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Good for Cruz. Of course, his Senate career is over now, not that I think he cares.
Establicans have never wanted Cruz.
>In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell<
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_orwell.html#cTLQxQrfEADBXsuB.99
or militant. breitbart: "fuck you. war!"
Around 10 minutes in he gets his mojo on, but prior to that it’s all over-rehearsed arm waving. Then three minutes later he gets all “the children and blah blah”. Dude needs a little trump in his soul. Just tell it like it is, Brother. This ain’t an audition for a fucking musical, like 1776, it’s time to rock!
>Then three minutes later he gets all “the children and blah blah”<
yea because $100 trillion debt doesn't cause problems for "the fucking children"
Public Image Ltd – Rise
Children whose parents haven’t been born yet, will be paying these bills.
Oh, I’m sure we’ll pull a Greece or a Zimbabwe long before then.
Of course, his Senate career is over now, not that I think he cares.
Why would it be “over”? Do the voters of Texas disagree with him? Or is it that the Turtle kick him off Committees? I don’t think that would go over well with conservatives in Kentucky, and McConnell can be tossed out as Majority Leader if he gets too petulant.
This is the value of Trump.
Mark Levin Show podcast: Friday, 7/24/15
“Mark is joined by Sen. Ted Cruz to expand on his comments against McConnell and the state of our Senate.”
I’m glad he called McConnell out.
But why did it take so long? McConnell has needed calling out for a long time.
Oh. Right. “Senatorial comity.” AKA “fiddling while Rome burns.”
Query: Will anything change? Sadly, I’ve reached the point where I doubt it.
I empathize with your doubt Shermlaw, though it seems to me that arriving at such doubt we might remind ourselves that such situations are made for the emergence of what we speak of as genuine statesmanship, in the sense that genuine statesmen are so very rare, and that as such they do tend to bring along great surprises with them. On the other hand, not being statesmen ourselves, it is exceedingly difficult for us to perceive such a man when he stands before us prior to making plain the surprises he brings. So, on such thin and tenuous grounds, we may harbor some hope yet.
The kraken is rising from the depths, and Tea Party-sympathizers in all 50 statehouses are riding it.
If all you look at is D.C., you miss a lot.
It’s a bit of a funny coincidence that I’d thought to put an example to the “such situations” referred to in my previous comment McG prior to seeing yours, and to use in particular the circumstances necessitating the call to a Convention of the States at Annapolis in 1786, which was so sparsely attended, and the men who were particularly behind that call, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. Oh the places where events may lead, and the men they may discover.
This is the value of Trump.
Except that Trump doesn’t operate with a category called “government corruption” in his calculations. He’s just as willing to exploit a disgusting SCOTUS ruling (Kelo) as a legitimate tax break.
Trump wouldn’t clear out government corruption any more than a pig would clean out its own comfy, filthy sty.
Cruz would.
My point being he doesn’t ring true when he talks about the single mom who doesn’t have a lobbiest and ” blah”. I want him to be more MORE. You know who else does’t have a lobbiest. Me. You. We’re also paying the freight. Not just “the children”. I thought I had a lobbiest when I cast a vote every two years. If you want to lead today, stop dwelling on the future. I like Cruz, but let’s knock off the shit about some future shitstorm, the shitstorm is here and now.
People thought the Civil War was a shitstorm, until they saw Grant’s body count, or the destruction Sherman inflicted on Georgia.
Never assume today is the worst it can possibly be.
I like Cruz, but let’s knock off the shit about some future shitstorm, the shitstorm is here and now.
I have a feeling he’s just getting warmed up. Anyone willing to call McConnell a liar — instead of dropping cryptic, passive-aggressive, plausibly deniable hints — is willing to expose the whole game, bit by bit.
Hell, even RUSH interviewed him on Friday.
As for the shitstorm being now, even Levin confines the shitstorm to the future, as if the debt and unfunded liabilities were the only financial crisis looming.
Beck is about the only one who states flat-out that the Titanic hit the iceberg long ago, the compartments are full, and the ship must be abandoned. He’s been off the air for several weeks (and will be for one more) because his vocal chords seized up on him and the doctors ordered him to go on voice rest.
Then he’s going to Birmingham to start the next Civil Rights Movement with a black pastor and anyone else who will join him, including about 10,000 pastors, priests, rabbis, and other shepherds of congregations. Dietrich Bonhoeffer only got 7 ministers to join him.
If you’ve a mind, take the 40-day challenge to improve & strengthen yourself spiritually.
Or if not, review the principles in MLK’s Commitment Card and contemplate why MLK insisted on THOSE items rather than others.
Many trenches to fight in; many posts to man in these next few years. Find the one that you’re best able to manage and go for it.
Many trenches to fight in; many posts to man in these next few years.
Oh!
Here’s one that doesn’t involve religion: Get the sponsors of Planned Parenthood to go on record as supporting their activities.
Vox has a good plan:
It’s important that we abandon the idea of boycotting multinational companies, because it’s almost impossible to hurt their bottom line.
It is, however, possible to make them hate life, as one commenter observed:
I will note that Coca-Cola has since clarified that they don’t give any money to PP, either directly or as part of matching donations by employees.
Another commenter observes: What they do fear is bad press. Not so much because it’ll hurt the bottom line, but because it could mean their bosses will have cameras stuck in their faces while they’re asked uncomfortable questions, and they might come blame people in the PR department for it. That’s why all these companies embraced every SJW cause under the sun in the first place — to keep SJWs from causing bad press. Jesse Jackson has made a great living on: “Hey, nice corporation you have here; be a shame if someone started calling you racist.”
That’s why Vox’s question is perfect: no CEO wants to be asked on camera whether he supports selling baby parts. His underlings know that, and will look for ways to make sure that doesn’t happen. One possible way would be for them to stop funding PP.Doable.
Effective.
Deadly.
But make sure the company is an actual PP donor. The list that Vox links is from Moe Lane, who got it from The Daily Signal, who got it from PP’s site. It’s not 100% accurate. The Daily Signal has since clarified who donates and who doesn’t.
I’m sure we can do the same with other orgs and other issues.
Sure beats having to research and avoid all of the brands under Johnson&Johnson or PepsiCo.
Some very good ideas, Di, for taking meaningful actions.
Thank you.
VOTE TRUMP 2016!!
“What difference, at this point, does it make?”
‘Speaking the TRUTH is entirely consistent with civility’ – Ted Cruz defends against charges he broke Senate rules
Lying isn’t civil, and neither is allowing a lie to stand unchallenged.
Indeed. The Civility was broken by McConnell.