Sunday, February 2, 2025
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Learn how to Respond, not React
I learned this idea from one of my favorite YouTube channels, Beau of the fifth column or as it is known now Belle of the Ranch. The idea is pretty straightforward, when a crazy news story breaks, don't react to it right away. so called breaking news is often incomplete and inaccurate. Slow down, step back and breathe. I'm one who believe the truth will come out sooner or later. It may take a few extra hours, days or even years but sooner or later the truth will come out. I think this advice can be extremely helpful over the next few years.
Felon 47 is hell bent on spreading chaos, fear and confusion to hide his main goals of self-aggrandizement, self enrichment and unchecked power. That's a way to explain the blizzard of executive orders, old man yelling at clouds statements and political theater reduced to nothing more than a WWE production. Most of the executive orders will be easily forgotten within a few months, having been shot down in court, forgotten or ignored. Most likely so will his talk of retaking the Panama Canal, making Canada a state or invading Greenland. It is mostly just craziness to sew further confusion and division. Let's be clear, Felon 47 is already causing a lot of harm.
Deporting the people who pick our food does nothing to make our streets safer, much less bring down inflation. Pardoning the rioters of January 6th is a bad move with potentially disastrous consequences ahead. It will likely embolden his most rabid followers to commit acts of terror in his name thinking they too will get a pardon. sowing uncertainty about government programs, the status of many federal workers and the reliability of the United States on the global stage will have consequences we cannot even imagine yet. And just think we are not even a month into his term yet!
Don't react, respond. We respond by pointing out the bullshit, organizing and putting a better worldview forward. Make the liars uncomfortable by pointing out inconsistencies, logical fallacies and lacking evidence. I think BLM is still around as well as ANTIFA. There will soon be numerous others taking to the streets and in our communities. Pointing out what is wrong, is never enough. There must also be a better alternative.
These next four years can create a path to a much better America and World if we make it happen. I for one am hopeful Felon 47 is nothing more than the death rattle of Conservative Boomerism. Yes, the damage will be real and we are free to get it wrong. Our roles (those of us that want a better world for all) are to limit the damage as much as possible and lay the groundwork for a just future. It's not going to happen by changing a picture on Facebook, arguing with internet trolls and endless doom scrolling. If we want a more just future, we are going to have to work for it. Remember two things:
Don’t react, respond.
Giving in to despair is the best weapon for our opposition.
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Finding my Place and Purpose in these Strange Times
Yeah, yeah, I have not written in a long time on this blog. I've been trying to finish two, yes two novels. I’ve passed over a few health-related speed bumps along the way recently. I hope I'm done with health-related drama for a while. It looks like we will have a new political drama face for the next four years or so. Let's get this out of the way, I'm no fan of Fellon 47. There will be plenty of time in the not so distant future to go into all the reasons why. I had hoped this shitty timeline was only a bad dream. Unfortunately, each morning I wake up and Kamala still lost (maybe I'll write about that later). Like most of you, I'm not ready to surrender our country to a handful of kleptomaniac billionaires. There are two ways I want to counter-attack the creeping fascism we all face. One, I’ll remain optimistic and joyous. These two things are Kryptonite to Fascism. Two, be a good source of information. Good information is also bad for wanna-be dictator types. I'd like to start off by providing resources on how to survive the next four years.
Know your Rights if you Encounter ICE
Separation of Church and State
Mental Health First Aid Training
ACLU - In court for Freedom.
Find Your Representative - people to raise hell with.
Southern Poverty Law Center - Hatewatch
Cartoons - Just because.
Your resources here.
Friends, let's grow this list. I hope to soon make a dedicated standalone page that will be easy to link and share. For now, I'll add what you send to this list. Like all storms, this too will pass.
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