It's like President Grant had a window to the 21st Century. There is Trump with "a bible" in front of St. John's and the fact that 7 of the Supremes are Catholic. He further nailed it by talking about ignorant racists, superstition, and ambition being the foes of our democracy. That is proof that no one ever needed FOX "News' to bring out this side of humans. We'll always be animals in need of overcoming our nature. The majority of us want to, so It's time we take charge and own the responsibility of doing the right thing for the sake of our country.
On a footnote, a great place to visit is Galena, IL; it's a trip back in time. One of Grant's homes is there as well as the De Soto House where Lincoln stayed and gave a speech. Also, Grant's struggle with cancer and his fight to stay alive to finish his autobiography is very touching. He did it all so his beloved family could have the money they needed to live with dignity. He was one of those heroes with no illusions.
Thom, thank you for another fascinating and informative lesson about what has happened over the years to our nation, and how it has resulted in where we are today. Since Reconstruction, the root cause of our democracy's difficulties has only been strengthened with a series of legal fictions (like in 1886, 1976, 1978, and 2010) that have cemented oligarchic control over our public sector decision-makers. Whether it was the slave masters, or those who accumulated monopolistic power with money, war, railroads, carbon, healthcare, etc., oligarchs will continue to exploit their power over our government to serve their own interests at the expense of our fellow citizens. (And they will continue to make sure enough of us remain poorly educated by leveraging the best propaganda ever devised by man, otherwise they will lose their favorite wedge issue of racism.) The good news is that there is a proven strategy to sever the domination that the oligarchs hold over our elected officials. The bad news is that it will be hard to do.
It's like President Grant had a window to the 21st Century. There is Trump with "a bible" in front of St. John's and the fact that 7 of the Supremes are Catholic. He further nailed it by talking about ignorant racists, superstition, and ambition being the foes of our democracy. That is proof that no one ever needed FOX "News' to bring out this side of humans. We'll always be animals in need of overcoming our nature. The majority of us want to, so It's time we take charge and own the responsibility of doing the right thing for the sake of our country.
On a footnote, a great place to visit is Galena, IL; it's a trip back in time. One of Grant's homes is there as well as the De Soto House where Lincoln stayed and gave a speech. Also, Grant's struggle with cancer and his fight to stay alive to finish his autobiography is very touching. He did it all so his beloved family could have the money they needed to live with dignity. He was one of those heroes with no illusions.
Thom, thank you for another fascinating and informative lesson about what has happened over the years to our nation, and how it has resulted in where we are today. Since Reconstruction, the root cause of our democracy's difficulties has only been strengthened with a series of legal fictions (like in 1886, 1976, 1978, and 2010) that have cemented oligarchic control over our public sector decision-makers. Whether it was the slave masters, or those who accumulated monopolistic power with money, war, railroads, carbon, healthcare, etc., oligarchs will continue to exploit their power over our government to serve their own interests at the expense of our fellow citizens. (And they will continue to make sure enough of us remain poorly educated by leveraging the best propaganda ever devised by man, otherwise they will lose their favorite wedge issue of racism.) The good news is that there is a proven strategy to sever the domination that the oligarchs hold over our elected officials. The bad news is that it will be hard to do.