gerrymandering, voter suppression, and political corruption.
The wealthy and their corpoations have been planning all of this from the day Rooosevelt died, and we have been dumbly sitting around thinking everything was ok, and playing with our RV’s and other toys, all the while “they” have been sticking it to us! It’s time to wake up American, Change it or lose it!!!
Although I didn't pay a lot of attention to all things political until Trump started to run for president, I have avoided hands-on participation in that system, hoping my donations would be enough. Now that we're faced with this outrageous reversal of human rights for women, I am ready to protest -- even as I wear my orthopedic shoes to the march!
So very annoyed that Injustice Thomas is still on the bench, with his insurrectionist wife and his general racism and stupidity. I'm afraid that the other 5 Injustices will follow Thomas's lead and start wiping out not only the Right of Privacy, which goes back hundreds of years in the Common Law, but everything that's been built on it, like right to use contraception, right to same-sex marriage, and so on and so on.
These anti-big government Republicans are going to bring big government into every facet of our lives, our homes, our bedrooms.
If the majority on the Supreme Court is going to act against anything not specificaly mentioned in the Constitution, I can't help to note that women are not mentioned....
At 75 yrs old I should have gone with "Grateful To Be Alive" but I went with "Outraged!" We could only choose one. When something of great value is taken from you, the improper response is outrage and anger. I feel outrage and anger. The "rule of law" is an Ideal. Virtue is an Ideal. Equality is an Ideal. The recent action of the SCOTUS is a destruction of all of those Ideals, and I am Outraged. There is a protest at noon today in downtown Ft Worth that I am going to. It's gonna be 104 degrees. That ain't smart; that is Outrage! Most Republicans have no idea what is being stolen from them. On our "slow walk to autocracy," they will slowly discover what has happened. Putin fully understands the psychology of "Social Proof." (Influence ~Robert Cialdini). Trump has never heard of it but is an avid practitioner of lt. It is an old survival technique we learned from the herd animals that came before us. Yes, we are still scared and run-in herds for safety. And we call ourselves exceptional.
I do believe in the lessons of history that I learned. Any event, natural or created by humans, has its effects. The alienation of the Supreme Court, its divorce from the interests of the American public, will recoil and one way or another, its losing credibility with the nation will cost dearly.
I lived and worked in Belgium 1989 -2016, am now retired in Spain. Having become completely used to EU politics and attitudes, I look at the US and truly wonder what has happened to the nation. Seems it has been hijacked.
Outrage makes me tired. I take medication for the depression. I am certainly glad to be alive in order to fight the good fight. I’m working on getting charged up but being gentle with myself. I turned 21 the year Roe was decided. My daughters are probably too old for abortion. However, there are two precious granddaughters and all of my female students over 30 years of my career as an elementary teacher.
Nervous fatigue has also set in here in the UK with transport strikes,airports chaos and a government so bereft of ideas that it is outsourcing its migrant problems to Rwanda.The good news is that electors are not being fooled by spin anymore.Can we send Trump and Johnson to a desperately poor developing nation for their retirement?
Good morning all. Dr Reich, I believe the term that was escaping you this morning is "sacred cow." My regards to and sympathy for the women who have been disenfranchised by this "Dred Scott, episode II" SCOTUS. As with the LGBT community, I realize I have no personal standing on those issues. However, my >legitimate< outrage and disgust is with how the whole process has played-out since the '80s, and the most recent years in particular. >It has all< flown in the face of what we've >all< been led to believe we're entitled to as US citizens, making a mockery of "Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Happiness." It seems that a powerful faction of the population find their happiness in "Schadenfreude," justifying themselves by hiding behind religious & economic holy books, while brandishing deadly firearms to make themselves feel safe. (We all >know exactly< why they believe they need personal protection. >So do they!<)
On a jollier note, I tip my coffee to Ms Lofthouse in saying: "Glad you're alive, too, Dr Reich! "Live Long and Prosper!"
When I was 12 I had a best friend who I will only refer to as M. We went to school and church together. Her father was a deacon in our church. Little did anyone know that her dirtbag father was having sex with her - until he impregnated her. She never even told me and I'm sure he threatened her with punishment if she did. When my parents caught wind of this I was forbidden to see her. I didn't understand it then, but I know now my parents were protecting me. I never saw her again and I'm sure she was sent away to have the baby. This was just about the time Roe v Wade became law. Since yesterday, I've had a vile taste in my mouth. NO ONE should be able to dictate the health of a woman. This is a very sad day for an alleged democracy - quite simply, we are now a banana republic. I have lost faith in government and can only wonder what they'll destroy next: gay marriage, obamacare et al.
I could have gone with 'Outraged', but that feeling has been with me since Donald Trump was elected president. I was hoping when Biden became president things would mellow out. As I have found out since his election there will be no peace in the United States until the GOP comes to their senses or is it possible they will never come to their senses. Yes, I did go with 'Grateful to be alive' because I am. At 74 years old and living through the Covid pandemic (so far) and all the grief the GOP has been spooning down our throats..I am 'Grateful to be alive'!
VOTE!!!
I found myself once again yelling at my computer screen as I read the Dobbs majority opinion. One of the many things that struck me was the majority's insistence on States' rights and letting "the people" decide about abortion with their right to vote. And yet this same majority has eviscerated that right to vote at every opportunity, including supporting gerrymandering, gutting the Voting Rights Act, and making corporations "people" for purposes of election financing. Dobbs is a decision by predominantly white men, based on historical decisions by white men, supporting States rights in States run by white men in office due to gerrymandering, voter suppression, and political corruption.
The wealthy and their corpoations have been planning all of this from the day Rooosevelt died, and we have been dumbly sitting around thinking everything was ok, and playing with our RV’s and other toys, all the while “they” have been sticking it to us! It’s time to wake up American, Change it or lose it!!!
Although I didn't pay a lot of attention to all things political until Trump started to run for president, I have avoided hands-on participation in that system, hoping my donations would be enough. Now that we're faced with this outrageous reversal of human rights for women, I am ready to protest -- even as I wear my orthopedic shoes to the march!
So very annoyed that Injustice Thomas is still on the bench, with his insurrectionist wife and his general racism and stupidity. I'm afraid that the other 5 Injustices will follow Thomas's lead and start wiping out not only the Right of Privacy, which goes back hundreds of years in the Common Law, but everything that's been built on it, like right to use contraception, right to same-sex marriage, and so on and so on.
These anti-big government Republicans are going to bring big government into every facet of our lives, our homes, our bedrooms.
If the majority on the Supreme Court is going to act against anything not specificaly mentioned in the Constitution, I can't help to note that women are not mentioned....
At 75 yrs old I should have gone with "Grateful To Be Alive" but I went with "Outraged!" We could only choose one. When something of great value is taken from you, the improper response is outrage and anger. I feel outrage and anger. The "rule of law" is an Ideal. Virtue is an Ideal. Equality is an Ideal. The recent action of the SCOTUS is a destruction of all of those Ideals, and I am Outraged. There is a protest at noon today in downtown Ft Worth that I am going to. It's gonna be 104 degrees. That ain't smart; that is Outrage! Most Republicans have no idea what is being stolen from them. On our "slow walk to autocracy," they will slowly discover what has happened. Putin fully understands the psychology of "Social Proof." (Influence ~Robert Cialdini). Trump has never heard of it but is an avid practitioner of lt. It is an old survival technique we learned from the herd animals that came before us. Yes, we are still scared and run-in herds for safety. And we call ourselves exceptional.
I do believe in the lessons of history that I learned. Any event, natural or created by humans, has its effects. The alienation of the Supreme Court, its divorce from the interests of the American public, will recoil and one way or another, its losing credibility with the nation will cost dearly.
6 alt. right religious zealot radicals, these are NOT conservatives.
I lived and worked in Belgium 1989 -2016, am now retired in Spain. Having become completely used to EU politics and attitudes, I look at the US and truly wonder what has happened to the nation. Seems it has been hijacked.
Outrage makes me tired. I take medication for the depression. I am certainly glad to be alive in order to fight the good fight. I’m working on getting charged up but being gentle with myself. I turned 21 the year Roe was decided. My daughters are probably too old for abortion. However, there are two precious granddaughters and all of my female students over 30 years of my career as an elementary teacher.
Nervous fatigue has also set in here in the UK with transport strikes,airports chaos and a government so bereft of ideas that it is outsourcing its migrant problems to Rwanda.The good news is that electors are not being fooled by spin anymore.Can we send Trump and Johnson to a desperately poor developing nation for their retirement?
Good morning all. Dr Reich, I believe the term that was escaping you this morning is "sacred cow." My regards to and sympathy for the women who have been disenfranchised by this "Dred Scott, episode II" SCOTUS. As with the LGBT community, I realize I have no personal standing on those issues. However, my >legitimate< outrage and disgust is with how the whole process has played-out since the '80s, and the most recent years in particular. >It has all< flown in the face of what we've >all< been led to believe we're entitled to as US citizens, making a mockery of "Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Happiness." It seems that a powerful faction of the population find their happiness in "Schadenfreude," justifying themselves by hiding behind religious & economic holy books, while brandishing deadly firearms to make themselves feel safe. (We all >know exactly< why they believe they need personal protection. >So do they!<)
On a jollier note, I tip my coffee to Ms Lofthouse in saying: "Glad you're alive, too, Dr Reich! "Live Long and Prosper!"
I hope you had a great birthday Robert. I'm very glad you were born too! So refreshing and with so much knowledge to share. Best, Denise
When I was 12 I had a best friend who I will only refer to as M. We went to school and church together. Her father was a deacon in our church. Little did anyone know that her dirtbag father was having sex with her - until he impregnated her. She never even told me and I'm sure he threatened her with punishment if she did. When my parents caught wind of this I was forbidden to see her. I didn't understand it then, but I know now my parents were protecting me. I never saw her again and I'm sure she was sent away to have the baby. This was just about the time Roe v Wade became law. Since yesterday, I've had a vile taste in my mouth. NO ONE should be able to dictate the health of a woman. This is a very sad day for an alleged democracy - quite simply, we are now a banana republic. I have lost faith in government and can only wonder what they'll destroy next: gay marriage, obamacare et al.